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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-28
THE Daily NIGHT RIDER.

While The Paduoah Evening Sun.
conveying the information to the ma
jority of newspaper readers of Padu-
cab that five Indictments were re-
turned against alleged night riders in
Marshall county. was being carried
around town last evening, another
Paducah paper appeared on the street,
setting forth in bold type under star
ing headlines on the front page the
following valuable Information: at
is the opinion of lawyers at Benton
that the grand jury has accomplished
little. The jurymen have had trouble
in getting the facts in the Birming-
ham raid. There is doubt If 1t has
received sufficient evidence to convict
any of the raiders
This is the paper that has protested
vigorously against what II considers
misrepresentation of the night riders,
by sensational accounts of their
doings, and its article yesterday was
designed to encourage night riders in
other sections, by the declaration that
the grand jury hasn't accomplished
much, and has not received sufficient
evidence to convict any OF the raid
ers.
Nothing could do more to inspire
hope in the breast of a night rider
than the statement that they can't be
convicted. And the statement Is so
apparently false. No lawyer in Ben.
ton ever told anybody connected with
that paper that the grand jury wasn't
accomplishing much. Only one law
yer in Benton could possibly have any
idea of what the grand jury was
doing. and that lawyer is Common
wealth's Attorney John c. Lovett.
He is not giving out any such lies as
that. because he is the man who Sc
cured the evidence on which the five
indictments were returned.
Both the night riders and their
organ will learn that the people of
Marshall county are behind this in
vestigation. and the people at BEN
ton are protecting that grand jury
from any sort of intimidation. Mar
shall county will do her duty, and
what she will do will go a long way
toward discouraging night riding In
the Purchase, our local night rider
organ to the contrary, notwithstand-
ing.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-28

Either some large newspapers en-
ploy men of little sense. or self-satis-
fed New Workers imagine they have
cornered all the brains of the world.
Else why does the New York Sun de
clare that the Republican party in
congress is about to pass laws ION the
eve of an election" for the purpose
of ''perpetuating itself in power" ana
not because the people demand
them" Since the Republican party
has to go before the people on its
record next November aud this is the
last session of congress before cleo
tion day, it is to- be presumed, that If
the party is passing any laws "to
perpetuate itself in power" it is pass
ing those laws with a view to their
effect on the election. Isn't that iu-
ferring vote-catching legislation, and
whom should the Republican party try
to please with its laws to catch the
votes of the people? Surely, the New
York Sun doesn't mean to infer that
the Republican party is enacting legis-
lation the people do not want in order
to win the votes of the people. The
New York Sun is the organ of the
trusts. Sometimes ii is Democratic in
its tendencies and sometimes Republi.
can. Just now its leaning is Demo-
cratic, and that is a very good sign
that the Republican administration is
for the people.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-28

debate viii be allowed. n on the other
hand. II Is agreed m N caucus To
dissoct the measure on the floor. the
bin be committed TO the committee al
"a while and discussed under the Eve
minute rule.
In the house the Democratic side
showed a general understanding that
this minority will hold pretty fast 10
i'r agreement 10 support the currency
b'll introduced by JOS leader. John
sharp williams. This bin was report
ca fayorably TO the house by the
q, mocrat.c members OF the banking
and currency committee as a substi-
lute for the Fowler bill
-tscd-ihings ARE usually saiablc
or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to the want ads.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-28
CONTINUED from last Issue.)
CHAPTER X.

FTER my watch below the next
n morning l met Percy barrow.
|N In many ways he is or was the
most extraordinary Of my many
acquaintance. During that first half
hours chat with him l changed my
mind at least a dozen times. One mo
ment thought him clever, the next an
utter ass; now | found him frank.
open, good companion, eager to
please, and then a droop of his blond
eyelashes, lazy, impertinent drawl
of his voice, hint of half bored con
descension In his manner. convinced
me that he was shy and affected. In
Il breath l appraised him as intellect
ual. u fool, shallow mind. deep
schemer, an idler and an enthusiast
One result Of his spasmodic conf
dences was TO throw doubt upon
their accuracy. This might be what he
desired. or with equal probability Il
might be the chance reflection OF a
childish ard Fiimless amiability.
He was tall and slender and pale,
languid OF movement. langnid of eye.
laueuid of speech. His eyes dropped.
half closed beneath blond brows. 4
long wiry hand lnZiy twisted a rather
affected blond mustachc. His voice
Lrawled his speech In u manner cithc.
Insu.,era5ly coGdescenGing and imper
tinent or iueifabiy tired-who could
hell viii III
found him leaning against the taG
TAIL. his languid graceful figure sup
ported by his elbows. his chin proppc
against his hand. As approached tn
pinnacle he raised his eyes and ne
toned me TO him. The insolence OF Il
was so superb that for moment
was angry enough TO ignore him. Theli
reflected that | was here not TO stand
on my personal dignity, but 10 get IL
formation. ! joined him.
"You are the mate!" he drawled.
''Since | am on the quarter deck"
snapped back AT him.
He eyed me thoughtfully while he
rolled with one hand corn husk Mexi-
can cigarette. COOS
"Do you know where YOU are 20.
ingT he Inquired at length.
Depends on the moral character OF
my future actions" rcic ned tartly.
He allowed Il smile 10 break and
fade. then lighted his cigarette.
The first mate seems to have re-
markable command Of language" said
he.
did not reply.
"Well. 10 tell you the truth I don't
know where we are going" he con
tinued. Thought you might he able
to inform me. Where did this ship
and its precious gang of cutthroats
come from anyway
Meaning me-" .t..
"Oh. meaning you. too. for all I
know" he shrugged YEARLY. Sudden
ly he turned to me and laid his hanI
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-28
STRANGE NEWS FROM THE
WEST


Our neighbor, "The Press" says
the New York Tribune, has been
making some extraordinary discov-
cries recently in the terra incognita
of western politics. II unearthed three
weeks ago the remarkable fact" that
of the ,074 delegates to the Missouri
Republican convention G72 were fed
eral officcholders. This disclosure was
indeed extraordinary. since no politi
cal convention in any state in the
union had ever before seen so vast an
army of federal officials carried on its
membership roll and since the vigilant
representatives of the st. Louis news
papers detailed to report the proceed
ings of the Missouri convention failed
utterly to note so curious and record
breaking a phenomenon in American
politics. There are more than three
hundred thousand Republicans in Mis-
souri,. The Republican electoral ticket
in 1900 received 1902 votes, and
the Republican electoral ticket in
1894 received 321,449 votes. Yet.
according to 1.-The Press " informa-
tion and logic. the wishes and purpose
of the party in Missouri were deter
mined by handful of federal Office
holders, even granting that the Fal
staffian army visualized in our neigh
boris st. Louis dispatches was not =
vagary of the imagination but a dem
onstrab e fact.
THE Press has now discovered
that the Republican party in Iowa, as
well as in Missouri, is not a re
sponsible, self-governing organization.
There were 1,iS0 delegates in the
Iowa state convention held on We'd
nesday at Des Moines, and its action.
so far as instructions to the delegates
at-large to the Republican national
convention were concerned, was as
unanimous as was the action of the
recent convention in Missouri. Our
contemporary does not say that two
thirds of the Iowa delegates were alsL
federal officeholders. Yet il main
tains that the federal officeholders
who were present (no figures given)
actually controlled the situation and
compelled the great majority of the
delegates to do something quite OPP
posed to their own wishes and the
wishes of Iowa's Republican voters
1.-The Press " explanation Of this par
adox is highly ingenious. 1t says that
the Allison faction and the Cummins
faction were fighting desperately for
control, the followers of Governo,
Cummins being anxious to elect him
to the United States senate to replace
Mr.. Allison. Each faction feared that
IL would lose II il announced a pref
erence for the presidential nOmina-
ton not identical with the preference
announced gby the other faction
Therefore each declared q preference
for Secretary Taft though "The
Press" says that neither faction Il
really for Taft and that the lows
voters are also not for him.
This explanation substitutes magic
for mathematics. II adds three zeroi
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-28

He pulled.
What does he pay your" he asked.
Enough" replied.
More than enough by good deal,
III bet" he rejoined. THE old fool!
He ought to have left 1t TO me- What
is this craft? Have you ever sailed on
her before?'
mo"
"Have any of the crew.
l replied that believed all of them
were Selover's men. He threw the
cigarette butt into the sea and turned
back.
We'll. wish you joy of your double
wages" he Knocked.
SO he knew that. after all! How
much more of his ignorance was pre-
tended I had no means of guessing
Ills eye cleaned sarcasticalH as he
shunte.cd toward the cOmpanionwuy.
Handy Solomon was Mt the wheel
steering easily with one foot and an
elbow. His steel hook lay fully cx.
posed. glittering in the sunlight. Oar
row glanced at IL curiously and ut the
mans headgear.
well, my genial pirate" he drawl-
ed. IF you had line 10 fit that hook
you'd be equipped for fishing" The
mans teeth barred like an animals. but
barrow went on easily as though I'M
conscious of giving offense. IF were
you. I'd have II arranged SO the hook
would turn backward as well as for
ward. 1t would be handler for some
things tghting. for Instance
He passed on down the companion.
Handy solomon glared after him. then
down at his hook. He bent his arm
this way and that. drawing the hook
toward him softly. as a cat does her
Flaws. His eyes cleared, and look OF
admiration crept into them.
by God. he's right"' he muttered.
md after Il moment: 1--WE wore that
ten year and never thought Of IL. The
little son Of gum"
He remained staring for a moment
Al the hook Then he looked up AMI
taught my eye. His own turned quiz
IDEAL. He shifted his quid and began
% hum: /
ITO be continued in neat issue.) /
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you are the mate Y"he drdioied.
on my shoulder with one of those sud
den bursts of confidence / came later
10 recognize and look for but In which
could never quite believe-nor disbe-
lleye.
Il am eaten with curiosity" he stat
ed In the least curious voice In the
world 81 suppose you know who his
nibs tsp
'Dr. Schermerhorn. do you meanT'
Yes. Well, I've been with him ten
years. | am his right hand man. All
his business | transact down to the
last penny. | even order his meals.
His discoveries have taken shape in
my hands. Suddenly he gets a freak.
He will go on a voyage. Where? ]
shall know In good time. For what
purposef Same answer. What ac-
commodations shall I engage?. ! ex-
perience the worst shock of my life
he will engage them himself. What
scientific apparatusf Shock No. 2-he
will attend to that. Is there anything
can do2 What do you suppose he
saysT
How should l know?" I asked.
you should know In the course of
Intelligent conversation with me-" he
drawled. "Well, he. good old staid
Schermie with the vertebrated thoughts
gets kittinish. He says to me: Joost
lmachin, Percy, you are all alone on II
desert island placed and that you will
sit on those sands and wish within
yourself all you would buy TO be com
Portable. Go out and buy me those
things-in abundance Those were my
directions"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-28

Hon. Charles X. Wheeler did a fine
thing yesterday when he consented to
assist in the prosecution in the police
court. Too few good citizens will
permit themselves to be bothered with
little things like the enforcement of
law and order.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-28

Instructor Cat night SCHOOL, What
proof have we that the earth is round ?
Pupil-Don't need no
proof; I'm willin' to believe the jog
raphies. Tribune
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-28

Graft has been found In the Chi
cago city water. But then, IL that is
all they have found in the water, il
is drinkable, at least.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-28

craft. Keane Knox, Lodge, Long
McCumber. Nelson, owen tDemocraD
Perkins. Piles. Richardson. Smith. Of
Michigan, Smoat. Stephenson. Suther-
land. Teller tDemocraD. Warner,
Warren and Wetmore
Nays Bankhead. Borah Republi-
cam. Bourne tRepublcanj. Brown.
tkepubiicanl. Culberson. Fraaief
Gary. Gore. Hepburn ORepublicanl
LaFollette CRepublican). McCreary
McEnery. Mcl.auron. Oyerman. Payn-
ter aud Taylor-lG.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-28

Come back to earth! Fellow in
Paris wrecked his flying machine 10
avoid running over a woman.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-28

We reiterate: Mayor Smith means
business.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-28
THE JOkESNiITH.

Many a man would rather attend
funeral than his own wedding.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-28

The elevator man doesn't think II
wrong to run people down.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-28
Daily Thought.

There can be no moral muscle with
out moral struggle
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-28

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WATT
Every dose makes you ieeibetter. Lsr-Po
keeps your whole insides right sold 90 thu
money back plan everywhere. Price ~ cents.
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Gees 10 House.

Tire Republican leaders in the house
were retioent about predicting the
course OF the Aldrich bill In that
branch OF congress. Enough was
~ lhered. however. 10 instlfy the pr
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-28
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.
February. 1908.

1otal -. ..''.'' oo'oO'
Averase for February 1908 ...SS75
Average for February. 1907 1883
Increase ...... 900. ...... 10
Personally appeared before me, this
March 2, 1908, f. d. MacMillen,
business manager of The Sun, who
affirms that the above statement of
the circulation of The Sun for the
month of February. 1908, is true to
the best of his knowledge and belief.
NY commission expires January
10th, 1912.
PETER PURYEAR.
Notary Public.
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FTER my watch below the next
| IA morning l met Percy barrow.
IH In many ways he is or was the
most extraordinary of my many
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-05
Labrador Physician Adrift on
Floating Ice, Fights
Hunger Mad Dogs
For Two Days He Floats in
Frozen Clothes Before
4. Rescued

st. John, N. f., June 4.-Battling
for forty-eight hours against pack
Of hunger-maddened dogs on the ice
pack off the coast Of Labrador,
with the temperature ten below re
ro, and with only a. knife to defend
himself from being torn to pieces
by the savage brutes, is the thrill
ling. experience that DR.. Wi1fred
Grgnfall, the celebrated missionary
physician, has recently passed
through.
The story of DR.. Grenfall's escape
from death is told by Capt. w. Bart
lett of the steamer Strathcona,
which has just arrived here from
the north. Capt. Bartlett was with
Commander Perry on several of his
expeditions to the Arctic.
DR.. Grenfall had left Battle Har-
Dor, Labrador, to attend several pa
tients at another settlement ten
miles distant, and was travelling over
the ice with pack Of dogs when
he found himself driven off the
coast by the moving ice field. Be
fore he realized it he was in an area
Lowered only with broken drift ice
Eand before he could stop the dogs
the animals had carried him into
the water. The dogs attempted to
climb on Dr. Grenfall's back and he
was obliged to fight them before he
was able to climb on solid piece
of drift ice. The dogs also succeed
ed In saving themselves.
| With the wind blowing gale
from the northwest, the temperature
ten below zero and night at hand,
| the doctor would have been frozen
to death as his clothing was saturat-
ed, but for the originality he dis
played. Laying off his skin boots,
he cut them in halves and placed
pieces over his back and chest to
shield those parts of his body from
the blast. 5
| 3 AS the wind and cold increased
whena;night came on, he determined
to kill three Of the dogs to afford
him more warmth and to supply the
other beasts with food, fearing that,
becoming hungry, they would tear
him to pieces. AS it was. they at
tackled him saVagely, and he was
l bitten terribly about the hands and
| legs. He spent trying night. He
wrapped himself up in the skins of
the dead dogs but still found it SO
cold that he repeatedly had to run
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-05

mother. The latter, when Richard
son called at the home for his in
tended, previous to the ceremony,
threw cold water at him., and when
that did not deter him she threw
hot water. But love will find way,
and the groom signalled to his bride
to jump,from an upper story window
while her mother and her brother
were guarding the doors Of the
house to prevent her going.
Gallant Charles was awaiting his
beloved, whom he caught with all
the grace characteristic of his stat
ure, and forthwith they went to the
parson and were joined in wedlock.
The mother was angry, but the
young groom feared nothing, and
went to the home to get his brides
trousseau, and was met with a. re.
fusal. The sheriff's Office was con
suited and when Mrs. Cristman
heard Of that she Immediately sent
her son with the brides trunk and
clothes. The courtship lasted but
six weeks, which the mothe,
thought was too short.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-05
ALLIES ! ! | |. |
Republican Field Has Joined
Interests Against the
Secretary
Alabama Contest Comes First
and May Have Bearing
on Others

Chicago, ILL., June 4-The full
Republican national committee will
meet tomorrow at IL o'clock and
begin the hearing on which will be
determined contests involving 229
seats in the convention. The num-
Der of contests filed is so large that
their settlement easily has become
the most important Of the pre-con-
vention proceedings. The nomina-
ton of the Republican candidate
for president hinges absolutely upon
the decision of the members Of the
national committee of the conven-
ton. Half Of the contests decided
in favor Of Secretary Taft would
result in his winning on the first
ballot, while failure to capture this
number unquastionably would put
the nominatiin in doubt.
Realizing the necessity of keeping
a majority Of the contested dele
gates out Of the Taft column, repre-
sentatives of other candidates have
pooled issues in most Of the cases
and as allies will urge their claims
before the national committee, pro-
seedlings, therefore, largely will re-
solve into a Taft and anti-Taft con-
troversy.
So far as the south is concerned,
and most Of the contests are In the
states from that section, the inter-
ests Of the allies are being looked
after by Major 3. G. Bryan Of Wash
ington, D. G. He arrived in Chi
cago today and annonced that he
would base his arguments chiefly on
the contention that in most Of the
southern states the Taft forces had
disqualified Negro voters from par
ticipating in state and district con-
ventions and that the allies dele
gates had been elected at conven-
lions from which no class or race
had been barred.
| Z j X \ tfi
If the program mapped out by the
national chairman. Harry s. New,
to govern the proceedings Of the
committee in hearing the contests is
is carried out little opportunity for
fine arguments Or oratorical effort
will be presented. This program
will be submitted to the committee
for action Immediately upon the
session being called to order tomor.
row. 1t will provide for daily meet
ings to begin at 10 a. M, and con.
tinue until 6 p. M, without recess
for luncheon. Thirty minutes fol
each side will be allowed in state
Continued to page A.
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Terrible Storm Creates Hdf.
rowing Scenes in Pearl
ing Fleet in Pacific
Sharks Follow Wrecks and
DeVOuf Dead and LiV-
ing Men

Victoria, B. c., June 1.-THE Cam
adian Australian liner Manuka has
arrived here, bringing the news Of
the destruction of a pearling feet in
"a typhoon off West Australia, in
volving the loss Of forty luggers and
270 lives, twenty being whites. The
disaster to the fleet of pearling lug
gers occurred near Thursday island,
the typhoon striking the fleet just
as it was starting for the pearling
grounds, scattering the vessels,
completely wrecking some and driv-
ing others ashore.
About twenty Australian pearlers
were lost. Other victims were Ma
lays, Manila men, Japanese and Kan-
akas.
The survivors reported narrowing
experiences, some being picked up
in the last stages of starvation and
exhaustion, after having cut away
their masts and clinging to the
wrecked hulls. while the sharks fol
lbwed. waiting for the exhausted
men to drop from the wreckage
Many were rescued by the steamer
Parro, sent from Broome as re
lief steamer. The bodies Of some
Of the victims were eaten by sharks
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-05
RAILROADS ARE
BADLY tied UP
Heavy Rains Around Helena
Make Railroad WashOuts
Worse Than Ever
Great Northern Is Now as
Bad Off as the North.
ern Pacific

Helena, Mont, June 4.The great
est railroad tie-up in the history Of
Montana has resulted from the rain
fall Of the last week. Tonight the
streets Of Helena are flooded and on
every side Of the city the tracks are
washed out.
Reports received here at midnight
stated that the Great Northern
tracks are out at Wolf Creek,
about thirty miles from here, and
under three inches Of water. No
trains will be able to pass through
tonight and railroad officials say it
is impossible to tell when service
can be resumed.