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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-22
John Prescott, Of Lyon County, Under
Indictment For Raid on Birmingham,
Shoots His Brains Out.
COMMITS TERRIBLE DEED In PRESENCE OF HIS
FATHER AND MOTHER AND SISTER AT THEIR HOME
Father Seizes Lads Arm As He Sees Revolver But Desper
ate Youth Frees Himself and Shoots

Eddy VILE 22(speca) respondent because of
his alleged connection with night riders
Der of prominent family shot his yesterday
the presence of his father
father could wrest the Saber
Young Prescott been raids
Birmingham Marshall
killed Suit him
surviving of h raid
Yesterday Prescott had been talking father
and the matter discussed by the
ing his actions he TIE
him. The
in the yard
caught hold of the boys
temple pulled the trigger falling the
he
Prescott Henry a prominent
he
older heads and did
which he might be hanged When
dicted he became respondent that he his life.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-22
Civil War Breaks Forth Between
Austria and the Two Provinces in
Balkans and Troops Being Massed
Extent OF Flood Not Known

Shawnee, Okla, Oct. 22.-Today's
reports fail 10 confirm reports of
heavy loss OF life by yesterdays food
Scores are missing, however, and IT
is impossible TO tell whether any are
killed until the water recedes. Many
rescue parties are out Assisting en-
dangered persons. Several fishing
and hunting parties are marooned.
The river rising is due to heavy rain,
and unless the people are rescued
speedily there will be great danger
Hundreds were rescued from trees,
where thy sought safety. Many are
homeless and there is an enormous
property loss.
Tulsa, Okla, Oct 22.-The Arkan-
sas river has risen ten feet as the re-
suit OF rains hsting 80 hours Resi-
dents of West Tulsa are moving out,
fearing a food. All tributaries have
overfiowed and there is a heavy loss
OF live stock.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-22
VOTERS FAILING
70 REGISTER MAY
APPLY TO CLERK

Voters who failed to register at
either of the two regular registration
days may do so next Monday, Tues
day or Wednesday. provided their
failure TO register was caused by be-
ing absent from the city both the
regular days. or they were prevented
from going to the polls by being sick
themselves or by sickness in their
families. The voters desiring TO reg
lister must go 10 the county clerks
once.
A number OF voters applied at the
office for certificates today and num-
erous calls were made by telephone
from parties wanting 10 know tbs
proper time to register. and II APP
pears that the registration will be
well up to that OF last year after next
Wednesday. Judge Husbands once
held that voters could register OF the
Monday before the election. but u Is
not deemed safe for voters TO wait
for that late date.
The county clerk Is busy today put
ting up boxes OF supplies for each
voting precinct to be used In the reg
ular election There are numerous
sundries to be provided for the cleo
ton officers, such as seals, candles,
envelopes. sealing wax, Instructions,
election laws. etc, and a good sized
box is well filled.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-22
Conference in East

Toxic. Oct. ga convention of
powers interested in the eastern prob
lem may be the outcome of the fleets
visit. Japan is openly urging the con
ference of Japan, America and Eng
gland, the three interested nations.
The Japs declare there has been too
much secrecy regarding the motives
of the powers in the Pacific. Japan
il ready to proclaim her purposes II
other nations will join in the confer
ence. Officers OF the fleet favor the
plan ana are greatly impressed with
Japan's greatness. They think the
conference an excellent idea.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-22
Farm Hand Drops Lantern
and Starts Blaze In Hay.


Blandville, Oct. 22. Especial y
Fire that started in the stock barn of
Joseph McChristian near this place
destroyed the home OF c. Brown,
which was near the barn. = The loss
was about $1,000 with $40 insur-
ance.
A farm hand was in the barn feed.
ing the stock when the lantern he
was carrying exploded setting fire TO
the barn. Thirty bushels of seed
wheat. ~ tons of hay and a lot of
farming implements were in the barn,
causing loss of $1,000 with no in
suranee. The Brown loss Is estimat-
ed at 5000 with $500 Insurance..
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-22
PRISONER SHOT
AS HE ASSAULTS
GUARD AT PRISON

Eddyyille, KY, Oct. "a Especially
Frank Brown, vicious negro pris-
oner. sent up from Barren county 70
the branch penitentiary here, was shot
and probably fatally wounded by
Clarence Glenn. a guard at the prison
while Brown was about to brain a
guard OF Che name OF Thomas with a
club. Glenn fred as the convict was
about TO strike, the ball entering his
eft side and he will probably die.
Thomas. the guard the prisoner at
tackled, came from Graves county.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-22
Guerilla Warfare in Mountains
Engages 10000 Soldiers of
Empire and Many Are Kilt
ed.

London. Oct. 22.-Actual warfare
between 10000 Austrian soldiers
and citizens of the annexed provinces
Of Bosnia and Herzegovina have been
In progress ten days, according to a
Montenegrin agent who arrived here
II is a terrible gorilla warfare in the
mountains. Scores were killed. The
situation is so dangerous that Aus
tria is rushing endorsements.
Strict censorship has prevented news
reaching the world. 81
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And the Squirrel Escaped.

Grahamville, KY, Oct. 22.-(Spe
cial)-When Grover Smithers, a lad
II years old, spied a squirrel up an
oak tree this morning he was without
a gun, but he did not hesitate to
climb the tree after the spry little
animal. Thirty feet from the ground
Smithers seized a rotten limb and fell
to the ground. His right ankle was
eprainei, but he was not hurt seri-
ously. DR.. s. z. Holland examined
him and found him -.only Infused
slightly.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-22

New York. Oct. 22.-The
I election odds changed suddenly
last night. and now even money
~ the best that can be had
against Hughes, while practically
no money IL In the market
against Taft's election. The
odds uc t. the present time
have been 4 TO 3 against the cleo
ton of Gov. Hughes. Yesterday
bets were made at even money.
Charles Mahoncy, manager Of
the Hoffman House Cafe, who II
the largest stakeholder in the
city for election bets. sal dthat
he had $500 of CHAMBER money
which ne could put against 800
ON Gov. Hughes. After this
amount. had been exhausted he
said the betting would he nj even
money. ibid the governors
prompt answer 20 Mr.. Chambers
questions bring about the
CHANGE" Mr. Mahoney was ask.
ed. ~ don't know what brought
II about, but the odds have drop
ped, and Il Is even money from
now on" was the reply.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-22
.Turkish-RuIgarian Alliance.

Paris, Oct. 22.-An alliance be-
tween Turkey and Bulgaria is the lat
est solution suggested for the perm
anent settlement of the Balkan trou-
bles, and the announcement of this
may have an important
bearing on the conference tween
VI. Iswolsky and Prince Won Buelow
AZ Berlin on Friday.
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Inspecting I. G. Shops.

]. G.. Neuffer. superintendent of
machinery. and r. w. Bell, assistant
superintendent of machinery, arrived
this morning from Chicago in private
car No. and today made an inspec-
ton of the Illinois Central shops, The
officials are on their regular inspec-
ton trip.
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Robert Hall Better.

Grahamville, KY, Oct. 22. (spe-
ciai) --Robert Hall, who was injured
a week ago by being thrown from a
buggy. Is slightly better today. 10 Is
s,hi uncertain whether ne win re
cover. His father. John Hall. who
was injured In the accident. has about
recovered.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-22
NEW KIND OF JAG
is DEMONSTRATED
BY h. 4. FRUIYEMA

Memphis, Oct. 22.-Whether he
was trying to take his own life by
means of inhaling chloroform with
which he had saturated the mattress
of his bed at the Arlington hotel yes
terday morning OF was simply apply
ing an opiate in an effort to accumu-
late a peculiar jag, may not be
solved by the police department. but
in either case II. A. Fruitema. aged
30, a tobacco salesman of Murray.
Ky, was locked up at the central
police station.
Fruitema sara mat he had Der
a spree and that he was taIJn-
drug to quiet his nerves 81
to sleep. He denies the.olat.on
ing to end his life, ans,on with
had taken the drugsfD the upon
before when geSSg OF a 81
required more 5f the liquid
him this tims- than ever befo
He says' that his wife aqscK
are in yasis, Tenn. at N
visit. According to Frush lnt'-s--
son, adopting his method f,seowners,
az good while getting ssaI troubles
Getting drunk, which y,afall to pay
II immensely POPULAR, n 10th,
His relatives werej notified at"tlgrr,s
Tenn. by Sergeip5 Grimm ana ~
wife came after h IN at 8 O'Clock last
night. '"''
Fruitema had been a guest NJ tho
hotel since October Is and had haa,
going In and out of his room MANI
times a day but suspicion was only
attracted to his conduct vestA,sav
morning, when he, evidently tired of
goirg to the drug store, asked a bell
boy to get a bottle OF chloroform for
LIN. The boy told Ralph c. Penn.
the clerk OF the hotel. and he in
structed the boy not to get the drug.
Fruitema went himself. When he re-
turned Clerk Penn summoned DR. s
D. Pineus, and the two slipped to the
room occupied by the mysterious
guest Opening the door suddenly
hey discovered the occupant lying on.
ne bed mhaling the fumes of the
rug from the mattress, which han
'een soaked with the liquid. He was
lalf stupefied by the drug. but made
IN effort to conceal the bottle under
he bed. An examination showed that
here were several empty chloroform
,ottles already under the b%d. and
ne chambermaid stated sterward
nat she had removed other l,lttles of
he same kind from the bedroom YES
erday morning.
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Wed at MefroDOlis.

Metropolis. H.. Oct. 22. Especial
Otis c. OGDEN and Efie G. Little.
OF Boaz. KY, were married here by
Magistrate Thomas Liggett. who also
united W. II. Judkins. of Paducah,
and Miss Louisa Schmulen, of May
field
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-22

Lawrenceburg. Ind, Oct. ga
William II. Taft began the last lap of
his campaigning with a speech here.
He viii spend three days in Indiana
before his eastern trip. He addressed
a dozen crowds today, mostly farm
ers. His voice is greatly improved
by yesterdays rest at Cincinnati
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Court Will Act.

Union City. Tenn. Oct. 22.-Ur-
cult court will convene In special ses-
sion Monday to investigate the Ran
kin assassination. Taylor's escape
furnished clews to many night riders,
and arrests are expected. Martial law
prevails in the Reelfoot lake section.
Troops are searching houses of citi-
gems for evidences tb occupants
participated.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-22
Bryan Will Answer

Point Pleasant, w. Va. Oct. a.
Bryan answered Rooseyeits letter
demanding TO know his position OF
the injunction question: by saying Il
Roosevelt would reae his Labor Da'
speech he would, discover his views.
He promises to aihswer the letter soon
He made twentf speeches toaty. To-
morrow he s.drts in N~~- fork.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-22
blizzard In Montana.

Lewiston, Mont. Oct. ga blind
ing blizzard is raging here. Traffic
in central Montana is tied up. Trains
on the st. Paul railroad are snow
bound and stages are stalled in the
snow drifts fifteen feet deep. There
Is no sign of cessation of the storm.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-22

Work started today on the two
story and brick drug store building
which IL. ]. Petit is to erect az
Twelfth and Trimble streets on the
vacant lot opposite his present store
The building via be up to date, win
the latebt thing in French plate glass
front anA tiled floor. 1t will be com
pletej hnd ready for occupancy
shortly alter January 1.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-22
Terrible Blizzard

Denver, Oct. ga. e. Williams
and Warren Blyderburgh, ranchmen,
lost their way in the blizzard raging
in the mountains and were frozen to
death. The storm is the worst in
years. 1t is feared many hunters in
the mountains will perish.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-22
Forest Fire Raging.

/, Passengers on trains coming in last
hight and this morning. report that a
forest Are was raging between Kut-
tawa and Iron Hill and that fences
and crops are being destroyed. The
section of the country where the FIRE
started is thinly populated and no res
licences or barns has been destroyed.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-22
BARN AND RESIDENCE ARB DESTROYED
BY FIRE In VICINITY OF BLANDVILLE

ernor Patterson has asked the gov
ernors OF six southern states to dis
cuss means of stamping out the night
riders. The assassination of Rankin
and Taylor's escape have given inn
petus to the plan. II is expected the
governors will agree. One plan sug-
gested is to seek the aid of the fed
eral government and employ regular
troops.
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Enoch Thompson MAY Die.

Melber. Ky. Oct. 22 Especially
Little Enoch Thompson. the eight
year-old lad whose.skull and two ribs
were fractured by a fall from a horse
is not improved today, with. but slight
chances for recovery. He Is only con
sclous at Intervals.
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BY FALLING TREE
NICK JkcOBS MAS
CRUSHED DEATH

Word was received In . 5 city this
morning of the death oNr Nick
Jacobs, who was killed Yesterday
afternoon while at work in t\woods
near Oscar Ballard counS NJ,
Jacobs was cutting down timE<pd
befu ne could get out OF the y
tired fell on him. crushing his IN i
almost Immediately. Mr.. Jacobs
two brothers, Capt. J. A. Jacobs Wy
rs in charge of the pavonia, now
the EennsEe river after ties, q
due Acre Saturday, and John Jaco'
whoIls Waterman on ~ y a S
ardsdl. now up The Is q
= s: -
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Auto Blown Up With Dynamite

Chicago Oct 22As result of the blowing Of
mobile Hawthorne the police believe organized effort
check speeding destroyed while moving and
left identify The occupants missing II
whether they killed The police dynamite
They believe residents determined TO
maniacs.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-22
Tobacco Sale.

w b. Kennedy. local broker
bought 75 hogsheads of association
,obacco today paving prices ranging
n1p to lO1k cents.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-22
CLOUDY

Increasing cloudiness followed by
showers tonight or Friday, cooler FRI
day and extreme west portion tonight.
Highest temperature yesterday, 81;
l0Mest today, 50. a.
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MODES OF THE MOMENT.

The prominence of velvet is very
marked for street and fancy dresses
alike.
In all OF the tailored and semitai-
lored suits the novelty note is conspic-
uous. and indications point very
strongly to a continuance Of this fea-
ture in the coming spring designs.
Dark colors are very much more In
order this season than light. and par
ticularly is this true Of the velvet cos
tunes, all Of the more exclusive Of
which are, If not black, then some one
of the rich dark shades, with braiding
done always in self tone.
For formal wear velvet costumes. IN
n piece are the rule, although, like
the pretty semiprincess gowns Of last
summer, the two parts may be joined
with passementerie Dr. band trimming.
The princess style and velvet have al
ways been most congenial, and the
princess is still the most effective mode
for tt.-New York Post.
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Although the weather has not been
seemingly cold, it has produced
sufficiently good ice that the icemen
have been putting it away for a
couple of weeks. Isaac Spears says
that be has got his four big ice
houses filed to the brim with Ice
that will AVERAGE about IA inches
thick and he has commenced to I'LL
the Milwaukee ice house. Mitchell
consumes an immense amount OF ice
during the year and 1t is Necessary
that more than enough be put up for
local consumption az several towns
around depend upon Mttcbsll for .
supply 10 the latter part Of the sum-.
mer season when they run short.
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Brevities
THE HALL OF FAME.

The new king of Sweden is one OF
the best shots in Europe.
William I. Stead's latest hobby is
the meteorological regeneration of bar
rem land in England.
Miss Cornelia II. Hartman, second
daughter of e.. II. Hartman, is an
bounced to he engaged to marry Rob
Il. Gerry of New York.
Daniel Reilly of Mansfield. O., has
ell the .ndows and doors of his house
wired and connected with Il phono-
graph. which sings our when connec-
ton is broken, Get out of here or I'll
fill you with lead"
Vice President Fairbanks has APP
pointed Senator's Cullom and Bacon as
regents of the Smithsonian institution
to fill v~acaNoieS, and Speaker Cannon
has reappointed Representatives DIAL
zell, Mann and Howard as regents.
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith-Miller and
Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson
are now the only survivors of the
eighty-nine persons who signed the call
for the first national woman's rights
convention. which was held in Worces-
ter, Mass, in 1850.
After thirty-six consecutive years
with the Pullman company, George y.
Brown of Chicago, sixty-four years
old, treasurer of that corporation and
recently it's general manager, has te-
tired. Mr.. Brown entered the employ
of the Pullman company in 1871. lie
has been retired on a pension.
DR.. William j. Rolfe. the eminent
Shakespearean scholar and critic OF
Cambridge, Mass, recently celebrated
the eightieth anniversary of his birth
While a teacher in Wrentham, Mass.
he created the idea of an English de
partment in schools and colleges
which has been universally adopted
throughout the country.
Henry B. Seaman, who has beconl.
chief engineer of the public servic,
commission of New York city, at
salary Of $4,000, is a self made man
a product of the east side, New York
and is forty-six years old. He is 81,
feet tall, powerfully built and 10 phys
ically impressive. He comes Of Quak
e stock, being on his fathers sid
a descendant of Elias Hicks, q notet
Quaker preacher, while an ancestor o
his mother was a brother of Olive
Cromwell.
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a Little Too Far.

There is such a thing as OVERRIDING
your part" declared a man of the law
who nov has the knowledge gained by
much experience.
Shortly after l began practice III
the west ! was called upon to defend
q man who had drawn a revolver on
another and threatened to kill him.
The accused did not have a character
above reproach, but the prosecuting
witness was also shady in reputation.
and made the most Of this fact. l
pictured him as a desperate Of the
most dangerous type, a man that was
q constant menac to the community
and n who would recognize no other
law than that Of force. Such men as
he, l insisted, made necessary the or
ganization Of vigilance committees and
injured the fair name Of the west
among the older communities of the
country.
''The jury returned a verdict Of gull
ty and my man was sentenced to a
years imprisonment. As soon as court
adjourned the foreman Of the jury
came to me and said: Young Teller,
you spread it on too thick. After that
there rip snortin' speech of yourn we
couldn't do nothin' else AN what VIZ
DONE
81 don't understand you, SIR
"'You don't7 Why, we found the
burned gerloot guilty cause he didn't
shoot. detroit Free Press.
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Saving Time In tho sarber,s Chair

The busy man will not have to waste
much time getting spruced up in the
barber chair these days. One of the
innovations Of a tonsorial parlor here
is the individual telephone, which is
attached to each chair. The man who
Is pressed for time can lie in the chat.
and dictate a letter to his %stenogra,
pher while the atelier artist is moving
OF the alfalfa, the bootblack is per
forming on his shoes and the manicur-
list Is taking some real estate off his
hands. Some II ought to come along
now with a tabloid breakfast food to
complete the tonsorial outfit. New
York Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch.
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ENGLISH ETcHInes.

at meetings Of the, British cabinet
no official record Of any kind is kept
Of the proceedings.
England is the only country where
members of parliament are not only
unpaid, but have no special rights or
privileges.
Saturday is the busy day Of the Lon
don firemen. In ten years London hal
1893 Saturday fires against 3.OO2 on
Monday, the day they were least fire.
quent.
Six terrapin taken recently to the
Carlton hotel, in London. aroused
great curiosity, the newspapers refer
ring to them as six interesting Amer
lean guests
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,Armor Beats Guns.

The excellence of British shooting
was eNemplitied by a performance
done by the armored cruiser Duke OF
Edinburgh. With her guns directed
from the fire control positions she
made hits ut 10000 yards, or seven
and a half miles. The battleships Ell.
hernia and Dominion fired armor pierc-
ing projectiles from their big guns. but
they failed to pierce the armored por-
ton of the Hero. The experiments
have thus confirmed the results OBJ
served in the Russo-Japanese war and
shown that at the present time a bat
tleship's rmo is capable of resisting
p%rojectiles at all practical ranges
London Mail.
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Remove Poisons

FNOM HE o1SIEM.
There are three ways and three only. BY
which the human body can be nd Of poison
Gus, waste matter-the bowels, the Kidneys
and the skin.
1t is only when the bowels become sluggish
and cons.ipated that the kidneys play out IS a
result Of the excessive work thrown upon them
Nov, there is only one medical treatment
hat fully realizes this condition Of affairs,
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Pith and Point.

Some men are able to do nothing
we'll except eat, sleep and find fault.
1t is easy for the man who isn't in
terested to tell the man who is to hope.
When you give q man a dig" re-
member that he will probably get
even." Men harbor grudges.
Blessings on polite people! People
admire them more than they admire
the rich and the great. And how easy
1t is to be polite.
When we are in trouble, some people
can say, isn't 1t too bad?" and make
US madden than though they should
say, I'm glad of it."-Atchison Globe.
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Editorial filings.

It might be q good thing to cross
airships with the homing pigeons
Cleveland Leader.
Japan will also hold a worlds fair.
The Japs don't cen to care how much
they owe.-Topeka Capital.
Wall street is a necessity, says one
writer. Yes. and necessity, the old prov.
erb tells. knows no law. - Chicago
Journal.
Scarcely has the public learned to
pronounce the name Of one japanese
ambassador with confidence before an
ether is due.-Washington Star.