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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30
New Land Company

Articles OF Incorporation were
aled this afternoon in the county
court clerks Office by The Plainview
Land company with the incorporators
as follows: J. l.. Friedman. ]. w.
Keller. George u. Goodman, Ben
Wellle and w. c. Gray. The COM
pany Is organized with a capital stock
OF $500 and will DO a general real
estate business. The limit OF indebt-
edness II fixed a: 10000
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30

Eidorado, H.. April S0.-Edgar
Overton. his wife and child and Dick
Sailing and his daughter and Thomas
Wilson were killed last night when
the tornado tore down 0verton's
house. AT WATSON the hotel was de-
stroyed. One man was killed and six
men employed by Keok, Gonnerman
& company, at Mt. Vernon, Ind. were
injured.
All the telephone wire are down.
At daylight this morning doctors were
rushed to the scene to attend the in
iured.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30

Monett, Mo-, April sO--Five were
killed and twelve to fifteen seriously
injured when Golden, a small town,
was entirely destroyed except one
brick store. by a cyclone at 5 o'clock
yesterday Telephone service was
cut on. Two churches and school
building. and every residence are re-
ported destroyed. Aid was sent from
here.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30
Hams Breaking Down

Flushing, l.. T.. April 30.--Captain
Hams today II facing total collapse.
Ne q supported By two deputy sheflGs
and was led and half carried into the
court room. lie sank heavily Into
the chair HIS gait Is stumbling and
General Hams resumed
the stand for cross-examination when
court reopened today,
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30

Lloyd Johnson, negro OF
Raysvllle. La. got on at the
wrong place twice last sunday
afternoon and Is now in the city
hospital for treatment. Johnson
was riding a freight and got OF
the train az Calvert City last
sunday morning. He soon found
out that Calvert City was no
place Tor colored. folks. He was
told to either leave town or take
what was coming to him. The
negro boarded a freight for Pa
ducah and thought he had picked
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30

Gus Cornillaud and Ida Cornillaud
to f. F. Metzger. property on the
Ohio river in the county, $3.50.
+. NJ. McGlathery to w. W. Rogers
property on Clay street between Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth streets. $1,000
Alfred Houser to w. W. Rogers
property on Monroe street between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. 81
and other considerations.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30
Chicam's Loss.

Chicago. April 3O.-The water
front at waukegan, Ill, is badly
damaged by tidal wave five feet
high from the lake. Reports are
current here that several large yes
sells fouudered in the storm on the
lakes, but il is unconhrmed. City
authorities estimated today the total
loss in Chicago as the result Of the
storm between one and two millions.
The south side of the city suffered
most.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30
MISSIONARIES In
ASIA MINOR CALL
FOR ASSISTANCE

Boston. April 3O.-Latest word Of
conditions in the Turkish massacre
zone was received by the American
board of commissioners for foreign
missions here today, from W. w.
Peet treasurer Of the Turkish mis-
sions. "The need for reiiei FUNDS Is
Increasing the cable says. Twenty
thousand dollars are needed imme-
diately. Hadjln is quiet. Mission
aries aud property are saie. rood
sturs are generally desuoSeu' hasten
aid"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30
Gates is Inspecting

oklahoma City, okla. April 30
John w Gates aud a party Of eastern
capitalists arrived here last night.
They held a conference today with
prominent inanciers regarding condi-
tons and outlook in the Oklahoma
oil fields. He refused to discuss his
visit, except 10 say he is inspecting
oil fields in which he is Interested.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30

Piqua, Ohio, April SO.--The village
Of Anna was almost wiped from the
map by a furious cyclone last night.
Many factories and residences were
demolished in this section. A dwell
ing was blown across the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton tracks. Later
a freight train ran into It.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30
Storm Practically Cuts OFF North
and East and Does Great Damage
in All Sections, Especially Chicago
POSSE AFTER BANDITS.

Hauser Junction, Idaho, April Z
3O.--Posses are pursuing ban
. dts, who held IN and robbed I
. Northern Pacific passenger train I
No. 81, near here last night. A
. bloody battle is expected when
. thieves and officers clash. The
. bandits forced the engineer 20 I
. stay i'm the cab and take the en-
. gine and mail car 10 a point be-
. tween Trent and Yardley, where
. the ear was robbed. The amount
. stolen was not ascertained.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30
Reported That Many PeO-
pie Lost Their Lives South
-..-Michiean City Prison
Wall Blown Down.

Memphis, April 30.-Reports just
beginning 10 come in from scores of
places devastated by the cyclones last
night in Arkansas and Tennessee
make IL certain the number Of i'm
jured in the lower half of the Missis-
sippi valley will reach $500. IL Is
also certain the list OF dead will be
greatly increased.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30
Tie Company Wins

Frankfort. Ky. April 80. Especially
The case OF Mira Dan Cunningham
against the Aver & Lord Tie company
from McCracken county was affirmed
this morning by the appellate court.
She sued for damages as the result
Of the death OF her husband. who fell
overheard while working on the feet
OF the lie company. The company
won.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30
RampendahPs Staue Works Burns
at Metropolis, ILL.,, This Morning
Entailing Loss of $3.50 Insured
TEXAS LYNcHING.

. Marshall, Texas. April 3d.
. Three negroes. alleged Go have
. murdered Deputy sheriff HUFF
. man and wounded Deputy Shcr-
. IN Cargill Monday, were taken
. from jail and Iynched here today
. by n mob, following the murder
. of negroes, who were guarded by
. militia until IL was thought the
. sentiment against them had sub
. sided. I
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30
In Tennessee

Pulaski. Tenn. April SO.--Twenty
are reported killed and forty injured
at Bee Springs at o'clock this
morning, when the town was destroy
ed by a cyclone. Relief was sent
from Pulaski. 1t was the most de-
structive cyclone in the history of the
county.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30
TARIFF TO BEGIN
AT MINIMUM AN
GO TO MAXIMUM

Washington, April Senator
Aldrich today made public the text Of
the maximum and minimum features
of the tarin bill agreed upon by the
committee at meeting today after
consultation with the approval by the
president and attorney general
Summed up the new section provides
for minimum rates the same as spec
flied in the Aldrich bill.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30
In Kentucky.

louisville, Ky. April 80. (speciaD
From all parts of the state come
reports OF serious damage done by
the storm. Many buildings were I'M
rooted and out-buildlngs destroyed.
No lives were lost.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30
continued on Page FourJ

Manuel Troutwine was dismissed
Yesterday afternoon OF the charge Of
incest. He was accused OF being the
downfall OF Carrie Troutwine, his 49,
year-old daughter. Troutwine was
brought back from Illinois and pro-
tested that he was innocent.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30

Drunk-Mark Jackson. fined 81
and costs. Refusing to pay for meals
Mr.. Moore, fined $40 Breach OF
peace-Win Blythe. left open. iona
Kimbal. fined $40 Breach Of ordi-
nanee--Robert Craig. fined $40.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30
McCracken Raised

Frankfort. Ky, April 30.-The
state board OF equalization took final
action as follows: Pendleton raised
IS per cent on farm lands; Grant IL
per cent; McCracken per cent on all
classes OF property and Garrard 10
per cent on town lots.
The secretary of state refused to
accept $4,000 taxes from the Cumber-
land Telephone company for an in
crease OF capital from $1,000 900 to
$4,000. 900. He maintains $4,000
must be paid.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30

the north. This and clouds prevented
the frost feared last night. The tenn
perature has fallen 43 degrees since
yesterday.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30

McCracken county assessments
were raised Is per cent, but Mayor
Smith and Judge Lightfoot headed a
delegation to Frankfort that succeed
ed in reducing the amount. The raise
will mean an increase Of about $500
900 in the assessment and $4,000 in
taxes.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30

Chief OF Police James Collins re-
turned last night from Memphis,
where he went on pleasure trip.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30
At Carnii.


Carmi, I'LL. April 30.-The home
of John Endicott was DESTROYED by
the tornado last night. Mrs. Endi-
colt was injured and will die. The
farm buildings OF Harrison Wise, ],
Wise and Thomas Wilson were de
stroyed. Rain fell in binding sheets.
Harrisburg. H., April SO.-A re
port comes from Texas City, ILL.,. tha'
the entire town was destroyed by The
storm. Twelve persons were killed
and score or more injured. A spe
clai train. carrying physicians. lef
here for the scene. Communication
is cut of.
A large boarding house at Wassol
was destroyed A man was killed
Sixteen were injured and a -numbe
OF buildings damaged
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-30

Kansas city. April Kansas
was swept today by a cold wind from
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-31
How Rats Move Eqas.

Strange as the story may appear O rats removing hens eggs from tl., bottom to the top of a house by oN' rat lying on his back and graspin- tightly his ovoid burden with his fore paws while his comrades drag hin away by the tail, I have no reason writes naturalist, to disbeiieve 1t. have seen two rats accomplish ths feat from stair to stair tn a farm house lu Banffshlre. the first anxious rodent pushing the egg up on It's hind legs and the second assistant lifting 1t up with it's fore legs It was the best athletic feat I ever witnessed but it Is not out of tue common. The rat will extract the contents from 8 flask of F!orencs oil, dipping iu hts long tail and repeating the maneuvei unti, he has consuuaRd all that can be reached
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-31
New Works Lobster Palaces.

Nobody of distinction of appetite goes to a lobster palace to eat. One goes there in gaudy mood or when every other place is filled or closed or with the kind of man who thinks gay ety means overdressed women, bedia- moned men, walters rushing with champagne as if they had the fire buckets and a caterwauling orchestra. At midnight the din and the excite ment incline a sedate man to ask him. self whether he Is not in a riot. If you have a lobster digestion, you don't hear the din or feel the maelstrom of Omnibuses, walters, head walters and patrons swirllng about you. A man who is eating lobster has to concen- trate all his faculties, mental, physical, moral and intellectual, on the ordeal
 You have heard no doubt of the young lady who was asked over her first lob ster how she liked it. ''I think" she declared, "it's perfectly delicious if there weren't so many large bones in 1t. They look like celluloid, don't they ?"-Richard Duffy In Putnam's.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-31
Human Heart as a Power Engines

A great physician once remarked that, despite It's complexity, there was no organ of the body readier to adapt itself to circumstances or more capa. ole of repaylng ordinary care than the heart This Is very true, and an ap- preciation of that fact should cause us all the more carefully to follow the wise mans advice and to keep our heart with all diligence. When we have regard to the tremendous Work the heart accomplishes we might well with Wesley say, Strange that harp of d thousand strings should keep In tune so long" Estimated In seientif1c fashion, a mans heart tn twenty-four hours performs an amount of work which if represented by the energy de- handed for a big lift would raise l-'' tons of weight one foot high. Such a calculation can be accurately deter, mined by measuring the force eXpand
 ed in one beat or cycle of moyemeH, of the heart and ':,Hltiplying the short work into that : ,ie day, Thus In nc small degree q the hearts labor contribute to swt.!. the big total of the energy tue human engine expend> each day it liyes.-New York World.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-31
C,eveiands Greediness For Work.


 President Cleveland was often at his desk in the White House until 3 o'clock in the morning and up again at 9. fell into the way of working until about l o'clock in the morning, and because of the oppressive heat l kept the door of my room wide open. Of ten during the hours around midnight 1 would step into the hall In hope Of getting stray breath of air. Once 1t 50 happened that as I looked across the hall to the half open door turned toward mine l saw upon It's polished surface the reflection of the hand of a man writing with a patience and an industry that amazed me. l knew that the president was at his desk. l used to ask the watchman when 1 went to my task In tho morning at what hour the president had knocked off work the preceding night. 1 found that 1t was generally about o'clock in the morning, although sometimes when he had finished some severe task that he had set himself he would stop at ? o'clock. usually stopped work at o'clock, but I did once or twice hang on until 2 In the hope that might. If only for once, show an endurance equal to that of the man next door, whose greediuess for work had become proverbial.-Ge gorge F. Parker in Me Clure'S
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-31
he Was a Poor Guesser,

He was new conductor and anx. iOus to expedite matters. When he saw woman holding two dollar bill in her hand he dispensed with the customary exhortation to pay her fare and began to count out change. There had been drain on his pockets throughout the trip, and he was obliged to interview half the passen- gers in the car before he finally se- cured the desired small coin. Finally the transaction was completed, and the conductor returned to the woman.
 "Fare?' he said.
 The woman fished a nickel from her pocletbook. Then she looked at the two dollar bill.
 'Dear me!' she said "How careless I am! forgot I had that money in my hand. Somebody might have stolen It."
 "Chumpw growled the conductor.
 The woman thought he meant her, but he didn't. He was curstng his own stupidity.-New York Globe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-31
His Mistake.

The vender of imagess who had just been thrown out of large office build ing. wept bitterly as he looked at his torn clothes and broken wares.
 'Who did this2" inquired the friend ly cop, "Pl, pinch 'em if ysu say the word"
 ''No: 1t was my fault" said the vic. tim. gathering up the remains of 5 plaster image. 'I insisted on trying to sell bust of Noah Webster to a meet ing of simpllfied spoilers" "- Den yer RenubEican.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-31
Culinary Courtship.

Janet had nodded the domestic af- fairs of the family with whom she lived for so many years that the news of her intended marriage had much the effect of an earthquake. Have you and David been engaged long?' ventured the mistress of the house hold
 'One week when next Sabbath comes," stated Janet briefly.
 "And-and had you any thought of marrying before tlnt?" asked her mi>- treSs
 "Times I lad and times 1 had not. said the imperturbable Janet 'as any person will. But month ago when gave David a wee bit of the cake Fti been making and he said to me. Janet have you the recipe firm in your min. lass, so you could make it if Ms Manns book would be far from yous reach? I knew we'll the time was draw ing short
 And when," said Janet closing be eyes at the recollection. 'I said to him David. lad. the recipe is copied i1 a little book of my own and I saw t';1 glint in his eye I reckoned 'twou!d t,e within the month he'd ask me"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-31
Tho Mennonites,

The Mennonites grew out of four sects of Dutch, Flemish and German Baptists. They derive their name from Memo Simons, a Catholic priest who became leader of the anabaptists in about 1887. Simons was born in 1492 and died in 1887. His "True Christian Belief" was published three years be- fore his death. Following the death of the leading spirit the sect under went divisions and changes of creed Pittsburg Dispatch
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-31
French Peasant Women Hard Worker.

The French peasant woman. Ere tonne or otherwise. works hard as any man. It makes one sad to see the women working in the fields. digging and delvtng. carrying heavy burdens, driving the cattle, sometimes attend ing to the machinery employed on the farms One wonders whether hus- bands and fathers appreciate IL all, especially when you hear some of the ballads, for ballads are supposed to reveal the soul of people. heard one the other day of which the refrain Is as follows:
 Dear Is my good wife Jeanne.
 Her death I should deplore.
 But dearer are my beaves.
 Their loss would grieve me more! From Plougastel (France) Letter to New Orleans Times s-Democrat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-31
H;ppo's Mouth an Impressive Sigh

Hippo's Mouth an Impressive Sight.
 The hippopotamus is sort of float Ing island which inhabits the African rivers. To see hippOpotanus rise ou of the water and go away is as discon- certipg to the tourist as it would be to see sand bar get out of the Missouri river and chase COW. The hippo life is too short to write his full! name -ts big brother of the pig. He weighs five tons, and a gargoyle is cute and pretty beside him. He is fat and flabby covered with reddish skin adorned with bristles and has a broad, flat head as wide as dinner table. The mouth of the hippo ts an other of natures African extraya gances. He has mouth enough to de the eating for boys boarding school His jaws are very flexible, and those who have gazed into the inner works of hippo when he has opened his vast pink lined mouth, studded here and there with tusks that look like broken eff Greclan columns, have been impressed with the sight. - Golfers Weekly
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-31
Color In Lies.

It's a white lie when mamma tells papa what baby has been saying. but when papa goes and repeats 1t at the office It's another matter; a lie becomes more or less soiled by being mopped around d-Exchange.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-31
Some Excuse For the Sun.

Artist-There. sir. Is my latest pic, ture. Ingenious Frtend-Well. you haven't economized paint on Ii. have you? What title have you given to 1t? Artist-What do I call 1t? Why, str that Is an autumn sunset. Ingen, uous Frlend-You don't say so! We'll, don't blame the sun at all for set ting
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-31
Washinaton,s Rebuke.

Washington" said q senator, "was not a cynic. yet he sometimes said things so wretchedly true that they had cynical note. Thus, rebuking a certain type of churchgoer, he once wrote:
 "'The church's feasts and lasts are marvelously well kept up. The rich keep the feasts and the poor the fastS.'"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-31
A Candid Critic.

Author-Have you read my new book2
 Frtend-Yes.
 What do you think of itr'
 Well. to bs candid with you. 1 think the covers are too far apart" "-Chicago News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-31
His Choice.

Bustin Seems-How'd yer like to be one of desc here turin rulers. Sell Seldum Shaves-Not me, Bus. I'd lot rather be a king bum dan bum king Kansas City Times
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-31
Reciprocity.

Do you expect your constituents to believe all you tell themr'
 "No," answered Senator Sorghum, "and In return they must not expect me to tell them all bellevs."-Wash- ington Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-31

It Is bette9 to lend than to givs. fN give emp,0 ls& | better than either @Taimua.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-31

If a man empties k1s parss Into his head no one can talps tt teoa him.- franklin.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-31
;J0O MILE BOOK
S12.5i8

Good for bearer locally between points in Arkansas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-31
DIR. c. D. SMITH,

THOMPSON THE TAILOR-Clean ing, altering and repairing . sps- cfalty All work strictly hrst class l01 West Second Avenua ola phone 431
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-24
LEFT TO GOVERNORS.
international Tar Association Takes
No action on Corporation Lac.

Louisville Sept. 23-Instead OF going on record
for or against the corporation tax law in accord
ance with the desires OF opposing factions Of the
International Tax Associations delegates the &C.
sociation to-day adopted resolutions putting the
matter up TO a meeting of governors OF all the
states which the association asked be called by
Governor Augusta E. Wilson Of Kentucky
In prefacing the report Of the resolutions COM
mittee its chairman. Professor Charles ]. Bullock
OF Harvard University announced that after sew
eral strenuous hours OF elaboration the committee
had decided 70 hang together until unanimous
agreement could he reached This he implied had
been done with some difficulty.
The adjustment OF national TO state and local
taxation, the committee decided is a matter of
such vital concern and requires such serious con-
sideration on the side of both the state and the
federal governments that the association could not
do better than submit the whole matter 20 an as
ISOLATION Of governors
The association resolved, however that in spite
Of the effort made outside this conference to at
tach partisan political significance TO the discus
sion Of the conference on the federal income and
corporation tax questions II should place on rec
ord the fact that reports 10 this effect untrue
Committees will be appointed by the association
10 investigate as 10 whether the Failure OF the
general property tax is due defects in the sys-
ten or TO weakness in it's administration"
committee will also investigate taxation of In
surance companies