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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-02-15
SOME STORIES
AROUND TOWN

This story Of St. Valentines Day is
told on one of the most prominent
ministers of the city, and although it
upset the dignity it is nevertheless
true. While en- route to his home
after a call the minister saw small
boy on his tiptoes trying to reach the
door bell. The little fellow tried in
vain to reach the coveted button.
Seeing his predicament the kind min
lister stepped on the porch and pushed
the button. The boy grabbed his hat,
and with a grin on his face turned
away. 'sNow. little man " said the
minister. what shall do?" Quickly
the boy answered, Now, mister
you'll have to run like h" and be-
gan running down the street.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-02-15

II doesn't take much OF a carpen,
ter to construct an air castle.
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Regular services were held yester-
day at the Broadway Methodist
church. The Rev. G. T. Sullivan
morning sermon was based on the
18th chapter of John. and was a
strong presentation of the Savior's
prayer for bis disciples. The offer
tory was sung by Mrs. Leila Wade
Lewis. There were two additions to
the church. DR.. Sullivan has inaugu-
rated the plan to have two laymen
each Sunday in the vestibules of the
church to receive and welcome the
people coming to church This sup
plements the ushers' work and is
moving a good feature.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-02-15

The Evening sun-ioc a Week.
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Personally appeared before me
this Feb. /, 1909, R. ID. MacMillen,
business manager Of The Sun, who
affirms that the above statement OF
the circulation of The Sun for the
month of January, 1909. is true to
the best of his knowledge and belief
My commission expires January
January 10. 1912.
PETER PURYEAR,
Notary Public McCracken Co.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-07-08

rushed upon the stage and down all my best pieces
All 1t was an rreparable damage" And the little
MANAGE sirrggci his shoulders pathecally
The man on the couch tried to raise his head, but
groaned and fell back, With great difficulty he gasped
"Hc-bu he is only lad He cannot do anythngl'
"You forget NJ Truchctc. am eighteen years old
have learned many things l will do my best will
not try take your place will only pacy the audi
enrc'
"ih, well, go! l expect the audience viii mob US
both Al The pain in my eyes again! Ard the
artist sank back and seemed to have tainted.
&" Go on and do what You can, young man. said the
o-onr;etor Of the theatcr Il will see to NJ Truchette
Do YOU keep those childish people quiet At least" he
added with grim smile, give them something to nib
Bile ON. for they are growing hungry indeed
The noise in front of the curtain swelling into
roar when the youth stepped from the room. He ad-
vanced slowly and with dignity to the footghs, and
made an impressive bow The audience was in bad
humor, bit there moments hush, and the young
man instantly took advantage Of it.
"Iadies and gentlemen regret to say that NJ. Tru-
Ghetto has been suddenly seized with blind headache
and will be unable TO appear before you tonight am
Rudolph Cluny, his assistant And by permission OF
monsieur will do my best to amuse you this evening,
begging you to excuse any slight mistakes may make
owing to the absence of any assistant"
There was something frank and winsomc about
this speech that many of the audience rcgained their
good nature. But there loud cries from different
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Cuny reeaned his composure and saw that unless the
panic arrested, horrible disaster would beall the
people
He had very sweet voice, and at once he began to
sing one of the popular ballads Of the day in tone Sc
tender and expressive that the people stopped 1t is
wellknown fact that singing be heard much farther
than shout ordinary call Of the human voice
And this plantve song rising from the soul OF the seu
der lad upon the stage so thrilling III its fearless
courage and quiet repose that it had the effect OF stop
ping the mad rush for the doors The lad finished
of the song and began the second, and the
seemed to have an cnchantmen for the music loving
Italians They actually applauded the singer when the
last note died away Again Rudolph instantly seized the
opportunity He spoke clear and strong:
Ladies and gentlemen. is the rear of the theater
which is in flames. See the smoke coming toward
from the back The front open and untouched There
is plenty of time to escape if you go ont as usual. Be
hold mel | will remain here until you all safely
out!"
rhe people shouted Bravo" and began to 30 out.
but without any panic. The theater had indeed caught
fire at the extreme rear. The flames burned with
traordinary rapidity Rudolph could them bursting
through the scenes at his left Before all the people
out of the theaer, the smoke rolled in pillows
across tho stage. and burning piece OF wood was
blown to Rudophs feet He leapcd down to make his
way out But ere he had CROPPED his way through the
orchestra circle, already blinded BY the smoke which
filed the little auditorium, there flashed into his mind
the fact that M Truchette lay asleep perhaps suffo
eating in the little room at the right OF the stage! He
had been forgotten by everybody
Rudolph did not hesitate moment He leaped mp
again and crawed on his hands and knees across the
toward the entrance of the little where
sieur had been left The heat and smoke were terrible
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He felt burning brands drop on him Twice Ills hair
caught fire He extinguishcd tho flames with his hands
and sill crep on; The door of the little room was
open He rose to his feet and rushed in He could not
gee He could only feel. Yes monsieur was still on the
couch Whether dead sufocating he could not tell
He caught him up and staggered across the stage
The stage was in flames. Rudolph rushed through them,
and with the burden in his again descended to the
orchestra circle. 1t terrible moment to him The
entire building seemed aHare, rapidly had the fire
spread. But at last he reached the doors He rushed
out An How sweet the air and the cool night And
how the people shouted when he appeared with his bur-
den He fell taintine. but strong raised him and
bore him to place OF afcy, while the oeater of San
8eno reared IN the embrace Of the fiery element il
cnragcd at the escape of its prisoners.
When Rudolph recovered from his burns, which were
serious and at time threatened to be fatal the people
of San Bento honored him with everything in their
power They were not u1grateful. medal struck
oft, concentrating the event, and Rudolph proudly
wore it home; and the little mother and sister in tho
vale Of Campras wept glad tears the dear lad
had done SO much to honor them.
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them. AZ That instant the little manager also appeared
and added his that Of the young performer But
the sight Of the manager seemed to the audience
rather than quiet it. He very unpopular with some
Of the leading citizens of San Benito And instantly
cry arose against him.
Bring out Truchette. Make good the performance
Bah The lad cannot repay US for coming" the
cries of many. In vain the manager protested that mon
sieur i'll and unable to appear. In vain Rudolph
begged the people to have patience and he would show
them wonders. The people not to be appcased.
Just then cry OF Fire was heard.
The lttlc heatcr surrounded by buildings, and its
entrance small and insufficient 1t had been con-
denned the inspectors but nothing had been done to
rem edy the matter. 1t this, for thing that had
made the people of San Benito indignant the teater
manager That cry OF fire raised panic. The people
turned and made frantic rush for the doors. Women
slricked. ard men howed Ike wild beasts they tram
pied one another, 1t that moment'that Rudolph
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The Hero of San BenitO
BY Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon

patient audience, packed closely into the little
theater Of San Bcnito. growing clanorous
II had come 10 be amused By the great prcsti-
dirator, NJ. Truchettc, and it had waited
full ten minutes, and no appearance OF the great
magician An Italian audience is frequently restless
one. This had lost patience. There on the stage
was the apparatus Of the master-tc famous table, the
mysterious curtain and various devices for astonishing
the uncarned But monsieur himself did not make his
appearance and the people beginning to grow abu
siye of the theater NJ Truchec his assistants
and even the little orchestra footing and scrap
ing away fiji up the time, and growing nervous at the
murn,urs Of discomfort every side
But if the audience could have gone behind the
il would have been satisfied with the sight of very Ell
fecve little tableau. Upon faded green scttee lay the
famous performer, while near by stood youth Of a
very fair counenanoc and very determined look He
was evidently dressed for the performance and his ap
pcarance was exceedingly pleasing Near the stage exit
of the room stood little man, evidently the
stapenanaeer His hand erasped the tasseed curtain
near the head OF the couch where NJ Truchette
lying He was demonstrating with him in a quiet but
nperious tone "The performance must go forward
monsieur r. the lad take your place, as he says he
is able TO do why not let him2 He can but fail The
people will not be silent much longer Hsrkl They
begin to call already Do you remember that night
in Christmas week. when the first tenor was unable to
sing at tho great jubilee in this very placer The people
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IS 1 IS
Che Picture
By NJ. M. D.

By NJ. NJ. D.
DEAR little Marjorie Boulton,
Sweet little lady mine!
One OF earths blithcsome fairies,
Alert in the clad sunshine.
Well may the grateful blossoms
Nestle and thrive in thy clasp,
And hearts grow warm and tender
At the thought of thy gentle grasp
So. little Marjorie Boulton.
Wen gaze on the picture awhile
Quite sure that the face in romc,H
Will brightly respond with a smile !
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NJ Truchette was not unmindful Of his former az
ss,ant and gave him encouragement to study n,usp
and develop his voice, which noted master declared II
be we'll worth the instruction And several years latei
Rudolph Cuny singing the ballads OF the country
deiyhed audiences in Europe. lie Grew 10 be tall
handsome man. And, better than all, he was brave ant
good And he always wore the medal given HIM BY .'
tickle but generous people OF San Bcnlto
NoTr ny THE AUTHoR.-This story related to me
by an Italian lady who present at the scene OF The
performance in the little thcater Rudolph Cluny is
real being OF flesh and blood, although he IS known ~
another name. The story has Until now bee
made public in this country.
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Sllco T Talbot

The little Dafbary Ape
Does not try TO escape
When threatened with cold water and the soap;
The Hippo -potamusscs
Don't make such awful fuses.
Nor the Jaeuar. nor the little Antelope
"Thc mild, obedient Yak
Would never answer back,
Nor does tic Rhino cino-roarer horse;
And the baby Crocodile
Why, the water makes him smile,
And he takes his daily plunges as OF course
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The Ounce and Pangolin, Il
The humpbackcd linpooio,
The shaggy Buffalo,
May battle, and wash ard rub,
And splash. and dash, and scrub
But just won't!' and OFF he went a-leaping.
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THE little Kangaroo
(If this story is quite true)
Could not be made to battle him in the river.
lie said he yet
Saw water quite wet
The suggestion made him shake and SILVER
His mother said, absurd
You're nirry, on my word
What we,l-brcd jungle creature would act so1
The little Elephants
Are glad 10 have the chance
Their bath is jast iroc, as you know.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-07-06
RAILROAD WORK IS
Progressing
RAILS ARE BEING LAID ON THE
MOSES COULEE BRANCH OF
THE GREAT NORTHERN RAIL
WAY.

That the Great Northern will fin
ish it's branch line in Moses Coulee
in time for the hauling out of this
years what crop, according to plans
and promises made. is evidenced
from the way work is progressing.
Rail laying is progressing and two
streaks of rust now extend from
Columbia Siding up the Moses Coulee
for distance of 80 miles The tun-
mel was passed some days ago and
rails have been laid some ten or If
teen miles beyond that point.
There are a number of bridges to
be built which will take considerable
time. While the bridge building is
going on, it is the plan to ballast the
track which has already been laid.
The Great Northern officials gave
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-07-06
Columbia River Improvement Commits
sion, Which Met in the City Saturday,
Has Plans Whereby an Additional
200 Miles of Virgin Territory Will
Be Tributary to Wenatchee.

The Columbia river Improvement
commission, consisting of State Sena-
tor Anderson of Stevens county, Capt.
Fred McDermott of Kettle Falls and
Wenatchee, Herman Conehl of
Bridgeport, w w Bryant of, Addy
and Jas B. Valentine of Spokane,
which met in Wenatchee on Saturday
has outlined plan of work witch
means the extension of river naviga-
ton from Wenatchee to all upper
Columbia river points at the earliest
practicable moment. The plan. in
brief. contemplates the beginning of
improvements at Foster creek rapids,
which are now the first Instructions
to big scope of country, and the
making of other improvements above
that point at such other places as re-
quired in order to give the longest
possible period of navigation on a
meuluHl stage OI water. his Will
result right away in giving relief to
settlers of certain districts who have
not been able heretofore to market
their produce, but who are this year
raising large crops in the expectation
of shipping them out by the boats to
Wenatchee in the fall or next spring.
Between Bridgeport, the present
head of navigation for the c. & o.
Co. steamboats,, and the mouth of
the Spokane, there is 100 miles Of
country completely closed in without
transportation. Work at points over
this distance will bring those sections
in direct touch by steamboat with
the railroad at Wenatchee and be-
sides giving relief to the present set
tiers will make possible the develop
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-07-06

ment of many new districts contain
richest fruit and agricultural lands
in these regions.
North of the mouth of the Spo-
kane the steamer Enterprise, under
Captain McDermott. has been rum
ming the past year. In order to safe
ly continue the operation of steamers
there at all stages of water and to
accommodate large barging and lum-
ber rafting interests which are eX-
pected to develop, work at several
places will be done as soon as pos
sible. In view of the fact that the
river is to be improved it Is expected
that the Great Northern railroad will
order the extension of a connection
from the Spokane Falls & Northern
at Kettle Falls to the Columbia,
reaching the river at that point, 70
miles above the mouth of the Spo-
hduc, VI tudL d lluc ludy UC
built from Bluestem on the main
line direct to the Spokane and thus
give outlet by way of the railroad
and river to the Kettle Falls dis
trict. Should the Great Northern
not build, two other railroads are
projected toward the Spokane to
make use of the upper Columbia,
and whether or not any of them
should build, it is plain, of course,
that the work contemplated by the
river commission will result in CIV
ing eventually a through outlet by
way of the river to all the upper
country.
The next meeting of the commits
sion will be held in a few days at
Spokane.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-07-06
Bows and Fire Crackers Re-
SDOnSible for a Blaze This
Afternoon Which Burned
Section Adjacent to Mis-
sion Street and OrOndO
Avenue, Entailing Large
Property Loss.

mite the Cottage hotel. but this
proved futile and in Is minutes after
the fire started the building was in
ashes, as it was built of light, in
flamable material and burned like
tinder Back of the Woods building
on Mission street the fire hall and
1t is understood that Mrs. Baker
carried no insurance. The insurance
also had expired on the building
owned by Mr.. Woods.
For time it seemed that it would
be impossible to save the Columb mbia
hotel, but heroic efforts on the part
OF volunteers, stopped the northward
trend of the flames. Too much praise
also can not be given the volunteers
who labored for hours on top of the
Ross shop, the Russell paint shop and
the Joe Edwards plumbing shop.
These men stood in the face of the
heat and with buckets and wet blank
cts kept the flames from licking up
these buildings.
The burning of the Cottage hotel
marked the limits of the fire west
ward. 1t was thought that the in
tense heat caused by the burning of
the Cottage hotel, the Mrs c. E. Lii
lis residence, occupied by Frank
Baker, would catch next, but the fire.
men concentrated their efforts on
this building and saved it.
The stock from the O'Connor barn
was taken out Immediately after the
first alarm of fire. The horses were
led down the street to a place Of
safety Most of the vehicles were
taken out of the danger zone. O'Con-
nor & Parrish, fortunately added an
additional $1,000 to their insurance
only yesterday, they having in effect
at this time between $4,000 and
$4,000 insurance On the building and
stock. The Hunt and Proctor build
ings were owned by George H. Ellis,
the Hunt building being a recent pur-
chase. Mr.. Ellis turned in his
Douglas street cottages, built last
spring, on the lot ana building which
was burned.
After the first few minutes of the
fire water from the High Line canal
was turned into the city reservoir
and there was no complaint from this
source. The fire department rendered
splendid service and too much praise
can not be accorded the boys of the
Wenatchee fire department. In the
shed at the rear of the Hunt build
ing. in which the fire started, four
head of horses belonging to the Cen
tral market We're burned and also a
number of sheep. AS near as can be
estimated without, confirming the
figures, the losses are as follows:
Mrs. Baker, Cottage hotel. s10,-
900; Harlin market, $4,000; George
Ellis. buildings, $500: Crescent,
stock, $500; building, $500; fire
hall. owned by the city, $500; fire
bell and tower, $500; O'Connor &
Parrish, $4,000; Woods building,
$2500; M. Streeter, tenant of Woods
building, s2500; VIM. Cressell. ten
ant of Proctor building. plumbing
Concluded on page 81
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An insufficient water supply at the
commencement and considerable wind
today resulted in the almost entire
destruction of the block on the corner
of Mission street and Orondo avenue.
The fire started at 2:30 in the stable
at the rear of the Hunt building,
used by the Central market for
teams and other supplies. 1t is said
that four boys and fire crackers was
the cause of the fire. The flames
quickly spread to the rear of the
O'Connor & Parrish barn TO the
south and this went up in flames in
few minutes. From the Hunt build
ing. which was entirely destroyed, the
flames spread to the north to the
Proctor building, occupied by the
Cressel plumbing shop. This, with
the entire stock, was burned, as was
also the Hunt building, in which the
fire started, occupied in the rear by
the Central market stock and in the
front by the Salvation Army barracks
From the O'Connor barn and Vondell
Blacksmith shop the flames spread
to the HarIin market, the rear Of
which also was soon in ashes.
The concrete building recently
erected by Chas. Harlin acted as Il
ha nd
tarded the progress Of the flames.
While the Crescent building was
wrecked in being demolished and
burned, yet the fact that there was a
concrete building in the progress Of
the flames, retarding the spread Of
the fire. was the salvation of the
block to the east, including the Pearl
grocery. the Rosenberg building and
the rest of the business section.
The building adjoining the Harlin
market. occupied by the Crescent,
with a stock of confectionery and no.
tions, was the next one to catch fire
and an effort was made to dynamite
if but the effort along this line was
futile and there was no chance of
saving it.
The wind for time seemed to have
veered to the east and hopes were
entertained that it would be possible
to save the corner building opposite
the Harlin market, owned by Rufus
Woods and T. F. Lewis and occupied
ON the ground floor by Walker &
Widney. Eyers' repair shop and on
the upper floor by Streeter's rooming
house. The wind veered again and
this building was soon in flames. The
adjoining building, occupied by the
Cottage house, was emptied of nearly
all of its contents in a few minutes
and it too was soon in flames.
An effort was also made to dyna-
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-07-06
CHURCH HAS NEW
PASTOR
REV. A. $. BARNER. OF BROOK
TJST CHURCH-TAKES PLACE
VACATED BY REV. f. O. JESSUP

Rev. A. S. Barner, of Brooklyn
who has been called TO the pastorate
of the First Baptist church of this
city, filled the pulpit there both
morning and evening Sunday
Rev. Barner. accompanied by his
daughter, arrived in Wenatchee Fri
day. His wife, who Is visiting in the
east, is expected later.
Rev. E. o. Jessup, the former pas
tor, is now at the head of the FIRE.
mont Baptist church Of Seattle.