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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03
SOME STORIES
AROUND TOWN

Mr. George Ingram. after a very
short visit to his elder brother and
other friends, returned to his Padu-
cab home on the Richardson Satur-
day His visit afforded much pleas
ure TO Mr.. NJ. V. Ingram. who had
not seen the baby boy" of the fam
lily for 20 years. These two are all
that are left of a family OF seven
all reared In Montgomery county.
Tenn. George being 60. Friends
tried to persuade him TO stay over
and preach for us Sunday. but he has
an audience in Paducah that cannot
be neglected. He gave an afternoon
reading, however. showing that he
knows the Book from Genesis to
Revelations. and knows everything
in hades that old Nick hasn't got
locked up in the inner furnace. The
family started with Moses" and
1t was believed that 1t was fore
ordained that the youngest should
preach, and George Is said to make
a good one.-Clarksville Leaf-Chron-
icle.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03
Kentucky Kernels

greensboro cleaning up for Mrs.
Crane.
Damage by cyclone near Milton
$4,000.
L. G. N. increase over April reye-
nues s34S,424.
Louisville Democrats to hold con-
yention July 2.
Funeral directors Of state in seq
sion at Covington.
Rev. T. Morton. of Livermoor. has
stroke of paralysis.
Ed. Spears, Barren county wood
chopper, killed by falling tree.
Essel Sisk, 16, student at Bethel
commits suicide because he has no
good clothes.
A. Murphy, supervisor OF Louis
vile division OF Illinois Central, died
at Central City. Buried at Pontiac,
Illinois.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03
lTwo WELL KNOWN COLLEGE
DEBATERS ARE IN CITY

Mr.. Pearson Lockwood, S24 South
Sixth street. and Mr.. Turner Garner,
of the county, returned last night
from Lebanon, Tenn. where they are
students in the Castle Heights
school Both of the boys represented
the school in debate with the Nor
gan school at Fayetteville, Tenn, and
their arguments won the decision.
Both made fine records at the school,
and we're awarded medals for scholar
ships. Mr. Lockwood was graduated
from the Castle Heights school and
next year will enter Cumberland uni
versity.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03
In Touch with outside World.

Deadwood. S. D.. June 3.-For the
first time since Sunday Deadwood
has telegraphic Communication with
the outside world. A conservative
estimate of the flood loss in the
Black Hills is 100000. Both the
Northwestern and the Burlington
roads have sustained very heavy
losses. Neither road has had a train
into Deadwood since Sunday, and
will be obliged to bring in mails by
teams for several days.
At Spearfish the damage is placed
at $4,000. Fourteen inches of rain
has fallen in the Black Hills since
Sunday night, breaking all records.
Many mines have been forced to sus-
pend.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03
RAILROADS WILL MAKE
MANY IMPROVEMENTS.

New York. June An Issue OF
approximately s2G.OOODO0 OF per
cent gold bonds was authorized to-
day by the directors OF the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railway company
The bonds will mature In 1856, and
are convertible prior to June 1. 1918,
at the option OF the holders. The d.
rectors announced that the company
intends, I'm the near future. to make
important extensions and betterments
and has deemed It prudent to make
this provision for new capital.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03
ONE MURDER TO
HIDE ANOTHER
Woman and Officer Were As
sassinated.
Woman Was About to Become Mother
and Would Have Been Witness
Against Them.
THE SAME MEN ARE INVOLVED

Ada. Okla. June ga jury is now
being impaneled to try six men for
one OF the most sensational murders
that has ever been committed within
the southeastern part of the state of
Oklahoma.
The grand jury has recently indict-
ed Dan Scribner. Mack Lee, John
Scribner. Frank Scribner, Ed Johnson
and l.. Impson for the killing Of L.
| NJ. Putnam on the night of January
I G. last. at Allen, a small inland town
20 miles east from Ada. Deceased
was shot while standing in a business
house talking TO some friends. by
some one from the outside, through a
window, the assassin escaping in the
darkness. Mr.. Putnam was the town
marshal at Allen, and on or about
December 1, last. shot and almost In
stantly killed Clarence Lee, prom
inent young Indian citizen Of this sec
ton, who was resisting arrest for the
violation of a town ordinance. He
was a brother to Mack Lee, one OF
the defendants herein. Dan Scribner
Is the only one that Is now on trial.
The story of the state is that Mack
Lee. to obtain revenge for the killing
OF his brother by Putnam. offered to
pay the Scribner brothers. Ed John
son and l.. Impson $1,000 in cash and
100 acres Of land to do the job; that
Dan Scribner did the shooting, and
that the others (except Johnson, who
has turned states evidence) aided
land abetted in the commission of the
crime. all becoming principals u1del
Oklahoma statutes
At the conclusion of the trial OF
these cases another will be taken
more startling still in which Oar
John, Andy and Frank Scribner viii
be arraigned for the murder Of Mrs
Frank Scribner on or about the nigh
OF May -. 1909, which occurred al
the residence Of a Mr.. Henry at about
1880 o'clock by being shot through {
window from the outside. The theol
Of the state in this case Is that Oar
Scribner did the shooting and wal
aided and abetted by his brothers
John. Frank Cthe husband of the mul
dered woman) and Andy. The de
ceased was an indian, and to add
more shame and horror to the crime
would have become a mother in I
very few weeks. Deceased woulC
have been a witness against Oar
Scribner for the murder Of Putnam
and II was necessary that she be pu
out OF the way.
A number OF these parties have en-
deavored to secure bail through
habeas corpus proceedings, but II
each and every instance II has beer
denied. Many weeks will be cor
sumed in the trial Of these cases. ant
the Judge has announced that ther'
will be no adjournment OF court un
I'll the cases have been disposed OF.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03
WAR HEROINE WEEDS AUToIsT
Mrs. Mccartney, Honored In Boxer
Rebellion, Becomes Bride.

San Francisco. June 3.-Mrs. l.,
Mccartney. who as Mrs. August
Chamot. received a decoration from
the French government for heroic
acts at the time of the Boxer rebel
lion. was married here today to her
former chaufeurer, August Rhem-
strom.
Chamot was an interpreter for the
Chinese court. In return for her
services the Chamots received $3.50
600 from the allied powers. and
August chamot was made a man
DARN of the Chinese empire.
Mrs. Chamot was awarded a de-
cree of divorce three months ago.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03

In his speech before the senate adj
vocating return of the war tax on
manufactured tobacco and an increase
IN the size OF packages, Senator Bey-
eridge says that in 1897 there were
393 independent factories, as com
pared with $50 today. The value Of
the industry is 1891. 117,6S1. Nearly
one million acres are devoted to the
raising Of leaf tobacco. the value Of
which as a farm product is $4,000
900 to $4,000 900 annually. There
are 91,S12,649 pounds Of leaf to-
bacco used in this country today,
compared to ZIG. 465,33S in 1906
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03

The suggestion was made in fiscal
court that the county should take
better and greater precautions against
being swindled on claims, and imme-
diately someone proposed new Of
fee. that of auditor. to protect the
county. The proposal possibly was
innocent enough. but it indicates
how our multiplicity of Offices came
about. Some official takes advantage
of hi, opportunity to steal public
funds. Then another Office is created
ito watch him." Some time, maybe,
a new officer Is required to watch
that one, and so on, indefinitely
We have too many municipal, county
and state Offices now. th
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03
CONTEST
(Coutlnued From Page one.)


an hour was made while the tires
we're wrapped with hundred
yards OF rope to insure better time
through the mud. Continuing then
Fredonia was reached at noon
where candidates inspected the ma
chine and rode in 1t until $3.50.
At that hour the car started for
Smithland by way OF Dycusburg and
found bad roads. At one point IL
hung up on hog back" and more
than half an hour was spent in dig
ging trench to get II out. At
o'clock a picturesque crossing OF the
Cumberland river was made in an
old-time ferry-boat, propelled by
sweeps. and in less than an hour the
car was in Smlthland having made as
high as 30 miles an hour on certain
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03
FINANCE COMMITTEE OF
COUNCIL TOMORROW NIGHT

The finance committee of the gen.
eral council will meet tomorrow
night at 1880 O'Clock to audit bills
for the last half OF May and allow
salaries. The question Of electing a
committee clerk will be before the
committee. On request of the city
clerk. License Inspector Ed Hubbard
served last evening.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03
WIFE WILL DO TALKING.
EIocutionist Bride Took Deaf Nut,
For Husband.

Louisville, KY June 3.-Asa A.
Stutsman and Miss Amelia Grace
Taft. both OF jacksonville. ILL.,. to-
day took out a license 10 marry.
The ceremony will be performed to-
night.
The bridegroom is a deaf mute
and the bride is a graduate OF a
Boston school Of expression. She is
originally from New Hampshire and
claims to be distantly related to
President Taft. The couple will re-
side in Michigan.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03

The old homestead of jefferson
Davis. in Todd county. IL being dedi-
Gated. on this, his birthday. Hundreds
Of true southern men and women are
doing honor TO the only president of
the Confederacy. Il Is a fine thing
TO make shrines Of the birthplaces
OF our great men. The thoughts pro
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03

stretches OF road after It had
crossed the river.
All day long the car was Inspected
by admiring candidates who were
aroused to new interest in the con-
test after seeing it. Today It will
begin tour Of the northern part of
Livingston county and will get back
to Princeton by Friday.
Score In McCracken County.
Standing of candidates at close OF
balloting Saturday night, May 20.
nIGTnI(vr Nh
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03
Start on Hunt.

Nalrobi. June S.-The Roosevelt
party left Nairobi at 1880 today on
a special train for Kljabe. Early To-
morrow Roosevelt will visit the
American missio0 at Kijabe, and
later start for Sotik. They VIII
travel by caravan, since there are no
railways in that part OF the protecto-
rate.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03
OIL Company Conference.

Austin. Texas, June 3.-Receiyer
Eckhardt. of the Waters-Pierce Oil
company, and the corporations at
torneys, n. A. steadman and e. b.
Perkins. are in conference today re-
latiye TO an inventory and sale of the
property ordered by the court. II is
believed strenuous effort is being
made to prevent the sale.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03

The Henderson Cleaner says to
Mrs. Crane that Henderson "extends
TO her the open and glad hand OF true
Kentucky hospitality"
We hope its hand is clean.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03
Political Announcement

The Sun Is authorized 20 announce
the candidacy OF MIR. Thomas n.
Hazelip for police judge, city OF
Paducah, subject 10 the action Of the
Republican party.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03

THE SENATORIAL COMPLEXION.
The New York Evening Post has
been interested in the business con
nections Of the United States sena-
tors. and an examination OF their
records shows the following profess
sional and business statistics:
Farmers, 10.
Merchants, 4.
Corporation lawyers, 81.
Lawyers without special leanings,
40.
Bankers and holders Of bank stocks
21.
Manufacturers. IL.
Holders of railway stocks, 10.
Holders of Industrial stocks, &c.
Holders of steamship interests, 6.
Holders Of lumber interests, 8.
Holders of mining interests, II.
Connected with public utility cor
porations, s.
Owners OF large tracts OF land, 3.
Rated as poor men, 10.
Rated as millionaires, at least %.
Indefinitely reported to have lean.
ings toward corporations, 16.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03

"Paducah is cleaning up to receive
Mrs. Crane. Why not keep the town
in that condition for all time. visits
or no ylslts?''-owensboro Messen-
ger
We shall, curly pate.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03

voked by their memorials are inspira-
tons to future generations; for it is
a notable fact, that our truly great
men are all good men.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03

Is it possible that the Liberty case
is just another confusion of the term
with license?
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03

The sun Editorial rooms. Phones
Old, 337; new. 35s. Anyone nav
ing news items please call above num-
bers.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03
Daily Thought.

Daily Thought.
Personality is something to be
cultivated. Peculiarities are to be
discouraged.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT.
Every dose makes you feel better. LAX
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sold on the Money Back plan every
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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-03

If IT'S ONLY A HEADACHE
Why COrnelisOn Headache Lives Pills
will cure that 10 centA Guaranteed
by all druggists.
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olhJuL4 WON sTATEAENT..

TOTAL $500 20 A1o'Vo1
Average for March, 1909. .54S3
Average for March, 190S......3s43
Increase ......... .......1o4V
Personally appeared before me thls
April 2, 1909. r. D. MacMillen, bust
ness manager of The Sun, who az
Arms that the above statement OF
the circulation OF The Sun for the
month Of March, 1909, Is true to the
best OF his knowledge and belief.
PETER PURYEAR,
Notary Public McCracken Co.
NY commission expires January
10, 1912.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
LEGAL DECISIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Right of Putative Wife. The Texa.
law provides that an action for in.
Juries to a husband be brought by
him. In Fort Worth & r. G.. Ry. Co.
w. Robertson, III Southwestern Re.
porter 202. deceased had instituted
the suit which had been interrupted
by his death, not caused by the in.
Juries in question. At the time OF his
marriage with plaintiff, deceased had
another wife surviving, but he had
lived with plaintiff, who was ignorant
of the spouse extantfi for the ten
years preceding his death. The statu-
tory period OF limitation having elaps
ed since the accident, it was claimed
that plaintiff could not recover. first
because she was not the lawful widow
and second, because the action was
barred. The Texas Court of Civil APP
peals held that under the circum-
stances plaintiff was entitled TO the
rights of lawful wife in the com
munity property, which included the
cause of action. and that, the law hav
ing precluded her maintenance of the
action before her husbands death,
the statute had not run against it.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.

In drawing q comparison between
the action of the sheriff OF st. ClaiI
county in the present emergency
there, and the action OF the sheriff
lof Alexander county in the affair Of
Nov. IL, 1t is well to consider the
difference in the state of facts. In
1.-THE East st. Louis case the negro al
|rested was at once identified by one
Iof the victims of the shooting, and
was at once turned over to the
sheriff for safe-keeping. In the Cairo
ease there could be no Identification
by the victim and the suspect was not
turned over to the sheriff till two
days after the murder had been dis
covered Three hours after the sus-
pect had been taken charge of by the
sheriff he was taken out of the city
for safe-keeping. Any suggestion,
therefore, to set up the action of the
st, Clair county sheriff as an example
which should have been followed by
the sheriff of this county is mani.
testify out of order.
And it may be said that Editor
Mayor Kern of Belleville also will
find, if he chooses to look for it, sim
liar ground for not approving mob
violence in the East St. Louis case.
as he did in the Cairo case under the
heading Hurrah For Carrot" Here
also there seems to be a decided diff
ference in the state of facts. More
than likely the St Clair county courts
have not been so contemptibly weak
Tor worse) in administering the law
in murder cases, as they have been in
this community during a term of
years.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23
may have at any time a greater re
sponsibility imposed upon him.

But the foregoing is nothing at all
compared to some of the experiences
Cairo jurors have had. Saying moth
ing of the days during which they
are kept in attendance at court feeling
all along that they are not wanted OF;
1.-THE Jury by the defense; that every
effort will be made to disqualify them
under the law and If this does not
Isucceed that they will be peremptorily
misunderstanding all this out of con
i federation there are the hardships to
(which they are subjected in case by
chance they happen to be accepted
in an important criminal case. One
| instance in point is the case of a
juror who served on such case here
some time ago and related by him and,
others at the time. The trial hap
pened TO be in winter. The jury was
held for DAYS in the court room and
at night were huddled into cold bed
room with ha'f-wrecked furniture, with
insufficient coverings and with no
facilities for personal care. and I'M
addition to this they were poorly fed
Commenting upon the Magazine
story (which is emphasized MANIFOLD
by the story of the Cairo juror the
Louisville Courier-Journal says
In the light of recent statements
it is small wonder that so many men
shrink from doing jury service The
compensation of juror is small. I'll
is not infrequently the case that a
trial drags along for several weeks
The juror more than likely is serving
at a personal loss. Most assuredly
he IL serving at personal discomfort
AS the writer in Scribners puts it, he
is "herded with his fellows" and We're
he on trial for high crime he would
scarcely be subjected to more rigid
1T requires some degree of patriot |
ism and some measure of selfsacrifiee |
for good citizen TO serve on jury |
Perhaps that is one reason why the |
professional juror has come to be
recognized as something akin to q |
necessary evil and why his presence
Is tolerated in many court houses.
The laws, to beginwith, are not favor.
Alberto securing the best material for
he makeup of puries. When, in adj
iition, the juror is treated like Grim
nal than a law.ahiding citizen and a
necessary arm of the court. it is not
that capable men should
'hirk service and that most inries are
10 better than they ought to be and
many of them not as good"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23
TO Mr.. GRUMsLEY.

In communication elsewhere a
Mfr. GrumsIey who writes from one OF
the hotels of the city, undertakes to
show. by reciting series of Incl.
dents, that there is low public sentI-
ment." In this community. His com.
munication is written in reply to a
contribution from The Bulletins
Short Talks" writer. In which the
latter called attention to some of the
features in the city which disproye
the ugly charge so boldly made by u
prominent citizen that public senti
ment here is "low''-the many
schools. churches, library, fraternal
and charitable associations, etc. Mr.
Grumsley makes the point that these
exist in other communities of Cairos
size and declares that unless Cairo
can show more than others it can not
claim them as proof of high public
sentiment Why not? Are not these
institutions and societies proof Of
high public sentiment everywhere?
Why not for Cairo?
When Mr. Crumsley cites a series
of incidents as showing low public
sentiment" in this community he
overlooks the important fact that the
community as such is in no sense
responsible for them and does not ap.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23

prove of them, any more than it ap-
proves of murder or fragrant miscar'
riages of justice in its courts.
Generally speaking community
may be judged by the laws IT makes
and by the character of men il
chooses to execute those laws. When
the people elect men to office who,
they have a right TO believe, are good
men: when II binds these men by
good laws, by strong oaths that they
will execute those laws, and by finan-
cial bonds to insure faithful perform
ance of duty, then they have a right
to expect good government and to
feel that they may go about their own
affairs as citizens, leaving community
affairs in the hands of the men they
have chosen and whom they pay for
their services. And when in spite of
all this the peoples servants from
any cause fail to give the people good
government and the people, after long
suffering and many vain protests, rise
to execute the law themselves, either
through Citizens Leagues of through
the ''mob"-is not this proof of high
public sentiment"
There is strong reason to believe
that our Mr.. Grumsley has been
chewing a mouthfull of bad soup with
rather more energy and seeming sat
isfaction than that sort OF feed or.
calls for.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-23
The Bulletin 10 on sale at the fol.
lowing places:
cofeman's, 214 Eighth street.
Halliday House News Stand.
Blue Front Restaurant.
THE WOES OF A JUROR.

In line with what The Bulletin has
said with regard to the treatment OF
business men and others when they
become candidates for jury service
a@writer in the latest Scribner's
Magazine has story worth reading.
He draws a pen picture which will
be recognized by not few in Cairo,
as presenting in general way ex-
periences in of their own, az follows:
The juryman, from his first en-.
trance in response to the courts per
emptory summons, finds little in his
treatment to impress him with an idea
Of special dignity in his position, even
II he has no overt cause of complaint.
He Is herded with his fellows, ordered
about by the tipstaves or bailiffs of
court, addressed in peremptory tones;
sometimes, ii in his unfamiliarity he
is going the wrong way he is grabbed
by one OF these gentry of the badge
and hustled as if he were the pris-
0ner in the dock. He sits In the
court room with an ever present
sense, II he be sensitive, that he must
be careful not to get into trouble;
the feeling OF liberty is gone, he is
enveioped In an atmosphere of re.
stralnt, Really he is placed more on
an equality with the prisoner at the
bar than with the judge on the bench,
yet he Is as essentially a part of the
court as that august potentate and