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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-18
Cromwell Dies.

Frankfort, KY. Dec. IS. (Special.)
Cromwell, for many years
clerk of the state senate and with no
opposition for the place at the next
session, died this morning OF paraly-
sis. He is survived by his wife, who
was Miss Emma Guy. of Warren
county, former state librarian. tIN
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-18
NEW PASTOR OF FIRST
CHRISTIAN ARRIVES

The Rev W. A. Fife and family
have arrived from Fulton, Mo, and
are with Mrs. w. G. Whitefield, 631
Kentucky avenue. DR.. Fite came to
assume the pastorate of the First
Christian church and is being extend
ed cordial welcome TO the city
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-18
NIGHT RIDER JURY
FAILS TO AGREE
SENDS REELFOOT LAKE
JURORS BACK TO THEIR
ROOM.

Union City. Tenn. Dec. 1S.-The
Jury in the case of Garrett Johnson
and Arthur Cloar, alleged night rid
ers, charged with the murder OF
Captain Quentin Rankin, reported
this morning. 1t could not agree on
verdict and was sent back to de-
hberate further. 1t is said the jury
stands nine to three for conviction
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-18
RAGLAND COUPLE ARE
WE'D AT METROPOLIS

Metropolis, Ill, Dec. is. Especially
Mr.. Byrd Humphrey and Miss
Lula h. Tippin, OF Ragland, KY,
were married here today by Magis-
trate Llggett.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-18

the disposition developed a decided
change In the attitude of the faculty
members, who heretofore strongly
were in support of the doctor. The
verdict By the committee is not ex-
pected before the latter part of next
week. though the committee probably
will make up its mind long before
that.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-18
Engineer Fails to See Lights of
Switch Engine and Fiiue Lives Pay
Price of One Moments Oversight
HERO A SUICIDE.

. Galveston, Dec 49, Friend
. OF Everett G.. Lewis, hero of Z
. the storm. which swept Calves 4
. ton last summer, are today in =
. commu nication with his rela- Z
. tives at Poppam Beach, Maine. :
. following his suicide. Lewis :
. saved the lives of ten persons :
. when the pavilion at the end Of Z
. Tarpon pier was wrecked, 2
, Lewis had been nervous :
> wreck since, and took poison. :
, following a fit Of despondency, =
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-18
PADUCAH. KY. SATURDAY EVENING. 8. 1909
Baroness Vaughan Goes to Paris,
Presumably to Consult Counsel
Concerning King Leopold Affair
NEW BALL CHIEF.

New York, Dec. 1S.-Thomas
Lynch. of New Britain, Conn,
today was elected president of
the National league unanimous
ly, ending the deadlock. He was I
nominated by Brush. Heydler I
was elected secretary. Lynch is I
a former amateur baseball star I
OF olden days. He is &C years
old. His name was not men I
toned until today.
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Amendments Deferred.

Washington, Dec IS. Especial. -
Nothing will be done as to federal
appointments until after January s,
is the word from the white house.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-18
THREE CENT FARE IN
CLEVELAND WINNER

Cleveland. Dec. 1S-Federal Judge
Taylor today decided In favor of the
three cent initial fare aud one cent?
for transfer as arbiter OF the Clevf
land railway dispute. w.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-18

Circuit court adjourned yesterday
at Benton until next Tuesday. Two
more days will dispose of the docket
Only few cases OF importance ara
on the docket.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-18
NO CLBWS FOUND W
In KBLLNER CASE Isl;
lSlit
LOUISVILLE KIDNAPPING MYS-
Terry AS FAR FROM SOLU- iti
TON AS EVER. lfar

Louisville, Dec. IS. Especial, D.
There are no new clews in the kid
mapping case of little Alma Kelner
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-18
Widow and Daughters May
Clash Over Funeral Ar.
ransements and Later Over
Estate and Crown.

Brussels. Dec. 1S.-The body of
King Leopold today was transferred
from the palms" to the city palace.
Baroness Vaughan Is clamoring that
her wishes. regarding the funeral.
should be respected as his wife and
the kings daughters are trying to
Gust her. II is believed as a compro-
mise she will be kept in the back
ground.
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Contest for Throne.

ground.
Contest for Throne.
Baroness Vaughan left today for
Paris. il " believed, to see her law
yers. A contest over the succession
TO the throne of Belgium is possible
The vatican is reported to have con-
hrmed the marriage a year ago of
King Leopold to Baroness Vaughan.
Two sons are said to have been born
from this union, and both survive
The elder Is Lucian, years old. II
is reported that he will claim the
throne. Prince Albert, the heir pre-
sumptive. is a nephew OF Leopold.
Baroness Vaughan was born at
Caroline Lacroix. daughter of the
house porter at the French legation.
Budapest Baron Vaughan was really
French substitute officer OF the
name of Durieux. Leopold met the
woman at Ostend.
Tolllng bells and booming cannon
announced the death OF Leopold.
Half-masIed flags OF red, yellow and
black fly from the public buildings.
Crowds all the streets and the men
and women discuss In subdued tones
the kings death, and whatever their
opinions II his personal life. join in
tributes TO his greatness.
>Leopold died as he lived, relent-
lessly repulsing his exied daughters
and cllnging tenaclously to his favor
ties: and at deaths brink, when he
insisted upon closing up certain pri-
waite business matters. he was unable
TO escape the influence Of his greatest
passion, that for work and material
gain.
Funeral ON "Wednesday.
Princess Louise, OF Belgium. the
eldest of three daughters, arrived
here. The second daughter, the un-
fortunate Stephanle. was here with
her father. but was refused permits
sion to see him TIL after his death.
When she was admitted to the cham
Der she threw herself beside the body
in state OF uncontrolled grief.
INV AAb'its tue HtN hlnSf was
moved with pity. and selling his
cousins hands. knelt with her before
the body, giving mute expression to
his sympathy for and intended pro-
lection o. the banished daughter. The
group of old servants. who loved all
three. wept at the sad picture.
The funeral will be held next We'd
nesday. He had expressed a wish
that the funeral rites be simple. but
II IL understood that the ceremonial
observed at the burial OF his father,
Leopold !, will be followed.
Prince Albert will take the oath as
king next Thursday.
The public was admitted to the
mortuary chamber at 8 o'clock in the
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CHRISTMAS CHEER
FOR ALL If YOU'LL
BIZ A GOOD FELLOW
Means Provided TO Relieve
Distress and Distribute
Comforts.
Many Worthy Enterprises
Are Open.
SERVICES AT THE CHURCHES.

SERVICES AT THE CHURCHES.
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CONTINUED on Page Four.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-24
RuMoR OF Extension.
Coast Lines to Build Cut-Off Between
Fullerton and Richfield.

San Bernardino, Calf, Aug. "a
An unconfirmed rumor is again cur
rent over the division that the Santa
EFe is to begin actual work on the
construction of the long-projected cut
off between Fullerton and Richfield,
which would materially shorten the
time between Los Angeles and this
city, via Orange. and make it possible
to run through freight trains between
the two points, with transcontinental
business, in approximately 80 minutes
less time than is now required
In order to run into Orange the line
takes a long swing to that city. and
then turns again to the west, and in
this manner it is necessary to cover
over twice the distance that would be
the case If a straight line were con-
structed between Richfie1d and Full
lerton, which are, in a direct line,
about five miles apart, but IL via the
Santa Fe.
This cutoff has been talked of for
years, but no definite steps have been
taken to construct the line although
a rough survey was made at the time
the Orange line was constructed 1t
is stated, however, that the company
now has a gang of men in the field
making the surveys for the right-of-
way. This report cannot be confirm
ed at the local offices, although the
officials are unwilling to make a de-
NAL, indicating that there is possibly
some intentions of constructing the
cutoff.
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THREE MEN TREED BY A HOG.
Mother Animal Resented Familiarity
of InfruderS.

Leavenworth Kan, Aug. 24--W- J.
Ryan, Superintendent. of the federal
prison farm, and two TRUSTEES at the
penitentiary know the slight of cooning
a tree and the quickest possible manner
of getting out of reach of an Infatuated
mother hog.
Out in the orchard on the prison farm
where the hogs are pastured during the
fruit season a five hundred pound sow
is exercising maternal care and juris-
diction over eleven little white Berk-
shire pork sprouts. Mr.. Ryan decided
it would be better to remove the happy
family from the orchard where the
other hogs ran free before there were
any casualties.
Two TRUSTEES on the farm were select
ed to go with the superintendent and
armed with a busheI basket they made
their way to the orchard. Each man
made a grab for a piggie. Two were
captured and thrown in the basket
The mother pig took serious exception
to the interference in her family and
with her five hundred pounds and con
siderable activity started for the in
truders.
Each man started for tree and with
alacrity Skinned 1t to the top. The in
furiated beast kept the TRUSTEES and the
superintendent prisoners in doubled
capacity until the pigs ceased squeal .
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ROCK FELL ON BOY MINER.
Stephen Arch Had Narrow Escape
From Death at Frontenac.

Frontenac, Kan, Aug. 24.-Steve
Arch, young miner employed at No.
81 shaft of the Central Coal & Coke
company, three miles northeast of this
city, was seriously injured by fall of
rock shortly after he had started to
work.
The injuries consisted of the dislo-
cation of his right shoulder and seri-
Gus injuries to his back and pelvis.
The latter injuries are of a dangerous
nature but the attending physician re-
ports that indications are good for his
recovery. No bones were broken and
the injuries consisted largely of
bruises. The dislocatfon was one of
the worst kind possible. The shoulder
joint was knocked out of the socket
and crushed downward for nearly two
inches and was replaced with consid-
cradle difficulty.
The rock which fell was a heavy
one and caught the young man, who is
only 16 years of age, on the right side,
bending him over and forcing him to
the bottom of the room and required
the work of several men to liberate
him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-24
MYRA MHENRY WOULD SMASH
Assistant Attorney General Marshan
Also at Wichita.

Wichita, Kan, Aug. 24.-Both
Myra McHenry and John Marshall,
assistant ss attorney general; arrived
placed on the joints in wichita. Mrs.
McHenry has been away for some
time, but returned when she read in
the papers that Wichita was wide
open.
organizing a crowd of women and
making raids on the JOINTS she said.
II am surprised that an attempt
should be made by the commissioners
to allow the joints to run and I am
pleasantly surprised to learn that the
mayor has ordered his chief of police
to close them again. I am not here
to help the chief but I am here to
see that the joints close and stay
closed. If any of them are running
tainly will give them and the adj
ministration plenty of publicity.
1T has been demonstrated that the
joints can be closed tight here and
intend to make it my business to
see that all of the liquor violators in
this city are made known and prose-
cuted, if that is possible
Mrs. McHenry entered the office
of the mayor where Mr.. Marshall
was in consultation with the county
attorney and the chief of police. She
upbraided Mr.. Marshall because he
had driven her out of Howard. Kan,
ten years ago. she Followed him
from the mayors office to the Office
of the Beacon, where she berated
both Mr. Marshall and Henry Allen,
the editor, until she was put out of
the Office by an employe.
Mr.. Marshall has heard that there
is a plan to make the lid raising in
termittent in Wichita and he is go
ing to see if he cannot put the men |
who sold beer during the past week |
in Jail for a time. He thinks this
might have its effect upon the next |
lid raising. Mr.. Marshall consulted |
with the chief of police over the |
advisabliity of prosecuting the men |
who violated the law last week.
''It is not the desire of the attorney |
generals Office" said Marshall, "to |
Interfere with the plans of the local
officers when they are honestly try
ing to get results. The chief of po
lice challenged me to go out and buy
bottle of beer or imitation beer. He
put the lid on this morning and says
he'll keep it on.
at is the judgment of the chief of
police and the county attorney that
The city administration is in better
position to handle the matter than
either the county attorney or attor-
hey generals Office. The attorney |
generals office will not hesitate to
prosecute for past violations of the
aw if in the Judgment of the Office 1T
becomes necessary.
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RAILROAD NEWS.
No. Pac. Employees Want Voice
in Hospital Management.
Employees Executives Meeting in
st. Leuis for This Purpose.
HAVE NO COMPLAINT.
Demands Are Being Made Only
From General Principles.
Other Items of Interest in Rail-
way Circles.
HAVE NO COMPLAINT.

Fort Scott, Kan, Aug. 24.-Much
interest centers in the meeting OF the
executive representatives of the rail-
road employees of the Gould system
called to be held in st. Louis today
in which the question of management
of the hospital facilities for the sys-
tenn WI be taken up, with the view
of securing some voice in such man
agelnent for the employees them
selves.
Under the present system, the en-
ployes of the Missouri Pacific con-
tend they have no voice in the con-
duct of the hospitals, although the
10000 employees represent that they
pay probably $4,000 to the support
of such railroad hospitals.
The sentiment is the same as that
which prompted corporation en-
ployes through their executive com
mittee. to seek the passage of the law
At the last session of the legislature
giving a majority of the employees OF
a corporation the right to select their
company physician, instead or Ieavlns
this to be done by the corporation.
There is no particular criticism
nassed on the fact that the company
had selected the physicians, except
in the contention that the principle
of self-government ought to be ap-
piled. since the employees had to pay
the doctor.
he little criticism as to the manage
ment of the hospitals as a specinc
proposition. but the employees insist
that, as an abstract proposition. they
ought to have some "say so" in what
is done with the funds collected and
the manner in which they are ex-
pended.
Every man in the employ of the
paws a share of the expense
of the hospital, in what is commonly
known as ''hospital fees" The pay
ments are arranged on the graduated
plan according in the wages drawn,
none of them exceeding 75 cents per
month The local employees OF the
Missouri Pacific, including both those
in the shops and the road service. as
all are equally effected are interested
in the movement. The fees are de-
Quoted at the headquarters of the road
when the checks are made out, ana
the men have no choice in whether
or not they will pay the fees and re-
ceive protection.
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porter. Put the largest bed in the
house in room 1873 and see it has a
9-foot sheet he whispered to him when
he answered. Porter Quigley sized up
the Kansas giant in amazement
There's none will fit him. he
gasped. s'Pll have to try and splice two
together"
Mr.. Orr is engaged in farming and has
come to st. Louis to spend a few days
renewing acquaintances made during
the worlds fair, when his fe*ho1, ". c..
Orr. was in charge of the India tea
house. He is % years old and of pro-
portionate physique to his height He
dresses in western style and his high
peaked. wide brimmed hat accentuates
his altitude
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-24
FARMER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
BrOoded Over Belief That He Sold His
Farm Too Cheap.

Washington, Kan, Aug. 24.-John
koeh1er. living few miles northeast
OF this place, tried to commit suicide
about z O'Clock Monday morning by
cutting himself across the wrist with
a knife and taking strychnine. Mr..
koehler was unconscious when doc
tor arrived. After five hours work
Koehler was pronounced out of dan
ger.
Mr.. Koehler recently sold his farm
for $4,000, and it was said he had
been brooding over the idea that he
had sold it too cheap. He was pre-
pairing to go back to Germany to visit
his parents. Besides the money OBJ
tanned from the farm, he had money
and was considered well to do and
prosperous. He is unmarried and had
been living in the house alone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-24
OLD HOME WEEK.
Wabaunsee County Settlers Will
Hold Big Celebration.
Event Will Be Held Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday.
BOOSTERS BEHIND 1T.
Eskridge Will Take Care of All
Who Care to Come.
Live Stock Exhibit and Races
Promise to Be Attractive.

Eskridge. Kan, Aug. 24.-Wa-
baunsee county and especially Esk-
ridge is planning for the big event in
the history of the city and county the
25th, 26th and 27th of the present
month when Home Coming week will
be celebrated. It is expected that
from fifteen to twenty thousand out
of town people will participate in the
event, and Eskridge is planning to
take care of them.
The entertainment will be out of
the ordinary in many ways and prom
ises to be we'll worth q trip across the
county or even farther for that mat
ter The display of fine stock which
will be exhibited promises to eclipse
any such showing ever made in the
county to say nothing of the amuse-
ment features which have been ar
ranged for.
A baseball tournament has been
arranged for and each day a first
class game of the national sport may
be witnessed by those attending Home
Coming week. A number of fast
the races which will be held during
the three days. balloon ascension
is also on the hill.
For those to whom these features
have no attractions there Will be
carnival company offering dozens Of
varied chances for amusement. ana
this company is not a second rate af-
fair by any means. The stockmen OF
this section of the state are taking a
big interest in the Home Coming
week and this IN a measure assures a
fine showing of cattle and horses.
The Seventh Regimental band from
Fort Riley has been engaged for the
occasion and fine music throughout
the three days is assured The affair
is backed by the Boosters club which
promises to show any doubling
Tho-nases that f'You can do better at
Fskridge" than at any other town of
its size in the state.
Governor Stubs, Bank Commits
sioner J. N. Dol1ey. Senator Curtis
and a number of other notables Will
have a place on the programme as
surfing fine speeches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-24
BACK TO BURNING COAL.
Railroads i'm Mexico Experiencing
- Shortage of Crude Oil.

Tampico. Mex, Aug. pa short
age of crude oil of the required stan
dard in the Ebano field, near Tam
pico, has caused the National Rail-
ways of Mexico to revert to the use of
coal upon several of its divisions. The
Mexican Petroleum Company, which
controls the Ebano field, contracted
with the Mexico Central Railroad q
few years ago to furnish it with 5000
barrels of crude oil daily for use on
its locomotives. When the Mexican
Central was taken over by the Nation
al Railways of Mexico this contract
went with it. 1t has several years yet
TO run. 1t is provided in the contract
that the oil must not contain more
than 5 per cent water. The Mexican
Petroleum company was able to
carry out the provision of the con-
tract limiting the quantity of water
until recently, when salt water began
to appear in its wells. The percentage
of water became so great that the OIL
burning locomotives suffered bad eff
fects from its evaporation upon the
hot flue sheets.
At present only 1000 barrels daily
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OPPOSED TO A REDUCTION.
Colonel Loughborough Favors Strong
Military Garrison.

Leaveuworth, Kan. Aug. 24.-Colonel
r. H. r. Loughborough, commandant
of Fort Leavenworth. today received a
communication from the war depart
ment asking for his recommendations in
regard to a proposed reduction of the
strength of the garrison by 10 per cent
Col. Loughborough in his reply stoutly
opposed the idea.
Tine military organizations of Fort
Leavenworth are on war footing. A
strong garrison is demanded here be-
cause of the extensive nature of the
duties required particularly in connec-
ton with the army service schools.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-24
BUSY TIME FOR MRS. ORBISON.
Birth of Child Followed Appendicitis
Operation One Day.

lola. Kan, Aug. 24.-To be operated
on one day for appendicitis and the
next day gave birth to a child is a
hospital record established at st.
Johns hospital in this city which will
stand for a long time. That the wo-
man who established this record is
alive and in a fair way to recovery
makes the case the more remarkable
Mrs. Mary Orbison of Bronson was
operated On for appendicitis. She had
been suffering for some time and her
condition became so serious that the
doctors agreed that her only hope of
life was an operation. the surgeons be-
ing fully cognizant of her condition,
but not expecting the arrival of the
child so soon.
Mrs. Orbison rallied nicely after the
operation and rested as well as could
be expected. The following morning
a baby boy was born to her, and
mother and child were both getting
along in fine style.
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lola MUST PAY FOR WHISKY.
Four Dollars for "Four Full Quarts
Which Were Never Received.

lola, Kan, Aug. 24.-Harve NJ.
Dowler, city clerk, is ready to hand
over to Rath & Oliver, liquor sellers
of Kansas City, Mo-, a check for 81 in
payment for -four full quarts of
whisky"
1t will be recalled that some time
ago when a shipment of confiseated
liquor was ordered returned to the
KATY depot by Judge Foust, it was
found that one of the cases that should
have contained four quarts of whisky
had two paving bricks and War Cry
there instead.
The whisky company rendered bill
to the CITY for the booze. Travis
Morse. city attorney, says that the city
was liable and that bill will have to
be paid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-24
ANOTHER SANTA FEE LINE.
Road to Build FOrty-MiIe Cutoff
Through Oklahoma Oil Fields.

Guthrie. Okla. Aug. 24.-The de-
cision of the Atchison. Topeka and
Santa Fe officials to build a cutoff
in Central Oklahoma, forty miles in
length, between Gushing and either
Tulsa or Sapulpa, will give the oil
section of Oklahoma a direct line to
the gulf. The Eastern Oklahoma diviS-
ion of the Santa Fe has been extended
eastward as far as Tulsa. The con-
nection of these two lines will give
the Santa Fee system a more direct
route from the gulf to st. Louis and
other eastern points, making the dis
lance between Kansas City and the
gulf 100 miles shorter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-24
BROUGHT BROTHER FROM SYRIA
Young Wichita Woman VIII Give Him
an American Education.

Wichita, Kan, Aug. 24.-Miss Sadie
CohIma is one of the proudest girls in
Wichita over the arrival of her little
brother, sNamatala, from Syria, after
a long voyage and a twelve day delay
at Ellis Island. The young man is
fifteen years of age and a bright,
sharp young fellow.
His sister, who paid 5000 to bring
him over, will send him to school in
this country for a year or two to bet
ter prepare him for the active duties
of an American citizen.