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The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
RUMORS OF CHANGE
In !. c. OFFICES
ARB HEARD AGAIN

Rumor has it that the Office of as
sistant superintendent of the Louis
vile division and the chief dispatcher
will be removed from Paducah to
Princeton. II. McCourt. assistant
superintendent of the southern lines,
and A. II. Egan, with local officials.
were in consultation in Paducah
"Wednesday and this was the chief
topic of discussion. No official order
OF the removal has been received in
the city and Mr.. L. E. McCabe. the
assistant superintendent, with Super
intendent Egan. went to Princeton
this morning, and the rumor could
not be verified. The Office of assist
ant ant superintendent was removed from
Princeton to Paducah last August.
should the change be made about l2
employees would leave the city.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
DEADLOCK FEARED
AND MAYBE STRIKE
OF COAL WORKERS
Operators Firm
and Miners Insistent in
Their Demands.
Flat Refusal to Grant Them
Concessions.
AGREED STATEMENT is GIVEN

Philadelphia, March ia dead
lock between miners and operators
in the subcommittee. considering an
thracite coal situation, seems likely
today. Operators remain firm in
their determination not to grant a
single one Of the eight demands made
by the miners. The miners are firm
that they must have all of them. 1t
is feared big strike may be the out
come.
Most of the delegates representing
the miners are radicals, and say the
operators have so much coal on hand
that even IL an agreement was
reached, they would work quarter
time this spring and summer. They
say a strike is better to bring the
cause before the country.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
DuIancy Sues Allen.

James Dulaney filed suit In the cir
cult court against Vic Allen for $780,
COO damages The petition alleges
that on the night of January 1. 1909,
DtIlaney was injured by a gunshot
wound at the hands of defendant, and
from effects Of said injuries has been
physically disabled and unable to at
tend to his duties. The suit win come
up for trial doubtless at the June
term OF court.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
Want Canal Built.

st. Paul, Mimi. March IA
resolution urging congress to take
Immediate action toward the col
struction OF a canal between Lake
Superior and the Mississippi river
passed the house. The resolution
states that by a canal Of so miles the
Mississippi river could be connected
with the lakes. and this territory get
the benefit OF lake shipping.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12

A. II. Egan. superintendent OF the
Louisville division. and t. A. Downs,
district agent of the Illinois Central
railroad, left this morning for Hop
kinsville. They reached Paducah last
night after an inspection CT the road
with II. McCourt. assistant superin-
tendent OF the southern lines. The
main line was not damaged seriously
by the recent heavy rains, but the
bridges on some of the branches were
washed badly.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
Shot by Tramp

w. b. Lander, agent Of the Illinois
Central railroad at Nortonville. was
operated on yesterday by surgeons at
the Illinois Central hospital and a
bullet was removed from his left hip.
Mr.. Lander was shot in the hip about
five weeks ago by tramp and the
bullet could not be located with the
X-ray until yesterday He stood the
operation well and will be able to be
out in short time.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
Gilbert Harper.

Little Cypress, KY. March 12.
Especial. Gilbert Harper, the seven
year-old son OF Mr and Mrs. W. s
Harper. died this morning at
O'Clock after an illness with spinal
meningitis. The funeral Will take
place tomorrow afternoon at o'clock
with burial in the Bethel church Gem
etery.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
Eacfories Recnyer

Washington, March 12.-In the re-
port today OF the department of COM
merce and labor figures Indicating
that manufacturers have recovered
from the panicky feeling. The value
OF raw materials reported in January
are greater than the value of the
same imports a year ago. In some
instances imports are greater than in
1907 when factories we're running
full tilt.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
Mrs. Mary Osburn Sues Slayers of
Her Husband For Two Thousand
Dollars Damages in State Court
DISGRACEFUL.

New York. March 12.-In a
. six-day go-as-you-please walking
race, which has been In progress
here, the few teams remaining
are csorting 20 the strongest
. stimulants TO keep up the pace.
. Ten teams remain In the race.
. The strongest brandies are free
. Iy used 10 keep going. Some
. show unmistakabIe signs of
strychnine and caffeine injec-
. tions. EdeIson. member of one
team, I'm a wild state of excite
. ment, fought with his trainers
and refused 20 obey orders. He
> had to be controlled by officers.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
PADUCAH PHYSICIANS
ELECT THEIR OFFICERS.

At the annual election of officers
of the Paducah Medical and Surgical
society held last night in the Office
Of DR.. III. G. Reynolds on South Sixth
street. the old officers were reelected.
They are: DR.. John G. Brooks. presl-
dent; DR.. o. r. Kidd, vice president,
and DR.. ]. T. Reddick, secretary and
treasurer. The officers we're installed
last night and an elaborate six course
banquet was served.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
Returns to Her Home.

Miss Lucille Satterwhite, of Nash
vile. who has been the guest of her
sister, Mrs. j. r. Henry, 211 South
Sixth street, left this afternoon for
her home. She was accompanied by
Miss Grace McIntire, of Dalton, Ga
who will visit in Nashville few days
before returning to her home. She
has been a guest of the Rev. and Mrs.
Henry for several months.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
Graves County Youths Fought
Last Summer While Max
ing Day of 1t.
Herman Humphreys Called
Redden to Come Out.
DAMAGES WANTED FOR WOUNDS

Mayheld, KY, March 1Z lSpeciai.l
No verdict has been returned In
the case OF Horace Redden, charged
with the murder OF Herman Humph-
reys. and IL no agreement Is reached
By the jury tomorrow morning II
will be discharged.
Horace Redden was charged with
numbering Herman Humphreys. near
Mt. Zion church, southwest OF Cuba,
last summer.
One Saturday In July or August.
Dillard Luther. Herman Humphreys
and Horace Redden got into a buggy
and drove to Pilot Oak. They then
decided to continue their journey to
Dukedom. At that town II seems
the boys bought a bottle OF whisky
and drank some Humphreys is a
son OF A. II. Humphreys. and lived
within sight OF Mt. Zion church. The
trio came by his house and stopped
In the road. II appears that Luther
and Redden wanted to give Humph-
reys the shake, and told him 10 go to
the house and get some corn 20 put
In the buggy. while he was gone for
the corn the boys drove away and left
him. This seemed TO have made
Humphreys mad. and he started out
TO hunt for them. A short time later
he located billiard Luther at the
home OF John Wilson. who lives on
a lane in a patch OF woods. He took
a ten cent whip from Luther's buggy,
and approaching him in the yard. be-
gan 70 strike him with IL. This scuf-
ne ended by the breaking OF the
whip. and IN few moments Redden,
who had been 10 Mr.. Austln's. drove
up and was approached by Humph-
reys. who raid; II want you 10 get
out OF the buggy"
Redden refused to get out of the
buggy. hut stood up, and when
Humphreys made approach. Redden
drew a gun from his shirt front and
leveled II at Humphreys
A few more words passed between
Redden and Humphreys. and then
ReddeD got out OF the buggy and
fired. The first shot hit his own
horse. He continued shooting until
four or five shots had entered
Humphreys body. and the latter died
in a few moments.
Redden, after the shooting. called
for his sister TO get into the buggy,
and started for the home OF Alex Red
den. with whom they resided.
After going for a few yards. Red
den stopped at a big gate. called Dill
lard Luther. gave him a flask of
liquor. and said that he had to kill
Humphreys.
Reddcn took his sister home, turn
cd hfs horse loose and disappeared
across the field.
He came to the sherlff's ONCE in a
few days and gave himself up. since
which time he has been out on a bond
OF $4,000.
The trial IL attracting large
crowd. both OF people from that sec
tion OF the county and also from
town.
The following jury is hearing the
case: J. A. Scott. J. J. Johnson. A. A.
Flint j. NJ. Emerson. J. p. Smith,
II. T. Holloway. r. S. Wilson, A. L,
Buck, ~ S. Allison. T. J. Keeling, r,
Il. Williams. r. T. Burgess
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12

Los Angeles Cal. March 12.
City officials and politicians Of
the state are IN a turmoil today
as the result OF the activities OF
reformers. who forced Mayor
Harper into private life. They
filed recall petitions. which,
under the city law, require a
new election. Harper says he
isn't in a position to fight these
petitions. other designations Of
city officials are expected. The
reformer announce that they
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
A Stolen Necklace

San Francisco. March 12.-New
York police have notified by the au-
thorities here to look out for pack
age being shipped by the Wells-Fargo
express, said to contain $4,000
necklace lost by Jennie Crocker at a
society function. Police say the neck
lace is being sent to Hungary to the
mother OF the man suspected of the
robbery. A reward OF $1,000 IS
offered.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
Foraker Reconciled

Columbus, March 12.-Friends of
ex-senator Foraker gave him hearty
welcome today. and are hastily pre-
pairing a banquet for him tonight.
Foraker talks as though he Is ready
to quit politics. He said he felt a
relief to lay down the load OF public
service. II is better to quit by defeat
than not to quit at all.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
Reward Offered.

Peoria. ILL.,, March ia thou
sand dollars reward has been offered
by the Burlington for information,
leading to the arrest and conviction
OF persons who broke the switch lock
and extinguished the signal lights and
turned the switch at Weary, sending
passenger train into a siding. The
road is determined to find and punish
.wreckers.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12

While entering a door Mr.. John
Schroeder, assistant general foreman
Of the Illinois Central shops. had a
narrow escape from serious burns.
when he ran his right check against
the end OF a hot pipe, which an EN-
ploye was carrying. The flesh was
burned, but the injury is not serious
and will leave no permanent scar.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
Crushed Her Finger.

Little Winnie Walker, of Little
Cypress, six years old, crushed her
forefinger on the right hand today
when heavy door was blown to. The
finger was crushed so that 1t was nee
essary to amputate it.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
His Mother Ill.

Mr.. Harry Kelley. a machinist al
the Illinois Central shops, was called
to Nashville yesterday afternoon by
the sudden illness of his mother, who
was stricken with paralysis Mr..
Kelley will remain in Nashville until
there is some change in her condi-
tion.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
Report That War Tax is Needed
to Tide Over Government Deficit
and Report of Increased Imports
MAGNEss RELEASED.

, Louisville, Ky, March IT,
} Mrs. Ada German Magness,
daughter OF the late Senator
} German, obtained the release OF
Charles MagDcss. who was SEN
fenced 20 year in the navy I
} prison for desertion. He de- I
serted the navy in order 20 mar I
ny her. They lived here several
} months before he was arrested. I
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
Loose Leaf Sales

Tobacco sales at Bohmer's loose
leaf warehouse this morning were
$4,000 pounds. The high price was
So and the low price s4.1O. There
were no reflections and the sales we're
spirited. The market was strong and
had a good tone. A large amount of
tobacco Is being received this after
noon and Monday morning an extra
big sale is expected.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
Yeggs Get $4,000

Lincoln. Neb, March 12.-Yegg-
men early today blew the safe OF the
bank at Kramer. securing $20, 900
and escaped on a hand-car. Detec-
tives are searching.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
Athletic Exhibition

The report that the athletic con-
test at The Kentucky tonight has
been called OF is erroneous. The
wrestling match and other events
will be given.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
Prominent Man Dies.

London, March 12.-Hugh Oakley
Arnold-Foster. formerly secretary Of
state. for war. died today. He was
many years a member OF parliament.
He was 81 years old.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
Bureau of Statistics, Depart.
ment of Commerce and Labor
Produces Figures That Are
Gratifying. u

Washington. March 12.-The task
OF raising money by the new admin
istration is said at best to be strenu-
GUS II Is declared in high sources
that conditions are such that war
time measures may be adopted, in
cluding tax on checks and similar
measures.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12

Mr.. Flournoy lived here as a young
man and is well known. His father.
J. j. Flournoy, was prominent
pioneer citizen. He was the uncle of
j. c., George. and David Flournoy,
and was brother OF Mrs. Bette
Sherwin, sol North Sixth street. and
Mrs. Samuel Hinton. OF North Sixth
street. Mrs. Mary Flournoy and Mrs.
C. ]. Selden. of Memphis, and Mrs.
G. w. Tinkle, of Texas. are sisters.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
WOMAN SUFFRAGE BILL KILLED
Committee at Albany UnfavorabIe
Despite Mrs. Mackay's Plea.

Albany, March 12.--Notwithstand
ing the personal efforts OF Mrs. Clar-
ence Mackay on behalf of the woman
suffrage bill, the assembly judiciary
committee declared against the meas
ure by vote Of IL to 2.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
WRECK REPORTED
NEAR ATLANTA ON
". & A. LINES

Atlanta March 12.-It is reported
that a Western & Atlanta train was
wrecked near Kingston, Ca, today,
and several were killed.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
Mr.. Waite Flournoy

Mason. Tenn, March 12.-Mr. Wat
tie Flournoy died yesterday at his
home, a few miles south of town. He
had been seriously III for some time.
He leaves a wife and five children.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12
Los ANGELES MAYOR, RECALLED BY HIS
CONSTITUENTS, WILL RESIGN his OFFICE

are going on to make the city
government ideal.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-03-12

to renew the present agreement 70
a term of three years"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-24
How We Should Celebrate.

Springfield, Mass. a model Ameri-
can city. points to proper as well as
instructive celebration for the Fourth
of July. Instead of noise and confus-
io; the eastern city has festival. We
Rave let Independence day fall into
disuse. We celebrate it in noisy,
barbarous way when it should be de-
voted to exercises that will tell the
great story of the past to the end that
we are all better prepared for the
citizenship of the future.
Luther Halsey Gulick, in the World S
Work, concludes a thoughtful article
on Springfield's Fourth, thus:
Fourth of July does not stand alone
in presenting an opportunity for com.
nunity recreation and the celebration
Of the festival spirit We have many
holidays and other occasions which de-
mand social expression, but the Fourth
| of July gives us the most dramatic
point of attack The need is so OBJ
yious. the solution is already SO well
| in sight, that this is the first and most
important position to attack. If it is
true that we remember those we play
with more fully, and feel more at one
with them, than we do with those who
arc associated with us in the domain
of daily labor, then it seems as if it
were also true that there is no way IN
which community can be brought to-
sether and made to feel and act as a
Unit SO well as by playing together. 1t
IS quite natural that this should be 50,
| or we can choose those with whom we
rlay to a far greater extent than we
can those with whom we work Fur
| Their than this. we can choose what we
shall play far more readily than how
we shall work That is, freedom Is
greater in play than in work.
Now, playing together means a car
nival or festival The festival differs
from the carnival in that the festival is
| Usually a representation of some idea
| as such, or to celebrate some occasion
which has meaning, while the carnival
| is. in the main, day of joy making
| Il any kind whatever. The festival
| lends itself to civic purposes, to com
l huuiiity dCtipH anu 10 art 10TH peter
than does the carnival We, of all the
peoples of the earth, have no genuine
festivals. And we need them because
we are becoming a nation of cities
| And if our cities are to become whole
some, we must understand each other
like each other, and have things to
do together which shall express our
common feelings, our common ideals
and our social community.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-24
The River Is There.

Senator Burton, when chairman of
the rivers and harbors committee Of
the house, asked a delegation from St.
Louis, that was seeking liberal APP
preparation for Mississippi river i'm
provement, Why don't you utilize the
river as it is? If you don't take adj
vantage of its present facilities. which
are unusual, it is to be supposed you
would do much more with a channel
|of IA feet?"
1t now begins to look as if the local
interests at St Louis are about to take
up the suggestion of the Ohio senator
and act upon it, The Globe-Democrat
states in a recent issue that the move
ment on foot to begin work at once
on a line of freight steamers and bar
ges on the Mississippi to carry large
Cargoes of bulky materials is in prom
ising shape and that the boats of spe-
cial construction proposed may be
looked for without much delay A
channel of eight feet is confidently
counted on for the river all the way
from st. Louis to New Orleans, and
with such depth large steamboat traf-
tic could no doubt be accommodated
And the Post-Ditpatch says: in pro-
luOting the revival of river traffic on
modern lines with new boats modelled
Tor the purpose the Business Mems
league is working on wise. practical
lines. New boats and barges properly
designed for shallow water Transports
ton, effective and economical equiD-
ment for loading and unloading and
modern business methods will revolu
tioniZe river transportation and make
it an important factor"
1t is true, of course, that in the days
of railroad extension and of railroad
booming" back in the eighties and
the seventies the people of some OF
the Mississippi river cities and larger
towns turned their backs. as it were
on the superb transportation facilities
that nature had placed at their feet
without cost or sacrifice, ami that even
tually rail competition forced the river
boats out of business to a great extent
1t will probably take a long time to
restore the river traffic. or even 4
greater part of it-much longer to de
be today had the trade interests along
the banks protected it properly and en-
couraged it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-24
B ~ KILLED WHILE
TRYING TO EFFORT
Shot by Chicago Detective When At
ter Supposed Cash Obtained
by Means of Threats.

Chicago, June 24.-Rudolph Barendt,
a 14-year-old boy who lived at 434
North Lincoln street, was shot and
MORALLY wounded at 8 o'clock last
night at Austin avenue and Desplaines
street just after he had taken from
the hand of S. f. Grossfield, whole
sale grocer, two parcels that he be-
lieved TO contain $4,000 of blackmail
money.
The shot was fired by Detective
Philip Weinrich of the Sheffield ave-
nue. station, who was in hiding await
ing the blackmailer
The money was to have been paid to
the boy as tribute to the writer's of
BLACK Hand letters in which Mr..
Grossfield and his family were threat
ened with death by dynamite unless
the stipulated amount was paid over
at a designated place and time.
Young Barendt died at 10 O'Clock at
the Passavant hospital. Before his
death he confessed his guilt and sought
to implicate his cousin, Albert Hess,
another youth, who lives at 81 Grand
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-24

Hastings determined to find the
| meaning of the change, so he fingered
after the service and kind faced Gu
rate. told him the sad little story.
you mean Jack Haines? He has
| just lost his mother-consumption
| the poor little fellow is left all alone.
Ee is being cared for by neighbors,
| but we must find him q place in some
charity school"
That delicate child in charity
| school! Hastings could not bear the
| thought of it. The face of the child
| and his own loneliness helped him to
come TO sudden resolution. His voice
was very eager as he said. Let me
have him."
| And so Jack came to live in the big
studio building. Slowly the roses came
back to his checks. He did not forget
| the pretty mother who had gone to
sleep so quietly. but he haunted this
new big brother like shadow and
grief that time was trying to heal.
But it worried Hastings that the lad
should-be Sc solemn. When he came
in and found the boy porting over some
| big book he would half laughingly
scold him for turning into such little
boOkworm. you need some one to
play with. Jack" he would say. "It
is bad for you to be always cooped up
with an old fellow like me-" Tom was
only thirty. but somehow he had felt
| very old and settled since that night.
But Jack always declared that he
didn't want to be with any one else,
and he was such shy child that
Hastings forbore to press the point.
He was therefore much surprised
one afternoon on coming In to find the
rooms empty. Where could Jack be?
AS the minutes went by, bringing no
| boy. he became really anxious. The
| janitor had not seen him. He was
returning from fruitless inquiries when
he stopped short at burst Of child
ish laughter. Could it be Jack? He
never laughed like that. But, yes; it
was his voice, and it came from the
girls rooms.
Hastings hesitated. And now the
girl laughed. 1t was the same saucy
little laugh he had loved so much In
the days gone by. 1t decided him. She
had stolen his property and should
answer for the theft. He knocked
boldly on the door.
Silence. He knocked again. Evil
IDENTIFY they did not hear him. So he
turned the knob and entered the for
hidden chamber.
| Surprising sight! On the floor in
true Turkish style sat the stately Miss
Trevor. On her lap were a big sheet
Of cardboard and sundry brushes and
paints. Her hair was disheveled, and
| several daubs Of color orpamented her
cheeks and nose. Over her shoulder
in a state Of great excitement leaned
the truant. Hastings hardly knew him
His cheeks were flushed and his eyes
were dancing as he cried, "Now, that
Is the way the little monkey swung
of by his taily' His cheek was pressed
close to the girls. and bis arm rested
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-24
HuInOr and s
Philosophy
~ DUNCAN n. SMITH
REAL TROUBLE.

Oh. speak not of trouble and pirate not OF
woe,
Though thickly they come to your mitt:
Don't mention distress. though 1t fails
more or, less
The earmarks to bear OF hit!
The worries that come from your deal
1ngs with men
Like molehills to mountains appear,
As pygmies seem other annoyances when
The typewriter gets on its ear.
Perhaps you are writing beautiful ode
On spring. which Is always a mark,
And getting twist with your pliable
wrist
That flashes the genuine spark.
And then without warning OF notice BY
Perhaps as the mooring draws near
And as you are making the harbor full
The typewriter gets on its ear.
The letters make only one-half Of the
mark
The ribbon has gone on the blink,
The keys commence sticking the tension
is kicking,
Your fingers are covered with ink.
You call for scFewdriver, borrow Q
wrench,
Examine 1t bottom and top.
And straightway your table resembles .
bench
That blooms in a carpenter shop.
OF all of the meanness, Contemplate. low,
And calling for words that are strong,
A typewriter lame is severely the same
When things in its inwsrds go wrong.
And when you have put 1t together again
You find 1t is still out OF gear. -,
Oh. 1t is the mischief and several things
when
The typewriter gets on its ear.