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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09
Powder Explosion

Wayne. N. j., April IA powder
explosion wrecked nine mills Of the
Dupont works this morning. Rome
MARSHALL was killed and Red" Kron.
workman, hurt The damage is
$50. 900.
Nearly every house in Wayne was
wrecked from the force OF the ex-
plosion. Hundreds Of panes Of glass
five miles away we're smashed in the
town. The explosion was caused by
friction In the mill. The injured are
Kenneth Stall, John Launsuy, Fred
Mauns and William Crum.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09

Mayheld, KY. April 9.-Salesman
Humphreys. OF the local association
headquarters. was informed by AS
slstant Manager Blakemore that the
proposed sale OF all the Tugs In the
district had fallen through. A deal
was on foot between the association
and Henry Anderson, representing an
eastern corporation and II IL had ma
terlalized. all the Tugs in the district
would have been sold in lump. The
lugc have been held at cents, but
II Is thoaght that the lump price
would have been fraction lower.
There are about 5000 pounds OF
Tugs. mixed with other tobacco, 10 be
sold.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09

continued warrants Will be sworn out
and the parents be held responsible
The commissioners have gone to con-
siderable expense placing curbing
around the park. and have raised a
mound in the center of the park.
Many boys play IN the park and walk
on the grass on stills and the ground
is kept torn up. In jumping and
playing in the park some of the
Youngsters have Clipped the stone.
Jack Nelson, the truant officer. has
been notified OF the conduct of the
lads, and he will watch the lads and
secure warrants for any such conduct
again.
The park is for the children. but
they must cease destroying the prop
erty in the park.
In a few days 200 trees will be
received by the commissioners. ana
after the parks have been planted
with sufficient trees to furnish shade
he remainder will be distributed to
The citizens, who will agree to plant
tEem. Every year 1t is proposed to
purchase trees. and give them to the
sitinens to plant in the grass plots
along the sidewalks.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09

smithland. Ky. April s.-(Spe-
cial.) Capt. Harry Davis, Engineer
SADLY Emaeli and Mate Lee Hun. OF
the Liberty. charged with conspiracy
10 set Captain Davis free from sheriff
Bishop. will waive examination. II Is
believed. They are still In jail The
grand jury will meet Monday Cap
tain Davis Is charged with retailing
liquor and the engineer with shoot
ing. A telephone message from Sheriff
Bishop. who Is at Metropolis. stated
that Captain Davis father and FL
more have consented to come here
without reduisition. The sheriff will
come up from Metropolis on the Cow
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09
STANDARDS LIKE
MERGER INCIDENT
OF LADY And TIGER

st. Louis, April 9.-They expect
to end the arguments in the Standard
OIL case tomorrow with Kellogg's re-
buttal. Preparations are being made
to appeal to the supreme court.
The government today met the
claim that the Standard is owned BY
one group continuously by fling a
list OF $500 shareholders in the
United States circuit court. The list
filed disproves the contention of the
defense that the merger is simply the
uniting of separate ownership of the
STANDARD group" into a closer or
ganization. John d. and William
Rockefeller own respectively 247, $50
and 11,7OO shares. Watson finished
his argument this morning.
The fact that different railroads
made different rates is no evidence
OF conspiracy according to Rosentnal
today. He declared the tonnage the
Standard shipped is far under that OF
steel and lumber industries. II is
foolish to believe 1t is great enough
to force railroads to make rates suit
ed to the Standard.
The $4,000 900 fine Rosenthal
used as an example of alleged absurd
method Of the government fighting oil
company. There are 100000 tar
iffs on Ale, he said, "and still in
creasing In numbers. The district at
torney at Chicago insisted on our
duty to search the files to learn the
rates. Several independent refineries
are getting lower rates than the
Standard"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09
Association Warehouse at Benton
is Burned to Ground by lncendiaryI
Early This Morning---Second Time
THIEF GETS LEFT.

. A wallet containing $50 in .
. bills was thrown In the Ten .
. nessee river yesterday morning .
. from the steamer City of Saltil- .
. 10 by a negro thief. The negro .
. was employed on the boat as "A .
. cabin boy and he noticed that .
. MIR. English. an old soldier from .
. Iowa, who attended the ceIebra- .
. ton nj the shiloh battlefield, had .
. wallet containing lot OF mon .
. ey. Mr.. English went in the .
Mushroom yesterday morning .
, and left his wallet, containing .
500 In bills, In his coat pocket .
, outside of the Mushroom. The .
, wallet was double and had $50 .
IN bills In the one side and $50 .
} In the other side. The negro i'm .
, n hurry 20 get rid Of IL got only .
} the $50. and threw the other .
, $50 into the river with the wal .
iet. The thief was caught and .
, confessed and returned the $50, .
, which he had hidden In a life .
, preseryer. .
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09

Cleveland. April 9.-The liqucn-
terests will appeal to union lab TO
aid them In their fight with theiu-
saloon force The movement gas
launched last night wheA thelate
and national liquor organ ion
leaders told representatives Of sew
eral important unions their efnce
depended on the maintenance the
liquor traflc.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09
July is Bullish

Chicago, April 9.-The opinion is
expressed today that the climax in
the present bull campaign was reach
ed and a steady decline in wheat will
follow. James A. Patten is said to
be as bullish as ever on July, and that
the growing crop will be late. Chicago
shorts Will be unable to get new
wheat to MI July contracts.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09
Clerk of Board of Equalization
Commits Suicide at Frank.
fort-Banker Parrish Re-
fused New Trial.
InccndIary FIrc az nenton.

Benton, KY. April ESPECIALLY
-Incendiaries destroyed the associa-
ton tobacco warehouse OF o. ]. Wood
here between IL and ~ o'clock this
morning. The loss is $1,000. fully
covered by insurance. This is the
second attempt. Saturday night some
one set FIRE TO a vacant house beside
the warehouse, but the fire was dis
covered In time to save the building
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09
Fishing Tug Missing

Cleveland. April 9.-The fishing
tug Floss. with seven aboard. It is be-
lieved sank IN Wednesdays storm on
Lake Erie. A basket rack marked
Floss" and fish boxes marked "F"'
we've found near the shore. The en-
tire tug feet Of the Case Fish COM
pany is searching this morning. The
Floss left here Wednesday morning.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09
House is Voting on Payne Tariff
Bill This Afternoon and Gallery
CROWDED. With Interested Throng
THEATRICAL NEWS.

. New York, April 0.-The out
. break of hostilities between
Klaw and Erlanger, the theatre
cal syndicate, and the Shuberts
which has been expected since
the withdrawal of the Shuberts
. frcm the Theatrical Managers
. association, was announced to-
. day. Both sides today emphat-
. icaily denied the impending
. trouble. The Shuberts announc-
. ed they will book attractions i'm
, 10 New York houses alone next I
, year. The greatest number in I
the Broadway district controlled I
} by any individual firm.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09
Gigantic Merger

Chicago. April 9.-It is reported
today that Edwin Hawiey backed by
Paul Morton, John w. Gates and
Theodore p. Shonts, is about to merge
the Chesapeake & Ohio Clover-Leaf'
Chicago G Alton; Chicago. Cincinnati
6 Louisville; Iowa Central. and Min
neapolis and 81. Louis railroads into
a trunk line. Chicago officials today
stated they will not confirm the re-
port.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09
Miners Don't Agree

Philadelphia, April 8. --After a SEES
sion Of one hour and twenty minutes,
miners in conference adjourned with
no agreement.
This afternoon a semi-official an
nouncement was made that operators
will issue an ultimatum at New York
late this afternoon and demand that
the miners come to terms within As
hours or lockout will be declared.
An appeal to President Taft direct
or to congress is contemplated by
the miners unless an agreement Is
reached.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09
Attacks Aldrich.

Madison, Wis, April s.-'-The Boss
and Associates" is the title of an at
tack on Senator Aldrich and his at
titude towards tariff legislation in
this weeks number of Lafollette's
weekly magazine, issued Saturday. It
declares "the real tariff bill" is not
the one issued in the house. but the
one being worked out by Aldrich in
the senate.
THE real tariff bill' was wrought
behind the mahogany doors Of Boss
Aldrich's sumptuous committee room
1t was done practically in secret by
the boss" and his associates. who
have the assistance of some officials
from the New York custom house.
Judging from the manner of maxi
ing the Aldrich tariff will be a bigger
bill for the ultimate consumer than
even the Payne bill. the article says.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09
Quarantine Bal Tam

augusta April s.-catcir Eddie
Barrett and pitcher WiaiaI Bruner'
of the Macon team. have V small
pox II the entire team quaran-
tined II will mean shakep OF the
schedule OF the South Atlanc league
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09
Wireless on Balloon

New York, April IA. Leon Stew
ems and Frederick Collins. OF New
York. are equippiug a balloon with
a Columbia wireless telephone outfit.
The test will be made at Springfield,
Mass. in few days.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09
rnrrl.h nenInd VOW TrIaI.

HawesvilIe. Ky. April 9.-tspe-
|cialD--A now trial was denied
Banker Parrish He will remain in
jan here till Il 10 decided whether an
appeal will be .aken.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09
M. Thornton nennett.

II. Thornton Bennett. who was
known In Paducah. died in Evans
vile last Tuesday. Mr.. Bennett COM
piled several city directories in Padu-
cab, and made many acquaintance
among the business people Of the
city.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09
Roosevelt on Way

Port Said. April 9.-Theodore
Roosevelt and Kermit arrived this
afternoon. The trip from Messina
was uneventfui, but Roosevelt en-
ioyed II.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09
ILL Henlfh.

Frankfort. KY. April s.-(Spe-
cial Arthur h1ntsman. from Allen
county. clerk OF the board of equall-
zation. committed suicide with a pis-
toll. m health was the cause.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09
Each Fellow From Precincts
Equipped With Avalanches
OF Votes.
No One viii Wish to be Pledg-
ed in Advance.
ALSO SPEAK RESPECTFULLY

All sorts OF rumors are afioat con-
corning the senatorial contest since
the rules have been changed. permit
ting the delegates from each pre-
clnct TO cast the full Democratic vote
OF his precinct for his fav0rite can
didate. One undoubted immediate re-
suit has been 10 determine delegates
to go to the convention uninstructed
as Ear as possible. A man With $50
OF 200 votes IN his vest pocket nat
uriiiy doesn't like the idea OF being
circumscribed in his use OF the votes.
Consequently. politicians may expect
most any sort OF Wild conduct By. pre-
cinct delegates with such unusual re-
sponsibillty and opportunity for
smashing things Every one OF the
as delegates will have an avalanche
OF votes IN his pocket.
II Is one thing for .he leaders to
corral the IS or 80 votes. whichever
u may be. OF their respective ooun-
ties and quite another thing to keep
In hand those Is or sc delegates.
each one OF whom Is equipped 60
shout: ''Out-in-the-Sticks precinct
casts one hundred and fifty votes for
So-and-So!'
Geei but that will sound big.
Every mothers son OF them will want
TO bring a private delegation from
home just 90 hear him say them
woids.
No boss would be wise In address
Ing a delegate that absolutely con
trols so votes IN any but a respectful.
not to say defereutlal. manner.
The Candidates.
There are four avowcd essc.dates
IN the field. Mccracken county pre-
sents Attorney W. V. Eaton. Mar
shall county presents y Barry and
J. II. Wyatt. and Ballard county pre-
sents John NJ. Moore. Carlisle county
has no candidate. All ,orts OF COM
binations are possible. Wyatt and
Moore do not deny that hey are work
ing together 70 organic the conven-
ton. and they Will present for chair
man the name OF judge Bugg. Of
Carlisle county. That Tas a clever
move to hold Carlisle comfy with the
combination.
Mr.. Eaton and Mt Barry declare
they are not IN allianc with anyone.
but the local organization, through
It's organ. reiterates nat the winner
will be McCrackn or Marshall
county man. and tht the organize
tons of these two conties will stand
together. That hsslei the Moore
Wyatt combination 1 suspect an UNI
derstandlng on the otter side.
Moreover, q Is sal a McCracken
county man will b. presented for
chairman OF the conyntion and Hon.
Charles X. Wheeler nd Hon. John
X Hendrick are prominently men
toned. while Il is rmored that at
the last moment the pnyention Will
be stampcded with a DIRK horIe from
this county. This vi be lone In
case OF deadlock by elegatiln from
another county castig It's vote for
the Mccracken count man. in the
hope that uninstruied dslegates
from this county will Ting Tito Zine.
There IL no end to ne possibilities
in the array of figure presented by
the certified returns rom he pre-
cincts.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09
Mrs. baldwin Gets MILLION

Los Angeles, April Gillian Ben
nett. Baldwin, widow of Lucky
Baldwin, will receive approximately
a million. She abandoned her inten-
ton Of contesting the will.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09
ncsnondent. KnI. HcrseIf.

Princeton, Ky. April Especially
Mrs. Pearl Nichols committed sui
eide last night with carbollc acid.
Divorce from her husband and M
health are supposed to be the cause.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09
Ethan AIlen Hitchcock Dies.

Washington, April ethan Allen
Hitchcock, former secretary of the
interior, died at IL o'clock today at
the home OF his son-in-law. Com
mander w. S. Sims. U. S. N. The
cause was kidney trouble.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09

Fair tonight and heavy frost, Sat
urday fair and warmer. Highest
temperature yesterday, SO; lowest TO-
day, 81.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-09

ling to Paduesh this evening with his
prisoners.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-13
NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
important Events at Home and on
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
FROM THE CAPITAL.

The appointments of Oscar S.
Straus as ambassador to Turkey and
w. w. Rockhill as ambassador to
Russia have been announced.
Ambassador Nabuco of Brazil and
Minister Arosema of Panama have
signed treaty providing for the set
dement, by arbitration of disputes be-
tween the two countries.
The Panama canal authorities have
decided to change the name of La
Boca, the Pacific terminal of the ca
nal, to Balboa, in honor of Vasco
NUM- Balboa, who in 1873 discovered
the Pacific ocean.
President Taft and Speaker Cannon
were each paid visit by delegation
Of women protectionists, operatives
In Pennsylvania hosiery mills, who
went to Washington to advocate a
higher duty on hosiery.
March importations of manufacture
ers' materials indicated marked in
crease In activity in the manufacture
ing industry in the United States, the
value of such materials in March last,
according to monthly statements of
the bureau of statistics, being $685.
100000, as compared with $40,0OO,0OO
In the corresponding month of last
year.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-13
saw MONEY GIVEN
TO STATE SOLONS
Detective Makes Startling
Statement to Senatorial
Probing Committee.
SAW AFFAIR THROUGhTRANSOM
Names Three Assemblymen Who, He
Says, Got Money Brought by
Stephenson's Banker.
SAW AFFAIR THROUGH TRANSOM

Madison, Wis. May Z. = Frank T.
Wagner, private detective of Mil
waukee, made the startling statement
to the senatorial Investigating commit
tee yesterday afternoon that he saw
money banded over to State Assem-
blymen Ramsey, Farrell and Towne
(Democrats) at the Plankinton houre
in Milwaukee on the second Saturday
before March 4, the day that Senator
Isaac Stephenson was elected United
States senator by the Wisconsin leg
islature.
Saw 1t Through Transom.
The money, Wagner said. was
brought to the Plankinton house in
Milwaukee by Mr.. Puelicher, cashier
Of the Marshall & Ilsley bank, and
handed to M. j. Regain, who paid it
out.
The affair was witnessed by Wagner
through a transom of an adjoining
room, according to his testimony. the
money handled being in two pack
ages.
Mr.. Puelicher, who acted as Senator
Stephenson's banker in Milwaukee
during the senatorial campaign, is now
in Europe for the benefit of his health.
Ramsey Denies.
Madison, Wis, May C.-Assembiy
man Thomas F. Ramsey declared last
night that when Frank T. Wagner
swore before the senatorial investi-
eating committee that he saw him in
days before the election of United
States Senator Stephenson, he DELHI
erately lied.
81 haven't been in the Plankinton
house since the day before the gen
eral election last November" said the
aSsemblYman.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-13
TWO SHOT DOWN BY MAD MAN.
Head of Grocery Concern Suddenly
Shoots and Kills Two Men.

Head of Grocery Concern Suddenly
Shoots and Kills Two Men.
Huntsville, Ala, May 81. Robert
Jones, senior member of the insurance
firm of Jones & Rison, was shot and
instantly killed yesterday afternoon
by William L. Halsey, president of
the Halsey Wholesale Grocery com
pany.
A. D. Mcdowell, shipping clerk in
the Halsey establishment, was fatally
shot and is expected to die
Mr.. Halsey is in jail and is said to
be insane.
The shooting occurred in the Hal
sey store, where Mr.. Jones had gone
to adjust some matter relative to in
surance. No quarrel occurred so far
as is known, and the shooting was
as unexpected to Mr.. Jones as to Will
liam l.. Halsey, Jr, son of the slayer.
who sat in the Office and was the sole
WitresS.
Mcdowell was shot several minutes
after Jones was killed. He had hur-
ried for doctor for Jones, and, see
ing that Halsey was apparently in
sane, attempted to escape from him.
He was shot in the back, the bullet
coming out in his abdomen.
Halsey has been under treatment
for incipient insanity
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-13
FOREIGN.

A treaty of arbitration between
Caracas, and similar treaty between
Brazil and Panama will be signed at
Washington.
The news of a recent explosion at
Osaka, Japan, in which sixty persons
were killed and eight buildings were
destroyed, was brought to Vancouver
by the liner Empress of Japan. Care
less handling Of old shells in a store
caused the explosion.
DR.. Manuel Amador, first president
Of the republic of Panama, died at
Panama after lingering illness. He
was seventy-five years old. He was
one of the prime movers in the rev.
clinton in 1903 against Colombia,
which led to the independence IF
Panama.
Lieutenant Commander r.. R. Bel
KNAPP, American naval attache at
Rome, has turned over to the project
Of Messina total of 400 American
wooden houses to be used in shelter
ing sufferers from the earthquake Of
last December The attache expects
that 1900 houses will be completed
by June Z.
Lord Kitchener, COMMUNICATIVE
of the British forces in India, will WIS.,
1t Canada this fall and inspect the
military forces Of the Dominion at
the order of the British government
His term in India expires in July, and
he will spend August travelling in
China and Japan after which he will
tour Canada.
According to good authority, and
as a reply to British anxiety, the
delegations at their next meeting will
be asked to sanction an expenditure
of 400,000.O00 kronen for new Dire ad-
naughts for the Austro-Hungarian
navy. The program provides for
building seven Dreadnaughts within
the next few years.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-13
CASUALTIES.

Fire Of unknown origin destroyed
the plant of the Sioux City Brick and
Tile works at Sioux City. Loss, $50,
600.
Four persons were drowned and a
total of eight barges were lost during
a fierce storm off Faulkner's Island
Conn.
Mrs. w E. Leadford of Powderly
was instantly killed and her child ia
tally injured by a Bessemer electric
car at Elyton, Ala.
Prof. William Sawyer Of the Mich
gan agricultural college, drowned at
Lansing, Mich, when his canoe cap
sized in Cedar river.
Three children OF Charles Cross
man, painter, were suffocated by
smoke from fire which badly dam
aged their home in Sackville, N. B.
A big blowout of gas occurred in
No. mine Of the Crows Nest Min
ing company at Carbonate, in the
Fernie district, killing two miners and
injnring a number of others. The ex
plosion blew coal into dust.
Fire wiped out the little town OF
Wesley, B. c., twenty-five miles west
of Nelson, near the United States
boundary. The Yale-Columbia Lum-
Der company's MILL employees houses
and other buildings and a stock OF
lumber. all valued at S25o,o0o, were
destroyed.
William Rose, his wife and two
children, were killed in collision of
their buggy and an electric car on
the Chicago, Lake Shore & South
Bend Interurban line, near Gary, Ind
Rose had been drinking and purpose
ly stopped his buggy on the track as
the car approached. The family lived
at Tolleston, Ind.
Windows in the First National
bank, Grismar's clothing store, Ames
printing establishment and numerous
Offices at Waterloo, Iowa, were shat,
tered, and o. H. Green seriously in
jured when his popcorn wagon ex.
ploded on the main business street
1t is thought that the gasoline tank
ignited, blowing the machine to
atoms. Flying missiles were hurled
a block, but fortunately no one except
Proprietor Green was hit.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-13
CAN FIX PRICES FOR SERVICE
Minnesota Supreme Court Rules That
Agreement for Fixing Labor
Value Is Legal.

st. Paul, May 9.-A victory for the
Duluth board of trade in a decision
announced by the supreme court yes
terday is accompanied by victory for
union labor and for all organizations
which seek to control the prices for
service and do not control prices of
commodities. The decision, in which
the court affirms the decision of the
St. Louis county district court in the
case in which the state sought to an
null the charter of the Duluth board of
trade, is one of the most sweeping de-
cisions of recent years.
The suit was started for the state
by former Attorney General E. T.
Young, after the Minnesota Farmers
its grain sold in Duluth. 1t was only
a question of law, it being established
that the board of trade had fixed
rate of commissions which members
should charge non-members for sell
ing their grain.
Decision Is Far-reaching.
Whichever way the court decided
the decision would have far-reaching
consequences. If the justices had held
that this rule Of the board was in VIC
lation of the antitrust laws, it would
have compelled a revolutionary
change in the methods of doing bust
ness at the Duluth board of trade, the
Minneapolis chamber of commerce
and similar institutions Rut the
court took the only way out of it and
held that the statute does not apply
to an organization which attempts to
fix the charges for personal services,
but only to one which attempts to
control prices of commodities. AS the
commission charges on the change
were only charges for personal serv-
ices, this allowed the board to go on,
but at the same time the court had
established a thing that the labor
unions have long been contendiEg for.