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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-03-02
1928 WERE KILLED IN QUAKE.
Figures of the Messina Catastrophe
Are at Last Made Public.

More than a year after the great
Messina earthquake the Italian gov
eminent has issued statistics of the
terrible death roll connected with
the disaster.
The total loss of life was 77,2S3
In Messina 1883 bodies have been
recovered from the ruins and buried;
1926 persons died from injuries re-
ceived at the time of the earthquake,
and it is calculated that the remains
of 32,477 victims are still beneath
the debris.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-03-02
NEW POSTMASTER AT EDISON

Mr.. w. T. Atkins, the foreman in
the office of the Edison News, has
been appointed postmaster at that
place to succeed Mr.. Tilden Wat
kins, who has held the position the
past sixteen years.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-03-02

off and sold. In st. Louis the other
day young white woman developed
leprosy. The board of health started
an investigation. 1t led to her rat"
and it was found that the "rat" had
been made of hair imported from
China.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-03-02

Miss Lille Bell Griffin, the twelve
year-old daughter of DR.. F. P Crit
fin, of Leary, died Wednesday morn
ing.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-28
Wickershom Says Trust Mast
Be Controlled by The Nation
to Do Justice to the People
TAX COLLECTIONS
KEEP CITY TREASURER's
FORCE QUITE BUSY.

From June 4 up until 1 o'clock
this afternoon City Treasurer
George w. Wallace had collected at
his Office at the city hall a total OF
Is47,25S.12 in city taxes. personal
property, real estate and poll taxes.
This is only drop in the bucket,
according to Mr.. Walters, who an
ticipates the greatest collections at
the last minute. which will b.
Thursday. June so.
The penaty OF 10 per cent goes
into effect after Thursday and for
The accommodation of the taxpayers
Treasurer Walters maN keep his
off>e until midnight. Mr.. Walters
said today that people sending in
checks for their taxes should do so
before Thursday in order that tncy
can be included in the deposit De
iayed checks coming in after Thurs-
day will not be included and the
uenalty will be in force. Mr.. Wal
ters' Office is scene OF rush and
hustle and lis Office force has not
had duh moment for several days
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-28
Latest Clue That He Was q
Louisville Lad Falls
Through.
Dean and Farren 10 be Ar.
Taigned Tomorrow.
MRS. DORA BLACKWELL FOUND

Another clue 10 the Identity of
the red haired victim OF the Pool
road murder on the night OF April .
has fallen through.
Chief Henry singery. of tine police
department. aud Detectives James
Collins and r. J. Moore today re-
cciycd letters from Il. G. Jean, 1920
West jefferson street, Louisville,
Ky. that the description of the dead
boy supposed To be his brother, was
unsatisfactory and Dean feels sure
that the boy was not his brother.
The police and detectives here say
this murder was one of the most re-
markable they ever dealt with. In
asmuch as Identifying the dead boy
g. apparently impossible. Scores OF
clues To his Identity have been run
down. aud II still remains shrouded
IN mystery.
Detectives Moore and Collins are
Gtill working on the case. however.
in an cnort 90 uncover the boys
name before long
Guy Dean aud Thomas Farrin.
who are being held In the county
jail charged with the murder, will
face trial In police court at . o'clock
tomorrow morning Farrin's confcs-
zion was that Dean killed the youth.
although Dean positively denies
knowing anything about IT, II Is
said that Mrs. Dora Blackwell will
be presented In court tomorrow as a
star witness for the commonwealth,
Dean says he intends TO prove by
her that he Is innocent OF the crime
The case was continued ten days ago
To tomorrow.
The Evening sun sent y. c. Dean
ii. Louisville a photograph OF the
murdered boy. but has received NO
reply. other reports are being In
vestigaied still further.
Farrin will be represented by At
torncys Crossland a Grassland. while
Dean has employed Attorney David
l. Browning at the examining trial
IN the morning. Some sensational
evidence is expected To be revealed
unless an examination a. waived by
the two defendants. However. II Ia
understood that. both the defense
sud commonwealth will be ready 60
go into trial.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-28
rIDWEIL IS GIVEN
RELEASE FROM INDIANS.

Before the Paducah baseball team
left last night for ClaFksyille. Tenn,
where series of three games will
be opened today, Manager Louis
Amgermeircr handed Tidwell the
little inficldor. his release. Tidwell
has not p layed a good game for sew
.eral weeks. His work at short was
Ia great disappointment. Anderson,
The former Hopkinsvilio player has
accepted terms with the Indians, and
will be in the game this afternoon.
Anderson will play short, although
second base is his regular position.
Vauadore is suffering with a sore
arm, and viii not so to short until
his wing improves. The Indians left
anticipating a successful trip. Harris
was due to twirl today.
It is probable that the game be-
tween Hopkinsville and Ciarksville
scheduled at Clarksville, Tenn, for
next Sunday will be transferred to
Paducah. whore Sunday games are
played. The change would tickle
he fans.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-28
THE COUNTY AND
THOMPSON MAY
SETTLE DISPUTE
Superintendent OF Sanitarium
Makes Offer For Com.
promise.
Wants Count TO Pay Bill
Amounting 10 $500.
WOULD ADJUST OLD TROUBLE.

There is an excellent opportunity
of settling the tangfe over the coun-
ty almshouse. aud ror>this purpose a
special meeting or the fiscal court
has been called for Thursday TO con-
slider a compromise. Both the coun-
ty officials and the friends of Mr..
w. A. Thompson are anxious to set
tie the trouble without further liti-
cation. and it is believed that the
compromise will be effected.
For the purpose Of getting to-
gether on the terms the almshouse
committee held conference with
Mr.. Thompson this morning at the
court house. and they reached an
agreement, which will be presented
before the court Thursday for rati-
fication. BY the terms of the agree
ment Mr.. Thompson will dismiss his
appeal in circuit court and vacate
imburse him $500 for his garden
truck, kitchen equipment and fur
nishings of the almsnouse and allow
his bills for two months, which will
amount to about $500. Mr. Thomp-
son will retain his household furDi-
ture.
The agreement by the committee
was a compromise ON each side. Mr.
Thompson announced that he would
vacate the premises, dismiss his ap-
peal and sell his equipment and
garden truck to the, county for
$1,000 and the allowance of his
bills for two months, which have
been held up pending the litigation
The county officials considered the
payment OF $1,000 too much and
agreed upon $500 as fair value
of the property The garden truck
consists OF several acres of vege-
tables.
In explaining his offer of compro-
mise, Mr.. Thompson said: 'It was
not in any spirit OF revenge that
.ook the appeal. but was protecting
my own interests. the same as tho
officials of the county were. think
that the compromise will be the bes
means of settling the tanglc, and
'ong-winded litigation can be avoid
ed. II the fight is continued and
ose in the circuit court. | intend ia
take an appeal, while ! feel that the
'ounty would do likewise"
The trouble began several months
lgo. when the fiscal court declared
the Office of superintendent OF the
county almshouse vacant, and elected
T. NJ. Cartee az superintendent At
torneys for Thompson took an appeal
10 the circuit court, and the suit Is
on the docket for trial next October
after the term OF Thompson will have
sxpired. While Mr.. Thompson is
still in charge of the almshouse, the
fiscal court has refused to allow his
bills for two months.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-28
DepIoruble Condition
Of The County jail

short time each day for exercise.
Vigilance is taken to see that
knives are not secured by the prison.
ers for use in digging out the wall.
However, the prisoners use the tin
spoons given them to eat with, and
they are able to pick the mortar from
the walls. The bricks are easy TO
remove, and In about half an hour a
prisoner can dig his way through the
wall armed with only a tin spoon.
II IL probable that the Jail question
viii be before the magistrates Al the
meeting of fiscal court next month
lt has been considered advisable to
line the walls with sheet iron, but
the work has never been ordered.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-28
Hopes For Early Decisions
in the Standard Oil and
Tobacco Cases 10 Clear Up
the Situation.

Cambridge, Mass, June 2S.-De-
|scribing the growth of federal power
over interstate commerce through
the action Of congress and the SUI
preme court. Wickersham today
spoke before the Harvard law school.
lie said a certain period of national
development comes when II is neces-
sary to interpose by legislation be-
tween individual greed and justice
10 the entire people. He said "Never
before in any civilization of which
We have record, has the machinery Of
trade lent Itself to such far-reaching
control of the great lines OF industry
by individuals, or combinations, az
at the present day. Nor ever before
has It been possible to lay 40 direct
a toll upon the entire public through
the concentration of Industrial pow
er." Referring to the crippled con
'dition of the supreme court he said:
1T Is greatly to be desired that the
Standard Oil and tobacco trust cases
he decided that the principles of de-
cisiOn may be so clearly laid down
as TO afford a practicable standard OF
conduct, which, while securely pro
tecting against the inevitable evils
of great monopoly which make delib-
crate attempts to arbitrarily fix
prices and stife competition, will yet
leave untrammeied the avenues for
legitimate development of our do
nestle and foreign commerce.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-28
CHARLTON ORDERED
REMANDED TO THE
JAIL TILL JULY 5
To Allow Time For Alienisis
TO Complete Their Ex.
smina,iOns.
Prisoner Shows No Interest
in the Trial.
HE MAY BE RETURNED TO ITALY

Jersey City, June 2S-Porter
Charlton. the confessed murderer of
his wife in Lake Como, Italy, was
arraigned today before Judge Blair
and rcmanded TO jail until July 8
on the promise of his attorneys that
no effort will be made to get his
release on n habeas corpus or a
lunacy writ. The attorneys want
the delay to ascertain what steps
the state department will take on
his extradition and TO allow alien
lists time to study his mental condi-
ton. Charlton when i'm court took
no interest in the proceedings.
Court was delayed by the nom
arrival OF the Italian acting consul.
Di Rosa, who will insist that Charl-
ton be sent back to Italy. Charl-
toms attorneys asked for the post
ponement, but Prosecutor Garven
objected at first and acccded on the
attorneys promise not to attempt to
get Charlton out of Jail.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-28
MORE OIL FOR
PADUCAH STREET
RESIDENTS ARE EAGER FOR IT
EyERYWHERE NOW.

The board of works Is expecting
"a car Of oil this week. and will oil
more streets as soon as II comes.
jefferson street. west of Eleventh
VIII be given another coating, as the
dressing that was placed on the
street early In the spring has about
worn OF. II was put on when the
weather conditions were not favor
able. and has not stood up under the
wear az well az 1t should have. and
as well as it is doing on other
streets
The board gets requests every day
from property holders on streets that
have not been oiled. asking for II,
and next year. II IL planned to oil
every street in the city.
Owensboro and Hopkinsville have
followed Paducah's lead, and this
week are oiling many OF their prin-
cipal thoroughfares. The expert
ments here have more than come up
to expectations. and every one is
apparently well satisfied.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-28
KENTUCKY
APPOINTMENTS WILL he MAY
NOW IN FEW DAYS.

Washington. June (speclalD
--Tday Wap day of conferences
between Sen ator Bradley and Rep
rescniai.ve Langley. of Kentucky,
the president and Postmaster Gen
efal ll.tchcofk. Much OF II will re-
Nolvc around the district Attorney
ship. of the Louisville and Coylng-
ton districts aud the Marion post
office. whore the postmaster general
wants Postmaster Crider reta alcd
aga.nst the wishes OF former SEN
ator Dcboe who is lndorslng j ~.
Lamb The chances stlll favor
Cridor's retention.
The failure of ]. y. Sharp to be
confirmed as district attorney at Cow
.ngton probably effoctually dispenscs
OF his case, aud senator Bradley will
probably urge upon the president
ihc appointment of H. Clay Howard.
+. NJ Fisher and other supporters OF
]. c. Speght for the Louisville dis
trict atorneyshjp are still here and
are inslstent upon a recess appoint
ment for their candidate in order
that he may succeed DuRelle aud
take charge OF the Office.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-28
POLICE BUGGY MAKES
ITS FIRST TRIP

On the first night of the inaugu-
ration of a police call buggy Tor
Sergeant Lige Cross in the police
department its necessity was demon
strated when Sergeant Cross made
a hurry run to investigate a burglar
alarm, which was received at police
headquarters shortly before IL
O'Clock last night by Night Captain
John ]. orian. The excited voice OF
a woman came over the telephone.
saying that two negroes were trying
to break into the grocery of Charles
Denker. at Ninth and Washington
streets.
Patrolmen Garrett. Dunaway'
Ogilvie and 'Shrader were sent to
the scene in a jiffy Sergeant Cross
was communicated with at Tenth
and Norton streets, many blocks
distant, and made his initial riot
call. accompanied by Patrolman
Wick. When the squad of police
men arrived at the grocery the two
negroes had fled. without succeed
ing in enecting entrance to the
store. Marks indicating their at
tempss to force their way in were
discovered. The new police buggy
will come in handy and pulled by
Gus" the former fire department
horse. Sergeant Cross will have nc
fear in making airship time.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-28

Only the greatest vigilance on the
part of County Jailer Henry IIouser
and his deputies keeps the county
prisoners safe In the county prison.
After much di0cussion, the fiscal
court has done nothing towords max
Ing the prison safe, and preventing
the prisoners from digging through
the weak walls. In the summer time
IL is impossible to keep the prisoners
in the round cage all the time, and it
is necessary to release them for a
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-28
DEED FOR TRANSFER OF
HOME PHONE COMPANY.

The deed for the transfer of the
property OF the Paducah Home Tele-
phone and Telegraph company TO
the Paducah Home Telephone COM
pany was filed this morning in the
county court clerks Office by j. u.
Powers, special commissioner ap-
pointed by the federal court. The
property was purchased by II. H.
Cady for $4,000. the only bidder
Several weeks ago articles OF incor-'
poration were filed by the new COM
pany, which took over the property
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-28
UNCLE JOE SAYS
HE WILL RETURN
Intimates lie will Again BE "a Candi
date for Speakership.

date for SPeakership.
Washington. ID. C.. June Is
"God willing. I'll be here next sea-
s!on, and II will be for the Repub-
lican majority to determine who
shall be speaker"
Speaker Cannon paid a farewell
call at the White House today and
the above is what he had to say re-
garding his future plans.
"To make a hare pie" continued
the speaker, you have got first to
catch your hare. ! may not be liy-
ing when the next session OF con-
.gress comes around. But If ! am IT
will be ai the hands of the grand
IRepublican party TO do with me as
they will. There are lot OF folks
who think chaos would reign If /
came back as speaker. They prate
about czarism and all that sort of
thing. but let that 20.
"In all my l.fe I have never ecen
a situation so full of promise for
a Republican victory in the fall. II
always happens that the Democrats
win hands down at this time of the
year. but when the ballots are count
cd. they come out behind as usual. -
Score of senator's and Republicans
called at the White House today to
pay their respects and TO say good
bye to the president. Mr.. Taft got
through his work as early as possi-
BILE in order to go out 20 Chevy
Chase this arternon to play his last
game of golf over Captain Butt was
his OuDOnCut
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-28
Jim" Jones and Sister, Jennie
Lynn, Are Held Over to Circuit
Court for the Gibson Murder
RULES FOR SMOKERS ON
STREET CARS.

Smokers on public street
cars will have to abide by
rules thu. have been put in
force by the Paducah Trac-
tion company and conductors
have been notified that they
must be enforced. Passen-
gers on the open summer
cars will be permitted TO
smoke on the four rear
seats while the two rear
seats may be utilized bN the
smokers On the double truck
street cars, when all the win
dows are open. With the
windows open the smoke
escapes. and does~not incon-
vonience the other paaen-
gers, but when the windows
are closed the smokers must
hunt the rear platform. On
the small ears the passengers
who smoke must stand on
the rear platform.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-28
W y CALLING,
n G. BENNINGTON,
J. u. FLOWERS.
HENRY BAILEY.
W. Il. GRAFT,
J. b. LEIGH

II developed from the evidence
gathered that the pistol which Jones
used In shooting Gibson had been In
the possession of his sister. Jennie
Lynn since last January, and Sunday
night was lying on her dresser. She
e. alleged TO have suggested II to
Jones. thereby placing herself In
league with him In the murder
Drs J. W Pcndley and II H. Du-
ley. who made an examination of the
wounds In Gibsons body. testified
that the first shot that struck Gibson
would not have produced death. II
entered almost In the center Of the
abdomen. striking rib and passing
out six inches TO the rignt. The ball
did not penetrate the cavity OF the
stomach aud was only flesh wound.
The second wound. or third shot
fred by Jones. is the one that caused
his death. The physicians gave ex-
pert testimony that Gibson could
not have been facing Jones. as the
ball entered over the back Of the
right hip and ranged downward and
to the front. severlng the large art
cry. Gibson blcd to death inwardly.
The fret shot that struck him was
fred when Gibson was apparently
facing Jones, as the latter claims.
Patrolman Charles Mitchell tcsti-
fed that after he was notified of the
shooting he went and found Gibson
dying in the alloyway by the house
Of sam Sneed. colorcd. SOS North
Ninth street. Mr. Mitchell said that
when he and Patrolman Kirk were
boarding a stree; car. half an hour
before the killing that Gibson got
on the car and they spoke to each
other. Gibson appeared in a good
condition and not intoxicated. Mr..
Mitchell further said that while he
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-28
JEFFRIES FAVORITE
LOTS OF MONEY ARRIVES IN
RENO FOR WAGEBS.

Reno, Nov. June 2S.-Reno. is
boiling with excitement and thrills
equal to the days of the gold rush.
The arrival OF large amounts of
money to be wagered Increases the
excitement. Odds arc favoring JEFF
fries. Jehrios is beginning to show
grouchiness, characteristic of him
just before his fights. Johnsons
weight is announced at 207. Tho
belief is general he VIII fight az 200.
Joifries will then have 20 pounds
advantage. Trainers Of both men
say each is in the best of condition.
although Johnson is working hard.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-28
BOAT FIRE SET by PRISONER.
Intoxicated Man i'm Brig of J. s.
Burned With Companion.

la Crosse, Wis, June 2S.-An
intoxicated prisoner in the ships
brig is believed now 20 have set fire
to the steamer j. S, which burned
TO the waters edge at Bad Axe
island In the Mississippi river sat
urday night This man. John Plane.
of Waukon. Ia, was burned to doath
with another prisoner whose identity
is not known. These mems bodies
lie in the debris Of the hull. which
is sunk in the river
Two others were drowned in the
panic that followed the discovery of
the fire, it is announced today. The
supposed fifth victim was found.
after the excitement had partially
subsidized wandering about the wharf
here bemoanng the fact that ho
had missed the boat.
One of the most peculiar, acci-
dents of the entire panic was that
which overlook Mrs. John Joseph.
Of De Soto. She had jumped into
the water and landed on her feet.
when a fat woman jumped on to
her shoulders. Mrs. Joseph was
knocked down and carried alonr
under water for several feet. When
she was rescued it was found that
She had been seriously hurt in the
head and internally 1t is feared
she will die,
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-28
RED CROSS DEGREE To
BE CONFERRED TONIGHT

The regular meeting of the Padu-
cab commandery of knights Tenn
plar viii be held tonight at the Fra
ternity building. The Red Cross de
gree will be conferred upon several
candidates. The knights are pre-
pairing for the triennial conclaye
which will be held in Chicago in
August. and notices of special rates
have been mailed to all members OF
the surrounding communicates.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-28
SENATOR NJ Emery
DIES SUDDENLY
LOUISIANA SOLON STRICKEN
MONDAY I'm ROUTE HOME.

New Orleans, June 2S.-United
States Senator Samuel Douglas Me-
Emery died here suddenly this morn
ing. lie became III ON his way home
from Washington Monday. He was
born in 1887 at Mobile and had
been in the senate l6 years. lie
ranked as conservative. lie also
served term and a half as gov
ernor of Louisiana.
General political conditions ndi-
cate that Governor Jared sanders
will be Senator McEnery's successor.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-28
GALLOWAY
GETS NICE, NEEDED RAINS
MONDAY AFTERNOON.

Murray. June IS. (SpeciaD f.
Galloway county had good aud
much needed and desired rain yes
erday and last night. and the farm
,rs are grateful TO the weather man.
Wheat harvests is now on. and the
yield this year IS very satisfactory
Tobacco, however. Is not doing as
Well ~ ii should be, and some plant
crs are discouraged over its pros
poets.
j. L. Myers. a prominent farmer
Of the Cutie: Flats. aged "a. died
last night.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-28
TAFT GOES TO BEVERLY;
ROOSEVELT TO BOSTON

Beverly, Mass, June 2S.-under
messages of sympathy from TAFT
and the care of the best surgeons in
Boston, Michael Thithwolla, the
Italian run down by the auto driven
by Robert Taft yesterday, is im-
proving and his recovery is assured
Taft is expected here tomorrow
Roosevelt went 20 Boston today.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-28
THB WEATHER

The predictions and tempcra-
ture for the past twenty-four
hours will be found at the top
of the seventh column ON page
fOar
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-28
KILLED WHILE COUPLING TRAIN
u. 4. Boren, Popular Conductor,
Meets Death at Milan.

Jackson, Tenn. June 2S.-Mr. r.
F. Boren, a popular conductor on
the Illinois Central railroad and a
resident of Jackson, was killed at
Milan yesterday morning while at
tempting to couple the train. The
first effort failed, and the second
impact threw him from the train.
the cars passing over his body, kill
ing him instantly. Mr. Boren was
80 years old, aud leaves a wife and
one child.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-28
BALLOON HELPLESS
ZEPPELIN'S DIRIGIBLE ADRif1
WITH TWENTY ABOARD.

Dusseldorf. June 2S.-Zeppelin's 8
dirigible, the deutschland, with
20 newspaper men aboard. is drift
ing helpless before heavy wind.
Grave fears are entertained for their
safety. II tried three times to land.
The motor Is broken.