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VOLE XXV NO 151 1 PADUCAH KY FRIDAY EVENING JUNE 25 1909 TEN CENTS PER WEEK
Chief ot Police Collins to Order
I r All Bawdy House Keepers to Leave
i itf asPaducah or Cease Their Business
Anther Wean Charged
Viih Selling leer at
Dnar n settle
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Decides Mayer and Chief
Thai They Dent talent to
iQuilt Practice
Two warrants aworn out against
Jessie Loach of Twelfth street and
Blcderman avenue one for Belling
liquor and the other tor keeping a
l disorderly house mark the beginning
of a crusade to rid Paducah of her
houses of Illfame The warrants
wore sworn out by John Smith who
Mid he coat produce witnesses to
prove sfco sold whlikr beer and ole I
The oames of tho witnesses were
takes I
takesMayor
Mayor Smith and Chief Oolllni
1have held ropealed consultation I
about these resorts since they wore
r t driven off Kentucky avenue and scat tI I
monthsI
llfO that they should l not be allowed
to sell 1 I liquor and a list of those I
holding government llcenes was to <
cured They were notified to dlscon
tluue and there wan an exodus of tho
women It was thought this would
put an end to their aggressive mis
chief Witnesses in this beach case
who claim to havo paid a dollar a
I bottle for beer that retails at ten
cent have families dependent on
thorn and young boys who would be
barred from saloons can go to the
u I homo and secure refreshments at ex
orbitant price
Recently cosiplaluta have come In
especially from the nelgborhood I
where the Load house and tho one
k whose inmates wore arrested yester
day are located and the mayor and I
Chief Collins decided that they would I
carry the crusade further and order
all nouses closed Those who are i
known to the police will be notified
tktt they nut elate their doors for
11fOOc1 1 and get out Chief Qollln II I I
in hearty accord with tho mayor In
this matter and wilt strictly carry
out tho purpose He has been dill
gent of late In stopping disorder
where It became apparent
BONDS N G
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4 Upon Investigation It has been as
certained that 1100000 worth of t
bond issued January S 1891 and I
delivered to the Paducah Tennessee I
A Alabama railroad which was sue
ceoded by the Nashville Chattanooga I
A St Louis railroad In payment for
1100000 worth of stock In the rail
road Is without value The Investi
gallon was started by Mayor Smith
who wrote to W J Hills suporln
tendent of tho Nashville Chattanooga
t I St Loul railroad A reply tins
been received from Claude Wailer
general counsel for tho railroad who
says that the stock has been wiped I
throughA
A which the property was sold for the
payment of the bonded debt of the
company The bonds wero Issued by
the P T ft A railroad In order to
construct Its road but An default in I
i e t the payment of IntercsJlao decree of
foreclosure was entered July 10
1895 and the property was sold to
J W Phillips who disposed of It
I C Shops Increase
Direct axaranco that tho Illinois
Central railroad shops will open up
s given out today by A H Egan I
superintendent ot tho Louisville di I
vision who arrived early this morn l
Ing from Memphis Mr Egan 0ald
i there will bo an Increase In all do
a partments July 1 and ho intimated
that as business becomes bettor the
l farce will be increased more Al
ready an Increase has been mado in
the force July 1 over ten per cent
of the men who were laid off will re
turn to work and work at tho shops
will begin to bum again
State Line Road Upheld
Magistrate J Blotch has dccid
ed that the old State Lino road Is I i
publlb highway and that tho obtstruc
it tlon placed by A Vanfleld must bE
removed A low flno will be assess
G rr ° tAr unless It Js tho desire of Vanficli
4to take the case to a higher court
JThe road leads to the mouth 01
Clarks river The warrant wa
sworn out by John Thompson coun
ty road supervisor to con pel Van
Held to remove a fence from acfOlj
the highway
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NAVAL RESERVES SICK
1casacolo Juno sJLoul5l
ana naval reserves became sea
sick and abandoned their
cruise to Havana and Isle Do
Luzon steaming back to New
Orleans The boys go home by
raU
INCREASE RATES is l
OF HOUSE BILL ONF
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NUMBER OF ITEMS h
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Washington Juno SDcbate on 0
the tariff continued today b
A short time before adjournment 0
last night at 7 oclock the senate re
turned to consideration of tho sched II
ules or tho tariff bill after devoting It
the greater part of tho day listening II
to prepared upcoche and adopted tJ
amendments Increasing the duty on p
shoes from 1C to 20 per cent ad va 0
loran and Increasing tho duty on
vole icathor from Ii to Id per cent al II
valorem tho lower figure represent 11
ing tho houto rate In each case to
During tile day there were three It i
prepared speeches all of them being In
at considerable length Beginning
when the senate convened at 10ft
oclock Bevcrldge talked for about T
four hours and was followed by Bat
ley at almost as great length Now
lands was the last of the orators of
tho day and ho had not long surren
Ioored the floor when the senate ad 0
journed F
Tho themo of Bevorldgos discourse II
wa the amendment proposed by h191D
self regarding the size of tobacco J
packages Ho contended that while J
the site of thopa kao had been re
duced during the Spanish war with J
the end In view of compelling the F
purchaser to pay tho war tax thoso
sties I have nover been restored nor t
prices reduced notwithstanding the 0
removal of tho tax thus plainly giv f
In tube tobacco manufacturers and of
especially tho tobacco trust the ad
vantage of the tax even though It has l
not been In operation for about nine S
years He declared that the trust had I
Influenced legislation for this pur c
pose and asserted that It was being a
benefited to the extent of many mil b
lion dollars a year G
Ncwands gave his attention to tho
Income tax question devoting especial f
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consideration to the presidents recd
lution for a corporation earnings tax
Ho discussed at length the legUUtlon
of 1818 providing for a tax upon the I
gross receipts of oil refiners on J
which tho Spreckels case was decided I I
by the supreme court and which was d
rolled upon by the president as a pre r
rodent for tho proposed corporation
tax Ho pointed out especially that t
the law of 1898 was applicable not
to corporations alone but to every f
person firm company and corpora
ion carrying on such business and I I
suggested that a tax applying only to I t
corporations might violate the const I
tuttonal rcnulrcmcnt of uniformity
1lemarkaltle Operation
Detroit Mich Juno 25 Eminent
surgeon from all parts of the coun
try attending the American Institute I c
of homeopathy today witnessed onoI I I
of the most difficult operations known I
performed at the Grace hospital by r
Dr Fisher of Chicago The bones ot r
a childs head grow tight prema
turely closing what is known as the
soft spots and resulting In lack of r
room for the brains If uncorrected I
It would cause mental deficiency The
operation reseparatcd tho skull bones
WKATHKR
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CLOUDY 1 I
Partly cloudy continued nn1 I
s probably local thunder showers tOe
vJght aad Saturday
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FREEMAN BURIED
TODAYSTOMACH
TO BE EXAMINED
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Judge Lightfoot Intimates
Someone Is Suspected ol
Aiding Suicide
Morphine Mixed With Some iM
Other Poison
IB BELIEF OF PHYSICIANS
The funeral and burial of Gcorgo It
Freeman tho colored murderer who so
committed suicide yesterday worq g 1
ter
held this afternoon Tho body waster
turned oycr to tho Rev Father U A gr
Connolly and tho funeral scrvlcewas this t
private Even the hour was not glv de
out as Father Connolly desired toth
evade the curIosity seekers The day
burial was in Mt Carmol cemetery
on the May Held roadw
wa
It is the belief of tho physicians the
that George Freeman took a mixed Mrs
drug as In the experience of tbo phyItr
tlclans they could not recall a drugCI
that had the similar effect There Is Toda L
no doubt that the negro took an
of
opiate probably morphine mixed In
with another poison Last night the of
stomach when It was taken outcal
cal
was swollen No attempt was made
examine It by the physicians but
was scaled and sent to Louisville
charge of Dr Nolleau It will
take two day for tho examination WI
a complete analysis was ordered part
The hcartwan extracted but nothing sippi
could bo found to Indicate the poison or
Tho heart was Irs good condition that
Couuty Physldfca L E Young erl
worked heroically In an effort to 68Yee
Freeman Ho was In the cell from ing
030 oclock In tho morning until avi
Freeman died In the afternoon and In
tho t
thethl
the
last Bight assisted In performing
autopsy He will assisted by Dr
Horace Rivera City Physician W J
Bass and Dr J T Reddlck Patrol
Driver Thad Terrell assisted tho doc Is 1
tore all day In the effort to rouse salt
Freeman w m
Sheriff Ogllvlo this morning re art
turned the death warrant with the
offlclal notice that TJO was prevented
from executing the warrant because
Freemans suicide day
For the present the scaffold will ed
remain standing In tho jail yard od
Sheriff Ogllvle says he has not decided la
Id whother to let it stand until next cue
court Several murderers aro In jail The
awaiting trial and there Ia pout 3
blllty of a death sentence so that tho tbl
gallon might be used after all
So far as could be ascertained
Freeman was the first condemned AN
man In McCrackcn county to cheat
the gallows Poison and weapons
have been found in cells but the
prisoner was never successful in the
use During the term of Circuit Clerk den
Joe A huller as county jailer Jesse m
Brown ceiorod was hanged Several er
daj8 bofore the execution a pistol was 54
foudd concealed In his cell TheI
glo I
weapon had been smuggled In by aI
m
trusty
Vbon Freeman was transferred al
from tho main corridor to the private r1
l a
coil ho was given new clothes nnda
A n
pot allowed to take anything from 01
his old cell Dy this precaution Jailer U
Eaker felt secure that Freeman tI
would not kill himself
The Inquest will not be held by <
Coroner Baker until an analysis of
the stomach Is made County Jtidgo
Lightfoot said there would bo an in
vestigation to determine who Is guilty
of smuggling In tho poison Ho inti
mated that come ono Is 1 suspected
Freemans Death
After lingering over ton hours
George Freeman died Yesterday after
noon about 445 oclock The end
was not unexpected as shortly after
Oentlaue oa Page Fear
WHIRLWIND CAMPAIGN a
TO END IN BIG RALLY t
s
whirlwind educational camII
The cam
paign which will be conducted
through the county Monday Tuesday t
and Wednesday will be closed with a
rally at the Womans club on Thurs
day The plana for the rally will be
completed at a meeting that will be
hold tomorrow afternoon It Is prob 1
able that the meeting will continue
all day 11 1
lion McKenilo Moss a prominent
attorney of Bowling Green will be
the speaker although a number of
local speakers will urge the necessity I
of having better county schools It
Is l expected that a large attendance
will attend the rally
W R Davis who Is prcsfdenl ot
IthO MtCracken County School Im
provement leagud has requested that
every officer of the league attend tho 1
featly A abort session of the county
0e1IC1i001 board will be held lyly
before the rUy
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One Heat Prostration is Reported
WHOLE COUNTRY
WHOLBGOUNTRYISSWBLTBRING
IS SWELTERING
ISSWBLTBRINGAND
AND SUFFERING
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Many Deaths iaffNew York
Where TheustHds Sleep on
Coney Island Sand
s
Today the mercury Indicates that
Is tho hottest day et this summer
far The thermometer read 96 dog
serer at 1 oclock tklcaf i I teraoon Yes
terday was warrebr > at it was two de
grees cooler than te4ay It Is one
degree warmer jthaaf any other day
year The lowest today was 78
degrees which is 4 degrees warmer
the lowest teaperature ester
The first heat victim in Paducah
as little Miss Anna May McKInncy
11 year old daughter of Mr and
rs E T McKlnpey 1034 Clay
street She was te a eerlous condition
yesterday afternoon end last night
Today she Is resting easy and Is out
danger She was taken ill down
tho city but returned to the home
other grandmother where she to
came too ill to return Rome
For Two or Three Days More
Washington Juno 25 The hot
wave now holding la Its grip that
of tho country east of tho Missis
will continue unabated for two
three days when Indications are
taint generally will produce low
eying temperature according to the
weather bureau reports Tho prevail
temperature over tho country
averages about 90 degrees and only
a few places have rains relieved
conditions
Heat XUte 7oae
Cleveland O Jiinosi rDnp map
dead and BlrareprdeUtci as a re
of the heat acre Tho morcury
marked 86 degrees at 2 oclock this
thislarternoon
IfoepHata Aro EMI
New York June 2GTho fourth
of unabated heat taat > nas skirted
this city found tbo hospitals crowd
with cases of prostration At a
hour there had been recorded BO
cases ot mortality and three suicides
he mercury went to 92 officially at
oclock Last night at Coney leland
thousands wero sleeping oa tho sand
ANGLOGERMANALLIANCE
ALLIANCE PROPOSED
Berlin June 2 ff Maximilian liar
famous for the aspens of im
mortalities In the clique of the kale
ers court rays in his paper Dlo
Seukufe the time has cots for An
gloGerman pact permitting Qer
many to selzo tho Congo Free State
and any other territories sho desires
Germany In return recognizing Eng
EnsIlands
lands mastery of the teas through
out the world Harden says war Is l
the only alternative and a continua
loon of tbo present rivalry impossible
MUST SBLL MORE
SEASON TICKETS
TO CHAUTAUQUA
Unless 400 more season Chautau
qua tickets are cold the Chautauqua
wilt be abandoned say the directors
They held a meeting this morning
and found they came outa trifle less
than 200 ahead after same out
standing interest on borrowed money
Is paid They expect to improve tho
program a0 much next sear as it was
this year the aim being to lake each
suceedlng season bettor but this can
be done only through Hhe coopera
ion of the public Between 600and
700 tickets have beea subscribed
Those who desire tickets vaay notify
Mr Joseph L Friedman or launders
A Fowler or leave their orders at
any of the stores or basks
Hlghwayvjnn to Do Hanged
Dallas Tex Juno IThe jury
returned a death oentence against
Bubber Roberson a negro highway
man who helped kill Frank Wool
ford ft farmer In Dallai last l October
Washington Juno 251110 ad
ministration corporation tax amend
101mont to the tariff bill was complete
by Attorney GeMral WJckCltlham
and SeDIIor Root It will fca latrQ
duced In the senatgc
Ice Cream Men Leae
Tamale Men Under Ban
Hot tamalo venders must go and
EO must the Ice cream men who
travel about the city pushing little
carts selling Ice cream cones for a
peony and a nickel Yesterday after
noon at conference of tho board of
health Mayor Smith Drs Sights and
Fancy and a number of peddlers it
vaua decided to rotund all tho ice
cream venders who punt the little
cart tho money paid by them on
their licenses 1285 each Hot
tamale men Lave not secured licensee
METHODISTS WILL
HOLD TABERNACLE
MEETING IN FALL
Auditorium Rink Selected and
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the R vJ D Brown Will rl
be Evangelist
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The Methodist pastors of the cityI
under the lead of the Rev J W
Blackard D D presiding older ofd
Paducah district Methodist churches
will begin a tabernacle l meeting about
September 5 Tho Audltorlum Rink
has been secured jfbr the services TheI I
RevJ D Drown of Arkansas whot t
baa a national reputation as an evan
gollst will do the preaching and will
be assisted by Mr Curry a song
evangelist who Is known as thfl
Sankey of the South Messrs I
Brown and Curry conducted a greatI
revival at Mayfield sometime since
The various Methodist churches will
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ptanTor tbo meeting during thbtttna l
mer and will sot Into tine for thq
work There will be a large union
Choir to aid Mr Curry Wnlto the
meeting will be under 4ho supervision r
of Dr Blackard and tho Methodist
ministers of the city all domina I
tions aro cordially invited to tako
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part
i 13eeUSfICI 1 atMlzzpali J
Meeting which the Rev T E
I Johnston la holding at Mlzpah mis
sion continue to attract interest
Preaching tonight at 8 and tomorrow rl v
night
nightOW
Old Pastor at Fountain Avenue I
Services will be held at the usual
hours at the Fountain Avenue church
Sunday Preaching at 11 a m by
the Rev J Witt Irlon one of the
former pastors of the Trimble Street
church Mr Won Is visiting Id tho
city and will remain over until some
time next week Ho is filling out
his full four years with great accept
ability at Dresden Tonn Preaching I
at 8 p m br Rev G W Banks past
tor Strangers aro made welcome c
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lad cab Slctliodlst Circuit 8
Lebanon Childrens day services t
at 1030 a m J It Derrlngttm su
perintendent
Salem Preaching by the pastor
the Rev W J Naylor at 330 p V Za 1 v
I Sunday
SundayPortlier
Former Pastor at Tenth Street
The Rev H L Calhburii who
has boon attending the College of
the Bible at Lexington will preach
at tho Tenth Street Christian church
tonight Ho Is a former pastor of
tho church and no doubt a large
congregation will greet him He has
been conducting a revival In Denton
and whllo on route home will make I 1
tho address In tho city
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Hay be Eastman II I I
New York Juno 35Tho police I
believe the murderer of Mrs Woodlll I
In Maryland was Robert E Eastman C
a former Wall street broker who
jumped a 750ft ball after his arrest
last summer charged with obtaining
money by false pretenses The de
scriptions tally
IOWA AMATEUR WIN
HANDICAP AT BIG SHOOT I
Chicago June ISTodIlY and part
of tomorrow will bo required to com
plete the shooting of the Grand Amer
Ian handicap begun yesterday The
threatening weather Is Interfering
Nineteen Including Gilbert and Cros
by made a straight score of 20 yes
terday Frank Fisher of Eagle Grove
Iowa amateur won the preliminary
handicap y anakh g 04 out of 100
Gilbert led the pro sstoul by 3
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so the police wero given Instructions
to warn them off tho streets Four
Italian leo cream men have been re
funded their license money and wore
given instructions to leave town
This precaution was taken to pro
tect tho children the main support
of these pushcart peddlers It was
found by Drs Farley and Sights that
tho majority of these peddlers live In
unsanitary houses and for this reason
It would bo easy for them to spread
disease to the children In the stuff
aturflwblch
PRESBYTERIANS IN
GENERAL CQUNGIL
ELECT OFFICERS
New York Juno nTho Rev Dr
David J Burrell was elected presI
dent of the general council of tbo Al
llanco of Reformed churches holding
the Presbyterian system Tho aloe
Ion was at tho session of the ninth
general council here Dr Burrell
will preside at tho next mooting
which will be held in Aberdeen Scot
land Philip A Howland of Phlla
delphia was appointed treasurer of
the western or American section ot
the council
The council appointed deputation
to wait upon President Taft and ask
him to intervene in the interest of
two American missionaries tho Rev
Dr William H Morrison and the
Rev William Henry Sheppard who
havo boon indicted for criminal libel
in the Congo Freo State and a gen
eral resolution was adopted appealing
to the governments of Great Britain
rllalnland
and the United States to take steps
< K6ofrecttBir abiisvT pfBvarMtyin <
the Congo
Tho following were elected chair
men of tho various committees
Foreign Missions Arthur J
Brown Now York City
Homo Missions W McL Ewan
PittsburghWork European Continent
James I Good Philadelphia
Presbyterian and Reformed Church
esJohn V Stephens Lebanon
Tenn
Sunday School WorkT A Wor
don PhlladelpklaI I
CHARGES CRIME TO
MAKERS OF LIQUOR
Cloverport Ky June 25 Special
Mrs Emma Keys widow of Jesse
Keys who was stabbed to death In a
beat by Selby and William Mc
Cracken brought suit against the
Cook Brewing company of Evans
vllle Ind She claims the sale of its
beer was the cause Of drunkenness
of the men which resulted in the
death of her hu aBIIMrs Keys
asks for HO000 for herself and
10000 apiece for herthree children
DRB CHAMPION
TO CONFER ABOUT
OONFBRABOUTNIGHT I
NIGHT RIDER CASE
Dr E Champion and Burnett
Phelps alleged captains ot the sight
riders In the raid on Birmingham
will be in the city tomorrow to con
fer with attorneys relative to elect
Ins a settlement of the judgments
pending against the defendants It
Is thought that the cases will fee set
tied finally although tho sum WWI bo
much lower than the Judgments
Champion served a term at Eddyvllle
Will Tour the West
Mr and Mrs Julius Well Mrs J
EOFell tri Jeanaefte Well Mrs
Belle Well and daughter Lucllo will
leave Sunday on an extended tour
through thew tThey will visit the
AlaskanYukon exposition and bo In
Los Angeles for the Elks convention
Chicago Market
July Hick Low Close
Wheat 115 114115vi
Corn 7094 60V 701
Oats 60 H 49TS 50
Prov 2015 1990 2015
Lard 1180 1170 1178
gteptrf High LowCt09l
Ribs 1112 1105 llil
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MRS GOULD
GETS DIVORCE
AND ALIMONY
JUSTICE DOWLING EXONERATES
r
ATES HER OF DRUNK
CHARGES
SHE WILL RECEIVE THREE
THOUSAND A MONTH
HEREAFTER
BulletinJustice
Justice Dowllng deciding the Gould
case this afternoon completely ex
onerated Mrs Gould or all charges I
and granted bee separation and all
mony of 13000 a month
Mrji Kath ile Gould in a deflant
mood bird Gould resumed the stand
today Ntcoll continued his cross
examination Replying to the open
ing question the witness said I
said then and say now I was sever
drunk In all my life
Then every witness who testified
to your drunkOBneeB wore fateelyT
asked NIcoll
Absolutely she snapped
Sho declared all hoc meeting with
Farnum wero to talk over theatrical
business
Asked if she and Farnum were
good friends the witness said We
wero acquaintances
h Ha tho course of her testimony she
said I was wretched I had seth
Ing to do The management of one
homo was taken from me t > y Bay hus
band and he didnt have enough
money to Improvo Blue Gap farm as
he wished
wishedSho
Sho Admitted having 5000 sad
I10QOO a month besides hotel bills
paid but she Bald This wag net
much money not nearly enougat to
what I wanted
Katherlno Clemmons Gould was
called back to the stand for the final
ordeal to explain away If possible
tho damaging testimony given bywtt
B sg a forh > hB 8aad la her eK far
separation and aljateny of 250flte
a year
yearSo made a flat denial of all test
mony and Insinuation charging hoer
with excessive drinking profanity of
other Impropriety She never drank
to excess never used profane Ian
guage never forgot her dignity as
mistress of Castle Goard and mover
> overstepped the bonds ot Propriety
Mrs Gould declared that sfce never
npyprtried I >
never ordered a tableful of dlskesand
food thrown from her fit Regis apart
nests sever referred to Dustin Far
gum ae my new beau sever gear
relled wltk her husband before com
I pany never had a coach raana arm
I about her waist to hold her ta her
carriage seat never became latoxl
sated aboard the Niagara and never
consumed two quarts of cocktail IB
twodaysHe
Ilef meeting with Farttum was ac
oe Kt4 lec by her desire to nave hto
advice jegardlBg ker plans to return
to Ue atege
EIGHT OF ELEVEN
AtJTOISTS ARE FINED
Xesterday afternoon out of 11
breach of ordinance cases tried ia IO
lice e wt for automobile scorching
8 i were tined J5 and 3 dlsraIesgd
Th M ftaed were WE Coehrse
Louis Petter A Pollock Sam Drey
ftM Herbert Wallersteln Robert
Bbweiv Dr S Z Holland sad Harry
Asdersoa The cases against Dr B
L > Bradley and Roy McKlnaey were
dismissed by Judo Cross and T J
StaAl was dismissed on motion of the
prosecuting attorney Patrolman
Morris has sworn out 13 warrants
this week for automoblllsU exceeding
the epeed limit and out of the 13 10
were fined 5 each and tho others
dismissed
BOMB WRECKS SALOON
Chicago Jund QA bomb early
today wrecked a saloons and supposed
headquarters of gatablere The bomb
thrower escaped There have been
29 similar affair In tbte I city the last
two years A Green fruit merchant
sleeping in a chair across to street
was badly cut by flying glees
Infant Dies
Wayne Mack tho 19monthsold in
rant of Mr and Mrs John Mack ot
Boas died yesterday after a brief Ill
ness The funeral was held this after
noon at 2 oclock and Ute < burial wan
at Mt PIsgsk cemetery
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DIe of Inanition
Tho infant son of Clarence Sanders
of 708 South Tenth street died last
night of Inanition The baby waff six
weeks old The faneral will be held
at 5 oclock this afternoon with
burial id Oak Grays cemetery t
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