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PAGE EIGHT Tf THE PADUCAH EVE ING SUN G TUESDAY JULY 2 6
1
SUICIDE PACT IS
NOT CARRIED OUT
t a
WOMAN AND MAN WERE TO II IFtr
TOGETHER
8tIAUh City Employes Snvo the
> Drowning Inlr WelMo du
Farmer lu Jail i
I
i NEAR TRAGEDY IN THE HIVE R
yl i
ylt II i I I
t i St Louis July GArter faint
Ing and falling Into tho Mlssls lppl 1
I river near the Chain of Rocks and
pulling BrIce Wommack a Lincoln
county farmer with whom she had
i entered Into a Bulcldo pact In after >
her Mrs Mollie Anderson 35 years
old of St Louis changed her mlnds
r early yesterday morning and shoo
ed lustily for help The man and I
woman were rescued by James IanC
1dera 1 a city employe who was In the a
t water works Intake tower at the j
Chain of Rocks and who went to A
them In a skiff He was assisted by It
Harvey Rose and Louis Shaefer m
fishermen Wommack and Mrs Anderson
w
derson were taken In an ambulance
tl
to the North End dispensary tromy
e1ork
where the woman was sent to the
city hospital suffering from nervous II t
shock Wommack Is held at the Al
Mounted District police station I i Pa
Wommack resides near Troy Mo I
where he says he has a 600acre Ar
farm He Is 58 years old married I
and has five children three girls and
two boys Mrs Anderson formerly I
lived at Troy and It Is said the rela I
tions between her and the former
were the cause of her separation I
from her husband four years ago
and of frequent ruptures In the TIi
Wommack family She moved to
A St Louis about a year ago and
Wommack has been a frequent via
5 itor at her homeCo
Co
CoIluy
Monday he left his home and went
to Mrs Andersons residence ac
cording to his own statement to the
police He says the woman had pre 1
viously suggested that they die to
gether and he had
agreed to the ju
pact Thursday they went to am
Franklin avenue shop and purchasedfo
fotw
bought two rounds of cartridges and
r loaded tile guns The weapons how the
ever were not to be used except In °
case their plans to end their lives a
by drowning were Interfered with of
Then each was to commit suicide ce
with a bullet In this way they pr
argued neither would bQ guilty of as
1 taking the others life ico I i
Next they bought a bog chain and I da
some rope With the chain and rope i up
and some bottles which they intend
ed to fill with water and use as sink co
i
ors they boarded a train at Main pa
street Saturday night and went to and
milej 1nAltOu
j south of that place where there Is 19
I considerable brush along the river 0
Jand J constructed a raft by means of 10
which they proceeded to get to deep 1
deepI I 20
lo and drifted out li o the river At
f daylight they found a skiff and put 19i
Out I Into the river in It Everywhere
they encountered shallow water and
Jthey
J 19
5sandbars 5
sandbars and
continued to drift
down the river for several miles
milesY Y I 83
1 until they were opposite the Chain
t of Rocks There they found deep
r water 8C
jmack j J stood up on the seat Wom 18G I
Imack I fastened one end of the rope 19
1obout 1 his body and handed the other 1 1
j to Mrs Anderson She tied it about 10
her waist Then tho dog chain was
adjusted At this stage of the arrangements
I I
becamei
i dizzy and fell into the river drag i 19
i ging Wommack I
with her When she
came to the surface the sensation of 19
drowning had ended her desire tol I I
bdie and she screamed far help She 19
niandged to get bold of the side oft
ofi i 2 1 11909
to vo her lire He Is an expert I
swimmer and though considerably F
handicapped by the conslderablY1FI I
be too managed to get hold of the let
i boat Ei
Man Wonted to Finish Jobba vere
jjWeve
j Weve gone this far Wommack ge
S4i i
I amlets sp
i J spNo
1o j Mrs Anderson replied save me F <
Well Ill try said Woramack now
but I doubt If I can If you are new
saved 1 want you to try to lead a cu
different life
J Then Wommack Joined In the call
y for help and the voices were heard Kt
by Landers He Jumped into a skiff dent
and went to their assistance Their they
boat was full of water but Landers fore
succeeded In towing them to shore the
Near tho bank Rose and Schaefer D3
1 went to his aid and the man and
woman were taken from the water
Then Mrs Anderson collapsed
Wommack had the two revolver
in Ills possession and these he pre
forJ
J rescuing him and the woman Lan
t
ders turned tho revolvers over to ci
theu HI
u Mounted District station HI
The woman held my life by fu i
ture In her hands Wommack said I
to the police and I decided that it M
would he Just as well to end It all 11
It was she however who proposed 11 I
that we kill ourselves together She A 1
asked me several times to do It and OJ
J finally consented II
1 1 Wommack and Mrs Anderson told TI
the police that she lived at 2051
i Washington avenue At this address
which Is the residence of Dr Howard to
Lindsay U was denied that Mrs tb
than
4 4 f
r
i NEW USES loll POSLAM
i INIJ I
SiirprMiif lUMilt Aflfr One App II
cation Skin Ailments Erndl
fTrnllonSkln cnttd
I
I Those who have on hand a Jar of
poslam the new skin remedy lould
try It for some of the little skin ali
ments common to all households
particularly In the hummer time Sur
prlsing results will be seen after a
single application when poslam la
used for sunburn fever blisters mo
squito bltbs burns rashes pimples
hives red nosey and irritated and in
flamed skin The complexion Is
cleared overnight dandruff is dis
solved itching or chafing feet are
speedily relieved
These uses are suggested apart
rts
from the primary purposes of post
tJlam the treatment of eczema acne
IIskin scale all forms of Itch and other
Id81Ilou and virulent skin troubles
InThere ls > no skin disorder for which
poslam should not be unhesitatingly I
uwd and which It will not benefit
Whenever Itching Is present It Is
stopped at once
According to the us for which It
u employed poslam p > may be purl
chaeJ i 10cent Vsp or 2 jars rat
all drug fires pjr filarly Gilbert
drug t ton and R W Walker Oo I
free Eanv e wilth wi 1 demonstrate
I
its marvelous wcrk will be tent by
whr ° I
will write to the Emergency Laboro
torles 32 West 2lithIItr t New
Neue1ork
CltyI I 1
Anderson had lived there Occu
pants of the bouse stated that they
knew neither Wommack nor Mrs
Anderson
AndersonHAY
HAY DAMAGEDI I
TENNESSEE COTTON IB PEIt I
CENT RELOW 1000 I
1000I I
Corn Improving and Will Be nil Good C
as That of 10OO Other Crops
UI to Average
1
1I I
Nashville Tenn July 20 The1
July crop report of agricultural com 1
mission John Thompson gives the v
following I1 I
The excessive rainfall throughout I
state has uerlously damaged theI
early hay crop but the prospect for 1
late crop Is good The condition I
the cotton crop is tome 15 per t 1
cent below that of 1909 Corn Is Im
proving rapidly and the crop wilt be
ROodag that of 1909 If average
conditions prevail fpr the next thirty I
days All other crops promlre to beI I
to above the I
0 or average
Below Is given + the summary torI I
comparison of the report of this de
parbnent made for the years 1909
nd 1910 D
Cdtton Condition < per cent 73
1909 79 1910 n
Wheat Estimated yield per acre
190911 1910
i Oat Estimated yield per acreI I
1909 22 1910
Millet Condition per cent 83
1909 79 1910 I
Corn Condition per cent 77
1909 83 1910 I W
Stock Peas Condition per cent II
1909 80 1910P
pPotatoes
190988 1910 I A
LPeanutsCondition
1909 i 82 1910 Ml
LivestockCondition per cent 90 Mt
1909 80 1910 Na
Hay Crop raved per cent CO Cl
1909 < 59 19JO F
Clover per cent 84 Jc
1909 C9 1910 Ci
Tobacco Condition per cent 81 S
1909 74 19HIIP
IPI
SorghumCondition per cent 81Bl
1909 SO 1910 Cl
AlfaUa Condition per cent 79
1909 84 1010
10100I
Fbleyn Klflney 1iiw Have Cured IeII I
IFalY above Is a quotatfOn from a
letter written by H M Winkler at
Evonsrille Ind I contracted a 68
case of kidney trouble My
back gave out and pained me I ti
seemed to have lost all strength and I
ambition was bothered with dizzy I o
spelto my head would swim and p
Pecks float before my eyes I took
Foley Kidney Pills regularly and am
perfectly well and feel like anew
man Foley Kidney Pills have
cured me Gilberts drug store
Pendleton What are the two
greatest wishes of a medical stu
nt Kefcr Give It up What are
Pendleton To put Dr betl
tl
tlfore
re his own name and Dr after
names of other people Chicago II j
IIDally
NewsOFFICE
OFFICE ROOM
II i
ON AND AFTKR JULY 3 THE v
CITY NATIONAL HANK WILL UK n
READV TO CONTRACT FOR
HPACE IN THEIR NEW IIUIID
1NO I > riANH OP BACH FLOOR v
MAY HE SEEN AND ALL INFOR r
MATION WILT BE GIVEN AT OUR
PRESENT LOCATION ANY ONE r
DESIRINO SPACE SPECIALLY f
ARRANGED SHOULD APPLY AT
OXCE TO A E ANSPACIIKR e
BUILDING MANAGER CITY KA G
TIOVATj BANK C
Great Britain produces l900vOOO II 1
tons of salt a year all Europe leeall
1etJjrthan >
TRYING TO SOLVE
G T TROUBLES S
NO rOllli NEGOTIATIONS WITH
daSTlillliRS PHOrOSKI I I
I
Strike Lenders Impress Utmost Con
I Ililrnrc lu Sloiulfustmfi of Their jv
Ranks I
I ARBITRATION IS ABANDONED
Montreal July GSolutlon of
the Grand Trunk strike problem Is i
now In sight according to the cot III i s
pany8 officials It neither Includes 8
they say arbitration nor any further ti
negotiations with the 500 condo P I
tors and trainmen who struck a r
week ago for a wage scale higher c
than the 25 per cent Increase award I ri
ed by the board of conciliation n
The only essential yet to be pro tl
avlded for lit the situation from tho c
companys point of view Is set forth
In the message sent by President s
Hayes to MacKenzie King minister 01
J of labor Is adequate protection of Sl
tho companys property and em It
ployes especially those who have m
taken the places of strikers w
While we were deslrlous of nrbl of
tratlon said President Ilayes Ylm e A
for such action has been passed w
The To lellOlnt5n
The strike leaders on the other II
hand expressed the utmost con II Kt
deuce In the steadfastness of their tn
ranks and their ability to force the ar
railroad to terms by freight paraly nc
ell bl
spaThe
The railroad officials began the eJ
week with an ambitious program Itl
was announced that freight of aliisl I
kinds would bo accepted for lmmen
dlate shipment The shops at varl I 0
Idlate points closed a week ago were Bthe 1
reopened Practically all the 10000 I fc
employes returned to their placeshi I
I th
Quiet at South llenil
South Bend hid July 20 City
policemen and many special officers be
patrolled the yards and tracks of the wl
Grand Trunk railroad but there was for
no Indication of a new outbreak ofhi
violence by strikers or their syarpa l ant
thlzers against train crews sympajal I I
General McKee of the Indiana pi
national guard kept a watchful eye I I
on the situation and said he had0 I
ready to his call four companies of tn
militia should developments demand I st
their presence
uro
A Few Short Weeks to
Mr J S Dartell EdwarJsvtli m
III I writes A few months ago my tu
kidneys becanvj congested I bad I po
severe backacbo and pain across tlie 1 the
kidneys and hips Foley Kidney pa
Pills promptly cured my backache 1 sci
and corrected he action of my kid jfi
neys Thi wag brought about after wj
my using them for only a few short
weeks and I e n cheerfully recomC
C
mend Uier Gilberts drug store I I
1 RIVER NEWS 1 TeLi Mr
4U 4 r4 1m
River Stapes
Pittsburgh 67 OOatand en
Cincinnati 114 OOstand61111C
Louisville 86 04 fall the
Bvanwlllo 128 10 fall An
Vernon 139 09 fall lie
It Carmel l 91 30 fall
Nashville 107 08 fall I
Chattanooga C2 0 l 4 fall we
Florence 38 02 fall =
Johnsonvllle 73 OC fall until
Cairo 248 22 tall Ca
Louis CC 0C fall She
Paducalr 175 21 fall
Burnalde 1 28 01 rise jjv
Carthage 482 tall
oh
River Forecast 1111
The river here will continue fall her
Ing for the next 24 hours re
Todays Arrivals
Dick Fowler from Cairo Ev
Ohio from Golconda
Cowling from Brookport and Me hel
tropolls wh
G W Robertson from Brookport tor
Owens landing and Livingston
Point Cu
City of Savannah from St Louis of
Nashville from Nashville Tenn cor
Clyde from Joppa 111
Jim Duffy from Cumberland tm
John S Hopkins from Evansville Lord
Todays Departures coi
Dick Fowler for Cairo
Ohio for Golconda lm
Cowling for Drookport and Me
tropolis took
tropellaItnhertson
Robertson for Owens landing river
Ilrookport and Livingston Point Mt
Savannah for Tennessee
Nashville for Nashville rived
John S Hopkins for Evansville bu
Chlsca for Rose Clalro IIII I
Itlver nnil Weather Jo
Gauge at 7 a m read 17G feet the
Indicating a fall of 21 feet since are
yesterday Weather cloudy and busl rla
ness fair No
1lKcellancouyet
Tho Nashville arrived from Nash do
vllle this afternoon and leaves for Rile
return trip at G oclock
Tho City of Savannah is due toale <
reach here early tonight on her way ing
from St Louis lo Waterloo Ala bit
The Chlsca arrived yesterday at
evening from Memphis and left at age
agr
IylClaire
Claire for a tow of stone was
The Gleaner got away at 8 oclock m <
last night with 18 barges of coal for
New Orleans bor
The Dick Fowler did not return for
FRANK HARRIMAN
CENTRAL FIGURE
01
CALLED AS W1TNICSS IN I U
WAFT CASliS
CSKII I
JIny Ho gucMlonril In Ilnre of the
Late I O Haivn It li I
liumond I
NOT JIADK PAHTV TO ACTION
LTION1
July26Negotiations
Chicago July 20 Negotiations
which have been In progress for aI I
settlement of the Illinois Centrals
Hsult against the Osterman Manufac
erituring company caused another post
ponement of the hearing which was
recently begun before the master In
chancery here Tho claim of the
railroad company against the Oster
man Manufacturing company now
the West Pullman Car Equipment
company Is 1760000
The prospective settlement Is the
Ir I 1
000 car repair graft case The llrst
settlement was with the Utuo Island
Rolling Mills and Car company for
merly the Blue Island Car forI
which Is said to have settled a claim
000000 for nearly that amount
Another development In the case
was tho avowed purpose of the lllll +
taiplace I
place Frank U Harrtman former
general manager of the formerI I
the stand before the master and ex
amine him with respect to the trans
actions which are alleged to have
Seen due to the conspiracy which
existed to defraud the company I I
Should Harriman be placed on the
stand It will be In the case which
tho Illinois Central has against the I
Osterman Manufacturing company
tho hearing In the case against the
four former officials of the company I
having been postponed on account of
the death of Ira G Rawn
Hnrrlmnn on Trip
It developed that Harriman may
mays
was declared to have been prepared
ltawnls
has not been made a party defend
to say of the suits thus tart
farjl1led I
purpose of the company to subject I
Ir Rawn tb > a searching Investlga
IavestlgaI I
tlon and examination and to follow
that with placing Harrlman on the
stand 0 I I
It was further stated that the fall
of the Illinois Central officials
BettloIulent
meat < with the Osterraann Manufac
turing compaily would not cause a
po8tponeinvntbf the heading against
Ostermann Manufacturing com
pony before tho master In the ab
senco of Mr1 Harriman Attorney
Murray Nelson Jr would not state d
who would be placed on tho stand It dl
MandIdl Idl
COLORED TEACHERS MEET bl
IN COUNTY INSTITUTE ml <
l In
The McCracken County Colored i IIC
Teachers Institute convened at the
Lincoln school at 930 a m with I
r William C lluford serving UIC
chairman Elnora McFadden as sec
retary and Prof George Jackson as
Instructor J
All the county teachers have been
enrolled and each one is expected to J
all that is In her power to make
Institute all that we hope for
Invitation is extended to the pub
IleCommunlraledI I I
A horse nine times Its
weight In food during a itart I t
2 oclock this morning from
Cairo being delayed by the storm
< left at 8 oclock for Cairo
The John S Hopkins was the
Evansvllle packet today thel l
The U W Robertson laid up at
Metropolis during the storm last
night and returned at 1 oclock with
excursionists She made her
herlregular I
The John L Lowry will be the
Evansvlllo packet tomorrow
The Clyde returned today from I
below and Is receiving freight at the t
wharfboat She leaves at 0 oclock
tomorrow evening for Waterloo Ala1 I
The Jim Duffy is duo out of the
Cumberland river today with a tow C
ties for the Ayer d Lord Tie
company It I I
A battery of three boilers for the
towboat Pavonla of the Ayer 4 <
Tie companys fleet will be
completed this week by the Fowler
Wolf Holler Works They will bo
immediately installed s I
Captain Await with the Cutaway
a log raft out of the Tennessee t
today and delivered It to the
Metropolis Rending works arI I
The George Cowling and Ohio ar
on time today enjoying a good
business each I
The construction of mammoth dry
docks here Is being considered by
Ayer Lord Tie company Plans
e being mapped out adn will mate
rialize within the next three months
Nothing definite has been reached
The company Is at present
doing extensive repair work to its
fleetNo serious damage was sustained
along the river front last night dur
tblown
blown into the river but was landed
the ferryboat docks without dam
The towboat Chancy Lamb
lying at the foot of Monroe street
blown aground but released this
morning by the towboat Reaper
Tho towboat Reaper la doing harf
work whim the Ilartn Is tied up 1
repairsI j
Official Batting and Fielding Averagesj
Kitty Baseball League
Including Games to July 1 1910r
a AD n If alI RII 211 311 HR ItA 10 A E I IA
Lambert Clarksvlllo 20 41 9 20 2 1 0 1 1 483 4 23 1 IIG4
V3Nnlrn IIG4Ieen
Nairn Vlncennes 35 lG 19 u 2 It Ii 1 0 320 319 20 G 989
989Crain 3 +
Crauor Hopklnsvlllo 9 211 2 9 4 9 J 321 47 8 1 1182 t
McElfrosh Ilopklnsvlllo 7 2 54 5 8 q F ° 3 iif 0 < 320 3 G 1 900 a
900Drown
936Thumplon j rJ
VJones rJJnatzen
Jones Vlncennes 30 10 11 38u6 14 1 p 0 301 47 2 I 9110
9110Hussell
1000Lnch
l97lIurst 4 1181
1181IIIsholl
GG7blue 1
9GlDeHllven 81 U
911Iyons I
1143GOluell
DIllAngermclrur
V83I 2
980JIIock 17
92VMurruy
841Iockhart 6 918
918Shinn 4 9U
9UBridges
11311L 1 29 3 93
Wightman Hopklnsvlllo 10 30 2 7 2 1 10 0 233 4 18 3 880
880U
8 4 2 0 Q 230 ICII 34 4 V81
V81Stanlcy
16 22 J 0 0 220 18 77 21 881
881Smith 28 9 8n
11 Williams HopklniTllle12 36 0 8 U 2 0 Q 0 212 12 14 C 8311
8311overton Tq 220 1 63 G 972
972Cooper
944I 1
1000AnduIBon 910
910Inttcrson i 7 1 962
962lrcWllllalUs 911Demarrl do J
Demarre Hopklnsvltle lO 20 1 4 1 1 0 a Q 2a0e7 1C S 920
920Varoadore
931WIIIIIIIIII
Williams Paducah 16 64 6 10 2 0 2 D I lBl 17 37 A 931
931Carroll loop
lUOORalnwaler
9nlIIcCance H4Heck 2
Hock Clarksvllle 29 9G 10 iC G 2 0 0 168 3 12 10 80s
80slIIclllonlgl 1
1000Ueaaloy 952lards 1 1
Harris Paducah 10 31 2 G I 1 U q 0 Ict a 23 3 896r
1196Iallnor ra
11104Tidwell IIGIWilliams 1 I fv
Williams Vlncannes C 13 0 2 2 U 1 0 0 114 0 16 I 2 8113
971Crimmins 81131I0yt
927F 9
000Prllst 1 1
SIllIayno I
8114Uader
hinder Hopklnsville 13 1 38 4 t 4 0 1 0 131 19 0 0 Ieee I
IeeeIlrady
Ilramback Hopklnsvllle 8 23 0 3 3 ff 0 0 0 110 G 1 2 Hao
Bailey Clarksvllle it 32 rt 0 G 2 Q o 1DC Ii 4 2 933
933Wesley
Wesley Hopklnsvlllo if 40 9 GG 4 1 1l0 I 124 U 14 2 on
onDrunneld
91GMercer 1 I
8119Gwinn
Qwlnn Paducah 9 5 6 0 i I 1 l ti 0 0 111 G I 31 3 9r
9roiood J
Cox Paducah 34 113 G 22 2 7 00 0 101 109 43 19 1111
Woodrlug Hopklnsvlllo 0 10 t 1 0 0 0 0 + 0 100 S 10 0 1000 4
1000i
O =
News of Theatres
One of the teams at the Star WIll
toyed by a railroad uoeltleut and
dnt arrive In time fo the perform
ee yesterday afternoon but the
In was clean cut the pictures good
id the lIIu tr led song made a bit
le sketch Dads Dream being tho
irlraitil of a rough Irish character
t
VACATION TIME
Is Going Away TimeM
i AND you who are going away will be looking over your trunks
1and hand luggage to see whether it IS rightand LOOKS
right for another hard summers trip And probably it ISNT
right Come here this week and see the special values we offer
r
badod from bread Iminor Into
pathos coneludltfc with a trdnipar
eat w ne It out of the ordinary
both at to concepUen and merit
Ptotureu will rontlnuo tho bill at
the Kentucky with Illustrated ftonp
throughout August The stage It
being refitted for the opening of the
regular season and the hotttI rhort
I will be put In shape Vaudeville
Trunks
Rood stout Trunks liondsoinc In
iippearHticv built lo ullliklunil the
luirdeht IIII K CIIIIII very convenl
entry arranged
5 to 25
DrttUaWy will bo resumed In Sop torn
for Manager Carney III now In New
Pork lokinr nfler the bookingtr
I There S t more lneflrly it l the wag
ef n dots UK t limn them Is In the
ltantM afco et a poXtkliw
Tldrty eight In ovfrjQ thousand
Englishmen I who marry Are omen O
> pus old
Hand Bags
Calf Alligator Wilrun nu instlcr what klml of hag I K IN I
Its solid leather If you liuy It bent All sties All IhAIN > M
3 to 20t t
Suit Cases
In nil the popular leathers and
wliaptt MIIIIO linen lined I some
leather IhlldItll liiaiillcs and
K < > od mnlerliiln
r4 t
X350 to 20t
u c
rr v tJfItIH