t Vabuiab tnin un + +
VOL XXV NO78 PADtJCAH KYt THURSDAY EVENING APRIL 11909 TEN CENTS PER WEEK
MANY PLANT BEDS
INDICATE LARGE
CROP OF TOBACCO
No Depredations Are Reported
IR Calloway County This
Year
Bnildfag Boom Strikes Mur
ray Tax liaise Unpopular
CIRCUIT COURT NEXT WEEK
Murray Ky April 1 Special
Judging from the number of plant
beds anti VbfIr condition a bumper
rfoV 6 C r1 wlll be put out In
Calleway county thd year If the
weather continues favorable until
transplanting time No beds have
114eu scraped or other night rider
depredations reported as yet though
aomn anxiety Ig I felt because several
men have been making mysterious
visits In some nections the given
reason for their activity being to se
cure evidence against dumpers to pro
Kept to the grand jury but sinister
motive are suspected
suspectedCircuit
Circuit Court
Circuit court meets tho second Mon
day In April and It la likely that sev
eral night rider cases will be tried
and If so the course of court officials
will be watched with Interest because
of the Impending primary in the Ju
dicial district
Jack Hanberry of Christian coun
ty will be Judge Cooks only oppon
ant and at present the race Is unin
teresting Many strong law and or
der Democrat l will remain out of tho
primary that they may be free to vote
for whom < hey plea o in November
while It Is said others will enter the
primary with the avowed Intention
of retiring Cook at tM primary and
Hanberry at the general election
should ho be nominated
WIftlIUJWAr
The state board of equalization has
announced a tentative raiselof three
Pr cent on Ca1l way farm property I
and ten per cent raise on town lots
A delegation headed by Judge Patter
son will go to Frankfort and endeavor
to convince the board that the raise
Is unjust
A iluUttlng linens
Murray 11 i enjoying a building boom
and a number of residences are In
courte of construction The burned
Mviinn of asDylteet I t will be rebuilt
ai soon si brick can be secured Work
men are now employed in clearing
the debris
debrisPersonl Mention
Mrs Dollle Curd and Miss Wade
Miller who have been teaching school
at Mineral Mound Qat are home for
vacationDr
Dr JO Hart baa been III ravcral
peernlcia
daysMiss
Miss Cora Graves has returned
from Boomer Tenn where she
taught school
A little child of Jesse Wallace has
been seriously III but Is Improving
Improvingp
p a M
MEMPHIS IS LUCKY CITY
Wax MM i
Next Conference Clilltl halior Comes
CityNew
New Orleans La April ITho
xecuHvo committee appointed by the
rhlld labor conference just before ad
journment tdday held n meeting this
afternoon and practically decided to
Iold the next gathering in Memphis
The Tennessee delegation were very
urgent In their invitation but Gov
Patterson will be consulted by Oov
Sanders and If a formal Invitation
romes from the Tennessee executive
then the next session will be held In
the Bluff City
WATERWAYS BILL
Illinois Legislature Mnjr Help Lakes
toJulf Project
Springfield Ill U April IThe
waterways committee of tho senate
hat decided to prepare bill for carry
carryIng
lakes to tbeOult deep waterway to
he constructed If necessary without
government aid but with It It 1 pos
sible The waterway Ja to be at least
14 feet deep and through rock cut
the depth will bo as near 24 feet as
the means at the disposal of the
builders will allow These two pro
vision In their policy harmonize with
tho administration waterway bill In
troduced In tho session It Is diamet
rically opposite from the reconmend
atlons of Congressman Lorlmor
whose advice has been toward Rafting
for help from tho government and
taking no active step until sutjh aid
be given The pending house bill pro
fides for construction of a waterway
with tho cooperation of tho g < jvern
sent
Petroleum Ship Explodes While
Hold is Being Inspected by Agent
of French Company at Marseilles
Deck Torn Away and MaRY
Hands Killed Outright or
Fatally Injured Cause of r
Accident Not Known
I Marseille April 11111 three t
masted schooner Jutes Henry of
Philadelphia was blown to kindling
wood today by the explosion of a
cargo of ISOOO1 tons of petroleum
Bight were killed seven mortally
wounded and three dangerously
Jules Henry the tank vessel was
owned by Captain M Encoder Tho
cause Is not known It occurred dur
ing preparations to unload
The explosion followed tho entry
to the tank hold of a representative
of the Vorttas agency and second of
fleer who were Inspecting vessel
The deck lifted off the forward part
of the ttilp and wrenched under The
heat made aid Impossible
Mliw Explosion
Charleston W Va April tFOUT
men were Jellied and two seriously
injured In an explosion at Echo mine
of Beury Brothers Coal and Coke
company Beiny Fayetto county late
last evening The cause was gas corn
ing In an abandoned part
KiiKliuvr Kroldrd
Now York April 1Two engl
veers of Ana liner LaToufalue which
sailed for Havre today are reported
seriously scatoe1 1 and possibly willI I
die The chip anchored off Staten I
Island It was disabled as the result
of the accident
KHOUTAflK IX OIl tcl
01 HAIriMOUK IlKfllSTKIt
I I
I Baltimore Md April IAn ex
amination of the books In the office I
of the cttyreglster tqnlght showed lnI I
apparent siortaie pf more than 07 J
000 in the funds of that office 1 MI
i 11atq FfJgg n4 aptoFk LerkwII11vR j
I flee Is under arrest
I d
Miner CVlebnite I
Scranton Pa April tTOOBY Is 1
tho anniversary of the enforcement
of the eighthour day secured to the
United Mine Workers of the bitumin
ous districts Also Mitchell day is c
ob rved throughout the anthracite J
regIons They are holding mass meet
ings with prominent speakers I
a
I
Historic Temple Destroyed
Toklo AprU IThe historic Tu
guawa Shogunates temple was de i
stroyed by Ore today < The loss was t
13000000 e
23440000Most
Most ot the priceless art and his I
tory treasures were saved The tern i
pie attracted thousands of students n
world and trawlers from all of61l1denlsj I I nT 1
e
I
HOW TO DESTHOV FLEET
j
Washington April IWright
luiitlipnt will demonstrate how
to ileMroy bnttleshlx when they
finish the fpivcniment nits of
the aeroplane In June at Fort
Jlyrr i Virginia They will take
a lmtlcslilj outlines on tho
ground Ju chalk nnil drop pro
jectiles
AGED LADY BURNS
AGHDLADYBURNSTO
TO DEATH AT HOME
NEAR ALEXANDER
FuH6h Ky April lDellth In a
horrible manner overtook Mrs A O
Ktmbra Sr 1 78 yearn old of the
Alexander section when her drew be
came Ignited In a bonfire of leaves
she had kindled In her garden yester
day afternoon When she felt the
sting of the flames oho screamed and
ran toward the house but became ex
hausted and fell In the yard where
she was found enveloped In flames
She died at midnight Besides her
husband she Is survived by the fol
lowing children A G Klmbro Jr
and Allle1 Kimbro and Mesdames Hi
ram Kearby Harvey House Henry
McClanahan and D Molston
Left Many
Bardwell Ky April 1 Special
James Brown 88 years old died
here today He Is surged by l 13
children 75 grandchildren and 35
great granlcbndren S A Drowp
the druggist at Brookport 111 IB a
grandchild
1asrirdr 1 trial
I aaearilic hy April lSpe
clal Receiver Pedlej Is testifying
In the ParrIsh trial showing the
worthless ascots of the bank
Falco RweRllnjt Charge
Frankfort Ky April 15I1e
ialGarnett Rlpley assistant nd
jutant was arrested on a warrant
charging him > wlth false swearing It
Io the result cf an old night rider trlnl
in 8her
Little Uklwnl Yeliemn
Rkhrtrd Henry Yeltema the 10
monthiold son of Mr and Mrs Rich
ard Yeltema of 83S North Ninth
street died at 615 oclock this morn
Ing after a several weeks Illness The
funeral will bo held tomorrow after
noon at 2 oclock ot the residence
TCSldcnceITbeburlal
DroveI
PUBLIC INTEREST IN CIEANIHG UP
CONTEST SHOWN BY MANY INQUIRIBS
Interest In the contest for cleaning
up the cty I was shown yesterday by
Uio fact that several telephone calls
were received by the ladles commit
tee while they wore in session to con
alder rules governing the contest
Quite a number of people said they
Intend to plant trees but some of
them with to plant In the fall so the
rules have been modified to Include
bona fide contracts If the boys get
agencies for nurseries wthout delay
uia t will make some money this
month canvassing the city besides
standing a Rood show to win a gold
watch
WEATHER
iI
fj tllll1
Partly cloudy tonight anti Friday
slightly warmqr Highest tempera
turn yesterday 57 lotvCxt today 45
One lady said her husband had
purchased a rundown properly on
the south side and would begin flxr
Jtuyp U up immediately She asked
If she would have a chance with such
property and was assured she would
vA humorous situation has devel
oped In the fact that some people
especially landlords who are liable
to bo arrcstol for permitting accu
mulations of trash on their premises
are expecting tho city to send men
around with the wagons to clean up
their premises To get around these
people the committee adopted a rule
that the trash must be in boxes or
barrels on the street
JIlss Hnnkoll Writs
Guthrie Okla April 11l1s1
Frances L Haakell daughter of Gov
ernor Haekell was married tonight
In the Oklahoma senate chamber to
Leslie 0 Niblack a Guthrlo newspa
per man
manIns t
Ins Companies Lose
New York April 17he attempt
ot the big life Insurance companies
to nullify by the courts the section t
of the hew York laws Hmltlns the
amount of business they do annually
failed Justice Ogorman today In the
supreme court rendered a decision
declaring the section constitutional
Todays decision Is a heavy defeat
to the companies Who are expected
to appeal Tho section of the law
objected to most limits the amount
of now business written In one year
to IliOvO 00000 The companies
argued the limitation Is exceptional
and hampers operations
FT LBAYENWORTH
MILITARY PRISON
ALMOST CONSUMED t
Big Stockade Catches fire
Late vNjlKtAll i Prls
over Saved
A Saved
Flame Fought by Soldiers OR
Qear4Thero
QUAItTllil Mff10N IS THE LOSS I
t
Lcavenworth Ka April 1Tbe I
military prison ntrfort Leavenworth
was partially destroyed by fire last
nIght The tirlsoners were re
moved from the cejl 1 house under a
heavy guard of United States troop
aMd confined In the stockade
None of the prisoners escaped so I
far as a hasty resume ot the sltua
tlon shows after midnight bat this
may not be definitely known until
Uay4Ight Oflflng fo the low water
pressure the fire department of the
I fort was almost useless The ere
I was fought by the soldiers of the fort
who were ordered out of their quar
ters and those who were on leave In
the city were at once called to the
post
Two Soldiftu Injured
Two soldiers were Injured while
fighting the flames but none of the
prisoners werq Injured In any way
Much excitement attended the re
moval of the prisoners many of whom
were desperate characters and It was
feared they would make ELl organized
break for safety <
The fire broke put at lOoclock In
a tailors shop and 1I00n U was seen
that the main building was doomed
A great outcry at once broke out in i
the prison the convicts fearing they
would be burned to t death They bat
Continued oajpage Four >
< V Jt Calheu1 + Ciise
San Francisco April 1Prose
cutor Heney expects the presentation
of evUenco In the Calhoun bribery
COM Monday One hundred perma
nent Jurymen are secured The open
Ing address to the jury will be by
District Attorney Langdon
Factories Busy
Industries in Paducah have begun
to feel the upward trend of business
and some of the factories are working
time The Wisdom Hosiery mill at
Eighth and Jones streets Is working
Orking8everal
several nights In each week in an ef
fort to fill the orders Over 100
gIrls are employed at the mill
Card Sharps Aboard
New York April 110 striking
looking women and three men form
ed a group of card 11 rperwho
fleeced passengers of the liner Amen
ka out of several thousand dollars on
the western trip which ended last
night
BIRDS POINT HO
VISITED BY FIRE
FOLLOWING FLOOD
I
Cairo III April IBIrds PoIntI I
Mo the little town directly ncros 1
the Mississippi river from Cairo WRSI I
almost completely destroyed toy Ore
The fire which orlgC C
this morning origi
noted In the hotel bout t2 oclock I
spread rapidly 10 a umbel of tare
buildings in the I > mediate vicinity
and sewn of them wtro destroyed
only one remaining IW flames soon
reached the icsldence a > orTlon of the I
town and over a do z oh ofthem were
I
laid low The monetary loss will
nan In the thousands l3vUh very lltte
Insurance I lj S II 1
The town has bwn 1i So terminals
point of the Iron Mountain and GJI I
ton Belt railroads orr a number of
years and cnly a few mouths ago tao 1
river cut away a large porilon of the
bank carrying away theIneilneg and
seriously ettJanserlnffTthetvlUage ne
cessitating the movie sof theudepo I
and track of the railroad a dlstauce I
of scverni licndred t fret t The roundc c
hOUIe was Indermld an entlnlol
tho river 31 that time
Now that t the town KS been 10
nearly dwroyed by fire 1t llsproba
bye tbat tH alIroasjWlU abandon II
IiI town n < enear future I
There has ten a fight jn congrew I I
over allp11 atone to save Bird I
10 nt rrrnn ue rlvepa ncroacluntrlfjt t
Ihlth > ci 01 now aeited t
I
New Theory of Panic Cause Given
Forth in Course of Tariff Debate
4
in Lower House of Congress Today
S e
BALLOON DESTBOYEU
Loa Angela April 10 W
e Slrcli today announced Iio has
Invented a dirigible balloon lie
Ktroyer guaranteed to destroy
fifteena
mllej Ho says ho will use n
iKwcrful electric spark to ignite
tile kris In the balloons
i t
s
COLLECTIONS FOR
MARCH SHOW LACK
OF LICENSE PEES I I
Owing to allure to collect licenses i
which became delinquent February 1
Ilhe report of the city treasurer show 5
redecrease from February The cash
balance March 1 Was 33CW74
collections during the month 3 j
OC5SS disbursements IITSSTLOS I
cash balance March 31 W26797 I
Burial Icrmlts
Burial permits issued during March
Mcnture e i I
wero 27 In all whites 16 cOlored 11 r I
I
Revenue Stamp t I
issueds
384 wboleaile liquor dealers stamps i t I
and collected 1272633 I
Police Department
March was o busy month for the
police department as 148 arrests I
were made which was an Increase I
over the month of February The > I
patrol wagon had 50 runs at flight
while 2C calls were answered in the i
day The month closed with n heavy 1
run last night and the number was I I
mad JrgeJbt lle wltoieaaleartr J 1 1
or boys The arrests were DrunkI I
25 drunk and disorderly 18 breach
of peace 54 malicious shooting 4 j
petit larceny 30 loitering 1 ex c
posure 1 vagrancy 6 carrying
weapons concealed 3 conspiracy 3
breach of ordinance 7 suspects 2
disorderly house 1 presenting a pis
lol U flourishing a gun U gaming
11 adultery 2 housebreakIng 1
fugitive front Justice 1 mooching
li robbery 1 S
J
Fire Department
Thirteen runs were answered by
the fire department which proves
that March was a dull month Tor tnc
fire laddies The firemen were anxious
for a false alarm before midnight gj
but the gong refused to ring ant the II t
thirteen went down on the books a
The property loss for the month j
amounts to 4125 7
tl
Marriage Licenses cI
March had a record almo equal w
to that of June as I7topupl loere ttj
married during the month according II
to the marriages issued at the county th
clerks office Ten of them were for th
negr srE
I C 1I0vltalw I U
Tho following is the monthly Tew I
port of the Illinois Central railroad fo
hospital Patients March 12tt ad al
mitted 42 deaths 1 Patients April I
1 21 discharged 44
lllverslde Jlospltnl
More cases wero received at River
side hospital during the month of
March than February An especial
showing was made In the number of
private patients treated during the
month The report Is City patients
March 1 13 private patients 4 Re
ceived city patients 13 private
patients 27 Treated city patients
26 private patients 31 Discharged
city patients 22 private patients
23 Deaths city patients 1 Births at
city patients 1 April city patl t a
ents 4 private patients 8 He w
Illvcrslde Hospital pI
More cases were received at River 01
side hospital during the month of m
March than February An especial SU
showing was mode In the number of b <
private patients treated during the cc
The report is City parents March 1 PI
13 private patients 4 Received III
City patients 10 prlvate patients 27 ce
TreatedCity patients 2Gf private ol
patients 31 Discharged Cltyi pa w r
tlents 22 private patients 23 di
Doaths aty patients 1 ntrtba ja
City patients 1 April City patients III
4 private patients 8 M
at
Helen FaulkncrH Hearing of
Sharon Pa April 1lIelen Faulk m
Iler will be Brought here for pre lml w
nary hearing before Jurtlce of the b
Peace OI bert Immediately after the 01
return of James P Wbltla according H
to attorneys connected with the case for
today CE
Report Circulated That Ways
and Means Committee Will
Change Schedule on Lumber
Tariff Commission Certain I
Washington April 1 Protection
for tobacco growers In the Jjlaj kro
patch of Kentucky and hemp pro
ducers of that state was the pleas
made Jn the house today iby Cat y
of Kentucky in his maiden epeeoh I
He complimented Uncle Joe as the
Tonbroecfc of American ipolitlcs It
was the first time Canhon was ever
referred to as a race horse
Oalnes or west Virginia main I
tamed In the house today that the
worlds conditions produced the panic I
of 1907 He declared foreign manu I
facturers felt the depression IIndI I I
sought to evade H unloading their j I
materials on tho United States noodI 4
I
Ing I the market and reducing prlcelI I
It is announced today + that
theJ J l
house 1 way and means committee de
elded to modify tho lumber provision j
Vof the Payne bill The changed max s
Imum rates will apply only to party m e
cular lumber products taxed for ex m t
port by a foreign country or province
I
Vlll Agree to Debate
Washington April 1A compro
mice Is to 00 agreed to < by various
factions < of tho Republican side of the
house regarding the consideration o fin
the Payne tariff bill and it Is confl
dently expected that the measure will
be voted upon April 10 There wast
t
noticeable disposition of the stand U
Continued on page 4
TAX COLLEOTOnS AUK KILLED
I
I
Telephone Wires Cut and San An
drras Terrorized by Indians
iEI Palo Texas April irHeel
Moue j at the attempt of the authorl
ties to collect taxes and confiscate
property the TemqsachU In4la Jn
the state of Chihuahua broke Into
open warfare today killing several I I I
tax j officials terrorizing the town of N
San Andreas and cutting telegraph I 1 I
wires
Illinois Deadlock
1Thrdeadlock e i
deadlocks unchanged Hopkins 671 f >
Stringer 31 Sburtleff 18 Alderman I P J
Johif Powers of Chicago 27 FOBS 1 4
nod otheraunchangeds
s
otheraunchangedDog
Dog and Pony Show In
< 3enti j > Brothers dog and pony
show arrived early this morning from j
jthe
the headquarters Bloomington Ind1 a
and the fonts are attend up on the p
lot back of the Washington school g
The first dress rehearsal was herd 1 B
Bthis 0
clans and employe3 are new and
g
while the animals are up Inr all
tlielr parts H la necessary to train 3
the men so they will get through r
their parts without a hlWh to disturb u
the fourfooted performers mother a
rehearsal wilt be held tomorrow MId
MIdI
then Manager Austin says PadUcah T
wilt have a chance to eee the show
with all the paint fresh qnd the per y
formers In the best possible condition
and eager in their work
NEGRO TRUSTY ATl l
JAIL IS CAUGHT
BY DECOY LETTER to
l
on
William Hamilton a negro trusty c
the count jail Is charged with t
tampering with the malt of prisoners b
I1eV8s caught In the jail yesterday n
pith a decay letter by Postbfflce Jn
specter Morgan Grlawold and Chief b
Olerlc Jami9 Paxton Much of the
mail sent to prisoners conjalns small
sums of money Hamilton who has
been in Jail about two years has re
cently been recelvlrigvthe malt for jhebl
theprleonersrluey bl
prisoners Tliej + complained that they
mlseed mail with money In ITh t etrl ra
trl
complalntst reached the local potr
offlco nuthoriUes and a letter was pi
written iby Inspector Grlswdld ad r
dressed to William Splvey at the
jail It contained two I bills Ham
plop received U and last evening
Messrs GrlswoM and Paxton called
the jail and demanded the letter
Hamilton I thought it was
mine was > Hamiltons explanation WI
hen under his Corn
when he pulled it from
bunk mattress The envelope was Oats
opened bur the money was In it w
Hamlltow was sentenced to five years Ribs
r theft but Is awaiting further proP
P
r
ceedlngs In he case
FREIGHT HANDS
JOIN lGnBRKS IN
CHICAGO STRIKE
Three Thousand Go Out This
Morning and Hundreds at
Noon
Building Trades May be Af
80011k
EMPLOYERS WILL STAND FIRM
tOhlcago April 1 Three thousand
rWren of various trades struck today
todarrJ1C
Thej threaten the trottfe xv tf sjirett I
10 j several thousands not 11
Five hundred railroad i frf btAa
diets quit at boon today In synjiatlp
with the striking wholesale grocery
dclerks Several hundred teamsters re
fused to handle freight and struck to
today
tole
tow
Employers Involved IB the various
strike declared today there Is l no
chance at settlement They propose
to continuo with nonunion tabor It
the threat is sustained Chicago build
Ing construction will to i tied up for
the summer
King leterV Dilemma
> Bal rade April l8ervlaa pout
cians < belleve King Peter will decide
In a few days whether he will con
tinuo on the throne It the present
angry temper of the people continue
the king witll abdicate the throne re
gardless of whether the government
grants him an annuity
The belief Is general that Peter
will abdicate It is said he already
has asked the good graces of the RUB
stan and English ministers in an at
tempt to have the government grant
an immediate annuity People hold
Peter primarily responsible for tho
reverse in the Balkan Icsue
PltlKST DRAGGED IX > CHAINS
Humiliated j ncCnHse lie Preached a
ar IretcfHler
Fez Morocco Friday April 1 =
The priest Klttanl who was captured
and brought Into Fez early this week
weekwas
streets of Fez bareheaded and in
chains KlttanPs offence Is that he
preached a holy war In support of
thepretender to the Moroccan throne
The eccleslasts who Interceded wjtt
Sultan Mulal Hafld In KlttanlV behalf
bekllltwere
1TobllcO
About 1000 hogsheads of the 1908
dark tobacco crop were graded today
at the Planters Protective association
raleroom Second and Jefferson
streets by Graders Miller Glover
god W B Blakemore Grader Bell
of Cobb was unable to assist In the 1
grading of tobacco today In the
last month a few hogsheads over
3JOO have been graded at the sales
room In charge of A X Veal Tho
tobacco graded has shown up well
and all of it la of the 1908 crop
TO LOWER STIIKKT OVIS STKIS
WonktPS Federation of Club Start
IVomein Asltatlon1110 ilil > i
San Antonio Tex April 1Amer
icon club women are planning n
vigorous national campaign for the
lowering of street car steps lAt yes
terdays sessIon of the biennial coun
cil convention of the general federa
tion it was declared that car steps In
the majority of American cltlea are
now loo high and the women propose
see what can be done to have them
lowered
In the report of the outlook com
mittee a genera boycott against mer
chants who do their advertising by
the display billboard was suggested
but ID the end It was decided to take
no official action This proposition
was meant alP a suggest fen toward
beautifying cities
rltlsk
k J
Bread Goes Up
Local bakers advamwtf the price of
bread today holesaje prices were
raised from 3iitd4 cents ainl retail
fronv4MdBAentsTTl > e iriseJn the
price ofltotiVftlllaiBed for tbs In
rease
Chico tqT
May High 1ewClose
Wheat 12014 L19 120
an C7Vi f74i
24 24 24
Lard 1007 lOnj 100S
9 37 OJ55 9 Sf
July nt hIpWt Close
Prov 1780 X772 1772
l