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VOL XXV NO 143 PADUCAH KY WEDNESDAY EVENING JUNE 16 1909 TEN CENTS PER WEEK
Republicans Will Nominate Full
City And County Tickets At Mass
Conventions On July 15 And 24
Ceunty Aid City Commit
tees Issue Calls For
1 Party teday
Some 01 The Men Mentioned
For Places On Ticket
The iccCrackcn countji Olbpubll
can committee today called a mass
convention for July 1C to nominate
a county ticket and tho city commit
tee called a nias convention for
July 24 In all probability a full
count and city ticket will bo named
The city officer to bo filled ticxt fall
are police judge aldormen council
men and school trustees Wtto tho
candidate will be for tho board can I
not even bo conjectured but leaders I
of the party convinced that the ° Re
publicans have a chance only when
they name a better tIcket than the
Democrats say they trill set about
Inducing representative citizens to
stand for these offices For cltji
Judge Jqhn J Dorian who was twlco
clectrd city treasurer and deprived
of the office by tho discovery of a
technical bar to the successlohu after
his election will have no opposition
It II believed
For county offices a number of
nnm e aro mentioned Attorney T
N Harelip has1 been Importuned by a
number 6f rural voter to stand for
the nomination for county Judge and
it II underatood he will accept T E
Ford may run tor sheriff Dr Harry
Williamson and JK Oo durant are
both mentioned for county clerk
Attorney Will Husband hu been
suggested for county attorney Who
will psplro to the other positions on
the ticket circuit court clerk and
representative II I not known
OlDER OF BUSINESS
OF TAX COMMISSION
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Attorney General James llrtathltt
anti rrhomii A Combs chairmen of
the tax commission and advisory com
mission respectively have tent to
the Paducah Commercial club the
program for tho tax commission hear
InpIl Is suggested that all com
munications be npt in triplicate Tho
order of dlscusilons follows
Agricultural vC
Real Estate In III I
Mining and Lumber
MLnufacturo i
ilercanUto
KInanclal t 1 5
Personalty Corporations
PersonaltyIletkU
IletkU Merchants ofKrntuckr
Other Interest
General Discussion
KUMUtAIj OIH C OALKNDKIl
IH HUrlD THIS AFTKIIXOOV
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The funeral of Henry 0 Calender
was held this afternoon at tho tell
dence of Mrs L f Hutchen at 330
oclock Tho service wero conducted
1 > y tho Rtov Daniel lOoks ot tho
Cumberland Presbyterian church Tho
burial was In Oak Grove comelerj
The body arrived this morning at
130 from Uurart Miss whero he
met his untimely death < Mr Reed
general foreman ot tbq East Tennc
sn < Tolephonb company of that city
nnd n brother accompanied tho body
The young man wits well known and
respected Ho leave four brothers
In tho county and an aunt Mrs
1 Illicit cm JV07 I Jackson street Tho
floral design wero numeroua and
beautiful
ONE FliVKI ONK CIT AMI
OTIIKH FINED TWO CENTS
On charges ot breach of peace Den
Starr and J T Armstrong bold
prominent farmers of Jtho Dontbn
rod wcrpflned In tho court of Slag
Ulnto l Charles W Emory Starr was
fined ono cent and costs and Arm
strong was fined two cents and costs
whllo both wero put under a peace
bond of 100 Armstrong son was
an employe of Starr and tho two
mon got Into trouble over the boy
EIGHTY WAR SHIPS von CHINA
Xovy Hoard Recommends Crcutjon of
Two Hugo Fleets
Poking Juno lOTho navy board
of which Prince Su Is I president bll
completed Jor recommendation to tho
throne tho program for the creation
of a now navy it provides for two
fleets each consisting of four first
class battle ships eight eecondclass
cruisers and tort thirdclass crulsor
with gunboats torpedo boats and
transports bringing the total for each
fleet to forty Vcscels Each fleet will
toe urtder tho ommand of an admiral
One wll be stationed north of the
YantM kad tllol othr Mirth
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AUTO HACKS
CrownpolHt lad Juno 10
Tho auto race course is getting
la good hapc Driven arc get
ting ncquaalated with tho
courws and making fast time
in practice Tho best record IJ
Btraogoa OS miles an hour
average Immense crowds Are
expected A thousand militia
will guard course
JKFK IN OOOIl SHAPE
IMttHburgh Juno Ifl Kxpcrt
wltncHHCM at JclTrlcMIlrrgcr ex
hibition think Jeff Is In tine con
dltlon and It will bo easy to
whip Jolihwm If thry inert Ho
hM 110 superfluous tlCllh
Wlfl4 HAVE flit C1XO
Los AngelcK Juno 10 Horso
Illen declare they have IMTII as
cured aa antlractnK law will bo
repealed by tilt rtrixt + IcRltlnturc
I They are niKndlng a largo sum
to keep tho Oakland track In
good condition to resume next
year
FIRES
St Louis June laFICtlCn Ital
lana liarrowlji escaped deijth In a
tenement fire early this morning The
pollco Relieve It was a Black Itynd
plot The ames started In several
place and gasoline stoves wero ap
I parently tampered with The fire
men rescued two families almost suf
focated
Three Hurt In Fine
Detroit Juno 16Ioro this morn
log destroyed tho plants of tho Penin
sular Milled Screw company and the
Michigan Stamping company Three
firemen aro seriously hurt The loss
Is I 1 160 00
Denver Juno 16 Hundreds of
men arc digging In tho iun of tho
Denver Gas and Electric plant
wrecked last flAt Six bodies were
recovered and many are believed to
be burled Seventyfive men woro
working whn the boiler exploded
Nino of tb Injured are at the bas
pita Joseph Perri aged 7 years
was playing In an alloy near tho plant
and was killed
PRIMARY LAW NOT
CONSTITUTIONAL
SUPREME COURT
Springfield III June laTho su
premo court thU morning decided the
primary law Js unconstitutional
The opinion written by Farmer
annuls the Oglesby direct primary act
and marks the third unsuccessful at
tempt of the legislature to formulate
a good primary law Tho court intimates
mate taht It doubts It a practicable
law can bo enacted It Is not known
whether a special session will be
called The decision Is based on sec
tion eleven and fortyfour which
aro Identical with parts of tho meal
uro declared unconstitutional a year
ago Tho decision rendered In the
case of Phillip Indicted for violation
ot the criminal sections last August
Jehn Riyl Killed
John S Ray 28 years old engine
foreman for the L N railroad was
run down and killed by an engine In I
Memphis Rayl formerly lived In Pa
ducah and has a brother In Paducah
James P Rayl 219 North Twelfth
street
Mr John Williamson left this
morning for Murray on busjncss j
WEATHER
WEATlllmFAIR
FAIR
Generally fair and warmer tonight
ltd Thursday
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LIKE DRAINAGE
IDEA BUT DOST
LIKE EXPENSES
Lively Discussion Expected
In Regard To Blizzard
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zard Pond
Beard Of Reviewers Makes
Report
tom ASSESSMENTS CHANGED
Drainage of Blizzard pond Is recom
mended by the board of reviewers
appointed by County Judge R T
Llghtfootv several weeks ago The
report of the rbvlowers is especially
favorable tothoi > dralnago of the pond
and Melb forth the advantage to the
county Some changes are made In
the estimate of tho benefit derived by
tome of the property owners and
some oC the property owners are fight
lag the drainage saying they favor
the improvement but claim they are
ovcrasscEged Juno 24 has been set
by Jridge Lightfoot aa the data for
bearing these objections
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The reviewers report that much of
the land was under water at the tlige
I tl3jeand
and they were unablo to examine all
of It Tho survey for tho last ditch
Is recommended as being practicable
and tho one that willdrain the pond
most effectively The last survey has
been fought strenuously by some
property owners who claim that the
first survey which drained Into tho
west fork of Clarks river was tho
better The last survey runs through
the middle of the pond and empties
Into the main channel of Clarks
riverAccording
According to the reviewers It will
till a groat benefit to the public health
for tho water to bo removed from
Blizzard pond aa well as tho general
welfare and benefit of the public
land To accomplish It the reviewer
say It wll bo necessary tQ construct
tile ditch
TIlQ ASKCSHHICnt
The revfcfceri Inspected the land
adjacent to the pond and made as
sessments according to the benefits
they thought would l > e derived by the
property owners should the pond be
drained The pond Is owned by the
Realty Development company In
tho report John O Martin is excused
from any assessment as they raid his
land I would not be benefited while tho
following were recommended to be
assessed lower than tho first report
Alfred Collier 5 6 Mrs W 0 Rue
sell ISO James Houscr 21 James
Houscr I37GO The assessment of
the Nashville Chattanooga St
Louis railroad Ii reduced from 600
to UIiJ whllo tho assessment of tbo
Illinois Central Railroad company Is
reduced from jO to 250
No changes were made In the as
sessments of Frank 00nd76 MiS
T c Carter 10 Arch Pool U2S
whllo Q cor go Moores assessment was
Increased to 3750 and George Houa
ers assessment to 35Go
The reviewer report that it will
bo Impossible for the Husbands road
to bo used as a public road in wet
weathCr unless a ditch Is cut or a
levee Is I constructed The levee tho
reviewers tcriort would havo to be a
mile In length l to be effective and tho
approximate cost would bo 1400 If
the levee Is constructed It will bo nec
essary for tho county to erect several
small bridges at crossings
Tho ditch Is recommended as tho
more economical It would cross tho
Oaks station road near Oaks station
and In order to accommodate tho
traffic tho construction of a brldgq
at an expense of about 250 would
bo necessary rho reviewers assess
countys benefits over and above all
cost and damage at 1150
It Ii recommended to the court that
the west end of tho ditch where it
t9uld cross the iHuibandu road bo
extended further west to tho Illinois
Central railroad a distance of about
500 yards The additional cost is es
timated nl1100
The board of reviewers Is com
posed dfR H Noble Vf Yapcey
and E R Wren who acted In coop
eration with U L Harrison the engi
neer who prepared the latest survey
The report was filed In county qourt
and a lively scrap Is expected lis at
torneys are representing the property
owners who arc objecting to over as
aesementWants
Wants To See Hanging
Mrs AUman of Cairo III for
merly of this city Is the lady who
baa made application through Chief
of Police Collins for a ticket to wit
ness the hanging of Freeman
Sheriff Ostlvle will grant tho re
quest Neither of the officers would
admit the name of the lady and it
WM stated that the application came
by letter from 1Iu bli i
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Great Quantities of Sugar Stole
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STUTZ CANDY
COM ANY IS
V CTJMIZE1J
Former Em loye Accused 01
Making W jolesale Raids 01
Warehouse olConcern
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A big sugar Jteal which probably
has been going on i several mohths
and tho cost of tbo sugar stolen will
amount to hundreds of dollars has
been turned u jig by Detective T J
Moore and the police aro now work
Ing on the case It Is likely an ar
rest will bo jpJiclo In the next few
days Tho sfxarii I all supposed to
have come from tha Stutz candy fac
tory and has bcn sid by the barrel
and sack to local business men
With Just an four and twenty min
utes work Detlc lvo Moore found out
that two barrels of sugar wore sold
to Otlo Overstreot a grocer at
Twelfth and Jeer qn streets thrift
sacks to A J pogan on Kcntudky
avenue one sack to Jim Sherrlll a
saloopkeeper onNoith Fourth street
and one sack at Ulchardsona gro
cery on Kentucky avenue The su
gar was sold below wholesale price
at all these places the price ranging
from 1 2 to 5 a sack and with each
sale a plausible story was told the
purchaser before the sale was made
It is a fine grade of granulated sugar
whIch II I used by the Stutz Candy
company in making Us finest candy
Tho story unearthed by the detec
t tive Is tbd the thief Is a white man
who was at one time In the employ
of tho Stutz Candy company The
sugar was ztolei by this man from
the candy factory in the early hours
of the morning Tio thief had a key to
tho rear entrance of the factory The
sugar was trucked to the door on one
of the Stutz trucks hidden back of
the factory 1m some negro express
map cou1 be teojtre to haul It away
Eivcry time the mijfar was bau1 d
from tho rear ot the factory a dif
ferent wagon driver was employed
Mr P E Stutz when asked it he
had missed any sugar before be
knew of the sugar steal said that bo
had been so busy and short ot help
tht be hadnt time to think about
any one stealing sugar but be bad
noticed that a great deal > of sugar
was being used for the amount of
candY hat was made xJIr Stutz Is
making an Investigation today to
find out If the sugar all came from
h to factory and If it did how much
was taken All tho wholeanle gro
core In the city who handle that par
ticular brand of sugar bars checked
up the eug r on hand and nono ot
them discovered a shortage
STREET WORK IS
MADE PERMANENT
AS IT PROGRESSES
Work on the Tenth street boule
Yard has commenced The crapr Is 1
working on tho block between Broad
way and Kentucky avenue prepara
tory toplaclng tho foundation of
crushedrock and filling with tarvia
Hereafter crushed rock will bo < used
on the streets for extensive improve
ments Jn place of gravel as It costs
the same Of course where thero
aro simply small holes to too ailed
rand will be used but where a block
or mace ot filling is required the
roadway will be graded filled with
crushed rock and rolled thus grad
ually giving the city macadamized
streets As soon as tho Tenth street
work Is completed this work will bb
started on other streets Tho Im
provement of the Iev6e > wlll be a
monument to the present lward of
publlc7work and treot epartment
It lejono of the prctttesjffas rell as
teost substantial on the tlvorsy >
Ntny GATES STOP PLOOD J i T SOO
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Lock Pumped Out to Detcrmlnd the
Damage Done last jyeclc
Sault Ste Marie MlchitJvno 16
The new gates on the Jock of Ute
Canadian ship canal h5 Replacing
those which were wre k d last week
by the steamer Perry G Walker were
hung In place last night aud today
the great thOUsand foot lock Is being
pumped out w that the amount of
the damage done by the cataract that
rushed through It after tho accident I
may be determined rbe steamer 1
Crescent CUT which war carried
through the lock by tho swirling I
water aftr the > Perry O Walker had I
ripped out the lower gates ww s raised I
n4 left for the lower lakes with tem I
l 101r Iatc e on her 4 ltci bow I
S a S a S S S S S S
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iLaFoitette on Tariff
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Washington Juno t61n an Interview for tho United Progs
a Senator La Folletto characterized the tariff revision by Aldrich its I
practically farce Tho number of committee amendments Is mis s
leading being reduction on rates originally reported but still
higher tluui Is existing law Another misleading feature Is tho a
widely heralded decrease on article for which Importations are of a
I miiall value while Increases arc applied to the great volume of Im a
portations Tho grand total shows an Increase of 3073 per cent a
I on 9 101700000 worth of Importations and decrease In 1 3110 per i
S cent on 011000000 Seventyfive per cent of tho Dlnglcy rates i
are unchanged a
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S I I S I S S a
flight Riders Are Sued
In Court crt Otuensboro I
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Owonsboro Ky June 1BTobllll
Coins nnd George Lear residents o
Spencer county Jnd hayo filed pet
tlons in tho deputy United State
court clerks office here asking to
30000 damages from 17 citizens 01
Muhlenberg county Kentucky or
the grounds that they wero unlaw
fully dnd wrongfully forced to leavE
their home In this state and takE
refugo In a distant state Braille
Plttman Jesse Murphy A < W Me
Cowan Dolph Sauafqrd Townli
Jamison George Anderspn GeorgE
Oliver Bud Loney Jack Anderson
Ed Anderson George Reynolds
colored Davlo Lewis colored T J
Oglcsby McGlellan Kilo Monroe
Jarvis Alex Leo and Joe Anderson
are tho defendants All are resident
of tho county of Huhlcnberg
Tho petitions state that the de
fondants unlawfully wrongfully
wickedly maliciously and wlthoui
cause conspired together to run the
defendants from their hornet
friends property and state by
threats to whip and do them bodily
Injury and that tho plaintiffs have
suffered and do sutrer great mental
agony and mortlflcatlon on account
of the occurrence The petition
further state that all this happened
on or about the 15th of February
1909 and that they havo resided la
tno state ot Indiana since that time
Was Crippled and a Soldier
Frankfort Ky June 16 Special l
The governor pardoned John Mai
lay t1 negro exsoldier convicted and
sentenced to twoyears for perjury at
Princeton Ho said he could not see
an old crippled soldier suffer
All Rewards Revoked
Frankfort Ky June 16 Special
The governor issued an order to
days revoking all rewards for fugitives
offered prior to January 1 1906
Child Commits Suicide
Central City Ky Juno 16 Spe
clalDecause his mother whipped
him the 5yearsold son of Samuel
Scott living near here committed
suicide by Jumping Into a well
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TO WED E J BALDWINS WIDOW
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Dr Loon Latidono to Become Husband
of Late Turfmans Spouse I
Los Angeles Juno lfiLos Ango
lea society received a shock today
when It became known that Dr Leon
Landone faddist child culturlst and
otherwise known to fame Is to UXo
a bride who is none other than Mrs
Lillian Bennett Baldwin widow of
the late E J Lucky Baldwin A
mutual friend of tho couple said that
the engagement would bo formally
announced wthln a few days Both
Dr Landone and Mrs Baldwin de
dined to confirm the engagement
but both took particular pains not
to deny it Mrs Baldwin has been
seen frequently of late with Dr
Landone In tho latters automobile
SPECIAL MESSAGE J
PROPOSES INCOME
TAX AMENDMENTS
Washington June Hrfn a special
message to congress this afternoon
the president recommended the adop
tion of the Joint resolution propos
ing to the states an amendment to the
constitution granting tho federal gov
ernment the right to levy and collect
an Income tax lie also recommend
ed asa partot the pending tariff bill
an excise of two per cent net on in
comes of all corporations
Chicago Juno 16 William Lori
mr will go to Warhlngton today In
espouse to a telegram from Cullora
lie will be sworn in as senator Ills
iriglnat Intention was to remain In
t h 9 lower house till the next session
It dl believed the move Indicate the
lei ate Republicans need h1s rote to
Y the tariff bill
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r WRIGHT MEDALS
Washington Juno 16 n
3 eal Allen chief of the signal
corps leaves tor Dayton with tho
r two Wright medals authorized
t by congress and Just completed
at the Philadelphia mint The
presentation will be Thursday
FARMER RECEIVES
WARNING TO LEAVE
MARSHALL COUNTY
Little Cypress Ky Juno 16
I < BpecIaI Within two weeks Will
I lam Calendar a tenant residing on
Little Cypress creek found two warn
ings tacked to his door The first
was received about two weeks ago
but it was considered a Joke and no I
attention was paid to it This morn
Ing ho found a second note placed
on the door and It read Wo dont
want to doany harmto your prop
erty but you must leave this par ot
the country If you dont we will
wait upon you and you will toe han
dled rough unless you plow the clods
The note was unsigned and the resi
dents ot Little Cypress believe It Is
the work of some vicious person and
not the night rldera
Calendar came to Marshall county
from Livingston county about a year i
ago and Is a quiet arid unoffenslvo
man Ho says he is not afraid al
though his wife Is nervous and Cal
endar may heed the warning and
leave tho county Tho better clement
of citizens have used their Influence
on Calendar not to pay an attention
to tho note
Mm Bessie Norman Burled
Mrs Bessie Norman was burled
yesterday afternoon In Oakland com
elery She dIed Monday afternoon of
uremlc poison She was a popular
young woman of Llttlo Cypress
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SCAFFOLD WILL
OVERTOP WALL OF
MCRACEEN JAIL
Lumber for tho erection of the
scaffold on which George Freeman
will meet his doom was hauled to the
Jail yard this afternoon Constable
Sheltou has begun work of erecting
tho scaffold which will bo located lln
a short distance from the cell In
which Freeman It confined As the
scaffold will bo about as high as the
concrete wall surrounding tho jail
Sheriff Ogttvlo will place wire about
the scaffold to prevent Freeman from
Jumping the wall Every safeguard
will bo observed to prevent a bitch
In the execution
Sheriff OgHvlo will provide Free
man with a dark suit of clothes for
th execution and his last dare on
earth will be as pleasant as possible
Tho cap which will cover his face will
bo made by a local tailor
Constabo Gholton says ono woman
residing In the city has offered to as
sist him In building the scaffold if he
Is unable to secure sufficient work
men to complete the scaffold In time
Constable Shelton has withheld her
name I
nameFreeman
Freeman will bo baptized Into the
Catholic church Friday morning I
Henry Roberts colored of Rowland I
town will be his godfather I
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Dies After Long lURes
Mt t Sterling Ky June 16Mrs I
Maud Lane Fnssott aged fortyfour I
years died here today after a linger t I
ing Illness Sho Is i survived by kerI I
husband T W Fassett and three E
111r11children
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l PHIL ABBOTT
SUED BY WIFE
FOR DIVORCE
Alleges Habitual Drunken
ness And Desertion
Desertioni
Absconding Teller 01 Local
Bank Once More In
Lime LightI I
Alleging habitual drunkenness
and tho wasting of his estate Mrs
Flora Abbott this morning l In cir
cult court filed suit for divorce from
her husband Phil Abbott and asks
for tho restoration of her maiden
name Flora Ellis In the petition it
Is recited that the couple were mar
ned In Limb Jllr November 24
1806 and she says for the past three
years he has been a habitual drunk
ard and has wastea his estate She
says ho baa been absent from the
stato ot Kentucky for four months
and sho has no knowledge of his
whereabouts at present
Abbqtt was teller for tho Amen
canGerman National baRk and
thrOe years ago absconded with
funds of tho bonk Although It Is
said officers have known where he
was ho has never been aarrested
Since his departuro from tho city
Mrs Abbott has resided hero much
of the tlmo
MRS CHETWYND IS DIVOKCED
American Wife of Baronets Son
Severs Marriage Bonds
London Juno 16 Rosamond
Cbetwynd a daughter or the laid
Charles Secor of New York was to
day granted a decree of divorce from
George Guy Chetwynd on the ground
of misconduct Mr Chetwynd who
Is the son and heir of Sir George
Cbetwynd refused to obey the de
cree granted to his wife January 12
restoring her conjugal rights Mrs
Chetwynd Is given the custody of the
child The couplo were marrKd la
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Hayrldo With Ilcnlo Supper
An enjoyable hayrlde was giveR
last evening by a number of young
men The party weat out the Cairo
road about 6 miles where a Gypsy
Radford Mrs Wylie Glpson and Mrs
Radford Mrs Wylle Gibson and Mrs
Calkin chaperoned the party which =
Included Misses Portia Glynn Sadie
Thlglman Alma Dillard Murrell Sea
mon Prcsly Qlpson Clara Mills Ru
blcaipson Gladys Olpson Messrs
Jot Paw Elvle Glpson Ray Miller
Henry Seaman Dick Spence Charles
Leisure Capple Peoples
MAY01S PROPOSE TO
RELIEVE THE CITIES
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kMg34or1 t of second and third class
cities will meet In conference at
Frankfort July 6 to prepare amend
meats to existing laws which make
cities liable J for damages for accidents
oa the streets Mayor James P
Smith this morning received an Invt
tatloQ jroa tho mayor of Frankfort
who says he has a legal opinion that
Urn laws can be so amended as to
froo cities from this liability and
heavy burden
Covlngtoa Wedding of Interest Here
The marriage of Dr Hugh Natham
Sullivan and Miss Sadie Ross ot COy
Ington Tenn will take place In Cov
Ington l tonight at 830 oclock The J
ceremony will be pronounced by the
Rev o T Sullivan of this city the
fatlier of the bridegroom He left
this morning for Covington A re
ception will follow tho ceremony Dr
and Mrs Sullivan will visit the Rev
G T Sullivan and Mrs Sullivan In
this city
Chicago Market
July High Low Close
Wheat 1ODy > lOfftf 107
Corn 60 68 69
Oats 439 < 2K n
Provisions 06S 2030 2042
Lard li85 1170 1170
Sept 2CSi Low Close
Ribso e 1107 1092 10S8
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To Attend Evaasville Wedding
Miss Hazel Rhoade will tCQ crt
week for Evanavllle Ind to attend
the marriage of her cousin Miss
Emma Knauss of that city to Mr
Daniel H Ortmeycri which Is I tq take
place on Juno 30 Miss Knauss Is a
nelce of Mrs IL 0 Rhodes of Padu
cab dnd a charming and talented
oung woman She has many friends
la Paducah Sho Is the daughter oJ
Mr Jake Knauss a prominent hum
Or man Mr Ortmeyer Is 1 a prom
tient young attorney of Kvansvlllo
Both MIlS Knauss and Mr Ortmeyer
ave visited la Paducafa
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