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VOL XXVIII NO 14 PADUCAH KY SATURDAY EVENING JULY 16 1910 TEN CENTS PER WEEK
MR s J R PURYEAR
IS NOT EXPECTED
TO SURVIVE DAY
Clerk of Federal Court Here
For Years Surveyor of
Port ol Paducah
i I I i
Stood High in Councils of
t
Republican Parly
POPULAR WITH BAR OK HTATH
John R Puryear clerk of tho
federal court and surveyor ot tho
port l of Paduenh III I dying at hla
home 809 Broadway Ho cannot
survive the night it Is believed
Mr Puryoar u prominent repre
sentative of a numerous family In
Kentucky J was the Ion of Thomas J
Purrear and was born October 21
1H37 tn tlrave uounty Ills father
Han a native ot Virginia and mar
tied MIM Porllna M Ureeale a no
t > o wk Tannauctx They fettled In
irnvM county In JUG Ho was a
merchant farmer and dealer In to
bacco He died Sutpembflr 13 1873
JIIII R Puryear was tho oldest
of tli > fatally of ton children Ho
was reared on his fathers farm and
educated In the common schools and
the Mayfluld academy In 1869 ho
taught school In Graves county Dur
ing 1800 ha was similarly employed
In Texas and returning was up
pointed postal clork on the Chesa
peake I Ohio Southwestern rail
road which position ho hold for two
yearn In 18C3 Mr Puryear be
tame anoelated In the wholesale
drug burdnes as n member ot the
Driu of Kldd Ilrodshaw company
which flrnj was dissolved by the
death pf Dr W 11 Kldd In October
1804 Mr Puryear continued the
buslriMM with other parties for one
moro year whon a fire destroyed
the more
Uu then turned hit attention to
hit law study whleh lie l had begun
In early life lie studied under
Judge p S Marshall and was ad
mitted 1 to tho practice In 1868 He
was a member of tho bar of tho
RHpreme court of the United States
January 13 1809 ho was appointed
to the offlro of clerk of the United
HtntM circuit court Sixth circuit
mid dktrlrt of Kentucky I which
duties he discharged with credit to
lijjuMlf up until n few days before
hl death In 1873 he established
MHPPkl Republican newspaper with
K W llagby Tho paper was celled
the Padueah Journal and existed
for 18 nionlliB
nionlliBNational
National Delegate
Mr Puryoar was one of the row
Republicans ot Paduoah who wield
ed iiioro titan local inOuonco In
187C ho was a delegate from tho
Flat cotiRroMlnnal district ot Ken
lucky to tho national Republican
ionvcntlon at Chicago and was
there elected ono ol the assistant
lholUOllllblleun
Republican state convention held at
Lexington 1 Ky I in 1883 his fronds
presented lite name as a candidate
fur the amen of stifle auditor but
ho was defeated by a shiull ma
jority hr near of Leroy W Haw
thorn III
Ile sit i mumlipc ol the A O
U talii the K J of ill and for
mall yearsj has been I a deacon In
IhHlIrnt Baptist church Ho was
marrlilll 10 Miss llza M 1 iiii
daughter of Dr W I H Kldd In
1111
1868 In Paducah
Mr Puryear wqs a consistent
rhiirch mnmber and his kind dlipo
iltiun enduared hint to many friends
not only hero but abroad Ho was
nn otpcrlal I friend of Judge Walter
Kvnna of the United States court
nnil was known widely throughout
till state In court circles Ho was
painstaking and performed tho duties
of his olllco with such diligence that
hla roappolntmonU came one after
another showing the care and confl
connIdllIll
thlrdlnllilolnlment
appointment as surveyor of customs
nt Pa ucah having served eight
years Tho appointment became dice
live July 1 Far several weeks errlCj
Puryear had not been feeling well
hilt was able to bo at his office as
usual until n few days ago After
going to bed his condition grow rap
idly worse and ho began sinking
yesterday and was not expected to
llvo through last night Today ho
Brow weaker but Roomed to revive
nt times
timesMr was taken 111 about a
week ago but line only boon confined 1
to his bed a few days lie la sniff cr
Jug from kidney dfeeaso and a gen
oral physical breakdown Ho Is 73
years old l > and has been clerk of the
local district court for 41 consecu
five yuan lIe recently received his
third appointment as surveyor of
customs Ho Iff I a Republican of
high clouding nd one > of the most
rais1
Joe Cannon Vigorously Assails
Victor Murdoch in Speech Today
at Winfield in Insurgents State
Says Rule Under Which Mur
dockUrged Passage of Pos
tal Savings Bank Law Was
One of Most Drastic
Wlnflold Kos July 10Spellker
Cannon In an address hero today
said the tariff law Is a good meas
ure and the rules of the house are
not so Iniquitous as painted merely
a form of procedure to prevent
chaosInsurgents
Insurgents are paving the way for
a Democratic victory They are pub
licity seekers
lie said there always has been a
minority which attacked the rules
DlsconUvt of the people Is I not
measured by complaints of the
press
He said Take the tariff out of
politics is the cry of those opposed
to protective tarirc but they are the
onos that kept It In Tho hardest
light we ever had In congress was
to prevent the repeal of the con
servation act I always found the
rules sufficient We hace Just had
another season of hysteria abound
lug more In Ignorance than knowl
edge The Insurgents find faun
with tho men elected as Republicans
and give their services to Demo
crat I hope Victor Murdock will
take William Allen Whites advice
to Kansas Become ION Interesting
and more frequently right
The postal savings bank bill le
one Important piece of legislation
effected at the last session of con
gress under n special rule I think
special rulo the most drastic ever
adopted by tho house No one was
more ardent In support of it than
Representative Murdook Ho was
ready to adopt any means to secure
the legislation and for once become
a constructive legislator instead of
obitructor It
an
obitructorDefending
Defending tho tariff ho referred
to the prosperity of the country jn
said Ive confidence In the Ameri
can people and tho country and I
believe they have confidence In
themselves and tho government It
does not require energy or Intelli
gence to bo a pessimist
lie Mid Tho pookwt nerve Ie I the
moat sensitive In civilization It li I
always affected first and ta a general
Imitation of dlMontont There is
no nttack of pocket nerve In the
west
WOitCalling
ChllmpClarki
Clarks prediction that tho next
houto of representatives will be
Domoeratk he condemned Reptib
Bean insurgents for failure to act In
harmony w4tU the majority party In
congress
congressCannon
Cannon palmed with pride to him
self an one of tho fathers of conser
vation Ho Bold Twenty yours 40
we begun n policy of conservation
Ilj statue In 1SS8 we withdrew arid
hinds thought capable of Irrigation
ILLINOIS CENSUS
Washington July 10
The census bureau announce
the population of Moline
m 24199 Rock Island
county III 14817
rae
We took much Interest In the legis
lotion and helped enact U In two
years there was a protest from the
west that their developments was
arrested Tho hardest fight I ever
had In congress was against the rev
peal of that act
Precinct Chairmen
Democratic precinct chairman
were to be elected today In the Lone
Oak Williams Wood v lIIe and Ora
hamvHIo precincts to fill vacancies
In the Democratic county committee
The conventions wore ordered to be
called at 2 oclock At 230 oclock
this afternoon there had been no
attempt made to hold mass conven
tions at tho Grahanivllle Lone Oak
and WltUams precincts
RAIN CHECKS ARE
ISSUED ON TRADE
ItUTAIL BUSINESS POSTPONED
FOR BUTTER WEATHER
U K WIMTJlImI I
Dank clearings week C3422l
Same week last year 746820
I
Another quiet week has been ex
porl need in business for the past
six days The rainy weather has
assisted materially In checking re
tail trade and has alto had a detri
mental effect upon other linen ot
business Farmers have complained
particularly of tho wet weather as
It has stopped all kinds of farm
work Retail merchants have stimu
lated retail trado by cut prlco sales
Realty Company Meets
The United States Realty com
pony hold Its nnnual meeting last
night and elected the following di
rectors W P Hummel F W Knt
torjohn George K McCandlessHarrjr
R Hank and W F Paxton after
which the directors met and elected
as officers W P Hummel presi
dent F W Katterjobn vicepresi
dent and George F McCandloss
secretarytreasurer and general man
ager Tho report Indicated a suc
cessful year for the company
Purchase Lawyers at
State Bar Meeting
AVoetorn Kentucky lawyers were
wOlI l remembered In the distribution
of the honors at the annual ceanlon
of tho Kentucky I Stole Bar associa
lan which mot In Mlddlonboro this
week The Padueuh delegation re
turned last night on their special
sleeper and vroro well pleased over
the success of the meeting First
among tho honors was the election
of Mr J D Mocquot president of
tho o Boo < atlon Mr Mocquot served
Ito association fittingly as a mem
ber of committees and tho value of
Iris services wero recognized 1 by tho
lawyers
lawyersAttorney
I Attorney W A Derry was elected
a dolegato to the American Bar as
sociation whkJi will meet this sum
811mIlIIor
livered nn address on Some Great
I Lawyers of Kentucky which was
pronounced ono of the best at tho
session Hon N W Utley of Eddy
vide as vicepresident presided over
n good part of the sessions and did
It with credit to himself Senator
W V Eaton was chairman of the
law reform committee which Is ono
of tho most Important committees
County Judgo Men Barkley ro
sponded to n toast at tho annual
banquet with an address on The
Value of Looking wise U WaR one
of tho hits ot the ibanquol Defend
ing the honor of the legal profession
Ilion Hal S Corbett delivered a
splendid address In Defense of the
Judiciary of Kentucky
Kentuckyi i
I Tlio delegation of lawyers from
western Kentucky J made the trip in
a special sleepor which served as
I
arrive this evening from Arlington
and Mrs Will ffevlll another sister
ire tJ y
sleeping quarters whllo nt tho state
meeting They pay that the cltlrons
of MUldlesboro wero untiring In
their efforts to dispense hospitality
and that everybody present had a
delightful time Those who made
the trip from Paduoah were Circuit
Judge William Reed County Judge
Albon W Bnrkley W A Berry
John G Miller Jr Senator W V
tot on dial S Corbett J 1 Moc
quutSECTION
SECTION HANDS
RETURN TO WORK
S
THIS IS STATEMENT OF ROAD
MASTER OF IXJUISVILLK
DIVISION OF I O
Loutevlllo July 10Spoclal
Two thousand traokinen on tho IIU
note Central between here and Cairo
rtruok today because the company
refused to give them 150 Instead
of J120 a day
Louisville
Between 1x > ulsvlllo and Cairo
thoro arc about 300
section mon em
ployed and about 30 around Padu
cab Threats of trouble with the
men have been heard for several
weeks but tho
trouble reached a
ahead
master for the Louisville division
was In the city this morning and ho
announced that about all the sec
PENNSYLVANIAS
STRIKE IS STILL
DOUBTFUL EVENT
Railroad Officials Express
Hope That Trouble Will
be Averted
But Are Taking Precautions
Against it
XKW ORLEANS CAR MEN VOTE
Philadelphia July 1C Although
ofllclaifi of the Pennsylvania express
the belief that the 25frOO conductors
and trainmen will not quit work
they are taking measures to meet
any emergency Conferences are
continued today
New Orleans Strike
New Orleans July 10Three
thousand employes of the local
treat car company are voting on the
strike question today The ballot
is secret but It Is believed a major
ity will vote for a strike The car
company Imported strikebreakers
this week Violence J8 feared if a
strike is declared
Tim Vale In Damaged
Now York July leFlre at a
pier of the Metropolitan Steamship
company this afternoon caused tho
loss of 7t > 0000 Besides the pier
tho turbine Yale a slater ship of the
Harvard was badly damaged
Funeral of Henry Homely
i The funeral of Henry Horsely I
who died as a result of Injuries sus
tained by falling pC the Illinois Cen1
trod bridge over Cumberland river
I will take place Sunday afternoon at
2 oclock at the funeral chapel of I
Nance I Roger Sixth street and
Broadway The Rev H W Durwell
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church will officiate The burial
will be In Oak Grove cemetery
DEADLY SERPENT
PURSUED DEPUTY U S MAR
SIIAL XHEL
Spread Head Variety of Snake
rakes Aggression Against
Officer
A terrible encounter with a i
spreadhead snake was experienced
J peetorday afternoon by Deputy Unit
id States Marshal Elwood Noel on his
farm near Mason Mills Mr Xeel
was walking through bis corn field
when he taw tho snake rapidly ap
proachtng him Doing unarmed and
unable tovflght the reptile he start
ed to run < but as the snake gained on
him he grabbed a stout corn stalk
and struck It Pinning its head to
the ground with the stalk he stamped
t into a Jel4y Tho snake measured
three feet In length
SHOOT ON SIGHT
FRENCH IS DEAD
PUITON COUNTY FARMERS MEET
IN HIGHWAY AND QUIOJCI I
1ST WITH GUN LIVES
Hlckman Ky July 1C Special
S L Dodds one otthe richest
farmers and handlers In western
Kentucky shot and killed Leslie
French on the highway French had
threatened to kill Dodd fcecauso
Doddsnegro farm hand had threat
ened > to have French arrested for as
sault DoddB while riding la an
auto met French who was ln < a
buggy French etarted at Dodda and
the latter fired
Ohio Day at Beverly
Beverly July 100hlo politi
cians are hovering around Beverly
Wado Ellis chairman of the state
committee Senator Dick Ross Cox
and Nicholas Longworth are there
THE WEATHER
TIn predictions und tempera
ture for the past twentyfour
hovers will be found at the top
Illinois Legislative Voters League
Denounces Most Members 01 last
Session of State General Assembly
Representatives and Senators
From Lower End of Slate
Excel Those From North
Senator Helm Endorsed
Chicago July 10Wlth a warn
ing that the vital need In the regen
eration of the Illinois legislature Is
the nomination and election of can
didates of aggressive honesty the
Legislative Voters league Issued Its
report on the retiring members of
the fortysixth general assembly In I
each of the fiftyone districts in theI I
state
Of the lawmakers who sat In the
last season with Its subsequent
mandate and disclosures of corrup
tion and bribery fiftyfive members
of the house and ten members of the
senate are condemned outright In
their records and a warning is
sounded to the voters to fee that
they are shelved
On lleUiing Legislators
or the men who eat in the 179
seats that will be filled next Novem
ber fiftyfive representatives and
12 senators are given an outandout
Indorsement and are urged for re I
election The remainder of the law
making body on the Individual rec
ords Is passed upon with varying
degrees of condemnation or other
wise half a dozen being rated as un
deserving of support 19 being dis
missed with no recomendaUons and
15 getting the verdict entitled to I
consideration The others receive
no verdict on their records
In passing upon the members the
Legislative Voters league asserts
that It has taken Into consideration
their attlude and records on progres
sive legislation such aa civil service
direct primaries factory reforms
end the like nnd after also weigh
ing the relation ot the lawmakors
to the bipartisan alliances that
elected Speaker Shurtloff and Sen
ator Lorimer applied as a supreme
test the formula Is he a man of
integrity Is ho instinctively and ag
gressively honest
Three Questions Are Put
In estimating a member of the
legislature various questions toI I
been considered For example
Does he generally favor or oppose t
progressive or good legislation t
I Direct primaries civil service reI I
form factory legislation Improved I
plans of municipal government and I
the like can serve as Rife testsI
What were the character ot hllI
Springfield alliances and associa 1
tions Was he connected with theI
Shurtleff Drowne bllpartlsan romI I
bine and did he Join the blpart san I
deal to elect Lorimer Above all Is I
bo a man of Integrity Is be in
stinctively and aggressively honest
For the Immediately and vitally Im
portant stop before the people of
this state Is the nomination and elec
lion ot honest men to the Jegtola
Contlnued on page Five
DRUO FIEND RUNS AMUCK
AND KILL THREE PEOPLE
Tampa FJa July aWhile
crazed with drugs Will Ellison a
negro went on a rampage last night
and killed three persona wounded
three others and then killed himself
Ho started in a colored church En
tering with a shotgun he shot tho
R v Jesse Avery Cella Bryant his 1
motherinlaw and Henry Clark the
organist lie ran to his tome and
wounded his wife and sisterInlaw
Policeman Hayman was wounded
and Is unconscious He was hurried J
to the station to prevent lynching
He died from drinking strychnine
I
Theodore is Reticent
1
Oyster Bay July 16When
Roosevelt stopped pitching hay to
day and was asked what he thought
of the third term boom launcher
yesterday by David E Thompson
he said Really now I have noth
ing to say Thompson and I are od
friends He didnt broach tho sub
ject to mo yesterday His visit was
entirely social
PLEADINGS IN NIGHT
RIDER CASES FILED
Several replies In the night rider
cases to the answers of defendants
have been filed In the federal court
hero Today replies denying the al
legations that he had entered into
certain agreements with any numb
of defendants to effect a compro
mise wero filed by A H Cardln 4n
hla suit against William Keel D A
Amass George W Barnes and Oeo
Snaden Henry D Bennett filed re
plies to a large number of defend
antirJn his suit against D A Amoii
AERONAUT KILLED
WInnepeg Mlm July 1C
The first serious aeroplane ac
cident In Canada came today
Eugene Ely contracted to fly
from Wlnnepeg to Partage and
La Palrle In his third attempt
S the engine went wrong and he
fell 500 feAt t He was picked
from the wreckage in a dying
S condition
SPAIN PREPARES
FOR REVOLUTION
BARCELONA UPRISING IS EX
PECTED TO RESULT FROM
LABOR AGITATION
Madrid July lSAII members
of the Spanish cabinet were hastily
summoned to attend an Important
conference with King Alfonso to i
discuss the admitted danger of a
serious revolutionary uprising al
Barcelona Labor agitators are
busiest at Bilbao but other Spanish
cities are seething with discontent
Martial law is expected at the first
signs of uprising
AUTO ACCIDENT
SIIRLTONOF
DR SHELTON OP LONE OAK LS
i SERIOUSLY HURT
n
Machine Skids on Sluirp Turn on the
Blandville Road His Ribs I
nrokDI
When Dr Q L Shelton a physic
Ian at Lone Oak made a sharp turn
on the Blandville road yesterday af
ternoon his automobile skidded In
the mud and dashed Into a ditch on
the road side Dr Shelton who was
fleering was tossed from the seat
and the lower rib on the left side I
was fractured and he was bruised
all over the body Fortunately his
Injuries are not serious and he was
ablo to return to his home The au
tomobile was not damaged badly
The accident happened about five
miles from Paducah on the Blandville
road
Lucy Virginia Eyer
Lucy Virginia Eyer the 21
monthsold daughter of Mr and Mrs
P G Eyer 432 South Eighth street
died at 8 oclock this morning or
s Jnal meningitis The body will be
shipped to Princeton Ky at 1120
oclock tomorrow morning for burial
U S ATTORNEYS SUES
ON A MONEY ORDER
Suit has been Instituted In the
federal court here by United States
District Attorney George Du Belle
against Atkins Cole of Fulton for
85 the amount of a postal money
order purporting to be drawn at
Muckeye Mo dated Juno 10 and
payable to tho order of C D May at
Fulton The order purporUng to be
genuine was presented to R D
Beadles the money order clerk at
the Fulton postofflco on June 12
CROPS RUINED BYI I
HEAVY RAINFALL
HENDERSON WEBSTER AND
UNION COUNTY FARMS ARE
FLOODED
Henderson Ky July 1C Spe
claJRaln In Henderson Union
and Webster counties has washed
out crops and done other damage
causing a loss of 1200000
Chicago Market
Sept High Low Close
Wheat 10y 105 j 107
Cam GHit COO 61
Oat tr 3939 31
CRIPPENS FUNDS
WILL SOON BE LOW
POLICE BELIEVE
Then lie Will be Forced io
Sell His Wifes Jewels
to Live
Miss Laneve Thought io be
in Paris
NO CLEW TO BIDING PLACE
London July lSPollce were
baffled In their efforts to apprehend
Dr Hawley Crippen today Basing
thel hopes on the tact that when
he disappeared he had only 250
and 20000 In his wifes Jewelry
they have an accurate list cabled
to the world and believe the melds
will run out and he will be com
pelled to sell the Jewels
It Is believed Miss Leneve is In
France Statements of the girls
father caused a search to be started
That she knew of the crime Is at
tested by the statement of a dress
maker shortly after the murder
She brought clothing since Identi
fied as Mrs Crlppens to be altered
and called for them the day before
the disappearance The inquest was
postponed to Monday
Although London authorities asked
the American police to watch all In
coming liners they believe Crlppen
is hiding in London A house to
house search will be made of all
places he Is likely to be In
At the Inquest It Is doubted it
Dr Pepper who examined the body
could swear that a murder was com
mitted Failure of this will hamper
the prosecution if Crlppen Is caught
Pepper Is yet unable positively to
Identify the body as that of Mrs
Clipper owing to mutilation
Newspapers issued an appeal to
Miss Leneve the stenographer to
come from hiding and reveal Crip
pens whereabouts They hope she
will see the notice and betray the
doctor The papers attack the
policeThe
The press la still taunting the po
lice for bungling the case The ap
peal to liliES Leneve shows the hope
lessness of the police The pollee
retaliated by the statement that they
had no legal I justification for arrest
ing Crip pen before It was proven < a
crime was committed and say that
even tho shadowing of Crippen Is ex
ceeding their authority
Airs Ifurtje Gets Divorce
Pittsburgh July 10Mrs Mary
Scott Hartje today was granted an
absolute divorce from her husband
Augustus Hartje millionaire She
was granted the right to remarry
Jolm B Alien
Clarksville Tenn July 10John
B Allen died yesterday at his home
near Guthrie Ky aged CS years of
apoplexy Ke served through the
Civil war as a member of Forrests
cavalry
PROFESSIONAL MEN MUST
lAY THEIR CITY LICENSE
r 1
City License Inspector R B lUcks
Is after the scalps of the lawyers
and professional men who have
failed to pay their city license He
has given them until Monday after
noon at 1 oclock to pay tho license
which will Include the penalty of 10
per cent Any TO failed to pay
their licenses will bo summoned to
police court aa Mr Hicks announced
that he would swear out warrants
against any delinquent license pay
ers The city license for lawyers
Is 25
MADRIZ MEN SURPRISED
AT GUNBOATS COMING
Managua July lijOmclals of the
MadrU faction in Nicaragua were
surprised when It became known
that the U S gunboat VickSburg
was ordered hero from Panama sad
Is now on Its way to Corlnto to
protect American Interests and par
ticularly to exercise Influence on
Madrlzs attitude toword William
Iilttmna a prisoner here
I r i
United States Will Act
Washington July aArter a
long distance telephone conversation
with the president the state depart
ment announced the United States
wilt take such measures as possible
to aid and protect William Pittman
and Dr Lawrence Burgheltu Amen
cans in trouble in Nicaragua The
department directed Consul Mortal
at Bluefiolds to aacertan whether
Dr BurgheJra tin American citizen
la actually held a prisoner aa fi