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VOL XXVIII NO 110 PADUCAH KY TUESDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 29 1910 TEN CENTS PER WEEK
PllAINE POISON
ALMOST FATAL TO
THREE IN FAMILY I
Ate Veal Steak Last Night and
Were in Serious
Condition
Physician Works Heroically
to Save Them
ALL AUK NOW OUT OP DANOI5II
Threo ptoplo had Q narrow escape
from death laloy yesterday afternoon
as a result of ptomalno pokonlng
and fr several hours they were to
t critical condition Voal Bleak uorvctl
for diner yesterday at the homo of
airs P I II Cox 224 Adam street
wife of tho woll known tcnrlno on
tfnwir III l thought to have been the
i IUI8 of tho illness Mrs Cox
Iwunltft Cox her twontymontli old
daughter and Mini Eunice Rigor
were 111 and not until this morning
were thoy entirely out of danger
The moat Will served yesterday at
dinner and yesterday afternoon all
the members of tho family that par
took of tho dinner became ill stmul
tan outly Dr Q A Woshburn was
called and ho recognized symptoms
of severe oases of ptomalno poison
ing Antidote were administered
but It required berolc work to save
the family
Mrs Cex was not so seriously 111
an the other two and last night at
1 oclock Ibo rallied sufflctonUy to
attend her child Several time the
Ife of tko baby was despaired of
and abe was sick nil night Mis
lUsor was alro violently 111 and was I
not abf to leave her bed until today
Although out of danger today the
members of the family are weak
They say that the real steak was
the cause of the Illness although
other poople bought meat from the
amo 1i1Ote aU they were not flffeted
Suit Against Coal Co
Suit to rwovor H323C3 alleged
duo on account was filed In circuit
court today by the Carbondalo Coal
Coke company against F 8 John
ston doing business as Johnston
Fuel company An attachment was
granted on the icoal agency Tho
company 114 iooattd ljrht Fourteenth
and Tennessee streets Recently
the safe of the company was robbed
of 1200
1tlIQG11h TO
niiumKN wiio OAVI JIOSIIT11I I
RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL
The ohIUrcn who contributed do
nations for tho charity patients at
UivoreUo hoapluJ arc Katherine
Williamson Charles Jennings
WwUlIc Lnnfr Mardi Leo Walker La
Verne Purcoll Barbara Nell Paxton
ElMo Vorts Helen PuKlsnt Konnett
Gardner Mary Smith and lone Sbwe
CA8UV AND illS WIFH lUCltI I
VOYAGII
FROM STORMY VOVAGE
John P Casey and wife who re
side at 310 George street came
back late yesterday afternoon and
were surprised to find their friends
in grief over tholr auppotod death by
drowning In the Ohio river during
the storm Sunday After spending
Bunday fishing In tho Illinois lakes
assay and hlti wlfo started across the
river In their skirt but before get
ting far from bank the wind drove
them back Finding that It would bo
Impossible to make the trip they
remained In Illinois until yesterday
afternoon about E oclock When
they reached tho Kentucky side they
were surprised to learn that friends
wore on tho opposite ado searching
for them
TWELVE RECRUITS FOR
UNITED STATES ARMY
The last of tho nine applicants
to be accepted at tho local recruit
InK station hoto this month was
Thomas W Murphy 21 years old
son of the Rev Hodgo Murphy of
Sicrldan whoso charge Is at the
M E church south at Rushvlllo
111 Murphy who applied yester
day to Sergeant C A Blake and
was accepted this morning by Capt
George W Klrkpatrlck of Evans
vllle Ho Is n brother of Charles
Murphy who enlisted hero one year
ago and who Is stationed In tho
coast artillery nt Fort Caswoll N
Cot one of the most desirable posts
in tho United States Thomas
Murphy goes Into coast artillery
service also and Is a fins specimen
of manhood Ho loft today for
Jefferson Barracks St Louis for
his assignment Today closes a
Rood month for tho local station
Out of 24 applicants 9 were accept
ed and all wero excellent types of
oldleri
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House of Governors Convenes At
Frankfort Dr Woodrow Wilson
Sounds Keynote in His Address
When Governor of Ohio Meets
Governor 01 New Jersey
Democrats Take Notice at
Louisville Tomorrow
Frankfort Ky Nov 39The gov
ernor ot Ohio said to the now gover i
nor of New Jersey I am very glad
to meet you Doctor And as they
greeted each other the hopeful De
mocracy of Frankfort looking on
protected to see a lifelike tableau of
the next candidate fur president and
for vice president Judson Harmon
and Woodrow Wilson and 23 other
chief oxccutlvea opened their confer
ence here today Only 19 governors
are miming
S
W < Mxrmv Wilson Makes Speech
1rarkfort Ky Nov 29 Stwolal
With 24 governor jirosont tho
governors conference was called to
order hero at noon After luncheon
at Colonel E H Taylors the con =
ference again convened Governor
Wlllpon and Mayor Polsgrovo wel
comed the guests and Dr Woodrow
Wllron of Now Jersey mado the key
noto speech after that Governor
Potbfllr of Rhode Island had re
sponded to the addrowMs of welcome
The governors reception will tako
place tonight and tho guests will go
to Loulivlllo tomorrow
An unique feature of the rccepakm
to the governors In Frankfort to
night will bo the presence of tho for
mer governors of Kentucky All
have been Invited to attend and the
meeting is expected to be ln the na
ture of a reunion Tho Hut of for
mor governors of Kentucky includes
J rW Deckham United States
Bontnor William o Bradley former
United Mates Senator James D Me
Croary General Simon Bolivar Duck
nor and J Proctor Knott Governor
Booklinm Is still a young man and Is
a resident of Frankfort Senator
McCroary hives at Richmond and Is
still hale and hearty Senator Brad
Icy Is of course still In tho ring Gen
eral Ducknor Is not far from 90
years of ago but will < l be present to
greet the visiting governor Ho will
make the trip to Frankfort from his
home in Hart county Former Gov
ernor J Proctor Knott who resides
at Lebanon In Marlon county la in
feeble health and will not be able to
aeoopt tho Invitation extended to
blm Mrs Luko P Blackburn the
widow of tho lato Governor Luko P
Itlaokburn has alto boon Invited to
attend the governors conference and
has accepted the Invitation
Roosevelts New Nationalism was
swatted by Governor eleet Wilton of
Now Jersey when In an address ho
raid Wo favor the exorcise of fed
eral power wherever necessary for
the common benefits Wo do not boo
Move tho Invention > of now federal
powers Is either necessary or desir
able
President Moojuot Attend
Attorney J D Mocquot president
of tho Kentucky Stnto Bar aseocla
ton probably will leave tonight for
youlsvlllb to attend tho meeting of
governor there tomorrow The meet
Ing Is being held In Frankfort today
and wKil adjourn to meet In Louis
dUo tomorrow
FOIL SOUTH 1OLB
Christ Church Nuw Zealand
Nov 29Copt Robert F a
Scott leading on English Ant
artlc expedition sailed today
from Port Chambers aboard the a
chip Pierre Mova Ho expects
a to reach the south pole by De
comber 1911
IIIIIIIISIIIIII
IIIIIIIISIIIIIIMADERO
MADERO SEEKING
FOR RECOGNITION
MKXIOAN IVSUIIOKXT LKADEIt
MAY UK OV WAY TO WASIf
INUTOV
San Antonio Texas Nov 291t
Is reported on good authority herd
today that Fmnclt co Madoro has left
Mexican territory and is en route to
toIVashington
brother uustavo Madoro and seek
recognition from tho United States
government
Giutavo Madero as confidential
agent of the rocolutlontsts has been
Ignored by tho state department
which recognizes only Mexican Am
baiwdor Ln Barra RevolutJonarJes
have gone from here to Washington
Mexico City dlepatchetf toy that
the government Is shipping muni
lions of war Into dilbualiau stator
Coming From Brazil
lion and Mrs Charles D Armour
of Brazil will arrive In Paducah De
comber 20 on a visit to relative and
friend After a visit to Mrs Carrie
V Mandnll of tho county they will
leave I for Now Orleans and sail for
Draxll whore Mn Armour will go on
business for tho government Mrs I
Armour Is I a granddaughter of Hon
John L Murray former congressman
from this district
FIVE MILLION BANK
FAILURE IS PROBED
Guthrie Okla Nov 29The su
promo court today Issued a writ of
mandamus compelling Governor Hat
kell as chairman of tho state bank
Ing board to submit for Investigation
all records of tho Columbia Bank and
Trust company ot Oklahoma City
which failed for 500000d a year I
ago
Requisition Refused
On tho grounds that tho affidavit
was not properly drawn Governor
Augustus E Wlllson has refused the
Paducah police department requlsl
tion papers for the return of J A
Gary wanted hero on a charge of
forgery Gary is now under arrest in
Indianapolis on a similar charge
and Is wanted In other cities lie
was recently arrested In Memphis
Chief of Police Singery received no
tice from Governor Wlllson today
and has written Andrew Smith vice
president of the Capitol National
bank at Indianapolis
Performance of Rite
Questioned in Court
The trial of Will Taylor Frank
Boatwrlght and Dob Mooro In po
lice court this morning developed
tho fact that a regiment ot young
men known as tho Promised Land
nand has been holding Sunday at
ternoon services at Iseraans wag
on yard Second and Washington
streets for some time
Complaint was made to tho po
lice yesterday and Frank Boat
wright Will Taylor and Bob Moore
were arrested by Patrolmen Eng
land and stowart According to
witnesses who wcro victims to
baptismal exorcises conducted at
the horse trough at the rear ot tho
stable they were challenged and it
willing to Join tho band they re
THE WEATHER
Tho predictions and tempera
taro for the pat twentyfour
hours will bo found nt the top
of the seventh column on pago
tew
Y
celvcd a ducking or a sprinkling
Oils McManus made no serious ob
jection to joining the Promised
Land and was sprinkled M
Womble an aged man says the
band picked him up bodily and
ducked his head into a trough Jim
Showers another convert said he
received tho blessings
Tony Iseman said he was willing
to Join but owing to the toothache
ho declined Patrolman Walter
England who passed the stable
Sunday afternoon said ho was In
vited by the band to join In the ex
ercises and when he declined the
band conspired to carry him to tho
trough
Judge Cross suspended n fine of
25 against each defendant on con
dition they would bo of good be
havior in the future All promised
after a sound lecture
Nebraska Census
Washington Nov 21Tho total
population of JNebraslca was an
nounced to day as 1192 214 an in
create ot lSi5t914 or 118 per cent
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GULFTOSOUNDIS
IS BURLINGTON
BURLINGTONSYSTEMIS
SYSTEMS PLAN
Connection at Paducah Be
comes Important Link
in Trade
Seattle to New Orleans and I
Atlantic Ports
VIA BRIDGE AT METROPOLIS
Chicago III Nor 29VlUll com
mercial possibilities are seen in the
opening by two railroads of new and
shorter avenues between the north
and west and the southeast country
lying between the Mississippi river
the Ohio and the Atlantic and the
Gulf of Mexico The Burlington has
opened a new southern route through I
Its HerrlnMetropolls line In Illinois
connecting at the Ohio river with tho
Nashville Chattanooga St Louis
at Paduoah The Eastern Illinois
has also established a new fart
freight service in connection with
the Nashville Chattanooga St
Louis and Louisville Nashville System
se
tem Until further disposition is 1
made the Burlington will route Its
Freight to the south via oven miles
of the Illinois Centrals tracks to
Drookport on the Illinois side of the
Ohio river across from Paducah Ky
thence across the river by car ferry
until a now bridge at that point is f
erected
This new route connects with all l
the principal lines traversing the
south Time Is clipped by the new
Eastern Illinois train which will I
maintain a Chicago Atlanta schedule t
of fortythreo and a half hourfc >
CuirtoSoiind Route
Denver Col Nov 29jBurling
ton officials have figured out the
nlftoEound route and when all com
lections ere Comp tedit ViII boon
jf the most Important cottoncarrying g
outes in the world In Colorado
north of Denver the route traverses
ho LongmontBurns Junction branch
Colorado and Southern from Long
rent to Fort Collins and Welling
ton thence over the new line of the
C and S which Is < to be built from I
Wellington to Cheyenne at once It
vlll bo a distance of thirty miles and
rust be completed by July 31 North L
if Cheyenne the Colorado and South
ern Is to be used connecting with the
hlcagO and Northwestern at the Pow
ler river From ThermopolU to the
Powder tho Burlington Is now build
ng n branch to bo finished in Oc
ober 1911
The line from Thermopolls to Lau
el lg being shortened and from Lau
rel the Northern Pacific will carry
he transcontinental goods to Seato
h
lo The Colorado and Southern with
ts Texas lines wlM be used south of
Denver From Seattle to the Orient
he Hill steamship lines will be used
AL WINFREY ARRESTED
ON A LARCENY CHARGE
Returning from tho south where
he has been for several weeks Al 1
Wlnfree was nabbed today by tho
police on the charge of grand tar
oeniyi Ho has been wanted for sev
era week Winfreo was caught toy
Patrolmen England and Stewart at
the homo of Mattie Ball 213 Ten
nessee street Winfreo Is accused of
stealing 100 front James Warford
on October 18 From Paducah Win
free went to Pine Bluff Arlr Win
freo failed to make a bond and was
placed In tho county Jail
STATES TO BLAME
FOR MANY DEATHS
STATISTICIAN REPOHTS 30000
MIXKRS KILLED IN 20
YEARS
Golden Colorado Nov 29Thlr
tynine thousand mea have boon kill
cd In coal mines In the last twenty
years according to Professor James
C Edwards of the federal bureau of
mines here today Three are killed
In this country to ono in all other
nations Coal dual is ono hundred
per cent more deadly than gas ex
plosions The bulk of accidents are
due to falling roofs and coal prac
tically most of which could be pre
vented
Tho general government cannot
compel operators to use safety de
vices so long as tho slates retain this
power Edwards says
Ropke Fidelity Trust Companys
Defaulter Pleads Guilty And Is
Sent Up For Ten to Fifteen Years
Jury Being Drawn For Trial
of Joe Wendling at Louis
ville Mine Boiler Explode
and Killed Two People
Louisville Ky Nov 2t Special
August Ropke accused of embez
zling 1490000 > from the Fidelity
Trust company pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to the penitentiary
for from 10 to 18 years here today
Wcndllng Jury
Louisville Ky Nov 29 Special
The work of selecting a Jury was
continued In the Wendling case this
8d
morning One of the Jurors selected
yesterday is 111 making II necessary
to choose eight more A new panel
waa ordered
Two Killed by Explosion
Sturgis Ky Nov 29 Special
At the mines of the Bell Union
Coal company five miles from here
a boiler explosIon killed Manager J
T Clifford and Charles Travis blow
Ing them to pieces Travis head
was severed from hIs body
Want Aero Corps
Washington Nov 29The army
ordnance and fortifications board In
Its annual report to tho secretary of
war today recommended the pur
chase of a number of aeroplanes and
the establishment of an aero corps
Fire at Golconda
Golconda 111 Nov 29IThe
Eagle clothing store owned by
Carl Kuhl and the office of the New
Era on the second floor was dam
aged several hundred dollars last
night at 8 oclock when fire broke
ee
out Prompt action of the fire de
partment eayed the building The I
chief damage to the stock of cloth
lag was done by water
Two Fires Extinguished
Since yesterday the fire depart
ment has answered two alarms but
nightm
at 620 oclock tome paper caught I
fire at tho residence of Al Shoe
maker 1249 Kentucky avenue Hose
companies Nos 3 and 5 answered
the alarm and extlnsushed the blaze
with out any logs The second alarm
was answered this morning at 1030
oclock by hose companies Nos 1
and 4 and truck company No 4 at
the home of A Sells 719 South
Third street A gasoline stove ex
ploded but damage was done
INITIATIVE AND
THE REFERENDUM
LITTLE BALLOT CARRIES IN IL
LINOIS ELECTION 1JY Hid
VOTE
Springfield 111 Nov 29Com
plete official returns from the entire
state on the little Ballot pro 10111
tions submitted at the November
election In Illinois show the follow
ing For amendment to the constitu
ton providing the Initiative and ret
erendum 4C507C against It 128397
For state wide civil service 411
G7G against It 121133
For a corrupt practice act 422
437 against it 122689
SHOP
SHOPEARLY
EARLY
Buy your Christmas Pre
sents earlyearly in the
day and early in Decem
ber That will be your
biggest gift of the holidays
to the workers behind the
counters andon delivery
wagons
n
a
IUD AS FOOTBALL S
Lima Ohio Nov 29CUr
a loy Gorhart lightweight boxer
of Detroit lies unconscious here e
today as the result of a cerebral
hemorrhage He Is exxpected
to did Gearhart went tern
rounds with Jack Mcllenry
I here last night
11111 III 1111111
ISLAND GREEKS
BRIDGE PLANNED
CITY ENGINEER WHITES EX
WHIT TO BEGIN worm ON
SICIJ IOATIOsSI I
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Another seep In th j building of the
1
proposed bridge over Island creek
was taken today by the city when I
City Engineer L A Washington
wrote to Wilbur J Watson the spe
dal bridge engineer of Cleveland I
who was here n few weeks ago tn
structing him to proceed with the
plans for the public bridge which It
Is estimated will cost between J30 I
000 and 40000
Since the general council has con
conIInured
Inured in the report of the bridge J
committee in refusing the building of I
a bridge jointly with the Paducah J
Traction company City Engineer
Washington has directed his atten J
tion to the MOflOO structure sug
gested by Mr Watson The bridge
for vehicles and pedestrians is to be
about 300 feet In length and 40 feetI I
la width It will have a 28foot
roadway and sixfoot sidewalk onI I
either plllo The bridge Is to be tho I
same type of bridge as the first EUgj
gcsted being of reenforced concrete
with no steel work exposed
As soon as Mr Watson finishes j
flnlsheslthe I
the drawings the blue prints will be
sent here and the general council
will be ready to let the contract It
couneHI
Is believed that the contract will be I
awarded In January when tho prico
of cement Is much cheaper With I
that off the citys hands the work 1
will be up to the contractor I
I
License is Changed
Tho county saloon license ofM L
RIckman Eighth and Husbands
streets was transferred to Theobald I
Peters who conducts a restaurant at 2
Eleventh street and Broadway lUck I
man appealed from an order of IayJ i J
or Smith revoking his license re
cently HUNDREDlj lj
OVER TWO HUNDRED j
PERISH IN CASPIAN
CASPIANI I
Berlin Germany Nov 292801
Russians and Persians perished j
when ten vessels went down in a I
hurricane on the Caspian sea ac
cording to dispatches received hero I
today to The Tageblatt 20 per I
sons were rescued by the crew of I
a vessel who witnessed the sinking
Slnklnglor I
ot tho other ships neas Astrachan
FAMOUS FORGERI I
I
BEGINS HIS TERM I
SOXilVLAW OF ST LOUIS MIL
LIONAIRE TAKES TWO
YEARS
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Jefferson City Mo Nov 29M
DwIght Fortner a former St Louis
real estate operator and soninlaw
of A IL llandlan a millionaire man
ufacturer withdrew his appeal from
conviction of forgery before the su
preme court today and was commit
ted to the state penitentiary for two
years
yearsHe was convicted a year ago of
forging the name of Henry S Tulley I
to a check for 113000 Fortner
was captured In Paris FortnerI I
a chaso of 5000 miles through the
gulf ot Mexico across Panama and
tho Atlantic ocean Ho was trailed
by his lavish expenditure of 100
billsChicago
Chicago Market
Dee HIch Low Close
Wheat 8054 89 89h
Corn 44V 434 89I I
Oats 313k 30tt 313k
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ROUSTABOUT RUNS
AMUCK AND JUMPS
INTO GOLD RIVER
Alleged to Have Robbed and
Shot Comrade and Fired
at Police
Ernest Phillips Takes to Life
Preserver
POLICE FOLLOW IN A SKIFF
I
Ernest Phillips a desperate negro
22 years old of Clarksvllle Tenn
was pulled from tho Tennessee river
at 1230 oclock this afternoon by
bPatrolman
Patrolman Walter England and two
volunteers after It la alleged he had
robbed John Taylor colored 2G of
PemsTviUe Tenn of 3 shot him
and engaged In a pistol duel with
Patrolman Henley Franklin from the
fleet of tho West Kentucky coal
company at the foot of Tennessee
street
IHe was looked up on two charges
of malicious shooting with Intent to
kill His two revolvers sunk
Taylor the victim was struck la
tho left thigh and a second bullet
nipped the lobe of his loft CaT Ha
Is not seriously hurt
Between 15 and 20 shots were
Bred In the roundup According to
Taylor Phillips knocked him In the
head with the buttend of bfs revel
lvel at the foot of Ohio street took
his money and then opened fire Tay
lor Tan but escaped throe additional
shots
Tho police were notified and
Patrolmen Henley Franklin and
Walter England with Fire Chief
James Wood hailed a taxlcab and
wero driven at full speed to the
scene
In the meantime Phillips who was
armed with two revolvers had run to
toIthe
road Incline between Norton and
Tennessee streets and was unfasten
ing a skiff when the officers jumped
from the cab and gave pursuit
Phillips jumped Into tho skiff and
pulled for the fleet of burgers sev
oral yards out and fired one shot at
Patrolman Franklin who returned
fire Phillips jumped to the towboat
Reaper darted across the deck and
bid behind the gunwale of the tow
boat Gleaner He raised both
weapons and fired at Patrolman
Franklin who was lucky again and
escaped being struck Patrolman
Franklin forged ahead and PhOMps
seeing ho was cornered hurdled over
several barges grabbed a life pre
server and Jumped Into the river
swimming out srteam as fast as he
could His two revolvers were lost
In the river
Patrolmen Franklin and England
continued firing and peppered tho
water where tho negros headi was
protruding but failed to hit him
IWAter
Securing a skiff Patroman England
enlisted the services ot two laborers
land TO wed out to Phlllps who was
more than willing to surrender Half
drowned and chilled he was pulled
from the Soy water and conveyed to
the bank and afterwards transferred
transferralIto
with malicious shooting and wound
Ing with Intent to kill and malicious
shooting without woundng wth ntont
to kill
killTatfor was hauled to the police
Ifu1or
station In the patrol wagon and his
wounds dressed by City Physician
W J Bass
Both negroes are roustabouts on
the steamer Clyde which arrived
this morning from Waterloo Ala It
his thought they had some difficulty
up tho Tennessee river Phtlllpa toad
a hard chin la jail
U P Man Passes Through
On a special train M L Schleff a
director of the Union Pacific rail
road Jn private car No 916 passed
through Paducah this morning en
route from New York to New Or
leans At Louisville the private car
of Mr AE Cliff superintendent of
southern lines of the Illinois Central
was connected to the train
STATE AND COUNTY TAX
COLLECTIONS ARE BIG
Money Is pouring Into the office
lof Sheriff Gcorgo W Houspr and ho
and his deputies aro busy collecting
tho county and state taxes To
morrow will bo the last day for tho
payment of tho tax without tho
penalty of ten per cent and prop =
arty owners have crowded the office
all day In order to accommodate
the tax payers Sheriff Houser will
keep his office which Is located on
South Fourth street open tonight
and also Wednesday night Sheriff
Houser has Issued the edict that ho
will lovy upon property add sell It
for taxes after December 1 and
many former delinquent taxpayers
Shave paid their taxes on time
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