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VOL XXVIII NX 121 PADUCAH KY MONDAY EVENING DECEMBER 12 1910 TEN CENTS PER WEEK 1
POSTAL DEFICIT
REDUCED WITHOUT
CDf TING SERVICE
Postmaster General Eliminat
ed Waste and Increased
IncreasedI I
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it
Extension of Usefulness of I i
Department
DISCUSSED IX HIS REPORT
Washington Dec 12 Postmaster
General Hitchcock submitted the fol
lowing report today
A year AgO I ho fiscal records of
tho postal tcrvlco disclosed a deficit
of seventeen and a half million dol
tars the largest in tho litotory of
the country In tho spaco of twelve
months a reduction of cloven and a
half mlUons hM been made In this
deficit tbo excess of expenditures
over receipt ai roported for tho Year
cndcdi Juno 30 Just amounting to
onlf xf6B4WGi88
It fa mood gratifying to report that
this unprecedented reduction has
twin made without any curtailment
of portal facilities On tho contrary
the service has been largely extend
ed
ricn lon of Servlcr
There were established curing the
year over 1SOO now poitofflccs
white the rural delivery system was
greatly extended by putting Into op
eration CIS new routes traversing
altogether 1223C miles
There were appointed from the
eligible lists of the civil rttrvko com
million over 1800 voetofnco clerk
to enlarge the working forces of city
poBtofflccs and over 1000 additional
letter carricrc The ralway mall
eorvlce was strengthened by the op
K > lntmont of about 7 CO employer
all of whom were taken from the
civil service ellgtblo lift The aggro
liatolarlU oftbG new vllrvlce
employ sppolntcd during the year
exceeded i2 0000
Not only wore these numorou ap
polntieos placed l on the rolls but the
department made liberal Increases In
the compensation of employe al
ready 1n the rtrvloo About I17M
CkH wae expended In advancing the
P3 agree of poctoffice clerks witllo
be compenntlon of city letter car
r on war ratted to the extent of
J122COOO Railway malt clerks
received increases of salary aggre
gating nearly I2COOOO
All Increatc l In tho compensation
of pwtofflce employe were based on
a recently adopted system of offlc
Icncy rating that bat had a most
beneficial effect on the service
H erendd9rtJIa Mall
In tho lilt annual ropott of tho
department special attention was dl
rected to taw enormous tom the gOY
ernment miutalna In tho handling and
transportation of pecondcJoes mall
Owing to the rapid Increase In the
volume of such mall the lots In con
ktantly growing A remedy should
bo promptly applied by charging
moro portage In levying the higher
rates It la believed that a distinction
nbould be made between advertising
matter and what I Is tormed legltl
male reading matter Under present
cnrdltlons an Increase In tho poUixo 1
rn + reading matter Is not rccommond
ed Such an Increato would placo a
special burden on a largo number of
tecondca publication including
educational and religious periodicals
that derive little or no profit from
advertising It 10 the circulation of
ths typo of pubVIcatlon which aid
so effectively in tho educational and
moral advancement of the people
that tho government can bert afford
to encourage For thcso publications
and aiM for any other legitimate
reading matter in periodical form
tho department favors a continuation
cf the prevent low poytago vale of 1
pent a pound and recommends that
the ropQtcd Ihcreaso I in rato bo apo
pile I oats o magazine advertising
matter Tha pan would bo In full
accord with Uitf statute governing
secondclots mall a law that never
Continued on Page Two
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Five years older than twice the
ago of his bride William Bochcr
a farmer from Reevesvlllo 111 and
Miss Oracle Wilkins of Rcoveavrlle
111 were married today at the court
house by County Judge Abon W
Barklcj Tho bride IB I Just sweet 1C
while tho groom is 37 years old
THE WEATHER
The predictions and tempera
tam for the past twentyfont
IiOnr will bo found at thq top
of the ftovttitti column Qq page
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White is Appointed Chief Justice
oi United States by President
Taft and Confirmed by Senate
Louisiana Democrat Named
Associate Justice by Oro
ver Cleveland Will Preside
Over Greatest Court
Washington Dec 12Tho senate
thla afternoon confirmed tho ap
pointment of Justice Bdward Doug
las Whlto to bo chief Justice Justice
White Is a native of Louisiana and a
Democrat Ho Is tC years old and
was appointed by Grover Cleveland
In 1S34
Oilier Nominations
Tho senate this afternoon con
firmed tho appointment of Edward
Douglass White as chief Justice of
the supremo court Tho president
also presented tho following other
nominations
Judge WilliS Vandovcntor and
Judge Joseph Lamar as associate
Justices
The following to comprise tho
commerce court
Martin Wo Knapp Robert W
Archbold Wllllani II Hunt John
Emmett Garland and Julian W
I
Mack The following now members
of the Interstate commerce commis
lion Ono to succeed Knapp and
tho other Commissioner Cockrell
Balthaeor II Meyer of Wisconsin
and C C McChord of Kentucky
now president of National Associa
tlon of Railroad Commissioners
Tho senate probably wjll speedily
confirm all nominations in executive
session tbls afternoon
Tho now supremo Justices will bo 4
sworn In after tho courts holiday t
recess January 2 Tho Interstate I
commerce commission will select Its J
own chairman to succeed Knapp I
Tho nomination of Fred KnappI I t
man as solicitor general also wast
confirmed I 4
confirmedllccht 1
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llcclit dl Company to Leave I
The firm of Hccut company I
wholesale clothiers Is considering a
change of location and probably
wfll rirmovo try Paducah to some
1
larger city Tho officers ot the com I
pany admit that tho firm probably
will bo removed from Paducah ThoI I
firm has been located In Paducah
for over 25 years and does a large
business
Print Paper Shipments
Washington Dec 12 Shipments
of news print paper during October
last were greater thau In any previous
1
vious month since these statistics
have been gathered by the commis
sioner of corporation Tho net ship
ments totalled 102878 tons the <
previous maximum last Juno hav
ing been 00667 tons Tbo result I
was a decrease ot 46743 tons of
octojbel
her as compared with 48846 at the I
end ot September Other principal
grades of paper showed moderate I
increases In production during Octo c
bar and as a rule somewhat larger
Increases In shipments I
KICTTLK CAPITOL SITE I
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Oklahoma Kotutn Capitol Committee I
Finally Itonclics Agreement
AgreementII II I
Oklahoma City Okla Dec 12 1
The senate capitol committee reached
an agreement with tho donors of
the northwest capitol site and tho
latter have executed a contract and I
a bond for 100000 The commit
tee will report to the senate that c
tho slto be accepted It consists of 1
CliO acres 20 acres of which are to 1
constitute tho slto proper the re 1
mainder to bo sold as town lots I
within threo years and a fund of I
one million dollars raised with which I
to erect tho capitol I
ARREST IS MADE IN
QUADRUPLE MURDER
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Kansas City Kas Dec 1210 1
lice Chief Zlmmor returned hero this
morning from tho scone of tho quad
ruplo murder on tho Bornhardt farm
near Dallas MO Ho brought with
him John Faglor a farm hand em i
ployed near tbo Bernhardt farm
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who Is suspected of having knowl
edge of tho crime
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BROADWAY SIGNS
AU Broadway merchants havo
boon sent a copy of an ulti
matum soon December 7 by
tho board of public works by
City Auditor Alex Kirkland
Tho letter gives tho rules adopt
ed by the board relative to tho
hanging of signs both plain
and electric Plain elgns mush
be erected under tho super
vision of the street Inspector
and must not be unsightly
Tho electric signs must be sot
up under the supervision of tho
fire chief Street Inspector 1
Ernest Boll has supplied tho
board with a list of all signs on
Broadway and a general clean
ing out of eye sores will be
under war from now until the
first of the year
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NO ENOCH ARDEN
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FOOLISHNESS HERE
TICKET O LEAVE MAN FINDS I
IlimtOTIlEI lj WED TIIEV
ELOPE
Now Orleans Dec 12 Having
completed a two years sentence In
tho Atlanta penitentiary InI I
Kcnrvybrook returned to Now Or
leans only to find that hits betrothed
Mary Erhardc naq wen two weeks
the wife of William Daniels Her
old love returned and the bride In
vaded her bridal chamber with
Kennjlwook wrecked tho furniture
and destroyed tho bridegrooms per
sonal effects and tho couple then fled
Daniels discovering hie desertion
pursued and found the couple In
Dana street at an early hour this
morning Tho men fought and both
were arrested The bride aged 18
says oho will not return to her hue
band She had rowed to await
Kennybrook when ho was convicted
of robbery
robberyMnrdin1
Mnnlmll Circuit Court
ItJp ton Ky I Dc nSpcclal
Tho December criminal and civil
term ot tho Marshall circuit court
was convened today with Circuit
Judgo Wllllan need prodding Only
a short docket Is before tho court
and It la expected that tho cession
WUl bo concluded before tho expira
lion of the week
Want n BIrd CSmy Cad
Paducah Policemen arc waiting
for a being to pass with a ftco gray
overcoat If It Is the right kind of
coat it must bear tho mark of
King St Louis According to a
very meagre report tho coat was
taken from a southbound Illinois
Central train Saturday evening by a
passenger who either mistook It for
his own or knowingly took It from
another passenger whose name was
not clven
Cooper Case With Jury
Eddyvllle Ky Dec 128pe
danTho caao of tho common
wealth against the four men charged
with the murder of Axiom Cooper
ww given to tho Jury this afternoon
at 1 oclock The closing speech was
made for the prosecution by Com
monwealth Attorney Denny P
Smith
Dr Sights Goes Hunting
Dr H P Pshts superintendent of
the western awyJum at Hopklnsvllle
waa In Paducah today en > route to
Calloway county where with several
friends and members qf tho stalo
board of control lie will enjoy soy
oral days hunting Tho party of
runtors will ibo guided by Judgo A J
0 Wolls who resides at Murray Mr
Warren Sights who accompanied tho
hunters as far as Paducah returned
io Hopklnsvlllo this afternoon
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GOOD FELLOWS aro requested to fill out tho following blank
and mall It to l Tho Evening Sun or the PHILANTHROPIC DE
PARTMENT of the Womans club 214 South Seventh street
I will bo Santa Claus to children
I will deliver the present to my children myself
or
I will want the department to deliver tho presents to my
children
Signeda
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Be euro to designate whether you will deliver the presents
yourself
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COMMERCIAL CLUB
WILL CONSIDER
WILLOONSIDERMANY
MANY QUESTIONS
Interurban System and New
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Factory Projects Before
Body
Plans For Next YearTo Be
Discussed
TUESDAY NIGHT AT PALMER
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Several vitally Important I proposl
tlons which If they materialize wlUI I
mark a substantial addition to Padu
cabs commerce will be up botdro the i
Commercial club tomorrow nSpt
They are A proposition for am Inter s
urban railway from Paducah to LODoI t I
Oak Mayfleld Arlington Mother and
JA J 1 I
A proposition uor an overall manu
facturing plant employing about 75 d
men and woment t
A proposition for an enameling
plantj j
A proposition for locating a largo
cigar manufactory
A proposition ° to resurrect the old
glass plant for tho
purpose of making h j
hglass
According to Secretary S Ac
Fowler of the COmmercIal club New
York parties claim to have a right of
way through Graves county from
WIckllffo wp to Leader Kati near the
McOrackon county line and if Padut
cab merchants will form an organlzo
ton tho company will finance an In
terurban line connecting Paducabd
with tho Graz county points It Is d
said the Paducah Traction company
may join In the tine extending ItsI
lino to LoDe Oak
Tho matter of Inviting theJ
Fondrick Cigar company one of thet
largest In tho country to Paducah
from Evansrlllo will bo discussed r
Tho companofs Plant burned last 1
week and It Is said it Is seeking a
new location Aj proposition for an
overall factory employing jt large
Dumber of hands will also beo brought
up as welt as that of bringing an
enameling concern bore
Secretary Fowler has received a
letter from the Stand Glass factoryp
Frankfort which seeks p
at a new
location The company manufac t
tures glass Hocks for building pur
poses and In cam It is secured the I
old glass factory mar bo revived c
An Invitation probably wilt bo ex
tended the Kentucky Federation of
Commercial clubs to hold Its annual
meeting hero In 1911 Secretary I
Fowler will attend a meeting of
executive committee in Owensboro
on December 15
Tho basis of membership for the
ensuing year and proposed plans will
be discussed tomorrow night All of
tho members are asked to attend the
meeting which will bo hold at 730
oclock In the parlors of the Palmer
House
A Family Reunion
A family reunion was held yester
day at the homo of Mr and Mrs
Jesse Bennett In tho county near
Grahamvlllc A dinner was served
In honor of Mr and Mrs John Evora
who will remove to Metropolis ln a
short time Those present weret
Mr and Mrs Elwood Neel Mr andII
Mrs Courtney Nqol Mrs Tell Bill i
Ingrley and daughter Miss Mary E
Billingsley and John Evers and
family J
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familyUNION
UNION OK LABORERS WIIII I
HE ORGANIZED TOMORROW i
A Laborers union will bo organ
ized tomorrow night at the Central
Labor Union with about 30 charter
members Tho new union wilt be
Installed by R Mw MUoa assisted < br
tho members of tho Central Labor
Union Tho charter has arrived and
the new union will bo known as Iso
13 tO 4
13104TAMANY
TAMMANY HALL IS
PARTLY SCORCHED
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FAMOUS POLITICAL CLUB AND I I
TONY PASTORS THEATER
THE SCENE
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New York Dec 121IIstorJc
Tammany Hall was partly destroyed i I j I
by fire early today causing a loss of
1500QO Tho Olympic theater for jj j
merly conducted by Tony Pastor I
and really the first birthplace ot
refined vaudeville was seriously 1
damaged In a strong wind tho
flames threatened tho Central hote
from which 200 guests fled and tho
Academy of Music Tho fire was dis
covered shortly after a big dance
bad ended In Tammany HallI I
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Arthur Miles Louisville Maniac
Murderer Who Made Escape From
Hopkinsville Asylum Was Here
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Paddled Down Cumberland
River Landed at Paducah
Wharf Secured Provisions
and Took Train at Station
confesstof
According to a confession of Wil
liam Proctor who with Arthur Mile
the Louisville murderer escaped
from the Hopklnsvllle asylum oo No
vember 23 they landed it the Padu
cah wharf several days after tbo es
cape and walked up Broadway After
escaping from the asylum the men
made their way to tho Cumberland
river and paddled down to Paducah
Hero they Abandoned their skIff and
lingered around the business district
where they made purchases After
viewing Paducah the two man wool
to the Union elation and purchased
tickets out of the cty Proctor
then claims that Miles left him and
tho asylum authorities are In the
dark as to fata whereabouts Proc I
tor was recaptured
Jill eg was condomned to die but a
jury found him rattans
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D G Tilley 72 years old died atf f
his home 1220 Bernhalm avenuoI I
Saturday evening at 630 oclock of
complications and general debility I
He was born in Sholbyvlllo Ky and
had lived hero for 25 years Ho
was a member of the North Twelfth E
Street Baptist church Ho leaves r
three daughters and four sons Mrs
Ellen Sellers St Louis Mrs Mattie I
Ford and Miss Bessie Tllley of rar
ducah Messrs J A R K and J
W Tilley of Paducab and D F r
Tlllcy of Camp Walton Fla He d
also leaves one sister Mjs nettle p
Lewis of Mayfleld The funeral was t
held this morning and burial was at tl
Colllersvllle The Rev J R Clark v
pastor of the North Tewltth Street
Baptist church omclatedt
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STANDARD OILREFUSED u
REHEARING OF REBATES k
Washington Doc 12Tho su j
preme court today refused to review
the conviction of the Standard 011
company for accepting rebates from
Now England railroads and the d
company must pay Its fine of u
J21000 ti
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OLYMPIC REACHED f
BY RESCUE BOATS
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WIRELESS FROM THE PACIFIC
STEAMER BRINGS SPEEDY
AID
Valdez Alaska Dec 12Tho
steamer June and Dora and the
United States government launch t
Fort Llscum reached tho wreck oft
tbo Alaska Steamship companys t
steamer Olympic this morning andt
Immediately began taking off the f
52 passengers and crew otk 64 At
wireless to this effect from the re
lief vessels lacks details Tho Olym
A
pics wireless failed yesterday afterl l
Its operator had flashed tho distress c
signal saying Heavy seas break
Ing over us Position most peril i
ous All on deck
Tho Olympic left Cordova Satur t
day night for Valdez ID a GOmllo
gale Tho ship went d round orcI I
Bllgh Island
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BEAN IN THROAT
With a largo kidney bean I
lodged in his throat Alonzo
Linn 4 years old was brought
to Paducah Saturday night from
his home in Brookporl The
lad had the bean In his mouth
and thoughtlessly he swallowed
It The child obtained his
breath with great difficulty and
to prevent death by strangula
1 Lion tho lad was rushed to 11
Riverside hospital Saturday 1
night and the bean was re
moved 1
IIISIIISIIIIIIINO
NO FIREWORKS IN
CM CHRISTMAS
POLICE AND FIRE CHIEFS OOOP
ERATE TO PREfENT TUEIH
USE
This will be a Christmas without
fireworks or cannon crackers as the
fireworks ordinance passed by the
general council last summer la In
effect and It Is a violation of the
law to retail reworks as welt auto
explode tho explosives The ordi
nanco Is stringent and tho email
boy will have to spend Christmas
playing with sane toys and eating a
feastBoth
Both Chief ot Police Singer and
Flro Chief Wood will enforce tho or
dinance strictly and today began tho
publication of an official notice of
the ordinance warnn the citizens
that prosecutions will follow any
violations
The fire department will estab
flab a record It the city Is not visit
ed by a devastating fire before Jan
uary 1 and ChIef Wood believes that
the new ordinance is a great old to
keeping down the fire loss So far
this year tho total fire toss Is about
OOW as compared with a kiss of
142000 last year
Small Boats to Caribbean
Washington Doc 12The navy
department Is taking grope to cstab
IIs an adequate service of cstabI
tecUvo municipal bo tsln the Carib
bean sea next year Orders were
sent out today from the department
for the Marietta the Petrel and tho
Dubuquo to repair to those waters
early In the year for general serv
ice while tho gunboat Paducah has
been assigned to survey work on the
Central American coast and also willI I
be available for police duty
BURGLAR REPENTS AND
REPLACES HIS BOOTY
A penitent burglar broko Into the
residence of Mr E Futrell at Lobo
Oak last Friday night Tho robbery
took placo while Mr Futrell was re
turning to ha homo for supper As
he tried to unlock the front door
tho burglar pushed against It and
finally after a game of hide end seek
tho burglar escaped Mr Futrell
mimed a fine pistol and a lap robe
good clow WAS found and the po
lice wero notified of the robbery
Sunday morning when Mr Futrell
awoko ho found the pistol wrapped
In the hap robe and placed on the
back porch
ZELAYA DESIRES
1TO RETURN HOME
NICARAGUAN EXILE SAYS HE
HAS HAD NO PEACE IN
WANDERINGS
New York Dec 12oonoral Jo v
Zolayn tho deposed president of
Nlcaraugua will como to the United
States soon to call on President Taft
and then npppal to President
Estrada of Nlcaraugua for permis
sion to return from his exile In Bol
glum according to a letter from him
received today t > y his son Alfonso
Zelaya declares ho will avoid politics
I have not had a moments peace
since I left my soil ho writes
Chicago Market
Dec High Low Close
Wheat 91 tf 9U 91
Corn 461 46 4G < K
Oats Of 31 313 3l <
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WIDOW OF FORMER
GOVERNOR KING
JOINS HIM AGAIN
Dispatch From Denver Tells
of Her Death There
YesterdaYj
Confederate Veteran Ans
wers Last Summons
PNEUMONIA CLAIMS VICTIM
The family of Dr John O Brooks
received a telegram yesterday even
ing announcing the death of Mrs
Leo Ann King widow of the lato
Governor John QA King at Den
ver Col at 11 oclock Sunday
morning No detail were given
and her death Is thought to have
been duo to Infirmities accompany
accompuyIng atv
tvbreakdown
breakdownMrs
Mrs King was the mother of Mrs
J Q Brooks who accompanied by
Dr Brooks left several days ago to
attend her bedside She visited here
seven months ago and has many
warm personal friends especially
among tho older residents Mrs
King was about 80 years old and
formerly lived in Paducab where
her husband John Q A King prac
tlced law Ho was governor of Ken
tucky for a short time having filled
out an unexpIred term About 35
years ago they moved to Denver
where Governor King died shortlyt
afterwards and since that time Mrs
King resided with her daughter
Mrs Nannie K Bagwell Eho was
a member of a very prominent fam
ily and was a brilliant woman of
charming personality She was wide
ly I known in Paducah and was a
member of the Christian church
Besides Mrs Brooks and Mrs
Bagwell two other daughters sur
vive Mrs Ellen Prackwlnkle of
Salt Lake City Utah and Mrs
Goode FelthauBor of St Paul D1inn1t
1tThe
this afternoon and her body will be
burled In Denver
Dr and Mrs Brooks are expected
home the latter part of this week
Confederate Veteran Dies
Albert Allies Dumalne 65 ear
old a Confederate veteran answered
his last call at 960 oclock this
morning athls home Tenth and
Terrell streets His physicians did
not agree as to the exact cause of
his death He had been suffering
with what Is thought to have been
softening of the brain and compli
cations The beginning of his Ill
ness dated back to June 22 and for
the past eight weeks he had been
confined to his bed
Dr Dumalno was a well known
and respected truck gardener He
was born in Paris France October
5 1845 and in the early fifties ho
sailed fir the United States land l
ing at New Orleans Ho remained
thero about a year and then came
to Paducah with his father Albert
r Dumalno and they engaged In
the dairy business until the Civil
war broke out He was 18 years
old when he Joined the Confederate
forces In command of General High
man and served for two years He
then returned to Paducah and was
engaged In truck gardening since
A familiar face at the markethous
will be missed with his death
Ho was a member of the St
Francis do Sales Catholic church
Mr Dirmnlno was first married to
Miss Pauline Blchon In 1872 She
died in 1880 and In 1888 ho was ry
married for the second time to MISS
Cecile Martin Her death occurreda
in 1894 Surviving him are ono
daughter and two SOilS Miss Mary
DuMalne and Messrs Albert and
Dumaino and Messrs Albert and
Aloxander Dumalno Mrs Bertha
Husbands Is a stepdaughter He
leaves three brothersinlaw Messrs
Ernest Dareux of Pine Bluff Ark
Pete and John Blchon of this city
and three granddaughters Misses
Alma Mabel and Kola Dumalno
John D Mellon
Air John D Melton died this
morning at 1 oclock of pneumonta a
at big homo 1 < 27 Burnett street lIe
was 42 years old and a native of y
Webster county Beside his wife
and two llttto sons liarfey and Roya
ho is survived by his father O F
Melton of Henderson and sister
Mrs Mollie Scott of Madteonvllle
The funeral will take place tomor
row afternoon at 1 oclock at tho
residence The burial will be la
Oak Grove cemetery The Rev D
W Fooks wilt officiate
Abner Murder Trial
Paris Ky Dec 12 Special
The cases of Jason Deaton and Tom
and John Davidson and Hacker
Combs for Ute murder of John Ab
ner went to trial todayw
w