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VOL XVIII HOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1896. NO. 41
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CUT PRICE
Many people are always looking for cut prices and they
. are a good thing and it is well worth the people's while to
to look for them. By way of aiding in this hunt we will
ymy thereis never a day but that there can be found in our
TlEock hundreds of pairs of Men's, Women's and Childrens'
SHOES, broken sizesa little off in styleodds and ends
at prices cut from one-half to one-fourth the original price.
Just now we have on our Cut Price Table
100 pairs women's and misses' fine hand turn button shoes,
all l's and 1 1-2's, original price $2.50 to $4.00, Cut to 50c
15 pairs women's patent tip button shoes, broken sizes, original
price $1.25, Cut to 75c
25 pairs women's glove grain lace shoes, all sizes, original
price $1.00, Cut to 75c
47 pairs women's kid button, heel and spring heel, plain toes
and patent tip, only 21-2, 3, 4 and 8, orig. price $1.50, Cut to $1
54 pairs Anderson's Wonderful $1.99 Shoes, sizes 1, 1 1-2, 2, 21-2,
and 3Cut to $1.50
75 pairs Zeigler's fine hand turned button shoes worth $4.00,
broken sizes, mostly small, Cut to $1.50
25 pairs men's finest patent leather shoes, broken sizes, Stacy,
Adams & Co's make, original price $6.00, Cut to $3.99
14 pairs men's calf shoes, sizes 5, 6, 9 and 11, original price
$3.00, cut to.: ........ $1.99
29 pairs men's calf shoes, sizes 6, 61-2, 7, 8, 9 and 10, original
price $2.00, Cut to $1.50
15 pairs men's buff shoes, sizes 6, 7, 8 and 9, original price
$1.25, Cut to r 99c
46 pairs men's oil grain gaiters, broken sizes,, original price
$1.50Cut to ." - $1
48 pairs boVs' shoes, sizes 21-2 to 5 1-2, original price $2.50,
$1.25
On our Cut Price Table we Jtaveover a thousand pairs of
men's, boys', women's and children's shoes good solid custom-made
shoes which we are offering at less than the
prices of the cheapest shoddiest shoes made. COME IN
AND LOOK OVER THIS LOT OF SHOES.
The same is true in our CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. Odds
and Ends and Carried Overs at BIG CUTS. Will tell you
about them next time.
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Commencement Exercises New
Krcrlver Sudden Death Kd Men's
Lodge Storm Nctvb.
A Stranger Luarsn Leg.
Charles Moruds, a Greek tramp,
was caught under the wheels of a
freight train at the Eleventh street
crossing of the L. & N. railroad Tuesday
and his leg was bo badly crushed
that amputation was necessary.
Moraus claims to have left Athens,
Greece, five years ago, and has been
employed in Chical'0 as a candy maker.
Ho says he is not a professional
tramp, but waB on the road in search
of work.
H? attempted to jump on a moving
car and fell under the wheel, but
managed to roll out except one leg,
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This was crushed from the knee
dowu. Dr. Blakey, the railroad surgeon,
was called in and removed the
leg just above the knee. Morads is
still being cared for by the railroad
people.
He is about 35 years old and has
two brothers living in TexaB, one at
Houston and the other at Waco. A
collection amounting to $20 was
takn up for him by Dr. Wheeler.
Commencement Exerclsei.
The commencement exercises of
Bethel Female College will begin 4o
night with the reception to the graduating
class at 8 p. m.
To-morrow night the public is invited
to the recital for graduation, at
8 o'clock. MiBs Jennie Ball will graduate
in MuBicand Misses Mattie
and Elsie Torrence in Elocution.
The other exercises will be as here
given:
Sunday, Way 31st, 8 p. m. Commencement
Sermon, President T.
Simpson McCall.
Monday. June 1st, 8 p. m. Annual
Concert.
Tuesday, June 2nd, 8 p m. Grad
uating Exercises.
Commencement address, Rev. M.
P. Hunt, D. D., Louisville, Ky.
Wednesday, June 3rd, 4:30 p m.
Class Exercises ontbeXawn.
8 p. mrElbpu0xi Recital.
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An Encampment Ordered.
Frankfort Ky., May 25. The
Guard- camp"of
instruction" for" this year has at last
been ordered by the' Governor. The
order was issued late this1 evening. It
provides for a thirty days' camp at
Mammoth Cave, to becin Julv 11. and
the time to be divided equally among
tne three regiments, The .LousiviIJg
Legion ib ordered into camp from
July 11 to JuJy 20 inclusive, the Second
Regiment from July22 to August
1, inclusive, the Third Regiment from
August 8 to 18, inclusive. A part of
the order says that officers must furnish
their own horses, which can be
transported with the baggage. The
further order as to transportation etc.,
will be issued from the Adjutant General's
office.
Sudden Death of Mrs. ee.
Lafayette, May 25. Died last
Friday night about 1 o'clock, at her
home 3 miles from here in Trigg
county, Mrs. E. Dorse Gee, of heart
disease. Her health had not been
for 6ereral months, but before retiring
she felt better than usual. The
family was awaken by hearing her
make a peculiar noise, and by the
time they got to her bed side she
was dead.
She was 60 years old. Had been a
member of the Christian church at
this place since 1874. She leaves six
sons and 5 daughters all grown. Her
nutiband died about lb years ago.
ShewaB an excellent christian woman.
HopklnBTlUeWlns Two More Games.
The two games of ball played here
this week between Madisonville and
Hopkinsville were jvon by our local
team. On Monday the score was 10
to 0, and on Tuesday 17 to 2. The
local nine played Madisonville, on the'
latter grounds, yesterday and will
play another game this city afternoon.
The next games in this will come off
next Monday and Tuesday, between
Henderson and Hopkinsville, and
loverB of the sport should Bee these
'games as they will be well worth the
lima HJju 'iwucj.
Tne'ittid Mtu'OrganUer
The charter" mem hers of the order
of Red'Men now n'rmber nearly forty
and the Lodge will be formally instituted
tonight. It is understood that
John Y. Owsley will bo the Head
Chief. On Monday night the entire
tribe paraded the town, painting
things red and creating quite a stir.
It is expected that 75 members will
be on hand tonieht and a big delega
tion from Nashville is expected.
Quinine Jim Ilus Small Fox.
Galveston,, Tex., May 26. A cable
gram received here tonight from Lima
Peru, savs United StateB Minister
JameH A MoKenzie. has the smalloox.
I The case is said to be a light one and
the patient is resting easy.
THE BOND MONEY MEN
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THEY SEND OUT ANOTHER
CIRCULAR-
r.ltluigrnphed and and Too
Rich For a l'oor Mhii'h Illood.
Tlie gold standard men this week
resumed their expensive method of
stirring up the voters by flooding the
mails with documents 'Bealed and
stamped. It is estimated that 10,000
Buch documents have burdened the
Hopkinsville mails within the last
two weeks and as postage stamps
costmoney it can be Been that somebody
is very much interested in keeping
money so scarce that a poor devil
cin't handle it without mortgaging
hissoul. The latest circular sent out
ialiUmost too toney for any use. It iB
lithographed with fac simile signatures,
the writing being in a beautiful
business like hand that makes up
in attractivebess what it lacks in ai
gument. Whoso penmanship it
has puzzled the whole town and IS
still one of the unsolved mysteries.
It is give j below :
Hopkinsville, Ky., May 26, '93.
Dear Sir:
On Saturday next, May 30th, at 2
p. m. a Mass convention will be held
at thecouit house in Hopkinsville,
Ky., to elect delegates to the Democratic
State convention, at Lexington,
on June 3rd.
We, are of the opinion that you are
opposed to the proposition that the
mine owners in the little far Western
States be permitted to have the
United States Government coin, without
cost to them, 50 cents worth of
their silver into dollars, and force 95
per cent, of the American people to
take them for 100 cents.
The adoption of Buch a scheme
would cause the immediate withdrawal
of more than six hundred
milliou (600,000,000) gold from circulation,
reduce the value and purchasing
power of the present dollar to 50
cents, and so contract the currency of
'the country as to produce a disastrous
panic and general bankruptcy.
It is a matter of great importance
that every sound money man in Kentucky
attend the Mass conventions on
Saturday, and give emphatic
At the Bame time it would be a most
deserved compliment to endorse that
distinguished statesman and
the Hon. John G. Carlisle
for President.
We beg that you will permit business,
or even unimportant matters of
a private nature to prevent you from
coming to Hopkinsville to perform
such a patriotic duty.
Please endeavor to influence one or
more voters of like opinion to come
with you. Very Truly Yours,
M. D. Brown. F. W. Dabnet.
James D. Hats. E. M. Flack.
J. B. Allensworth. W. P. Winfree.
A. E. Bentley.
Several statements contained in
this very courteous letter would be
important if true, but they do not
happen to be true.
For instance the silver "mine owners"
who have been made poor by the
legislation of the Government in favor
of the gold miners will not commit
any greater Bin than the Government
itseJt is now committing, in shoving a
fifty cent dollar on the people after
destroying half its value. It is but
fair to the people and to the owners
of silver mines whose property was
destroyed, that the wrong be nghtpd.
The Government creates a demand
for gold and fixes the value of that
metal for the rich man and it can do
the same for the poor man's money,
even if the silver miners live in "far
Western States," remote from the
money dealers of the East. The
talk of a 50 cents dollar is stuff and
nonsense and the man who professes
to believe that the United States is
unable to make an honest silver dol
Jar as "sound" as a borrowed gold
dollar, is ready to doubt the stability
of the Government itself and to array
his own opinion dgainst the decisions
of the Supreme court of 'his country.
Equally ridiculous'is
that free silver would withdraw from
circulation S600,000,000? when everybody
with three grams of Bense
knows that the Government has not a
dollar of gold in the '"gambler's reserve
overand above the proceeds of
the last bondB"8oaked with
in. February.
The" Treasury statement Testerday
showed that we still have $108,000,-000,
about a ninety days' supply,
while the banks reported S127,00O,0O0
oa hand previous to the last bond
deal. A part of this was used to
help Secretary Carlisle fasten his last
bonded debt on the people nnd if
there is now more than $200,000 0C0
of gold in this country, nobody knows
where it is and it is already "withdrawn"
from circulation. It is-a fact
that $400,000,000 in gold has been
withdrawn in three years under our
present By stem and there is not now
u doljar in the United States that
is n6t represented by the $290,000,-000
received from the bond sales
in three years by which a $576,000,-
Continued oa Fifth Pago.
HUNDREDS KILLED
TERRIBLE TORNADO
. VISITS ST. L
ID OTHER PLAGES.
ONE CYCLONE
TREADS UPON THE
HEELS OF ANOTHER.
APPALLING REPORTS
FROM ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY.
Tlie Local Windstorm
Thursday Night.
A TORNADO STRIKES HOPKINSVILLE
AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY.
The following damages of a more
or less serious nature were done in
the city, the storm first striking the
Southwestern part.
Bethel Female College, windows
blown in, chimney tops demolished
and part of the main roof torn off. In
the front lawn 15 of the beautiful
shade trees were uprooted or blown
to pieces.
Buckner Leavell, twenty or more
large trees blown down around the
house.- Part of -roof torn-
fences demolished.
Clarence Blakemore, a large forest
tree blown down on the kitchen,
crushing it in.
J. W. Campbell, many fruit and
shade trees demolished.
H. D. Wallace, large trees in back
meadow torn down.
Dr. T. W. Blakey, large tree in his
front yard blown on the front porch.
unas. m. Meacnam, large shade
tree in the front yard blown down,
mashing the front fenee, and several
fruit trees uprooted.
Three large shade trees in Dr.
Armistead's front yard were blown
down.
Mrs. C. P. Phelps, several fruit treeB
blown down.
Mrs. Mary Campbell, two large
shade trees in the front vard blown
down.
T. S. Bryan, the crrove of laiee trees
in the front yard almost entirely destroyed.
Juo. S. Bryan, a number of trees
about the house blown to pieces.
These parties were all in the southern
part of the city and were the first
hit. The storm passed through the
city from west to east. The business
part of town escaped but at the L. &
N. Depot some of the worst damage
was done. The Cayce warehouse, oc
cupied oy jui ijass, col., as a furniture
store, was unroofed and partly
blown down.
The Jno. C. Latham warehouse,
adjoining, occupied by Gaither &
West, was also more or less damaged.
E. Wood, tea treeB in his front
yard were blown down.
E. H. Anderson, three large locust
trees in the front yard blown down.
L. J. Broaddus, on Campbell street,
chimney topB blown off his house and
several trees uprooted.
. V. w. (Jrabb, Wo fruit trees up
rooted.
W. G. Perry, large on
Campbell street, blown down.
Passing on to the east Huffman's
figuring mill was in the track and was
unroofed and the engine room mash
in. From three to four thousand
pounds of flour was exposed to the
rain that followed. Mr. Huffman's
damage ie from $600 to $800.
J ubt outside of town on the east,
Mr. Geo. Green's barn was torn down
Mr. Green is absent from home in
Central Kentucky.
A little further on Miss Annie Mc
Kee's barn, on the farm occupied by
Charlie Garland, wbb also destroyed.
On the south of town Ward
barn was unroofed and a cabin
blown down.
On the west, Joe McCarroll, W. D.
Sunnntrs, T. H. CarloBB and Palmer
Graves lost barns. Mr. Summers
had a cow killed by a falling tree.
VC. E. Sivley had a barn partly unroofed
and the Phelps place was also
damaged in the same way.
'Skinner's Tree," in front of the
Major place; a wild cherry upon
which John Skinner was hanged in
1888, was blown down.
About Crofton many fences and
much timber were destroyed.
Around Pembroke the same kind of
damage was done. The storm seemed
to abate after passing Pembroke.
St. Louis, May 27. A tornado
blowing at the rate of eighty miles an
hour struck St. Louis at 5:15 o'clock
this evening and raged for half an
hour with great fury. As a result
hundreds of lives were lost on both
6ides of the river. Many buildings
were blown down and several river
steamers sunk with all on board.
At present it is impossible to estimate
the number of lives lost. The
hospitals are full of injured and the
morgue contains many dead, while
numbers of slain lay everywhere
among the ruins of the demolished
buildings, A portion of the east end
of the Eads bridge was destroyed.
The grand stand of the fair grounds
and the woman's portion of the jail
were blown down. The Waters &
Pierce Oil Works are burning and
buildings in various sections of the
town are on fire. The Plant Flour
Mill, the St. Louis Iron & Steel
Works were demolished, and the immense
Cupples block was partly destroyed.
Tne dead and injured are being-taken
from the ruins.
At East St. Louis the destruction
seemed greatest. H. C. Rye, the
v estern Union manager at the relay
depot on the east Bide, climbed across
the demolished bridge and reported
the National Hotel, Tremont House,
DeWolf Cafe, Hazel Milling
Company's mill, Horn's cooper-shop
and a great many dwellings east
of there as far as Fifth street district
were gone and many killed. The
Baltimore & Ohio and Vandalia
round-house, Standard Oil WorkB at
East St. Louis and Crescent elevators
and twelve freight houses on the levee
were demolished.
The Republic and several more excursion
steamers, with all on board,
are reported Bunk in the river, and
all the eteamera on the levee have
gone down.
A rough estimate would place the
number of killed and wounded at 1,-
000. Both the western Union and!
Postal companies have lost every
wire to bt. Louis.
This waB sent from a suburban station.
The sender says the city is in total
darkness.
ME LATEST REPORT.
St. Louis. Mar 28, 3 a. m. To Re-
Eublic Bureau, New York
to give more than a rough estimate
of the damage and loss of life
here and at Eabt St. Louis. Probably
500 or 600 killed; twice that number
injured. We havorumorB of cyclone
at Moberiy, Warrensburgj and other
towns in Missouri. Thirty killed at
Vandalia, 111. Local situation terrible.
The Republic.
A NIGHT OF HOBnOR.
"One cannot imagine the aw fulness
of the calamity which has befallen St.
Louis. I have no definite information,
but, from what I have been able
to glean from the few people who
have come out herefrom the city, I
know tliHt the result of the storm is
Simply indescribiible.
,-A boy haH just come iulo my office
who went into the city to ste the
wreck. He 6ays the streets are piled
full of debris; that in many places the
city is under water, and that the dead
and dying are scattered everywhere.
Women and children are shrieking in
the streets, mingling their voices with
the p.teous iuhihih of the wounded,
many of whom are Btill mnned in the
debris of ruined buildings, and who
mu6t perish before assistance can get
to thtn.
"The boy. says people seem to have
lost their reason, and many are running
about in the dark .and dreary
night moaning from-excessive grief at
the loss of friends nnd loved ones.
Everywhere a etate of confusion exists,
-and, notwithstanding the heroic
effortsof those who escaped with
their lives to render assistance to less
lortunate lellow beings, little progress
can be made until daylight, for. with
the exception of such light as is afforded
by burning buildings, the
whole city is shrouded in darkness."
The tornado, proper was preceded
by a tierce wind from the east.
wind. ca,me, and then,
it swelled to a hurricane and there
were three distinct attacks which rip:
ped up roofs and commenced the general
destruction which followed-.
When this wind met one that was
coming from the southwest the tornado
was born, aud returning began
its work of destruction. It 6truckSt.
LouiB on the southwest at a point just
north of Tower Grove Park and traversed
the city in a northeasterly direction
till it reached Grand avenue.
From there it followed the Mill Creek
Valley clear ,to the river, turning-slightly
to tho north when it reached
Tenth street.
At theleveo it swung around almost
at a right augle and swept straight
up the river to beyond Venice and
Madison, Vhore it veered to the east
again. Judging from the report of
the greateBtdamage done, the path
of the storm was on an average of
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