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a AD 4 a ¥ % ow re ub st rongly for sound money Suffocated in a Fire. MANY DRIVEN FROM HOME yuisville, Dec, 2.—Silas Williams No Mope of Breaking the Gorge |?" | 10 Hope aking " or Staying the Flood, JUDGE BREATHITT | iver sae | wn Be Renominated For Judge IN PANIC, AWAITING THE OUTCOME ppewa Falls, Wis., Dec Thishas been aday of excitement | yy and anxiety and finds the inhabitants Of this little village in a state border ing on panic, ‘The worst of the situ- ation is the knowledge of the impen- ding di are utt ly helpless to stay or to avert in, have been ger and of the fact that they joway county was i t t in the Third Jadicial | PRES! District. F uige W. B. Key For Attor- ney. Ma e A well known Republican of Cal- rning, and to a representative it. Those whose houses the ew heveatd flooded have reinoved such of their) phe Republicans of the Thira| °°’* household goods and belongings to! Judicial district. will renondnate | *”* higher ground and are hoddled to-| Judge James Breathitt, of Hopkins: |? gether in the schoul honses and other | yijje, for cireuit ludge, and will nom be vacant buildings out of the path of inate Judge W. 1. Key, of Murray vs the torrent that is sweeping down | fy eormmonwealth’s . ry several of the main streets “Why, Judge Key , seme All hope of breaking the gorge and | ye not?"” interposed | " thus allowing the pent-up waters to Judge Key,"’ he cor ed he gradually subside is now abandoned. | never taken an active part in | ie All efforts are now directed toward p16 js recognized e of the removing household goods and mer- | jawyers in the He i “ chandise out of the reach of the flood. ever, a Popul He has tw weal Every team in the city has been en- ejected sheriff of Calloway |“ gaged in this work. Every reside and he filled the office of and business firm of River street has Shay Bergeron Tbe ° ueF : moved out, The Chippewa Lumber | hada better officer, You may sy] yx and Boom company’s mill and yards that the ans of t «i all hope has are under water been given up of saving the entire wi business portion of the place from be ing submerged, and the water ¥ soon reach the house. blooka from the river. A report from Lit brought in yesterday that gorge was forming thirty miles above! De here, and this greatly added to the court eight Falls was other break alarm, as in vase it should nothing could save the city from be- ing swept away. T Reports of ‘a very serious nature came from down the river The country everywhere is flooded, The gorge continues to grow in extent It is now five miles long and in many places thirty to fifty feet bigh. It completely dams the river and this is are unanin usly for hiv t make the race he will] “y an easy winner.’ | HERE'S A WINNER, = |x aily Sun and Kentucky Colonel | 50 Cents a Month. | M he Best Combination Yet Of- fered to Paducah Readers, By special sof the ‘Ke what is causing the rapid rise of the the river here. The heavy rains of last eae Ocienehi’s i ir week were followed by @ sudden) joes ana itinetrated entiole fruvae which quivkly massed We) 8002 No peor in. the state ye floating ice in the Chippewa and the swiftly running current contin ms : dl - t| ually added to it until it reached its the uation | present gigantic proportions. Below "yi sen cover Bey | here the Chip ge Thre a osinns | is no flood at Eau Claire, | tae “age ne fact is causing the people at that; - _ place much uneasiness, as it indica ee ! the water is being piled up as | : ‘a dam above them The ive pack tt Badger Mills, half way between Ea\ Peatast es Claire and Chippewa Falls, is grow <b . wad every thin, ing in extent » that the river is chok to indic ing up. It is not believed tha rious can happen under tt conditions for at least a day or tw. and it fe believed that every one has been sufficiently warned and is in readiness to fly the moment the gorge breaks. — A DEMOCRATS, NATION Q Better Tone to Markets Today, ' New York, Dee. 2.—The stock and grain markets show a muc bh bet- ter tone today than yesterday ‘Trading was brisk and the prices considerably stiffer than yeste erday. \ fe. Burned With the House, Pioneer, Tenn,, Deo, 2 ne resi- dence of William Hewitt was burned | here at an early hour this morning, | that a joke wag being attempted when the coal house door was of iving Devotee of the Violin. t the Opera How Monday Night, Decembe owTheir, Exeeutiye Committee to . ; Meet in Indianapolis All lovers c n December 10. tan hn Waele ; ele Indianapdlis, Dec, 2.—William 1D, | 8t the Opera He « M md Bynum, chairman of the national ¢ve? . arKnes r } committee of the Demoeratic party, | Col! ere is no who has been in the East ten days | Perior | Hog seis rigs conferring with leading men in the aad itis ¢ ny a 1 1 party, returned bome last even Ae 6 plus ing, and — today announced | AD at] that he had Hed —a| tractioy meeting of the executive comumitee of iat J urred f the party for this city Decemyer 10. | 0s ‘The committee, at this meeting, will Me srobably decide on the future course vr the party, From all over there aiteress eigssion ; bas come a demand that the organi- | #¢ 0 ne” neler zation be made permanent, and re- me ee 5 , ; Sein ta Gahting trim, long as ibe|grens Bemong! Yili over fogis tree silver Democrats continue to talk | The ia opnege cx ‘of fight, and it scems certain that | concerts is $1.00) bul ik ‘ thie will be the policy decided upon, | permission to pace it “Phe committee will meet at 2 p.m _ er . nay, For peiviles 1 an at the Bates House. Us Doped apd Uallaved the mualo for ~ Big Blast Fired. taste by a very large house ae shitrop, Pa., Dec. 2.—The Sharon | Iron Company's big furnace was put SAW AGHOsT. in blast yesterday, after an idleness of several months. About 125 men | sw pb ‘afte sted by the resumption. ‘The Predicament of Mr. John Thomp=- furnace has been completely repaired sou. | and a steady run is preticted sma'usaaina nt Goorin vit The Alice furnace at Sharpsville is| | 1) /ea who was killed Saturday | undergoing repairs and will shortly | T)00) Alden, were embalmed by Cor-| be in blast. oner Nance aud placed in a coilin to} ne wee ye how long the can be Sharkey and Fitzsimmons. te aa sort A ig ay oan) Ban Francisco, Dec, 2.—Arrange-| inthe coal house, endwise against ents are completed for the fight be-| iio wall wiih the grewsome content tween Sharkey and Fitzsimmons, and exposed to whowver opened the door | ‘ Joes Interrupted by the police it)" r aicnt Mr. John ‘Thompson, |! wag pale off here tonight. Bet-| o¢ ihe city hall, dropped in the es-|t ting is Wwavy with Fits as favorite Sohilehansat and ak baked to ao beck and got a bucket of coal, He fe y complied, Raving no intin his hair raised straight up and he ran! Remains ght out, One sight of the ghastly | of the corpse had sufficet, anid setting the empty coal bucket on the floor, he swore he bad seen a ghost, | twenty feet of the door again, i Hundreds Are Butchered in Cold Blood. ything That Can Sustain Life Mercilessly Destroye DEWT CONSIDERING THE QUESTION, » Fla., De 1 Wey- “¢ Maly to be car.| Mrs Nancy Feagin Dies at the! Lee Dunlay, malicious entti h, as from all repotte from Age of 74. trison Maxwell, malicious cut ear where W is now tf The 8 , army|Had Lived Near Florence Sta-| Henry Cramp, grand larceny very before z tion For Thirty Years. Charies Wade, malicious cutting that it cannot use 1: M. iJ. Gallagher, disorde and leaving a wide waste| Mrs, Naney Feagin, aged 74, died] J. Ts Bethel, residing on boa 1 and desolation in its w last night of dropsy, at her home| without a license ple y e We to | near rence Station, in Graves] Florence Patton, appeal t at | j county, She had been a resident of | Jeff Lowry, malicious shoot with oaths and i ality for over 30 years, and| Fred Mouser, selling liquor f worse. Over jwas a well known and “highly re-|uinor. we |spected lady. She leaves seven ch { ast time, all{dren to mourn her loss. Thedeceased peeon, Chas, Thoms 7 ane story 1s born in North Carolina. Mastin; robbery, atlas. bet Care John L. Johnson ‘and Will Skelton ; 7 Lonnie Powell, aged 8, died at his | house breaking | nee ; [home near Massac last night of bowel] Same, grand larceny | ; { le. The remains were today] John I on, obtaining monéy nil lat Johnson cemetery. hy false 3 | ia pak watt HEAL EETATEC mi Ajexas erand Jeff Tacker i Auce 8 . fd , a ver [Several Important ‘Transfers |Jones and Gib Glasson, gaming, | the 4 : Made Today, Ide F vawidly house | : y house ¢ / ¥ ed) ‘Today Mr. Oscar Turner deeded ardand H. O. Polk, c toMr W Abram, for $8085, the Ii pox into the state. ra 's hot lot adjoining Loeb property on andard, common nuis- 2 ' DIS) Broadway. ‘The property will be iin | s | proved at onee. Jake Reiderman, T. P. and E, C. ‘orter, renting house to bawds, A Cabinet Crisis Mr. W. E, Allen and wife today | "nets tenting house to bawds. lec. 2.—The ted | deeded to Mr, G. R. Davis for $22 i ree Ike Buer, suffering gaming ere sf near Fourth and Court Wattainen. tn ; , Roland Curd, suffering gaming ~ C Mr. Alonzo Elliott today deeded to] Fred Connerus, malicious strik- ‘ i be over-|Nick Yopp, tor $1000, property at |" : The ¢ ave been ap-| Seventh and Tennessee streets. + Keeping saloon y it has be rey , shutting auaimet the|, rhe West End Improvement Co., Lagomarsino, suffering Any Peete eatinet crisis |tOUay deeded to Mi . P. Noble, | gaming sent Galillo will be driven |*% $800, lot efferson and] HL. M. Newport | : W the reault will | TWeuty-fitst stre * H, Michael | nthe ¢ i condition of | the Dostimonial 1% Rai’ re ape What Mr. Je ell, the well-| George Parker, same { Ne yh “4 2 ]icnown steamb arpenter, says:| John Hennessey, displaying a cir-| ¢ that Brevolullon | Wop years I 1 pen a great suffer-| cus without a | . er from 1 ed from ex-| Yowan Stanov une FIGHTING IN CUBA Fos y hs bed 2 bay Taylor, t : . riePevery-| Walter W. Powe taining mon oF Course, the Insurgents get n uniil | ey under false pretenses Were Made t bdatle of Ri « Reaben Burrough, wilful murde n truthfully si without a lice Ga re | juor toa é ‘ pany’s offjoc nor e | + ne bottle. (Signed) hlinu er, same Jous Powent 8, N « ng money by Paducah, Ky { . | reader A $1 botule for cents rging aud collec- of | Ullice, 110 South Third street , 1 arged ‘4 i N ba MARKETS, {ng excessive Curcago, Dee. 2.—December] wanreD eat, white t nts gvere] wheat opened at 80!a-36, its] housework tamily t goed be point was 80'4-4s, closed] washing of ironing. at once at were even noe BO 608 North Sixth streét a2 2 1 Vijia. ‘1 | wheat opened at 84 to ie ‘hea uth Third | On th its highest point was 84 hea the ask te the pr ; V losed at 82 t_ price Ht see the » We wee] Dee. eorn opened at 1 ji int was 2 l ; ‘ hest point was 181%, and closed Just Receive ed | Cuba,} January pork opened at 87.57 me ‘ of and closed at $7.67-70, c ©) January lard opened at $3.81-90 ae ned at $3.82 5 and for} J opened at 87.561 LOO Pounds ai : a an T ’ Rio, a M ypened at $7.73 and | | . . that closed at $7,749 CY LER 8. | M 2'y per cent | Jerry Porter on the Situation, | ———————— } f ) \ : ap Worl { Mr. Jerry M ah ; pp ote weal} ite a hand in the Repub- . umble for United Gl ) R ) dh tl coe i en route from : P < Frankfort to his home, Mr. Porter 8 > i | » Frankfort, had a long inter " yar : clined to say last at whether the > He . {| governor had or bad not tntimated Pasadhayk ; Jhim_ his intention to call an ex M . | session He admitted, however peclgtct San Cristo.|tuat the purpose ef the Rey an W ayou & { pe ri ind money United States senator : It is well known Mr. Porter does not nl) 4107 v0 1¢ the] ¢ } . A i { ler Dr. W, Ge lfrey Hunter a Nobby Fall Suit). ; by Col, [Sound money republican and that To Be Treated By the n His Mess. ring Completion Ww gton, D 2 As there and couldn't be induced to go within) will | re regular meet { the Cabinet before the assemb- «only one WAY ECEMUER 2, 188 i DAW SUN. A THE DOCKET a | VOLUME 1—-NUMBER 70 PADUUAH, KENTUCKY) WE DAY, 0) ——— — and with it Mr, Hewitt's 19-year old ling of congress, all the members | daughter, The family did werpresent at today’s meeting to j wer the absence of the dav discuss e portions of the forth intil too late to rescue her, The er oming message of the president tt ] . “i itents of the house were burned relate to the business of their respec- | For the Approaching ™~., 7 Death and Destruction to Non-|{ive departments. | With one exce} Cirew ~ ‘aid r for Sound Money. . m the message 1 penOtenny. 908 Patent i D nite, W.0 Combatants. ete and awaiting only a few fini Chippewa Walls, Wisconsin, Vie- Hunter, of Bowling Green, Ky., © g touches. This exception fs 1 A Nuyiber of es 5 apparently the w netive cand portant for it concerns the trent tim of Floods Caused ar tasy tee Untied Sieks’ bene ment of the Cuban question By lee Gorge. trom Kentucky, was in this city to- LEAVES THEM TO STARVATION, SHORT STORY day aud in an interview comes « Theollowing it Court Prisoners Are in Jail Awaiting Indictment e the dockg@yt¥Lne whi And it Was Soon Told This Morn! ¢riming term of circuit cour ing, beging Monday. — In addi ase ow, a The session of Judge Sanders’ | importe int oveupjed but a few moment's] been indicted, and are in ja time this forenoon. ing the action of the grand jury Two young railroad men were fined] Della Allen, malicious shootit 85 and costs for being drunk and dis-| Ed Gwens, malicious orderly {JShadbach Gills, malicious shoot- Tle case against Nick Muller,|]ing. colored, charged with false swearing,| Ed Harrison, setting up a game was continued until Saturday on ace} James Hardin, malicious shoot count of the absence of witnesses. AN OL therefore, be electe A Coll Hop told a New to bet that Green, will and that W Ed Farley, o deputy, no pointed, A prominent 0 RESIDENT, dlges not think he shi ectorsilp Gucss. ing Ed § Same, sai Paducah politician Era’? reporter it is safe | Dr. Turner, of Bow! be appointed collector ill Farley, son of Capt of Paducah, will be mater who is 1, grand larceny Thox Abbe Dick Clement ALL grand larceny | 109-117 N, Third St os = Wve Pevevevevevy | Seeneew ~« Holiday Goods All Displayed _ Our stock is replete with the latest things of foreign and domestic manufacture in “oi Fine China, Cut Glass, Fancy Baskets and Handsome Lamps, Selecting your Christmas Presents now you have first ° choice from the leading stock of Paducah. fe |Elegant line of CHAFING DISHES just received, B07 Broadway. GEO. O. HART & SON mi HARDWARE AND STOVE CO. (INCORPORATED.) $ This Store into the § STORE, 1OE we sell yor There are lots of tricks in the trade, and they are practiced more than you think, but not here. makes you sure you're right. ‘This Store gum autees you a safe investment for every dollar you It isa GOOD SHOE full of GOOD SHOES worry our competitors out of cen rett easy when you buy your shoes of 321 Broadway. GEO. ROCK oH SON. 2280094 ta fact » ee ed : BN 3 Be Sure You're Right § on Footwear ere’s a Corker, Boys ~ And gold in your pockets ior one and all to SEE that ON HIM, °\NO,333 BROADWAY! usoese. « CALL AND GET PICKED OVER. $2.25 Men's Calf Shoes seliing at in all the toes, lace or congress. This price is good for one week $1.00 ADKINS & COCHRAN, Shoes bought of us Polished Free, eae at 331 Broadway. «Can't Hold a Candle d The h clothing some house ‘can’t hold a candle’’ to the kind sold by the Oak Hall. Ther ¢ three STRONG POIN Ss send our clothes: The make, the fit, and the exclusive- ss of their style. ‘The fall and winter suits and overcoats which we are now selling are worn li by the BEST DRESSED men and boys in Paducah, and they have gained a complete victory i] over all othot makes for style and lowness of price. ( | Wa ullerstein mK 4 Br others. HALL HENY GREIF, EXPERT LLORSESHOER, orn POURTS ST Expert Track sng Sadie and Haris Llorses |CARRIAGE ANDO BUGGY RE- | PAIRING. 1 Specialty VER SHOP) “ord rd and Bay, s papney,! JW, Moore, DEALER IN ® DENTIST Staple and Fancy areenieg Canned Goods of All Kins, Free delivery to all parts of the city, 406° BROADWAY, OAK Wallerstein HALL] Brothers Cor, 7th and Adams, } ew t 4 “A