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a Mi verti ‘A ean take in selecting space with us. Now is the time before choice gpace is all taken. oar ne bit is oe {pinion of vertisers as of the SUN as an heb Tr 4 dium. If you are not represented in its columns you should be. E PADUCAH DAILY SUN. VOLUME 1—NUMBER 99 Spanish army, and in favor with the ' Minister Taylor, it is said, inform- ed Sec that the on the point TEN CENTS A WEEK NLY A YEW OF THEM LEFT.” Of Course you know we mean HOLIDAY GOODS __ PADUCAH, KENTUCK MADAY, JANUARY 5, 1897. | which Eaoch Pratt was president up to the time of his death, was diseov- POLICE NEWS ered to be short in his accounts to Li | ¢ the amount of about $60,000 today. é About 10 o'clock this morning Mr. f notified of the dis. P} Cornelius was Judge Sanders Tried Several At1:15 covery and left the bank, : ia o'clock this afternoon his dead body Cases Today, was found in the duck pond at Druid Hill Park. He had committed sui- cide by drowning THEY FALL OUT. WILL ABDIGATE Will Queen Victoria in Favor of Prince of Wales. days ago Madrid were Wey and of successor Capt.- inner uuiy Olney sev authorities at of relieving Gen in Cuba Further Particulars of the Wreck of the Ill-fated Commodore, ler of his command ting as his Gen, Rivera. BUT NOT PKOBABLE. BREACHES OF PEACE MOSTLY. THREE WEALTHY MEN SUICIDE, | SEVERE FIGHTING REPORTED. Phat Gomez and Other rs Will Possi+ | Col. John Hay to be Minister at} Reports Cuban Lea bly” Madrid grams rece Madame Dixon Gets Off Light.— Crazy Man Sent to Jail, Surrender, Threatened ‘Trouble Between the School Board and | Couneil. MINISTER WILLIS DYING IN HAVANA. aaeene a | President Lang Says No Teacher Will Be Put in the New Me- chanicsburg School. Jan, 5.—Private tele- the Court of St. James. ed here from Havana say that Maximo Gomez Cubans will ish authorities Probably Report Gomez Will Surrender Not Believed. it ts possible OFFICER SINGERY ACTING CHIEF. Tae | and other influenti But anything io this line remaining in our stock, is yours at any price until Jan. 1st. TO SAVE INVOIGING, surrender to the § Lee reported mnsuls in Ha- | Gen Consuls to Confer With Havana, Jan. 5.—It that all the United Sta essively come to a conference with the Consul General London, Ja The Westmia ster Gazette ii thority for the re- port that Queen Victoria will abdicate in favor of her son the Prince of Wales Queen Victoria's reign has already exceeded that of George III, the t previous reign in the history The infirmities of ad- | Si Shelby and Amanda McGehee, colored, were arraigned in Judge San- | ders’ court|this morning on a inmmor- ality charge. Shelby is the one who bit Richarn Caldwell’s ear off several months since. Both pleaded not guilty. Officer Senser testified that | he found gthem in a room together at 8 o'clock Sunday morning. There were three or four others in the room, | , but the woman was nude. She said |# she didn’t know Shelby was there. ast Both still pleated not guilty, but a| 109-117 N. Third St. fine of $20 and costs was assessed pst them. Judge Sanders took, ion to illustrate the law. ‘There was a man who used to| give the police a great deal of trouble," he said. ‘One day he gotaa turkey on market without paying for it, and sold it, claiming it to be his own, When he was ar- rested and brought up he laughed it off and said ‘shucks, Sanders can’t do anything with me, it’s all a breach of trust,’ It happened though that the court of appeals decided that 2 person didn’t have to use any dili- gence in purchasing a thing in order to ascertain if it belonged to the one who soldit. This made the offense obtaining money by false pretenses. So when I read the law to the de- fendant, he looked surprised and said: ‘By G—, they've found some new la ‘min it this time.’ He was sent to the penitentiary “Now that is the way in this im- Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 5.—Capt. | Cuba will suc Edward Murphy, ander of the} vana for lost steamer Commodore; Stephen] Fitzhugh Lee, FITZSiMMONS SIGH, There is a probability of a row be- tween the board of education and city council over the Mechanicsburg school house. children in Mechanicsburg ons have long been in need of a public school, the nearest one being half « mile or more away. For this reason the district school building was me gotiated for. Last night ata meeting of the council when the matter of purchas- ing the school building from the trus- tees ata costof $311, there was strong objection to its purchase by the cit; Councilman Livingston said the city did not have the money to spare and the school board had more than it needed, but it was afterwards agreed that the city purchase the building avd deed it at some future time to the school board aad take the nt from the school fund, building may prove of little advantage to the city, an oiler, with four Cut arrived here from Daytona ight. From earned that the long 1e nation. vancing years are the only rea the survivors it is . for her desire to relinquish the throue. men of the Commodore left the ship in four bos Twelve ked in the first, four nd, seve Amer ¥ nthe Mou GEO. 0. HART & SON HARDWARE AND STOVE CO. (INCORPORATED.) ROCKS’ (creat Inventory Sale To close out all reserve and surplus goods previows to taking stock 307 Broadway. load Cabans Articles Entered Into New York Yesterday. more im The Hay for Minister to kngland. Washington, Jan. 5.—It is given 1 astraight tip that Col. John ided on as Minister McKinley ad- the sec third, Marphy, Crane, Higgins and gomery in the fourth The three were life boats, the ast en in the th and Hay has been dec to England under the mistration Large Stakes Fortcited by Stuart If Me es Not Bring Off the Mill March 17, ute rd boat of the lingy. The u ed inthe Laughtin Gives Up. a Covington, Ky Laugh- the ondemned murderer, bas linge New York, Ja Jan. 5 n le t ack Jonly hitch krcbed bti h sope of a reprieve and is fate on Satur- claims to have seen bis a vision and that he will meet ven up to the steamer where t | Fitzsime t . |... [prepared to meet his araft, Th pted | Fitzsimmn id, to tow to shore, furteen miles away, | failure of Stuart a 18 as they started it ery ire Jusy as they star r erin heaven — am) An Obstinate Judge. r Ky, Jan. 5,—A most immediate fight bas been tn progress however. President Lang, of the between the sa- school board, said this morning that and anti-saloon elements. A most emphatically the board will not nvolving the right to sell liquor put any teacher in this year, and that a negro on t himself along the dingy. tait | door d t Morel this te - | att t at erent the . srveinn , ied “| here for some time eant di This is not an or- dinary ‘‘Mark Down’ Sale, but an out and out money-losing « learing sale, the equal of CHILDREN’S SHOES $2.50] ¢1.50..., which will not be seen this season, “Ifa man and woman are found to-|$3.00................ worth, $4.00 | $2.00 gether in a room at that time of the | $2.50...... . | uM night, the law presumes the rest. Let} 2.00 the judgment stand. $1.30 Madame Frankie Dixon, colored, |$1.25...... charged with malicious cutting, was|¢),00., , when near lureh, sai were draw | did James R Ritter Grain, mate man; Mode ANOTHER AFFIDAVIT 3 $ $ : 3 3 : bs. worth +-worth $1.75 +-Wworth $1.50 «worth $1.25 worth $1.00 worth worth 83. 50/ $1.75. worth $3.60 worth $2.50} ++-Worth $2.00 $1.50.. 25 seeeeess Worth § worth That Cannot Be Miscon- strued. THE AMERICAS CLIEZENS + Worth ++-Worth $1.50) $100. Who are Imprisoned in Spanish |, fined $15 and costs for a lesser of- fense by Judge Sanders this morn-| +. Worth $1,00 Ni -worth .75 Prisons to Be Looked After, | ing. | She cut Mary Johnson about a week agoin the arm, and claimed it was done in self-defense. r other and epee Coase to pe GEO. nt | We Deal in Facts and Solicit Your Advertising. A stake der, to 1 vetween Combe jons, if he (Stuart) Sails provi t eemen atthe re The case against Laura Jobnson, ROCK S & SON. Ti cae sagan Tan, Johneon, 8,8. language towards Mrs. Cantrill, of Third and Monroe, was dismissed e re B this morning, and the defendant was of $100 for! 5 OYS, ke eS ee orre York Mail ar captured as 2} arry out th being sick Ine tal of San Au the United Papvcan, Ky., Jan. 5, 1897. indersigned, Manager, Circulator and Pressman of the Pantcan Day Sus do hereby certify that the average daily circulation of the Papvcan Datty Sun for the last thirty days bas been fifteen hundred and fifty papers daily, and that there was delivered by carrier to bona fide subscribers in the chant, was tined $5 and costs in city an average of thirteen hundred and seven each day. the police court this morning for us- | F. M. Fisnen, Manager ing abusive language toward Charles A. Hit, City Circulator. Michael, He pleaded guilty. Ep. Werusnincton, Pressman, Dr. Burge We, the recognized in the sum good behavior. ~ | Ike Cohen, the Second street mer-| hysician t ' —_ SETTING THE PACE, AND WE ARE STEPPING LIVELY, We are going to offer the Biggest Shoe Bar i gain of thi x 76 pairs of Hanan & Son’s Fine Enamel and patent phd i Calf Shoes. retailed the world over for $6.00 and $7.00, go next THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY for > Only $4.40 Cash. Remember, ‘THIS opportunity lasts only 3 days. That will be your chance to buy the finest high ade Shoes in the world for lées sulate Ge vernme Mr. Ik today a sondit proved Osear Cesped from Manta Hava Aaron Franklin, bead waiter at the : Palmer, was arraigned on a charge CVUVUVEVEveveeeeeueuuy tress in : Subscribed and sworn to before me |!y the above parties Gen. Lee { . ; . this 5th dey of January, 1896 There is at ern as eH r « V. I Senator J 1 o say where be ex- the Senate Ce ie mill off, but the] FIGHTING ON LH TSLAND: ace one month prior | der as far} of throwing a stone at Will Campbell and drawing a spittoon on George| Rouse, a waiter at Lucy Riley’s| house, near Jefferson and Fourth The trouble originated between Franklin and Rouse, and the Riley | . Paxtox, Notary Public FAL DROVE VEUVS- VUVBUVUUVBTA was on trial yesterday, that there is no certainty when one| woman attempted to keep Fravklin nen appeared at] will be put in, the statement|from striking him. He was fined! begged the Judge that the school board has more mon-| $10 and costs. | His de- ey than it needs was untrue, as itis —— | given in deficient in funds already, and could| The crazy railroad darkey picked ateacher at Rowland-|Up yesterday was ordered com- town when they could have gotten|mitted to jail — by Judge an cost, Fitzsimmons would By the Hemp Route, ne at a nominal sum. He said he|Sanders, until the authorities can as he had n Pittsburg, Jau Chris Bauers, not think the board would be | take some action towards inquiring men president of the Nation’s Savings willing at anytime for the |into his sanity. He has never spoke Bank ind banging dead in his, building, 7 en] since he was tuken in, and no} posed town reds of we st the alo standing hand was ban- Ll the Havana Reports Give Worst As Use the basurgents the of It. injury live yg a blow » his man- with Sharkey, whe receiv to rule aga favor of the wets uot employ ager, would not say where or wh ‘tas yet made arrange to pay was f =< ie ica econ ADKINS & COCHRAN, onitted suicide, Hi Councilman Livingston lives, although it 1s supposed he bails) Shogs Bought of us Polished Free, 331 Broadway. \ ; perfectly straight, ai on can ter stated that the board | {from Lovisville. He makes all kinds Years or) be for the rash t except would be made to secure a teacher | of railroad signals with his hands, | for the Mechanicsburg school. and left the court room giving a sig- Capt. Farley, who was largely in-{ al with an imaginary lantern to| P] strumental in the compromise be-| clear the track. | rs Jim Powers, of Mechanicsburg, | was arrested at Oaks yesterday af- ternoon by Constable McKee, on a oharge of assaulting Wm Reed, He i The latest’ tween the city and school trustees, claims he can prove an alibi. STORMIN THE NORTHWEST having com- reporter chanced to meet accounts were and the lat- that vicinity com- had Blizzard the Worst Known for Tem geo ese nediately Lenedicto At the of Col A muntered the in- firing was kept up At Sacramento the thirty-eight killed, The Spanish had an teen soldiers wounded assigned business worry Chicago, Jan. tithe the era, | Which has been r ng for Minister Willis Dying. from Tapaste for five hour insurgent seventy hours in the northwe not increased in severity, | i haps in Towa, and the Signa advices from Hor in this city, wh affairs val 0 in the Mississ' pp say that Minis- | was also seen and said that the peo- int of death, ple of Mechanicsburg hardly expect- red of ed a teacher to be putin this year, but hoped that one would be somes time in the neat future. A great deal of feeling may develop in the matter, hh runs Northern is upon record as de erally valley that within a short time the ghout the s has wh re- with their officer and f ery is acting as| r Yeiser appoints @ ace of Chief} Officer Henry chief until M new policeman in the | Hall, deposed yesterday. The may- or stated last night that he would| not be ready to wake an appointment | perhaps for several days. io HH] ES BIG es MUDDY is COAL a Constable Miles Futrell has pro- | yided another bond. A few days MONEY'S ABSENCE) will ‘probably abate wind high thee nd in some instanc If you want the best coal in the city you ¢an get it of Illinois Coal Company, who handles the celebrated SENATOR has been torm Cinia His Friends, E ELECTION OF OF Anxiety to But He Was Safe All the While. Navana, vin 5 of Mississippi, Havana, said that Caused point b. markable pertinacity in ith for thirty » per hour was 84! and ck May closed at 2: May closed at 194). May pork —_ openec | corn and | Senator Money, ihe mn his return to] ‘The falling is general in the lake region and Upper Mi but there has s opened and had been in the ese of 2 Wholly pri- ain es-{} vest- interior on bu vate character, He saw ces a view to it ted by the! h tates, ie said, with ment He was not mole sippi valley heavy fall of snow east of Lowa In Iowa the fall of sleet and nas beer. very heavy and the reports snow y lard opened and closed at $3.97 josed at $7.85 3, Mr. Job president Epworth I his fourth at $3.9 ribs opened at $83.97 b anc in U. Robinson was elected of the Broadway M. E. Veague last night, it being term. ago Chief Hall petitioned the county court to release him. Constable Fu- trell now has avother bond, which he will present as soon as County Judge No clinkers, no dirt; but pure, clean coal. Coal far excels all other coal for grates or stoves. Our Egg Our May | | Washed Pea Coal beats the world for furnace or cooking. We only charge one price the year around. The poor get their load of coal as cheap per bushel asthe rich their thousands of bushels. Try our coal and you will use no other, Lump, 10c.; Egg, 9c.; Washed Pea, 6c. BARNES & ELLIOTT, z ?roprietors Illinois Coal Company, “ament. outposts nor did he] tanight indicate lower temperature insurgents He is dine vat with Consul General Lee Walter B, Barker, United ysul at Sagua La Grande with t $4.00 The other ollices were thus filled; | Thomas is able to hold court. tton opened at $6.90,and) Miss Anme Puryear, First Vice ee : Quit coughing is eaby enough if President. en Mrs. Rose Warfleld, Second Vice] YU know how to do ft. The best way to quit isto take/one dose of President, Miss Anna Dr. Bell’s Pine Tar Hpney, Summer President. coughs, lung Caughs, Winter coughs, D. C. Holly, Secretary, bronchial coughs er aby other kind i ‘ of a cougti or cold is. bpeedily cured Sam T, Hubbard, Treasurer. : Miss Mabel Collier, Organist by the use of this remedy. Children love tt. Old people like For Joe Bish 1 Olliver Smith, . 9@ Bishop and Clliver Smith, | oie by Qeblschlacger & Walker, wer JOS. PETTER, Ie JEWeLee, Harry Gleave: Will appreciate your patronage. Handles everything in the JEWELAR(Z LINE REPAIR WORK A PECIALTY, || , ~ATISFACTION GUARANTEED, (dura TH or and ore snow ; ara ish oe In Western Kansas there has heed] oy cog ats much trouble because of the snow) “ara, cotton opened at $7.04 and and trains | yt at 87.0 stations uny packing across the tracks have been held at eatin ‘ til the tracks can be cleared Clear . practically mers ” hear in and the sky is hse re ee ag rp ear abe el orld’s visible supply of wheat at 000,000 bashel: is under drifts any- i . R. J. Frazier Satcides. sboro, Jan, 5.—R, J. Fra. most prominent citi- | tobacconist, | for consultation teat and Webb, Third Vice The storm is over in this locality Nebrask: experience, where from two to ten feet high several nxiety could absent uring nothing same eard from him. and IN A PEW DAYS. Piles zier, one of the Something Dropped. iticiine tae Re, thern hovered about the freezing point There were indications o arly in the forenoon, but these disappeared later in the day and the sun came out Jan. 5.—News has} -pyis was one of the coldest days of |& e Cuban junta ’ ve the season uicide, fric the effect that = positives Licensed to Marry, Sydney Bumley aud Miss’ Minnie L. Peyton,of the county, were licens- Baltimor Primo de Rivera, it ts[ed io marry today. ‘The marriage] nelius, cusiier ri General Weyler in| will take pin’? tomorrow at the home ain general in the] of the brid yineter wons of Owensboro, a The Ramsey Society, of the Broad was founddead in bed this morning] way M. E, church, also met yeaters with a bullet hole in the temple and/day, and elected the following of- While all the| ficers : roeumstance int ipresjstibly to Mrs. W. N. Robins, President, of the deceased are} Mrs, Mendall Johnson, Vice Presi- t that hypothesis, | dent. Miss Ora V. Leigh, Secretary and ‘Treasurer. The Ramsey Society and Ladies’ Aid Society will have a reception a week from tomorrow at the church to meet the new pastor, ) Government Tired of THE SHUWMENT OF HUYLERS >» JUST RECEIVED AT Nelson. Soule’s Phe Spanis! Very Poor Weyler's Military Work, 1 revolver by his side Wee fr the 8 ly deter! Weyl General said, will su Cuba, He is a capt n to loth to aceey yernment h@ i 1 to recall Capt,-Gen. Suleide of & Bank Cashier, Jan, 5.—Richard Cor- ud for forty-two with the National Planters’ Bank, of years connected Farmers’ and