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Y, Poblished every afternoon, except Sunday, by —_—— MANAGING EDITOR INECTORS: r,J.R. Smith, R.W. Clements, J i. ‘Dorian a, Pishe betes Williamson J.J THE DAILY SUN ve 1 ate local hap Ponts ein ba ad vicinity, aot ie eu news, which will 1s {Ully as Space will permit without re- 1E WEEKLY SUN rests of our country pat way abd en ted will int Is devote at all Chines th rons, tertaining tt poll CORRESPONDENCE. A special feature THR SUN Will be It ment, in whieh every locality within th lation ADVERTISING. Rates of advertising will be made known on application Office, Siandard Block, 115 North Fourth street Subscription Rates. Daily, per annum.. Daily, Six months y, Oae month Daily, per week.... Weekly, per annum in ad- vane . Specimen copies tree URDAY, FES. 6, Coxey's new party is to be called the United States party. It is a pity. Tux gold reserve has passed the $145,000,000 mork and is still climb- ing deity. Tae white squadron, under Ad- mival Bunce, is engaged ina naval d-ill,{an :mportent feature of which is to be the blockading of Chaileston harbor. legalize prize fighting in Wyoming was killed by a vote of 30 to 5 in the house. The contrast be- tween this state and Nevada in tbis respect will be worth severa! thous- and immigrants in the next decade. NI gave @ her rooms in Ex-Qvrres Lu. Hawaiian concert at to Washington yesterday afternoon, a few distinguished guests. be Her ex- quite skilled e instruments, majesty is said to with a number of Corprrr’s vew trainer isa young man whose experience is not as large as bis body. He is seven feet, five inches in height, and was selected simply because of bis great etature. Standing beside bis trainer Corbett appears a mere boy. _- Aw idea of ihe terri fatalily ac- companyivg the bubonic plague now epidemic in India may be gained from the statement that out of 5000 cases in Bombay, 3841 resulted fa- tally. two of every The plague is reported to be spreading This is move than theee who are attacked. ened somewhat to ace of naval She has ordered new war vessels from Germany and Eng- land. It seems that John Bul: did not waich so caiefully over Li Hang Chang's visit to America for naught. The disiinguished disciple of Con- tucius failed to be impressed pr: - perly with American faciliiies fo. sbip building, it would eeem. pel lide athe Taree bas been more modern equipment. ink than blood spilled in the Cuban war,” says a Spanish paper. It is perhaps true ‘here has been a great deal of useless toih, but the amount of inno- cent blood spilled hy the spanish sol- Mery in Cuba will remain a blight on the Spanish name so long as the na- tion exists, waich itis to be hoped ‘ will not be much longev. wrath God does not destroy it He will su.ely not prosper _oo Two members of the Cenydian cabinet are iu Weshingtor under iu- government for the purpose of sonading the Repub. structions from thi lican leaders with a view to eriapg- ing for a reciprocity agreement uv- der the new tariff law. Canada will leave no stone unturned to gain some beuctits from/this feature of the luw, | , and there are @irections in Which it may be made profitable to the United Siates, —_—— Senator Wor who is in Eo ng fo bring ebovt an some ver, rope evdesye internations! mou conference, is is. He hos had inte: views *e and a number oticials there. The that tbere is not t manifested in the sub- now in P: with President F of the prow‘ue tehes state inter ject in France, but that Senstor Wolcott is senguine that England will e pert in the conference and this will essure the other nations do ing likewi Tur Tennessee legislatuve has be- fove it a bil! making lobbying a fel- oay, and mal‘ng it uolawful for a member to «liow his vote to be con- trolled by a lobbyist. The bill has passed the senaie by a vote of 22 to = =~: ASSETS. Mortgages Loans on Stock Real Estate by Purchase Real Estate for Debt In Trust—Common Stock— From Paid-up Stock From Dues Cash on Hand SEMI-ANNUAL dO. Ted Bie DECEMBER 31, 1896. twe sun eyaushing ow’ Paducah Building Trust Company Holiday G | LIABILITIES. Paid-up Stock—$60.00 $14,220,00 | Paid-up Stock A 25,100.00 | Paid-up Stock B 50,850.00 | Laid-up Stock © 8,875.00 | Paid-up Stock 18,900.00 | Installment Stock Goce 81,796.25 || Installment Stock E $1.00 2,006.50 || Installment Stock F 50c 866.31 Bills Payable— Real Estate 3,000.00 Mortages: ha poe 23,905.50 jj Stoclg Loans Repaid 11,687.27 Unfigished Loans 8,580.45 Firgt to Seventh Dividends 20.670. 17 || Eighth Dividend 7,910. Accumulated Interest on Paid-up Stock, not collected ——— 4 $279,075.36 | ——— 807.39 2 A semi-annual dividend of seven and cight-teyths per cont. has this day béen declared on the amount paid on stock out of the net earnings for the past six month e is fifteen and six-tenths per cent. R.G. Caldwell, Vice-President and General Manag states that the above is the true condition of said Compan siness Trust company, at the close of b way connected with the com January 30th, steal a governorship it ill be credited with a geauine desire for re- form. Stockholm fair is characterized as the greetest building ever constructed of wood. Wood was chosen as the material for the building in deference to the fact that lumber forms an im- portant article of export from Nor- way and Sweden. The cupola rises 825 feet andinit is located a cefe where the visiter may take bis re- freshments while taking a birds-eye view of the beautiful city of Stock- holm. es —_——_ Tue industrial hall of the great} ecember 31st, 1896 ding). R. € + of the Padueah Build as shown by th€ book COOK MUSBA: (My commission expires March 7th, 1900.) T have examined the books and TI certify that the above statement of the condition of the Paducah Building i I am nota stockholder and am in no on December 31st, 1896, to be correct. J. PERCIVAL SMI jt will make it unlawful for itself to. him for a loan of $100. ‘The banker! refused, on the grouhd that he could not spare the money. The would-be borrower, from whose mind tie illu- sion had not yet been dissipated that a bank was a fountain from which wealth flowed, was shocked and pained. He went about among oth- er members of the community ex- pressing his grief that his banker was in such a distressed sit Cer- tein depositers put their own con- siraction upon the meaning of this Within a week the banker himself was a humble borrower in Chicago, having paid in hard cash 25 per cent of bis Nicbilities to the community which had lost faith in him.’’ Mr. Gage's third story carried as good a morel #5 the others. It was told to illasiraie the application of Bort the French and German gov- ernments are paying heavy bounties to beet sugar growers and have stim- ulated the industry wondrously. Higher bounties are paid for sugar exported in order to enlarge the market. They sell very heavily to the United States and this product will furnish the opportunity to open their markets more freely to our hog products under the reciprocity fea- tures of the tariff law. It is saida moderate tariff will be placed on sugar and this will furnish a most most excellent means of obtaining concessions in a number of direc- tions. A sBitt has been introduced by Congressman Tracy to authorize the Secretary of War to detail a regi- ment each of infantry, artillery and cavalry to take part in the anniver- sary celebration of the battle of Wil- son’s Creek, which will be held at Springfield, Mo., on the 10th of August. It is proposed to celebrate by a sham battle and the troojs are desired to participate. The battle of Wilson’s Creek, fought by Gen. Lyon, who lost his life there, was one of great importance in its results and is well worthy of celebration. Men will come from the four corners of the earth to this re-union of the Blue and the Gray. confidence i effeciive way. “After the panic of 1873,’’ said Mr. Gage, ‘I visited a town of mod- eiate size not fr disiant from Chi- eago. The mosi important mer- chant in the place told me this: ‘For a week or ten days duriug the pauic business here came to a stands-ill. We did absolutely nothing. One day we received a $100 bill by ex- press from a «distant town, with di- rections to credit it upon the open account of tie sender. We looked at the $100 bill with interest and cu- i After conferring together, we concluded to send it to Mr. A., whom we owed a small amount, knowing that he was in need. About 3 o'clock in the e’tetaopn a wagon- maker in the town came into our office with a broad smile on his face and said: “Iam gladto pay you $100 on account. It is the first money I have seen in a good while.’’ We took the money, and discovered it to be the same note we had received by express in the morning. We asked bim where he got it, expecting that he would reply that he got it from Mr. A., to whom we had paid it. He told us he gotit from Mr. B We then foltowed the history of the note back, and found that it had li- during the day, and in the afternoon it had come back to us, liquidating snother debt of $100. We still had a smell bet wonderfully, quidated six other debts of $100 each | the note for fresh operations the next The total dividend for the year 1896 CALDWELIy Vice Pres, and Genetal Manager ing Trust Company being duly sworn, s December gist, #896. R. G. CALDWELL, Viet Pres, and General Manager, Sworn to and subscribed before me by R. G, Caldwell; this the fst day of February, 1897 NDS, N.’ Py’ McCracken County. TH, Accountant, St. Louis, ANNOU ‘The Sun isauthorized to announ @ 1. D, WILCOX ty a candidate for sheriff of McCracken eynn- as, subject to Democratic primary to be held April 8, 1897, We are authorized to announce W. 8. DICK as a candidate for assessor of McCracken county, subject to the action of the Demo- cra'te primary election to be b.ld saturday, April S, 1897 We arefiow exclusive agents for the CELEBRATED Diploma Flour’ The same can be secured at a reputable grocery in the ci Diploma Flour geeds no praise from us, for ifthe been ecld on the market for 45 years, alway iving GENERAL’ SATISFAC TON. ‘¥t’is unquestionably the finest patent rolier flour for sale on the market. Put up in barrels, half barrels and 25 Ib, sacks. | We Call Merchants’ Attention { > To this celebrated brand of vu considered. WE DO NOT SELL TO CONSUMERS. j M, LIVINGSTON 60. 115 and 117 N. Secdud Bt, < ee — A HORRIBLE CUSTOM, How the Parsees of India Dispose of Their Deed. Since the p'ague has gaiaed sach eadway in Bombay the butviag ghais that hie the Gaug»s are now so crowded with bodies that meray coipses cannot be avcommodatec. Each ghat has some fifteen o, tweaty hollow places scooped in the day." soil, esch about six feet long sad ‘These stories,’’ commented Mr, | two feet wide. Here ihe funeisi Gage, 9s he finished, ‘‘carry their) pyres are made. The bodins eve own suggestions.”” placed upoa them. The rearesi rel- ative lights the fire, and ia iwo hours ALDY IS HEADQUARTERS FOR—— acéries, Fruit Cake\ Materials, Apples aid Oranges, - Fresh HOME-MADE LARD A SPECIALTY. * ARTISTIG PHOTOGRAPHY AT LOW PRICES, | The lowest place in town \to get first-elass PHOTO. \ GRAPHS for the Holidays \is at 112 S. Third Str M. EB. JONES " Hardware, Cutlery, Tinware, STOVES, ETC. \ > Give him a call, WHEN YOU DRINK —1O YOUR FEET WIL1—/ anned Goods, &e.| c=: q PR EVENT : J Cor. 9th and Trimble Sts. fis \ Beh te pare : Mela ‘en « \POVERTY |\ " sruce’s stupio| HENRY DIEHL & SON, re a |Telephone 310. 310 Broadway, a Job Printing ; DRINK THE BEST You.can find it at DETZEL'S. ——Where we keep the dnest of — Whiskies, Wines, Beer, Cigars, etc RESTAURANT OPEN AT ALL HOURS, PADUCAH CYCLE WORKS. .. . and 126 128 North Fifth Street, Neax Parwen Louse. DEALRRS High Grade Bicycles and Bicycle Sundries Agent for Odell Typewriter, Price $20.00. Suitable for Ministars, Doc- tors, Lawyers, Teachers, and in reach of all, The Only Exclusive Bicycle House in the City. From September 1 to December 1 is the BEST SEASON for RIDLN! WE invite you t call and see OUR WHEELS and get Bottom Prives on same. _J.R, PURYEAR, Manager. We ee Clearing ie YOUR BAKING DONE the Way For the incoming tide of Spring Goods by taking the loss on what cheaper than ishere. There is much in our yqu can at homie, stock just as desirable as those to | come. / | Fresh Bread And Pee Cakes Hosiery; pn oe orders. Ga delivered to any 3 pairs for half a dollar. | part of the/it \ They are pur 25cequality, fast black with white fegt. They are, AT THE “Bon Fon Bakery.” DONE CHEAPER. DONE BETTER. DONE QUICKER. If you want Neat, Clean Work, Printed in Modern Style ; if you want full count, reli- able goods, give us a call. - We guarantee our work, and give you what you buy. THE SUN. RNY GOCKEL| J. W. Moor, DEALER Cag’t be beat when it comes to baking Staple and Fancy Groceries, Canned Goods of All Kinds, BREAD AND |r tnivey seat put ey CAKES. Cor, 7th and Adams —_—_—_ ~ - al Not long ago, at the close of its business year, the bank over which Mr. Gage presides, the First Na- ‘Uonal of Chicugo, wiped off its credits Mustra‘ed by Thee Stories From | # lisi of bad Gebts which aggregated Lyman J. Gage. aa amount away up inthe hendreds — nothing is left but a heap of asics RIGHT AND WRONG BANKING. ' which are carefully swept up aud throwa into the Ganges. The Parsees have peculiar tuner! }cusioms. They never inver and sel- dom burn the bodies of the ded, such good values that we were them. Never occyrred to us that | - we might get too much of a good thing. ¢ know_now that we tempted to buy a large lot of Seventh and Was fington Sts. fl Greif, toBakes them ity f day and delivers For An Easy Shave / . ¥ . 0 any part of the ¢ity, . r Fresh Graham tread Every Day. + eli tar Cat REMOVAL, TA 74__12 84S ys, BRYAN'S MARDER SHOP, H's present position before the covniry renders eny bing bearing on the darn‘el notions of Lyman J. Coge of )¢ interest at this “pe. We ihere’ore give place to sue following from a Washing‘on corvesporcea. in the belief that i be rece with in’eresi, The first pe yors to ve ielnted as an expeiien e oy a New Yo k friend: tn ive country where I live,’ ‘kev, ‘there cawe ‘illing frost. fow every faim. The community W: 8 @ pro» erors one generally, The farmers owncd their lands and mos. of ‘hem hed money in bank, and were quite free from debt. vue loss which had fallen upoa the al Lime of the yerx a} ity), It swept the values} Seeing} of thousands of dollers. And yet ihe great institution carries a surplus equal to its capital stock, and is a j dividend earner of healthy perform- ance, The fect is, My. Gage prac- tices what he preaches. He has ap- plied .o his business the suggestions whi ich Lis siories carry. He keeps is money moving. He takes some . He a-cumulaies some bad ouots. He more than offsets le ihese with the increased earniogs which result from acti of his cap- If the benkers of the Uniied States were all Lyman J. Gages these wouldn't be herd times. Rather ven board unnecessarily he prefers ‘o fake the chances of some losses, ‘wee ave bankers who shake .oe'r acads and say Mr. Gage isn’t con- servetive. Mr, The common meihod of sepv'tore to expose the coi se in the ¢ to vultaves or 1avens. — Just o: Bombay are six places for this pur pose, called the Towers of Silence Though 450 yards in diometer, they are not more then eighieen or tweaty in height. They are made of cme tally joined blocks of giaaite, plas - tered all over with white cement Each is surrounded by a shs!iow, diy moat. There is one neiiow siove bridge or causeway, which leeds from the ground tothe small squaie door through which the body is taken, ‘The top of the tower, forming the platform on which the bodies are laid is quite hidden by a parapet that sure rounds it. And on this” parapet, have too many. We offer them for this week 3 pairs for half a-dollar. f There is also whole medley of Hosiery in our stock—fancies and T. Dulaney & Co, Have moved thet¢ stock ot/ Groceries from Sef and Nord solid colors, in lg bags eit / ilk. Prices range from to! $2.50 ee pair. i special value} 123 GOURT ST. is our $0c numbers ig either plain or fleeced, f We have a coniplete line of Staple and Fancy G jes, Umbrellas All kinds off Gountry Produce ry specialty, The best place in the city for | Dressed and Live Poultry. Everything gold at bottom prices and delivered t any part gf the city, This is the weather wedre to ex- pect for some time to’come. A good umbrella just now is the sensible sort of protection that re- duces doctor’s bills and possibly 405 BROADWAY: Nice Bath Rooms in Connection, Brinten! B: AROHITE Office Am,-Gemman Nat. FOR THIRTY DAYS We will maken | BIG REDUCTION IN ; CLEANING AND) DYRING uits cleaned dud pressed for $2. uits cleaned, dyed and\ pressed for $3.00, All work guaranteed to be first-dlass and wo'our well Enown scabdard, s Wea avis, Paducah Steam Dye Works, 329 8, Third Street. K. C. Rose & Son, Proprietors, D.P Jusrr, M.D, H.FP, WILLIAMsom, M.D, Laundry, Gage is human. community, it occurred to ‘we that it Talking of bankers as a class not| motionless themselves as stone, with was iny driv to proceed imme- long ago, he said: their bare heads sunk in their bodies, Carely to collect all of tue claims [] «we reoreseat what is known as| Perch the vultures, in one close, un- urd, aud to refuse to Jend to MY/ the widdle class, the non-producers, | broken rank. Facing inward, there COmOMers, DY mace HOW Piessing! We siand between (hose who pro- | they rest, silent and still as is all theie necessities or how great thele duve and those who consume, We|round them, till the white-robed ~oousiviliiy, I inaugur- ace the result of a long period of evo- | bearers of the dead place the corpse sted this course with a good deal of, jution, Anc, as natere is true to/"ponthe floor before them. ‘Then v'gor. Isoon discovered that MY |ineiselt, it is probable chat the pres-|/4ll swoop down upon the corpse. deposiis were falling repidly, Mine! eat arvangement, by which the thing] There is seen the tearing of flesh by Was tue only benk in the community, | chat one produces is transferred o| the bloody beaks, and ina few mo- I found tnat all of the claims whick|{he one who consumes, is the bes, | ments the skeleton is stripped clean. Lbeld, aud wh'ch were paid, wee) advice which navwre is cepeble of. I}A fortnight later the bones are peid with cheeks on myself. They! know that we are looked upon with| thrown into a central well, where were obtainer by my debtors from] contempt in many qvariers, They | they are decomposed by strong chem- members of the community who hed | say we toil not, neitver do we spin. | icals —Globe-Democra foads with me, In short, I discov. They cull us parasiies and drones. ee . ered that 1 wes putting my affaiis} The functions that we fill are all use. Important } into a course of rapid liquic ation. 11 ful; in fact, they are indispensable! All persons knowi immediately reversed my line of ac-| factors in the living of maa upon this | debted to the firms gf Rogers & King Vion, Things came to a rest. I]earth, But the world doesn't know | and John Rogers % Son are hereby won back the confidence of the com-| it, It is for us to exemplify, as we!] | warned to chll and¥settle the same at munity, and was able to make MY | as we can,the office that we perform, |once at my No. 127 South usnal semi-annual dividends, , and show society that wedo it a|Fourth street, id thereby save to A ‘bard times'’ story Mr. Gagel genuine and real and indispensable | themselves coste, fag I will be forced fastened on a Wisconsin banke:, servics.” to proceed by la whom he described as “aman ofivon] ‘The coming Secretary of the | unless otherwise firmness. Treasury is broad gauge. tice, themselves in- bank troubles “Hearing of ia 7 aS ei many localities,” said Mr. Gage, Rpyent, Peer Beene “this Wisconsin banker determiaed| A nice two * briek 4n North - Historical and Literary. The Historical and Liierary So- ciety mei ai the First Christian church last night. An entertaining Sixth street. “Seved roous and nice Apply on premises, rs. H, C. Warden, 824 N. Sixth Street. that he would not lend a dollar, but would collect every claim due him, He enjoyed the entire contidence of} 5 the community, being @ man of un- 8. Itis all right aud proper for the Tennessee legislature to protect it- self against going wrong. Now if} doubted responsibility, Soon after Rent Receipts, the banker had determined upon this} Nice, convenient rent receipt books policy, & man of substance applied to! at this office for 10c¢, a program was carvied out and the evening was greatly enjoyed by those present. saves life. We will sell a good umbrella, 26 in, size for 45¢; 28 inch size at 49c, Carpets AND MATTINGS It might seem exaggerated if we told but the simple truth about our Car- pets, so will say nothing about Store Telep! Residence Telephone 150 T, BULANEY & 60, | 128 Court St, Matil, Effinger & Co Undertakers\and embalmers, hone 126 JUETT & WILLIAMSON, Physicians/ and Surgeons OMce Hours 7 t9B. 10, 1103p. m. Office, No, 41946 Broadway, Trixritone 243, Give us your laundry\if you Want ———c“(— _ first claes work snd -prompt- de Established 1875, 125 Broadway | Ye"; J, W. YOUNG & SON, Proprietors, | BROADWAY. | TELEPHONE) 200. 106 130 S Third rich styles, and confine ourselves to their goodness and their wear- ing qualities and their low prices, Your carpet should be selected with care and judgment, should be well made and laid. We want you to remember that we are prepared to make and lay carpets and mattings as swell as can be LL et HOUSE AND-SIGN” T GRAINING, Ka’ GLaginG Residence 1017 Jackson Bt, Marble Hall Areh T. Bohan re A, TER, ean e Fine Kentycky Whiskies, NING, AND HARDWOOD FY ‘Telephone Y7A ®. 3: ‘apucAm.K ¥) done in any city and on short notice, cf AND OIGARS.\ \ Warm Lunch from 9 to 12 ). m, ‘ ‘ Plain and 125 Bi Embroideries. —;oriamata mi ——————— Our embroideries are bought from | paiueah Cycle Wor CARNEY.H USE, ~y first hands. get the best and oe ' . R Cor, 11thi and B; way, secure exclusivg many choice pat-|~ a I im are embroid- SOLICITOR OF thas site Wan terns. All wor ery critics, Our stoek invites scrutiny Ve be pry A tich variety of edgin insertings in Cambric, Naisicok and Swiss, Prices range from 50c to $1. DR. Di Office, 204 1 L.B.Ogilvie& Co. Over Lang Bro’s, ished with the very United States \Pension Blaims, Prompt and thokoiigh atterton giv- en to all cases, \ eatot Vouchers for quaierly, pa: Pensions carefully attendéd to, 714 8, Third Strest, DR. W.( €,EUBANKS, AT Lin ‘OMee Hot ed to 1. 4