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» lature called by Gov. Bradley. Our Successful Business Mefi. All run advertisements the entire ear. Their experience teaches hem that one time advertising doe not pay. city, not knowing that a large Span- ish force was nearby. They bad par- tially captured the fort when the Spanish re-enforcements came up. VOLUME 1—NUMBER 134 The Cubans were caught in between PRESIDENT -ELECT| Confined to His Bed With a Se: hours the fight waged fast and furi- § ous, vere Attack of Grip, Finding that they could not make [progress against such odds, the} Spaniard: tnumbering them two to one, the Cubans by a skillful feint drew off part of the volunteer corps and then made a furious and unex- pected onslaught on the other, com- pelling them to retreat and offering a EXTRA SESSION AT FRANKFORT, Cubans Capture w Spanish Pay |PAssageway for the insurgents. 4 | Through this they passed with a Lrain With $600,000. }loss of some 100, The Spanish lost Jover double that number, Notwith- bs [standing their defeat the insurgents managed to so dismantle the fort that it had to be destroyed to prevent its | falling into the insurgents’ hands and | the large supply of ammunition there destroyed, JACKSON AND WALLING H'KG MARCH 20. for several | THE PADUCAH In addition to t above, I dent Simon said that everything was settled everywhere except in Padu- cab. It will be almost impossible to lose, he said, because the distance between the cities is so small, The ies belonging the league are Washington aud Terre Haute, Ind Cairo, Hl., Evansville, Ind., Nash- ville, ‘Tenn., and Paducah. THE GIDDY WHIRL. SKULL FRACTURED Jim Kirksey Will Die, His Doe- tor Says. WAS STRUCK BY GEO, RUSHING. Valentine Hop at the Palmer The Two Men Had a Fight Over House, the Drinks Near Stiles. O.her Social Events of Last Eve- RUSH'NG == HAS DISPPCAIED. ning. ELS h The Valentine German at the Palmer Honse last night by the Jim Kirksey was perhaps fatally | young Men's German Club was at- PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1897. FUN IN COURT, Doctors and Lawyers Failto Pay License, LAWYER WALKS TO FLORENCE, A Mother Claims Ht In a € se Against TOO PAOMISSUCU WITH BR'CKS. injured in a fight near J. J. Smitt’s| tended by >» of the largest 1 y r re doc. ° Canton, O., Feb. 16.—President store. . . y one ol " ary Sogeoomg Ce peli, at Ss : CS EE lg edged ll OE BR bap Nad Ma gm gh cwmygent sige Rag og a raigue before ARDWARE AND STOVE.CO. severe attack of the grip from which Rusbiog, * i guia Fort Pied ed eaheebls Lule: | this morutt Maton of peanties INCORPORATED. yi be is confined to his bed It as) The two mea were not on good| Miss Saleo Wade, of Nashvillo;|ig their profession without a li-/ 303-307 Broadway. é been necessary to refuse admission) Petit: Jury sharged in the/terms, it is understood, and filling] Misses Mary Boswell, — cense a i to all callers and he has seen no one eee np Ob ViGERMMGee Keliaeay walled te to ghana oe Asaeui deal ot toh waa had at 109-117 N, 3d St. y today but the members of his family Cireuit Court. v 4 irkeoy sallled Campbell, Martha Leech, ; : | af oe alll y forth to “find a bully.” He made] Morrow, Floss Owen, Virginia Reed, /exbense ol runaway unfortun- | recor / 8e3., many ‘ boasts and ee someone}Ann Reed, Janie Rivers, <ierald aie. ; EVERYTHING READY. Several Suits Filed Today.--Two] set hiss to Smith’s store near}Sauders, Lizzie Sinnott, Mary K, ne young lawyer was credite fi “ Sable? Ci = ée | Against Oliver Allard. Clark's river, telling him he could]Sowell, May Terrell, Lillian Thomp- | *th walking all the 3 home Nothing better made than “Old Reliable” Cigars at 0c. For The Hanging ot - find bim a bully there. son and Clara Thompson. Messrs, |¢aF Florence Station last night after . Rushing was pointed out to himas|Leake Thompson, Albert Foster, | ‘he warrant was against him St. Loats | ophis afternoon the docket in the|H€ of the most noted bullies in the] Charlie Mortis, Fred McKnight, Tom} ' Procure the necessary for St. Li Feb. 16.—Preparations | Citcuit court was entirely disposes county, and he inquired of bimif]Morton, Will Webb, Rabb Noble, his license. : . for the hangiog of Millionaire Wife |! and the petit jury discharged. |that was what he called himselt. Will Farley, Abe Weil, Tom Leon- ders said that a young Murderer Duestrow this afternoon | the equity docket will be taken up Rushing simply replied that he}ard, Harry Tandy, Will Clemens, | @?) h enterprise ought to are complete. There is now believed | tomorrow. ene t want 10 get & abd ; Dr. George Fiddyment, Wallace eel the warrant was dis to be no possible escape for the gi and suggested that they shake the} Weil and Jamie Brooks, sse¢ . : young dedi fadferer trom thé fate Pees lk ld ssi in Smith's store for the drinks.| rhe Pastime Dancing Club gave ot Saar ale ete he has #9 richly earned, though his! never been submitted. to him for set. He won from Kirksey, who with ao) aoe eae a? Holl last] Judeo a briet eissive ns follows:| lawyers have moved beaven and oarth | tiement’ and that he didn't Kury| oo maccanced that he Ot Ot ee ae taree chow Wal (te EL ie pb pc eae Me Lae Spacmpees it. No harier Aight was : and nat he didn’t know/pay. Rushing said he was going to| wight, and a large crowd was in at- ‘Judge Sauders, wish you'd turn me | i mika’ ta bibale Sha Garderes( oe drink whether his untrustworthy | ‘eadauce. loo 1 this paper for a than that put up by Duestrow’s at-| Several suits were filed this after-| fiend did or not, and proceeded 10) ‘The Valentine Social given last good excase © paper was his . torneys. noon. do so, Kirksey drew a knife, and by| night at the residence of Mrs. Mary mS “agar " 4 ea Mae. J: Se Wallets, oars Weibel the time the aight came to a head bad | seadies, on North Fifth street, by| 20 "rman ill of courae be ais. Which are now coming iv, WE CUT THE PRICES a INAND WALLING. |Iate. Wm. Ballance, today brought a ee re the Pastor's Aid Society, was a}... eae OF WINTER GOODS I we anninat CS Sekt end ett] Rushing ran to @ wagon out near] financial as weil as a social ' success. | “*°**e* A DS IN TWO: ) March 20 is the Date Fixed for|for 8175. They endorsed a note for] te Toad, and. seizing the standard) There was a good crowd and every-| A remarkable instance / 7 Their Execution, the late lamented Oliver Allard, who} oqthe. tend, which fractured bia sens De ee faa ellent jot materugl affection was exhibited Women's $3.00 Welt, Button, go at $2.00, / Frankfort, Feb. —16.—Governor ; skull. He asked the other two men |!" - alee Abad enter | Women’s Smail Siges, $3 00 Dongola Ip Bradley has fixed the date for the| 8. T. Frank this afternoon filed] if they still wanted to ght, and they} A floral entertainment is in pro- | ai aft spe. 5 er | ene gc ngola Batic execution of Jackson and Walling, | 84 against Jobn Jar r $345 dropped their hands and concluded | gress this sfternoon as the residence |) )P.) van Sghweg. | Farsi Misses’ Square Tee Lace yO at the condemned mutderers of Pearl | 8 two notes, which are secured by| that they didn’ of Mrs, H. E. Thompson, on South | ‘Mat Alex ttys to maintain a watchful) Guindy Dongola, Patent Tip, Betton, $1 100 Bryan, at March 20. ‘The death | mortgage liens on ten Jersey cows.| Rushing escaped and the doctor} Sixth street, for the benefit. of the] (St) O°! ae vere; Whois ocidicted pitdees Alasial 4 - : warrant has been issued and will be | The fact isa Galrymen and. thel said there was no posalble chance for|New Church Butlding Snolety of the | °° ius-caisa sound the latter tn | ee gs Vee 80 ee 4 sent forward immediately plaintiff asks that a receiver be ap-|Kirksey. Both are young men, un- esbyterian church, sae L : The last hope of the condemned | pointed take charge of the mortgaged men is gone and they will uadoubt- | 8% and that the latter Kd to edly die ov the date fixed, \s isfy the claim Schmidt and Foster Hang. Frank Nichoff today led to Nichoff land as a result 1 of property Louis of a div St. Louis, Feb. — 16.—Pete Schmidt and 8am Foster, the former white and the latter colored, were hanged at Clayton this morning for Mary L. Burnett deeds to Carrie the murder, something over a year| A. Mitchell, for $1,050, two lots at ago, of the young and promising art- | Thirteenth street and Churchill ave. ist, Bertram Atwater, of Chicago, “ IN GRAVES COUNTY. Atwater had engage! Schmidt to} guide him to the residence of a friend ina suburb of St. Louis. Schmidt formed a conspiracy to rob him and tat Fis re ‘ gyi i ce vowel Prominent Doctor Stricken ight and was shot dead by Foster Whi . —— hile at Prayer. Great Rejoicing at Middlesboro, | Middlesboro, Ky., Feb, 16. There is great rejoicing here on ac- count of the report which comes from England that Edward Jobnson, of the Middlesboro Town Company, | will soon come over and start up the idle industries here hereabout. ‘This means much to the people of Middles- Philip Baugh Heard From,.—Oth- Dr. 8S. H. Sk about 65 years of age, is in dition at his home in Graves county, |near Mayfield. He is one of the ious cons Doro and the surrounding country ** | most prominent doctors in that sec- Extra Session in. tion, and Sunday while at church, Frankfort, Feb. 16.—Ramor is) ¥% ¢ alled upon to pray. Shortly af- | terwards he became ill and was taken | home, being speechless from estion of the brain He is ex- | pected to die at any time. THE POWERS ACT, —jquttenty sisapyeared trom Mayfield again asserting that there will be an extra session of the Kentucky Legis- soon afew weeks 4 has been heard ‘ . i Misso » wrote a lette They Disembark Marines at Ha R. . Lecce oe . rate Ports of Crete. day or two ago, saying that he was going further west and never intend- ed to return to Mayfield Prince George Defian docuples ’ Small Islands. | A sensation was created in May- y the arrest of Mrs, 16.—The | Jennie Kirkland, a young widow em- bark. |Ployed in the woolen mills. She was |taken into custody by Marshal Me- | Nutt for stealing cloaks, dresses, scissors, etc., from the mill, and | tearfully pleaded guilty. | field yesterday Canea, Crete, — Feb. Powers have taken action by de ing marines at Canea and other ports of Crete, and notwithstanding the de- flant attitude of Prince George, who has occupied the small islands off the coast and declares he will obey the orders of the King, it is now be- | lieved an amicable settlement will be | reached. be CAPTURED A PAY TRAIN. | ‘Colored Woman Attempts a ‘aken by the) Criminal Operation. ts. | pay train! ALMOST FATAL, $600,000 in Silver Insurge Havana, Feb. 15.—A on the railroad near Candelaria, | Drs. White and Allcock Called to province of Pinar del Rio, was | Save Her Life. wrecked by the Cubans Friday and over $600,000 in silver secured. | They killed ten of the guards and Dr. T, E. White was called out to captured four Spanish guerillas be-| the residence of George Goven, col- longing to San Martin’s band. ‘The! ored, six miles on the Hinkleville latter were instantly put to the ma-|road, yesterday afternoon to perform chete by the infuriated Cubans, as|an operation on Govea’s wife. He they attribute most of the cruel mur- | was assisted by Dr, Alleock, and the ders in that section to this band. | two doctors succeeded in remo ‘A detachment from Gen. Lacret's| ftom the sufferer « long hair pain, army now oper ; d had'a pitched battle with a band of for two weeks, guerrillas under Maj. Slasco and a} The woman admitted to the doe- Portion of Havana volunteers under] tors that she had made an unsuccess- ‘ating in this province| Which had almost caused her death) married, and Kirksey is considered dangerons, especially when drinking. VAWDYKE CAUGHT, Charged With Stealing $60 From Pete Pogers. The Pleasure Seekers’ Club gave s well attended dance at Stegar's last night. FRACTURED HIS SKULL, A Well K aducah Boy In Trouble In St, Louis, What may prove a fatal political discussion occarre the White Captured in Anderson, Tnd., To*| Oak saloon, Seve d Ches Day.—Confesses, nut st 3, early y rning foal vetireen Joseph Ki 7 i a bricklayer, living Market | Maishal Collins received a tele-|street ; Dave Lenac rs old, gram this morning from Chief of Po-|living at 4100 Fairfax avenue, and lice Amos Coburn, of Anderson,|Ree Wheaton, the colored porter in Ind., stating that Tood Vandyke had|the saloon. Lennon and — Kolley been arrested there, had confessed to] sided against the negro, and the lat- the charge against him and consented} ter drew a knife, slashing Kolley to return without a requisition. across the back of the Kolley Vandyke is wanted for stealing}rushed to the stove, and 860 from Pete Rogers, of Mechanics-| heavy iron poker, 1 the colored burg, last week. The money was]man with one blow. All three were placed in a drawer, and Vandyke}arrested and taken to the City Dis- was boarding at the house at the/pensary., It was found that Koiley’s time. He was suspected of stealing |injury was not serious, but an ex- the money, and it was found where} amination showed that Wheaton’s he had spent asum. A warrant was]skull was fractured. Kolley « the author- | Lannon were locked up at the Ce: to watch] tral district station, and will be held issued against him and ities at Anderson notitied him. Vandyke is quite well known in}jury- ‘The latter was ftaken to the Mechanicsburg and has a brother, | City Hospital, where Dr, Sutter pro- Roy Vandyke, serying a term in. the| nounced his condition serious. penitentiary for stealing a watch from] Joe Kolley will be remembered by Mr. ‘Tom Harris, He will be brought} many as the first baseman of the lo- back at once, cal base ball club of 1889, a younger PRESIDENT SIMON, brother of Will A. Kolley, the manufacturer. here who will searn of his trouble with regret The Base Ball League Man}]!NAUGURATION, OF PRESI- seaal DENT-ELECT/ WILLIAM Arrives. MKUXLEY. of one On ageount Af inauguration President-elegt William McKinley Will Settle Everything Incident ‘ Washington/City, Mach 4, 1897, to the Local Club. the Naabyille, Chaffinooga & St a Louis BailwayWill/sell round trip tickets (@ Washipgton City and re- turn at rate of gfe fare for the round trip, on Maro}f Ist and 2nd. Tickets will be goodfor returp,pa: until March &¢ 1897 Fe Nashville, Chattangog: gS wouis Railway runs ty ullyfan Sleeping from le i Wasting on City and New York/ leaving, ville at 11:50 p. m. giving yhght trip through thé mofitaigs ‘of North Carolina, pRssing heville, N. C. and Lynchbu: Washington C way, at Mr. G. B, Simon, of Evansville, President of [the Central Base-Ball League, of which Paducah is a mem- ber, arrived at noon to make tinal arrangements for the opening of the season, Presidept Simon stated to a Sus reporter at the Palmer House: * am here to complete the organization and expect when I leave to be able to say that everything is ready for a successful season, “We are yery sanguine of suc- cess. We shall practice economy, but it shall be Judicvous. We. 655170 concectiog pe = mane Success] ot via Nashvjfle, CHattanooga & St. of the league, and Nashville says) ouis Rail Chgttanooga, and she alone can support the league. BU | Southern An average of 200 people twice a], itWay 0 Washington. For further inforpisti con's to nearest Ticket agénty6r write to W. L. Danley, Ge ass, Aud ‘Ticket week would suilice to keep the league | well up, and we are confident of get- ¢ {| He grabbing a w pending the result of Wheaton’s in-| He: has many frieuds|~ had to give him a uother separa acquit Atte court mother aimed her attendanc witness ainst se anything [ever career aga judge,” ders after court. ae Joh n, colored ra bi t h Jef sth and Adams Willi arter’s place said he Hobo Tom,” a strange negro who snatched his hat and slapped him. MARKETS, reed Daily by Lacy Grain ¢ y) Chicago, Il., . 16,—May opened Wy. hig I i josed at 74 b, May corn opened at 234{ and closed at b. May at 17 and closed a) . May < at $7.90 and closed at 87 May lard opened $3.92 and ud at 87 $1.05 and 3 opened at corense Everbody has.a cold yémetimes— your turn will come. eep a bottle of Dr. Bell's Pine, par Honéy at e prepare for an eimers igus remedy will cure'a cold before, its, gets fairly red or after it lias settled. er you take it thesdon you hand and gency. I well, as Mnsic Lovers. for lessons on violin, mandolin, gaitar or banjo, 4a on Prot. Sisk, at bis studios, corney Third and Broac- way. £155 Dr. Mendenhal\’s Improved Chill and Fever Cure, guaranteed to cure Chills and Fever and Malaria in all forms. ‘T's Price,-50 cents. Look for the picture yf J.C. Men- denhall, and take no otger. Sold by DuBois & Co. teless. \s Most Excellent Soap is ay Nafeon Sotle’s ting this much.”’ ‘Members of the lgcal club have mitted by both street and will probably afternoon decide on td Agent, Nashville, Tenn, Hickory Stove Wood. froposition For nice stove wood telephon car compai tf. Col, Sanchez. The Cubans attacked | fv! and almost fatal attempt at pro- blockhouse ten miles west of this duc nal oper > ‘ on hand and can\give your order prompt atte: \ le nebeérger, some time thi $1 per load, the location ¢ anp Rut ntioh. / - / / SegAhe Wondéri¢! Graphophone . We know the weather is warm but don’t be deceived in thinking Spring has come. “Hicks” says the latter part of "February and all of March will be the hardest of this ‘Winter. Order.your Coal now. We have a big stock always ‘Tel. AILY ‘é IGET A PRIR aCUBOWS BORATED CREAM Drug Store. LARGER AND LARGER Our circulation grows with every issue, ite anyone interested to call at our office at any time and convince themselves. TEN CENTS A WEEK Not in a Hundred Years Will you find any others at the same price better than Spanish Gem _” AAGARS The best 5c Cigar on Earth. | Exclusive Agents, GEO. O. HART & SON |Other poods likewise, Bring the cash and buy shoexckéaper than you ever bought them before, SPECIAL SALE FOR MEN B Uy Rubbérs You needthem now. Comfort, health and good nature demand them—Cold feet cry-for them—Wet feet shout for them—Colds and coughs bark/for themut tut ut ut ste Ladiés a / J Call and see the storm rubber we are selling for 189“ Child’s spring heels 9 . i vd TODAY | ADKINS & COCHRAN, HOES BOUGHT OF US SHINED FREE. , BAILEY, Ay Fa! Is selling everything in hts ling at reduced prices. se 327 BROADWAY. S " Not 9\ & r bu. Oo pe