The Paducah Daily Sun Newspaper, February 23, 1897, Page 1

° e Our Successful All run advertisements the entire eur, Their éxperience teac hem that one time advertising di not pay. VOLUME 1—NUMBER 141 BENIN CAPTURED, The British Subdue the Bloody Capital. HUNTER DERIES A REPORT. Prosident-Elvct, McKinley @ Slight Relapse Suffers JACKSON WRITING A CO\FESSION. Londen, Feb. 23.—A dispatch from Brass, on the west coast of| Africa, gives details reletive to. the capture on February 18 of Benin City by the British 1 against the Emir of was an eight hours’ and a stubborn resist the part of the Fuluhs. Four of the including Dr. Fyfe, were killed and sixteen wounded, expedition found Benin City with human blood. M beings had been sacrifice: fled by the Fulahs. ‘Th troyed the crucifising trees “jaja hou ‘There fight, on nce recking human ny aud the THE DEEBICLENCY BILL Passes the House and Goes to the resident. Washington, Feb, 23.- yesterday passed the ency appropriation bill, aud the sideration of the last of the money bills, that providing for the Daval establishment: A long debate occurred over the propriety of the appropriation af $1,510,000 for the Southern Wacifie railroad under the judgment of the court of claims bat the I by a vote of 102 to 138, refused to strike it out r members who favored. the appre tion for the repayment to members the last Congress ¢ ‘The House defici be general a salary withhel: from them on account of absence carried their fight in the House, but they were beaten, 96 to 1 Six- teen of the forty-eight pages of the naval bill w JACKSON WRITING A Long Document Believed to be| a Confession Covington, Feb. Jackson, the condemned murderer of Pearl Bryan is engaged on along manuscript which is believed to be a confession of his connection withthe murder and Walhng’s friends believe he will be exonerated. — —_ ' Dr. Hunter Denies a Keport Washington, Feb Dr. God frey Hunter, of Ken!tacky, indig nantly devies the report tit he had entered iv any sort of a compro- mise by which he surrendered or agreed to surrender his aspirations to the senatorship. He says Itis a lie out of whole cloth. NOT SO WELL, President-Ele Kela Canton, Feb, 23.—Versident-clect McKinley has suffered a slight Iapse and is not 0 well today has been. to deny Suf sa Slight To-Day, res as he He has been compelled himself to callers, though there are hundreds here waiting for interviews, $1,000,000 Loss. Cincinnati, Feb, 23.—It is esti- mated that the property destroyc lon] the Ohio by the flood thus far cannot fall short of $1,000,000, Miltary to Protect Demming. Frankfort, Feb. 23 —The military under I aither has been ordered in re March Ist to proceed to Frankfort to protect the negro murderer Demming, while trial for the murder of Conn some weeks ago. THE BIG FIGHT Will Be Bulletined at the Opera 4 House, Messrs. W. A. Kolley and Weille have secured a wire ranged to have the Cor simmons fight by rounds bulletined | at the opera house on the night of March 17th, the date of the fight, REPORT Mrs. McGill Said to Have Her Wounds. James od are vett-Fitz- DPD DEATH. Died of| val expedition | hes joes And Rey. Collins Takes the Mar- ket House, A Warrant Cannot Ve Issued, Bee cause There No Law Against It, The ¢ over U; it} authorities are nonpluseed action of BR Collins, th Pentecostal minister who is conduct- ing a miss! lower Broadway He gets on the market hou: sem- bles a crowd of idlers and those who stop for curiosity more than a desire to be saved, and wh skedl to wait until after market hours declines. Judge Sanders has been applied to nt | . but can find no law | ase, He says there is aw against it, and that the old olored female preacher ean get on one end aud Rev, ystal Collins athe other we market house law <l completely block the officers of the th being powerless, There 1s a state which probibits the arrest of any person while preaching, young ot old, black or white, sincere | or fraud Some ng should be as the people who are compelled t to market are said to be greatly dis- led by the crowd. DR. LINING DIES, omm He Succumbs, ri t The End Comes at 3 O’elock This New Yo) where the telegraph reports rain to-| HIGH WATER May Certainly be Looked For Very High. HEAVY RAINS ALL OVER. Tributaries of the Ohio In Directious Booming. PROBABLY H GHEST WATER SIYCE "84, The ‘Courier-Journal’ of epitomizes the situation as follows: some places there were wiudstorms, accompanied by hail and severe electrical disturbances, All the rivers in Eastern Kentucky are swol- len to overflowing and mach damage Railroad tracks are y places, vd traffic is di as been done. bmerged at m are numerous Lhe loss of life has been com, tively small, though many v ed to abandon wk higher groand. Cincinnati, Feb, 22 —Kor seventy: two hours up to 7 o'clock tonight —a| # Sa Wortner | steady rain hins fallen over the entire After Many Weeks of Suffering] oyoq of the immense watershed of the Jhio valley, with the exception of| nous portions of western | i western Pennsylvania, | he m Pou. ii Here tonight it is still] \rizaling. A black sky threatens a ; heavy rainfall before morning, in Just us we go to press news comes/ which case conditions for a great f the death at three o'clock this af-/iood would be presented. — Already ternoon of Dr. C Lining, whose] for the past seventy+two hours there | continued illaess and suffering have} yas been by servive measure from time to time been ehr ments rainfall of three and eleven these columns hundredths inches. | Dr. Linuing was fitty-f On both sides of the Ohio from the | age and leaves a wife and three sis} pig Sandy, the boundary between | ters, West Virginia and Kentucky, the} POLICE COURT ributaries arefat high flood. Moun.-| ta at hea adwe aters of Kentucky, Cumberland and Tenaessee rivers are | Session Short and Not Very | delivering into these t tributaries Sweet. | with great rapidity f of melted There were but two cases before {220% #ud rain and filling the lower 0 the police court this mornin, w 1! Davis, colored charac A i On trib itaries of the left bank with steallae ra, foare{0f the Obio in Pennsylvania rise in Shes. Go. 4 he w as, and there, too, the & Co's store delivery of rainfall and melted snow pleaded guilty is very rapid for petty larceny mbouk tthe rain cease before mid- Mrs, * Cooksey, wife of a} Bight th tinner sentenced to Chester for five op. wit Aa, years a hardware stor ’ h would cau at was charged with “a ss ri bi drunkenness, but on account of her] TAIN Mery Over ley sandengd ie se he case Was dist rt pre. , esas aiggiecedve | ." wants pre ry what stage the water MARINE BAND w reach at Cincinnati, Through to Dyersburg Yes A WARNING, terday. ro Marine Band passed city rday en route Young Ladies t Preparing to En- ain the Young Men. Young Married People’s ¢ tillion Club i tot eparin, i ig ‘ following young society me “ a“ t the Palmer House Thureday t The yserver at Cincinnati re- an ceting for perfecting arran ports that the river will rise to fifty and @ meeting for perfecting arrange- | +3 by ‘Tuesday morning, sod will ments was held this morning i y_ OOFDE sf yet the preliminaries have probably reach fifty-five feet mt that fads, bat another wee point, which is ten feet above the held tomorrow, It is thoug at] danger line, and the business inter the affair will be ago, and the public have received — tim ANNOYING TRAMPS, Many Want to Be Carried Across the River B ‘ Capt. Bob Owens, of the ferry |boat,is daily besieged by numbers of o be tramps who want to to Illinois free of cha They tell all stories, and g vail on the genial ea; them across, transported | t of manner pitable MARRIAGE THIS APTERNOON, " t cler and Mr, John Theobald United. Miss Lucy ‘The marriage of Miss Lucile Cour- A report reached the city last night that Mrs, Rosa McGill, wife of Rebt, | McGill, who was shot her hus. band during a frenzy of jealousy last week, died from a miscarriage Sune | day. | The report was denied today by! some from that section and others said they had heard it, All was based on hearsay, but the ramor has not been confirmed, Sheriff Holland does not believe it is true, 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. on hand and cay give your order peorppt attention. cier to Mr. John Theobald emnized at 4 o'clock atthe St. Francis De Sales church, | Rey. Father Jansen officiating Both are well young people, | daughter of Mr. Theodore jof the Cincinnati Cooperage Com- pany, and the groom a son of ther well known butcher and a promisi young man, The couple will reside was sole the bride being a Courcie will probably River at Cincinnati Will Go Weather Bureau last night issued the warning of danger “A Pair of this afternoon | Jee: all new at known and popular] ¢ present flood at this point the . orty-live Feet Rise At Chatta- nooga. Ten Feet Over Danger Line, Washington, D.C.. Feb. 23.—The rV Entire Town L nd yater. Jarmers, I his entire | own is under five feet of water, and| the dama rty will be very | xd to.eamp out | ay from the} eat, om the own, hills a mile - “A PAIR OF JACKS.” the Opera} ann Place at 11:30 tomorrow forenoo today | Heavy rains continued to fall yes: | terday ‘in nearly all parts of Ken- tucky, the downpour being especially severe in the mountain counties. In} {S| New Hope char “PRIZE HGNTER MARRIAGES. Wright-Baker Tomorrow. The | Double Wedding Tu Take Place in the Country. | ented | The matriage of Miss Cammye Baker to Mr. Will Wright will take the First Baptist church, Rev, W. | K. Penrod officiating The ushers will be Messrs, George | Goodman, Claude Baker, Earl Wal- rs, Ed Paxton, Tom Jackson and h Bryant. The couple will leave jat 12:20 for New Orleans on a bri- | dal tour, Reber and Mr. Louis married this afternoon the St. | Miss Ada Wurtz were lat the home of the bride in | John’s neighborkood. Livenses were issued today for a double wedding to take place tomor- row evening at 8 o'clock at Massac, this county, Mesers. Harry and Lon RaJlolph will be murried to Misses Hattie Hocker and Ruby Overstreet. The ceremony will be performed at al y Rev. Pryor. DE BRANTLEY. Arrested On a Bail Writ Yes- terday. Found tle Had to Pay or Go to And Paid. the Mex- ber, was ar- afternoon by | Constable Patton on a bail writ,sued out by Mrs. Maggie Brogan, with whom he had been boarding. She claimed that he owed her $12, and fearing that he intended to leave the country she took out the bail writ asa last resort. Her surmises proved to be correct, as young De Brantley had made every preparation to e the country, according to the officers. When be found that it was a case of pay or goto jail for ten days, he promptly paid over the amount and ed. Chas. E ican prize fighter and bi rested late yesterday De Brant BURNETT DUNCAN Languishes in Jail at Benton. Now 2d With Arson and Em- bezzlement, Wedding spit uous position PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1897, ‘ALG, TAYLOR, Death of of Prominent Citizens. One DED OF == PREUMONIE, nat) Was Vico President of the West- ern District W Company, OTHER GRAVES COUNTY NEWS. Mr. A C. Taylor, vice of the Western District ¥ Company of Patucah and M who has long been a Mayfield, died Thu pnevmonia, after a biiet illne ‘The deceased was about of age, and one of the respected, as well wealthy resi- dents of Graves county, He had been ii but a short time, but he was abanioned several days ago. The deceased was well known in Pa- president ehouse y field, resident of ay morning of 25 years most highly ducal, aud leaves a large family. The funeral will take place tomor- row, Thomas Pryor is the name hog thief who is in jail at_ Maj He stole six hogs from Ja son’, farm at Pilot Uak, twenty milo from Mayfield, drove them to Maydeld aud ‘sold them for $6 to Wyatt & Co. Marshal MeNutt, with his usa cated and ca aptness, soon lo- 3 raided Sun- It took place at Dan Be sidence and was broken upJoy Boaz’s wite, who then had a fight with her husband. Je: il- ley, Henry Lewis, Ira Moore, Chas. Hammonds, white, and Jeff Euker, George G mm and Dan » all coloral, were in the geme, ‘They were arrested, COR HERO'S BIRTHDAY, Celebrated in a Most Pleasing noer By the Pupils of St.Ma Acadkmy. Lest night at coe Hall the teacher's of St ary’s Academy proved conclus ively t that their course of instruction is animated with the spirit of true patriotis The hall ud stage were decorated with the gars and stripes and ina was the pears of con- Mayfield’s Official Newspaper of the City. TEN CENTS A WEEK Not in a Hundred Years Will you find any others at the same price better than Spanish Gem’ CIGARS The ne Sc Cigar on Earth./ Exclusive Agents, GEo. O. HaRT & Son ~ HARDWARE anp STOVE Co. INCORPORATED. 303-307 Broadway. 109-117 N. 3d St. Cent Nothing better made than “Old Reliable” Cigars at 10c. MOTHERS } Are always looking about for places THAT gives the most value for the money, and they LOVE to sée them shod with shoes that are noted for THEIR style,quality and wear, and their TIPS ARE HONEY SAVERS, CHILDREN ia ee ee are sure of all when bought of GEO. ROC “kK & SON. SPECIAL SALE FOR MEN Washington crowned with laurel and iss Isa- epitome of the ron ideas that had characterized the pre- . ,,|paration of fhe exercises. The musi- H. B. Duncan lived at Mayfield | oq) members including songs, solos, two or three years ago, and owned al nets, ete were artistically ren. store. He was heavily insured, and] crea and = spoke forcibly one night his store burned down. }ine excellence acquired in this He was strongly suspected of having set fire to it, and finally was arrested , Where it gave a con-] poctmaster Clark hands us a dis-| OM 8 Warrant sworn out by the ins t, leaving this morning | ateh just received late this p.m. surance company, and at the pre- for Memphis in the signal office at Chattarooga| liminary tral acquitted, Afterwards, The sleeper on which the Beye yeaah tloods. on | Bowever, new evidence was discov- passed throug! yesterday, ¢ i. ne anessee “will ties ered, and another warrant was issued through this morning en route to} “csura' rap i '€1 against him, but he had absconded. Louisville, and will be brought ra aly Dorayehye ss geeyaierc He went to Owensboro and went through again tonight en route to] o've this taformation wide distribu: 11) the name of Joe Duncan, aud ew Orleans with a Mardi Gras {0 and warn tl He, 8° stl was there warranted for embezzling |: party. PeEperny COG We Hecteote: 8800 of the firm's money where he re pe {was employed. He escaped here, DANCE AT THE PALMER. [WEATHER BUREAU WARNING] ais, and. was finally traced to Bri- shall county, where he ed yesterday and taken to jail at Benton He will be carried to stand trial. ensbur; MARKETS, 1 Daily by Lacy ( ., closed at 75 yas closed at $4.05-8, March cotton opened at $6.90 and closed at $6.89-90, votton opened at $7.02 00-1, 257,000. and closed Cleara y Night - Gi ie rong Coypay House A The company an Donnelly’s fi WN iva Lens and excellfat fhe, and known Wy artists, ypera se- dhring the r music is| the \company has some | xellent voices. Lonisville ising her an hour. 2 of two inches Orde | $1 per load. At Loui | pe river is | her bureau pre-| dots we will have thirty feet of water | cane bottom chal . receipts, 652 cars. The visible supply of wheat last week, decreased 1,446,000 bushels, MeGehee Warranted. John McGehee, colored, one of the most notorious negroes in town, was warranted this afternoon for kaocking Amanda McGehee, his wife, down and bgsf™Mg her. ckoryStove Wood. For nice Mefe wood telephone 2 29, Onto Rive® | ‘or r your Coal now. ( Mayfield to branch of study by the pupils of the Academy. When all the music was so good justice forbids individual mention, but the pieces in particular that challenged our special admira- tion were the violin solo by Miss Rig- glesberger, the mandolin solo by Miss Herri nd the “Orphene Club Waltz,”” executed by the class on mandolins, guitars, violin and piano. The songs by little Miss Detzel and Master Halpin were pretty efforts 1 much appreciated. The beautiful snd pathetic reeita- tion “On the Rappahannock gracefully rendered by Miss Mamie n received rapt attention and he declamation ster Will Hoff- heart on Washing »plause. on by M man eed’ a very creditable number. q in panto- mime by axton, Fisher, Rowe and Berahard was a marvel Altogether the ente! fitting celebration of the of poetic conception. nent was a ‘at holi- May corn opened at 24'4 snd] day and will serve to. awaken pleas- closed at 24's. ‘ ant memories, pa‘riotic impulses and | May oats opened at 17'4 and | noble aspirations, and reileets. great closed at 1745-12 _Jeredit upon the management of St. May pork opened at $7.95] Mary’s Academy. and closed at $7.95. : Le May lard opened at $4.00 and] = Waxrep—A peat” white girl in closed 3.97, family of three Apply at once at May ribs opened at $4.05 and] 608 North Sixth street, Know Y r PateAnd Fortune, Ladies in J nd gentlemen worried over busi don’t fail to consult the reliabfeNvlind medium, Satisfaction ; guar] ited, puth: Seventh stre A Afost EXcellent Soap is oad BORATED CREAM far— joule’ See the Wondertat Nelson tore. One nice bed Fooxt se fe set of 642 South Sixth Gra hophone. ! street yi {166 P WS, cnet We have a big stock always Tel. Buy ubbers LOW. Jue You'nepd them now. Comfort, health and good nature demgsid them—Cold feet cry for them—Wetfeet shput forthem—Colds and na bark for them st ut st 96 6 36 Call and see the storm rubberwe are selling for 18c. Child’s spring heels 9c. GET A PAIR TODAY! ADKINS & bln HOES BOUGHT OF US SHINED FREE, 331 BROADWAY WYLVEVVAAT ‘The Is selling everything in\his tine at reduced prices. , Bee’ 100 per bu. - 70. Meats $8.26 ton