The Paducah Daily Sun Newspaper, March 6, 1897, Page 2

~ All ran advertisoments the entire ear, Their experience teaches em that one time advertising does not pay. VOLUME 1—NUMBER 151 would hear from it later, and that i POOR OLD SPAIN he was not indicted he ‘would hear 8} from it later, ‘The detective started after Brien but Sheriff Little whipped the horse | A FLOOD. and drove the detective away before | River Men All Seem to Fear Dire Disaster Follows Fast And] ),¢ reached his intende acid Faster. t cAV 6 | antagonist, | This Now. WILL” MAKE WAR, An Exciting Time at a Funeral at Oak Grove. jALL RIVERS ABOVE RISING, JAPAN An unusual scene took place in Oak Grove day befure yesterday. | The remains of John Randolph, —a| The Mississippi ts On A Tear, And Backing Rapidly U ground was wet, the rain had | ven falling for several hours, Just} as the tow present started to lower | EVERYBODY PREDICTING AN OVERFLOW. the coffin into the ground a newly dug grave next to it caved in, and it} required over two hours to cover up the coffin, owing to the enormous size e had reached A LUNATIC. OREGON SENATOR TO BE APPOINTED, The fear of another flood in Padu- feah is now widespread throughout the city, and the belief that the water will reach a higher stage than ever before is prevalent among river men, | Today large crowds of people thronged the small remaining portion of the levee, aud the following bulle- tin, posted at the boat store, was read by many curious eyes: he Uhio has about quit rising at this place, but as to the future, Yokohama, March 6.—The goy- ernment of Japan bas sent a number| the gre of war vessels to the Philippine Is- Jands and it is said a crash with the Spanish is certain. It is stated she will subjugate the islands and drive the Spanish out. There seems little doubt that Spain has another war on her hands, George Hines Becomes Insane For the Second Time. SWORN IN THIS MOR) Ge al He Is Brought to th Members of the Cabinet Take the Masi Por Tria | Oath of Office. | cit bed rains above have fallen and more wa- ter may be expected in next few days, The Mississippi is ‘tanked ‘and on a “tear.” Look out. II's to pay.’ Washington, March 6.—The mem- bers of the president's cabinet took the oath of office and entered upon their respective duties, having been confirmed by the Senate yesterday. George Hines, » young man about |" 25 years of age, living near Massac, P this county, was brought to the city this morning by his father, Alex| Hines, and brother, George Hines, to be tried for lunacy. backing up, and Cairo appears to be The afflicted young man was sll doomed. ‘Ten feet more of water right until one week ago, when bis Witt hriog the river to the stage maid sodacaly became ders reached in 1884, about fifty-four and he grew more and more vicious, feet By” tonight. the gauge, wil Greenville, Ky., March 6,—There | until yesterday, when it was ¢ probably register forty-five feet or fs unusual interest. and not a little] expedient to take steps towards con-| icy)” excitement in this county today over] fining bim Capt. Lambdin said today: “I Republican conventions being held His halluciation seems to be noth- believe the river will be higher than 5S Fow ier, Special Observer. The rivers above are all rising, but worse than this, the Mississippi is REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, Being Held Today In Mablenburg County. throughout this county, for the nomi-|!9g 10 particular, One peculiaz | oo: before. All the rivers above are rising, and the water is pouring from the tributaries of the Missis- |siy pi, and the Father of Waters her- self will soon be out of her banks. The worst, in my opinion, is to come.’* nation of county and — legislative tickets. THE NEW AMBASSADOR, Will Arrive In London at Easter thing about his dementia is that he never changes a subject after he once gets to conversing on it, unless the person to whom he is talking forces a change. He was adjudged insane several | years ago and sent to Hopkinsville, Tide, but seven years ago was discharged London, March 6.—It is stated in}as cured, and was apparently all government circles that Col. John] right until last Saturday. , the new minister to the court Young Hines was taken before] t. James will arrive in London}County Judge Tully this afternoon | about Easter. Col. Hay will be re-|and tried for lunacy. Attorney Ford| ceived with distinguished honor, hav-| represented County Attorney Houser | jog already an excellent standing in}and the young man was adjudged in- Capt.Joe Fowler was seen, but was in no humor to prognosticate. ‘Go look at the bulletin board,’’ he sen- tentiously said. ‘The prospects are very bad, very bad.” ‘There are some who take a differ- ent view of it, but the river itself dis- pels all assurance of a coming re- cession by persistently rising. London society. sane and ordered to Hopkinsville His father and brother will take him. During the trial young Hines de- Governor Penoyer, of Oregon Will] came very boisterous. When Judge aeen a henstor. Tully read the papers Hines seized a heavy glass paper weight and would Salem, Ore., March 6.—The leg-}have struck the judge on the bead islature having faile! to elect a suc-} with it had not he been seized, He cessor to Senator Mitchell in the] aferwards attempted to pat = bey United States Henate, 1 Gevorves OD J who works at the jail through a small Governor Penoyer to fill the vacancy | yentilation hole in the wall Sibi, Dy appointment. He will probably | ‘The evidence showed that be had |” act with dispatch and it is expec ted [to be watched a!l the time to keep! Senator early next} him from killing some one | will name the M'CARTY ARRESTED. v L APPOINT. THE GREAT BATTLE Will Take Place About Noon Pacific Time About 2 P, M, Contra Weille Informa Kolley & Receive From Western week. a HUNTER CONFIDENT, Nashville, Teon., March 6, '97. Messrs, Kolley and Weille, : " fas Paducah, Ky. Well Enough to Have A Wat | ‘The Corbett Fitzsimmons — fight rant Served. j will take place between 11 a. m. and noon, Pacitic time, St. Patrick's day, {March 17, probably nearer noon This will make it about 2 p. m., cen- | tral time. J. Compre, Supt. Western Union. It will be seen that the promoters + Andersou Miller arrested | of this grand event are doing every- yesterday on @/ thing in their power to make things 1 with engaging | agreeable for all those who may at- Holt and Boyle Working Hard Blackb Will “Be Dab.” Frankfort, March 6,—Iluo friends claim he will be elec the first ballot for United senator. Friends of Holt and Boyle are putting in their licks for their respective candidates and ¢ that Dr, Hunter has a cinch on the nomination, Boyle claims still to the caucus nominee and therefc titled to the votes of all Ke cans, Hunter's friends claim pledges sufficient to insure the Doctor's elec- Was Stabbed By Jobn Rogers At best Rossington Sometime Ago. Tedford ‘ty warrant charging him in a fight with John Rogers. Both | tend. nen live near Rossington, in the| The loop and ticker will be cone tion on first ballot, Ex-Senator} county, and had a dispute over al nected at the Opera House, The Blackburn will arrive Sunday. Sen- |) 1 ole ‘ages MoCarty| complete reporte by rounds wil be ator Wool leaves for Washington] cing stabbed in the melee. He has| received on the stage and will be this evening and will present his cre] ince been unable to get out, and is| Written on a large blackboard thirty- dentials to the senate on Monday, Ithough | two by 63 feet, so that all patrons T can readily read the same, by re- ¢ gallery will be 1 people. not yet able to attend court, his Condition is not dangerous. McCarty gave bond for lis appear. | maining the}ance and the is set for next | reserved fo the colora had | week. THE WRONG COUNTY. Well Known Riv Cairo, Ul., March Clinton died of pneumonia at Marine Hospital today, He — been in the hospital but a short time, going there in & serious conilition. He was fifty-one years of age. He had been on the river for thirty case CALL HER NAME Joke on a McG ty And Fanme McNeal Objects to aA Candidate. ‘This. Y e cle in Paducah . SE ee Leckrilo Stewart Dick's friends in the} Fannie McNeal, colored, - county are enjoying @ good joke at plained at police headquarters this his expense, woruing that she was annoyed day Day before yesterday he went out| and night hy people wha pass and As every-/ call her name, Ste said Joe John- colored, was one of them, but did not know who the others com- | Two Loggers Drown Kinney, Ky., March ¢ é ved as loggers in [on an electioneering tour. ave been enge tee ie tor some time, were] body knows, he is a candidate for son, srexened in the freshet yesterday, |county assessor. He had Charlie she viile trying to save their rafts. |‘Thorobill drive him about, and along are. Their nawes are not known, neither] in the evening they drove up to a Marshal Collins promised to send man on horse back, and the genial a policeman out to. see that she is candidate handed him a card. molested no more. “You're a little off,” the farmer declared, ‘You are out of your ter- Detective Wicktiffe Won't'Take|ritory. This ts not MeCracken, but ie or Ballard county.” Any Bape TN This proved to be correct, and Brooklyn Saloon Keepers Detective Wickliffe, of the citys} they had been electioneering out in) Muss Thickena, ni Levy Hrien, of Briensburg, come] yoilard county for some time and bck ae aoining a didiculty a day or two] gign't know it. | Joba Workman, the : tween Briensburg and Benton, ss ee Joon Keeper, is all broken up over eee Died of Hemorrhage. |the trouble with Jim Pickler and his on the dirt road. jth 2 Wickliffe iding| Joe Campdell, « well known stone | wife. Detective -Wickie a Te tee aed of hemorrhage of ‘The latter, it will probably be re- Shei n Brien came] cutter, died today \ woth Glare Tate re ah near the city. | membered, has brought suit at Me- where they are from. A SCRAP AVERTED, SIDE. WORKMAN'S The Brooklyn sa- his friends to back brim ty Pickler, ‘and was her present hush keeper for some married him. man named Ellis, She drove insane by her conduct, according to reports had him sent to the asylum, and then got a divorce. us the asylum, Workman, according to reports, terms with does she deny it. in partnership with Picklor. Convicts Escape. day morning from the K tiary, but Hen erce, George and caught them near Saratooga and brought them back and received the $200 reward.—Tale Two Cities. TWO CONTINUANCES, This is Allin the Police Court Today. rie Chas. ddie Holland we are unable to prophesy. Heavy|Bud Barker and Barbara Ran- | q¢ ry square kin's Familiar Faces Seen. Bud Barker and Barbara Rankin colured, were in the police court this morning charged with stealing $175 from Joseph Smith, of the county, at Ella Brown's resort. The case was not ready for trial, and was post- poned until Monday. The commonwealth was not ready in the case against Louis Cooper, colored, and Frettie Yopp, whit charged with breaking into the Bie erman Grocery Company's slaughter house and stealing some hides, whict were sold to Baer, the hide n ‘The case was continued until Mon¢ BIG CIRGUS. Barnum & Bailey's to Come Here in May. Will Have Sixty-TwoCars And Come From Memphis. It is rather early to make circus announcements, but Paducah will have one of the largest tent shows in the world next May, Tod ‘ontract was made with 3 WH a8 It is said that the latter's wife bas always borne an unsavory reputation (V's house He has since died in does not deny being on intimate the woman, and neither He was formerly QWEN’S ISLAND, time before she 0 ' Her first husband, a | S°™é of the Scenes Thereabout e Now, ONLY ONE ACRE OF LAND fi Uncovered By the Increasing ‘Two convicts escaped last Wednes- ddyville pen- | STOCK BEING —-RAPIDIY MOVED. Capt. Jim Owen took charge of the ferry boat Bettie Owen this morn- ing and carried her up to Owen's Is- land, where about twenty-five horses were driven on board the boat and broaght to the city to place them be- yond reach of the high water. Owen's Island is now entirely in- undated, with the exception of a large mound that was heaped up last year as aplace of refuge for cattle and hogs, It is about an , and has a barn on it, whieh now contains over 100 fowl, and 126 head of hogs, The hogs will be left until the last momeut and the sowls will be kept in the up: per part of the barn. | Capt. Owen also has about 14,000 bushels of cornfin be shelled into two big barges alougsile the barn if the river gets much high- er. Li will require eight feet more to cover the mound the island, which is now the only dey spot there 500 HOGSHEADS r which will of Tobacco From the} River Front Cellars. Removal Had to Be Taken to a Place of Safety. Within the past two or three days over 500 hogsheads of tobacco have been taken from the cellar of the} Western District Warehouse Co., at | the foot of Jefferson street, and re- moved to places of safety in various other parts of the city. This was rendered imperative be- cause the water is now several feet deep in the cellar, and the job of the Illinois Central railroad to trans- port Barnum & Bailey’s circus. from Memphis to Paducah on Monday, May 24th. The mammoth aggreg: tion will show bere on that day, and on the following day give two per- formances at Hopkinsville. Barnum & Bailey's this year is larger than ever before, consisting of sixty-two cars, and will arrive in three sections. It has been some time since such a large circus was in Paducah, and from now until the date mentioned above the inhabitants will no doubt anticipate it with the usual pleasure and expectation, In a few weeks blazing posters will adorn every accessible locality, and when the circus comes to town there will be hundreds and thousands to see it, MARK (Reported Daily by Lacy Grain Company.) Chicago, Ill., March 6,—May wheat opened at 76's point 763 ; closed at 76, May corn opened closed at 24%. May oats opened at 17'> closed at 17's, May pork _ opened and closed at 88.35, May lard opened at $4.20 and closed at $4.20, May ribs opened closed at $4.40. May cotton opened at $6.96 and closed at $6.92 N. W. receipts, cars, Clearances 138,000 bushels, and at $8,355 at $4.40 and BANK STATEMENT. Reserve Dee, $1,964,050, n Inc. $4,452,100. Specie Inc, $1,120,800, Legal Dee. $2,16 Deposits Inc, # TON POSTOFFICE, Fight Is On and Intere stin The “Tribune” says: ‘Geo. W. Riley, representing the people, and J. Wesley Cole, representing the po- litical ‘machine,’ are the pricipal as pirants for the Benton postoffice.’” But we are informed that ‘there are others.’ Dr. R. H. Starks has an excellent show for the plabe. The aspirants will soon come to some conclusion and all withdraw but one and a Marshall county man says what they will do to Cole will be « plenty. The It Grows Recovered the Horse. Je of Noah Franke] the lungs at his home a ge Caley yee | ae ung we out 47_ years old, and! tropollsagainst Workman for $10,000 Kin, who is charge! wgrrested at the|leaves a second wife and two chil-/ damages, and a suit against bis wife Soa eee ihe’ dateolite The funeral will take place for divorce te hy 1 that it Fran ‘There are two sides to this affair, AA hyo sklitt and Workman has his story, and Brien | dren. : | vaio kc | tomorrow. ‘The deceased is a brother- | tia inlaw of Uncle Thad Jacobs, lin was indicted Detective Wi 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 on hand and can give your order prompt attention. The horse M. Hunt swapped with a gypsy named Watson in Mechan- icsburg was gotten {n Lilinois yester- highest | ° at 24'o and transporting sueh a prodigious nuw- ber of the heavy casks was not an easy . It has proven the biggest transportation of tobacco since the Mytes” warehouse collapsed some- ine gos Committee Comes Up From Me- tropolis, Ini ItGets the Desired And Leaves Satistied. unusual Rich Yesterday afternoon meeting was held at the mond Hotel A committee from Metropolis, con- sisti of County Clerk Morris and Editor Phelan, came up to Paducah all on a well newspaper reporter, and find out what he meant article a day or two about ig lawyer of Metropolis who « to Paducah to gratify his curiosity to see feminine limbs when lady pedestrians were forced to cross the streets on a damp day. The article stirred up quite a sen- sation in Metropolis, and some of the members of the bar were very indig- nant. he young man's name was read- r and there will be further developments when the facts becowe known in Metropolis. He fis said to be a sort of * lawyer there. He has wen in Paducab since the c » him to under- stand that h coduet not to be tolerated, ‘The feeling in Metropolis toward him does not seem to be the best an New known not been as his was NED MORE CREWS, Business Continues to Boom the Lc, Two more locomotives with freight crews left the city this morning for Fulton to assist in getting the heavy business out of the This makes fifteen crews of other divisions to haa on the Mississippi division, ad of diminishing the ms to increase. iledoff the rush and in- business Heavy Storm in Ballard. A severe storm occurred at Ingle- side, Ballard county, night before last, ‘Frees were uprooted, barns blown bat no PapucaH DAILY SUN. ARQ M Possibly you probably you thi Range. and get prices. to your THREE Official Newspaper of the City. TEN CENTS A WEEK OF A KIND. ONITOR : AJESTIC” S are afford to All we a v interest to be interested. ut to look at our, GEO. O. HART & SON, HARDWARE AND STOVE C 03 307 ‘Broadway INCORPORATED. . 109-117 N. Third Street. 4 anted<.. To make himself a of a nice pair of shées, and naturall 's one that is noted for style,-quality, fit and wear. To get these qualities he should be careful and select the house that has the reputation for“all. from ONE to FIVE DOLLARS at You can get them Spring ALMOST Turned Over But the Cows Were Rescued, Will Thompson and a companion had a narrow escape across the river yesterday, They pulled across in skiff and found two cows on a straw pile left alongside a wheat thresher, The water was up all around them, but the bovines were rescued after the skiffs were almast turned over iu the effort. Horse and Buggy Attached, Ford Turner, of Llinois, came over to Kentucky today and had his horse and buggy attached by Constable Anderson Miller, on a debt of $2 owed Pet Ree The case will come up at Squire Hartley’s court. Kelly’s famous |Nelson Soule’s_—\ day by Sam Gholson and brought back today, down and fences destroy lives were lost. E WN Drug Stokes, Lump 1 S GEO. ROCK & SON. HAS RECEIVED HIS Stock a —ORn—< Until after the Gindous Inauguration Of our Patriotic Vi cut prices will prevail at Dorian’s And to give every one a cance to,ge? GOOD SHOES and DRY GOODS for very little money, we wilf continue to slash prices untilot St. Pattick’s Day “2 Morning” “Now is the accepted time”Ito call onZustfor Cheap Shoes and Fine Shoes Dry Gobds-and/Furnishing Goods. MONEY TALKS Impressively at our store. We must a lot of stock to make ion for Spring Goods. All are loosed to attend this bargain % \ / JNO. J. DORIAN 205 Broadway, Opposite Lang Bros.’ Drug Store Oc per bu. 9 " ‘ a t 70. Anthracite $8.25 ton. . | : Barry & \Henneberger, Tel.