The Paducah Daily Sun Newspaper, March 18, 1897, Page 1

rtemante 0, sat Official Newspaper one time advertising does of the City. PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1897. QUTLOOK BLUE, 7 our | DISCOURAGING, | STILL MIXED. [EMERY Will Be Submitted to the House! Raining Above and Below— Landed the Knock-Out The River Still Rises and The Corbett Concealed Weapon GRANI I E WA TER | LTERS on Thursday, More Water in Prospect. Blow. | eta | Case Left Open. ‘TEN CENTS A WEEK. a Z A Critical Analysis of the Fight | a EXCEL in A BATCH OF APPOINTMENTS. RELIEF WORK AT MEMPHIS, og clypusanhe Pond 8) GLOOMY = THE PROSPECTS. | FURTHER COMPLICATIONS ARISE P TY ) The filtering fibre is made of a solid granite rock | insuring absolutely pure water. iy The City Is Fast Becoming Judge Sanders ¢ nts on the ‘our Pere| Prospect of Greater Damage to i" nen eaag A sas Man Mure Four Per. e Flooded--Several County Witnesses sons Then Sticides. , Come. pag nent eh me touhe iskdea, wanted, CHEAPNESS pea _ have greater capacity than those of ; : " ——S other makes costing three times as much. upped mountains, making a picture } > DIAMOND THIEF GETS $500,000 WORTH,| WILI THE FLOODS NCVER STOP? Joachvas was never’ seen before on au POLKe — | deeasion of the kind. James J. Cor.|4 FEW NOTES OF THE FLOOD. COURT NEWS OF TODAY. SIMPLICITY Thegeis ‘nothing about a gravlite filter to get out of bett went down to defeat today be- ————_— ~ofder ; it will last a life-time. Washington, March 18.—The Re-| Memphis, March 17.—Hundreds| fore Robert Fitzsimmons, who bes é publican members of the 8 and | of people, mostly negroes, were land- bepre ioe aaa heavy-weight pugilist! ‘The waters slowly but surely en-| Avdditional complications arose to- L G eo . leans Committee had a conference |ed on the Memphis levee this after- |! the worl: ; croach on Padacab, and last night | day iu the case against Walter Cor- G ranite filters are easier yesterday to outline the program for| noon by the relief steamers that are he victory was not gained with | there was a rise of two inches. The bett, the Mayfield potographer VLEANLINESS child < hi “bey alitaesd ae the tariff bill in the House. ‘They | daily visiting the flooded districts ad-]04t 4 struggle; in fact, a victory did] water now almost completely sur-| charged with carrying a dirk knife we ahah test —_—— decided to report the bill to the He jacemt to Memphis. hot seem possible for Fitzsimmoas} rounds Paducah, and is crawling up| Concealed, and the false swearing is Friday, Debate will probably Vague reports reached this city to-] @til the last moment of the battle, | several of the streets, being almost to | 80 polpable that it cannot be ignored begun at once, afier the bill has | night of the drowning of several peo- | ¥en he delivered a blow in « vital] Fourth on Washington. |and Judge Sanders this morning left 11 been reported to the House. Tue | ple in Arkansas today, but these can- | P&tt, and followed it with two others 1 The ferry boat, Bettie Owen, was | the case open that Major Harris, the J t ' on ar ware an ove 0 length of time to be given to debite| not be verilied. For the first time in] Wtch sent the Californian to the/almost unable to land at the foot of | defendant’s attorney, may secure ad- ' in the House was not decided, bat ii | many ys the river tonight is s'a-|00r with the agony of pain and de-/Court street this morning, and Capt. | ditional evidence, wil probably be ten days. Nighi) y, marking 96.7 feet, but the]SP#ir imprinted on bis face and he} Owen fears he will be cut off entire-| Corbett, as will doubtless be re- INCORPORATED 303-307 Broadway. sessions will = be held, and, | rise at Cairo and the reported heavy] #8 Unable to rise within the limitlly, ‘The water is almost to the level | called, swears that the knife found 4 109-117 N. Third Street. With “leave to print” speeches in the | tains in Missouri and other states will] Which would save him. When the] of the street at Court, and at Broad- | by officers in his overcoat pocket was |: “Congressional Record,” it is ex-| only serve to inerease the broad ex.| lefeated champion finally arose with} way is nearly to the entrance of the| not his property, that he never saw. it pected that all members who desire | panse of water in this vicinity. the assistance of his attendants and | hoat store, a doubly long stage plank | before, and that he dida’t kuow how lo present their views on the tariff} There las been a steady downpour | "ecovered sufficiently from Ins dazed | having to be used it got into his pocket. The evides v« will be able to record their argumenis | of rain in Arkansas and west‘Tennes- | COMdition to realize the calamity that) At Brooklyn and Metropolis, and|of two Mayfield men who were to their satisfaction. The program| see all day. ‘The gange at Memphis} "4 befallen him, he broke out with} at up the river points as well, a sim-| him at the time was substantially d os agreed upon by the Republicans will] this morning indicated 36.6 feet, this} *'! the fury of an enraged animal, |ijar condition of affairs exists, and | same, = be submitted to the full Ways and] beiog a rise of two-teaths of a foot in| 2 discarding all the rules which} the river is almost in the streets of | On the other hand, some of the / Means committe tomorrow asa mat-| the twenty-four hours ending at 7] 70¥¢rn the art of which he is adis-/hoth the first named places. Thus |inmates of Madame Patton's swore / ter of form, and probably will be}o’clock this moring, At Cairo at] rushed at his victorious oppo |far, however, no serious damage is | that Corbett had the knife out show- g ‘ adopted by a party vote. — the same time the gauged indicated |eDt and made a vain struggle tol reported, but many people have been |ing it around previous to the time i ( ) Lit According to the desire of the}49.6 feet, a rise of two-teuths of a] bea him over the ropes, only de-}driven from their homes and forced | Was found iu his pocket. framers of the tariff bill, no amend-| foot in the same period. At Heleva] $>ting when his own seconds and} to seek au abiding place anywhere | This morning two witnesses from 1 ments to it will be male in the{a rise of four-tenths of a foot oc-|ftiends forced him away, they can find them Madame Neif’s, anotner resort on House except those h have the |curred in the last twenty-four hours] And then the new champion was} At Trimble street the water is | West Court street, swore that Cor- re sanction of the committee. the gauge showing 45. Heavy | borne to bis dressing-room amid the almost level with the street, and at | bett had the knife out playing with it I<on The Republicans went through the] ‘ains throughout the district preven: | “Meers of the 5,000 people who were] Clay it is just a few inches lower. | at that place previous to his arrest. eee — above the sea, encircled by snow. Dill today to correct some errors in| any promise of speedy relief, in the arena, accompanied by his] \fonroe street is well covered at Sec-| Major Harris desires to have the the phrase logy One important) At Greenville the height is 39,2] 8¢conds and trainers, aad also by bis} ond, |gentlemen from Mayfield come back change in rates was made, Asphalt| feet avd at Vicksbarg 41.9 feet. At} Wife, who had watched the contest! ‘Phe water lias backed around near | and swear that Corbett had no kuife and bitumen, not advanced, were put| the lavier place the rise bas been six-|ftom position within a few feet of | Oak Grove, and extends over a large | at Neif’s, either at $1.50 8 ton, and in advanced or|teoths of a footin the last twenty-| the ringside, and who bad taken if} grea, ‘The Cairo road, at Perkin’s| Judge Sanders said in commenting To make himself a present of a nice pair of shoes, and wed form at $3 a te four hours. The water at this point] every detail, even at the time when it} creek, is under water, and the bridge | on the ease that if Corbett was inno oe : a Chairman Dingley explained that [is now nine-tenths of foot above the | seemed that her husband would be !has to be crossed in @ canoe. jcent he ought to be acquitted but if naturally he wants one that is noted for style, quality, fit and -~ these products, i, seems to the com-|danger line. At Shreveport and} knocked insensible at her feet In the western partof the city and|he was guilty of carrying concealed as f° a mittee, were good cles to raise | points below the rise continues. The} It Mies great bil) and, nol-| suburbs the water is also spreadiog | deadly weapon, he was also guilty wear. To get these qualities he should be careful and _stlect revenue on, most of the supply being] Siiuation in the flooded districts re-] ¥ithsanding the cheers for the vic-] rapidly, and the road leading to the | of perjury, and deserved punishment 5 4 a Smaiioriad Wad wontrolied by & lass | maine practically’ unchanged, Steam. |tor, the majority of those wo wil couaky poor tarm le in several’ places | {06 TRIPE cash Was lath oped. the house that has the reputation for ali. You_cany get them corporation. boatmen arriving from the south re- |Hessed the fight could not but feel a} covered to a depth of many inches, | 6 ce a porn port all levees pei condition. sense of disappointment at the result, | and @ small han ae used by County| B+ Ls Waring was fined $1 ancl from ONE to FIVE DOLLARS at DIAMOND ROBBERY. Up to the present time, so far as| believing, as they did, that victory | physician Brothers has floated away \peltee uy for drunkenness in the reliably reported, there have not|¥#S taken from Corbett at a moment] so he cannot reach the place except | rare 7 -~ 5 A Tet Makes O9 With Hatt a] been over six deaths as a result of When he seemed sure of gaining it}in a boat. | Judge Sanders this morning fined C 5 O R he the rise in the Mississippi riyer, All| imself. In the southern part of town there | John Caldwell, colored, #5 and costs xX . . ‘i Million Dotlars Worth - . . of these fatalities occurred in eastern * , * * * * *Jarea great many broad expanses | for usiag insulting language towards of Gems, Arkansas, and all were negroes. In tle fifth round he. punished of water, and on each side of Sixth | Officds Seuser and Smediey. Cald- - Spokave, Wasb., March 18.—A}, The United States Weather Bureau] }’jtzsimmons soverely, battering hit |above Norton, the water is almost up| well was clubbed by Offi er Smedley, FI Fae stranger stepped ito a leading jew. | today gives out the startling informa-| on the face and body vatil the blood |to the street. In some places it is}and claimed that he did nothing to elry store this 1 , 1 repre-| tion that 800 square miles of the] streamed from his face and he tually] almost over the N., C. and St. L | provoke the assault, but the evidence senting that he wished to | state of Arkansas is under wate nk to bis knees to avoid further] tracks. was against him, mond of considerable value, and that the Mississippi #ill conto | punishment, remaining there antl] Old river men today profess to be — « — shown « tray on which were dia-| rise. In the district to the we» | nearly all the allotted time had ex-|more apprehensive than ever before, CASE DISMISSED, mondsazgcezating $500,000 im value. | of Marion, Ark., hundreds of people] pired, when he arose and succeeded |und some adhere to theie former i 5 At the (me the clerk was alone in] Were picked up, The work of saving |in continuing the contest for the few] Statement that the water will reach - » store and catching him unawares }8tock has been abandoned and from] remaining seconds of the round, |the '84 mark, Capt. Joe Fowler seem ihiaws , abe ats oy ste powder into the] 90w on all efforts will be directed] Nearly all the s; ctators thought the | along said forty-eight feet would be Nothing in the Charge Against clerk’s eyes, by which he was so | toward saving human life. 5 thand then, but the Aus-|the limit, but he dida’t calculate on W. 'T. Dann. THE TER blinded he could not follow and the] Many wild and altogether improb- | tra lied and fought a game bat-]8o much rain, Weather Observer SIA alarm was so long delayed as to give able reports are circulated as to the] (le for nearly eight unds more,|Pell says that fifty feet will be as “i the thief time to. make lis escape. [Umber drowned, by the refugees} thoagh there were several occasions | high as the water will go this time, in aptured and there} (negroes) in an effort to stir up sym} during that time when Corbett seem- | his opinion, and Capt. Wes Cooksey the Trial ae pathy One negro gave out that}ed to have had hin ng. He did]still has his mark on Sheriff Hol- twenty-five persons were drowaed [Janda aumber of blows on Corbett, |land’s desk on Legal Row, and says KILLED THE FAMILY, near his place. It was proven that land they were hard, too, but. they [the water will come up to it. ‘The case against W, G. Duan, a Ss rin St Kk these had sought the high lands at} xeened to have little ef on him. As the flood creeps higher and; Western Union lineman, ct ‘ 4 p Lg TOC i ( Thousands of Ne are homeless] and last round, Corbett looked the} become more and more alarmed, and | her will, was dismissed in a cuttin a ) / And Then 8 HW Wailliam} the fiest approach of the flood} At the opening of the fourteenth | higher, however, the peeple naturally | with detaining Una ( ? nm and dependent on the charity of the] winner, Th somewhat tired he] while indications count for little, as) court today, the evidence failing to OF. Fun in the Court Room During _UHKS RECEJWED HIS He has not been is no clue to his i Flosk Pon Wallego, Kan, March 18.—Wil-] citizens of Memphis, was still strong and was displaying} past prognostications have demon-| sustain the charge, liam Fieske, whose neglect and ts from up and down the] nore science and continued to pound |strated, yet there is widespre: The young lady testifled that’ the / abuse of his wife led to her secur the levees are all im] the Australian and keep up the flow] alarm, and on the streets may y {defendant stopped her in the mouth e e - & diforve hecanis “exceediogly-a od shape and it is hoped will con-| oe the stream of blows... And then{be seen many men who do nothing | of an alley between Second and Third a Ss an u Ss because he could not O0-] tinue to withstand (he pressure, came the final blow and the end, | but look at the river and lament. + ov Court, night before last e ciliation and forcing his way into the - — The blow which ended the tight was] ‘The situation is bad enough, as it asked her to go upstairs with home of her «father where she wes} Courier-Journal—+lt nover rains, |"? i t hold i a left band punch delivered just be-[is, and there are many sufferers, t e said that he ew 6 Di bagless gadgetry a not wit rye ey nines Mietbbiae it ee all the more} This afternoon the river stood |.of m, bat the other witnesses 327 BROADWAY. her father, mother and sister, thea hens : iat Ai "s : ey show. | effective for the reason that Corbett }48.5 on the g here, and rising, | told it diffe ats ‘ , placing (he pistol to his head fired a] oustt Dr ee ae winte heavy {was leaning backward when it came. | with 50 feet at Cairo. Reporis from) Huring her testimony she was ask. enn € ball into bis own brain, dying in- ]ers are the exception, while heavy Jo cit him on the intensely drawn] above are not encouraging, and the| ed to whom she reported the case and ADU TID PLL I ODI DLE) rains are frequent in occurrence, and ; ae ; F ste cont Ceo cue LP STRFi LDP, scles just. over the spleen and - generally over a Jarge area. Strang-| muscles ju ‘ spe Rep from out the Benton| Squire Winchester,” ] — generally 01 g at have caused the most iatense , NOMINATIONS TODAY. Oe erie least 1, tnek We jabba ee ie was more uneon-[gravel road are that the water is so| ‘This evoked a hasty remonstrance [entered a homestead, under the Bit oe os ew light showers which did]® ag high in the vicinity of Clark’s river| from the court, who knew the wituess | act, in Pope count Stone Fort. stantly oceur leat. Week resulted from the}scious from pain than from the blow @ * ‘ : shes the vagon| was mistake: At the death of her husband, in 1892 | A Batch of Consuls Named to the y ‘As he lay writhing and groveling on] that it reaches the bottom of a wagon | was mistaken, — and, +| Senate, Tle the bases haenieath wie as the floor his face presented the most] bed | “Now, you mistaken about sho came to live mth her son. | March 18,—The | tendant u on pankenk storms, One| ghastly appearance imaginahle, No The schools are not badly depleted | that,’ said J Sanders. “You ae ; hildren were born to ther Washington, arch .—The } te it es . My ieean to a lest death ate » could | just now, but perhaps fifty or seven- reported it to me, and not to Squire }of whom survive them. She pro- Presileat today sent to the Senate ef Apese Lhasa 1 sppeacan |e have horrified the spectators more] ty-five pupils are cat off from attend | Winchester, He's 40 years older} fessed faith in Christ in her thirteenth vite a . : int e Northwest yesterday morning, a 4 oly vate! woking tha am, 4 ‘ou were i ing her cause 5 i vip tts ‘ee as (radio : ? saul abe the cheers for the} Supt McBrbdom was seen this} nota g ould warrant yo . oe. ‘They include Powell Clayton, | been loitering in the Southwest the|be heard above Pe ce sh exsct| After the mirth subsided the case patie Fd W. M. Osborne, of Massachusetts, [the high pressure atmosphere ia the And then followed the wildest A bul'etin was this forenoon ‘post-| promptly dismissed, If you want nice home beef, buy Consul to London; J. K. Gowdy, of | central valleys and the East, scene of the day when he arose to ed atthe boat itore. to expect heavy “3 from's home butcher, whose pame Indiana, Consul to Paris; Perry] The result of these developments] his fect, and with all the strength be] oth wind, and all the river men HONORS FOR FITZ. and repujafidn d\n gufdanigg’ that ant Pos ° er rise e river here] had left rushed at his oppo dl ite Hedi — the quality of Ms thegr is apf right Heath, of Indiana, Assistant Pos:- | will be another rise in the river here] had left ru hed at his opy nt and) vith floating property began ing he quality gf r NE master General ; a i, Beigi m, of uurlig ae Bas tornrciaht ours, ted in oat tbe. sont a ions aii Dodeahateabeiian etn, securely | Mew ark Admie Will Batu Jeu ‘ThoppAld & sah epult i DO CHEAPER. Jhio, See: of Agriculture, and though had fallen 9 fer eares' pring jumped o aE Pages eer nt ie ert a “3 = F va oO st-e)hiss e e8- es a : yesterday morning, there is enough| ropes in spite of the efforts of the salle Phat l aat ag day Night Present Tes- pect. Styfls, 3 thd 5, market house. DONE BETTER. WILL CO} water already in sightto cause it to] police to prevent them, and ina be Howler. Whasrhoas. Company timonials. 6ni ae rise to wear the danger line again by | monient the entire enclosure was filt- fet ont hey et oe ee At wee ok Man ee a DONE QUICKER. More Rumors That Jackson and] Saturday morning, Up to 7 o’clock}ed with a howling, shouting mob, ihe e also tied up extra . a last evening .83 of an inch of rainfand the noise and confusion was so]! H Walling Will) Purge had fallen at Louisville, and .82] great that the referee was hardly able apt. Sam Johnson, of the ‘Al n-]to announce his decision awarding | Martin,’’ came down this afternoon with a load of ties and reports the Cincinnati, March | 18 —1t iste contiqued raiulng there last night. | — Iw the midst of it all, Corbett, who] Tennessee river couutry feoded, aad eT th. New champion 17 the —~ ; If you want Neat, Clean Work, Printed in ated here that Jac i Walling ight. fit all, : noe * Ags g and the New champio \ ' stated here that Jackson and Walling Rain had also begun to fall at Pitts} jad been forced to bis corner by his thousands of ties floating off. fichiok the wont: “ Modern Style i if you nuk full pe ; kk v4 is Delis A iney. ar prepa burg, which showed that the precipi+ | friends, broke away from them and| — ‘Phis afternoon reports showed the amex ‘ rr a . " unt, reli- and it is believed they are preparing | PU" . gr oh : atte t ‘RES ar oe. , } ssion 3 at the tation area included the entire Obio] rushed at Fitzsimmons a second time, | Mississippi to be rising from Cairo) « lable eooda, ety ; jan canlasion ga ths they Wil) iley. In all probability an average] jut this time, instead of attempting] to its mouth, math a the other rivers a! Springs, March 14,— g i ’ ey bei a call, Ree guarantee BF NE of more than one {inch will be report-|to renew the fight, he implored his} rising except at head waters. Mrs. Ellen D. Warren died at the our’ wotke: and ata Cincinnati; 3:15 p. m—An after-fed from all river stations between] victor to give him another chanceand} At d o'clock the pregicted storm residence of Robert Warren, her AT ’ give you what you buy. apete jowes that Jackson and{ Louisville and Wheeling, W. Va.,|to accept a challenge from him. This} bad not materialiaed, oldest eon, one mile east of this city aime \ ’ A ast ni he age of 106 years. ) th » o " his morning, or at latest by tomor-| was refused and warm words fol- Jast ni, att Wi | Wall'ng have both made confessions | © 1 tae vy is the! Mrs. V n owas born in’ Lincoln 1 ent Ken- norning, ag rain is indicted for]jowed. Fitzsimmens’ was born away} ‘The use of impy ris the) Mrs. n was be ined - today, implicating a prominent Ken- | row 2 * A i dl Bhp it The Scott! county, Tenn, and at the age of 131 Nelson ‘i vi fl 2 O} valley during the next] wit » glory of his new-won vic-| chief disease der, The Scott) county, Tenn, and at the ag f ules tucky physician, who lost bis mind | the Oblo valley od aritalalisie alot? that! was married to Ela Warren, ‘They e . we Lover twenty-four by 5 tory and Corbett left to return to his| Hardware Co, offer you a filter tae: Mee initdar Wat: Aesoreees rk. — ey SE no, oarry! ill purify the we sason-| remained in their native state until rug Store Pe report has caused the most ine i ay, | bone in San} rancisco, carrying with | will purify the water. It 1s reason: r In i ofes ei 2e, 3 | 1851, when the: ly him the despair of defeat, able in price, tod. } 18m3 1 when they ments are complete for a demonst tion Saturday might ia honor of Fit Kelly’s famous Ate simmons, at which he wil be present- — ed with ome testimonial from bis admire here is great rejoic- Themselyes, at Indianapolis, while at cipnati 1.06 inches was regorded‘and | the battle to Filzsimmons, teuse excitement, ————— en . = - = - ; 7 - = AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN PER BU. 10C The heat of our coal exceeds the warmth of the sun because it is good <oal.\. The veins it comes from are the best. It is as even 9 as possible iy size andquality, It is always clean, Our coal makes as-riuch heat as you can buy fora dollar. am