The Paducah Daily Sun Newspaper, April 8, 1897, Page 1

i Senator Martin Patronize them and show y. preciation of their enterprise, 1E _PAD UCAH | DAILY SUN. NUMBER 179 PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, THURSD, APRIL 8. 1 now afraid to. shoot Rivera, on av» | count of the agitation in the United States And the effect it might have in Europe, have administered a slow poison, the reports about his Wounds being given out to thuke it plausible, fhe should die suddenly, The Cu- bau Junta oficials and others here are much agitated over these reports, as they fully believe tn them, but they cannot see their way cleat toward preventing fell designs of the Spaniards, ey have sent a tritsty courlse to San Christubal to closely cbse Cubans there in jail service | Twenty Hotel Guests Supposed to and Rivera's condition, News from Gomez is of « sensation- eater ae en al order, too. It is reported as com- Death, ing direct from him that Weyler sent messages to ask about peace negotia- tions, the embassador betng empow- ered to arrange for a meeting of Go- mez aud Weyler, It is stated that Gomez peremptorily refured to have snything to do with the matter, say- ing that it was only another of Wey- ler's traps t» kill another Cuban gen- eral, as they could not kill them in honorable warfare, An officer from Rivera's old army i+ reported to be responsible for the statement that Rivera was on his way meet Gomez when he was cap- tured. A spy in bis camp gave the Spamards bis plans, and they way- laid him. ‘This sensational news has evoked much comment. RIVERA RESCUED, Captared by THE DEADLOCK Pe Still Continues at THREE MILLIONS Go Up in Smoke at Noxviile, Tenn. Frankfort— No Election Today, SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS WROTH TWENTY WHOLESALE HOUSES 60 A Mine Boss Killed by a Heavy Fall of State, = PSMAL NEWS FRow THE SOUTH MANY OTHERS =ARE INJURED, Frankfort, April 8 ~ ae ites this Morning loudly he climax would be reached today mnk Chat the Loy would be elected. When the ballot was taken, however, it resulted about the same as yester. Hay and no election. A second bale t was takenfwithout change of result fit is not now believ «4 au election will effected this w sek, stampede the hho Hunter. imed that Knoxville, Tenn., April 8.—One of the worst conflagrations in the bis- tory of Tennes:ee occurred here this morning. Fire was early disvovered in the Hotel Knox. It spread rapidly, as- sisted by a heavy wind, and totally destroyed the hotel, Storchis’ furni- ture store, Cullen & Newman's queensware establishment, Newman's printing office, Lader's dry goods store, Murphy's hat store, Briscoe's wholesale notions, Woodruff’s hard. ware, Nelson & Hayes’ shoe store, McNalty’s grocery store, Ross & Co.'s grovery store, and ten other houses, The loss will exceed $3,000,000, and twenty guests are missing from The attempt Alver Domocrats to has proven a dismal failure. Ther @ is little disposition on the part of te silver mex to be in a hurry t+ aake terms with the so ind Money me», SO) THERN REPUBLICANS abn the A‘uninistration Has Not R Them, Properly quized Insurgents on the Washington, April 8 Way to Havana. Republican speaking the public patronage President’ MeKinley Southerners had not treated, that only aitens daggers hs was wroth . Jar."" He been recogniz ia by erners. . KIL A Southern in reference to distributed by claimed the fairly and carpet. He the col fact had Souths THE TOLL GATE RAIDERS heen 1 been recognized nt hot claimed oder Destroy Five Gates and Assault a the Gatem: D BY FALLING SuAte. |TAPEATENED TO HANG HIS FAMILY. Mine Voss Mothe Thomas tin the New York, April 8 fea | effe t Riv rae van Junta a generally ander Mincs, Beaver Dam, April 8 ‘Thomas, a boss ia the Render was killed this crushed under a mass of fa ating to several tons extinct when the t from beneath the debris crashed beyond recognition —A cablegram Insurgents have 1¢ release of General Ruiz capturing the train on was being conveyed to Ha There is great rejoicing at the among Cuban sympathizers SUBSC Over 180 oa says the Hol M by morning by t «ly was BRYAN As JUDGE Will Officiate at the atorical Contest. Kan., April 8.—The been chosen for the in- lerstate oratorical contest between tate norwal schools, which will oc- Ftv voy cn jour in Emporia May 7, and at which orators from Wisconsin, Illinois,Mis resulting from the erev a the 3 , souri, Indiana and Kansas will be Mississippi levees, left litle tine to] Ot “gee va or othor proj William J Of the inhabitants with their lives was] Nery. | Tt sliMeult. Bridges are being carried | 1) yy pre away rapidly and the waters the >| Moines, Ta Heave not one standing ia the county. 1” ‘rhe judges on thought and compo- > sechaae pallid. santa ae Dr. E. E. White, Colam- lowlands some tiles from here 1 3 be ¥ Wi Gdmmauien, endeavoring to make their escape to| Chicago; Supt. Greenwood, Kansas aaa ae iow tod {City, Mo.; Supt. Holloway, Fort oe an : . vies we - ¥} Smith, Ark., and Supt. Seifert, of ound themselves in deep water I Todlane all we lrowned before | DISMAL FLOOD NEWS, terstate Or- P Bride os Washed Away of Six Drowned April ex A Family} Emporia 8 judges have The veding ly | Greenville,” Miss., outlook for the countr dismal. The unprecedented the Yazoo and all rs Bryan is a jadge of de- other judges on delivery Hessin, of Manhat- Supt. Hayden, of Des the PADUCAH DAILY circulation of the DAILY SUN | sition are bus, county Fra Subscribed and sworn to befor an rT A BIG HAUL. 0 much er than expected last seventeen hundred and fifty-seven papers, and that we printing and distributing over ejghteen hundred daily. S.A. Hit, Cireu E. T. Wernerinc TEN YEARS} John Movty Was Lucky Not to Get a Lite Terttt, Louisville, April 8 —John Moore, alias John Anderson, colored, was tried in the criminal division yester- day on the charge of housebreaking find two previous felony convictions. He was found guilty, and the jury fixed his punishment at ten years in the penitentiary. 4 Asa general thing three convic- tions mean a life sentence. CHANGE OF MINISTERS Kev. Keenan Transferred to the Misstouri Conference. Rev. J. T. Keenan, who has had charge of the Mechanicsburg M. E. church, lias been transferred to the Missonri conference, and his place will be supplied for the remainder of the year by Rev. J. H. Collins, who | is now conducting a tent meeting ia Mechanicsburg. |Her Husband Deserted Her Sev- eral Years Ago. Mrs. Ida Wicks, whose precari- ous condition was mention in yester- day’s Sun, died at 7:30 o'clock last evening at her home on West Clark street of pneumonia. The deceased was about 40 years | of nge, and a niece of ex-Jailer Ev- ans, of Lyon county. | Her husband wook ber to Califor- Daily Average for March 1757. We print and send out to BONA FIDE RIBERS 0 Papers EACH DAY. WE DO NOT HESITATE TO SAY THAT THIS IS A LARGER CIRCULATION BY SEVERAL HUNDRED THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER DAILY PAPER PUBLISHED IN PADUCAH OR THE FIRST CON- GRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Papucau, Ky., March 8, 1897. We, the undersigned, Manager, Circulator and Pressman of , do certify that the average daily for the month of March was are now NK M. ager ion Manager. ‘ON, Pressman. e me this April sth, 1897. W..F. Paxton, Notary Public. | could reach t The rise iad been} night that when they awoke this morn- | - ing they found peril. | The rapidly A Post Office Robery at Rockaway, Ohio. t the Knox house. and were doubtless killed. In addition twelve are known to be injured, During the progress of the fire, aa engine was sent over by special train from Chattanooga to assist in fight- ing the flames, selves in waters are still ar masked store and ticket office at Rockaway, six miles from this town. Wm, Car rick is in charge of all these offices, which are in his home. At midnight the n forced an entrance to his "8/ house, overpowered Carrick and his eo daughter, and bound them to their upon ‘beds. ‘Th> burglars then forced Care Tifin, O., April 8,— é | mea robbed the post offic THE LAS! GATES | railway The Five Last Night Destroyed in | | Nicholas County. | Anita pies igh pad pi 38c for the pair at the Robi & Queensware’ Company / N April 12. April of s rid Carlisle, Ky 8. y is ina over lw great ¢ nia several years ago, it is said, and there while occupying a high position in some lodge, absconded with a large sum of money and deserted her. She has since been supplied with the necessaries of life largely through charit Butter dish, sugar bowl or cream pitcher at Se each at the Robins Glass and Queensware Company on Movday, April 12. jad. In some respects the | rick to reveal the combination of his urred in the safe and the hiding place of other y remained and they $2,000 county and snd checks, $70 in cash and bd by a mob of «after taking en, who not only de tered and ordinary letters terribly beat Keeper Jones who re- gates, wh sworst t ty. thirty were desperate the out treated Gi coun of the} these uables secured in the yhit destroy notes stroyed | and mal- disappeare with them at one of th AS CANARIES, They told him as certain as] attempted to tolls] hang him and bis family Two Men Sold That Mad Be Painted. Shelbyville, Ind., April 8 —Yes- terday there arrived in this city two foreigners, who were selling what they said were canary birds, and the par- ties succeeded in doing a land office business with the housewives of the town, who were greatly taken with the exceptionally pretty pets. morning, however, these same ladies were decidedly out of humor when \{they found that the birds were noth- "|iug more or less than English spar- rows, which had been painted to re- semble canaries, the paint washing of colle more lish Sparrows he they would and bure his how no effort will be n the gates ably acquire the roads. is probable teblish will prob- but the county SENSALIONAL REPORTS Alleged Poisoning of Riyera-+ Weyler’s Messengers to Gomez. Jacksonville, Fla., dispatel to the from Jacksouville says Many mors are rife in Havana concerning the condition of Rivera at San Chris- toba One report says that the Cu- ban prisoner isin a bad way, His wounds are paining him badly and will pot heal, It is reported that he a in a precarious condition, Another alarming rumor was heard also, and from a re sousee stating that as the Sp: April 7 “Globe: Demoers rn Real Estate transfer, J. C. Beyer today deeded to Barn hart Krooks, for 81025, alot near T .ird aud Tennessee streets, If you wan} to enjoy Hons. glvs of beer ¢ ards, being! street. 7a3 FIANCE TO THE a nice, cool KING GEORGE OF GREECE. turks, S.2nd] re RULER OF THE PLUCKY LITTL E NATION THAT I8 OFFERING DE- POWERS OF EUROPE. DEPOT STRUCK |REFRIGERATO By Lightning ‘at Eddyville Last Night. NO ONE WAS INJURED. Notes of Interest to Hlinois Cen- tral Emplo plated Improye- ments. MINOR = CHANG’S OF — INTER ST, Lightning struck the Illinois Cen- tral depot at Eddyville last night,and in addition to tearing some of the buildings away,temporarily nged the wires. The operator, however, escaped unhurt. This is the second time within the past two or three months the depot at Eddyville has been struck, but for- tunately neither time did any great damage result. The Illinois Central railroad, not content with spending over $15,000,- 000 in the purchase of the Chesa- peake, Ohio & Southwestern railroad in Kentucky, is soon to acquire con- trol of the “Bbort Route property"’ at Louisville, The Mlinois Central already owns a'l of the securities,and all that remains is to take the road out of the hands of St receiver, and operate it. The [Illinois Central has already begun prepara- tons for buildiog large aud commo- dious freight depots at Twelfth and at Floyd streets, and itis said will greatly enlarge the Seventh street depot. In this connection it is the Illinois Central will handle the freight business of the St.Louis Air- line, and that the Air-line will even- wally run its passenger trains into the depot at Seventh and the river. said that Conductors GW. Stackert, Fred Burns and Al Woods, of the St Louis division, have signitied their intention of going on the conductor's excursion to California on May 6. The train leaves St. Louis on that date. iG Business in baggage departments is unusually dull at the Union Depot at present. Baggagemaster Flowers, however, expects a revival in a short time. The dry goods men are com- ing out rapidly, which will add ap impetus, and now that the Dingley bill is nearing passage, the clothing men will soon know what to do and come ont full force. Mr. Will Rogers, one of the popu- lar young employes of the Lilinois Central who has been assisting at the dispatcher’s office here at various times recently, left today for Ripley, Tenn., to accept the position of as- sistant agent for the Illinois Cen- tral, fs Mr. R. C, Watkins went to Mem- phis yesterday on business, Special Agent Huntley left this morning for Louisville on business, Coaductor Will Baker has accept- ed the preferred night run vacated by Conductor Craft who took the run abandoned yesterday by Conductor Cameron, The | ter took a train between Newbern and Memphis. Passenger No, 201, from Louis- ville, due at 12:10 this afternoon, was delayed nearly two hours by an accident beyond Eddyville. An ex- tra bad one car derailed near a tres- tle, and it required some time to re- move the obstruction that the passen- ger might pass. MARKETS, (Reported Daily by Lacy Grain Company.) Chicago, IIL, wheat opened 67's, closed at 66 May corn opened at 25 %)-23'y and closed at 23!y-4s b. May oats opened at 16 ':-1649-'y and closed ab 16%, b. May pork opened at $8.00 and closed at $8.10-12. May lard opened at $4,07-5-07 and closed at $4,07-10 b. May ribs opened at $4.37-4.42 and closed at $4.47 b, N. W. receipts, 264 cars, Clerences, 236,000 bushels, April New live of hall Iamps jyst™ re- at the Robins @fass and “iad An Absolutely PURE ( ae No dirt Jor chaff, at} Nelson Soule’s Drug Store. eee Try a package, it is the B If you believe you will need more coal during the month of March you had better order it now. The waters_are.rapidly rising and may cut off our d now-and would be pleased to coal supplies. _We-have a big stock on have your orders at once. We~have only & kindling, so‘you had better order quick if you need them \ Tel lignite supply of clippings for ephone 10, The George W. ALL STYLES ICE RS ano Official New spaper of the City. TEN CENTS A WEEK. CHESTS. > ALL SIZES NATIONAL Anp NEW ICEBERG REFRIGERATORS Are superior to all others in Gonstruction, Economy and Durabillty, Geo. O. Hart & SON HARDWARE & STOVE Co. INCORPO > Style' usually sells fortable, the customer returns Every shoe we sell is styli These three attributes Inv Have you ever sampled ou pierces Daa aaea aaa’ RATED, Spring ~ Footwear. the first pair ; #f the shoes wear when in need 6f more. is comfortable sh, every sho€ wears, every sh ite, Obtain and Increasg If not ur Shoes hy not? Geo. Rock & Son. QWOTCE VUES 0000008808 0888 and business. 303-307 Broadway. 109-117 N. Third Street. Are oti VVIVWVVVVVTAV Lvnientn M’COMB TO LEAVE. — She Will Be Taken to Cape Girardeau. Parker Brought Back by Capt Hollingsworth. The H. S. M:Comb will tonight or tomorrow leave Paducah for Cap Girardeau, Mo., to center the trade, after being la'd up in the herbor for the wi ter. The George W. Parker was taken to Cape Girardeau several days ago, but proved to be unsuited to the purposes for which she was w:n'cd, We Are and Capt. Hollingsworth brought her back today. The McComb has been at Paducah for eight years or more, and until a few montis ago was used to transfer trains to Brooklyn and back. The Parker will likely remain here for sometiine. FAMILIAR FACE, Whilom Manager of La Belle Park W. J. Carleton, in Fast Mail. W. J. Carleton, the erstwhile man- ager of La Belle park, who left the city rather suddenly last summer, after being discharged, appeared in “Fast Mail’? at Morton's opera house last night as the telegraph operator. Carleton joined the company soon after the season opened, and has been with it ever THE BEST ON EARTH ISA HANAN NEMATOSCOPE” At Morton's Ope House To- ight. Edison's /*Cimematoscope’’ in conjunction with the ‘*Megaphono- graph, ’ will open at Morton's opera house tonight and exhibit e night during the week, with ladies’ and children’s matinee at 2:30 p. m. The Cinematoscope is the latest picture producing maghine before the public, presenting all tye latest views, life size, and in motion.4 The Mega- phonograph renders up to date and popular airs, Admission Seats on sale 10, and 30 cents, t VanCalin’s. S. Starks las always oa hand the very finest Swiss, Brich and Importet Cheese to ve served with a cold, fresh glass of beer. Tas