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TEN CENTS A WEEK. PADUCAH DAILY SUN. VOLUME 1—-NUMBER 227 PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1897. K-SHERIFF J, C, COLSO Killed Last Night on the (Streets of Middlesboro. hn DUGAN” ARRESTED. it was quiet, burst upon it with yells, shooting into the huts ad preparing to slaughter all, ‘The Cubans then fired at their opponents who, being in the light of the camp firess presented good marks, and charged upon them with the machete. The guerrillas were so surprised that they could not run at first, and the momentary hesi- tation cost them their lives. The. Cubans surrounded them and cut them down mercilessly as they at- tempted to escape from this death trap. Over forty-five were killed, only seventeen escaping. The Cu- bans lost twenty, the fight being a hot one for so few men men engaged. A camp of pacificos at Mariana, near Havana, was raided by Spanish guerrillas last week, and on the pre- tense that the women had been sent for, fifteen of the younger women and girls were arrested and taken > away, ostensibly to be brought to Havana. When Wie pacthoos eiing| CCRERAL obo |to Havana to ascertain the fate of r aor ‘mF of en sman | their women folks they could not find avid G. Colson, was shot and in-Jany trace of them. It was simply a} The invincible Was! m ra stantly killed at 8 o'clock tonight by] ruse of the guerrillas to lastare ni se poeta agar vous Jobn Dugan, who ran a saloon here}abduct the women for purposes of} day by the Paducahs, and dropped until recently, Dugan has been ar-| their own. from first to second to make room for rested anckit is. feared he will be 7 Evansville, mobbed. Excited men walked the THE FREE There was a good crowd out, and streets last night with guns and pistols the game was a pretty one. Padu- IT WAS EASY, "== cma UDber ‘ose. the People. taal Washington, June 2,—Senator Pettigrew today introduced a bill to], 4 provide for the submission to a pop-] Contracts Were Let. Yesterday ular vote at the congressional elec- a tion of 1898 of the following ques- to Local Men. tions: ‘Shall congress at once enact —_— a law providing for the immediate We handle only good hose, of recognized quality, which we sell at the very lowest prices, ranging 12c Litde Sudhoff Couldn't Be Touched. from 9c per foot up. The best hose ree and unlimi coinage of silver i - - - BEAT THE CRACK CLUB 9 TO |, pe na a the sale fy oy 1? WORK HAS ALREADY BEGUN, wiki ws pas ie Shall the constitution of the United — . ‘ States be so amended as to provide] ,, To-Day's Game Postponed on Ace] for the election of United States sen-|CO™™ ators and of the president snd vice president by direct vote of the peo- ple?” It is made the duty of the secre- tary of each state to forward the re- sult of the vote to the President, who|OTHER NEWS OF THE RAILROAD. is required to transmit the state- ments to congress. ¥ Hand € on Had Alwa, Warm Friends, reial = Agent Harwood Passes Through and Meets Supt. MeCourt, count of Rain—Two To- Do you need a Lawn Mower? We can sell you one for $2. THOUGAT THE ASSASSIN IS UNKNOWN. morrow. BASEBALL NEWS. GORGE 0. HART & SON Hardware and Stove Company, “NOQORPORATED, Middlesboro, Ky., June 2. Divorce Suit On Trial, The contracts for material and Nothing of interest transpired in work on the additions to the Illinois the circuit court today. The divorce] Central shops were signed yesterday suit of Bettie Wiunegar ‘nst afternoon. It was virtually settled Chas. Winnegar is on trial this after- |i" the forenoon who would secure the noon. * |work, but the preliminary formalities P — were now completed until in the after- MURDER AND | SUICIDE: in hand and the city is wild with ex- cah fwon because she simply o re wk ; ‘ lessrs. KF. W. Katterjohn & Co. bak Meike id Gr usar oe played the visitors, getting eleven be RLEtn aulered cio Conk Do iy hits off Kellam, while little Sudhoff ho Ponca So 4d, ngan held the Washingtons down to four Miller, who yes- hits, and struck a gee geet ry: re ‘Three home runs were knocked by a ees Pacicad " boys,—Noonan, McClel- rat gee aD jand and Pears. iy. This eal: 8 5 ae In- ‘The visitors could get but one run, ine (0 te house he got an one ar" and towards the close got rattled and ate te want tor Colon allowed the home team to score four ec Oeloun Wie betting 00 ine times in the ninth.Mr. Emery,Voight, p woe ite an old Paducah player, um INSANE OVER HIS WIFE’S DEATH. ein aah Uilaking game, and gave good satisfaction It is not known whether he intend- he at bagi pr a _ ted 45 ; e ; instances, one of which was when be 62. t0 Kill Colson oF Miller een got rattled and called a man out on = one strike. Another time a fly ball was knocked and a man on second kept his foot ou the base until it was — caught and then made a dive for third, but was called out for ranning. | EX-KENTUCKIAN ‘ Both sides complimented Mr. Voight, Frankfort, —The fight] however, on his fair decisions. over the permanent chairmanship was s tied this morning and Senator bc a0 si rge S. Fulton will be the man. A a tor Bronston has withdrawn from h 1 ontest. he convention was der this afternoon by Sen 4 of Covington, temporary chairman, Jim Stone and Green Kellar were res] upon Ellis H. Roberts, of New. York, | mete hase BA Mi Capt Bob Ty- — ae for United States Treasurer, and bis It was said last night that a com- ee eee rents atame [bination had been formed between ~ Ay Gat tens T, z Greeve, Mason and Watson, by ime wae ant Treasurer of the], ; United States at New York. Which lue Inter dre wo throw their strength to Greene, if they can, in|} return for promises of the two most important deputyships. If — they could deliver their votes, Greene would get about 590 votes and the dents. nomination, but it 1s believed that) Padw Washington, June 2.—President] ¥ pan not throw the First dis- “pe gt a aa McKinley delivers the annual ad- me to Green ns against Shackelford. Bite Woolloek sonan, dress this afternoon before the grad- it 1s decided not to attempt any uating class of the International} combination on the first ballot, then Commercial college: » first will result about as follows: io - Greene, 258; Richardson, 207 Later } Shackelford, 200; Ford, 167; Wat- Middlesboro, June John Da-|son, 115; Mason, 118. gan, who was arrested last night for] ‘The members at large of the con- the murder of John G. Colson denies] vention committees have not been de- that he committed the murder. It is cided upon, but it is certain that/and Paducah was postponed today now believed that the assassin is some |Jobn B, Thompson, of Mercer, will] on yunt of the forenoon rain, person unknown. be one of the members at large of Sve rendered the grounds too wet - am " the committee on resolutions. The ‘Tomorrow afternoon, however, two GOSLEE AND LIVELY, Western Kentucky leaders at a con-|games will be played, beginning at - ference last night agreed that they 0 o'clock in the afternoon. Dowl- Appointed AsgSuperintendents of] wanted Ollic James for resolutions ;|ing and Stanton will be the bate the Lakeland Lanatic C. M. Meacham, for organization,} Clifford, one of Paducal’s cate , and James M. Richardson, for cre-|ers, was released last night. Clifford Asylum, dentials, as members at large. was a $100 , and recently de- <= clined an offer elsewhere because he FELT A QUAKE could not secure his release here. 3 Tomorrow will be ladies’ day. CENTRAL LEAGUE. secure the contract for farpishing 250,000 brick. Major Barnes and Contractor Vat Halloran will do the grading of the river front road bed, ata cost of about $30,000, Langstaff-Orm Co. got the lumber and milling contract. The work of clearing away the furniture and contents of the store room began at once and is now under way. Work on the river front will begin in a few days. 109-117 N. Third-st 303-307 Broadway TASTY TIES AND SHOES WE ARE SELLING AT Colson pistol to Meet To-Day in Convention at Frankfort. gar Morris Kills His Children and Himself. horse he and Dugan bad CALLEO TO ORDER BY GOEBEL. Senator Fulton Will Be the Per- ot Chairman, dict nt vs. W. N. Lane at Versailles Filed Away. Commercial Agent T. H. Har- wood, of Cincinnati, representing the Yazoo & M. N., arrived this morn. ing and left before noon for Brook- lyn, Ill, to confer with Supt. Me- Court, of the St. Louis division of the I. C. Supt. McCourt and party came down to Brooklyn last night, Baltimore, Md., June 2. lgar} but will not cross over to this side. Morris killed his three children, Eq-|The conference is relative to the in- ward, Eva and Ada this morning and }terests of the roads. then killed himseif. Morris was 9 mail carrier and was crazed over the reeent death of his wife. ix-Kentuckian is Himself, Washington, June 2.—C, C. Mason, formerly of Pendleton coun- sty, K committed suicide yesterday at a police station bere, where he had been taken to recover from a pro- 2] tracted spree. , Women’s Spring Heel Dongola Polish. . . $1.26 Women’s Dongola Needle Tip Oxford $1.25 $1.25 Misses’ Dongola Spring $1 26 WESTERN KY, SELECTS RER FAVORITES. Misses’ Deogols f Colson a wife and five chil- dren. He was one of the men in the county and for yea been a political leader. He was s member of the city council, had served as sheriff and recently was nominated for county judge by the |( Republicans by an overwhelming ma- jonty. He was « brave man and his]t friends were legion. C)MMITS — SUICIDE. Misses’ Dongola Tip Strap § ada... $1.25 Misses’ Tan Strap Slipper... . . - 9126 June Chocolate Needle or Coin Tip Oxford | A good joke is told on the four or five yard men at Brooklyn. Accord- ing to the train men on the morning Barnum & Bailey's circus came to Paducah they all went home with sehills.”” These are good, prices are close. a pair. GEO. ROCK & SON 821 BROADWAY lish goods, and ome in and try called to or- Ellis H, Roberts for Treasurer. tor Ge Washington, June 2.—It is under- stood the President has fully decided Instead of going to bed, howeve they piled into a box car and came over to Paducah. When they got back and showed up for work the next morning, they were told that the ‘‘cireus fever hadn’t~ left them yet,’’ and laid off fora few days to recover. J. W. Roberts, wife and two chil- dren were struck by an Illinois Cen- tral north-bound passenger {train at ORGNTE AT UST. Rose & Paxton Give you All Kinds of tralia, yesterday and all were instant-|A Good Club of Local Cyclists FIRE ly killed. They were driving in a | wagon and were caught at a crossing Formed Last Night. | Yay before yesterday Fanny Blan- -—- LIFE d } kenship, »ged 8, was killed by Cov- al ductor Blaney’s train at Marion. One Hundred and Twenty Shares TORNADO ! of Stock Subscribed and a h Several Linots Central conductors Office over Citizen’s Saving Bank. 7 PADUCAH VS, WASHINGTS enforced vacation, Conductor «| Mertz was given fifteen ¢ Two Games Tomorrow One admission Indictment Filed Away. Versailles, Ky., June 2,—The case against W. Newton Lane, on indict- ent No. 2,for killing James Roden- baugh at the Hotel Woodford in Aug- ust, 1895, was called in the circuit court yesterday, and on motion of the commmonwealth was filed away. THE WHEELMEN PRESIDENT M'RKRINLEY Makes @ Spec Score by Innings. 1 Innings S45 67RD Padneah eosoo008 048 000 ium 1, Sudhom | OW. AT WILLIAMSBURG. wand, Beg danas. * by’ Kel tum n 3, Washi ogton # y Flow Struck By the Cgme- y While Dritl- Water, nl 4 balls=Stanton 1, Sipler 1 pry Com Time—1 50. tery Comp ing t Williamshurg, Ky., June was struck here today. ‘The tery company was boring for water. ]a0 The drill had reached eighty-fiv and the water was not sufficient. Ten sticks of dynamite were shot in the bottom of the well, and the oil rose NO GAME TODAY, The game between Washington New Bicycle Track Will Be Built. ay-off a day or two ago for failing to ive a slow up signal at Murphys- boro about two months ago. Con-| The Paducah Cycle Clab was or- twenty-five feet. ‘The company wil|ductor Stackert returned from the ganized at Elks’ Hall last night, after have it tested at once. Many think [California trip aud found an order| many futile attempts to arouse inter- the earthquake caused the oil to rise, ]for a tive days vacation for some vi-]est enough to take the step. One as other wells in this vicinity have] olation of rule. object of the organization is to build been faflares. . — anew track, and a good membership Conductor Henry G. Thompson] jg already assured. CONSTABLE FUTRELL and wife arrived last night from] ‘The officers elected were as fol- Memphis, on a visit to the latter’s}jows; C. W. Thompson, president; Attached a {Museum Register Publishing Frankfort, Ky., Jane 2.—The ap- pointinents of Dr. L, E. Goslee to be superintendent of the Lakeland asy- jum, and Dr. M. M. Li to sue- coed Goslee as first assistant, were formally made by the Governor yes- terday. Dr. Goslee Las already had charge of the assylum for — several weeks and since the last illness of ioe Dr. MeNary began. parents, Mr. and Mrs, Z, H. Bryant. | Jeff J. Read, vice president; N. W. THE FREO NELLIS, Van Culin, treasurer; O. C. Hank, recording secretary; John B, Hob- FIRST GAME CALLED PROMPTLY the AT HALF PAST Two for Ladies’ Day were appointed a committee on track] ‘The club's headquarters will be|o’clock. ‘This is the first step of im- contracting and construction, the}selected by Messrs. C. Gleaves,| portance ever taken by local wheel- former being permanent chairman, |W. H. Parham and O. C. Hank, a/men. In past years their organiza ‘The latter was appointed to draw up| committee appointed for the purpose. | tions have been incomplete and lacked rticles of incorporation. Frank Rieke, Oscar Jones, Ed| that business enterprise so essential to There will be 120 shares of trade] Matt, Jeff Read, Allie Wahl, John] the maintenance and prosperity of a stock, at $5 per share, twenty per|Hobson and Simon Hecht were dele-|club. They seem to be in earnest cent, being payable when subscribed, | gated to solicit L. A. W. members,|now, however, and it is sincerely thirty per cent. on completion of club members and subscriptions to] hoped that their intention to construct track and the residue subject to call. | stock a regulation bicycle track here will All the 120 shares were subscribed Friday night at the same place an-/meet with the co-operation of all The hulk of the steamer Fred Nel-| last night. other meeting will be held at 8] good citizens, lis, the tow boat almost destroyed by - So Say Many Citizens of Padu- son, corresponding secretary. KE. C. Gleaves and J. R. Puryear cah To-Day. ske WHat , ne 123456789 rhe 10000 4-12 162 10001002047 4 Bailey and Innings... Cairo Evansville. She Will at Once Be Brooklyn. Company Rebuit at 1t Came About 0 This Morning, But Was Slight. And Had a Narrow Getting Thrown Over- buard. A great many people claim to have} AXP AUST LOOK AT NASHVILLE, i felt a very perceptible seismic dis-| Inning Constable Miles Futrell bad an ex- turbance about 9:40 this forenoon, | Nashville citing experience this forenoon with Helena, Mont., June 2.—Specinis| It was slight, and ocossioned uot the Terre H'te..1 13010000-6 11 4) ihe man and two women who ran the trot Miles City, the nearest town in| slightest alarm, but there was no) Hughes, Rodman and Pace; Cou-}iiten Musee, on Brondway between Montana to the Cheyenne Indian] doubt an earthquake, as quite a num} over and Belt. Lhird and Fourth, for the past week troubles, say the situation at the} ber are positive they felt it, and all The Register Newspapet y ; 1 agency continues critical, Families | "sree on the time, went before Justice Wiuchester t-| fire at Brooklyn several weeks ago, » _ ALWAYS UP TO DATF Quick Sales and’Small Profits It is reported that Sioux Indians 3.85 for advertis-]o¢ Metropolis. It is understood, is Our Motto.... Whalen and MeGrew ; Escupe From SLOUN MAY JOIN. - Vetter. Warriors in M Capt. Jim Jacobs Purchases Her for Cheyenne Ave Receiving R ments. From Dassing Bros. for Moo, es PRESEN STANDING OF CLUBS, = museum from Dakota have come to the agency however, that what was left of the and that runners have been sent to boat went to Capt, Jacobs for the in- invite more Sioux to join them on terest he owned in her before she was the warjtrail. White Bull's He had to go on the steamer City of Sheffield, which lying at the wharf, to. serve the papers, and the two corpulent women ia their ire crowded him so close to the railing ihat they almost succeeded in getting him overboard, They ‘chewed the reat | | shape, to use a popular expression, but the constable knew his biz" and New York, 4; Pittsburg, 7. just let them kick. ‘They used every Boston, 14; St. Louis, 6—Ist. effort to keep him until the boat Boston, 12 Louis, 1. started, but he went up, hired a Brooklyn, 75 Ef 3. ‘agon and started to cart off dummy policeman, museum, and all, where upon they came over with the cle thing. The woman then atiempted to work the short ¢ racket on the constable, but he was too much for them SCHEDULE FOR TODAY, Work on the River Front Rail- was Washington at Padu Evansville at Cairo. ‘Terre Haute at Nashyille. destroyed. The bull has been drawn out on the bank, and is now being re-calked at Brooklyn, where she will be thor ily repaired aud rebuilt by Capt. i started in the trade again silis, a8 will be remembered, was in the Tennessee river tie trade, | ¢ and is supposed to have been acci- dentally fired by tramps. band of warriors hombering 125, who escaped from rel ae the agency Friday night, are in the hills on the Tongue river, near Ash- land, and this will be the scene of the first bloodshed should there be any. The settlers are not as well armed as the Ladians, though arms and ammu- nition are being forwarded as rapidly as possible. A GUBRRILLA BAND THE GREA Rk LEAGUE. alloran Left at Noon Get an Outfit, rag’ in lov Ca for GAMES YESTERDAY, 13, Louisville, 2g Philadelp Contractor Pat Halloran, who is to do the road bed grading for the Illi- nois Central river front railway, left at,noon today for Cairo t> purchase ntractors’ outfit, - Fomorrow morning he will begin resterminated By the Insurgents] work on the ‘right of way, with ten citue: teams and several scrapers, and as Spanish Atrocities, soon as more wagons aa Va butattied Call and see our New Styles in - - - - Green, Patent Leather Tans, Chocolate and Ox Blood Oxfords For LADIES, MISSES and CHILDREN, Second Baptist Revival. The revival at Second Baptist church continues with g interest, Evangelist Witliams was greeted with a crowded house last evening and he delivered a fine The Christian's P ‘There were | J GAMES FOR TODAY. Cincinnati at Baltimore. rate Cleveland at Boston. St. Louis at Brooklyn: sermon on ession.” Koy West, Fla., June 1,—At Li- ina, Matanzas Province, the guerrilla ead of Capt. Sot was almost exter- mninated last week by « Cuban band, (i sworn to kill them for past os, The Spaniards made a sie ayan the Cuban camp, intending rai rise it, having a renegade Cu- Yan as a guide The Cubans were apprisedof their approach and they jnid a trap. As the Spanish guerrll- Jas approached they silently left t aod hid in the whe? outed, (ny earn) candergrowth. stole upon thick Thd Spanish forces cidal yntent, were carried jto Hardin} \, the camp, and, seeing for barial. will add to his foree. He will push work rapidly, and in a short time the road will be well under way, and that locality will resound with the har- mony of hammers and the music scores of workmen, Were Carried Back to Hard ‘The remains of Mr. R. W, Starks, of Hardin, Marshall county, who died | }} in the Boyd-White Infirmary yester- |} heir| day as a result of wounds inflicted with a razor on his throat with sui- Louisville at New York. Pittsburg at Philadelphia, Chicago at Washington, HOW THEY STAND. Clubs Played Won Lost Halumory 1, * 4 | st, Louis. for the lecture must be made, many requests for prayer aud three additions to the church. ervices: again this evening at 8 o'clock, Sub- ‘ nd through whom Everybody cordially The constable got the money, they retained their freaks, and the *Reg- "will not go into the museum awhile. jue! “By wh: W. Gc," The W. ©. 'T. o'clock sharp Thursd the lecture room of the Cumberland} f Presbyterian church, ‘The evangel-|the summer can have the Daily Sun istic meeting is to be conducted by |iailed to their address for 40c a Mrs, Wugenia Gilbert. All cme payable in adyance, Leave oe will meet at 3 y afternoon in invited, Yo Summer Wanderers, rties leaving the city to spend} targed to be present, as arrangements] your orders with us and they will ree ceive careful attention. COCHRAN & COCHRAN, 331 BROADWAY. ri Shoes bought of us shined free.