The Paducah Daily Sun Newspaper, July 24, 1897, Page 1

tt » Casino Theatre B Advertisement the Careful Buyer IF IT’S IN THE SUN, j _——— VOLUME 1—N' UMBER 272 ae _ THE PADUCAH DAILY SUN. Advertising is the Motive Power to Business. DON’T STAND STILL. | )DISA STROUS CONFLAGRATION jurned to the Ground Last Night. FIREWORKS WERE T00 REALISTIC. L > .. About a Hundred People More Or Less Injuted—Much Loss To Company And Troupe. ‘Ia my hat on gfraight?’’ asked the soubrette as shé vaulted out the side window and/ struck terra firma with both feet. Nobody had time to give the desired information. A lady fainted ditring the rush, and some brute attempted to run Over her. Two well-known young meén saw him, and both simultane- ously struck hinr in the jaw on either side. "Twas a blow that ’most killed Reuben. Today almost every other per- son you meet has some kind of a bandage. ‘Some have their arms! ‘The Club in a sling, some their heads, some navigate on crutghes while others have divers and suhdry fingers tied up. The hike of afflictions was never ‘seen before. Officer Jones lost 4 good club, He loaned it to Will Connor to use in the police scene. _ It was presented. to him by a friend, and he valued it highly. "Marshal Collins’ dress pa- rade pill box cap met a similar fate.| ‘The latest baseball news is that The outside paper correspondents | while Ceutral League is disorganized broke loose again last night and had | the Paducah and Cairo clubs may be Did the Indians Find in Marion Yesterday, SCORE WAS 14 T0 2, Will Probably Remain As An Independent One-- Dowling to Be Farmed Out, LEAGUE BASEBALL RESULTS. AGOOD THING . PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, SATURDAY. JULY 24, 1697, WOMEN GET THE FEVER \ pilaiase Will Go to Alaska to Dig Gold And Get Rich. WILL SEC, SHERMAN RESIGN. White Tramp Meets a Well De- seryed Death in Tennessee, OTHER TEUEGRAPHIC NEWS. San Fraiciseo, Oal,, July 24— TEN CENTS A WEEK Rubber Hose. We handle only good Hose, of recognized quality, which we sell a! the very lowest prices, ranging from 9c per foo: up. The best hose 12c in the oity for Do you nerd a Lawn Mower? We can sell you one for $2. GEORGE 0. HART & SON DETAILS OF THE EXCITING FIRE (SCENES. about half the population killed in an | maintained as independent organiza- holacaust. This | tions. Whether this is to be or not,| Tve gold fever has reached the Casino theater, at Ramona Park, Rowland Place, was totally destroyed by fire last night, in full view of sev- eral hundred terrified spectators. The blaze had its inception during Gre scene in ‘‘The Streets of New York,” in the latter part of the fifth| act, from a large ‘‘excelsior’’ frame ou which gasoline bad been poured to render the effect more lurid and fenlistic. The curtain was lowered after the blaze breaks out ip a tene- Ment house, and raised again to dis- olose the burping building in a state of collapse. It was then that the huge frame, reaching into the fies, was touched off. 1 nes ascend. "ed like a puff of powder to the roof, spread out against the ceiling, and in ‘an instant the drops, flies and scenery Were a mass of flames. This the ‘Audience quickly per- ceived. Iv was a large audience, completely filling the ~—_—ihouse. With « /mighty roar of excitement, to their feet sprang the people. Pan- demovium reigned. The utmost coa- fosioa prevailed, and amid the omi- gous crackling of the seething flames could be heart the screams of terror of womea and children, punctuated bg the hoarse shouts of the excited Aen. There were two large doors on Tench side of the auditorium and one! « through whigh the crowd | could easily and speedily have es | eaped, bad people /paused long to recover their . But ‘Teoh ran ovet wot thivwley” other, pushed and screamed, ‘and almost befgfe they began to rash out the curtaia was literally singed and withered’ before their gaze re- yealing the burning scenery avd set- tings beyond (“Many by this time were making an ught at the wire nettings op of the theater, which were five or aix feet high. These could not be torn down, and in inany ia- stances people pushéteach other over bodily, falling to the groufd oa their heads, arms, and in various other positions, in their frantic efforis to feach a place of safety ral women and children were rescued from the auditorium just as the whole structare became a solid mass of flames. Those of the troupe who were in |< the dressing when the fire broke out, had almost miraculous Some of the members were fortunately on the outside. Messrs. Bourne, Driscole and Fiske, how- ever, were compelled to jump from a window, and Mr. Driscole fell on a brother-in-law of Manager Foppe, ‘and badly injured him Miss Bowen was compelled jump from a window several feet from the ground, but escaped with- injury as til ling, constructed of dry wood, surmounted by a tar roof “aad coutaiaing the most combustible sub- stances known, such a8 painted ecenery, et@., burned liké tinder, and although the fire depattment was soon on the scene, it gould render absolutely no service, because there was no water procurable, While a large number of people were more or less injured in the panic, all escaped serious mishap, ‘and the Leaviest loss falls on the owners apd the unfortunate troupe. Actor Edgar Bourne and wite, wio arrived last Monday, lost ther complete wardrobe, consisting ‘of three tranks of costumes collected hy twenty years of hard work These were a total loss, the value being > in the rea‘ Se rooms escapes to park 100. All the other members lost a large portion of their costumes, many, all of them, and several were left withe put clothing enough to permit an ap- srance in public. ; The fire became very hot, driving spectators from the park, and the people were transport 1 to the city ‘on cars a8 fast a9 they filled them Many, however, jingered until the last buraing fezgot wey awal owed up| in the general « rilapre of the totte +) ing framework, and lovt 10 the Duras dupedebris. he building prope. (od entirely of frame, and cao od for a few hundr 1 dol- Considera’ » furniture was ever, a3 well es two pianos, which wos a wew one jast put terday by Havding «& Miller. is impossible to determine the Dber of injured. Perhaps two- irds of the audience were ta some hurt in the stampede, but few of them seriously. Most of the 10, scorched, while many wes con- / i jured seemed te be suffer from unprecedented morning people with relatives in va- rious places began telegraphing here bruised by feet agd falls, and some] to find out the particulars, Private by their frantic efforts to escape by|'elegrams were received from New climbing the wige netting. York, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Ander- Mrs. R. Rowland and ber sister,|90n, Ind, the various springs and Mise Lulu Clark, are the|other places. But the climax was worst of them all. They were |Teached when coroner Nance received burned on the face, eck, hands and|the following from the St. Louis body, mostly by tar, and according | ‘Chronicle :'” to Dr. Brooks, their physieian, are in| _‘*Wire list of dead and send your a serious ¢ondition, Col. Rowland | Picture by mail.’” was also burned by the tar, but not | BILL PASSED. | his wife and John Byng fared’ per- | haps worse than the others, By a Vote of 40 to 30. Congress | Mr. George Wallace saw some children under ‘chairs, and upon go- Will Adjourn Tonight. ing in to rescue them, found that were his own. He and two children received painful burns, Messrs. A. C. Einstein, R. Row- land, Joseph L. Friedman, Geo. C. Wallace, Filis Bour, Gate Keeper Ross were the most courageous and] President McKinley Scnds in His energetic in assisting the people to 4 | safe exit, and all suffered more or Pimeuial Siectans. less from the severe Lest. Among others who were burned are: Mas, Grecort axp pavonren, of Washington, July 24.—The Sen-| Yazoo, Miss., painfully burned. ate passed the tariff conference bil! They are guests of Mes. C. C. Rose.|by vote of 40 to 30, Congress Mr. Hat Warrens, while rescuing | will certainly adjourn tonight. Mrs, Gregory's Gaughter, badly ~ bruised. Washington, D. C., July 24.—It Surr. A. C, Enestem, face blis-|is now believed that Congress will tered. The House Acron Hager Dnarscore, singed, braised and scorched. Mus. Ferp Homeen, ed dr bare: Scuoot Trostas C, C, Ross, burn- ed Cot. R. Rowzanp, severely burn- ed. Ike Beeroey, limb W. J. Supp Miss Buetcu, limb sprained, and painfully bruised. Mus. Len, painfully burned about the face and neck, while resca- ing eleven children in her charge. xs, Ep Yancey, overct » awe ita ash hye Ha May Yet End the Coal Miners’ Constante Frey Scuxorpe, hands burned Loccur Keerer Hanar Kevvar, badly scorched and arm fractured, Joun Byxo, both lands and face burned, Mo lid doc 1 last #; ¢ used iu civ ob was about 615 be enacted pan legislation will will be taken in the Sen at 3:00, 24.—President McKinley sent his financial message to Congress this afternoon, The House granted an hour for debate. It will be Leading Operators Sign a Call for a Conterence. r ed injnv'es Wat ‘ ate the at Pittsburgh, Pa., July » prect..| | Situation in this district not ma- ‘v'ersal | terially changed today, The efforts vat [of the Arbitration Commission have hut t fos to the} been so far successful that a call for the owners wi! ja! a'fy be about a meeting of operators on Tuesday $3000, with no urance except | next has been issued. It is signed $150 ‘with Hummel / Bros. on the|by W. P. Dearmit, for the New chairs, York and Cleveland s Coal Com- ¢ matter of rebuilding has not| Pry; J. B. Zerbe forthe Obio and been decided upon. Ibe company | Pennsylvania Coal Company; B.| has become very popular during the] Young for M. A. Hanna & Co. ;| season, and has always been well pa- | George W Schlendeberg for the E tronized. Thgte are six or eight|L- Robbios Compsny, and other weeks more of the summer season in leading operators of the district. which the patronage would probably These names to the not e ot a meet be good, but whether or not the the- |!ng is sufllcient guarantee of the suc- ater will be rebuilt this season re- | C¢* of the gathering in point of at- maing to be seen, tendance, W. P. Reud will also be Next week several benefits will given for the Casino stock company. | #ame to the call. ‘Yhe Phillips steck eompany, at La] °9g0- . . z Belle Park, it is understood, willgive| There are vague rumors ot a aren one benefit performagce, there will]? the mines of the New York anc be a benefit game of base ball, and Cleveland Gas and Coal Company. the Ramona Park managers will prob-| There is no doubt among those in « ably erect a stage in the park, give a position to know that such a move 18 performance and obarge 9 small contemplated, but : just at w! hat time admission price for twg or three|'® kept secret, While all of this is ma | 23 The} M& a om riled He is now in Chi- | league next |decided where they will go, says the le season, : z tes Meal vote “OPP hater eM} Se ME be| asked to sanciion the signicg of his ‘ women anil five are now outfitting preparatory to going to the Klondyke legion. The excitement over the rich gold discoveries continues on the in- crease and hundreds of prospectors are arriving at this city every day. LYNCHED THE BRUTE. jand how the clubs are to be main- tained, will be decided at Cairo t |morrow in a conference between | managers, ‘The Indians will no doubt wipe up |the earth with the Couchee-Couchees and a good crowd promises to go down (o witness the game. Gypsies Wreak Sudden Vengeance for An Assault on One of Their Number, Dowling and Miller will be farmed out by the Louisville club, “They are both promising pitchers and’ will doubtless be of service in the major year, It has not been Nashville, Tenn., July 24.—News has reached this city from Pickett county ofthe lynching of a white tramp there yesterday by some gyp- Jones, the ex-Louisville pitcher, |Sies. The tramp assaulted a gypsy evidently twirled a good game for the] git! and the enraged gypsies captured Indians at Marion, I!l., yesterday af-| him and after terribly whipping him, ternoon at the exlibition game. The] hanged him. svore was 14 to 2 in favor of Padu- Sepa ongeerremepe COL, POWERS’ SUCUESSOR, cah. “‘Courier-Journa THE BIG LEAGUE, YESTERDAY'S GAMES, Boston, 4, ; Baltumore. Office Will be Formally Trans- ferrcd to Collector Yan- dell, July 28, Owensboro, Ky., July 24,—Col- lector J. D. Powers has been notified that C, H. Wheeler, revenue agent ocala: for Kentucky, will be here July 28, Per Cont | © make formal transfer of the office 7m |to T. J. Yandell, His deputy, W. 3) W. Clarke, who will be succeeded T. Franks, announces that he Louisville P.ttsburg, 8. PRESENY STAN Played V Clubs Bosion Balt.more Hardware and Stove Company, ANOORPORATED, 109-117 N. Third-st 303-307 Broadway LISELI OF > Our Shoes ees Are like pretty women: All Stop to admire tHe. & The Green, Ox Blood and Chocolate in Oxfords and Lace are beauties, and the beauty is, the pri: ces are so low everybody is buying them. Have you trieda pair? If not, call in and get a pair. ‘< | will open 4 law office in Owensboro by the Queen. 3] Seattle, Wash., July 24.—The big 3) steamer. een will start on a voyage to Dyea. Sithough the Queen will carry from the sound 400° people about. 250 of whom will go to Dyea, the great majority go to win fortune in the gold fields. "Chose who leave here on the Queen intending to go directly through by the inland trail, should reach Dawson City before the te ip which is looked for about September 20. gion. LOU creer 5 . wOnmny vs New York at Chicago. Brookly Cincinnati Philadelphia at Cleveland Boston at Louisville. Baltimore at Pittsburg. Washingtoa at St, Louis. VICLOUS OUTBREAK culators are Busy. San ancisco, July Klondyke craze has struck the specu- lative element hard. Companies of all kinds are bei organized, while the signs and window letterings are appearing with marvelous rapidity in the principal b: es8 streets. Such tiles as ‘‘Yukon Trading and De- veloping Cc “The Yukon Gold and Supply Co.,"" and ‘The Klon- dyke Improvement Syndicate,” are to be seen on every hand. The first mining company to file articles of in- corporation was the Alaska & Yukon Gold Exploration and Trading Co., Limited, The. capital stock is $200,- 000, fully subscribes RUMOR RE ‘That Secretary Sherman May Re- sign From the Cabinet. Washington, D. C., July 24— y Sherman's recent illness in revived the rumor that he ign from the cabinet. Noth- ing is at all definite, as the Secretary refuses to talk. » =Ratehford--A Manifesto at Is Likety to Ineite Strikers to Disyrder. 1 Spe Fairmount, W. Va., July 23—M D. Ratchford, president of the United Mine Workers of America, has sent a letter to Samuel Gompers, president of the Amevican Federa tion of Labor at Washington, D.C , which ft ig feared may incite the strikers to disorder, In tue letter he says: I therefore call upon you in behalf of the struggling miners to convene all the chief’ executive officers of al national labor organizations at Wheeling, W. Va., on Tuesday, July 27, for the purpose of meeting this crisis and achieving victory for the cause of labor: No duty which any labor official may bave at this time is to be compared in importance to this great ovcasion 1 it is therefore dand ¢€ that each and all of them will nd in person T'bis is not the time to consider dif- ferences between organizations, if differences there be, avd no man who has our cause at heart will raise that question, The callto duty is to all nized labor, and the chief execu- ion is expected the benefit of ‘OR ORDERS, RUSH live each Lo give the conferenc his personal preset organ Portland House Can't Supply Dee -————— mands for Miners’ Orders, MINERS RETURN TO WORK. Portland, Ore., July 24,—The an- nouncement that the steamship Geo. Agitation Has Done Little Good] W, Elder would sail from this port in West July 30 direct for Alaska has caused Virginia. e & Tush tothe offtee of the Pacific Wheeling W. Va., July 98.—The|o's issmanin Comme eign ¥ 3 ill be a| going on the Turtle Creek, Sandy Rent. 8 ee er Ge fees Creek and Plum Creek mines are) ises are that there will be « liberal] working sicadily and without jnter- | donation. It should be so, for the ference. The employes ¢laim that y they will pay no attention to the} ipidnea bina <donceign strikers and want to be left alone wOTES. | On the other band, the miners’ offi- Mr. C. G, Potter lost fine gold | cials claim that their org: n'zers, who watch. ve been at work in secret, have| Juab! {aid the foundation for a general lay- Pins A a oan Wy ing down of tools when the proper time arrives. Actor Fiske came out of the fames}gjtuation in West Virginia. If that attired in one shog and'an employe’s| section comes out the New York avd badge, Cleveland miyes will naturally be the The fire was @till buroing today | pivotal point. and none of the articles or remains i apogee thereof could be fonnd, GETTING DISCOURAGED, Let everybody join in the benefits. — It is better than shipping off your|Must Win by Next Tuesday, so lucre to the missionaries and heathea, Say the Miners. A yokel made for the fence, and " >, . oy , Pittsburg, Pa., July The with 9 Comanche war ory went leaders of the strike now say that if througts It lye ajoatapelt, the strike 1s not; wou by next Tues- Senator Fambdia logt bis hat. slelday, the day of the conference, that was more fortunate then the movi of] the great strike is lost. the others, for they lost their heads, pie at Mr, Sam Hill, of the Sun, lost a Bare tooth, and his wife logt her hat. He There is no excuse for yuing har thinks the missing tooth is in soje- body's head. | Several youog men who were with ung ladies now in disgrace. you gan get new shor at the prices Ellis, Rady & Phillips make. Water coolers at your own price, J burns resulting ‘the roof, which dripped through the canal © . Otber were from melted tar on} JO ‘They deserted in their hour of M. EB. Jones, Second and Cour! streets. 23)2 Much depends on the} jonas all hut those who have been footed oz having shues patched, when! Coast Steamship Company, and al- movement in the Kanawha) ready one-half of the passenger ac- Vs id along the Norfolk and] ooimodations have been sold and a Western road is paralyzed. The ot-| jaro¢ amount of freight space dispos- ganizers have nearly-all departed,and] cq ‘of, those remaining ate making n» The Elder cas’ carry 200 cabin hiss (2 * passengers and about 800 steerage, Ail but ove of the Kanawha soft-| while her fieighi-carrying capacity is coal wines, in Kanawha, are working |} 499 tons. Of these berths, 100 nearly full force, where fifteen were) caning are alloiicd to Poitland for reyorted struck yesterday. At Elk-).ale, and one-half the number of the horn, Thatcher, Flat Top and Poca-| seo, The balance is reserved for in Sna Francisco, Orders for mivers’ Supplies have been com- ing in to the city by the hundreds aad merchaats in Seaule are uoable to meet the enormous demand, A wholesale diy goods house of this city hes had a fovce of seventy-five men and tweny-five giils at work right and day for five days on rush orders for clothing for intendiag prospectors, A \og company is also hard at work oa #n oider for 1600 canvas begs, ‘0 bemede espec.ally for the co tyivy of clothing aud provisions, Tuey aie also setuting a large num- be: of tcais The woolen mills at Salem, Oregon City and Alvany, 8041 6,0,, have all incredsed their forces, io meet the demand for heavy woolen gvods, in th mines. Tae {in their power eo against the mag. «t Raichford, T! ittle success in gev ‘refused wo k are | operators are doi to insulate th netisin of Deb are meeting witb ting the men out to hear them. | MAKKETS, (Reported Datty by Lacy Grain Company. Chicago, Uk, July 4,—5 wheat opened) at 71 72%, closed at 72%5-"s Sept corn opened at closed at 27'4-%5. Sept. oais.opened land closeda! 17/5 a B2pk. pouk dat Lat $7.75 9. Sept. levd opened at)$4,12-4.15 and jclosed at €4.17-4,45. Sepi. ribs opcved At $4,52 We Wake closed at $4.60 a Tuesdays and Thuyeday: Northwessern receipts, 442 caps. good. M, ¥ ;Joues. © | | highest 267, and at 1759-3, 87,75 \ r old [fashion rye bread something 23/9 and CRESTS CE SESE, WHAT THE CASH WILL DO nana, eae B./WEILLE & SON’S, Paducah’s Only One-Price Clothiers, Futnishers, Hatters and Shoe Dealers. $12.98 / $9.98 $7.48 $4.50 Bays choice O17 1 ON" Byvs choice of any {| Buys choice of any offBuys any of our $6.00 Maiere Gitta, byhck olay All} patent leather shoes; 20 per cent. off on all others. worsted excepted. $3175 20% Off On all cassimere pants, Buys choice of any of our children suits. You will In this stock you will find some choice goods. our $10.00 suits. fresh and mew stock. 25%, Off On all our black pants. They are choice goods. No better to be found anywhere. » old stock. $1.50 Buys the gregtest coat and vest ever pffered“to the public. ‘Theyfire $6 to $8 Silk Ponges. find suits in this lot rang ing from $4.50 to $7. Another big line of $1 Nog ligee Shirts, new and nobby patterns. Also, another lot of Manhattans, swellest shirt on earthy 409-411 BROADWAY, PADUCAH, KY Just Received ur Mid-Summer Clearance Sale IS ON. Greatest Bargains ever known in Fine Footwear. $5.00 Shoes reduced to $4,00. 4.00 Shoes reduced to 3.00. 8,00 Shoes reduced to 2.00. 2.00 Shoes reduced to 1.25. 1,60 Shoes reduced to .98, Vome and see what Values your money will buy at EO. BERNHARD’ Palace Shoe Store TLirmuced A fac simile of what fc. wili buy ior the asking. Material good as grows , 306 Broadway, SMOKE dC BETTER -TIMES | ‘Suits to Order $14.00~" Pants to Order Are assuredly uport us. Our line of woolens is exactly suited to) every taste, Call and examine them, 883 Broadway. . | TONS tAiLoRiINe @NO ESTABL.SHMENT. You will desire good clothes. \ | =