The Paducah Daily Sun Newspaper, December 23, 1897, Page 3

q “since last Christm: tC pt. Wm. Tay- day at Brooklyn wae . Thomas Kvetts, warned from Brook- and reports Capt. tne a dyigg condition, with no of recovery, but that he may through the day. “Wenevi Fad BOX. OFERD. There Was But One Dollar and Twenty-Two Cents in It. The Geneva Fund box, which had hung near the Palmer E and opened yesterday afternoon late by Day Clerk Rudolpn, of the Pal- mer House. The box Was quite heavy, and it was thought thet quite s sun might be found inside and donaicd to charity. The box, much to the surprise of those who @ere presefit when it was opened, contained ut $1.22, wostly in coppers. There were a few poker chips and a few miscellaneous arti- “gles... The money was turned over to the New jHowards iy Rev. W. K. Penrod. CIVIL SERVICE LAW UPHELD Bad News For Many of Carter Harrison's Appdintecs, bpringfeld, Til., Illinois Supreme handed down a finding) to the effect that only the five heads of depart- ments in Chicago are opt amenable to the civil service law, Chief Justice Pailipe tock exception) to this fird- ing, bi o! the jadges on the bench be decision apparently nullifes {large numlx r of official appointmats made b Mayor Carter H. Hayjson, when he succeeded ex-Mayor Sift, Republi- can. if JAPAN WITHDRAW, HERDBIECTIONS, No Louger Oppose: nnexation of Washington, Dec Hoshi, of Ja a with Secretary Shera Department yesterdg of the Hawaiian 1 changed materially ter'’s return from J no further protest od pe Japanese go annexa- tion of the inlando deed, it is asserted that Japan’saolicy never went vo the extent of positive pro- test. In any evext, frat branch of the question is con. iifiad closed and the present purpose he Japanese authorities is tu sect ifie aseur- ances from the Ug A ates that in Hawaii is Japanese Co 3—Minister conference jat the State ‘The status ations has the minis- There is part of the Py eral modth Miia ed: Kx Marsha rooklyn. {sto Get wjNew Trial,- Cleared. May Be al Philip Lion, of I, who was several Munths ago sevtenced to twenty years in the penitentiary for the murder of Wilas Bradshaw, slias ‘Lightning Bug,"’ a nototious negro, was yes terday by the supreme court of ‘Mh nois granted a new trial. A+ is no doubt fresh in the minds of ths people, Mra. Linn, wife of the convicted ex-marshal, was here sev yo taking subscriptions for the purpose of securing a Lew trial for her busvand. Io Ellis, Rudy & Phillips she accidentally met Mr W, H. Bates, a Nashville shoe drum. mer, who casually remarked, when he learned her mission that he wit- vessed the killing, aod that Linn was in shooting ‘Lightning Since then Lion's people have redoubled their efforts to fet the new trial, and have at last suc- veeded, Itis thought that Bates’ vidence will clear bim, YOUTHFUL TRAVELER. Came to Paducah in Search Father. Officer 5 land Had a Diffl Time Finding Him. Yesterday afternoon Depot Police- man Sutberiand bad considerable itficulty in Ginding the home of a year-old lad who was brought in oo the 5 o'clock train for Mayfield. He gave the name of his father, Wa. Koowles, but could not desig- nate where be lived, for the boy did not know. ‘The officer learned that he had traveled all the, way from Little Rock, Ark., to” Dawson, Ky., and then carried by his destination, Padu- cab. At Mayfield he was transferred to the other train and brought here. Officer Sutherland learned that the father was foreman at Seamon's heading factory, and carried the boy there. Father and soa were over- joyed at finding each other. ULTY M FORTUNE. The Popular Steward Loses His Last Dog, a McNulty House, has decided that the fates are lost him. A few months ago somebody poisoned bis faithful dog ip,’ who had waddled slong io his master’s footsteps for mavy years. Next the genisl steward adopted ‘Mack,’ gugther faithful canine of the bostlery, and after several weeks of loyalty ‘Mack’? committed svicide by hanging himself, At least he was found dangling at the end of a rope with which be bad been tied, out window. Col, MeNuhy then took Maggie,”’ oue of bis first pet's prog- eny, and raised her. The other dey soweboly poisoned ber, and she died fier several days’ of intense suff g. 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Mr. John’ Leach, Jr., of West Monroe street, bas returned home with a broad smile photoggagbed up, { erecting a ‘tine. foep uot open his mouth os Phooey in railroad circles) Awpy off ‘tot the distance can he see th@old town of Mizpab, where tl prgphet aunointed Sant as king whe was out hunting his father's assest the inn into which Christ turuec © break bread and cunversed with two of hi postles. The site is now oveupied by a Greek wine shop, with a billiard table as an accompaniment ; it 1 withiu afew miles of the spot wheis David slew the giant Goliath with a little stone, and there are p-enty stones there yet, It is no far from this place, where are the rich lands owned by Boaz, the rich- est farmer y’) where he f+!) ir love with %¢v. disgusted his neighbor by mafrying out of his sphere, Bethlebem cf 1897 is one of the most prosperous towns in tine, It is bigger today than it has ever been; and it now contains about 6,000 people. It does a big business in making beads for the Catholic pil- grims and the Russians out’ of moth- er-of-pearl, ard most of the p paper cu'ters which come from Pal estine are made at dethlehem. The people make a great many backs for prayer books, an they are thrifty ir the extreme. The town runs slong the side of the hills in the shape ot 9 horse shoe, and it stands out against the sky, with big hills rising gl around it. Its architecture is like that of Jerusalem save that the houses are aewer and cleaver. Most of them are one-story and stand close to the cobble-stone sidewalks wit! yards or gardens, There are se ‘ or sanitary arrangements to speak of, and these houses and a lot of | churches make up the town. ‘The people composing it are mostly o -| tives. They are Greek Christian and there are only 300 Mohammedan and sixty Protestants in the place It you ask where Christ was born, you may be sure of finding it, for in Palestine every spot is marked, and though it is now nearly 2000 years since the events of Clirist’s life took place, the guides of you every spot which His fivgers twuched and mark out every foot of land upon which His feetstood. The stable is at the western side of the town with a great church built over it, and juet opposite this church is a saloon, avd it does good business : this season of the year. This chur was built 1500 years ago by Constan- Its roof was once covered with lead, but this was all stripped off when captured by the Turks aud used as bullets to sh Christians with It is now in the hands of Christians and services will be conducted there all day Christmas. Mr. i. Miller, Po. B., pervil will adress our ing Loni W. 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