The Paducah Daily Sun Newspaper, February 10, 1898, Page 1

E, who read the Sun are aT - an always well posted Sapa 2 VOLUME L1—NUMBER 126 s ' THE JUSTLY FAMOUS . KELLY... CORONA ~X.CIGARZ— AT SOULE’S FIVE CENTS-TRY IT eee Better get a pound of pure Ground Pepper for 15 cents. Your last chance at this price. Gold * Fish We have just recei shipment of gold fish from 7 sf only a f left, ud phone 2 J.D. BACON & CO. Druggiats Gold Fish Age FOUND THE END OF A RAINBOW, Noah Cunningham Discovars a Pot of Gold. Scutiletown, Ky,, Feb. 10.—Noah Cunningham, a farmer living near here, found an iron pot containing $50,000 in gold and silver and § in Confederate greenbacks. The pot also contained a woo! bat and re- volver. The pot was found protruding from the middle of « country rx just below the setUement of Seu town, ‘The recent tlood had covered , the road, which rans along the river bank in the bottoms. The water evi - dently washed the pot out of the ground. Cunninghain, the money, is {middle lives on a rented farm. A LARGE SALE.OF TOBACCO. Ove Mundred Thousand Pounds Purchased at Falmouth, Falmouth, Ky., Feb. 10.—'The largest of tobacco sule that ever oc- finder of the 11 and | curred in this county took place Tuesday. N. C. Ridgeway & Co,, of this p soll to Liggett « Myers, of St. Louis, their entice pur- | chase of 1898 crop, Which — will amount to 100,000 pounds. The price 18 said to Owensbore Woolen Mills at Work, Owenshoro, Ky., Feb. 10,—The Owensboro Woolen Mills resumed worth, this week with a full force of bends, several hundred in number. The pants department, employing another hundred, will begin Monday, Indicted ‘for Husband's” Murder, Paintaville, Ky., Feb. 9.—In_ the circuit court at Salyersville seventy. | eight indictments were — returoed among which was one against Mrs Genoah Haley, charged with willful murder of her husband, K. N.Fletch- er. Mrs. Haley now lives at Gr: son. Shehas been married times. Fletcher was wealthy and respected citizen, Mrs. Haley ways stood high, and the finding of the indictment has caused a tion. ensa- Williamsburg Quarantine. Williamsburg, Ky., Feb, 10,— Four cases of sinallpox are reported from Proctor Mines, all among ne- groes. Authorities here issued or- 3 ders today forbidding negroes com- ing in, Farmer Assigns. . Cynthiana, Ky., Feb, 10.—Mike Woods, a well known and prosperous — _ farmer, made au assignment to W. ®, Lafferty. ‘The Woods place ad- joins the famous Abdallah park. As be sets and liabilities not known. 9 BMormon Preachers at Benton, % Benton, Ky., Feb, 10,—Two Mor- . mon preachers, fresli from Salt Lake City, are in town, and will spend sev- } eral weeks in this county trying to k secure converts to the doctrines of < Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. Dainty Odors... How much we appreciate the dainty odors of flowers at this It isn’t for all of us, however them as flung from natu mt there is always Whe kin ‘ created by perfumes—Msweet fragrance cased in glass” — <a May Bells, Vassar Violets, Crabapple Blossoms, Atkinson White Rose, etc. eo > ~{ squadron off Key West. to send “PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, THAT LETTER OF DE LOME § Causes De Lolhe to Resign to Eseape From (Being Re- called—His Resignation Accepted Today. ved That the Administration ying to Free the Cubans Without a War tf Possible, Washington, Feb, 10,—Senor De Lome, the Spanish minister resigned his position today to escape being re- called, His res jon hus been ac- ed, Cuban sympathizers think that this action marks the final crisis in Cuban affairs. The De Lome Affai Washington, Fe 19,—Ye afternoon * vay ‘ ve following statement as ‘Sits action in the case of Spanish Mivister De Lome, who wrote a le ter to Senor Canaleias, sharply enti Vresitent McKinley, was nv public by the state department Minister De Lome does not deny writing the letter, This department has communicated with Gen. Wood- ford on the ject. Until that cor munication reaches the Spanish gov- ernment it would be improper to in any manner state the contents of the message to Gen, Woolford.” ‘The case is similar to that of Lord Sackville West's, who wrote the Murchison letter in the Cleveland ad- ministration, and was given his passe ports by the United States govern- ment. One thing seems certain, and that is that De Lome must yo. The Letter That Causes the Troubles Washington, Feb, 10.—Here is a portion of the Letter of Minister De Lome to Senor Canalejas coacerning President McKinley Legation de E pana, Washington— Kximo Senor Jose Canaleias: My Lstingus iend * * The situation here continues un- change erything depends upon the political and military success in Cuba. The prologue of this second method of warfare will end the day that the colonial cabinet will pointed, and it relieves us in the eye of this country of a part of tbe re- sponsibility of what may pen there, and they murt cast the respon sibility upon the Cubans, whom they nmaculate Until then we will not be able to and 1 consider it to be a ss of ime and advance by the wrong road, the sending of emi ries to the rebel field, the negotiatin to be an with the autonomists not yet declared tobe legally constituted and the lisvovery of the intentions and) pur. pose of this government. ‘The exiles will return one by one and when they return will come walking into the sheepfold ond t wil g ally return, Neither of thes the eocrage to leave en masse they will not have the courage to thus return. The message has undeceived the insurgents, who expected something else, and has paralyzed the action of but I consider 1t bad Besides the natural and inevitable coarseness wilh which it repeats all that the press and public opinion of nhas said of Weyler, it shows re what McKinley is,x—weak Q to the rabble, and, BE- SIDES, LOW e chiefe is, POLITICIAN, WHO DESIR TO LEAVE A DOOR OPEN TO ME AND TO STAND WELL WITH THE JIN- GOES OF HIS PARTY ° © ¢ Enniger Der vy Dr Lowe, Washington, Feb, 10.—Oorders have been sent to Capt. Simpson, in command of the North Atlantic the Havana torpedo boat Cashing to with stores for the use of the Maine, She will leave ma day or two and will return as 800n as the stores are delivered, The Cuban Situation, Washington, F 10,—"Gen. Blanco is a failure in Cuba, and no one knows it better than President McKinley,"’ said Senor (Quesada, secretary of the Cuban legation. ‘We feel that things are at last oming our way he continued, Vo believe “fthat a Cuban crisis is near at hand. Another turn of the serew, and Cuba will be free. The administration must foresee what we predict, For what are all these predictions being made by the United States. Your president’ is sending vessels to Cuba in anticipation of some trouble you may be sure Spain, too, is evidently preparing for trouble, When a country begios to seize passenger vessels and arm them as cruisers war is not far off, ‘But I have said ever since I have been in this country that Spain will never declare war against the United States, She knows that would be useless, but she will undoubtedly make a bluff before she takes her hands off of Cuba’s throat. For the first time since the war began do we feel that things are shaping them- selves into the inevitable. Blanco is afailure and the whole autonomy scheme is a failure, We predicted as much, though we did not expect to Py Cc tion Pinks 1: {avorite wittmany ~very rieb wud lasting, LYNE & LYNE'S DRUG STORE ag see it admitted so soon after it was inaugurated, “Gen. Pando, next in rank to Blanco, is credited with saying ‘God help my country, for she cannot help jp rself,’ It would mot surprise me ¢ Se = Spain. ‘At any time to hear that fthe govern sponge @8 yousay over here, and acknowledged her inability to con- quer Quba,’* “© These press what crisig sms, here, that Star, of this city, got on€ an ra’ at 6.0’ clock to announce a four-line teh that the steamer City of Cadiz had been seized by the Spanish government and armed = oas 9 cruiser, It is the Cuban situation around which all interest now centers, It has absorbed ail interest. in the Ha- wailan question, bas sidetracked in the public mind the. financial issue, and overshadows all .other questions pending before congress. Speaker hold the House wader control any longer {f the Cuban question came up in any w He has so informed As- sistant Secretary of State Day, and Secretary Day has {nformed the President, The President has set in motion a Cuban policy which will he bard to turn aside J, reverse, Usdoubtedly the aim of the ade ministration is to free C ithouts war. The President has thken sev- ern! steps which would look as” if wy might lead to war, but they all em to have been acquiesced in hy As Senor (Quesada says “one more turn of the screw, and Cuba may be free.’’ ‘This turn may be made in a week, in a wonth or in two months, We are certainly near- er intervention than we were two months ago, We are better pre- pared for the intervention than we were (wo weeks Jago, Every mail brings private ref rts to sevators of the utter failureof the autonomy When it is finally admitted d the people of Spain tarn on the asta cabinet and demand the re- instatement of Weyler, the last tuen of the screw way be made, FIFTEEN MEN WERE KILLED Ina Two Million Dollar Fire Last Night in Pittsburg-o'len Missing and Six Severe- ly Hurt. The Mayfield Postoftice Be Settled in Other Case Wilt Few Days. Late Tetle- graphic News, Pittsburg, Pa., Feb, 10,.—F men were killed in a fire at midoight in this city. The contlagration de- stroyed two-million-dc ware house, Ten men are missing and six others are most seriously hurt, This is the most serious fire that has oc~ curred in this city for years. ‘The Men were caught by falling walls and so far only the fifteen bodies have been recovere Maytiett Washington, I field postoflice will be days, possibly this we ysioftice Next. 10.—The May: ttled ina few Senator Deboe linpatient. Washington, Feb, 10,.—Senator Deboe is almost frantic over the de- lay in the appointinent of C. M. Ba nett for surveyor of port of ville. Lo The senate committee will consider the appointment of Major Cram. tomorrow, The Cuban Junta Thinks tt is Authentic. Washington, Feb, 10,—A_ repre- sentative of the Cuban Junta bere said yesterday : “We know absolutely that this let. ter isgenuine, A man risked his life to obtain it. We do not hesi- tate to acknowledge that it was stolen It is written on the hand. from Canalejas. paper of the legation. ‘The writing is De Lome's and the ture {s his. He may deny it until he is black in the face, but it is genuine and everybody who has seen it knows that it is, ‘The man who stole it fab- stracted it from the envelope and left the latter. If he had attempted to steal the envelope or stolen the en- velope, he never A have got away with the letter, “GIVE HIM HIS PASSPORTS,” Resolution on the De Lome Le ter Introduced in the house. Washington, Feb, 10,—In the house yesterday Mr, Sulzer (Dem.) of New York, attempted to secure wor recognition for the introduction of a} resolution which, afte contents of a letter 1 to have been written by Senor Dupuy Lome, the Spanish minister, to. Don Jose Canalejas, editor of the Madrid El Heraldo (which letter was pu lished this morning), and after al- leging that said letter was an insult jared it to be the sense of the house that the Spanish minister, Be given his passports aud sent home ia disgrace,” He was cut off by a demand for the regular order, reciting the Wanted For Watch Stealing. Jas. Sparks, colored, steamboat negro is wanted by the police for stealing a watch from his sister. Of- ficer Hoyer searched for him until 9 o'clock last night, and thinks he es- caped by skiff to Illinois, ment at Madrid had thrown up <|GITY LETTER : Reed says frankly that he could not! | teen | De| col cer _ CARRIERS “Overtime’’ Claims, Attor- heii neys are Here Investi- be : clul gating Matters. ta +8 ney Something About “Oyerti claims Something About the Postal Sys- and ope: tem Now in Vogue, Hon. I. L. Lorenz, of Memphis, Commissioner of the 1. 8, (Court of dence relative to overtime of U. 8. mail carriers. 25 fre extremely anxious, in f “Overtime”? in postal — parlanc means money due for extra time put Uncle Sam didn’t like whe idea, within the prescribed time, It teed to be, however, that tlie eight hours work required of the governinent employes did not pre- vent the mail carrier from delivering the mail, If it required more than ing Y nm e coum a RSDAY, FEBRUARY 10 18! ing $n the police fight between J ” pect an Early Adjustment of Kati, for the chatge! with resistin nie Copeland in the eye, was ncqaitted. e case Harry Miller. ed, cha 1 resisting Ofli- tray, wa luded_ this morn- yurt, af hard ney Campbell, for 1 Attorney Oscar defense. Miller was the oflicer after y placed under arrest for drunk- The officer was forced to him, anders held him wer and fixed his bais at $ ter Sanders decided until this moraing, derg) ny Mny pork—Ope: About a dozen local attorneys are) | 4 ay tious to collect this “overtime” for) “yg the mail carriers of Paducah. They 3 12, in by mail carriers. They are not}, Me | required to work but 8 hours a day.|"">"? When they worked longer, the; charged Unele Sam with it, ce j and Blen several novel law points in- volved will be settled by the attor holding Miller over Judge to leave the case and 80 ore MARKE1 markets wheat open , touched Claims, anit Atturney Clark MeKer- rnead a 90% cher, of the law firm of Chas. and) "(et " © Oe al highest Wm. 1, King, Washington, D. C.. 9.’ nae a dike ed arrived in the city today to take evi-) "gen Oe 1,7) tilghast AH DAILY SUN. CUT PRICES PREVAIL AT THE FAMOUS- a cht ee het Suspenders... $1.50, $1.00 and 75 cent SHIRTS Monarchs, Manhattans, Anchors, Cosmopolitans, etc. Including brands Wh Coloree, Cut to A great closing out of odd lot that temy t th Regular 25 cent qualit FANCY WEBS FANCY BUCKLES ading ht a la lot hich was a ata great PEOPLE will read your ad if it “is in these columns Host t ica ‘fice on the poe s Te) part . Our price htly closed CORD ENDS, Cc a pair crSee the Window Display. ‘It ‘Will Pay You. Opened 2 losing ned 10.57, highest closing 10 lard—Opened 5.07, highest losing 5.12 vened 5.17, highest losed 5,15, cotton—Opened 6,06, highest Still In Jad, m, Ky., Fe The n who have been imprisoned and sow the carriers are not allowed | hy Ja lve Tarvin for contempt. still jt charge over tinic, They eennot | refage to fiurge themselves. The Jwork but eight hours a day under} couge/men refused to put needed auy circumstances, If they do they | furnfture in city hall of Covington, are subject to disinissal, whigh lias been used as county court It is not generally known that if 9] houge at the judge’s orders. Hence rrier has asack of mail unde-| he hins removed court to Independ- | live t when his eight hours are up, | enee, ton miles out in the county, {the jhe is not allowed to finish the deliy| real county seat, and has the coun- ery, If he works a minute over the | cilmen who voted a limit, his * ¢ is cooked,’? and his | jail, jrha if the postoltice | authori out, Of course 4 |there is seldom a time when 4 FAI AL L. & N. jthe imail fcannot be — delivered eight hours, he charged overtime. Fivg Men Killed, Including En- In this manner the present mail ear- eer and Fireman and riers of Paducal, and a number who ea Nate. icee were mail carriers during former ad- vee ‘Tramps. —Three |ministrations, haye clainis in against} 4) Yyainmen Hurt. the government for $1,500 or $2,000 These claius have been pending for] 3% — some time. In fact, no overtime has Ls been made since about "94, One avercst Wrecks That he government contested these] ™ purred on the Lou- | s of mail carriers, and took it to the supreme co where they secured a judgment in a test case, » law firm of King above, now has nearly all mentioned the letter carriers’ claims in the United States} ¢,, -{for collection, The government is], represented by Mr, Lorenz and the} letter carriers by Mr. Me Kercher, | (), who arrived this morning. as stated 1 labove. ‘ie | Mr. F. G. Van Rosen, of New wa York, is also here to represent a law), | firm, in behalf of the carriers, ss Mr. Loreuz did not come in today, but will be here this evening. Conse- uently nothing was done this morn- ing. : MANY TRESPASSERS, 0 |People in Marshall County Have | ‘ | Been Cutting Timber Un- st lawfully ex at | There ate excellent prospects foi a} ti, |prodigious sensation in Marshall} y county when the next grand jury] yy meets there in March, Cc The Vaughan heirs, of own about 1,100 acres of Little Cypress. Lately as been established in hood, and the timber bas b the city,], land near saw will] shbor- neut to such an extent by trespassers that | Bu hardly any of the more ble tim-] © | ber is le Attorney W. W. English bas charge of the case, and it is said b: a list of those who have been unlaw fully cutting the timber, long one’s arm, ney are sail to include well known farmers, and all will be prosecuted, FOR STEALING LEATHER, \A Shanty Boater Arrested Last | Night. Wm. Johnson, or a me that name, was arrested on boat last night with stolen leather in his possession. The police learne1 last evening that a quantity of leather had been stolen from Kehkopf & Co's tan- nery in Mechanivsburg.’‘They searched several shanty boats. fornd some of the stolen leather aod arrested Jc son, who is held pending an inv Jgation, It is thought he gave a f ticious name, POLICE COURT. POOCOOOOO: Seeeceoooes An Alleged Bicycle Thief on ‘Trial George Page, ® young man of the South side, was arrested last night en a charge of stealing Mrs. Miller Brad shaw’s bicycle from in front of a store Jon Broadway several days ago. ‘The wheel was found at Vogel's grocery. Page claims he found it there, The ase Was left open. Eleven or twelve warrants for fail-! ure to get lcense were dismissed, orge Posely and Sallie Blakely, of color,{charged with a breach of the peace, were acquitted, Chas, Moore, charged with strik- : tkland, La. ht trains collided oad 1 this point killed an engineer ¢ tramps who were ree trainmen were ed. The two engin sand many cars were demo! 1, Lt is one of the most disastrou ks that ever occurred on the N. er stole a pair of ael, the Secor es nty ir WHY NOT TRY ~ ticer Jones, inal ear, isyille and Nashville Railroad, RA THIEF, Col able Give and Quick iggy, and Con- had an 1 street lock ernoon Cha: A hin ue, ts the fugitive had Raper and 'T y BR ford have purchased the ‘Todd Times from L. J. Oldham, We can fill your wants for ANYTHING n the Drug line. DU BOIS & CO. 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