The Paducah Daily Sun Newspaper, February 12, 1898, Page 1

PLE who read te.ay the Sun are always well post VOLUME II—NUMBER 128 THE JUSTLY FAMOUS . KELLY... CORONA ~\CIGARZ~ AT SOULE’S FIVE CENTS. TRY IT REE Better get a pound of pure Ground Pepper for 15 cents. ed HE PADUCAH DAILY SUN. PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12 1898 CUBAN CRISIS APPROACHING, Believed That Congress Will ‘Take Some Action For the Hapless Island Next Week- More Toll Gates Raided in the State Last Night—Remark- able Escape of Ocean Voy- agers From Death. Washington, Feb, 12.—It is be- lieved here that congress will take some decided action next week in be- half of Cuba. The De Lome affair has exposed Spanish duplicity to such an extent that it is thought that con- gress will refrain no longer. It is au open secret that Speaker Reed ad- mits that he can not restrain the Your last chance at this price. Gold # Fish We h shipment from rsc t only a fe left. Call phone 237 J.D. BACON & CO. Gold Fi ist received a new cold fish in all sizes, ece. We have panese specials them or e nd see tele Druggists h Age BIGGEST ATTENDANCE Known in the Public Schools Ever For One Day—Was 1,541 White Supt. McBroom, of the public schools, reports that last Wednesday there was the largest white attend ance ever known in Paducah, The total number of white pupils present on that day was 1531, which, added to the colored attendance, swelled the total to nearly 2,200, Last night the teachers held an en~ joyable meeting in the high school building. There were about thirty present, and Sydney Lanier was dis- cussed, NINETY YEARS OLD, An Aged Citizen of Mayfield Dies. the Most Respected citizens of Graves Cne of County, William Crawd, one of the oldest nnd most respected citizens of May- @ficld, died this morning of gederal de- Dility, aged 90 years. He leaves many children and grand- children. Special Sal Pure maple sugar, per Ib., 10c. Heinz’ Dill pickle, per gal. Choice dates, per Ib., 7 'vc. Choice dried figs, per tb., 7'ec. Choice N. O. molasses, per gal., house much longer. Just what form the action will assume is unknown, NARROW ESCAPE. Steamer Sinks In Mid Ocean, But the Passenger List all Saved. New York, Feb, 12.—Intelligence has reached here of the sinking of the steamship Veesdam in mid-oc ‘The ill fated steamer had an immense passenger hst, all of whom were saved by the steamer St. Louis. MUS? REMAIN WITH BENDEL. Judge Buflington Decides Against the Abducted Von Der Ahe, Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. Ata mof the United States court at4 yelock yesterday af. ternoon Juc Bullington decided that Chris Vou der Ahe must remain in charge of Detective Bendel, who abducted him from St. Louis. Von der Ahe will take an appeal, special s¢ For © Kattawa, Ky., Feb. statement printed ‘Thurs Kuttawa that petitions wo culated io this county callin; Gov. Brown to run for gov Capt. Stone an injustice. Th ple of this couny love ex-( Brown, but they are for Hon, W. J. Stone for governor to a finish, pt. St 12.—The from «l be cir- on ex nor do peo- wv FROZEN 10 DEATH, Five Men Died of Cold on Chilkoot Pass. Victoria, B. C., cording to news from Alaska by the y of Topeka, one of ners plying between Juneau and uay brought word just a sailed that five men had been frozen to death on the Chilkoot Pass and three others brought to Dyea, although names or places were not yet obtainable. Feb, 12.—Ac- “ the small as the Bryan May Not Come, Frankfort, Ky., Feb, 12.—Repre- sentative Humphreys has received letter from Mr. Wm. J. Bryan state ing: ‘It will not be possible for me to come by February 22. 1 am not certain that I will be able to come during the session. Previous prom- ises, and accumulation of work, pre- vent me from being able to make definite promise,” “AFTER MURPHY, New York Legislature Will ‘Resolute Agin Him’’ Monday, Albany, N. Y., Feb. 12.—In the state senate yesterday the Brush and Weekes resolutions in regard to Unit- ed States Senator Murphy were made the special order for Monday evening. Be. Fresh corn meal, per bu., 40c. Oranges, per doz., 10c, to 30c, Qt. bottles best catsup, Le, I, L, Ranpotrs. 128 Phone 89. Second st. Dr. Bell's Pine Tar Honey cures coughs for young and old, Most cough medicines simply help you cough. Dr. Bell’s Pine Tar Honey helps you not to cough. See the difference? Would you like to try it? Itis particularly valuable for those who can not stand the strain of coughing. Ask your druggist for it. ‘Take no substitute, There is noth- ing as good as Dr, Bell’s Pine Tar Honey, Good druggists sell it. 10f3 | Dainty Odors... How much we appreciate the dainty odors of flowers at this season! It isn't for all of us, however, to enjoy them as flung from nature's censers; but there is always the kind created by perfumes—‘‘sweet fragrance cased in glass” May Bells, Vassar Violets, Crabapple Blossoms, Atkinson White Rose, etc. Carnation Pink !sisvritesitimany LYNE & LYNE'S DRUG STOR ————$—$—$——— MISS AGNES MOHAN Solicits pupil for instruction on the PIANO Retercnre- Prof. nse Prof. Hy 'S. Ensel, O. Paroham, The Weekes resolution, which pass- ed the assembly Thursday, censures the senator for his vote in favor of the ‘Teller bill, The Brush resolution censures the senator and demands his resignation for the same reason, TOLL GATE WAR- Breaks Out Afresh in Central Kens tucky. Eminence, Ky., Feb. 12,—Two toll gates were destroyed in Henry county and one in Shelby. This is the the first raid in Shelby county, Getting Bus: Frankfort, Ky,, Feb. 12,—The house agreed today to hold after- noon sessions hereafte TANNER 1S FOR WAR, The Governor of Ilinois Thinks the Marders in Cuba Should Cease. Springfield, Lil., Feb, 12.—Gov, "fanner, in a proclamation yesterday requesting contributions to the relief fand authorized by President Me- Kinley, said: “While I approve and second the action of the president ia this regard, it is deeply impressed upon my mind that measures of temporary relief are but palliative in their nature, and that while their effect is partly good, it is also partly injurious and deplora- ble, What is hands, in my judgment, is preven. tion, which can be secured only by using all the iofluences and power of the goverument to put an end to the civil war in Cuba, for which the time 105 Trimple S ‘now seems fully ripe, by recoguiaing ' did free lunch, demanded at our MAN OF - MANY ALIASES, the Cuban republic and insisting that the freedom and independence of the Cuban people shall be respected throughout the world. No SIX OAY faCes. i L. A. W., Abolished Them and Fixed a for Mott. St. Lonis, Feb. 12.—The L. A. W. yesterday adopted an amendment to the by-laws providing for the pay- ment of a salary of $2,000 per an- num to the chairman of the racing board, and the other members there- of shall be allowed such sums nually for the expenses of the offices a8 shall be fixed or shall be approved by the national assembly. Six days’ continuous racing held under L. A. W. auspices was done away with by the adoption of an amendment to the racing rules. ner,” “Box Car Bill,” and Others—Before Judge Sanders, He Tells a Very Complicated and Conflicting Story Before the Court. Other Po- lice Court News, William Jobnson, alias Mr. Patter- son alias George Watson, alias ‘‘Dr. Tanner,” alias ‘Box Car Bill,’ was Ready to Prevent Tollgate Raid-|in Judge Sanders court this morning ing in Bracken County. charged with stealing two huge pieces . ~;.,| of leather from Michael Bros. The Augusta, Ky., Feb. 12.—Five] store door was found open one morn~ heavily armed guards ure on duty at i i the leath v . five toligates ia this county. While | "S004 Bova is: the’ mae who de- ot ee ba ogg serves credit for catching Johnson. Leo i is feared it is only the calm | to ascertained that Johnson had the before the storm, = — ., |leather, and made an engagement The general belief is that ihe raid-| with him to buy it. When Johnson ers will not stay away from the] delivered the leather he was nabbed guarded gates, and when they at- by the officers in waiting. The tewpt any more marauding there will | eather is worth $30 or more. certainly be bloodshed. Johnson was introduced in his Ghosts ot Brlacctes: own behalf, and contradicted _him- Princeton, Ky., Feb. 11.—While} Self many times. He said his home -|the negroes ‘were preparing for a{®as wherever bis hat was off, and swell entertainment at the colored| told where all he had been during Methodist church lust night Buster|te last two months, He said Eckles shot Arthar Thompson with a] be came here from Nortonville, pistol, the shot taking effect in the] 404d afterward said he came here from stomach. Eckles fled but was caps|Memphis, He claimed he got the tured today and lodged in jal. leather about s month ago from a ae, irs an in a wagon, trading him a shot SAGASTA WAS SURPRISED, gun for it. He never saw the man before, and hadn't seen him since. ay He admitted that he served a term The Premier Says He Regrets the/in jail here about a year ago forsteal- ing shirts, and said he then went by the name of George Watson. He Madrid, Keb. 12.——The premier, |said he had two names, that of his Senor Sagasta, said to the correspon-| father and that of his mother, and dent of the Associated Press: “‘I]sometimes went by one and some- was surprised at Senor de Lome’s|times the other. County Attorney letter, for in all his communications,|Graves asked him which was his ofticial and private, addressed to the| mother’s name, William Johnson or government, he spoke respectfully of |George Watson. The prisoner sat President McKinley. I regret De} there and contradicted himself with Lome's indiscretion and folly for he}the most remarkable sang froid, bas rendered Spain signal service at}and his mendacity was so pal- Washington.”” pable that oftentimes he himself On the question of Senor De] would pause and smile at his own Lome’s successor, Senor Sagasta was|blunders. He appears to be about reticent, 25 years of age, ond is evidently an According to a dispatch received | old timer in the business. The evi- here from Havana, the letter of Senor| dence against bim is conclusive, and De Lome's to Senor Canalejas was | he will likely be held over Monday, abstracted by the person charged to] to which day the case was continued. forward it to the latter and, it is “4 —_—_—_— added, this person received $1,000] Ed Marable and John Pete Kaker, for it. fined $100 and given 50 days in jail —-_______ for creating a disturbance at Ter- REPUBLICAN PRIMARY rell’s stable some time ago, were brought into court and had =the fine suspended. They were recognized . |in the sum of $100 for their good be- Metropolis} havior, ‘The case against Marshall Owen, colored, charged with knocking old man Warneck down, was left open until Monday, False swearing war- rants will be issued against some of the witnesses in the case A FORTUNE Spanish Minister's Folly. In Progress at ‘Today. Messrs. B. O. Jones and O. J. Page the Contestants, The republican primary to nomi- natie a candidate for state represen tative, to go before the county ccn- vention, is in progress at Metropo. Ill. today. The two candidates are Messrs. B. O, Jones and O. J. Page, both good republicans, The concensus of opinion among Metropolis people to- day was that Mr. Jones would cap-| Mayor Lang Heceives a Strange Hire: tne pommlaastog. Looking [Letter—Heirs Be- lieved to Be ia Ev- ansyille. Awaits the Heirs of F. Rosen- kranz—Formerly of Paducah. CIRCUIT COURT. Motion For New Trial Overruled In the Huges Damage Suit. asor Tea a tare Oder re: The Allard exception case has not|ceived a letier that has traveled yet been settled in the circuit court, | thousands of miles. It is @ quaint The motion of Mrs. Kate E.[Hugh-| looking missive covered with foreign es for a new trial in her damage suit|stamps obliterated by writing in against the General Electric Light] tongues unknown to the average citi- and Power Co., was overruled, and |zen, and disfigured with inscriptions an appeal was taken, scratched by postmasters, dead letter A divorce judgment was rendered | officials and steamship mail agents. in the case of Blanch, against J. G.]| The letter was delivered to Mayor W. Arnold. Lang today, and he handed it over to Dr. A. List, his pharmacist, who ex- perienced no difficulty in reading it. ‘The letter is written in German on one sheet of paper, which was folded Raat, ar in such a manner as to answer for Ensign Joe — Breckinridge \ envelope and all. Yrowned This Morning in The letter is from Ferdinand Drowned ‘This Morning Ribitzky, and is dated Sept. 7, 1897, Havana Harbor. and was written at Castle Crewen, Schwedt, province of Brandeuberg, Germany, and is making inquiry relative to the present whereabouts of F. W. Rosenkranz, who emigrated to Paducah in 1857, and began busi. ness here as a jeweler, or his hei.s, Since the 70s he had not been heard Havana, Feb, 12.—Ensign Joe|from. There is now an inheritance Breckinridge, nephew of Col. W. C. | that relatives desire to apportion, and P. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, was|they desire to learn where either drowned this morning. He wi Rosenkranz or his children reside, A officer on the torpedo boat Cushing, | fortune awaits them, but the amount and his death was caused by the] is not given. parting of a life line, His remains} The letter reached America the will be sent to Kentucky, latter part of September, but the New — York postal authorities could not WLLL RESIGN, A WATERY GRAVE, Was an Officer of the Torpedo Boat Cushing, and Nephew of Col. Breckinriege. translate the address, and returned it to Germany, Says Madame Rumor, of Prof. E,|, It was then re-directed, and made 5 its third trip across the Atlantic and A. For, came to Paducah. Prin, E. A. Fox, of the R, E, Lee] Postmaster Clark found no one to public school, at Fourth and Ohio, | Sendit to, and forwarded it to the dead will shortly resign is position ac-|letter office, It was then sent hither cording to reports, to accept the} and thither until it reached Mayor more lucrative one of secretary of the] Lang this morning, state Sunday School union, Many of the older citizens remem- - — ber Rosearkans. He came to Prda- Don’t forget to visit Lagomarsino’s| cab about the year named above, and tonight at 7:30 and eat of his splea-| had a jewelry and watch making shop in the building formerly avcupied by “Billy Patterson,” “Doctor ‘Tan- { ver shop,on Broad yy, near Second. Mr, F. Hummel, the well known gun smith of North Fourth, had a shop in with him. Rosenkranz afterward went to E ville and opened & saloon, but came back t> jucah and died about 1864. One of his sons, Conrad, was in the confederate army and was \killed. Mrs, Rosenkranz, wife of | the deceased, now lives in Evansville, ageorling to reports, as does her lyoungest son, Emile Rosenkranz. | They will likely be glad to receive the pleasant news. THE THREE RIVERS, Items of Interest Gathered From the River Front for the Sun Readers, The packets were all in and out as usual this morning, doing good busi- ness. The Clyde leaves this afternoon for the upper Teanessee riv She will catry a big freight business as usual. Two new stacks are being placed on the towboat Monie Bauer, which will greatly improve her appearance. - She formerly had only one chimn The towboat Kenton is being treated to a new set of breeching, and while attempting to lower her chimneys ysterday afternoon, they had the misfortune to drop one over- board. She will be allright for ser- vice now in a few days. The New South from Cincinnati is due here today en route to New Or- leans. She is expected to pass down this afternoon. The Louis Houch leaves in a few days for the lower Mississippi river. Tle Mary Michael leaves Monday en route up the Cumberland river at- ter « tow of ties. Polar Wave arrived out of the Camberland river this morning with 8 tow of ties. Notice to Lumbermen, Sealed proposals mill be r the mayor's office until 12 o'clock, noon, the 2Zistinst. to furnish oak lam ber to the city for twelve months. Thy contract will be s led to the nd best bidd The city re- ject any or ail 398, ayor. 2103 ee Notary Public. J. V. Grief today qualified as a Botary public. Binnwood is the hest good-sized, avy 5-cent cigar made. Ask Dr, Edwards, Ear, Eye, Nose and Throst Specialist, Paducah, tf. We can fill your wants for ANYTHING in the Drug line. DU BOIS & CO. A new line of Trusses and Crutches Just in. This is not a large ad But you've seen and read it Others would have done the same had it been your adver tisement. Have you anything to an- nounce that will interest the Then why not say it here? 3 oo: 77 DOOeoeooeoes For Chapped Hands and Face, Use WINSTEAD'S « HANDINE 2 There is nothing to equal 20000000 OOO 20000000000 hundreds who read the SuN it, Sold by all first- class druggists. WHY NOT TRYIT? $ e e e @ FL ae Established 1855, Incorporat oq 1583, Johnson . Foundry ang Machine,. Company Steam Engines, Boilers House Fronts, Mill Machinery And Tobacco Screws, Brass and Iron Fittings Castings of all kinds. PADUCAH, KY J.S. GANSTER Notarv Public AND SOLICITOR OF PENSION CLAIMS Prompt and thorough attention given to all cases, Vouchers for quarterly payment of pensions carefully atteuded to. Otlice, 714 South Third street, PEOPLE will read your ad if it is in these colum. TEN CENTS A WEEK | ~~ GOLD DOLLARS FOR FIFTY CENTS. ‘ THIS WEEK AT THE FAMOUS '® FOR ONE WEEK ONLY YOUR CHOICE OF aw SU in THE «HOUSE... $10 CASH! Black and Blue Clay Worsteds and Granites excepted. Suits were |$15 $18 $20 $22 LEADERS OF LOW PRICES rl = B.WEILLE & SON = ~_ 409-411 BROADWAY Wy ny a2 vit ae “ Upholstery... AND AWNINGS We are cow prepared to do anything in the line of Upholstering Repairing of Furniture and Awnings. We manufacture and make over all kinds of Mattresses; cotton top, all cotton, moss, hair and box mattresses. Odd sizes in mattresses made to order on short notice. Telephone 396, and we will cali and make estimates on your work. Gardner Brothers & Company Telephone No. 396. 203-206 South Third street. We don’t blow our horn very loud through news- paper talk, but we make things hum at 321 Broad- way. We carry as gocid goods as can be bought, and the prices do their own talking. When you want to get a pair of shoes, come in and try us. GHO. ROCK & SON 3<'1 BROADWAY COHEN The Leading Pawnbroker good collateral at rea- ) onable rates and’on lib- eral terms I have opened a Pawn- broker and Loan Office, and willloan money on A ALL BUSINESS STRICTL Y CONFIDENTIAL 106 SOUTH SECOND st Can Please YOU+s-—-.-.— % # a Da ton The'T'ailor 333 BROADWAY Tailor-made suits to order for less money than Teady- made ones of s: Everybody can wear a tailor. harged by Dalton's Tailoring Ustablisl.ment e quality made suit at the price