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SPECULATION A SCIENCE — standard as'sdon as practicable, It Published every afternoon, except} js alsodenown tnat Mexican financiers are in many cases expressing a desire for the adoption of the gold standard * \in their own country. THE SUN PUBLISHING COMPA | A New Book, Price in cloth, $1,00, In paper, 50 cents, postpaid. Bernhard| SS ConTENTs—Professional speculation in stocks, cotton and grai od speculators described. Why novices lose and how profession- als gain. Difference between specu- lation and gambling. Safe rules. Qual. ifications and facilities nece success. Kxchan; to the unwary. nents of the Dingley would result in large advances in FM. Fisher, W. 1. Ps prices of articles of common con- 2-5. Williamson sumptionfhave proven as inaccurate as those in which it was insisted that it could not produce sufficient revenues to meet the expenses of the govern The revenue receipts are now exceeding the expenditures and the prices of articles of common con- sumption are in many cases lower than “|they were @ year ago, jew, in a recent issue, shows that cotton goods of nearly all grades were much lower on March 1, 1898, than they were on Jenuary 1, 1897; that nearly all articles of iron and steel have also fallen instead of ad- vanced and even in the matter of boots and shoes, where it was ed that the duty placed on hides must result in an advance in the cost of those articles to the wearer, prices are actually lower than they were at the beginning of last year. eet ‘ho to trust and who — _—_ Daily, per annum in advance. $ 4.50 Daily, Six months Daily, One month, Daily, per week.. amateurs and investors, entertaining book by an old Send for a circular more fully descriptive. Bottle Written in entertaining fashion, ‘The expe: keenness of the author is undoubt- ° Specimen copies tree ee MONDAY, MAR. 14, 1898 THE AUTHOR'S PUBLISHING CO., 20 & 22 Broad st MARRIED IN METROPOLIS, Tur passage of the Goebel bill has made Kentucky Republican; whether the votes are counted that way or not depends upon the success of the operation of the Goebel bill. —_—_——__ HE DID HAVE A HARD TIME TRAVEL THE LIE Tur Goebelites are claiming that the operation of the Goebel Flection Commission law will surprise the peo- $5,000 SECURED. Mr, H. G. Greif, of the City, and Miss Mary Cloyes, of May- DR, A, M. COVINGTON, OF METROPOLIS, ILL. imal and LF About the old story of the camel—how + three philosophers heafd about the an- determined to inys ‘The Englishman hunted through the folios of the British Musem, to find what had been said about the beast; the Ger man went into his study, locked the door, lit his pipe and began to evolve a cone ception of the animal from his own con- sciousness; the Frenchman went down to e. heard a good deal about the ring-out sale going on here. ladies’ shoes $2.00, worth as Misses’ and Children's at 75¢, worth up to $3.00, The styles are not the latest, and we havén't all sizes of each lot, but why not do as Frenchman- See for yourself? You'll learn more re- garding this great sale in five minutes at the store than we could tell you on a whole page of this paper. ek w for $1.00, $1.50 high as $6.00. As we understand its aim, it is not only intended that the people shall be surprised, but also paralyzed. An Enthusiastic Meeting at the field, United. Metropolis M. E. Church ‘Tendors his professional services to all suffer ing from diseases of the EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT with Wonderful skit! and » special guarantee to those undertaken, DR. W. C. EUBANKS, HOM(KOPATHIST, OMce—304 Broadway. Galt House LOUISVILLE, KY. American Plan $3.00 to $5.00 per us will be held tonight at Frankfort to nominate the three Election Commissioners under Given to Weyler By a German Captain, Who Knows Where- of He is Speaking. The Couple Droye Overland and Tue line of destinction between Returned at Once to the principle that framed and passed the Goebel bill and the principle actu- ating toll gate raiders is very dim. One aims at the destruction of person- al property and the other at the destruction of personal rights. Tomorrow is the last day of the present session of the Kentucky Leg- From the standpoint of Senator Goebel, the session has been one of unqualified succcess. introduction of Geebelism into Ken- tucky politics, this legislature has formulated an issue that will trans- cend in its vital importauce all other that the Democrats propose to make a big bluff at the public by electing three men of irreproachable charac- The electing of such men, however, will deceive nobody. fraudulent work will be done by the three County Commissioners. men will be all Democrats and will be selected by the partisans of Senator Goebel, even though they may nomi- nally be appointed by the State Board. These County Commissioners will be selected according to their fitness for the peculiar work that Senator Goebel wants done, and that work will be outlined to the County Commission- ers in no uncertain manner, be only a part of Goebel’s deep laid plans to have three men of high standing put oa the State Board. He knows he will be allowed to select the County Commissioners. it From a Former Pastor, Rey. John Harmon, of Mt, He Says Mines Are at Havana, and the Late Captain Knows It—German Saw Them. Mr. H. G. Grief, of the city, and Miss Mary Cloyes, of Mayfiel drove to Metropolis yesterday, and of Mt crossing the river, went to the home of Mr. H. R. Smith, a relative of the groom, and were quietly united io marriage, Justice Thomas Liggett of- Rev. John F, Vernon, Ill., and a former pastor of church at Metropolis, when it was being erected t the church there yesterda: his remarks upon the word: Worthy.’’ At the close of his sermon he took up a collection te pay the church indebtedness of nearly $5,000. He had a small congregation, but the people responded with a will, and the amount subscribed in the forenoon A special from Newport News, W. Va., of Saturday the 12th inst; says Capt. Gronmeyer, of the German steamship Castilla, now in port fil'- ing its bunkers for a trip to Ham- burg, tells a startling story in con- firmation of the fact that the buttle- ship Maine was destroyed by treach- He declares that he saw sub- They returned to the city at once, and are at the home of the groom on Jackson street, Rooms only $1.00 and upwards. A. B. COOPER, broom maker, and a highly respected His bride 1s a popular and pretty young lady with many THE FRANKLIN CASE Tomorrow In the Benton Court—May Be Deferred. Havana two years ago. meyer is well known here, ais vessel touching at this port every -few months, and he is considered entirely trustworthy by those who are iutim- quainted with interview late to-night Capt. Gron- roe * > ae ot evening again and the subscription were sm. Jer than in OX cept™three, in the past fifty-two Brinton B. Davis, ARCHITECT. A. S. DABNEY, @ DENTIST. 406 BROADWAY, DR. D. A. AMOSS Homeopathic close of service four persons united with the church, Rev. Harmon was a pastor re- spected by all people who knew him, tender and sympathetic. entered homes of the poor and afflict- ed and administered to their wants, temporal and spiritual, giving com- fort and consolation, by all Metropolis people. He was ably assisted yesterday by . Jackson, our present pas- tor, and a man thatis a pastor in every sense of the word, open-handed and never weary in well doing, al- y to give a helping hand to relieve distress of any kind. Thirty persons subscribed $100 each, the remainder was in smaller The Aid society keeps up the interest, and subscriptions are ‘About two years ago I had occa- The motion for a new trial in the Noah Franklin case will come up to- morrow st Benton, but there is some talk of postponing it until later on The result of any effort to put off, however, cannot be above the average in several ranches, but the record shows that this year the failures have been unusually small in a majority of the classes. Dun’s Review, March 5, 1898. sion to take my vessel into Just before reaching the Tue past ten days have in one re- spect been the most remarkable in the history of modern seems that the battlefields of the future are to be un the seas, At least the absorbing demand of the world today Within the past tep days, the United States has author- ized the expenditure of $50,000,000 for national defense; of this a very large part will go for ships and their The Czar of Russia has ordered the immediate expenditure of 90,000,000 rubles, or $6 in the construction of a new navy. The Emperot of Germany has de- the sum of 200,000,000 marks, or $46,000,000 for the build- ing of German battleships. The First Lord of the British Admiralty has asked for the sum of $127,000,000 to be expended in one year of the fleet France has begun work on a deiinite plan for construct- ing a new navy which will require And all these signifi- cunt events took place within the entrance to the harbor sigaals were run up on shore warning me not to Almost immediately a gov- ernirent tug put out from the piers, and in a few minutes a government pilot clambered over the rail of the Castilla and proceeded to take the He is beloved | during the term. Tuose persons who cannot under- stand the reason for the low price of cotton, can get some idea from the The cotton crop for the year will reach 11,000,000 bales and possibly half a million more, While in 1872 the cotton crop of this country was only 2,975,000 bales. The enormous cotton crop, the past few years of depression and the European shortage in the wheat crop, explain why cotton is so low, The motion will be argued before Judge W. S. Bishop, and not Judge Husbands, it is understood. Reed, attorney for the defense, so stated this morning. Judge Bishop tried the case and is thoroughly fa- is for warships. pilot what this all meant. formed me that the goverament auth- oiities were placing submarine mines n tue bottom of the harbor, thet it was exceedingly dangerous for a yessel to enter except under the pilotage of one who knew where the following facts: BAGGAGEMAN FLOWERS Has Concluded to Take a Brief ible engines of des.rnction were one-fourth the amount each year, without interest. WADLINGTON GETS BAIL. Released at Hopkinsville on a $5,000 cerward watched the men placing the mines with a good deal of interest, They were cyliad- tical-lookiug affairs, about eig! ioches long snd about six inches Two wires were attached to each mine. one being taken to one bank and one to the other, they were actacued to electric bat- teries and ready to be fired off at the will of the officers who had charge of them. - Action of the salt water on the wires may have caused them to corrode and break, thus leaving the miae to float to and fro for a limited distance with the ebb and flow of the tide, making it impossible for those Baggage Agent Will Flowers, of the Illinois Central force, is off taking a hohday for a day or two,and Mr. J, Norton Moore is filling bis place temporarily. his first vacation for several years, Union Depot Arnit 28d is the date set by the Iriquois club, of Chicago, for a gathering of the sound money Dem- ocrats for consultation with reference to the coming campaign. osition which Chairman Jones, Butler and Towne have made for fusivu of Populisteye silver Republicans and Democrats in behalf of free coinage is being indignantly rejected by men who voted against free silyer in 1896 ‘and by many, especially the farming class, who supported it on that oc- HARRY F, WILLIAMSON, M.D, Physician and Claude Wadlington, the slayer of W. Parks Wilson, was released on bail at his examining trial at Hop- kinsville Saturday. the youth who was captured at Ful- Walker while at- of Great Britain. Returns Home—Other Rabbis to Preach on Trial. Rev. Emil Ellinger, of Mt. Ver- non, Ind., lectured to another large Temple Israel yesterday and left for home $100,000,000. Wadlington is ton by Marshal 7 109. m.,1to8p, m, Office, No. 419'§ Broadway, through Paducah en route back to the scene of his crime, The evidence showed that Wilson struck Wadlington in the face, and self-defense will probably be proven . | by the defense, Judge Cook decid to admit the prisoner to bail in the sum of $5,000 which was promptly given with the following Trigg THAT RESTLESS FEELING. who should have warned vessels against the danger to locate the Mighty restless feelin’ in the country round No meeting of the congregation has yet been held to decide on calling a rabbi, as several more, it is under- stood, will discourse here on trial be- fore a selection is made. NEWS NOTES, es minister to Mexico in a recent report to the State Department, says Mexican Secretary of the Treasury in his recent annual report states that one of the principal factors restrict- ing foreign trade is the fall and fluc- tuations in the price of silver. high rate of exchange, says Secretary Limantour, need not necessarily so depress trade if it were permanent in as trade could adapted to any rate, but the con- stant fluctuations in the price of sil- Ver are more injurious than any act- ual depression. mines with any degree of It may be that the Maine in swing- ing around with the action of the tide strack one of these loose torpedos and was destroyed. This, however, Lookin’ ever’ minute fer (he war ter thunder 1 "ncertain from the mountains ter But that’s @ diame sight better'a the war county men as is simply a theory. “‘Wnen Capt. Gen. Weyler says Shippin’ shot an’ powder on the trains a- Thomas Wadlington, W. M. Wad. Redd, E. E. Wash, J. R. Gollady, C. Elmo Jones, Robert W. Roach and J. J. Roach. The case is set for trial on the 24th day of the present term of court. isnot likely that either side will be ready by that time, and the case will probably be postponed, TWO ACQUITTALS, there are no mines in the bottom of Havana harbor he is lying, and knows it, for he was in charge of the Spanish affairs on the island at that time and must have known at least as much about the existence of the mines as I do, and I positively know they were placed there, for 1 saw up the breastworks (an’ we're needin’ of ‘em, too!) Ever'thing suspensive aa’ on tip-toe fur an’ The Czar has ordered the expendi- ture of ninety million roubles for the construction of warships. ported in the lobby of the house of commons that this move on the part of Russia will lead to considerable increase in the British naval tree But that’s @ blame sight better’n the war with the news the ite character, Telephones a goin’ with s everlastin’ ring Ever'body anxious from the mountains ter ‘Future comfort for present Seeming economy, but buy the sewing machine with an estab- Directors of the Mt. {Sterling and Owingsville turnpike haye $500 for information leading to the arrest of any of the men who at- tempted to blow up a part af the roadbed with dynamite Wednesday But anxiousness is better'n the war itself THE OSBORNE For Murder—One in Marshall, One in Graves, County. lished reputation, that guar- antees you long and satistac- tory service. Jt at ef she’s comin’ let her hurry Tue people of Mr. Bryan’s state have reduced their mortgage indebt- edness about seven million dollars in the past year despite the fact that tree coinage of silver was not adopt- Lot the rifles ring thelr message—beat the stuMn’ out the dram But Istill hol’ ter the doctrine, in this country Will Be a New Boat Thursday Miss Ida Jones, who shot her own cousin, a boy named Lee Rudolph, near Benton, about a year ago, acci- dentally, it was alleged, was acquitted in the circuit court at Benton Satur- Rev. Warner Moore, Jr., mak- ing a plea in her defense, lady was indicted shortly after the tragedy on account of a suspicious note and another cir- cumstance or two. William Keeling was acquitted in the Graves county circuit court Sat- urday on a charge of killing John Spicer at a barbecue last summer ir The evidence showed that Spicer was drunk and abusin, everybody, and was shot in self-de- The department of agriculture re- ports last year’s crops still in the farmers’ hands as follows: Wheat, Suspense is ten Uimes safer'n the war itself —F, L, STANTON. She Will Then Resume Her Trans- ferring E or the Illinois n Owensboro, The Murray Comedy came down from Owensboro yester- day, where it played a most success- ful one week engagement to good The company will the boards at Morton's during this week, and will no doubt be liberally released during the year amounted to a, $14,767,000, Ae ih new mortgages 000,000 bushels, and oats 272,000,- filed, $11,844,000, while in the cities the mortgages filed during the last six months of 1897 were $1,890,000 and those released $4,245,000. As- suming that the work of the first six months of 1897 in the cities was as satisfactory as that of the last half of the year the reduction in mortgages in Nebraska would amount to tween seven and eight million dol- Itis reported that some of the division deputies discharged a few weeks ago by Collector Franks, of the Sevond district, will take the matter before the civil service com- The big Illinois Central transfer steamer Osborne, after being on the dock in Duck’s nest for several months past, will be let out Thursday next, and resume her run between Paducah and Brooklyn, almost a new Y. M,C. A, Reception. Preparations are complete for the Y. M.C. A. reception to members tomorrow evening Rey. Samuel Wesley Basham, aged ninety, and a pioneer minister “f the Christian Church, died Thursday at Caneyville. Ky, Mayor McKisson, of Cleveland, has announced that he will contest the election of Senator Hanna for the TENSION INDICATOR, (devices for regulating and showing the shed are at Association Cards haye been i sued to al] the members, anpouncing a8 a special feature of the evening's entertainment, the appearance of Mr. Matthew Carney, the rising young |monologist, who will give some se- The work done on the bost cost $20,000 or more, and is the best that could be procured, Central always has the best and mosy a few of the features that SUNDAY BAPTISI emphasize the Several Candidates Immersed in the character of the Send for our elegant H, T. ‘Tue loss of Chili, Japan, Russia and India from the ranks of the silver standard nations has been a severe blow to the free coinagisis and it now appears quite probable jthat they will meet with further reverses of this kind before the cempaign of 1900. ports from China indicate that the pa violent fluctuations in the value of|in next Friday silver is causing great dissatisfaction with the silver dollar which, by the @ecree of 1890, was made current “money, and that there is a dispo- The White Star line steamer Maj- astic sailed from England Thursday with over $2,000,000 of gold for this After being brought back to the city to resume her run, the Marian will be returned to Cairo, where she was stationed before coming here, In appearance the Osborne is one of the prettiest boats Paducahans wi ever have the pleasure of seeing. She has been almost completely re- constructed, two pilot houses and a new cabin having been built, and an entire new coat of paint given her. Wuite Sewine Macwne Co., Baptising converts in the Ohio river is becoming @ frequent Sunday esterday eight or 8 were immersed & St, L. Pay Train, train of the N., ©. & St. arrive Tuesday and The Llinois Central ated Saturday, will be The Supreme court of Indiana has decided that the waste of natural gas is a nusiance and must be abated. The proposed consolidation of the wire and wire-rod interests of the country bas again been declared occurrence, and nine colored christ e Chas, Freiderick, Paducah, Ky Matil.Effinger & Co Undertakers and embalmers, local employes. at the foot of Jefferson street in the afternoon, in the present of a large K. Penrod, of the First ptist church, baptized one candi- date earlier in the day. 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