The Paducah Daily Sun Newspaper, April 7, 1898, Page 1

’ . a II—NUMBER 174 CAH DAILY SUN. PADUCAH, KENTUCKY THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1898. The best equipped retail drug store in Paducah is NELSON + SOULE’S Lowest prices, quality vonsidered. Courteous treatment. Prescriptions filled by graduates of pharmacy. Telephone 318 for your drug wants. PIANOS Will be placed on special sale for the next “ATEN DAYS Pe At THE HARDING & MILLER MUSIC HOUSE The nicest line pianos and organs ever offered in Paducah, at the lowest prices and on easiest terms IN CHARGE OF D, D. MAYPIELD, GENERAL AGENT No. 125 South Third St Live hustlers wanted, BGG DYES All kinds and colors. We give twon- ty-four paper dyes for Sc. J.D. BACON & CO. PHARMACISTS Gold Mish Agents, Seventh and Jackson. | TRIPLE TRAGEDY. Himself, His Daughter and Son-in-Law, Cause Unknown, Farmer Shoots The Culprit Believed to Be Crazy. Great excite Overt nent Created Tragedy, Princeton, Ky., April 7.—Prince Baker, an aged and highly respected farmer of Caldwell county near Princeton, fshot and killed his ouly daughter this worning, then shot his son-in-law, and turning his weapon oa himself, committed suicide, The family lived together, and were apparently living on the best of terms with one another, The tragedy created great sur. prise, and threw the neighborhood into the wildest excitement. ‘The murderer's son-in-law was not killed, but is believed to be mortally wounded, A pistol did the deadly work, GREAT PREPARATIONS Belong Made to Entertain Odd Fel- lows at Mayfield, Mayfield, Ky , April 7,.—Exten sive preparations are being made for the interstate meeting of Odd Fe) lows in this city Tuesday, April 26 Anarch, 84 feet wide by 73 fec high, is being erected on Broadway from which a speaker's platform wi be suspended. This is one of th largest triumphal arches ever erectec in this country, and will have a 52 foot span. ‘The citizens are lending ‘all assistance to the Odd Fellows t have a grand meeting. TOOTH POWDERS! We prepare a tooth powder that is endorsed by the dental profes sion, Besides being a pleasant addition to the toilet, its continued use will prove of the greatest util ity to the health of the mouth and treth, . Our toothache drops give quick relief. E & LYNE ‘DRUGGISTS _|PRE | Has Not and Will Not C SIDENT M’KINLEY , FIRM FOR ‘uange His Message or Bis Plans in Régard to Cuba. Feeling in Madrid Growing More Bitter To- ward This Country, and Enthusiasm Spreading Rapidly in Spain, AMERICANS LEAVING HAV! a Lee Cah Left There in Safety. MAVANA IS PEACEFUL TODAY, Though the Bitter Feeling Existing There May Cause Riots at Almost Any Time. THE QUEEN TAKES A HAN Will Try to Make Terms of Peace With the United States, But Will Doubtless Fail. WHERE THE FLYING SQUADRON WILL 60, Washington April 7,—Represnta- tives of several of the foreign powers called on the president today saq en. deavored to bring presse on bim to avert the war, "Tpey were told that the case w «3 closed and would not be reo ened ; that his message was com- pleted and sealed and could not be changed, The Queen of Spain is trying her best to get the Queen of England to This reopen negotiations, bat it is hardly thought so, Repubicans in congress are cising the president sharply for the mediate and thus prevent war. way possibly criti- delay, but be cannot be moved. Reports from Havana say that all is quiet there today, The senate adjourned until Mons lay, which shows that there will be no precipitate action until that day, when the president’s message will go ‘The feeling in congress today is firmer than ever for « war policy, in, Madrid, April 7.—Guards have been trebled about Minister Wood- ford’s legation. The Spanish war minister says that war is inevitable. Minister Woodford’s family has de- parted for Woodford is Everything many Spaniards still say peace will prevail, France. awaiting his passports. looks squally, but Washington, April ‘The situa- tion in this city is unchanged. The fact that President McKinley has de- <A Lis message does not prove that » has changed his mind, The Pres- ident told all the public men who saw him this morning that nothing would hange bis message or his plans, He has held up his message solely on account of advices from Consul- General Lee. When all Americans who desire to go are safely away from Havana, the message will be sent to congress. It is not believed today that the message will go to congress before Monday. Consul-General Lee cabled today that SOO Americans had left Havana in safety and that the others were going a8 rapidly as possible. Everything is quiet in Havana to- day. ‘The Spanish talk of an armistice, in the form of ® rumor that the queen will issue # proclamation declaring an armistice in Cuba, is not expected to have apy effect on the president’s at- titude. The Spanish papers are very bitter towards the United States, Nothing can change his plans but the complete concession by Spain to MUST ACCEDE EVERYTHING ASKED OR FIGHT. A, lan ‘ia an ied That 300 Have apa in Havana demands, nod this is not ex- Peeted, According to cable arlvices the ex- growing, and | the war enthusiasm is spreading rap- idly throughout Spain, OUR FLEET AT HONG KOKG. London, April 7—A dispateh| from Hong Kong reports tbat the United States fleet is preparing to go} tosea, Con! and supplies are being put aboard the sbips in large quanti- ties, The fleet is composed of the cruisers Olympia, Boston and Raleigh and the gunboats Petrel and Concord, The steamer Nanshen has been purchased by the United States and will be used'as « store ship. LEO IS VERY ANGRY, Spain Has Placed the Papacy ina False Position, Rome, April Vatican magnates are very angry at Spain's conduct, It appears that the Pope charged Archbishop Ireland to speak semi-oificially to President McKinley in the interests of peace, and the Archbishop replied that he had taken the initial steps. The Pope then aotified the Spanish government of his action and, despite this, the dis- patches from Madrid announced that President McKinley had sought the Pope's mediation: This untruth has placed the Pope in a false position and damaged Spain's interests. The Vatican is not now disposed to re- new its efforts at mediation, FLYING SQUADRON. | Commodore Sehley Will Make a Dash for the Canary Islands. And Thus Will § Be Dealt a Body Blow at the Beginning of the Fight, Washington, April 6 The plan of action for the naval forces in event of hostilities is now practically com- pleted as a result of several weeks! constant work on the part of the of-| ficers to whom was intrusted th important feature of the war prepara- tions. While these plans are natur- ally most closely guarded, it may be stated on high authority that one feature of them contemplates a dash by the flying squadron under Com- modore Schley to the Canary Islands, This proposition is as yet tentative, a8 all projects subject to unforeseen conditions must be, but has received most careful consideration by the naval authorities, As outlined by a high naval oficial the plan is that in event of a decla- ration of war the Flying Squadron, us itis now composed, or possibly with the addition of a few more ships, will immediately start for the east with the Canaries a3 ite dlestina- tion. Naval officials d0-got think that it would be a diffienlt task for so powerful a fleet to establish a sta- tion at that point, andjoperating from it as a base, harass the coast of Spain. From that point the squad- ron would not only be placed advan- tageously to intercept Spanish mer- chantmen, but would be in a posi- tion, should circumstances demaud or warrant so desperate a venture, to j Spanish palotes and | consideration the political difficulties | * REE CUBA. though of course, not as yet finally decided upon. THE QUEEN TO THE RESCUE, The following if true ig most ime , April 6, via, Bayonne, France.—The developments in the situation today are confined to the important part the (Queen Regent is taking in the crisis, She has practi- cally taken matters out of the hands of her ministers and is dealing direct with the United States minister, Gen, Stewart L. Woodford, Surough the German and Austrian ambassadors, and ig working earnestly for peace. itis known beyond doubt that Spain fs now prepared to give all America has aeked) #!hough the form of this {Hcession must be gilded to suit must take into which confront Spain, | TWO MORE CRUISERS, | Washington, April 7.—Two of the ships purchased by the n ment from the Morgan line | will be sent to the navy yard and two of them to the Norfolk navy yard. At the nayy yards such changes as are necessary to convert the intu cruisers will be made, and the arma- meat, which will consist mainly of five inch guns, will be inst . Io two or three weeks the oiliv lieve the ships can be pre active servic LEE URGED DELAY. The Message Held Back to Alfow Ame; ricans Safe Passage. Washington, D. C., April 7.— The gravest apprehension prevailed for the safety of Americans in Cuba. Consul General Lee advised that the| message be delayed until be can get} all Americans out of Havana, Gen. Lee said there were signs of an up- rising in the Cuban capital, Senator ij Davis also told the senate in execu- tive session that at noon yesterday the President received a cablegram from Consul General Lee saying: “Two thousand Awericaus stili in Havana and Cuba, Spanish volun- teers in full control, armed and very threatening. The first news from Washington that President has sent message hostile tu Spain will be sig- nal for uprising.’’ BUYS MORE TORPEDO BOATS. London, April 7.—A special dis-| patch from Rome, published yester-| day says contracts were signed during | the day for the sale of the three tor- pedo boats to the United States, for} the sale of the armored cruised Giu. sepped Garibaldi to Spain and for the sale of the armored cruiser Varese to the Argentine Republ | MEETING WILL CLOSE TONIGHT. Tonight will close the protracted meeting at the First Christian church, Mr. Spencer preached a pewerful| sermon last night and was listened to with rapt attention by ge audi- ence, One addition last night. Ser- vices tonight at 7:45, ~~ RAILROAD NORES. | Assistant Supt. L. A. Washington | and family, of the Evansville division, are in the city visiting Mrs, Givens on West Broadway Illinois Central stock is quoted at $99 per share to employes for April. This is a decrease of $4 in one} I! ee ET | THE MARKE | Months July wheat May corn. Mayo May pork May Ixrd May ribs 2 Bab May cotton Charity Ball. The public should not forget the charity ball to be given in the Camp- bell building on April 15th by the Plasterer’s union, the proceeds of which will be expended for the relief attack a seaport. It was also pointed out by this of- ficer that to seize and hola the Canary Islands would be a severe blow to Spain, inasmuch as the islands lie be- tween the Cape Verde Islands and Spain, and in direct line with the route toCaba, Should such a plan be put in operation the American fleet in Cuban waters would be com- posed of the present squadron at Tortugas and such additional vessels as could be spared from the protec- tion of the coast further up. While there would, of course, said the offi- cer, be a certain amount of danger in removing the ilying squadron so far from home, it was felt'that circum- stances might aris» which would justify the dash to the Canary Is- lands, hence the p'aa was among those considered hy the department, of those in distress, The: will be good music and a nice time, Ad- mission 50c. Young ladies will call on the public with tickets in a few days. W. L. Vint, J. W, Hepoes, Committee, Wat otiee, Patrons of the Water Co, are minded that their rents expired Ma 81, Those desiring to renew re this quarter’s rent should do so before it is forgotten, as all premises not paid |for on or before April 10 will be shut off, i uf Oak Stoye Wood, One horse for 50 cents; two j horse load for $1, velivered. Phone 242, T. C. Sranon, Dr, Edwards, Ear, Ey Throa! Specialist, Paducah, Nose and ut. | the Chr C. S. BATE DEAD. Populist-Chairman Succumbs to a} Complication of Troubles, DR. Cc. Mr, Clorence S, Bate, chairman of the populist state central committee and bea! of one of the oldest Jefter- son county fainilies, passed away at the Norton infirmary in Louisville at 12:50 o'clock yesterday morning. He suddenly became ill with a com- plicated kidney trouble three ‘weeks ago while attending the populist con. vention in Louisville. Two opera- tions were performed without avail For tWo days past his condition had been realized to be hopeless. Mr. Bate was the son of Joln Throckmorton Bate. ‘the last of the old Bates,’ who died recently, aged eighty-seven years. Clarence Bate was born in Oldham eounty in 1837, His wife, whose death occurred about taree Sears ago, was Miss Octavia Zantzingor, a daughter of Maj. Zant- LECTU FORCEFUL! WY, TEN CENTS A WEEK N. THOMAS IN HIS GREAT RE ON CUBA M. C. A. HALL’ TOMORROW NIGHT! THRILLING! ELOQUENT! zinger, of the United States army. Mr. Bate was gtaduate of Brown University. One of his classmates and personal friends was Mr. John lay, present minister to England. The Baie residence is at “‘ Woodside,’’ ten miles from the city, on the nar- row-gange Trallzped, four children The Reports of the Messrs, Octavia, John T. and Cisrence Bate, Jr., and Miss Octavia Bate, FOR ROBBERY. whelmed Shawne SUPPLIES SENT FROM PADUGAH, ‘Tom Ross,a Painter, Arrested This Afternoon On & Serious Charge, The Mayor Sends a Generous Contribation—The Sutter ers Are Well Pro- Gharged With Going ‘Through ; “ vided For, Grutchfield’s Pockets in Broad Daylight, NO BODIES HAVE YET BEEN RECOV: RED, . Thomas ftoss, a well known paint- er, Was errested this afternoon by Mayor Lang today received a com- Officer Jones on a a charge of rob-/ munication from the mayor of Shaw- bery. He is accused of robbing Tom] neetown, enumerating the things of Crutebie!\! of some money. which the people are mostly in need. When employes in a harness shop] ‘The mayor of the submerged city saw the two men, it is alleged Ross} received Mayor Lang’s telegram, and had Crotchfield down and was going! sent his reply by Capt. Gilbert. on thiough his pockets. the steamer Jokn $. Hopkins. The Some of the money was dropped and Ross was seen to pick it up anc place it in his own pocket. Officer Jones was called, and made the arvest Both men half dru BROOKLYN NOTES. +] people needed light worse*than any- 1) thing else. The city sent up on the Hopkins this morning tive barrels of sugar, were about seyoral barrels of coal oil, lanterns. candles, 300 pounds of bacon, and afew other things. “The donstion amounted to something near €300, and accompanying it was a request to call on Paducah at any time anything Captain John Mozley and wife, of /else is needed. Johnson county, Ill., has been visite} Capt. Gilbert reports that the ing their ¢on, Dr. C. A. Mozley, of }wharf boat at Shawneetown is packed our city, the past week, with bread and other things sent in Robert Russell and son, of Bland- ville, Ky., are visiting the family of J. L. King this week, Our city fathers met Tuesday night, aud among otber things, re- duced the salary of the city marshal to $30 a month for the coming year. Evangelist G. Lay Wolfe, who held a successful revival here the past winter, has been employed by istian church here for the year, He began his labors nday, preaching to a crowded oth morning and evening. O. s. Butler, one of our enterpris- ing merchants,has gone to Columbus, Kansas, to remove bis family to this city for their future home. com last hot Excursion to Shawneetown Next Sunday, April 10. The steamer Dick Fowler will give an excursion next Sunday, leav $a, m. promptly, and” arriving on her return trip at 10 p. m., giving nists three hours’ time to the ruins of the noted little city Shawneetown, which chromcles one of the most deplorable disasters in the bistory of this country ; $1 for the round trip, meals and room ex tra. If you desire to visit the ill-fated city don’t fail to be on board at 8 a. m, prompt, if you do you are left. For tickets apply on board, or to W. V, Lambdin, Agt., 100 Broadway, 2 excu of ae How's Thi Vamuy Pills are the best e your shoes to George Bern- hard to be half soled, ait get first. class work, u S T WE SELL The Vive, ( Globe, Adlake, Cameras... American, iamond, Ray, Zar. Can We keep everything necessary to tak We instruct you thoroughly, Da 0 0 ing pictures. eee 5000) 1 PH ERSON'S ORUEI STORE ONLY THIRTY LIVES LOST. Greatly Exaggerated. NEW SHOE $2.90 Baseball Outfit 409 BROADWAY theTajlor % 333 BROADWAY EVANSVILLE MOURNS. Venerable Mother of Mayor Aikew Dies—Stores Closed. Disaster That Over- etown Have Been Evansville, April 7.—Mrs. Wil- liam Aiken, the venerable mother of Mayor Aiken, of the city, died last night. The city is in mourning, and nearly all the stores are closed in re- t to the dead, NOW A FACTORY HAND. | excitement, aud which has during th i . y sopplied the ; Anderson, Iud., April 7—D. J. Aen eeeee a eee ay] Mlackaye, the ex-millionaire railroad has been recovered, and that the| king. has gone to work as a factory dead wi imber not over thirty or|¢™Ploye in this city. He found em forty. ment with the Anderson Paper Co., and has been given a position in the office, | Subm arine divers went to Work to- day, according to reports, to find the bodies. ‘The reports from alleged staff correspondents have been tla grantly exaggerated in many instan- especisily as to the finding of the dead, not a single corpse having been fovnl np to the time the boat left ag this 1 ab In the Chicago city A special dispatch from Evauceilel - wate tere gener this afternoon says that out of three] glecting four "of hundred flood refu there, one] \ickets and returning hundred were given transpottaion 10) majority to the council. Louisville, Nashville, Paducah and - saree’ Owensboro, where they have friends! aioe HANDIN z i} BASEBALL ASSOCIATION, For Chapped Hands ve and Face, Use 7 years old, and Jnquire at tf A good horse, light wagon and harness. this office. elections the ly successful, six town democratic The Citizens Savings bank brouglit suit this ernoou in the circuit ’ court against the Paducah Baseball as WINSTEAD'S | | tion-tor $446.31 due on a note. ne petition states that the associa- tion has no property to levy, and was recognized with $2,500 in shares. It prays judgusent t the individuals who compose the as- « HANDINE ~ There is nothing to equal it. Sold by all first- class druggists. STYLES! FOR EASTER AND SPRING WEAR The feet can and should be elegantly and stylishly dressed. We are showing beautiful and durable footwear for the coming season. Ladies’, men’s and children’s shoes and slip- pers, latest shades and newest styles, black, tan and vestirg tops, at prices lower than usually charged for same quality. {soc sociation, GRO. ROCK & SON want a word with you: we are offering you to fit your boys t to yourselves, We are showing the hown in Paducah, at prices rang oppor sata ver ever knee } Ww rone hundred dollars reward for ar Coatarrh that connot be cured by Ha tarrh Cure Mothers of Boys, w \ have known FP. J To tell you of the great " the last fifteen years and belteve out with Easter Suit: m perfectly honorable in all business tran. greatest line of boys nd finauctally able to carry out any 5 4). 44.10 456 \\ioms made by their drm ing trom $1.25 to > w TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists, To: 7 ) OUR STRICTLY Wat INAN & MARVIN, Wholesale ALL-WOOL 1 8, Toledo, O, SUITS AT Catarrh Cure js taken tuternaily, act 1 rectly Upon the blood and mucot ae facop of the system, ‘Testimonials sent e per bottle, Sold by all drugytsts 1e presents, omething New for Boys’ Wear he ‘Economy Suspender rom 3 to 12. years both pants and draw: st the thing for warm wear, as it does away ith the usual body waist, All We have just received a B. WEILLE & SON 411 BROADWAY Please YOU—=—_--—_— ‘Tailor-made suits to order for less money than reac body cau wear a tailors lys made ones of same quality. Every made suit at the prices charged by Dalton's Tailoring Establis} ment