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i { _ Spain of seven millions of people and | Expert Corset Fitting May 2nd, 3rd and 4th. MISS KERR, Expert fitter for the celebrated KABO CORSETS. will be with us on these days. We invite every lady in the city to come and learn the style of corset suited to her figure even if she does not care to buy one now. ae ®2 © ‘Good Carpet Values like these don’t stay with us long. If you want to get them as cheap as yotir neighbor, see us at once. +a we place & sale 50 remnants of strictly all wool filling carpets in 1 and 1/4 yard lengths, 50c and 65c values at 29¢ each. Han Wilton, Moquet and Tapestry Brussels Rugs 2 long with fringed ends for $1.50. Same quality rugs 1/2 yards long for 98c. Stylish square Brussels rugs, frenged all round for 75¢. New Lace, Scrim and Bobinet Curtains Received. ewe 6 8 Take advantage of these extra values. yards Best quality wash silks fast col-|Lisle Thread Hose ors, checks and stripes at 25c. Ti ‘black shades, regular tan and ox-blood Elegant black brocade silk dress skirts for $5.00 3se value for 25¢ pair, Genuine Glace three-clasp kid)?" ee gloves in white and all colors$1.00f Wahshable Madras Neck Ties pair. for ro cents. @e ee WW ELLIS, RUDY & PHILLIPS 219 BROADWAY 221 BROADWAY THE PADUCAH DAILY SUN. Warn President McKinley selects men for patriotic duty, be draws no political lines, as is shown hy bis ap- Published every afternoon, except) pointment of Generals Lee and Byndey, by | Wheeler to be major-generals of vol- THE SUN PUBLISHING COMPANY, | untecss, ono being 9 freesgilver and stitial the other a sound money Democrat. clWioePaasinens |Our congressman, Mr. Wheeler, “itawasumen [can see oly Bryan free silver Dem Bat that is only one differ- President and our PRESIDENT R. W. Cami ohn J. Doria P.Paaton | ocrats. F M. Fisher, W. F. Paxton Clome R.W.Clements, JE Williamson Jobn J: Dorian ence between the OfMce, Standard Block, 116 North Fourth street. congressman, is the city that now Daily, per annum in savance.6 4.50 echoes over the country, but it is not Daily, Six months ‘© ‘ 2.25 at all likely that the war department Daily, One month, “ * 10 will be swerved from its course of Daily, per week.......... Weekly, per annum in ad- Specimen copies free 10 cents being fully prepared before it strikes If Havana falls in the next thirty or sixty days, it will even then have been captured in a remarkably short time. When the campaign of Havana actaally begins, it will be un- dertaken in such a way that the cap- ture of Havana must follow. The ‘united forces of Gomez and General Shafner will attack the city from the rear when the guns of Admiral Samp- son bombard Morro Castle, Havana can wait, but after the combined Ca- ban and American forces begin their attack, the waitiog will soon be over, 1.09 * blow. Tue war is over in the Pacife ocean. A rew more blows like that of Commodore Dewey's and the Maine question will be settled. Srars loses at one blow eighteen of her war vessels; one or two more defeats and Spain will have no fleet as well as no coloni In the midst of war preparations, it is gratifying to note that the de- mand for our manufactured articles is growing in many directions. Or- Otp Commodore Perry said ‘We have met the enemy, and they are ours.’’ But Commodore Dewey can ey » 4 and Sunday in the city attending \ each other's opinion of men and wo- se “9 7iory HE “REMEMBERED THE MAINE.” What Dewey Did at P The Spanish craiser Castilla was riddled and | edge. The Spanish cruiser Don Juan of Austria was blown up by shells and her own magazine, : a The Spanish cruiser Reina Christina was burned to a wreck # ican gunners | The Spanish gunboat Don Aatonio Eulola was destroyed by American | gunners. : | ‘The Spanish gunboat Mindango was wrecked by Al The Spanish guaboats shattered by American shot, sank oF W tel by Sp Summary: by Commodore Dewe warships, in less than e nish crews to avoid capture. j Spanish fleet of 18 vessels of war destroyed i and his brave tars, with the guns «f ff ht hours. ‘ _— POPULISTS. | | y {County Convention Held in Ben- Benton Yesterday—Delegates Uninstructed, But Their | Choice Well Known. LA CABANAS FORTRESS, ‘This fortification lies just inside of the en- trance channel to Fo Castle. A one now remains but its partially crumbled walls of granite. The guns which loom from its parapets end poke their muzales through the portholes are of such an antique type that Yankee skipper would laugh st them. The Ca- bans has been for years the prison house of Havana, and within ite grim cells and dark. slimy casemates have been confined political risoners and those unfortunate men who ed the Competitor's crew. Hundreds of condemned political suspects and insurgents have been taken from the Cabanas and shot noar by. Ben Keys, According to Reports’ Will Get Into the Democratic and Will Make Things Lively. | | | | | Primary | | | The populists of Marshall county | held a conventi sterday at Ben- |ton for the purpose of nominating | delegates to the district convention to | be held at Princeton on the 18th of this month to nominate a populist candidate for congress. It is reported as having been a very indifferent sort of meeting, there be- Bling only about present. ‘They © | seemed like a very foloro set of poli- ceeeceeee | tivians, and there was little to create stir except a very rabid speech by Will Graham, which is said to have been treasonal. He denounced the United States government in the most | bitter terms in regard to the war, a REE | principally because of the probability Miss Emma Jennings, of New Al-, of a0 issuance of bonds. ‘The entire bany, and Miss Mittie Armstrong.| Populist party is said to be sore Their hosts have Society Notes. Miss Jeannette Campbell is enter~| less pain last night, but her condi- taining the Cinque club this after-| tion is really not improved, and it is| noon, with euchre, at her home on/only a matter of a short time until North Seventh street. [her gentle spirit will leave off this # earthly suffering. Miss Mary Boswell will entertain the Cinque club tomorrow at 10 o'clock, at her home on North Fifth street, complimentary to her Evans-| of Chicago, arrived yesterday morn-| against the world. ville visitors, Misses Hopkins and|ing, to be with their sister, Mrs, Joe|leserted them since they went into Mitchell. Hart. | the democratic party, and what few i ai republicans they had, have gone back Miss Ruby Cob! will entertain the} The W. U. will meet at the! (o their first love. Hence the aver- Cinque club the last of week. First Christian church at 3 p. m.|age populist is yery ‘*sore’’ at pres- Wednesday. All members are ur-/eut, and thisis one of the reasous On Friday evening a dance will be given at the Campbell building by the young men. gently requested to be present, | the meeting at Benton yesterday was so devoid of enthusiasm, The Guild, of — the Episcopal *° be bape figs ———— | __,__feburch, hada most pleasant meeting |, V'¥' ee ne Saturday afternoon Miss c 8 | fast night, with Mrs. R, G. Terrell, | Wey Were sent uninstructed, It is Thompson entertained the Cinque a v4 | known that they are for J, H. Lack- club in a very unique and delightful! —pirs, Stewart will open a kinder-|&¥; Of Trigg county, however, and it fashion. ‘The refreshments were such|garten iu the infants’ room of the| !$ Said that Ben Keys, who has been ag one always enjoys after an after- Baptist. church considered a sure candidate, will be noon of card, the entertainment be- — ndidate in the democratic —pri- ing a strawberry one. The counters} Is it not strange that love of the Y, instead of on the populist were small stuffed berries, which|very purest, deepest kind sometimes | ticket were as pretty as they were useful.| comes of intense hatred. 1 mean, of{ ‘This would make the campaign very warm, as it would divide the free silver democratic vote between Wheeler and James, neither of whom could be induced to withdraw, and give Keys the solid report of the populists, in addition to a number of disgruntled democrats, His manip- course, unjust hatred. The St. Louis Republic of Sunday has the little ro- mance of Miss Hallie Ermine Rives and Mr. Post Wheeler, which runs as Miss Rives wrote *'Smok- ing Flax,’’ a southern story, defend- ing the lynch law, and Mr. Wheeler The prizes were won by Misses Lyn- da James, of Evansville, and Lizzie Sinnott. The T. P. A. met lost Saturday evening at the Palmer house, a de lightful banquet was tendered them and their friends, and a general good) i, the author of ‘Rellections of al ulators have been at work on the time was enjoyed. Bachelor,” which is very hard iu its| sebeme for some time, Mrs. M. C. Vaughan and son, Mr. icem of woman. Miss Kives was] than probable that K _be ip severe indeed in criticising ‘*Reflec-] the demvcratic primary, It is gen- Horace Vaughan, will leave tomorrow for Louisville, for Mr. Vaughan’s health, tions of a Bachelor’? but no less se-| erally understood among the vere was Mr. Wheeler in regard toj lists that this will be the case, “Smoking Flax.’’ From their dis- s popu. golden hair and a little graceful fig- ‘ nclem ure. Mr. Wheeler is an amiable, handsome young man with @ pleasant aliases. face andhardy manner. After meet- Miss Allie Sanders will join her | ing and talking for a little while they friend Miss Rose, of Springfield. IIL, | seemed to forget all about their books in a trip up the Tennessee river. and their antipathy for each other —— 4 vanished. Then parting for the even- Mr. Charles Kiger spent Saturday] ing they mutually agreed to change| ,) Miss Ora Clark will leave shortly for Dawson Springs to be gone sever- al weeks, large army ts of this ts on the entertainme city y men were the When ared in the mar- r days. o him one better and say that not ‘ers have increased this year, for| business and seeing bis numerous|ien, From that they were fast] St {Ich were quick to see its advan- only the enemy is ‘ours,’ but his, American railroad iron, engines, | friends. friends, and their friendship grew ume} oP th oc new san licking ine city and bis country plows, cultivaters, reapers, threshers,| Mrs. Geo, C, Wallace will enter- | ti! Miss Rives consented to become} i riments the i es » ‘Crokinole club ‘Thursday | the wife of Mr. Wheeler. ‘Their wed-| O00) — a {hullers, cotton-working machines,|tain the Crokinole clu hureday | vies will not he for a year ver ‘mal eect (0 Peoriz who use our telephone|stamp mills, aud steam engines, |*fternoon, at her home on Ninth] 06 Meee wank’ tc complete] hanged aystem should not swear so much. It) American electrical machinery has) “eet pil before their union can be cousins Peon eee od tend ar don’t do any good since th control of the whole electrica! field,| Mrs, Joe Hart rested with a little ated. vin other phone company has a monopoly: ® moral regenerator a new telephone} 450 horse. power each were sent to an company would double-discount any! eletcric motor company in Japan of the churches in this city. j American machinery replacing de-|that of foreign make in, Mexic Not long ago three water wheels, of Wuex Commodore Dewey stroyed the Spanish leet he bereft, #ussia has followed Japan in order- ing new battle ships in our yards, |¢ |The Spanish will find that we can 114,000 square miles of her best ter- : !look after commercialism reasonably CIRCUIT COURT AT EDDYVILLE. at Eddyville with several important cases on the dock several large civil cases, of the S appears, out ‘White Win, monrnful solitude, hile around the corner a hurdy- feirdy is playing the latest ballad mrrounded by a crowd of danci street urchi ‘Another examp! Md. and it isa pitifi fellow grind ‘Sweet Vio ‘TIME FOR SPRING CARPET Circuit court convened yesterday Will Cato is sharged with murder, and there are Several law- yers of prominence are in attendance, Hunter of the tact of Titory. It 18 no wonder that the ‘ Some of them are: Hon, aaa aed Hie hurdy-curdy nen is their know]- streets of Madrid are filled with raz-| ell, even with a war on our Wood, of Hopkinsville; Hon. Frank ness of things. They “| hands, Reeves, of Hopkinsville; Hon. Jas. ¥ 8 play tunes in harmony with jug mobs and that the people want a change, i A GOOD PERFORMANCE. Soe See ted Max Hanberry, of Trigg county, for instanee, a hurdy-gurdy Tux Sur's complete bulletins yes- who ig a candidale for governor on 2 ict along avenues A and terday made the Sux bulletin board! | Last, night's performance at the ; vciry [Obera house by the Krause-Stou' the most popular place in the city, Dramatic company was witnessed by The people want no better proof of] a large and appreciative audience, It the excellence and superiority of the | was the first time the house had af- Sun's telegraph service than the ser- , forded an attraction for several weeks vice given yesterday, Sex is | 24 this brought out a large audi- ya jenee. ‘The play, military in char. here to give the newseaimmmseWill do} ter, was well” presented, and’those so regardless of expense. 8 o si present enjoyed it, Tonight the em crowd will doubtless be equally as Tux great battle of Manila which| large. ‘The company is one of the will rank in history as one of the de st popular price companies on the ive battles of the world was won |'*4 I by discipline and Aweri- ooo a: ‘The Spanish vessels outnumbered the American fleet just three to one, but they were outclassed io everything that goes to make up the essentials of victory, Eighteen tiest ever brought here, and will no ‘The new ecenery for LaBelle park arrived from Memphis yesterday afternoon, aud is today being put up at the theater, It is about the pret. | tl Crossland, of Mayfield, also the no- him on any of the platforms. battle either political, religious phy- pervisor T. J. Bowser, of the Louisville division, SCENERY ARRIVES, day. machine, B. Garnett, of Cadiz and Sam H.) ‘The newest and best pattern. | the character of the locality in which are ready for your viewing: everal different tickets, and says the olored population has to support He is wheel horse, always ready to do First street. What are Why, nothing but ‘Ach in” ‘Die Wacht man popu lation, hen go down Bleecker st and along nth and Fighth avenues, and you will g but negro melodies and Carpets, Rugs, Matting Lace Curtains, Portieres, w Sash Muslins, Etc. re ival or otherwise, RAILROAD OFFICIALS HERE. Roadmaster H. U. Wallace, Su- incoe i Engineer uptown the airs ¢ lads as “Bells of 8! ing of the Green. “No; you never hear the hurdy: gurdy men ving tunes incongru- ous with the locality, ‘They appeal to pride and to sentiment, ai getting rich at it.”--N. ange to such bi andon’ and ‘Wear- We ask your attention to our ® rag carpet, 36 inches wide at.25¢ Ingrain carpet, 36 inches wide, pretty patterns, at age llinois Central, were in the city to~ SEWERAGE WORK. Asmall force of workmen is oa he main sewer today, runping the Foreman MeNichols, who * J won't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Lise Away, HE] ‘To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag etic, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-'To- against six, but those six Yankee! dount be appreciated by the public, ships were manned by the braveai] The theater will he opened two|p “wat gailore in the world. weeks from tonigit. h went to Chicago last Saturd Bac, tue wonder worker, that makes weak men Strong. All druggists, 600 o Cure guaran: Rookies and ‘sample free. Add Remody Co, Cuivago or New Yorks , is ex- ported {LB OGILVIE & pected today with several jaborers. DF North Secord street, Paducah, Ky. ne No, — ver once a Mr. Hense Harris was yesterday|likes of each other's book the two 7 elected to the second lieutetenant| authors formed very disagreeable| | 7H£ HURDY-GURDY MAN. ship, of the Paducah military compa-[opinions of one another, avd when| Koows Human Nature in a Big City, }! ny. ‘This is quite an honor, and the] they met in society in New York they Therefore He Prospers. many friends of Mr. Harris extend! were equally surprised to find that “For out-and-out shrewdness,” said congratulations. they were sadly mistaken in regard=|g po)iou « nt one morning, es the Mr. Alf Stewart was elected first| ing the nature of each other through . i ficated in lieutenant and will no doubt fill this] their books, Miss Rives is a charm- h as tha oth position with the dignity due it. ing young woman with grey eyes,],... | y was wmusiblans @ street, St, Louis, Mo. 0, | PROFESSIONA | DR, W. C. 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Thelandiord and several guests wer into, the sec In a very short time a letter came from the « which was a fol “Dear Sir ‘ Atlanta Co WITCHiS AND CATS. Evident Elements of Mo‘ern ‘Witchcraft Discerned in Old Teutonic Rites. Women amor vident elements of mystic and ge old festal night of the hens christened now as St. Wal ? , held upon mountair to be inaccessible by and women wors church’s teach then gods were actual devils; and also remem: er the utter darkness of those dark n now hardly real- and how natural the evolution! The who practiced the old would find theirimportance y boasting new “powers d on by the great prince of rok] st properties were perseded, but added to. Even the cat, now inseparable from mod- ern witches, had been wiatec with ancient sorceresses for centuries; for was not Galinthia changed into a cat, according to Pausanias? And when Typhon forced all the gods to hide themselves in forms of animals, did not Heeate assume the shape of a cat? And riding through the air was an old pretension of theirs In the fourth century a declaration appears to have been made at the council of Aneyra, to the effect that many wicked women, seduced by il- lusions of the devil, believed and pro- fessed that they rode through (h in company with Diana and | and an invumerable mi rite, passing over mar in thesilence of the ni reased countries BOMPARDMTYT OF MATANZAS Furniture, Carpets, Mattings, army, it has prov but also for the ones who have taxe! A money id see the ruins of former prices, GARDNER BROS. & CO. Telephone 396. Simplicity in construction and not belonging produce an honest product at an honest price, the only high-grade mach Some fe: away with ribbon nuisance unexcelled manifolding ‘The onl proved since m Un ber Send for catalogue and testimonials. MOORE BROS., General Agents Kast Fayette street Baltimore. MUDDY WATER .- When you can buy a good filter for five dollars? 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