The Paducah Daily Sun Newspaper, August 15, 1898, Page 4

GREAT —NAVAL DISPLAY LA BELLE ON P ARK LAKE! ‘he battle of Manila will be reproduced on the above lake Monday, Wednesday and Friday, RUGUST 15-17-19 cial order of fire’ during the week a sixt ‘This display will be the nicest and most complete ever seen he All work has been done under the Bour. Mr. Bour has just returned from St orks made for bombardment purposes y-foot ‘set piece supervision of Mr. Eun Louis, where he had a spe- One night will be seen person ‘of Niagara Falls burning on the water. The picture of Dewey is seen in the background just as the fort is blown to pieces. ADMISSION TO PARK TEN CENTS Regular street car fare—se each way. Battle at 9:30 o'clock sharp. Show before and after battle. ~—-WANERAT. Why go to other health resorts wien you can fing an unrivaled one at home? I have taken charge of, renovated aad repaperod the hotel adjoining the GREAT MINERAL WELL, One-half block from the Nashville, on South Fifth street, and am _prevai at very reasonable tates. MEALS 2 rates to regular boarders and invalids CHAS. ttanooga and St, Louis railroad depot to accommodate both sick and well cents; LODGING 26 cents, FOR A dOKE, OR FOR NECESSITY I are interested. A subject in which thereSis general interest is the subject of ‘gla There are few people who do not need them. May run great risk in not having them, We fit your eyes and give you better . You are pleased with what we I charge you $1.00 ne quality spectacle parties charge you $3.50 to $5 J J. BLEICH, 223 Brosdw: eed BAKER AND RANDALL. JOHN T. POWERS. FORD AND DeVERN Performance before and immediately after the battle. Change of bill Thursday night. PERFORMANCE EVERY NIGHT RAIN OR SHINE. SHORT LOCALS.” FO BALE. $5 00 to $10.00 monthly payments. 100 choice residence lots, 50 fet front. Prices $100 up. Gravekd streets, W. M. Janes, it Broadway. M’CREA SKIPPED. Joho McCrea, colored, warranted Saturday for the seduction ot Jettie Campbell, iiss not been a ested, and no doubt has left the city: LOST THIRTY DOLLARS, Mr. B. ¥. Culjom, a railroader. hed $30 stolen from bim yesterday ‘It was taken from % cheat, end ther: is no clue to the perpetrator of “the theft. ee BOILERS ALL RIGHT. Mayor Lang «tgs ynorning receiver acommunication frow jhe Fideli and Casualty Co., stating Br. J. Morgan, their inspector, had inopect: sed the boilers of the electric plar and found thew in good condition, and that they could be operated un der 110 pounds pressure ‘The plam is insured in this company. SENT TO RIPLEY. Mrs, doko Day, wok ry a few 4 to @ sbarge of 4 oman vent to days agowo answer : grand larceny, toe applied te Mayor Lang for transportation t Ripley, Tene , and it was furnished her, It is un ood she will re turn to her people. FeEST OF THE A SUMPTION Amportawt Commemoration at the Catholic Church. The Feast of the Assumption, an important anniversary of the Catho 1 was today celebri wtfhe St Francis De sales chereh. ' Phere were two eetvives, and bath were well attended. DR. J. Who has established an optical par- jor at 423 Broadway, comes bighly ton, Ky., an Mra, R. R. Pickering Mrs. W. T. Dodds, Miss N. Guess, Mrs. Dr Burebard, Miss N. Nichols, Mi-s Maud Jones, Mrs. W. R. Short, Mr. W. T. Dodd, W. Bennett Henderson, Mrs, Dr. N. Carr, Mrs Gi 5 Miss M. Tomlinson, Mrs. B. Farrow, Mrs. A. J. Rucker, Miss N. Jones, Mrs. W. H. White, Harry F. McCamy, Mrs. S. Mevatrick, Mrs, Anna Morgan, William R Short, Aud bandreds of testimonials from vill all over the state, SPECIAL NOTICE.—Eyes test- ed at night as well as in the day. This gives an opportunity to those who cannot come in the daytime, “LICENSE WARRANTS ISSUED, Today Marshal Collins gave out a dozen or wore warrants against various merchants for failing to pay their license. ‘The warrants were sworn cut by Inspector Jarvis, and will probably be tried tomorrow GN A RAID. puty LaRue to Inyade the Blood River Section, Bevenne Agent Ed Hubbard, of Princeton, will arrive tomorrow aud he and Deputy taited States Mar- shal LaRue, the latter of the city, will take a boat for the Blood River section of Calloway county and there make a raid on moonshiners, Several raids have been made there in the past, aud once recently the of- ficers had quite a skirmish with the outlaws, . K. OF P. NOTICE. Paducah Lodge No. 26, K,.of P, |iments of immunes will be at Santisgo) tion, hat will meet tovight in their castle>hall in Campbell building at 8:00 o’cléck sharp. A full attendance is desized, Visitiug knights welvome. H. H. Evans, C, C. DeLona, K. RS. FOR MANSLAUGHTER. Au Eugineer Arrested at Fulton And Belpaged on Bond, Engineer Dave Stanley, of the Il- linois Central, was arrested Saturday at Fulton for manslaughter and re- # leased on a $1,000 bond, his case ing set for August 22. He js the engineer who was ning the t t struck and killed Tom Davisnear Fulton Jast Wednes- lay. The Mlinols Central pay train will arrive on the 28th, and leave the fol- lowing day. STREET ROLLER, The street roller was out again to- day, doing “good work on Fountain avenue aul West Broadway, Orange sberbet today at Stutz's, Lagowarsino is up-to-date on cold Mr. W. C, Ellis lee yesterday for], Creal. Miss Mattie Fowler has returned trom Smithland. : Hon. Ollie James, of Marion, was in the city today, Mr. H. Bufort Guthrie, ville, was in the city today, of Louis ELLIOTT. The Memphis City Council Pays Him a Very High Compli- ment as a Civil En- Engine Mr. Rodney C, Davis sis expected] Considers Him an Absolute Necess this afternoon from Dixe Attorney J. M. Worten went to Smithland to spend Sunday. Mra. W. Overstreet has gone to Hopkinsville to spend two weeks. Miss Hattie Curd has returned from a week's sojourn at Creal. Mrs. Millie Davis and children save returned from Smithland Mr. Fred Rogers returned vorning from Smithland. Miss Anderson, of Golconda, re- urned home this morning. Route Agent E. C. Spence, of the Southern, was in the city today. Mr. Robb Scott left this morning for Hopkinsville on a visit to friends is expected, ‘afternoon ~from™-Bardwell, Mr. J. H, Little, of Palma, Mar- shall county, was in the city today Editor C. M , of the Cairc Telegram, was in the city yesterday Postmaster F, M, Fisher is ex oceted back from Dixon this after- n00n. Mr this ton, Tenn. Miss Linda Duguid has returae to her home in Murray, after a visit to relatives here. Mr. Harry G. Tandy,of the News, went dowa to Mayfield this afteraoon to attend the speaking. Mrs. Charles Q. C. Leigh bas re- turned from a visit to Mobile and other southern points. Miss Lillian Logue left yesterday for Mayfield on a visit to her aunt, Mra, Will Hunt. Quite a crowd from tended the camp meeting at E ville yesterday. Judge Lawrence Anderson and Mrs. Gus G. Coulter, of Mayfield, were in the city yesterday. Mrs. Dr. J Reddick #nd Miss Flora Davidson left: Saturday on the Tennessce for Florence, Ala. Prof. C, A. Norvell and wife over a visit from the stork. Paducah at- ily are I Mr. Wallace of Milan, Teon., is in the city on a brief visit to his father, Mr. W, R. Gammon. Mrs. W. S. Forsythe, formerly of the city, but now of Louisville, est of Conductor Craig’s famil, Col. W. F. Parker has returned to Louisville after a pleasant visit to his ly on South Eighth sires Past MO Wattorrieti By night for Evansville, to join the party of excursionists en route to Niagara. Mr. R. W. Biggs left last night for his home Crystal Springs, M after a yisitto the family of Mr Pierce. Miss Courtie Puryear and brother, Master Carl, have returned from a visit to Mrs. D. 1, Lewis, at Russell- Rev. Wm. Waters, of Paducah, who has been visitiug James Fields near the city, bas returned home, says the Fulton Leader. The families of Messrs, Henry Orme, Robert Orme and Lineas Orme left on the Hopkins Saturday for a round trip to Evansville, Mr. George Rock and daughter, Miiss Ida, and two granddaughters left’ yesterday for Niagara Falls, Cleveland, Ohio, and other places. Dr. A. List, the well kaown pre scriptionist, will hereafter be found at Mr. James E. Robertson's drug store. Col. Nat Koefler, the former prescriptionist, bas gone to Chicago to make his future home. Mrs. M. BE. Chappell and daugh- ter, Miss Hester, returned home this morning from a two weeks’ visit to friends in Caldwell county. Chappell will return to conduct ser- vices next Sabbath, Messrs, [. 6. Gleaves, Parker Chastain, Kd Gish, Oscar Hank and Andy Clark returned yesterday after- noon from the L. A. W. meet at In- dianapolis, Ind , and report an en- joyable time. TROOPS ON ACTIVE DUTY. Washington, Aug. 15.—tive reg- When the last of Gen. Shafter's army leaves, afid it is believed that force will be sufficient for the present. They will be under command of Gen, Lawton, Gen. Miles has 15,000 men in Porto Rigo gid Gen, M has about 16,000 at Manila, o bave when the troops now on the way reach him. There will be no increase of any of these forces for the present. AFTER HER N ECE. i Mrs. Sparks, of Mecbanjcsburg, was atthe city bail this afternoon’ after a warrant against her brother- in-law, or somebody else she claimed was interfering with the proper rais« ing of her piece, Allie Sparks, aged 1 years, She said she saw the girl in bad company yesterday and ac- costed her, and the girl was very im- pudent, and ased language which can not be repeated, At last. accounts she had pot sworn out the warrant, SENDING HOME THE SPANIARDS Washington, Aug. 15.—The work of ‘*repatriating’’ (he Spanish pris- oners at Santiago begins to make better progress, The Isla de Luzon td sailed yesterday with 2,257 people on board, and two other traosports will hibewer-apgineer in ed last | of the country and hat done more in of the inability of the city a sity For the Successful Cons struction of Their Sew- erage System, Mr. James H. Elhott, who made the plans for the sewrage system that is now being bailt in this eily, has been paid a very fine compliment hy the city council of Memphis, I will be remembered that the present city council failed to employ Mr. Elliott, although he had been the consulting engineer under the pre-|_ vious council. At the time the pres- ent Council assamed the management airs-an- attempt was made to create the impression that Mr. Elliott was vot a first class sewer engineer, and a disposition has been manifested by the present council to change his specifications and plans whenever excuse could be found to do so, and, am Smedley has returnedin fact, some charges have been Special} trom a visit to her father in Coving-] made, (he present city engineer a3- ©, CARR, Proprietor. » be more of an expert thav ur. Elliott. Mr. Elliott bas been the assistant gineer of Memphis, and was city recently discharged by the ci gineer, ou (he ground that the city could not afford to pay bia his sal ary. The council, while recognizing pt. see Harry Baldwin is up the w the interest of the steatner Maggie Belle, Capt. Amon Price has gone to Evanavil'e Wo accept a position, The Joe Fowler was out for Eyans- ville his morning, doing a nice bus- ines The Battorff arrived out of the Cumtstisit river this mening and left ou lier rettirn tC arksvile today at noon The Clarksville is duy ts after noon from E'town and leaves on her return tomorrow. Tbe elegant new Memphis and Ar- sansas river packet St. James passed town yesterday for Memphis. She was built at Brownsville, O., by the Axton & Sons, boat builders, and ver hull is said to be one’of the finest ever constructed on the Obio riv Her machinery was built at Ciocin- nati by Jas Rees & Sons, The towboat Jack Frost arrived out of the Tennesse fternoon wich a tow left on ber retora this merning after another trip. The upper Tennessee ting at s water up in the Obio which is coming from the upper tril utaries. The RA. Speed left yesterday afternoon for the Obio after a tow of cross vies The Mavthowee is due from St. Louis for Tennessee river. ‘The rise here will pan oit as was at ficst expected, and will in all probarility reach a higher stage than the 20-footer predicted, gauge here registered 17.8 this morning, there being a rise of 1.5 during the past 24 hours, Cairo, 22.5, rising. Chattanooga, 15.5, stand, Cincinnati, 36 7, falling. Evansville, 26 0, rising. 9 0, rising. nville, 10 ¥, falling. the right of the city engmeer to disy charge Mr. Kiliott, imuicdiately re instated him, The following from the Memphis Commereial-Appeal of August 5, tell why the council retained the service: of Mr. Elliott: Assistant City Eogineer James H Elliott will coutinue to serve the eity, regardless of the recent action ot City Engineer Bell in notifying bin that his services to the city must end | Lumor and dread ridi I on August 1. He was reinstated by the legisla tive council yesterday. ‘That body, in the face of the city ordinances the opinion of City Attorney Wa! kins, did not deny Engineer Bell had the right to discharge Mr. Elliott, but they thought he was to? valuable an to let go and reinstated him e action of the council was a flat- tering tribute to Mr. Elliott, who. next to Major, Warring, is the best nM this line for the city than even Major Worring accomplished. Mr. Elliott was disch ib to pay him es ret just compensation for his se After stating some of the busines of the council meeting, the Commer cial Appeal s: Mr. Carrington stated to the board if it let Mr. Elliott he would be compelled to e the city and they would never be able to regain his ser- vi He motioned that Mr. Kiiiott be retained at any cost. Mayor Williams said no one would sooner retain Mr. Elliott ia the city’s money with which to pay Mr. Carrington said be the city departments and Is valuable meno, * * Mr. Brinkley thought Mr. Elliott should be re- tained. He believed the sewer work was the most important of the unfin ished business and that Mr, Elliott was the ooly man for the work. He believed some other expense might be reduced and Mr. Elliott retained. * * Mr. Carrington renewed hi motion to retain Mr. jliott ups January, 1899. Mr. Bri onded the-motion, * T-Trington mouivd was then offered ana went throug? In closing the article the Commer- cial-Appeal (4y8 of Mr, Elliott: Mr. Kiliot! 8 one of the most vals ued of the cf attaches and his loss would haveveen severely felt by the city, Lt w!l fall to his lot to super- vise all the®ontemplated sewer work the city eects to do next spring and it wou't Ne decidedly unsafe to outyyst ux fo" 4ay ous ‘else. ‘The matter of MY is Still an open ques- tr. Carrington will very likely adj@t that out of the fund he expects to #4xt 48 4 surplus for jnat such emergucies. COON RIFLES. Lexington, Aug. 15.-~There is fear at Camp ®rbin that the Fourth Kentucky regent will be side tracked, herder to move Wed- nesday has beabeld up, and Col. Colson has aga! gone to Washing- tom, where he ies to prevail on the war department \8end his regimen, to the Philippines $n BE Stutz’s orange erhet beats them \ tral. R, ‘ay, Dawson, 24th ane25, one fare? Louisville, Ky., Ax 16th to 20th one fare; limit Aug.4d. Indianapolis, Ind. of P. Ko. sampment, Aug. 1th. 20th st, one fare; limit x. Bist, Chicago, dil., Ang. of alle$in00 for the FU trip.good returning until Aug. 32 4.T. Donon, Agent, anecdotal MoKini ‘dream of New and [Scottish heather 10,000, weary miles | . falling. Pittsburg, falling Davia Island, 7.9, falling. St. Louis, 8 9, rising. Paducah, 17 8, rising. FRENCH HUMOR. Well-Known Man That Helped to Cart cature Himself. It is often said that Frenchmen lack M. rancisque Sarcey has given an ex- le of that humorous good sense which defies mockery. At a carnival time in customary to ex- hibit on the boulevards grotesque ef- figies of well-known public men. A t stranger called on M. Sarcey to tell him that his im: was to fig: ure in the f on, “Very good,” said M. Sarce: What can I do for you?” “Well, if you would be so kind as to lend us some of your veritable garments they woul DE ‘o doubt,” andly. “In rd you will find several veritable hat will , ur he I mear ead of the efligy—is enormous.” sbien. Take acoat, then.” ed in the veritable ¢ y dummy was an immens It x strange to literary wever, for a man’to aid and ture of himself that M vlunteered an explana licious bit of hu he remarked vec nted to lend hit a purpose, He was ¢ sensitive soul. So was But what would you ot all be Lamartines and artine,” on, to speak of, y ourselves to the populace when n contribute to their harmless may not th their while tc able trifler came yand asked my per- on for the use of my name in « burlesque. I. g it” cheerfully This may be the last time,’ said he. *\WTat'te-younreentLasked. ‘Well you are going out of date, and next year you may not be worth a Jaugh.’” umus always t notic to me m —Philadelphia Pr POPULATION OF MANILA. st Portion Are Chinese, Even Ex- ceeding the Spaniards. It is difficult to make even an ap- proximate estimate to-day of the numerical population of Manila, but it probably consists of from 270,000 to 300,000 souls. “Phe largest propor- tion of these, excepting the natives themselves, is composed of Chinese and so-called Chinese natives, exceed- ing even that of the Spaniards, There is a large colony of Germans and who, according to rumor, are mainly responsible for the present and recent uprisings, and also ahand- ful of Scotch-Englishmen; not too small a handfull, however, to main- tain an “Exglish Club” in the suburbs and a “Tigin Club” down town, The ns iu the fur cast that if an in, @ Spaniard, and an American were to be left upon a desert island the first would organize a club, the second build a church and the third s Half a dozen Americans'‘are all P that remain in Manilanow; in sad con- trast to the'“old days when two great American business houses flour- ished only to go down almost togeth- ith a crash thal was heard around world, What is now the English clubhouse was built by one of theae great houses for its or men,” and [} onits back veranda white—very-white {| —men “lie off” on Sundays and holi- |! days and watch the eocoanut’ rafts drift by from the “enchanted lake, and read ‘six-weeks-old papers and |! ngland pines and Lar; . away Leslie's Popular Monthly. BELIEVES IN FORGIVENESS, os Hee An Anecdote of President McKi: Which Shows His Generosity. art a newspaper, 1 the characteristic anecdotes is one bj a personal friend which goes to prove the President’s Methodism and to at test his quickness at repartee amd his love of humor. “President McK has always shown the highe of gene ponent ernor of Ohio he was aboutt toamexalted and lucrative aftic who fo: ty toward his political op s,” says the writer. While gov ypoint an r fnany years had been his ar dent supporter, butiwho had dese him an critical period. critics er slip main candi MeKinley’s loyal protest They argue traitor ation. up with a smile,and, taking h from between gone over, to the enemy ata Later, when eriod had passed, tle desert back into his party and re unnoticed wntil he became a jate for ofticg. Many of Gov friends stly ed agai his appointment Hi thatthe man had been a ost needed, and earn when he was: The govermor’s face s cigar s.lips, he remarked ‘Gentlemen, you éeem to f [ am a Methodist and believe doctrine of falling-from grac Mr. Sou Bunker (to applicant for his daughter’s hand)—Is your positior sound? Applicant—Deciited! 4 trombone player.—Fun. LITERARY TRAMPS. Weill-K: ‘nown Writers Who Were Fond of Travelingsby Foot. Two of the most thorough ] tramps of this century were p Williai m and Mary How spent their honeymoon or and ¢ season long li lotted and th ing in ‘ontinued to walk at s s during the remainder ¢ ves, which far exceed age of man. Whon ¢ other 80 they wer the Tyrol; and ever later Mary Howitt wr ant walk ri, Mar I wal read, books and many tears seen ¢ into t ons, no d ge int ny pe ked far i while walking, t of the d, with I T rying by th ers tbatmet meas l.cowe Crying hair, c1 ground jn the courtyard mere i an old for Achilles cutting off rying for Priam rolling o maginary bx ballad-mak« 3,000 years ago.” sentim stive of Leigh than ¢ cian. Ant ing au youth little ¢ society in obedience to v on foot ebout the « to London and 8S ental journey Thu he Whig historian and puliti ony Troll tobiography, he an lub, which we ,and subject s interest- w in his rmed a ar some f jacent Southa was the farthest point we ever reached; but Buchinghamshire and Herefordshire were n the happiest hours of Hartle would desirab kind. ona more dear to us. These were y then life.” y Coleridge, it is fo be feared, not have been altogether a ble member of a club of this It is related that he once went alking tour with some friends ddenly missed him, aud could not find him anywhere, and, in fect, did not him again for six weeks, when he emerged from some inn! Alphonse Daudet, writing on this subject, says: “I have been in my time on wnmny &@ tramp; once on a six week and in Koval, fot ay cause the ope in the ’ tramp through the V 5 tay fiend Paul tread enough, preciated enoiy he is dead. And n, in the dew, is Ith, as you know open is indeed ri ” Slee in most parts af the world, and poor R L. Stevenson, who thus on his travel nkey, prob bly would have bebn better ynder @ commonplace tiles. For such shumbers roof of wocd and e requires the constitution and physique of George termed long te constantly on tho iramp with the {PAme Reader Lump at 8 cents; Bible in and it ac wet cle sa river andeontine Barrow, who has “divinest ef tramps.” ly orth erm of his natural life he was n win or the gypsies in Wales, is said he would often swim his walk ir nearly 80 andard, thes when he w PENSIONS! WAR OLAIMS! JAMES A. WOODWARD United 8 Public. MeCracken county, Ky, Growi-g "ey Jin Popur Im the Ladies’ Home Journal an | [at Favor ex a ad nang A, Dalton, Th ea Wi at im Agent nd Notary € ERS & specialty, Paducall, Should, Have Your Patronage, for Three Reasons... e Tailor Slaughter Sale of Fancy Screen Doors Prices were $126 150 175 200 | att Go NOW at This offer goo: only for a few days at INCONPORATED 318-324: BROADWAY PADUCANW KY Screen Doors and Windows! CHEAPEST TO BE HAD M. EK. 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