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VOL Xl NO 53 i r PADUCAH KY WEDNESDAY MARCH 2 1904 10 CENTS PER WEEKP
11SHE
HASENOUGH
Colombia Withdraws Snit Over
ruiminu Cnnal
Tho Investigation of tho Rcod Smbol
Case Begins Miners Strlko
May Bo Avoided
FLOOD AT TOLEDO OHIO
Now Orleans La March 2ThuA-aita of the Columbian governmentbrought In Paris to restrain the Pana ¬
ma Canal Company from deliveringtho canal property to the UnitedStates ncconlltfg to on authentic dos ¬
patch hero has been tottlod out ofcourt and tho suit bo withdrawn
SMOOT TRIAL BEGAN
Washington DO March IThoinvestigation into the right of trodSmoot Senator from Utah to retainhis seat in the U S Senate begantoday beforo tho SonMo committeeMany prominent Mormons aro presentand tho case is attracting unusual At ¬
tentlon President Joseph F Smithof tho Mormon church was tho tintwitness His testimony related to thohlitory Mud beliefs In tho Mormonchurch
FLOOD AT TOLEDO
Toledo March 2Thlt olty andsurrounding country is threatenedwith tho worst noel in history Tbocltyis already illlod with artificialRill water having backed into tbo pashouse It is feared tha low will boheavy
COMPROMISE PROBABLE
Indianapolis hid March 2ThuMinors and operators have snbiaittteda scale to tbo joint committee andhoiw a compromiso will be effectedand n strike avoided Great pressureis being brought on both operators nndminers to prevent tho closing of tho
i mines upon tho committee reportThursday
TilE URAIN SITUATIONI Chicago March 2Thu grain mar ¬
tats opened this morning with a showof renewed strength and Armour reported tho bull factor situation duo tohigher cables short covering and sev ¬
orAl crop rumor-
sLEGATION CLOSES
rVENEZUELANrMINISTERS SALARY HASh
BEEN STOPPED
I Washington DO Starch 2ThoVenezuelan legation in Washlutgon isto bo closed because President Castrohas stopped tho salary of MinisterHeinaudoz who however has notlien recalled
GUY DEAN FOUND
Owcnsboro Ky March 2A tele ¬
gram received from R S TrlplettWnco Tux snys Guy Dean is withmo ho Is all right
This clears tho mystery of tho youngcoal operator who has loon missingsince February 18 No explanationof his prolonged absence accompaniesthe ttelegram
COUNTY COURT
Will Olnik has qualified as n notarypablio
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REMAINSHERE
Funeral of the Late Engineer
Georgei
Ills Brother Cowing From Michigan
Ills Wife Arrives From
Louisville
ELKS TO BURY REMAINS
Tbo remains of tho Into EngineerQoorgo Tugg who was killed in thowreck yesterday morning near Prince ¬
ton Ky wero brought to the oily lastevening nnd taken to tho homo of hismothr ia law Mrs MnlvlnJ on WestJefferson street Tho funeral willtsko place tomorrow afternoon at 2
oclock from the first Presbyterianchurch under the auspices of tho Elksand tho burial will be In Oak Grovog
A brother of tho doscssed frontMichigan Is expected and his arrivaliis awaited by relatives
No 202 tho dead engineers engine
will be picked up today and broughtto tho local shops for repairs
Tao wreck occurred after a slowturn had been rounded and the engine
truck in such e position as to be
forced off tho tracks and thrown farofT the right of way
Tho big mixohlne was loft in such aposition that It will bo n bard matterfor the wrecklilB crow to right It butsuch dinicultlcH aro overcome on short
notice in railroad service Tho damngo to tho culgno can not bo estimateduntil brought to tho local shops forrepairs
This morning several big hniidsomofloral designs arrived from Louisvillefor Engineer Tugs grave Manyregrets nUll expressions of sorrow arehoard Mr Tagg being ono of themost popular men both as a railroadand a lodge circles in Faducnb
Yesterdays Louisville Times saysGeorge Tngg was ono of the best
known engineers on tho Illinois Cen ¬
tral railroad Ho was thirtynineyears old nnd lived at 1312 WetBroadway Ho leaves a widow MrsMolllo Tagg
Tagg was nn Englishman by birthbut canto to America with his parentswho live tit Battle Creek Mich whenn boy 110 had been employed by theIllinois Central Railroad company formany years and won the respect oftbo officials pt the company as beingone of tho most reliable men in thoservice
Ho moved to this city from Paducahtwo yenta ago and was engineer on
tho Illinois Central fast train No201 running between Lonisvillo andPaducah He was a Knight Templarand nn Elk
CIRCUIT COURT
Ono judgment wns filed in circuitcourt this morning It was in thecase of Lilllo Boyd Burnett againstClifton Burnett suit for divorce inwhich the decree is granted
CALLEDSESSION
Rules to be Considered by
School Board Tomorrow
Few Changes are Contemplated E-
xkept In Minor Matters Snpt
Lolb a Baseball Fan
ORGANIZING HIGH SCHOOL
It is expected that much Interestwill bo aroused in the school boardby the work of the committee on rulesand regulations appointed severalweeks ago by tbo board to reviseroles Dud regulations under which theschools have been running for several
yearsThorules and regulations now in
thinclasswith charters of tho second class nochango having boon made since thetransfer of Paducah from the thirdto tho iccond olnsis
Thorn era certain legislative powersgiven to tho board under third classchatters that are not in force undersecond class charters and n completerevision of the rules was necessaryIt is not known what roles will bochanged but it is said that no changesof material importance the manage ¬
ment of the school will bo made
Tho committee will report at thocalled meeting tomorrow night andthe board will vote on the changes re¬
commended
Superintendent C M Lolb of tboschools lU n baseball enthusiast anddelights in discussing the nationalgame
II When in college I was n memberof the university baseball team andenjoyed the sport immensely hestated this warning I have alwaysliked baseball from tho fact that I havebeen clo oly associated with piofoslion III baseball players who haveclimbed tho ladder to tho top Whenin my younger days I played ball inamateur teams with men who now orestare in tho National and Americanassociation teams and am proud thatI can claim an intimate acquaintancewith them
Prof Loib strongly favors a Highschool team but states that he doesntthink tho schools bore have muchgood material from what ho couldhoar Ho intends to encourage a highschool team if possible however
When dlsucBslng baseball Prof Lolbdrops into baseball slang and can nameoff players of national fame with therapidity of a Gatling gun Ho knowstho stars in all major and minorleagues and rays ho probably had n
good chance to play fast ball had ho
not thrown his whip awayWhilo a man of high intellectual
power he rosognlzes tho merits ofsuch harmless sport and does some
little baseball playing himself occa ¬
sionally in amateur teams
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SEIZED
OUR TUG
Insurgents at San Domingo Get ¬
tiug Holder Now
Three Moonshiners Killed In KenI
tucky Cleveland Rushes InPrint Again
2000 JAPS WOULDBE IIOBSONS
San Domingo March 2MlnIHtorPowell has been notified that tho insurgcnts at Sun Porao do Maroonshave seized tho American tug boatPorro of the Clyde lino Now Yorkand armed her Stops have beets takenfor the protection of all interests
RATTLE WITH MOONSHINERS-
OwingBville Ky March 2It Is
understood that moonshiners and rove
enuo men had a desperate battle inKnott county anti William and JohnHaildii moonshiners were killedand Jack Combs moonshiner was fa ¬
tally injured The men wore surprisedworking in a cavo it is understoodand ono revenue ocfllor was killed
CLEVELANDS REPLY
Princeton N J March 2Form-or
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President Grover Cleveland has is-
sued a statement denying that hoover said that hi taw no prospect ofnominating ft decent democrat thisyear Ho states that tho statementcredited to him is gratuitous misin ¬
formation to use no stronger phrase
WANTED TO BE IIOBSONS
Tokio March 2Admlral Toga re-
ports¬
that when the bottling up oftbo harbor was talked of 2000 Japanuso tailors wanted to man tho shipsSdmo of those on tho torpedo boatshaving no writing matcrialcut them ¬
selves and wrote in their own blood
CONFEDERATE REUNIONNashville Tonn March 2Tbon-
ew dnto for tho Confederate reunionJuno 14t 15 and lOhas boon approvedby Adjutant General William EMIokel of tho confederate veterans
SCHOOL BOOK COMMISSION
Frankfort March 2 GovernorBeckham has called a meeting of thestate school board commission forFriday for organization and puttingtho now law into effect
SUPPOSED LUNATIC RELEASED
Gcorgo Kingston a white man supposed to bo crazy was locked up lasttight It developed today that lio issuffering from excessive UEO of whlskey and opiates and lac will be released
this evening Ho hue been workingon Owens island and was caught runring about the hollow near tho cityhospital by Officers Beadles and Friant
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DEEDS
Clarence Rollins and others to JnoE Rollins for 1 and other considerations property near Fifth and Montoo streets
MEAGRETIDINGS
Have Come From the Far EastToday Battle May Be On
Possibly Officers are all tiusyJpaMight Bo Willing to
Negotiate4
ATTACK ON PORT ARTHUR
London March 2Thoro Is todayagain a dearth of war news from PortArthur on the Ynln river
This Is thought to bo significant asindicating a possible fight in progressat Port Arthur with tho officials toobusily engaged to send dispatches
JAPAN IS WILLING
London March 2Your correspondent this evening learns on the higheat diplomatic authority that no over-
tures¬
have yet been made to Japan orRussia relative to mediation If overtares should be made it is understoodJapan would give them careful atten ¬
tion and possibly agree if assured hervital Interests be sufficiently protect-
ed
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MANY SPIES OAUGHT
Nagaski March 2Many allegedspies have been identified and impris ¬
oned in Japanese seaports recentlyOno spy who wag masking as a cooliewas found on n transport nnd jumpedoverboard and was shot when hearose in the water
NO ATTACK YET
Washington March 2Informationhas been received hero °fromJapanesesources that tho J ipancio attack onthe Port Arthur peninsular will notoccur for about a fortnight
NOT ENOUGH SHIPS
St Petersburg March 2A tole ¬
grant from Vlndivostock states thntthe Japanese fleet was recently seenoff that port is believed to have beenreserve vessels and not powerfulenough to blockade port
MORGAN RESIGNS
FORMER PADUOAHAN QUITSTHE GULF AND SHIP IS-
LAND RAILROAD
A dispatch from Gulfport Missstates that Mr Rio hard Morgan su ¬
perintendent of the Gulf and Ship Is-
land¬
railroad has tendered his resig-
nation¬
and will bo snccoded bo MrP M Seay chief dispatcher It isnot known what Mr Morgan will do
Mr Morgan was eight or ten yearsngo superintendent of tho Louisvilledivision of what lis now tho IllinoisCentral Ho had since been with thoGulf lull Ship Island Ho was in Pa-
ducah only a fow days ngo on bustI
floss
I Miss Grace Rnckcr has returnedfrom St Louis where sho had beenliving with hor aunt Mrs Fears
VIEW OF PORT ARTHUR SHOWING THE POSITION OF THE RUSSIAN VESSELS SUBSEQUENT TO THE NIGHT ATTACK
OF THE JAPANESE TORPEDO FLOTILLA AND DURING THE DAY BATTLE WITH THE JAPANESE FLEETTho Japanese demonstrated la their double attack on the Russian vessels at Port Arthur the Duality of their strategy First vticir torpedo boats were
permuted to bo seen In the hope of getting tile Russians to conic out after them when the entire Japanese acct would have joined In tho attack hailingIn this the Jnps trade their tupelo attack by night Then Instead of running In to put the crippled Russians out of commission and taking chances ofbeing Injured by the furls they remained at u distance of three miles as they realized that their superior inarUsmunshlp was n greater element In their favorat that range than at u shorter one
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IN FIRST a
DEGREE
William Lightfoot Convicted ofii
Murder at Memphisi
Tho Verdict Against Man Arrested In
Paducah Returned Last
Night
MANY EXPECTED ACQUITTALFyS
William Lightfootthe colored brakeman whowns arrested at Paducah afew weeks ago as be stappod aboardthe Illinois Contral pay car chargedwith tho murder of Roy Sloan avrhitoflagman who had como up from Mis ¬
sissippi was convicted nt Memphisand will got a sentence of death
Atornoys Eugene Graves who as ¬
listed the prosecution and DavoCross who assisted in the defense roolturned from Memphis last night and
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when thby left no verdict had been re ¬
turned Last night a telegram wasreceived that Sloan had been convict ¬
ed of murder in tho first degreeTbo outcome of tho trial was quitey
a surprise in legal circles bore WhenLightfoot bad a trial beforo Judge San-
ders hero on the charge of being a fu ¬
gitive from justice to determine who ¬
ther or not to send him back to Ten ¬
nessee the ovidenoo was regarded asweak Tho main thing incriminatingyywas that several white menwho might easily have been mistakenybecause of tbo resemblance of most col ¬
ored people testified that they sawSloan and Lightfoot together on thenight Sloan was knocked in tho headwitbtrlanternandkiiled hearWodistock Tonn-
Lightfoot swore he was In Paducahat tho time and proved it by severalreputable colored witnesses Evident ¬
ly the jury in Memphis did not believethese witnesses
The evidence was purely ciroum ¬
stautial and there aro a good manypeople hero who do not believe Lightfoot is guilty of the murder Sloan 3
was on his way to the pay car heroHo has a brother who is I O agentat Loltchfiold Ky Ono peculiarthing about the case howovor wasthat Lightfoot never could show howho had got from Fulton to PaducahHad he been able to do this bo might a
have proven an alibiAttorney Cross states that a number
of attorneys at Memphis who heardthe evidence expected an acquittal andAttorney Cross felt certain his ollcntjwould bo acquitted J
Todays Memphis Commercial Ap ¬
poalsaysWilliam
rightfoot was found guil-ty of murder in tbo first degree by ajury in the criminal court yesterdaymorning In rondoringits verdict thejury recommended tbo defendantwhom they had condemned to thomercy of tho court but as tbo lawsof this state prescribe In languagethat can not bo mistaken that a menIconvicted of murder in the first degreemust hang Judge Moss may have topass the death sentence upon Lightfoot
If tho verdict of the jury hadround that thero were mitigating airjutnstanoes in tbo caso and so statedin their verdict this law would nothave been effective As the verdictstands Jndgo Moss if be decides thata now trial should not bo accordedthe condom negro must pronounceontoncadiffcatb Thorn is no alter ¬
native himWhen tho verdict of the jury was
read Lightfoot showed no emotionwhatever A motion for a now tri alwas immediately mado by tho negrosCounsel nnd it will be argued Saturdap
TO MARRY IN COUNTY
Joseph S Carter of Jackson Tonna railroad conductor and Miss MattloE Uansdoll of Woodville this coun-
ty wero licensed to wed today
Mrs Ed McCutoheon and daughterare visiting the formers parents Mr
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and Mrs William Mc Catcheon ofMarshall 111 s
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