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VOL XVIII NO 31 PADUCAH KY WEDNESDAY EVENING OCTOBER 3 190G 8 L 00 A YEAR

PADUCAH PEOPLE

IIN URED t WRECKrl Two PassoiiKcrTraiiiH CollhliNear Murpkysboro

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I1 Dixie Flyer and South Hound

Train on Illinois Contra MeetI

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N N l JMurphyiboro IIIOct 3A very

Burlous wreck occurred here yester-day

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morning at 1112 oclock on theIllinois Central railroad Two passen ¬

ger trains came together headoni with terrific force just outilde the

city They were Billy Bryans traint south bound and the Dixie Flyer

north bound Tho engine of the for-mer was the lighter of the two anJ

o woo badly wrecked as was also theplatform of the mall car Thu engi ¬

neer Fred Eggleston and tho fire ¬

man Erneit Bonham both residingIn Carbondale were badly Injuredespecially Bonham wnols said tobo fatally hurt They were taken tothe hospital at Murphysboro

After the collision the cab on thei southbound engln caught flro and

burnedMuch confusion prevailed and

ninny hundred of people wont fromthe city to render old to the InjuredattentiontI Wrecking crews were set to workas quickly as possible but the trains

1were delayed five hoursIt Is said that tho wreck resulted

from failure on tho part of the en ¬

gineer on the Flyer to keep In

mind the change In tho time cardwhich went Into effect Sunday andwhich changed the meeting place ofthe two trains from Texas Junctionto Murphyiboro and according towhich Bryans train had the rightofwayIIpl t The Paducnh Victim

Julius Tick manager of tho Ken ¬

lucky Iron and Steel company Ninthand Harrison streets and Miss

t arrived last night nt 825yyIooroI Tick saidTho excitement was great I was

sitting In the Bmoker and when theengines came together was thrown

tlmytll match box case It was skinned dudsprained but I was glad to escape solightly Miss Moore sustained bruis ¬

a 1es about her head and face by bot Ing thrown about In the coach

There were several other Paducahans on board whom I did not knowThey were not injured-

HOCKEFELIKit MYHTKUY ENDS

John D Who Was Retried MistingReturn to IHMantlco Illus

f Tnrrytown N Y Oct 3John-II D Rockefeller has returned from

Cleveland to Pocantlco lulls lie Is

making no effort to coneal hlfl pres ¬II ence at his estate and It is said there> Vs no foundation for the reports

9 At he was missing One report wasthat ho had dropped out of tight toovoid testifying at Findlay Ohio

where tho case against him and thoStandard 011 company will bo called-

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HURLED FROM HEATH

I WITH Passengers When TrainsCrashedifogether

Chicago Oct 3 Two personswere fatally Injured and a scorehurt at Highland Park today whena feat mall train of tho Chicago

Northwestern railroad crashed Intoy a freight standing on the main line

Passengers were hurled from theirseats and many were rendered tense

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DROWNS CHILDiTIUES SUICIDE

Parent Pullet From River Claims to

RememtHr Nothing

PltUburg Oct Patrick Coyne

last night throw his 3 year ohd sonover a bridge Into tho Monongahelariver and followed after him In anevident attempt at suicide Tho boywas drowned but the father was Tea ¬

cued In an unconscious conditionUpon regaining his senses ho said ho

was drunk and remembered nothing

F O LOWDEN Jon HUTS IMAGE

Nominated nt Freeport for ShortTerm In Congress

Freeport III Oct 3Frank O

Lowden who was some time ago

nominated for tho long term In con-

gress¬

today received the Republicannomination for the short term to tillthe vacancy caused by tho death ofRobert R llltt-

TEDDY JUNIOR

MIXED UP IN A ORAXD JURYINQUISITION

Ono Companion Under Arrest and Heis Summoned to Give Testi ¬

mony In Itostoii

Boston Oct 3lourther Investlgallon by the Boston police end ac

lon today by the grand jury In con ¬

nection with an assault on a police ¬

man on Boston common last Thurs ¬

day evening In which Theodore Roosvolt Jr wes Involved resulted In thjarrest In Cambridge of Shan Kelleyof Fitchburg a companion of youngRoosevelt and president of the sopho¬

more class of HarvardIKelley was arrested on a warrant

lesued liy the municipal court of thincity charging an unknown personwith nn assault upon a police officerlie was taken to the Cambridge po ¬

lice station where he furnished balland tomorrow will appear In the mu ¬

nicipal court of this city for a hear ¬

ingIKelley was arrested while two of ¬

racers of the Boston police force wereserving summons on young Roosevetted Meredith Darien another liar ¬

vard student to appear as witnessesIn a grand jury Investigation

Young Girl n SuicideMorgantown Ky Oct 3lIec-

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her parents refused to allowher to visit friends Ethel Iykens17 years old committed suicide withmorphine

SANITATION

IS GIVEN ATTENTION RY HECHETARY TAFT

Sly Isolated Cases of Yellow FeverDiscovered Cause General

Uneasiness

IIInmna Oct 3 The yellow fe-

ver IIs causing considera-ble anxiety Six cases were discover-ed ln scattered localities Gov Taftis giving much attention to havingthe camps of marines as well as thocity generally placed In a sanitarycondition to reduce danger fromdisease to a minimum

ASTOIl ARRESTED AS THIEF

Colored Minister or llaltltnoro Ac¬

cused of Stealing n Watehs

Baltimore Oct 3 Rev Jos-

eph Carr the colored pastor of theUnion American African churchwas arrested upon the conclusion ofhis sermon this morning on thocharge of theft The prosecutor la

Joshua Wells a member of his con ¬

gregation who lost his watch andaccuses his pastor of having stolenIt Carr strenuously denies tillcharge and says he can prove his In ¬

nocence He Is a graduate of Lin ¬

coin College and a veteran of theSpanishAmerican war Ho will havep hearing tomorrow

It Is the dully average clreuj j

latlou of u newspaper that theshrewd advertiser Investigates

High Water days dout countTime Suns dally average lastmonth was 1031 t-

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WILL NOT CHOOSE

MAGOON FOR CUBA

President mid Judge TalkOver Situation

Tmnble Is I plltI iii jlllllJlalln imvlure Wlier Insurgents Will

Not VIM

TROOPS AUK MOVING TO COAST

Washington Oct 3PresldentRoosevelt had a long conference withJudge Mogoon today at the close ofwhich IIt was announced that thepresident decided not to send Magoonto Cuba as contemplated BeekmanWlnfhrop recent governor of PortoRico1I probably will be appointedgovernor of Cuba as hit was recom-

mended

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by Secretary Taft JudgeMagoon will proceed to the Phlllppines where he will become vice gov-ernor

Trouble Is FearedHavana Oct 3 =Serious trouble

tIB threatened over the dlsarliittlfionVof Insurgents which began In earnesttoday Precautions are being takenby the provincial government how¬

ever to Bee that little opportunity Is

given time Insurgents to get out ofhand At Gimntana the situation Is

said to be serious The Insurgentsrefused to lay down their arms andmarines will be sent there It Is be ¬

lieved the trouble will not como toopen righting between the rebels andAmericans Many Insurgents haveoffered to give up their arms If Gen ¬

eral Castillo so orders lie has notyet arrived at the scone Hundredsof marines are being dispatched tovarious points throughout Plnnr delRio province

Six Trains From ChicagoChicago Oct 3Slx trains car-

rying the First battery and theTwentyseventh Infantry en route toISbalcft FOrt Sheridan today Tebattery gow to Tampa the Infantryto Newport News

6000 LOGS

KITCHEN UTI3N8ILH ASH TWOMASTED SCHOONER

IL NVLIne Above Mobile In Won ¬

derful TangleLoxH In CityAlIMIIiI 91000000

Mobile Ala Oct 3 With tele ¬

graph wires working In sufficientnumbers to carry all business withall railroads In operation except theNew Orleans division of the Louisville Nashville business conditionsare now almost normal

It Is impossible to convey to any-

body¬

who did not see It an adequateconception of the condition of thetrack even as late as last SaturdaySome faint Idea however may be ob ¬

tained from the fact that on only twomiles of track just north of herelumbermen estimated than morothnn0000 logs were piled across therails Besides this there were alsoIn the debris all sorts of articlesfrom tin pans to twojnasted schoon ¬

ers and from dead chickens to livecows which had been washed clearacross the MobileI river from nobodyknows whereII

In addition to this the roadbed In

many places was gone and In the sec-

tion of the country which Is allswamp and bayou roadbeds likesteel rails must be Imported

The Iloss lthis cty Isestlmated at1000000 Proportional reductions

are made In reports from places vis-

Ited

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by the gale The total loss ollife has not been more than 100 butIt is not possible even yet to give ncorrect aggregate

117 DEGREES IN LOS ANGELES

Hottest Day of Year Recorded In time

California CHy

Los Angeles Oct 3lt was tho

e9ter1lInwere recorded In the shade ontop of the los Angeles Trust build ¬ I

ing 117 degrees In the sun at thosame elevation and il2 degrees Inthe shado nor tho street level TheIntense licit rave has prevailed sineQi

Saturday night and threatens partialruination to the wine grape crop ofthis section of the state accordingto tha growers

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DRIEFS FILED

III Ithe Suit Against SoCalled DrugTrust

Indianapolis Ind Oct 3Theb-rIef for the complaint In the case ofthe United States of America againsttho National Association of RetailDruggists and others was filed in theUnited States circuit court this morn-

Ing The ease Is commonly known asthe suit against the Drug Trustand was brought under the act ofJuly 2 189d commonly called thoSherman law It was brought toenjoin the defendants from their al ¬

leged combination In restraint oftrade Tho brief asks for oral argu ¬

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ment as had the defendants in thecase who had demurred to the bill ofcomplaint

INCREASE SALARY

OF CIRCUIT JUDGE

Urged By Representatives ox

OfMcCracken Bari m111r

DUI Was Passed lit Last Session PerlI milling Tilt County 10 Add

to till IIIYI v

COURT WILL THINK It OVER

This morning Circuit Judge Wil ¬

liam Reed appeared before the fiscalcourt and asked that he be given anIncrease In salary of 1200 per an-

num¬

lie gets 3000 AttorneyCharles K Wheeler Jonn a Millerand James Campbell Sr spoke urg ¬

ing the board to grant the requestciting the economy In time the judgepractices The board deferred actionuntil the next term

This afternoon the session openedwith the report of the county tressurer James C Utterback on thofunds The balance are as followsThey run from April 2 to date

Road and bridge fund 73 1C G2

Sinking fund 8498454County levy tuna 290033

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FOUR KILLED

Eftfit Injured III Explosion In SlrelIIMnnt

J Baltimore Oct 3 The displacement of time rover on a furnacecaused an explosion at the plant oftho Maryland Steel1 company atSparrows Point this morning Fourmen were killed and eight InjuredThe company employs 3 GOO men

TWO DEAD

From Explosion of Gnu in ColoredFuel Plant

mPueblo Oct 3Two workmenare deadl and two fatally Injured1her xeault of a terrific explosion of

gas today at the plant of th9 Colora-

do Fuel company here ° The furnacewas wrecked It Is believed otheroodles are In the debris Admittanceto the plant was denied by officials

PACKERS GUILTY

Fine of iM Irniiosrd on Three LarKistI Packers

Chicago Oct 3The Omaha PackIng company Armour companyand Llbby McNeil Libby wore ad ¬

judged guilty of selling short weight

lard and a fine of 25 Imposed uponeach firm today by Justice Sheldon

INTO CELL

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TURNKEY OF OHIO r JAIL WASWAS THROWN

They Overpowered Him und MadeTheir Escape Through a Win ¬

dow of Jailers Otllce

Newark 0 Oct 3A wholesalejail delivery occurred this morning

IIrisoner8IIImongI

escnpcdITurnkey Calvin When the turnkeyopened the corridor and placed themen In cells he was seized and over-

powered

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and his gun taken The

he was thrown Into All empty cell andlocked do The prisoners gained thejail office downstairs and escaped

through a broken window11

AMELIORATION

OF CHILD LABOR

Object ofOrganizntion AboutTo Bo Launched

Kentucky Child Labor AssociationWill lie Organized In Louis

vllle Soon

LOUIS P HEAD PRESIDENT

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The Kentucky child Labor asso ¬

ciation Is the name of a corporationsoon to be launched In Kentucky forthe welfare of children who arcworked In mills and factories andwho can not have the advantages ofeducation because they are compelledto labor lion L P Head clerkof the Kddyvllle penitentiary andone of the most prominent labor work-

ers In the state Is connected with theassociation and will be president Hetalked of the association this morn-ing

The association will bo duly In

4orporated In a few days In Louisivflle ho said Some of the mostprominent men In the state are con ¬

nected with It Mr George Sohonpresident of the Kentucky ChildrensHome society In loulsvllle will bean Incorporator also W D Claybrooke Springfield Z A StewartCorbin and W H Southall flopklnsvllle The association will affillate with the National Child Laborcommltteo of New York with whichHoke Smith President HoospveltGrover Cleveland and others areIdentifiedWe

It understood that theobject of this association Is not toInterfere or place restrictions on themanufacturers but to protect thechildren up to a reasonable ago

Ilurmil III UN HomeCoreopolls Pa Oct 3WlIJlall1

Conley was burned to death thismorning In a ere which destroyed hishomo hind adjoining building occu ¬

pied by the Coreopolls Bowling asso¬

ciation Conley was J11 In bed

BRINGS SUNSHINE

DOES GOVERNOR HECKHAM SAYSi HIS SECRETARY

As Hi Speaks the Clouds Disperseund Pnducah Is Rallied In

Light

If coming events cast their shad ¬

ows before and the statement of EdLeigh private secretary to GovernorBeckham which proved true in thispittance Is perfectly accurate thecibuds which have bedimmed the skyof western Kentucky for a week arethe signs and portents of the comingof Governor Beckham whose appol

latlon will be time Sunshine States ¬

man It his presence will permanently disperse tho clouds

When a Paducahan carrying an

umbrella met fellow townsman EdLeigh on the street this morning withhis shoes shined and devoid of pro ¬

tectlon against tho weather he ad ¬

monished the exile that It would rainIn a few minutes because It had beenraining every few days since he couldremember

It will not rain much longer re ¬

plied the governors secretary con ¬

ildentlyVhylaskedthe Padiicahan

Governor Beckham Is coming thisevening and ho always brings fairweather was the reply

He had scarcely spoken before thositu sent a shaft of light Into their

facesItmight be well for the horse

show association to bind GovernorBeckham and hold him here tho restof the week as hostage from the cle-

ments¬

RECOMMEND LICENSING VICE

Grand Jurors lii Philadelphia In Itport Also Favor Segregation

licensingcertain quarters of the city was rec¬

IItsgreport to the court today The ren ¬

son given for the recommendationwas to free the minor courts of aIwlmichn j

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arise from the arrest of women ofI

questionable character who paradetho principal streets of the citynightly I

LORD MAYOR OF OSnosISir William Tivlonr Alderman Since

1811 SniTueils Morgan

London Oct 3Slr William Troloar alderman of tho city of londonfor the ward of Farrlngton since1892 was today elected lord mayorof London j In succession to WalterVaughan Morgan Sir William hasbeen known as the childrens alderman liocause of his many bcnefactlons to the children of tho slums

SLRROrVDED RY BODIES

Rig Steamer Observed FounderedOn Oporto Spain

Barcelona Oct 3Time captainof the steamer LIga which arrivedhere today reports having observedoft Operto a big steamer which hadfoundered She was surrounded by

floating bodies No details of the dlsaster were obtainable

FROM CAIRO

TWENTYEIOHT ARE COMINGI TOTHE CONVENTION

Coinnierclal Club Selects DelegatesWho Will Attend Iniiiilgrntlon

Meeting

Cadre 111 Oct 3Time Cairo Commorclal club will be represented atthe Immigration convention In Padu-

cah Thursday and Friday October 4

and 5 by the following citizensGeorge Parsons E A Smith J B

McGee C R Stuart W J JohnstonJohn Fisher W L Lawson D Hartman Roy P Gholson E C AllenCharles Fenchler Jr Walter WoodGeorge T carnes C 0 Patter GeeJ Becker L P Parker C B Wearen Samuel White L C Herbert PT Langan E E Ellis Leo McDanlelsH F Potter E W Thellecke AdolphKaufman Louts Rossman CL Keaton C Winter

This delegation will leave at G

oclock Thursday morning

Thomas Dlloln Jr mayor of Hickman has written to D W Coonssecretary of the CAmmerciaf clubnaming a largo delegation from Hickman to the Southern Kentucky Immi ¬

gration convention and assuring himtime delegates will come

Condition of CottonWashington Oct IThe condi-

tion of cotton In the report issued by

time agricultural department today Is

7LG The ten years average Is CC7

TWO DELEGATES

EACH FROM COUNCIL HOARDSTO REPRESENT PADUCAH

Mayor Yelser Appoints Meinlnrs 10IAttend the State JllWcJOplllllI-

tCumcllllull

Two delegates each from thoboards of aldermen sand councilmenwill represent Paducah at tho statedevelopment convention which meetsfor three days at Winchester nextweek1

Mayor Yeiser today appointed Al ¬

dermen Harry Hank and Earl Pal ¬

mer to represent tho upper board

and Councilmen John IL Williamson

Jr end C L Van Meter to repre ¬

seat the lower board

CAR1XET CHANGES

Attorney GencrulMoody mid Secre ¬

till Shaw Will Retire

Washington Oct 3 Two retlremenls from tho presidents cabinetaro slated for tho coming winterThey are Attorney General Moody

whose resignation will become ef¬

fective about December 1 mad Secre-

tary

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Shaw who according to presentIntentions will retire In FebruaryFor ono of the vacancies tho presi ¬

dent will nominate ambassador toRussia but for the other lIe Is notyet ready to announce a successor

Cloudy mid unsettled withoccasional rain tonight mid

Thursday The highest tempernturo reached yesterday was 11t

and the lowest today was U

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REGISTRATION IS r

LIGHT am CITY

Olllcers Fail lo Appear in

Many Precincts

Number of Voters Recorded as Compared With Lust Year Shows

Falling Off 6r AI i

HOT II PARTIES AUK AFFECTED

With rainy weather and apparent ¬

Ily little Interest In the election the 4

registration yesterday tell off 748from last year with one precinct

Dlegels missing On account oftho slow manner In which the bookswere returned today It was Impossi ¬

ble to foot the party vote but state ¬

monts of the officers are that there Islittle change In the ratio of last yearThere wero 2004 voters registered laseventeen precincts as compared with2812 last year

There will be a supplemental reg ¬

istration at the sami places TuesdayOctober 1C 6

The registration In the seventeenprecincts was as follows

Yesterdays RegistrationPRECINCTS TOTALSButlers 138Chalks 112S S Fire Station 99 1

Schmidts 85Glaubers lJ9S S C House No1 102S S C House No2 9C S

N S C House 12GKlrkpatrlcks j 1GC

Warehouse 92Rogers 1GlSavages 175Berrys 1GG

Plow Factory C9 rHcnneborgors 133

JOallniaus 184EYanceys j 66DIcgels Missing

Total v 20041

First liny Last Year 7PRECINCTS D R M 3

Butlers r 115 W f

Chalks 85 39 4

S S Fire Station it 95 23 7 +

Schmidts j C3 52 5

Glaubers lOG 30 5

S S C House No 1 88 27 2

S S C House No2 4C 75 7 s

N S C Housed 121 1C G

Klrkpatrlcks t 0 134 73 11Warehouse ri 99 12 5

Rogers j > 157 35 5-

Savages 105 97 3BerrysId 100 24 5

Plow Factory 36 45 1

Hennobcrgers < 114 04 0

Qnllmans 90 tiC 5

Dlegels 59 13 4rYancoys GO GO 11

Totals 1745 975 92

Palled to AppearThere was considerable delay In

getting tho polls open In some of theprecincts and as a result the pros¬

pects for some of the derelict oilplats who were to have served at=the polls being fined are among the

probabilitiesUnderlaw governing elec ¬

tions which also governs registra ¬

tions any election official who with ¬

out a good reason does not serve or +iprovide a substitute Is liable to a

fineLast year time commissioners hadnine such cases and went before thecounty judgel Jor warrants but herequested that the matter be re ¬

ferred to the grand Jury The grandjury took no action In tho matterand nothing was done about prose ¬

cuting the casesTho commissioners this timeffprobably will prosecute those who

wore absent to make an example ofthem arid prevent a similar condi-

tion¬

at the election

REIGN OF SILK HAT AGAIN ON

mill Edward Sets the RIle midChimney Pots Regain Favor

London Oct 3The fashionablehatters loudly rejoice and are gladthat King Edward appeared at thbDoncaster races In a silk hat Ofcourse every man who wished to bo

wet dressed at once donned a silkhat The kings example gave astrong fillip to the trade The hattors phophesy that the chimney pot 4

will soon regain Us old status They

declare that only caprice laid It asidefor a while They say It Is economy ¬

cal lasting three times as long as ahard felt hat comfortable cool Insummer and warm In winter health ¬

ful and above all smart