Paducah Sun, 1901-02-21
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HEART EARTDISEASE DISEASE Sudden Death This Morning of Con Conductor - ductor Conductor Wm Holloway at t t I Boaz Station ILL ONLY A SHORT liME Hit Family Was In Memphis and Arrlvei Today His Home Was Former Formerly - ly Formerly In Illinois THE REMAINS ARE TO BE SHIPPED Codnctpr Win Holloway of the Illi nois Central droppedwlead in his ca boose at Boaz Station a few miles bo I low Paducab at an early hour this morning morningHe t Paducah at U I 03 last night In cliargo of tho second section of freight train 151 He was not 111 when ho lilt but about a wile this side of Bcnz Station began complain I lull and when the train pulled into tim side track at Boaz Flagman Henry Cooley ran np to notify the en gineerWrttu Wrttu they returned to the caboose Conductor Ilolloway hal rolled off a trunk and lay on the floor dead TLo body was brought to the city at I oclock on a freight train and taken to Nances undertaking estab I lishment I lishmentConductor Conductor Hollowavs train was taken out from floss by Conductor Readon who left the city on the 4 1 oclock train I The deceased was about 35 yean old and leaves a wife and two child I ren a boy and a girl who were visit visitIng 1 - ing visitIng in Memphis Ills home was in Roadhouse III I but be bad been running as a freight conductor on this road for two or I three yean I Coroner Phelpt will probably hold I Ian - an Ian Inquest just as a formality some sometime - time sometime today The remains will be shipped tblI I evening at 6 oclock to Roadhouse I 111 for burial I GATHERING THEM IN THE fidEL TRUST ADDS A NEW i LINE TO ITS PURCHASES New tork Feb toTho Time says that the purchase of the Clove land Loralno and Wheeling railroad from Blair Coby Morgan Co In the interest of the new enormous steel consolidation has been consummated Tho road runs from Wheeling W Va np to Lake Erie with terminals at both Cleveland and Loraine coy ering about 200 miles It Ii capital iced for SOoOOOO common and U 000000 preferred Along the line are area Ii 1 - a area variety of prosperous industrial properties established there for the nearby supply of both coal and Iron ore1ew New York Feb 2011 is I stated that tho Seaboard Air lino has secured control of the Chattanooga Rome and Southern railroad Los Angeles CaL Feb to1I la reported here that Senator W A Clarks proposed San Pedro Los Angeles geles and Salt Lake City l3urlingI I pass into the control of the Burling ton affording the latter a transcon transcontinental - tinental transcontinental line Independent of the liar rlman syndicate syndicateCLOSESTONIGhT CLOSES TONIGHT I CONTEST FOR TilE MOST POP POPULAR - ULAR POPULAR YOUNG LADY IS SPIRITED One of the most Interestluj features of the carnival II the contest to decide who is the most popular yonnglady lu the city There has been a good deal of Interest taken in it today andi i tonight It promises to be very lively Tho contest will close tonight at II I oclock The vote at present stands Misses May Terrell 17 Tesslo Blum 10 Jane Rivers 11 liuth Well Ii Irma Hecht A j May Divls IV Flor euro Tclser 5 Martha Leech 111 i Ida llrma Leakc A Mrs W A Duvii II Mlites Mary Halloran 1 i Bertha Hill It Lillian Rudy lOj Irene Scott 5 Mary Iloswell 3 Elizabeth Sinnott II I Martha Davis 4 i Olga Llst3 j Ella Sanders 8 i Mcsdamcs George Floor nor 18s E W Balsman 8 J J Bornschelu 23 Harris Rankln 3i I 111 Stewart S Pat Lally 3 Cook Husbands 3 2WHAT WHAT IS ISI I 999 +
A FINE PERFORMANCE THE PLEIADES DRAMATIC CLUB PLEASEDJ LAItOE AUDI AUDIENCE - ENCE AUDIENCE LAST MIGHT One of the prettiest amateur enter tainments ever presented to a Padncah wo might say any audience waa the farce An Engaging Situation given by the Pleiades Dramatlo club at the K of P hall last night The hall was comfortably filled with the friend of the talented young people who compose this club and while they expected a good perform performance - ance performance they hardly expected the splen did one they saw The theme of the play was a happy one and each part was well cusayod The musical num bon of the program were also very I fine and Ibo entertainment as a whole will be mOlt pleasantly < t tIt - It tIt Is I thelntcntlon of thofclnbtn give another performance probably alter Easter All the members arc pod of good dramatic talent ami anything they select will be given a good rendition The performance lost night was for Ibo benefit of the His torical and Literary society and a very neat sum was realized I HAMILTONS CONVIC CONVICTION TION REPORTED Minneapolis Mich Feb 20Tbo case of Frank II Hamilton charged with stabbing to death Leonard bay because of jealousy over a woman to whom both were paying attention has been with the jury since Monday night but there bat been no finding so far as the pnh e know There Is however a report that the jury has declared a conviction and recommend recommended - ed recommended Hamilton to the mercy of the oourt but the report lacks confirma tion I A Buffalo paper states that Itjhas been decided to open the gates of the PanAmerican exposition on Sundays A receiver waa appointed for the Qenesee National Savings and Lean association of Rochester N Y which has liabilities of 1900000 more than double the assets The Omaha Tex bank was roLled of 15000 by burglars Beautiful kid glove In all sizes and ihad i well worth 1 for only 79c per pair paltI ELLIS RUDY PHILLIPS
REMARKABLE LUCK TilE DUCKS CAME ALL RIGHT PUT JIB WEILLE HAS NOT ARRIVED Yesterday Mr Ben Vie lie headed a party composed of himself and Messrs J Wheeler Campbell Clarencce Mar Marin - In Marin and Dr 11 T Rlren who left for Marshall county to hunt ducks Tola 7 four ducks from Union City Tenn arrived by the Southern ex press for Mr Wcllle but he was not here to receive them 10 they were left with tbeeipress company until he returns to chains them While the ducki came from Keel foot Lain it Is probable that Mr Welllo wounded them In Marshall county antI flying to Reelfoot to die they were found by some friend of Mr Wellle who accidentally reoog nized his ownership by the peculiar manner In which ho always hoots them and sent them to him by ex express - press express knowing he would want them as trophies when he returned from Isle I hunt to show to his friend Dr P II Stewart however says that Mr Welllo ordered the ducks by express before he left homo and did not eipecct them to arrive until after ho came back and conld like them nut of the express offloo before anyone fonni It out outELLISGLENN ELLIS GLENN IMPOSTRESS AGAIN BROUGHT INTO COURT IN WEST VIRGINIA QTbe The rinutlona arrest of Ellis Glenn the woman masquerading as a man In Padnvah a year or two ago on a charge of forgery committed in Park Parkersburg - ersburg Parkersburg West Va Is I recalled by dis patches from Parkersburg relative to the trial Yesterdays telegrams say i Ellis Glenn the alleged male Im personator charged with forgery was brought Into court this morning The dais depends on whether B Glenn known as a man and Ellis Glenn the wOman are the samo persons She stated that Mrs Earl Knight of this city could state positively that E B Glenn can be found at present Attorneys for the alleged gamblers In Louisville will ask the court of ap appeal - peal appeal fora writ of prohibition against Judge Darker
this class as ascertalDed by the last federal census or by a census taken I pursuant to an ordinance of said city authorizing It to be placed in a I class other than that In which it Is I I the council of such city may enact an I ordinance setting forth the popula tion of the city and how ascertained the class It Is I then In land the clans I which It Is I entitled to be In and may Ala a petition In the circuit clerks office of the county declaring the facts with reference to Its population and the date It desires to become a i member of and such other facts a ama - ma ama be thought proper and shall file with such petition a copy of the ordl nance and shall cause notice of the filing of such petition and the object thereof to be published In at least six Issues of a dally or two issues of a weekly paper of general circulation 1 published In the city or in tho coun I ty if none be published in the city or If no paper be published In Ibo city or county by notices put up for at least ten days at four pnbllo places In said city On the second day of the next regular term of court the court shall If the proper notice has been siren or publication is I Interposed enter a judgment assigning such city to the classto which It belong as ttppcari from the petition and exhibits and thereafter such city shall be gov coned by and under the general laws elating to the class to which It has been assigned but the transfer from one class to an another - other another shall not in anywise Impair or affect any ordinance or bylaw thereto theretofore - fore theretofore enacted by inch city nnlera the same Is In conflict with the general laws relating to cities of the class to which It has been assigned and to such an extent only shall any ordi nance or bylaw be repealed by the transfer nor shall the power rights I duties or obligations of tb ciy U In
u nywlae affectrl by the transfer or oran - an oran officer or elll doe thereof or any debtor or creditor of the city Do tense may be made to the petition by any Inhabitant of the city and if de defense - fense defense is I made the court shall hear I and determine the same and under a jndment transferring or refusing to transfer the city to anotbcr class as may seem proper The pleadings and practice shall bo the same as inequi inequity - ty inequity cases except as herein provided but if the court shall be satisfied that the population of the city entitles It to be transferred 1 to another class It shall so adjudge if the proper notice or publication has been made and no appeal shall be made from the judg went i mentAs As soon as Mayor Lang found the above section he submitted It to lion E W DeRby In the abienc of City Attorney Llghtfoot After carefully considering It Mr Bagby gave It as his opinion that Pa dncah can become icily of the second class as soon as she shows 20000 in inhabitants - habitants inhabitants by a simple order of court without waiting for tho next legisla turo a year hence and In lime to elect all the city officers this fall under the second class city charter Tho proper I sttpa will be taken at once to take the census and become a second class tbeI I And If these plans are carried out there will be a considerable change In the fall election An upper boapl and lower board ot councilmen will havo to bo elected l instead of one board the office of city marshal for which there are now half a dozen aspirants will bo abol ished entirely and the city clerk and city treasurer will hare to bo elected by the people Instead of council Then are also many other changes which will be made known later Special Agent toffcy of the 1111 noli Central Is I fnih city today r
FIVE I TIMES Dida Mob Swing Up Becbe Mont Montgomery - gomery Montgomery atDyersburg Last Night to Make HIM CONFESS A CRIME BUT Hi Protected His Innocence I to the Lilt ind Was Returned ti the County Jail THERE IS STILL TALK or A LYNCHING Dyertbnrg Tenn Feb 20A mob last night took Beebe Montgomery from jail and iwung him up to a limb In the court home yard fie times In an > effort to make him confess his com pllolty In the assault on Miss Arnold Ho denied hit guilt every time and he was finally taken back to the jail more dead than alive A third negro it I being sought and If found both may maybe - be maybe lynched Immediately I SILEVLA EXPLAINS Madrid Feb 20Senor 611 vela the former premier said In an Inter interview - view interview that the disorders In Spain were the outcome of the American war Spain he said Is I financially ruined and her currency depreciated The Cuban debt Is I largely responsible for this Party inacchlnatloni says 811 vela may cause a ministerial crisis i but the effect of this will not be Im portantMONET MONET AND BONES FOUND Carlisle Ky Feb 20Wbllo ex cavating on the farm of Wake Young near town workmen unearthed a skeleton by the side of which was found an earthen jar containing 120 Spanish milled dollars and a few gold pieceAdditional I Additional arrests In the Philippines show a wldsespread business In trad trading - ing trading with Filipino Insurgents A prominent Belgian of Manila U under arrest and the Belgian consul has hastily left for Europe with his fam lit to avoid arrest I h
LOOKS I UGLY Effort to Close the Saloons In WlnI I field Kan About to Create a Clash of TIlE OPPOSING FACTIONS I Excited People Throng the Streets Which Many Armed Deputy Mar ihali Alto Patrol SALOONS ORDERED TO AND MUST GO I 1 20Tbf1 Wlutlold Kas Feb 20This place is I In n stir today over an effort to close the saloons here The ta loonlsts have been ordered to close up the time being set for noon but they refuse to comply with Ibo order The I people consequently are rapidly work ling I tbcmselevs Into a dangerous con condition - dition condition and trouble of a serious na I ture seems to bo near Hundreds of deputy marshals are patrolling the streets to prevent trouble and their effort may not succeed Tbo saloons are doomed and will have to go sooner or later laterMAKES MAKES A STRONG SPEECH I Washlntgon Feb 20 Senator Do boo delivered a strong speech yester yesterday I - j I day yesterday relative to the Nicaraguan canal I project The speech Is I well praised by 1 the capital correspondents AdTecilMIn BUN tor resniu
I QUICK a CHANGE I law Found by Which Paducah Can Immediately Get Into the Second Clss ft TO BE ENFORCED AT ONCE l I 1The 1 fall EUctlon uf Officers Will Proba bly Bs for SccondCin Cm GOOD MANY CHANGES WILL KESULT Mayor Lang loliy tltaovMvl 1 a law I which If carried out will effect a com plete change In city government by November and Inelkumlly play liavoo with aomo of the caiullilatcs for city offices It Is I a law wblgi cnjl > U I > the city to enter the second class nt once without waiting to lie I placed there by the legislature next January It can be done sa soon ala census Is I taken showing 1000 1 m > Ih > Tho council hi its IIIMUW Monday night voted to I c ike ncvnsns in June I but the present Uv will enable it to t go ahead with the work without any A delay and a st > will Lo Ulen at once The law Is section 3281 of Ibo Kentucky stats nll Is as follows HOW ClTs4 A11I3 TRANS FURRED TO A miKK CLASS i When the popuJit m < any city In
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