The Paducah Evening Sun, 1906-06-23

DYNAMITE IS USED TO SAVE THE TOWN Forty Families nr Homeless I At Golconila I City In Diuknoss awl Muny Peopli Hutu IXMI All Tlirlr Worldly Ioscitsloiw WATKII PLANT is DESTROYED W V Schrenk tfork of the steamer Iloyal which runs between Qblcond andPaducah gave additional Informa I Ilion - lion Ilion about the disastrous flro hero yesterday A gag tank In a luiindry over the electric and water plants I exploded setting that business on fire iA stiff wind was < blowln toward tho riser and the Games got a goal hold on some frame buildinge near the water plant At ono time the lire wag un under - der under control when a hero burst an 1 crippled the fight After this dyna dynamite - mite dynamite was freely used to check tie names and was In a measure reiponsi bo for saving the town from total de struction Men became exhausted by the pin longed struggle and by the worn heat and many fainted The fire wan finally checked by the wall of the millinery More of G Well which not having any wndowi In It placed a firm barrier to the flame The oteetrln light plant war dortroy cd and last night the town was In complete darkness candles and lamps balag the only light obtainable The water plant was also destroyed early In tho fire and probably made tho light harder from the weak proa sure on the water mains These two plants are a total loss with no lunar ancoTho Tho town was struck a blow which It will take years lo overcome ft > there was little Insurance add ninny mon lost all they had Forty fami lies are homeless this morning Thlr tjrsoven house out counting statflc wore burned Tho Joe Fowler was at tho wharf at the into and bad lo back out Into the river from the heat and spurns which were being blown toward ire river This morning the whole town Is l In a blue mood Two saloon man wcro In the cUr this morning to se euro tents to putlln their now vacant lots and In which they win resume business There may be excursions run out if here tomorrow to view I the ruin rules3lCLUltli MGItlti STARS IN XKW FI1M > 111oC Writers lo to American Mag iuln < > Bought Uj 1 S Phillip New York June 23 John 8 Phillips who recently withdrew from partnership with S S McClure aa publisher of McClures Magazine to today - day today completed practical details In tlia purchase from Ellery Sedgwlck of tho American Magazine formerly Frank Leslies Monthly Ho will lake It over on July 1 When Mr Phillips withdrew from McClurei there went with him Ida M I Tar bell Lincoln Steffens Bay Stannard llakcr Mr Hoyden the managing editor and others MAIN Ion WISCOXSIX Census Itutvaii Reports Increase In Capital WngvM and Output Washington Juno 23A substan substantial - tial substantial Increase In tho manufactures of Wisconsin Is shown In a preliminary summary Issued by the census bu reau today for time calendar year 1904 as compared with 1900 The number of establishments was 8 CCS Increase 9 percent capital Invested 141G 417051 Increase 1C per cent average number of wagoearneVa 151391 Increase 10 per cent wages J71I7180G Increase 28 per cent value of products 411139 CS1 In crease 2C per cent Trillion to Save Min Meyers Herrlck 111 June 22A petition with 125 name attached wail mailed to Jefferson City today asking Gar Folk to commute the death sentence of Mrs Agule Meyers of Kansas City Id t life imprisonment The ixHUJon was circulated by Lewis Vahcoa 14 yearold bop of thIs city < Spats for Wonifii Clerks Chicago HI Juno icollilcll man F Ernest l Cramer will this afternoon Introduce In tho city council an ordinance requiring the proprietor of store where women are employed as clerks to furnish them with seats during the tlmo they aro not engaged In waiting on customers

BLOOD STAINED AX FOUND BY POLICE I Mother Arrested lop Mimlur of Her Daughter I OH Miser In Wlioso House lVcmem Found Stolen Joiuls Prisoner In tier Own Home r 1 NEW YORK MYSTERY CLT2ARIXG 4t 4i4 New York June 23Coroner chwannccko announced today that the aged mother of Mra flloulso IAhcot Klnan who was killed on her porch a week ago la under arrest She la I guarded by tho police matron and two detective nnJ atthouglr her residence Is her prison she Is as much In dur durance - ance durance as If she wero In the Tombs The finding of a blood stalned ax hidden under a pllp of rubbish led 10 the action by the coroner whereby the old woman Is a prisoner In the opin opinIon - ion opinIon of Coroner Schwannecko this Is overwhelming evlden f that the mutt dcr of Mrs Klnan was committed bj a member of tho Stenton household The coroner and Detective Sergeant Puce hurried to the Miller reldenco this evening and spent several hours with tho aged prisoner endeavoring to get a confession from her On time belief that the ax was the property of the aged miser they are confident that sho cannot hold on much longer and that a startling confession will be wrong from her In another Jay at least Household 11ns Pospeiate In proving tho desperate character of the household It was recalled that a few days ago In a secret cbamoer were found bank books jor nearly 130000 together with flvo trunks of valuable articles such at silverware with department store tags still on them Indicating that shoplifting was tho trade of tho trunks owner Mrs Ktcnton was once a woman of high socIal standing and comes from ono of the ohllInd arlstoeratlcfanliIm nt of Now York In former days she en entertained - tertained entertained mucH Jnd Commodore Van Vanderbilt - derbilt Vanderbilt was frequently her guest The bloodstained ax which un undoubtedly - doubtedly undoubtedly was wielded by Mrs Kl nans slayer was hidden In such a away - way away as tot shdw that tho debris cov covering ering It was dlstutbed quite rccentl The handle Is about three feet long and tho hoojls square And according to the coroner would lit the Indenta Indentation - tion Indentation In the murdered womans skull Dies Sleeping London Juno 23Ileut Touch who accompanied tho royal societies commission to Uganda to Investigate tho sleeping sickness which die easo ho contracted whllo dissecting an inoculated rat died today In Lon don of the sickness WIND AND RAIN PLAY HAVOC WITH TURKS AN1 > TESTS FOR FEW MIXUTIM i P f CImutuuqua Canvas Audltorliuu Laldi Flat and Onurtlluiuoj u k Flag Rlplild + fil < < A heavy wind and rate storm I swept over the city this mornIng at 10 oclock but little damage Isreported A dense black cloud made Its ap pcarancg In tho northwest and dark darkness - ness darkness nearly equal to night prevailed for some time Rain followed and for fifteen minutes fell steadily The wind blew It In all directions The telephone and telegraph companies report no damage A few trees were blown down and the flag on tho courthouse was whipped Into shreds The tent at the park used in tho chautauqua oxer clscs was blown down but will tie raised Immediately I Tho exorcises 1 this afternoon will bo held In Ibo Casino Tho velocity of the wind was great hut was not registered here tho do vlco used In registering tho velocity of Mho wind bclnout of repair RrVer pfoporly was tied safely b t < j fore Iho ivied appeared andn daln1 ago about Paducah Is repor1e < rn v marlnovcfrccs If > > I Marriage licensors v Marriage1 licenses were issued aa follows C K Nelson 32 yeiribldi of New Paris Ind and Salllo Utter back llalcom 27 year old of Slkei ton Mo r I

I The rlmilntloii nf The Sun for May nutiigod 10111 a day Wliin you ndverllM In Tlio Sun you know what you lire doing jou me not tinjlng space bid clnidallon MISHAP TO HRL KNDS MYSTKR1 Siiln llell Young AVomnn Said tll Ito Dying Reveals Identity Springfield III Juno 2311ao C Adklnson a young woman of promt nent family is dying from burns ro colvivl today In tho explosion oC a gasoline stove The girl disappear disappeared - ed disappeared from her homo three weeks ago and her parents did not know her whereabouts until she revealed her namo while being taken to a hospit hospital - al hospital from the house in which tho acci accident - dent accident occurred occurredKIDNAPED KIDNAPED MOTIIKU nHfiiii Dtiini WITH IIXTOUTIXO MONliV Says She Vas Dniggctl amid Ciiinrdit ny IVitirlouN Dogtt Stnliliiil Wllli Table Pork I Now York Juno 23JIIrll Flon i ullo Axtell who ns Miss Nesla Nell I nan was famous nit an actress and was n member of Lawrcucw JJiir rolls company whon hat player died was mode defendant today III a suit Instituted by her mother Mrs Anna 1 I Prosby of Stamford SlnrfortlConn Conn who charge that MrJI Ax tell anti her husband nol only ab durtod her from Wilton near South Norfork Conn brought her lo this city and kdiit her dragged for three monihs but Id order to nhtali = 20011 worth of dhimonds nnd 12 000 worth of properly located In Johnsonburg Perm had doge guard her Tho mother who Is C3 years old hNto accuses time onotlmo stage faV unto or stubbing liar with n fork thereby causing blood poisoning CONSPIRACY MAY 1 UK CIIAIUIIC AOAINRT OFII CIAUS OK KTANDAIIO I PioMTiillmiH Under Klkliis nml Slir mini laws Art > Cirtuln TII lie ytutltotivl Washington Juno 23 Some of tho wealthiest nma In the United States maybe sent to prison for con conspiracy - spiracy conspiracy If limo program nt the admin Utrattlan Is carried out Thu formal announcement of tho purpose of tho government to prosecute tho Stand Standard - ard Standard Oil company was made today by AtturncyOenoral Moody It appears from his statement that limo proceed lags In tho flrst Instance will bo had under tbo KlUlna law which prohib prohibits - its prohibits rebates In interstate commerce Tho attorneygeneral however give uotfcn lint In all probability should Iho Investigation justify It ho will bring further nctlon under tho Sherman aof9 trust law PANAMA DUTY OAUSIW CLASH Dinlck Right Id Inipiut Tobacco rise Into Canal ZIIIII Panama Juno 23 Serious flit fercncos may arise between tho Unit United - ed United States and time Republic of Pana mn regarding the right of the form former - er former to Import Into the canal zone com mlsmarles1 supplies ot tobacco free of duty Panama denies this right claiming that tobacco la nol nn arti cle ot flrst necessity nor ono required In canal construction Tho last Pan nma nssombly established duty of 1 1 per pound on tobacco practically prohibiting Its Importation Doublo Use of AYIrc Denver Col Juno 23 Practical demonstration ot time simultaneous uso of n single wlfo both for tele graphing nnd foi telephoning l was Kiven nt tho twentyfifth annual con vention of tbo Aiwoclnllon of Hall I way Telegraph superintendents which npundd In this city today torketclkr Glntl t OtOO Chicago III jiino IDr Good slIced secretary ot the board of trua hew of tho Unlveralty ot Chicago an announced - nounced announced today that n gift of ISSOQOO had been received from > Iolm D Rock efeller to bo used for current ex exp - p exp nflt for tho year beginning July 1

SALOONS CLOSE FOR FIVE HOURS I XIV MidniKlit Ordinniice is Now the Law Mayor Signs Miasurt > and Issues In stniclluns to Ifiaitiiicnt of Police TAXATION UXMMITIOX LAW Saloons must close at midnight tonight night and remain closed uutll j I oclock Monday morning This Is the edict sent forth from Mayor Pulsars office and James Col tins chief of police this morning re ceived orders to that effect Since tho Sunday closing law operntes at the birth of the new city ordinance there will bo little change IP usual order of things but Monday night tho lid goes on unsupported by state statutes I signed the ordinance today said Mayor Yel cr and t have given Instructions to tho police department to seo that tho law Is enforced Tho publication has nothing to do with tho making the law operative Of course the ordinance must be pub halted hut It is In force when thn mayor signs It without Immediate publication Tho saloons must close promptly at 12 oclock and can not open untllCln tho morning Mayor Yolsor also signed tho or dlnnnco exempting manufacturing concerns from city taxes for five years LIOIITVIXO ItOIT Hums Dunn lfou > V nail Rills Illtlc Hoy at HcevHtvllU1 III Trainmen on the Illinois Central noon train from Carbondale 111 re report - port report a fatal accident at Reevesvllle lit fifteen miles back of Metropolis on the Illinois Central this mornIng UghtnlugrHtniek a haute burned It down amid a small boy was killed by the shook Ho was standing near tho hoaic arid received the full power of the bolt lie died In a few minutes at attar - tar attar the flash came No names wcro secured and on account off wires be ing down no telephone or telegraphic communications could be secured IoSUOS Slltfnl7GitliOtTSl S Snst vn Und as Chicago Says tie 1 lev lew i London June 3Tho Review usually nntlAmcrlcan In its expres lIons In an article published today points out that the slaughtering of rt Leased carcasses In small slaughter homes In England Is a common thing The Review advocates the construe lion of public gjAughtev homes and said some places where food Is pre prepared - pared prepared In London aro quite as loath some as In Chicago These places art filthy In ever way I1IfI I PAIR OPSlKOTAOWM Cnt Another Suspicion on Irlonor i > f City 7f Mr Gus Singleton took his spec tacles oft this morning and placed them In the cae The case was then carefully placed In his pocket but when the popular excouncilman felt for them later found them not there A foarch about the city hall where he had taken them off failed to reveal them When George Frailer colored wanted for chicken stealing was lakes to tho Jail from the city hall and searched the glasses were found on him 100000 FIUK OeMroys nil Oral Klevitor In Oil cage TiMlay Chicago June 23The Temple toni grain elevator caught fire this morning When the flames were ex tinguished at 9 oclock tho loss was estimated at 4 0 OOO Thirty cot cottages - tages cottages In tho neighborhood of lima elo rator caught lira recently FJrenici saved them with rreat exertion UNDER CAR t Ijilioivru TiikelNfUKi fiom Stonn and Two Are Klllnl SteiibenvIJlp Ohio Juno 23 Four teen laborers sought shelter from tho rain under a car optima siding at La belle Iron Works this morning A thltlng engine moved down on the car and two men wore Killed h and ono Injured

J BOTTLE OF POLISH I t STARTS BIG BLAZE k I Coniinercinl Club Huililji iH Nearly Destroyed IUk Wnll flC Front Olllcti CnvrrrT With Flame AVIioii Thy Aro Discovered ya I VALUAIHK PUHIIMNS IlIWNTl r p MIAnt for tho Met that fire which f originated l Jt U I believed In tho ex plosion of furniture cleaning nuld started at an early hour thu Padu cah Commercial club building 130 South Fourth street would have been entirely destroyed last night Several membcre of tho Traveling I Mens club wnro In their rooms up stairs and Simon Ilecht secretary of thi T P I A rushed down and Kavo the alarm Thoflro department damagei 1 i 1amounting 1 to ICII hud been wrought Thero was no ono In the Commcr clai lrhib l rooms last night and the flro originated between the wall ouch II cabinet containing valuable pa t pors and pamphlets of the organiza r tion A bottle of furniture polish had barn left on a file of papers This siemu to bo Iho only clew In tho ort I 41 gin A coincidence throws some light on tha matter When the fire occur ared several weeks ago In the office of C K Jennings real estate dealer t1 In tho Fraternity building It was ills covered that a bottle of this same kind of polish had been left standing In the spot where Iho fire started Tht fire last night embraced tho l whole back wall of the front office a Almost completely ruined the fine oak rahlnol biirnud tho wallpaper t and tho rug Tho flames had reach ed the coll Ing when till department M arrived Had It gone through lime 4 t Goer the whole bnlltllni might have tibeen doomed There are several of G + Jflf1 lu thbulMlns amid the Track TM olln 1f Mens club upstairs contain ipi tables and oilier valtiablo furnl L lure I Legal How to the south would have been endangered 4Several thousand pamphlets whWii were to havo been sent to Germany In Iho Interoats + of the Immigration movement were destroyed Just n 1 few days Ago Insurance was taken a but on tho furnUhlngs of tho Com < morclal club clubs - s clubs Oil Stnuk In Main Sliol iKvansvIHe Ind Juno 11111 tl Idrilling for water at Petersburg Ind t f today t oil was struck in tho main sheaf of the town at a depth of 90 t 1COt flowing seven barrels an hour The well U on a lot owned by Jioraco n Harris Democratic nominee for a county treasurer i AGAINST BAILEY K at 1 OPPOSITION IS AlllSINd IN ALL XISy y Amide by Lnvll ttrnhnm Plillll > t In qJlIgllzllIO U Hearing Early t 1 Fiull j i l Fort Worth Tox Juno 3Tho ps 1tttatk ou Senator Ilallcy of Texas by Ds Vld Graham Phillips In a current currentS - S currentS masazlno Is I bearing fruit Petitions ore being circulated over tho state re iiicstlng that former Attorney Gen r r oral Crane become a candidate for the thefir it toy t f WII 01 = IUOCK II Itiinnil Out ft Wnvnliiirlili Tixiwt Q Ii is Heavy 1 w SVaxahachlf Texas Juno < 31110 tilts morning destroyed an entire block I t A 4or business houses The fire orlgl i 1 I misted In tho Oriental boarding house 1 which Is among tho number entirely hasf not yet been estimated LiIASS1Sglx Li It t Altwk Policy tommksloniT Morlidly It k WnlllllJlujC 111111 1 rSt Petersburg Juno3A po poJ Hcu was ally wounded lad night In the indus I trial quarter by a man who awaited him The wouldbo assassin whose hamp Is unknown wnrarretted f i M

Tliiuuler showers l nlglit amid probably cooler tonight The highest teniperatiiTO rencluil yestcnlny wns OI and the lowest reached tills inonilng was BO Gill IIUIIUKKO MAY UK SUICIDI Almost Nulled lames Ilrr Hoino and Hundioils Hearth for Her Kalamazoo Mich Juno 3Do I cause sho was rebuked In court yester la for IncorrlglblHtyLueya Mat vela aged 15 left her home last nigh and cannot be found < It Is feared she has drowned herself She wore only a light skirt and dressing sacqm when she disappeared Hundreds 01 persons spent tho day searching for her INJURED MEN NOT IV nVNOICH nUT COIIDON is CONFIMI > TO HIm William Klnof Whose Foot was Anti ututul I IN austlrif F WtU nt Itkti 1IIi1c 1I1IIIU01I Sam Gordon the driver who Jump ed or was knocked from tho No 2 Ice wagon of tho O W IlobcrUon company yesterday morning when a street car struck It is seriously In injured - jured injured and cannot leave his bed Gor Gordon - don Gordon alighted In euclr a way as to hi jure his hips He was able to walk about for several hours but finally hit back began lo hurt and ho was forced to take to his bed lAn examination late yesterday after I noon showed him to be suffering from a sprafnoii back and tho extent 01 the Injury cannot Jxj told for several days daysiWIlllani iWIlllani SInos whose left foot was crushed stf that amputation was nec necessary - essary necessary Is resting well In Rlvcrclde Thd ybung inan stood the operatlon welt and It is thought the Injury will not develop complications BECKHAM I ANNOUNCES CAXDIDACY pmt irXITIII STATES SKNATM I Will OppOKo Sennlor JlrCrcnry In liar Itaco Reform Sick Democratic Prliimry Frankfort Ky Juno 23 Gov Beekham today made formal an nouncement of his candidacy In the primary to bo hold over the stato on the day of the regular election In November next for tho Democratic nomination to succeed James IL Me I Creary In tho senate ol the United States Senator McCreary has al already - ready already entered upon a campaign for reelection nirruitx IHIHI AFTER an YKAKJ Ann Arbor lIch Juno 3The Mlrlilgiui Claiss of 7 0 Clear Up Old University Mystery foaturo of alumni day today at the University of Michigan was the return ot tho oU chapel Bible which mysteri ously dlrappeercd thirty years ago bj the glass of 1870 It seems that one night In 70 the seniors mischievously locked a decrepit old horse In the chapel Fearing that the horse might chew tho pages of tho IKblo they took tho book away with them to preserve It The affair then aroused such a storm in college that nobody dared to return the book AYpinan FiiiKlrntcN Itandltf Wabash Ind Jane 23Mrs Bg new owner of tho Western hotel l III Logro at 2 oclock this morn In jt frus tratod four bandits who blow the safe In the storo of Fulton Son Mrs Egnow heard the explosion ran to a large bell and rang It until eke had aroused tho town Tho gang dis disappeared - appeared disappeared This Is the third time the store has been vlrltcd by safe blowers Volunteers IVnslous Washington June 23 Tho son ate committee on pensions has de ceded not to hold any more meetings at his session of congress and this sidetracks until next session at least tho bill to create a volunteers retired list for surviving generals ot the volunteer army of the civil war