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t nb tn ticniniVOL XXVII NO 8 PAbUCAB KY TUESDAY EVENING JANUARY 4 1910 TEN CENTS PER WEEK

RULES OF BOARDS

WILL BE REVISED

TO MEET CHANGES

Both Branches of Oeneral

Council Will Meet on

Same NightrBoard of Public Works Will

Reorganize

CITY HUPimVISOHH1 MKETIXO

UetfnnlnB next week a oommlticoromiKjfvd of the IprcnldeiiU of boththr lower and upper boards of thebnl rat council two ooundlmen andtwo aldermen together with City SoHoltor James Campboll will attumble or the purpotw of rattingnew riilfe governing the general t

couiwll Thl change IB necemlUiUd I

owing to the fact that the upper-and

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lower boards have separate as I

Minbly halls and writ meet on the I

same nljrtiiw during tho monthtatl night PrwMonl Foreman of t

the council appolntcd C C Duvalland OlUe lAJltti with 1ilmelf to acta n committee from that boned Not t

until after the aldermen meet can a-

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committee be appointed from that iboard as a prvrident will have to bochof n grit Alderman Will FarloyIs the lioimbllcan choicel for pratt ¬ I

dent Tim Democrats will piaco thename of Alderman Kd llannan In I

nomination for reflection I

After tbo fun committee has been I

appointed work will be begun atogee to draw up new laws one thing I

to tn> figured on Is the date for themoctlngw each month A day most I

ntfefactory to tie members wilt beadopted The committee will ftltQt t

havnto provide for an awtetant o-

tthe city clerk to take the proceed tt

Inn of tho aldermen aa tho councilwill occupy the clerks time J

Jt hM boon suRsetted that the cityelect vn td sant who on also lwIutility men around the city halt AIutility mitt Is needed as nil of hItime will be occupied He probably I

wit take caro of tho aldormenn i rocr dings have charge of municipalaffairs coming before tho boardconsideration sad abx amit City I

lMlabIl r

IebUboIetbIHsSome

other plan may bo adoptedby the committee They will meetaI roon as poiiJbto to that the rulesCan bo ptaced1 in the hand of theprinter and submitted before theIcouncil for adoption Tho nljormanlcchamber Is now almost roads for oc¬

cupancy with the rxcoptlon of thoInstallation of benches chairs andlights

noun of Public WorksAnnual election of onicors of the

board of public work will be held

the afternoon when the board willII

bo reorganised for the new year AllIthe od members will be ntolnudII

President Richard Rudy who hasI

taken a great Interwt Jn tho improveHM > ntB made by tho board Is tippedfor ro election and Mr Louis IolbIIt IIs pr1l tcd will be reelected beerfltati llr Flute lack who filledout the unexpired term of F W Katterjohu Iis the third menvbor of theboardThe

cWctlon of street inspectorwill be held by the board No opjtorltlon to Krnest II Dell has beenhoard of and to will be reelectedMr UoM has made an efficient streetIJnirjiector and well qualfled for theportion

lloanl lit SupervisorThe hooks of City Assessor J W

Orr are now In tho heads of the cityhoard of supervisors who assembledfor their annual work of reviewingthe assessment on real estate andpersonal property for IOIKI Beforetho board got down to work organiz-

ation

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was effected lrE 0 Jloono I

was made president George Emerywcretary and James Glauber trenturer Both Mr Glauber and >lrtt

Emory have charge of the figureswhile President Uoono and AssessorOrr are on tlio spot to render anynttrtetanco

It whit reQuire between two andthree weeks Ito complete the work

Aeseisor Orr 11a firmly convincedthat the total asswmont for 1910

will exceed that of 1903 althoughthitrq will be a Klcht drop In the

pprsbnallmmedlahTatterthe books are

completed they will by turned overto Cly Clerk Mauricef SMntyre whowill begin nl king out the tax billsfor the first and last malt of tho yearTho first collections will be made In

Juno The dork will be providedwith an assistant as the work is tedi-

ous¬

and require between four endwlx weeks dally flouring

Mr John Ile-ac

t returned to StLouis today aftlr spending Christniai at home

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Ship Subsidy Bill is Introduced

in Lower House of Congress Today

by a Washington Representative

Railroad Steamship Lines Are

Cut Oil From Benefits and

Tonnage Construction and

Availability

Washington Jon 4Clngressconvened after two week recess atnoon today There was only a briefsession of both houses On accountof tho death during the holidays ofSenator McLaurln the senate ad ¬

journed In nine minutes after It con ¬

venedThoadministration bhlp subsidy

bill was Introduced In the houso to-

day¬

Representative Humphrey ofWathmgton prf ntcd tho bill Thomeasure IIs the result of a compromlio between disputing factionsfavoring the fiibsldy idea The billprovides for the payment of a mallsubsidy tho exaction of heavier ton¬

sago tax on foreign vessels and theadmlsMon of foreign vessels to Amor ¬

lean registry for foreign trade onlyRouter from the Pacific coast toChina Japan Philippines SouthAmerica and Australia where theoutward voyage Ie over 4000 milestqj got the proposed advances of malllUbddlcs Ships must bo built of

alIobleDtStates and cannot bo Mid withouttho written consent of the secretaryof tho navy No ship owned by rail ¬

roads or to which railroads givepreferential rates can receive theproposed benefit

A change In tho schedule In TaftmartfORC was announced from thewhit houro today Since tho con-ference

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with railroad lenders yester-day It hal boon decided to makesome etiangtts In the Intenitato cominerco ruewngo It Is now announcedthat the metcege will sot bo readyuntil some tltno next week Themotrage euggating changes in AbeSiicrtnan anU trust law nnd the message dnsllnp with lIJio BalllngcrIlnchot controversy dud tho mUllrase on federal Incorporation lawaH are expected within tan days

Humphrey dlmitcing tao bill saidIf the people know tho facts there

would be no opposition to the bill I

have frequently sold I still expect warwith Japan Japan has 200 vesselsfitted to tarry soldiers tho UnitedStates perhaps ten Japan could

200000 soldiers at one timethe United States 10000 Japan hasbuilt CO vesvelt suitable for transpurls and tho United States noneAmerican citizens are not permittedto attend Japanese schools und notpermitted to inside except In certainquarters provided for that purposeA short limo ago Japan demandedand was granted those privilege inAmerica 1Vhyt All the rest knowour conditions we are deceivingnone but ourselves

Dninken Ixivrrn DotM

Leadvlllo Colo Jan 4DellHedges of Kansas City arrived lastnight Intoxicated and Went to aboarding house to see his sweet ¬

heart May Conroy Ho accused herof unfaithfulness They quarreledand ho shot and killed her andwounded himself lie Is dying to-

day¬

OHIO RIVER BOAT

BLOWN TO PIECES

rxoiMiit is KILLED WHENCOAL COMPANYS CRAFT

mxnvs UI

Plttoburgh Jan 4A river boatblew up near Heaver shortly afternoon today

Several men Are reported killedThe boat was tho pump boat for

tho Peoples Coal company GeorgeYoung engineer wan kiLled

FOREMAN AGAINiPROFITS BY TIME

COUNCILMAN IAT LALLV HADTill JIONOItS WITHIN HIS

UIIASr

It might have been President PatLally of the board of councilmenbut It Isnt Tho clock again playedhavoc with tho political enemies ofPresident Al Foreman On the occa ¬

sion of his previous election theclerks timepiece and that of Council ¬

man Wanner did not agree Conse ¬

quently tho clerk called the board toTdcr before Councilman Wannerswatch said was meeting time andwhen ho arrived the election was Overand Foreman was elected This timewhen votes enough to elect Ijallywere there the clerks timepiece andthose of omo of tho members againdisagreed and It was by sonic be-

haved¬

to bo nearly eight when theboard was called to order In themooting Foremans allies had liter-ally

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talked Pat Lilly out of his ambi-tIon

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and the Foreman slate wenthrough without a bobble

MISTOIlie CIIAIU WHICHHIS FATHKIl OCCUIIED

Hon Jako Corbett has been pro ¬

rented with the chair that his fatherCot Thomas Corbett occupied In tholegislature for 20 years as a rcpretentative of McCrackcn and Ballardcounties The chair has been used Inthe old legislature but when thetalons moved to the new bluldlng thoold hlitoric furniture was abandonedTho chair was made by hand 76 yearsago and today Iis as substantial as Itwas yearn ago Mr Corbett Is ex-tremely

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proud of the chair and laterwill present It to Master Tom Cor ¬

bell tbo ton of Attorney Hat CorhottI

LIVINGSTON ECHO ISTO RESUME AT ONCE

Smlthland Ky Jan t 1laJThe Livlnsrton Echo of Smith

land the Republican paper whoseobituary was published In Its eonluinKrari < when the Democratscame Into power last fall will retune publication soon and will Con-

tinue¬

Its light against the local or¬

ganization

SECOND INQUEST

IN SHEDLEY CASE

MAY1 UK KOUtfHT SINCE UlltAM ISSENDING OUT STIUNOE-

MKSSYCIIS

Attorneys for Hiram Smedley ItIs said will ask for another trial forlunacy for their client as the resultof his conduct for the last fewweeks This morning Col Gus 0Singleton county court clerk re¬

ceived a noto from Smedloy Inwhich he said he had been granteda parole by thin board of control andvould like to secure a position Intho office assisting Colonel Single ¬

ton When seen at his cell MrBmedley said tho parole hind beengranted and that ho would bo re-

leased¬

from Jail In a few dayslion John K Hendrick said noth ¬

ing of tho kind had been attemptedbut did not seem surprised thatSmedley had written the note It issaid that several notes have beenwritten by Mr Smedley threateningto commit suicide There have beenreports that he was addicted to thedrug habit again but this has beendenied by Mr Smedley

General Strike WillBe Announced Shortly

Minneapolis Jan 4 Prescienti Ifawloy of tho Switchmcns Union today in an interview declared within a weekthere will bo a general strike of the organizations in the rail-way

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department of tho American Federation of Laborthroughout the northwest He snid the statement was hispersonal statement and not announcement or prediction andcould bo taken for what it is worth Tile announcement ofhostilities must come front Chairman Porham now in Wash ¬

ington lie said hut this is what I believe is going to happen Perham is trying by every means to bring about apeaceful settlement before issuing the call

rd an ya c n

PEW FIRE LOSSES

FELT BY PADUCAH

DURING THE YEAR

Chief Woods ourteenth An ¬

nual Report is Excellent

One

Keeps Department Expenses

Down to Minimun

ASKS FOR XKW FIIIK STATION

More fire alarms wore answeredduring 1909 Ulan any year since theorganization of the city fire department while the loss or damage wasone of tho tightest In many yearsThese Interesting facts are shown bythe annual report of tho departmentwhich has been prepared by lireClilof James Wood During tile yearthere were 208 alarms wlillo thetotal fire loss was M39D085 witha total Insurance of 519 SCO

This good condition said ChiefWood In commenting upon his re-

port¬

is duo In many respects to thogeneral cleaning up of the cityMerchants have realized the dangerof leaving piles of rubbish on theirpromises and haw lowered the riskby removing 11 Praise la duo theboard of health for ita splendid workin cleaning up as It has served adual purpose one for health and asecond to relieve the danger fromOre In the business district wehave been able to encourage tho merchants to clean up and prevent firesbut In the outskirts the board ofhealth has done the work of gettingthe people to clean up

XMV Fire StationChief among tho recommendations

of Chief Wood Iis n new fire stationnear Fountain avenue and Dreadway EO that fire protection may beafforded some of the finest residencesTho station would not cost much asonly a few firemen will bo requiredwhile combination hose and ladderwagon would be Installed The newstation besides being a great aid totin department would taro thehorses many long and hard runt totxtlnguteh email fires Mayor Smithfavors tho now station and It Is beMoved that It will be erected duringthe present year Other recommend ¬

ations of the fire chief are Watermain on Kentucky avenue west ofTwelfth street fire plugs on Ken-

tucky¬

avenue between Ninth andEleventh strut new lloor In firestation No 3 rubber Urea on thoCentral hose wagon and sIx neValarm boxes for the outskirts of thecity

Fire LossesThe Itemized statement of the fire

losses IIs Buildings Insured 12134stocks insured 21483 buildingsnot Insured J442076 tocks notInsured J232210 loss on otherthan buildings J5SS Tho luwirince was Buildings 310450rtocks = 230950 Insurance on otherthan buildings J79CO A majorityof tho alarms were for small fires andho number was run up during octo-

ber and November when dozens ofgrass flros called the department outto prevent damage to property

For burning grass there were 4C

alarms while tho next greatestsource of fires was sparks from chlmneyvae 24 tires originated la totemanner Defective flues resulted InIS fires Burning rubbish was re-

sponsible¬

for IS alarms There were10 fires of Incendiary origin and sixfires were the result of spontaneouscombustion Incendiarism was thocause of three fires Cigar stumpsstarted six blazes whllo Its brotherthe deadly cigarette caused only onofire

Dy telephone a large majority ofthe fire alarms wero received as 135of tho calls came over the wire Thealarms were received Boxes 61rtlll 11 American District tolosraph private system 3 false 5

snd calls from outside the mitt 3

October was the record makingmonth as there were 41 alarm re-

ceived¬

while In November therewere 35 alarms

In order to run tho departmentluring 1910 Chief Wood estimatesthat It will take J350M Tills willinclude salariee and all expenses Inthe department with the exceptionif Improvements As a financierChief Wood proved capable for In

1909 tho department came out witha deficit of onI167 This Includedthe construction of a concrete floorIn the No 4 station out of tho ap ¬

porUonment of 30000 Much of thefeed for the department was raisedon tho city farm and had this notbeen done Chief Wood said his de ¬

partment would have been over ¬

drawn at least 1000 The farm hasbeen utilized for several years lorraising the feed for tho departmentand annually saves a big item of ex-

pense¬

The report is the twentysecond ofthe department as lr paid organiza-tion

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wfallo It 1Is the fourteenth an

Governor Willson Recommends aCounty Unit Law in His Message

to Legislature Which Convened

Democratic Caucus Slates Go

Through in Both Houses

Redistricting Measure Will

be Introduced

Frankfort py Jan 4 SpecialThe legislature convened al ndon

In both houses the Democratic cau-cus

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nominees were elected Thetmssoge was read Theguverngrs

In referring to the financialcondition of tho state says the delicit will be over one million whethe noW appropriations ore due lieasks the legislature to find some wayto meet the deficit He does not urga bond lIssue but suggests one Hegoes Into detail about the redistrictIng measure and submits a report ofthe commission appointed by him forthat purpose lie asks the passageof an extended county unit billwhich ho says lie wilt sign if passed

Former Warden George Chinn ofthe Frankfort penitentiary In a cir¬

cuter letter appeals to the legislaturenot to reelect McCutchen andBrown as prison commissioners Hemakes charges against their roanagemcnt

The Democrats of the Kentuckyassembly In caucus went on record anfavoring a constitutional amendmentproviding for an Incomo tax

The Democratic majority of both

cauIcuscs ¬

Beltappointed work in rather shortorderGeorge

S Wilson was chosenspeaker of the house by acclamationand so was Conn Linn for presidentpro tern of tho senate Republicansput leadership paarty upon J WTurper of Palntsvlllo In the houseand Nat Cureton of Louisville In thesenate

George Peter of Louisville wasnominated by the Democrats as chiefclerk of the senate J M Alversonof Lincoln county assistant B FPomberton of Shelby county door¬

keeper Molt Ayres of Fulton sergoantatarms and Miss Jennie Mc¬

Donald of Frankfort enrolling clerkIn tho house James E Stone of Lou ¬

isville was chosen clerk W OWicker of Crittcnden county assist ¬

ant C W Longmlre of Lexingtonsergeant atarmr Joe Embry of Lin ¬

coln county doorkeeper Miss AmyILyons of Jessamine county enrollingclerkIThe Democratic caucus slate wasII

adopted in both housesAiitlClRnret Lair i

Senator A J Oliver of Allen coun-ty

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Is hero with a bill in which hoseeks to put the dealer In clgarctsout of business It Is framed muchafter the law passed in Indiana In1906 but it does not go as far Inseeking to have the man who mokesa dgarot arrested Senator Oliveralso has a bill to prevent the consoli-dation

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of fire lifo accident healthand other insurance companion andto protect tho pollcjholdors In the

tsameThe bill framed by State Inspector

and Examiner M II Thatcher pro ¬

vldes for the enlargement of thescope of the Inspector and examinerby creating a department of uniformaccounting and that tho accountsand affairs of each county city andtown In the state and of each officetherein which handles public funds ofany description shall be regularly ex ¬

aminedSuch measures as this ont alsobills amending the state constitutionconcerning tho methods of taxationtho redistricting of the state for legislative congressional and appellatepurposes for the Improvemnt ofprison conditions a new system ofschool laws tho county unit bill andothers will have the support of thegovernor

Still other bills which will help fillthe hopper when the call Is made areas follows Making the crime of kid ¬

naplng punishable by death lookingto the extermination of tuberculosisIn Kentucky new forestry law goodroads legislation school suffrage forwomen and new banking laws In¬

eluding provision for appointment ofqualified bank examiner

Full Crew 11111

Laboring men from nil over Ken-tucky

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are going to urge their repre ¬

sentatives In tbo legislature to votefor the full crow blirthat will beI

Introduced In the house byJ II WiUHams a freight conductor on theChesapeake k Ohio railroad and theI

first Democratic representative fromOreenup county In 20 years

Freight WreckAberdeen S D Jan 4A mis

understanding of orders early thismorning caused a freight to hit awork train near Roscoo Threo flubgarian laborers were killed

null report of Chief James Wood astblef of the department Chief WoodhlUllbeijun serving his fifteenth yearas the head of the ire fighters

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ALLEGED ATTACK

ON MAIL CARRIED

nirrs MAX ix THOUIITK WITH1KKDKIlAh CRIMINAL

conn

Charged with assaulting a mallcarrier Mitchell Canter of Kevllwas arrested last night at his homeUnitednbee ¬exame ¬

ining trial and was admitted to bondIn the sum of 200 for his appear ¬

ance In federal court next April ItIs alleged In December that Canterattacked Sanders Force who carriesthe mat from the railroad station tothe poatofflce at Kevll

im J i > 1iiYou is-THOUGHT TO 11R DYING

DrJ D Pryor of Mayfield whowas burned several weeks ago by anexjiCosIoo waa resting easy this af-ternoon

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at Riverside hospital Hiscondition Is precarious howeverand ho Is not expected to survive

New Cure for cancerManila Jan 4Great hopes are

entertained for tho success of a can-cer

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treatment which was announcedbefore the Manila Medical societyThe treatment consists in making theprogress ¬

prepared frojn Ills own cancer

L N TRAIN

IS SIDESWIPED

PASSBNGKH COACHES KNOCKEDOFF TIUCK INTO A

POND

Bowllns Green l yJan 4 Spe-clalTbreo people were Injuredone of them M 0 Hughes of thisII

city being seriously hurt In a wreckat Oakland near here The engine I

to the fast passenger train from Louievllle sideswiped the rear coaches ofthe Bowling Green accommodationon the Louisville Sc Nashville boundfor Louisville The coaches werethrown from the track Into a pondMany had narrow escapes HughesIs a prominent Equity society man

BLIZZARD RAGES-

THROUGHOUT WEST

STOCK AND PEOPLE KILLEDHAIMCOADS ASH WIRES

TIED UP I

Denver Jan IEIght personsare dead and railroads aro blockedthroughout tho west by bllzazrds andfloods Avalanches aro reported to-

day¬

A snow glide Is reported tohave kited four men near Shenandoah Cot A man was crushed bysnow In tho Iowa mUic A manand two boys were frozen to deathIn New Mexico Wires ate prostratedHundreds of cattle and thousands ofsheep are frozen In northern Coloredo

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STATE FARMERS UNIONBOARD TO MEET HERE

A special meeting of the stateboard of the Farmers Union win beheld hero tomorrow at the office ofR L Barnett secretary at thoThree tanks building Mr JohnGrady of OllberUvUle who is chair ¬

man will trOt be able to attend andIt Is probable that Mr Barnett wiltbo absent as ho Is confined to hislied with Illness A representativefrom Kentucky to the legislativecommittee at Washington will be

electedfTheWeatherI

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Korvcust for Padiirali nnd vicinityUnxvlllrtl weather with now tonightOr Wcdnmliiy wanner AVvdnmlnjrHlnliot tiiiitvrnturo slay was OO

Illinois Vaslilii tOIl Jaw 4Wednesda snow iiiul wan Ill

d x

JOE WHITBLAUF

CONFESSES THAT

HE STOLE HORSE

Probably He Will be Sent to

Reform School as He isYoung J

Affidavit is Filed hi MurdPCase Today

CIRCUIT COURT IltOCKKDIXOS

tbismorningJOltthltelaufJog pleaded guilty and by agreement

penitenUary ¬

owing to the age of the prisoner homay be sent to the school of reform

WklteJautFrank WhJtelauf and way capturedcaptured several days later In Illi¬jailPetit thismorning In circuit court and now allIs ready for the jury trials Courtwas adjourned this morning at 1030oclOCk as all of the docket hall beendlipsed of Tomorrow another smalldocket is promised as none of the de ¬

fendants in the cases on the docketwill bo before the court

The trial of J S Futrell and LouIsFutrell charged with murder wascontinued this morning until Wed ¬

nesday Attorneys for the defensewill file an affidavit for a continuanceJudgeReed

The petit jur6rs are H B listins Bud Dale L L Phelps D WVhltls K C Pqtler J S Corbett

E Lack IL M Orrae J R MooreV A King L neber E 0 11111 W5 Fezzor Ike Cohen W II Flourand C C Raper L D Watson TanddecoIf Crick W J Boatrlght W P

Cases Disposed OfTho cages disposed of this Morning

sere R Rudolph gaming set forourth day Mrs Sells petit larcenyietfor fourth day Cicero Andersonnallclous shooting set for fourthlay

The case against Lillian RussellwagliedThe case against Charles Grossardt charged with grand larcenyras continued until the April term

The trial of Frank alias RushJreen was continued until the Aprilerm I

The trial of Eugene Board chargedwith malicious striking was con-tinued

Owing to thee death of W SWalker the charges of obtainingmoney by false pretenses was dis¬missed

Bob Ford waa fined UO and 90days In the county jail on the chargeof detaining a woman against herwill

Frank Ross was dismissed of thecharge of detaining a woman againsther will

In County CourtThe saloon license of J M Cashoa

was transferred to Jake ElliottThe saloon 1cenW of 0 W Kelly

126 South Second street was transerred to A F Dagger

J W CarrUler qualified as con ¬

stable In the Eighth magisterial dis¬

trictF F Eaker qualified as coroner

and was iworn Into officeFiscal Court Meeting

Tho new fiscal court will bo calledtogether for the first time Friday

organizing ¬

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uary meeting The custom has beenfor tho court to meet on the firstTuesday of every month but owingto the change of administrationCounty Judgo Barkley decided not tocall tho session until Friday morningat 10 oclock-

TOBACCO SALES ARERESUMED AT AUCTIONJI

Tobacco sales were resumed thfjomorning at Hemmers loose leaf amwj

aplritwITherepounds were sold at prices rangliJfrom HO to 915 averagll813

A Comparison of the Gintion of The Sun for TWO Y

December 1907 average JDecember 1908 average I

December 1909 average

This is the largest circiijl

wt of LOuisviiicJ