The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-01-05
NEWS ITEMS.


Railway Times Eugene v. Debs vii
announce that he has abandoned tn
peoples: party and become straight
out socialist
The landslide which occurred neal
Baltimore, county Kerry, Ireland, or
Sunday and Monday, has not yet sub
sided. The bog is moving toward the
river, and there are fears of further
sliding of the hill behind it.
:, Inquiry at the vatican concerning
the report that Archbishop Corrigan
of New York, was soon to be elevated
to the cardinalate has elected the in
formation that none of the pope's en-
tourage expects that the appointment
will be made.
Five employees of VIM. Barr g. Co. s
department store in st. Louis, were ar
rested Thursday charged with theft.
They included three clerks, bundle
wrapper and cashier and by the ma
nipulation of sale checks are said to
have stolen thousands of dollars.
The island of Acordu, in the Gulf of
Darien, is partially.inundated Forty
five houses have been washed away
and three persons, it is known, were
drowned. The full extent of the dam
! age done lis not known as yet, but
the indications are that it will be very
heavy.
! Superintendent Williamson, of the
| United States Express Co., believes
that in the ca ture of John F. Ken
nedy, at Kansas City, Thursday, the
leader of the gang who robbed the
Chicago & Alton railroad train at Blue
Cut on the night of December %, was
| arrested.
j. d. r. Elliott, the crack profess
sional pigeon shot from Kansas City,
defeated E. D. Fulford, the Utica
/ champion at Dexter Park, New York,
! Thursday. The match was for 500 a
side and the Kansas City trophy; 100
birds each, 80 yards and SO yards
boundary.
! Edward q. Taplor, alias Arthur w.
Platt, who is under arrest in London,
charged with the murder of Jesse Ty-
rec, IN Kentucky in 1885, was arraign-
ed in the Bow Street police court Thurs
day morning, and further remanded,
pending the arrival of papers concern
/ ing the case from America.
David s. Birdsall, who was member
of the first professional base ball club
that ever represented Boston, is dead,
from the results of an operation per-
formed year ago. He was 81 years
old. He retired in 1872, not being
strong enough to face the more speedy
pitching that came into vogue.
i Andrew w. SWEET, who, for many
years has been agent of the Adams Ex-
press Co. in New York, and who was
with Samuel Adams and assisted him
in founding the Adams Express Co.,
died in Benson Hurst, L. l., Sunday
afternoon, from Bright's disease. Mr.
SWEET was born in Maine rs years ago.
b. G. Seaman, general agent for Or
ator f. Woodward, proprietor of pat
ent medicine mandatory at Leroy,
n. Y, committed suicide at the Cont
mental hotel, Newark, n. j., by taking
poison. He had lived at 253 West
Twenty street, New York city
He was we'll known in Rochester,
n. Y.
Representative Webster C. Weiss, of
Northampton, arrived at Harrisburg,
Pa, thursday and said he knew moth
ing about an attempt to bride him by
E. A. Van Valkenburg, one of Mr..
Wanamaker's managers. He scarcely
knows the accused man and does not
know Gibson, who made the informa-
ton.
Judge Freeman Thursday appointed
Charles l.. Boyd receiver for Schultz
Bros, lumber dealers, at "a Van Buren,
street, Chicago VIM. Schultz, part
ner, filed the bill, alleging insolvency
and partnership disagreement He
placed the liabilities largely in excess
of the assets, which are estimated at
SIS, 900.
Anthony Paradine, SO years of age,
an electric. light inspector, was shocked
to death Thursday while fixing an arc
light in Stockton, suburb of Camden,
n. j. The full charge of $500 volts
passed through his body, killing him
instantly. Paradine wore rubber
gloves, and how he received the shock
is a mystery.
At the Cuban Junta it was said Thurs
day that the Dauntless and Commodore
would probably leave Jacksonville
about Saturday with arms and ammu-
nitions for the insurgents. The state |
ment telegraphed from Washington
that both will take out clearance pa
pers in the regular way is confirmed
in New York.
At high noon Friday, Hazen S. Pin
gree, mayor of Detroit and governor
elect appeared before Chief Justice
Long, of the supreme court, and sub
scribed to the oath as governor of
Michigan. The ceremony of Undue
ton into office was very informal, only
few personal friends of Mr.. Pingree
being in attendance.
Private advices have been received
which confirm previous report that
Al filibusters from the steamer Three |
Friends, under Arano, having in their
possession 800 rifles, and sailing in two
boats, were capsized off Jaruco, on the !
north coast of Havana province, by
reason of the rough seas 1t is said