The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-12-10
CIVIL SERVICE.
a movement on Foot to Change the system
conference of Representatives Will BE
Held at An Early Date.

a NhONehnenC on Foot to Change the system
conference of Representatives Will BE
Held at An Early Date.
WASHINGTON, Dec. "a paper was
circulated in the house of representa-
tlves Wednesday with a view
10 bringing about a conference
OF those members favoring
change In the present civil service
system. The paper was handled by
representative Pearson, of North Car
DINA, and received numerous sigma
lures The purpose, it is understood, is
TO make the conference non-political
In character and to extend it outside of
the membership of the civil service
committee, as some of the men most
active IN urging a revision of the law
are not on this committee. Gen. Gros-
Venor, of Ohio, is among these. He
approved the plan of a conference of
those interested in the subject and it
is llkely to be held at an early dav.
The indications are that the holiday
recess of congress will extend from
Saturday, December IS, to Monday or
Tuesday, January or 4. Speaker
Reed is understood to favor these
dates. If, however, any important
business developes in the senate or
house, the recess will propably be post
poned into Christmas week. So far as
the house is concerned no general
legislation will be ready for considera-
ton before the holidays and work is
likely to be confined to the appropria-
ton bills.
1t is stated by those in position to
know that the reason the Hawaiian
treaty is not pushed in the senate is
because the friends of the measure
have grave doubts as to their ability to
secure the necessary two-thirds vote to
pass it. The impression prevails that
it may be necessary to pass a joint res
olution and annex the islands by legis-
latiOn. 1t has been found that num-
Der of senator's who were confidently
counted for the treaty are against it,
while others have expressed doubts
abouty hasty action.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-The house COM
mittee on invalid pensions met We'd
nesday and took action that is intend
ed to correct the alleged rapidly grow
ing abuse of young women marrying
old soldiers and sailors for the purpose
of becoming their widows and draw
ing pension from the government.
This subject has been much dis
cussed in view of the comparatively
large number of widow claimants
on account of the revolutionary war
of 1912 and Mexican war service of
husbands. The committee authori zed
Chairman Bay to obtain from the COM
mittee on rules an order or rule per-
hitting an amendment to the pension
appropriation bill providing that no
pension shall hereafter be granted to
the widow of a soldier or a person
after the passage of this act, except
ing, however, all soldiers, sailors, Off
GERS, etc, now in or who may hereafter
enter the military or naval service of
the United States
Political Independence of Cuba.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Mr. Allen
pop. Neb.) introduced in the senate a
resolution declaring it to be the sense
of the senate that congress should,
with all due convenient speed, ac-
knowledge by appropriate act the po-
litical independence of Cuba. He fol-
lowed it with a speech declaring that
the commercial spirit of the United
States was preventing action.
Senator McLaurin Ill.
Laurin, of South Carolina, is confined
to his bed with an attack of typhoid
fever The senator was ailing when
he arrived here a week ago, but the
typhoid attack did not develop until a
day or so ago. He is in the care of DR..
Wellington, assisted by trained nurses.
Sugar Beet Culture in Bohemia.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Omitted States
Consul Stephan, at Annaberg, Ger,
reports to the state department that a
considerable reduction will take place
next year in the area of land devoted
to sugar beet culture in Bohemia. The
reason is the high prices now paid for
grain and on the other hand the very
low prices paid for beets, making it
more profitable to cultivate cereals
than sugar.
Novel Anti-BuFglar Device.
WASHING TON, Dec. 9.-In a report to
the state department from Leipsic,
Germany, United States Consul War
ner describes a novel German anti
burglar device. This consists of fieX-
ible safety curtains made of hardened
steel tubes properly connected, which
are invulnerable to ordinary burglars
tools for the reason that the tubes re-
volve freely and the center-bit or other
tool can find no purchase or hold.
After Fiend Buffers Style.
VICTORIA Il. c., Dec. 9.-The body
of Ernst Hawthorne, who disappeared
from the Silver Stream district near
Wellington, New Zealand, recently has
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