The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-08
NEWS ITEMS

The Canadian Pacific directors nave
announced that they will resume pay
ment of the four per cent dividend
which was paid up to two years ago.
The steamship Lucania, sailing for
Europe Saturday, carried $4,000
ounces of silver consigned by j. W.
Seligman & Co., NJ. Guggenheims
Sons, Handy & Hartman and Keisler 81
Co.
Mayor Phelan, of San Francisco, has
approved the order of the board of
supervisors prohibiting the wearing of
high hats in theaters. and the order,
which is now law, will be rigidly en-
forced.
At Friday mornings session of the
American Medical association, Denver
was selected as the next place of meet
ing and DR.. George M. Stern berry. OF
Washington, was chosen president of
the association.
1t is reported that the aldermen OF
Dublin, at their coming meeting. will
elect Mr.. John Redmond, the Parnell-
lite leader and member of parliament
for Waterford City, to the office of
lord mayor of Dublin.
Senator Pettigrew Thursday gave
notice of an amendment he will offer
to the paragraph in the tariff bill re-
lating to iron ore. The amendment
takes sulphuret of iron from the free
list and imposes a duty of 50. 25 per
ton.
1t is announced that the date of M.
Faure's departure for st. Petersburg
to pay a return official visit to the czar
has been definitely fixed for July %
He will travel by sea and will be &C
companied by M. Hanotaux, minister
of the foreign affairs.
1t has been discovered that pieces
have been Clipped off some ancient
graves in the old Granary burying
ground in Boston. The stones over
the graves of Paul Revere, John Ham
cock and Gov. Increase Sumner all
show marks of vandalism.
Senior Sagasta, the liberal leader,
after comforting with the queen regent
at the palace Friday, said he had told
her majesty that the liberals were
prepared to deal with all pending
questions. Public opinion continues
to favor a Sagasta cabinet.
There are 1917 busin ess failures re-
ported throughout the United States
for the week ending June 4, sharp
falling off from last week, when the
total was 257. The total one year and
two years ago was 236 in each instance,
and in the like week in 1894 it was 202.
At Birmingham, Ala, the official av-
erage temperature Wednesday was 81.
The temperature for morning, noon
and evening was: s a. m, 80; noon, 81;
Up. M, sc. The heat was so intense
that the Birmingham rolling mills
were forced to shut down for the night.
The executive committee of the
American Coursing club has added the
American coursing derby for first sea-
son greyhounds to the programme of
the American Waterloo Cup meeting,
to be run at Davenport. Ia, in October.
1t is thousand dollar stake at SO en-
trance.
President Mckinley and party, who
went to Philadelphia Wednesday to
attend the formal opening of the In
ternational Commercial conference, re-
turned to Washington Thursday morn
ing. The train, composed of six cars,
pulled out of the Broad Street station
at 1O:40 o'clock. ~
Forty ringleaders of the San Quentin
strike have been sentenced to solitary
confinement on bread and water for
one month. The allowance of tobacco
and possibly sugar and syrup to the
others will be cut off at least year,
saving $50 600 to the state. The money
will be used to pay for ten extra
guards.
On the authority of General Super
intendent laval it is announced that
commencing July 1 all the mines of
the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Co.
will work full time. 1t is expected
that full time will continue until De-
cember l. The Lehigh & Wilkes barre
Coal Co. employs nearly 5000 men and
boys.
The French government has sub
mitted to the powers proposals on the
subject of Cretan autonomy. They
comprise the enrolment of foreign
gendarmie and a loan to paw the
gendarmie and provide for the initial
expenses for the administration of the
island of Crete. Russia supports these
proposals, and it is believed Great Brit
ain also favorS them.
A special to the New York Tribune
from Washington, says: The sultan of
Turkey has withdrawn his objection to
the appointment OF James 3. Angel
as envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary OF the United States
at Constantinople. Official word to
this effect was received by cable by
Secretary Sherman, Minister Terrell
sending the information.
President Mckinley with a large
party left Washington at S o'clock
Wednesday morning for Philadelphia
where they are to take part in the
exercises connected with the opening
of the International Commercial con-
gress and other functions. The Penn
sylvania Railroad Co. had provided
handsome special train, composed of
six cars for the accommodation of the
party.
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