The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-02-02
CAPITAL NOTES.

Army.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. So.-The changes
| which have taken place in the Fifty
fourth congress through deaths and
designations are given in the new edi-
ton of the Congressional directory,
which will be the last for this con-
gress. There have been seven deaths
rs follows:
Miron B. Wright. Fifteenth Pennsyl-
vania district, November 13, 1894; sue
ceeded by James P. Codding.
Andrew j. Campbell, Tenth New
York district, December 6, 1894, sue
ceeded by Amos J. Cummings.
Philip S. Post, Tenth Illinois dis.
trict, January 6, 1895, succeeded by
George w. Prince.
VIM Cogswell, Sixth Massachusetts,
district, May %, 1895, succeeded by
VIM. II. Moody.
Frederick Remain, Eighteenth Illi-
nois district, July IA, 1895, succeeded
by VIM. F. Hadley.
VIM. 81. Grain, E leventh Texas dis
trict, February 6, 1896, succeeded by
Rudolph Kleburg.
Charles f. Crisp, Third Georgia dis
( GIlCU, OCGOUSI 1OOO, SuCCctuSo w HAS
son, Charles F. Crisp.
Four members have resigned from
the present house and one seat is still
vacant: Julius C. Burrows, Third
Michigan district, January %, 1895,
succeeded by Alfred Mildes
James c. c. Black, Tenth Georgia
district, March 4, 1895, succeeded by
himself.
L. E. McGann, Third Illinois district,
Decemb Der 2, 1895, succeeded by Hugh
E. Belknap.
Frank S. Black, Nineteenth New
York district, resigned January z, 1897,
to become governor of New York. His
seat is not yet filed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5O.-The state de-
partment has received cable advices of
the critical illness from double pneu-
monia of Hon. Walker Fearn, of Ala
bama, the United Statee judge of the
first instance in the international tri-
bunal at Cairo, Egypt. At Judge
Fearn's advanced age it is feared he
can not rally from the attack Mr.
Fearn was minister to Greece under
Mr.. Cleveland's first administration.
During the war he, with the late JUS
tice Lamar, succeeded Mason and Sill
dell as the repr esentatives of the con-
federacy in Europe.
| Nominated by the President.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3O.-The presi-
dent sent to the senate the following
nominations: Lieut.. Col. Cushing, as
sistant commissary general of subsist-
ence, to be colonel and assistant COM
missary general Of subsistence; Maj.
c. P. Pagan, commissary of subsist-
ence, to be lieutenant colonel and as
sistant commissary general of subsist-
ence; Capt. ii. B. Osgood, commissary
of subsistence, to be major and COM
missary of subsistence; Capt. w. H.
Carter, to be major and assistant ad iu.
tant general; Capt. T. II. Barry, to be
major and assistont adjutant general.
A Deep Waterway.
! WASHINGTON, Jan. 30-If the amend.
ment to the sundry civil bill, of which
Senator Davis, of Minnesota, Friday
gave notice, goes through, the initial
steps will be taken looking toward the
construction of deep waterway from
the great lakes to the Atlantic tide
water, in accordance with the recent
report of the deep waterway com mis-
sion sent to congress by the president.
The amendment appropriates $3.50, 900
for the necessary surveys and examin-
atoms.
Peace Proposition.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3O.-In the house
Friday Mr.. Bacon dem, Ga.) intro
duced joint resolution declaring that
the United States deprecate war and
desire the maintenance of peace and
friendship with the world and invit.
ing all civilized nations to make a
corresponding and reciprocal declara-
ton.
/ To Reorganize the Army.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-Gen. Miles
went before the house committee on
military affairs Friday and strongly
urged the Importance of passage by
the house of the bill recently reported
by the committee to reorganize the
army.
| In Favor of Boatner.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3O.-House COM
i mittee on elections No. 8 Friday de-
cided the contested case of Benoit VS..
Boatner, from the Fifth Louisiana dis
trict in favor of Mr.. Boatner (dem }, a
sitting member.
Hanna to Be Postmaster General
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3O.-The tip comes
from a New England United States
senator, who is in Mark Hanna's conf
dence, that Hanna will be in the Nc
Kinley cabinet as postmaster general.
The senator makes no further expla-
nation, content only to say that Hanna
i will be in the cabinet.
M'KiNLEY'S BIRTHDAY.