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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-16
MINISTER WOODFORD
Has a Cordial Interview With the Spanish |
Minister of the Colonies.

Minister of the Colonies.
MADRID, Nov. 12.-United States
Minister Woodford had 3 cordial inter-
view Friday with Senior Moret, minis
ter of the colonies, and it is believed
that he assured Senior Moret that the
United States government is satisfied
with the measures taken thus far by
Marshal Blanco.
The government has received, for the
queen regent, the cabled request of the
union constitutional party in Cuba
that her majesty would decline to sign
the DEGREES establishing autonomy in
the island, but the request will be ig-
nored; and the action of the party is
regarded as unimportant if the gov
trnment decides to carry out its pro-
gramme Loyalty and sincerely.
A dispatch received Friday from Gen.
Primo de Rivera, the governor general
Of the PHILIPPINES, now in the Island
Of Luzon, says that the native batal-
lions are most efficient; and that it is
needless to send European reinforce
mentS
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-16
GROVER CLEVELAND

Does Not Regret Signing the Petition for a
Liquor License for the Princeton Inn.
CHICAGO, Nov. 15.-The Times Her
aid Saturday morning prints the fol-
lowing:
PRINCETON, N. j., Nov. 12.-The Ed
1tor: do not care if all the Synods and
Presbyteries in the country were to
offer an adverse decision it would be
no good reason why should alter my
opinion. | am very sorry that DR..
Shields has been bothered over this
matter. as he is an old and very dear
friend of mine. Otherwise the action
of the PreSbytcry does not affect me in
the least. When l signed the petition
for the liquor license for the Princeton
Inn in no sense committed a wrong,
and If the same proposition came up for
my consideration again | would do the
same thing: GROVER CLEVELAND.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-16
THREE LYNCHED.
indians TAKEN From the WiIliamsport.
NJ. o., Jail by Mob of Forty 2
And Hanged to a Beef Windiass in the Im-
mediate vicInity-Their Bodies Were
Left Swinging in the Breeze, No One
Volunteering to Cut Them Down.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. Nov. IA
snecial to the Tribune from Bismarck,
N. D., says:
Alex Coudot, Indian half-breed, Paul
Holvtrack and Philip Ireland, full
blooded Indians, the first of whom was
sentenced to death for the murder OF
six members of the Spicer family
last February. and had just been
granted a new trial by the SUI
preme court, and the latter two
self-confessed accessories in the
murder. were taken from the county
Jail in Emmons county Saturday night
and lvnched by a mob. The lynching
had been apparently coOlly planned
and was carried out without break
in the programme. Sudden and swift
retributi was meted out by the mob
to the mmrdercrs Williamsport,
where the hanging took place, is
about forty miles from this city and
off the railroad The news of the
hanging was received here Sunday aft
ernoon when a mounted messenger ar
rived, his horse in a foam from swift
ride, and announced that the three
men had been lynched The sheriff of
the county. Peter Shicr, was in this
city at the time the hanging occurred,
and it was to him that the messenger
rode in such hot haste. The men
had been under the custody of
Deputy Sheriff Tom Kelley and they
were taken from under his control by
the mob and hanged to beef windlass
several hundred yards from the jail
where their bodies were still swinging
to the breeze during the entire day,
the coroner not having yet arrived and
no one else volunteering to cut them
down. There were about 40 men con-
cerned in the lynching. They rode in
to WilliamspOrt on horseback late at
night and tethered their horses n short
distance from the city that they might
secure them again as speedily as nee
essary after the deed was done. The
Jail in which the prisoners were con-
fined is a substantial stone structure
and was in charge of Deputy Sheriff
Thomas Kelley. Since the confine-
ment of the prisoners therein SO great
has been the fear that they might es-
cape in some way that one man has
watched all night within the Jail.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-16
ANNUAL REPORT
Or Postmaster General James A. Gary to
the President.

the President.
WASHINGTON, Nov 15.-The first an
nual report of Postmaster General
James A. Gary, to the president was
made public Sunday night. It's feature
is the strong advocacy of postal saw
ings repositories, a scheme over which
Postmaster General Gary has worked
for many months in the formulation of
plans to present to the president and
congress. He says the time is ripe for
their establishment and that the adop-
ton of a well-organized system would
confer great boon upon large num-
Der of people and ultimately be of in
eStimablc benefit to the whole country.
The estimates Of the revenues and cx-
penditures for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1899, are: Total postal revenue
for 1897, $50, Cos, 1862 70; add five per
cent, 81, l33, 273.I3. Estimated revenue
for 1898, $50, 79S, 735 ST; add seven per
cent. sc, O75, 91I.51. Total estimated rev.
enue for 1899, $92, S74, 64737; estimated
expenditures for 1899, sos, 922, 760; def
cheney for 1899 estimated at Sc, CAS-
112.63
The increase of the postal deficit
for 1897 is largely reflex of the de-
pressed business conditions which pre-,
vailed all over the United States dur
ing the first three-fourths of that
period. There has been no extravi.
gance of expenditure, save that obi
gated by law. Reiterating the injus-
tice inflicted both upon the postal
revenues and the people bV second.
class mail matter carriage regulations,
the enactment by congress of some
measure to remedy the wrong, similar
ly pointed out by past postmaster gen.
erals, is urged
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-16
EXCITING NEWS
Is Expected From Consul General Fitz-
hugh Lee This Week.
Gen. Gomez and His Associates Are Watt
ing AN Opportunity to Confer With the
Representative of the United States
Peace Near at Hand.

NEW YORK, Nov. ia dispatch to
the Tribune from Washington says:
Important advices are expected from
Consul General Lee, in Havana, this
week. By this time it is thought some
idea should be had as to whether Gen.
Blanco's policy is causing Improvement
in the condition of the starving recon-
centrados. The prospects of negotia-
tions between the Spanish authorities
and the insurgents may also be deter
mined by the presence of Gen. Lee.
The insurgent leaders have already
stated Enthusiastically that they will not
accept the autonomy. Little hope is
felt in administration circles that they
will change their minds.
Nevertheless an intimation has been
thrown out that Gen. Gomez and his
associates in the field were waiting an
opportunity to communicate with the
representatives. of the United States.
Their position is said to be that, as
this country has offered it's good Offices
to Spain to end the war, it is compe-
tent to receive suggestion from other
parties to the war. While the inSur-
gents have not received recognition as
belligerentS, they want to be treated
as such in making a. proposition for
peace.
AQ inkling Of their purpose has been
received. This is to make known
through the consul general their de-
sire to have the United States act as
! intermediary with Spain in arranging
terms of peace, but peace on the basis
of independence. This is meant as
a counter movement to the proffer of
autonomy. Spain has already declared
that Cuba can not buy independence.
but the insurgents do not care for that.
| WhilefStrengthening themselves in the
field they intend to do some diplomatic
| fencing.
No special instructions were given
| Gen. Lee. as full onfidence is felt in
his discretion. A proposition from the
insurgents for mediation by the
United States on the basis suggested
might be transmitted to Washington,
but it would hardly go further. The
feeling, based on pretty accurate in
formation. is that before long both
the Sagasta ministry and the insur,
gents will be availing themselves OF
the good offices of this country, though
just how this will come about is I'M
certain. Some sanguine officials pre-
dict peace within three months
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-16
THORN MURDER TRIAL

May Be Discontinued for an Indefinite Pc
riOd Owing to the Serious Illness of One
of the Jury.
New YORK, Nov. 12.-The trial of
Martin Thorn which has been in prog
ress the last three days in the Queens
county court of Oyer and Terminer at
Long Island City, may be discontinued
for an indefinite period owing to the
illness of juror Mangus Larsen. When
court adjourned Wednesday until $50
Thursday morning, the doctors who
examined the juror thought that he
was only suffering from slight stom-
ach trouble and would be able to at
tend court Thursday.
Judge Smith opened court few min
utes later, and District Attorney
Youngs informed him of the serious
condition of the juror Larsen, and
with the consent of the lawyers on
both sides, Judge Smith adjourned the
court until $3.50 Friday.
The jury was discharged Friday
morning and new trial ordered.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-16
CUBAN FIELDS
Covered by the Dead Bodies of PEG
pile Who Have Starved.
Cubans Take Their Own Lives While Suf.
fering From the Want of Food-Oth-
ers Drop in the Streets and Roads
and Thus Perish Miserably.

NEW YORK, Nov. 12.-The Sun cor
respondent in Cuba writes his paper
under date of November that up to
that time 1900 persons had died of
hunger in Cuba. This. statement is
based on reports received from all over
the island, and he claims it is in no
way exaggerated
He gives quotations from the press
describing the pitiable condition all
over the island. They tell of large
families decimated by famine and of
people taking their own lies while suf-
iering from the pangs of hunger.
People drop in the streets and roads
and perish miserably. Children have
been the greatest sufferers
In the town of Santo Domingo, San
ia Clara province, an average of so per-
sons are dying every day. The town
originally had only a population of
4. 500. Most of the dead there remain
unburied, the bodies being thrown out
in the open country.
The change from Weyler to Blanco
has as yet brought no relief, and it
probably will bring none, as Gen.
Blanco, however praiseworthy his in
tentions, has no means of remedying
the desperate condition of things that
Weyler left on the island.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-16
SOVEREIGN OUT.
seneral M sster Workman OF the hnishts 81
Labor Dropped, Together with ForenaA
Mcfsuire and Two Executive Committee

Labor dropped, 1OSclhcr wiz. - -
Mcclure and Two Executive COMMITTEE
men.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov 1s.-James
r. Sovereign. who has been general
master workman of the knights OF
Labor for the past four years or more
and who. before and during that time
has been one of the ablest champions
of the order and its doctrines, was,
Friday afternoon, relieved of his office
by the general assembly which has been
in session in this city since Monday
last. Under ordinary conditions
Mr.. Sovereigns term OF OF
fee. would not expire until
the next meeting. This, however. is
said, makes no differences with the or
der whose general officers during a
meeting are always in the hands OF as
sembly and can be chosen and deposed
at the will of the majority. Along
with Mr.. Sovereign there were three
other officers retired because OF their
special election, viz: I. b. McGuire,
general worthy foreman, of Amster-
dam, N. Y, and Daniel Brown, of Mon
tana, and II. B. Martin, of Minnesota,
members of the executive committee.
Henry A. Hicks, of New York Dis
trict 253, New York city, was chosen to
fill Mr.. Sovereign's place and /. ID.
Chamberlain, of Pueblo. Col, was
selected as general worthy foreman.
Sarsfield Fitzpatrick, of Montreal, and
Henry Bostoclz, of Assembly 800, Glass
Workers, were chosen as the two mem
bers of the executive board, the third
member being Andrew d. Best.
This very decided change in the
corps of general officers of the Knights
of Labor will cause considerable as
constituent in labor circles throughout
the country Save to those who were
on the inside so to speak for the past
three months there was absolutely
nothing of this known. 1t is
said, though the change was sudden
and totally unlocked for, it was done
with the amicable consent of all.
In some quarters it is limited
that it had been prearranged be-
fore the delegates gathered in this city
for the general assembly. On good
authority it is learned that it was with
Mr.. Sovereign's most hearty approval
that he steps down and out. 1t is like
wise with the appreciation, and in
fact love, of his brethren of the order
that this is done. The same holds
good with the other officers who were
relieved Mr.. Sovereign stated Friday
night that he wished retirement. He
wanted rest from the labor which the
office entailed upon him.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-16
THEODORE DURRANT

Granted Another Respite at the Eleventh
Hour by the Supreme Court of California.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov. Evil
liam Henry Theodore Durrant will not
be hanged at San Quentin Friday after
all, the supreme court of this state hav-
ing granted him another respite at the
eleventh hour. Up to four o'clock
Thursday afternoon when the news
flashed over the wires from Sacra-
mento that the court now in ses-
sion there had granted a writ
of probable cause and instructed
Warden Hale not to carry out the exc
cution of Durrant until further orders,
there was apparently no further hope
for the condemned murderer of Blanche
Lamont and Minnie Williams, as his
attorneys, Messrs. Dickinson and
Boardman had made a futile effort to
secure another writ of habeas corpus
in the United States court and had not
even been granted permission toappeal
from that decision to the supreme
court of the United States.
Meanwhile, however, Attorney Du-
prey fastened to Sacramento and APP
piled to the state supreme court for
writ of probable cause, for the pur
pose of staying the proceedings against
his client upon the grounds that no
official knowledge of the action of the
supreme court of the United States in
the matter of Durrants appealing from
the decision of the federal court had
yet been received; that the superior
court had acted too hastily in Sentenc-
ing Dnrrant to be hanged Friday, as the
law required that he be given at least
90 days grace; and thirdly, that the
tendency of an appeal in the supreme
court affecting the condemned was of
itself sufficient cause for a stay of exc
cution. The matter was partially
argued in chambers and later argued
before the full court and taken under
advisement. Shortly afterward the
court announced its decision, granting
the writ applied for, in which all the
justices cOHcurred
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-16
ENGLISH VIEW
OF the Negotiations Going on at Washing
ton Between the United States and Can

ton Between the United states ana Can-
ada.
LONDON, Nov. 15.-The Daily. ChrOn-
icle, in special article Monday morn
ing on the meaning of the Canadian
negotiations at Washington, reviews
the past commercial relations between
Canada, Great Britain and the United
States. and says:
important communications have
passed during the last few days be-
tween Downing street and Ottawa:
and the cord ial reception which the
Canadian ministers are meeting at the
hands of the Washington officials and
the American press makes it quite pos
Sible that we are on the eve of most
happy change of attitude toward OIL e
another of the three countries"
The writer of the Daily Chronicle S
article concludes by inquiring:
is Canadian reciprocity with the
United States TO take the place of ex-
elusive preference for Great Britain?
1t would disappOint many in this coun-
try, but the question must be viewed
in the broad light of Anglo American
relations.
No one will deny that Canada the
United States and the mother country
have each far more to gain from closer
intercourse than from the present pol
icy of commercial and political exclu-
SiVPneSS
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-16

DR.. Sheldon jackson, for 20 years trav
eler in Alaska, says the governments ex
pertinent of importing reindeer from 81
IBERIA is a success, and that the problem Of
winter travelling in the interior is practical.
ly solved. Three hundred miles per day can
be made over the snow with relays at rea-
sonable intervals and best of all the reindeer
will rustic his own food.
The best map of the Yukon-Klondike
mining country has been printed in folder
form by the Northern Pacific Ry. Send
2-cent postage stamp to Chas. S. Fee, G.. P.
A. St. Paul, Mimi. The folder is full of up
to-date information regarding rates and
routes to Alaska.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-16
a VICTORY WON
BY the Insurgents at the Very Door of Ha-
vana- 6 reat Excitement Over the DiscOv-
cry OF the Patriots Strength.

By the Insurgents at the Very Door of Ha-
vana-G reat Excitement Over the DiscOv-
cry OF the Patriots Strength.
HAVANA, via Key West. Fla. Nov.
15.-The news of the battle on the es-
tate Regalado. q few miles from here,
has caused a sensation in Havana. The
Spanish official report, cabled to the
United States. was intended to min i'm
ize' the importance of the engagement
and conceal the severity of the shock
suffered by the Spaniards.
The press cen sorsbip. in spite of Gen.
Blanco's alleged liberalism, is as Sc
we're now as in the times of Weyler
According to trustworthy information
received here, the plan of the Spanish
was to capture Gen. r. Alexandra Rod
riguez after surprising him in his
camp but they failed.
The insurgents were prepared, know
ing beforehand of the Spanish plan. A
desperate fight cnsued, and the Span
ish force under command of Maj. Ave
ella retreated with heavy losses. The
insurgents used dynamite bombs effec-
lively. The second engagement at
San Antonio de los Banos was fought
by the same force of Gen. Alexandra
Rodriguez. who followed the Spaniards
to that place, where they received rein
fOrcmentS.
The eXcitementin Havana is intense.
because this battle shows how strong
the insurgent army is in this province
and gives the death blow to the reports
of pacifcation by Gen. Weyler.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-16
The Elnnds in Snain

MADRID, Nov. 13.-Further details
regarding the floods in various parts
of Spain, notably in the provinces of
Saragosa, Valencia and Malaga, where
railroad traffic and telegraphic COM
munication have been seriously inter
fered with, show that Is corpses have
already been recovered. In the neigh.
borhoOd of Valencia enormous num-
bers of cattle have persisted, and the
villages of Grao and Nazareth have
been completely inundated. Many Of
the houses of these places have col.
lapSed
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-16
Not a Competent Prosecuting Witness.

ST LOUIS, Mo-, Nov 13.-In the
United States circuit court Judge b.
Adams has caused some surprise by
sustaining demurrer to an indictment
charging Prof. /. C. Fay, a medium
of this city, with using the mails to
defraud. The evidence against Fay
was conclusive, but he was discharged
by Judge Adams, who held that any
man who was SO mentally dwarfed as
to be Ewindled by representations such
as Prof. Fay made, should not be
competent prosecuting witness in the
criminal prosecution of the man who
made them.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-16
EVERY BLAST FURNACE

In Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. in OPP
GRAFTON With an Output of 10000 Tons
Daily.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. 12.-For the
first time in over three years every
blast furnace in Allegheny county is in
operation. In addition to this more
furnaces are in operation here than
ever before for the past summer
saw four new plants completed and
placed in active work. The start.
ing of furnace f. of the Car
negie Steel Co., Wednesday COM
pleted the list of active furnaces in
this county and now all are in full
blast Furnace ''F'' was blown out
about two months ago. There are 80
iron furnaces in this county now and
all are running, making from two to
three blasts every "a hours. The daily
output of smelted iron in this county
now is approximately 10000 tons
There have never been more than 26
furnaces in blast here before, but the
Carnegies have lately built four new
plants.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-16
To Suppress Rowdvism.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 15.-The Nation
al Baseball league Saturday adopted
the double umpire system and also
adopted resolution presented by Mr.
Brush of Cincinnati, having for its OBJ
lect the suppression of rowdyism on
the part of players. For indecent or
foul language on the field any player
found guilty of this offense after full
hearing will be expelled from the
game forever, and shall not be eligible
to reinstatement.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-16
Shipping Water Pines to Auckland

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 13.-One of the
most important business transactions
in shipping circles that has occurred
recently is the chartering of the Amer
lean bark Mary Hasbroucl1, Capt Lud-
wig, now at New York, to come
to Philadelphia and load a full
cargo of water pipe for Auckland, New
Zealand. This is the first expectation
of the kind from Philadelphia and 9TH
er shipments are expected to follow.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-16
The Last Fever BnlIetin.

New ORLEANS, Nov. 13.-The follow
ing is the last daily official bulletin
that will be issued this season by the
board of health concerning the status
of affairs in New Orleans as regards
yellow fever: Cases of yellow fever
Friday, z; deaths Friday, 2; total cases
of yellow fever to date, 1890; total
deaths from yellow fever to date, 259;
cases absolutely recovered, 1, ITO; total
cases under treatment, 421.S
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-16
Mayor Marwick Stems Gas Works Rin

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. f3.-Mayor War
wick Friday afternoon signed the bill
recently passed by councils leasing the
city gas works to the United Gas I'm
provement Co. The terms of the lease
are that the United Gas Improvement
Co. is to pay rental of $1,000, 900 a
year for 80 years, and to spend S., OOO,-
600 on the improvement of the gas
works. The value of the plant is esti-
mated at $40. ZOO. 900.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-16
Try Gratn-o! Try Grain-Os

Ask your grocer to-day to show you
package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink
that takes the place Of coffee. The children
may drink it without injury as well as the
adult. All who try it like it. GRA1N-O
has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java
but it is made from pure grains, and the
most delicate stomachs receive it without
distress. IA the price of coffee. l5c and
Is cts. per package. Sold by all grocers.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-16

HAVANA, Nov. l5.-Consul General
Ftzhugh Lee and Walter b. Barker,
United States consul at Sagua La
Grandc. arrived Sunday afternoon on
the Ward line steamer Seguranca.
They were welcomed by the consular
OF this city and large company of
friondS
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-16
Death of DIR. Harrison Allen.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 15.-Harrison
Allen. NJ. d., emeritus professor of
comparative anatomy in the medical
school of the University of Pennsyl-
vania, died suddenly Sunday of what
as believed to have been beart disease.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-16
Hard Aground on Rocks.

AMHERsTBURG, Ont, Nov. 1S.-The
northwest gale on Lake Erie lowered
The water in Detroit river to such an
extent Friday that the steamer Vic
cory, towing the big steel schooner
Constitution, went hard aground at the
lime kiln crossing. They are hard
aground on the rocks
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-16
Trib esmen Repulsed.

SnLA. Nov. 15.-According to of.
fetal dispatches from the front forag-
engagement with a large body of
tribesmen Saturday. The latter were
repulsed, but Capt. Bowman. Maj.
Money and four privates were woun ded