The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-07-02
THE ORATORS
On the Fourth of July Asked to Prom
inentIy Treat the Cuban Question.
And Bring Out a Sentiment In Favor of
Immediately Granting to Cubans Bel
Iigerent Rig Queen Liliuo-
kalani in the Senate Gallery.

WASHINGTON, June 30.-Col. A. A.
Aguirre, Cuban patriot well-known
in Washington, who has lost five
brothers, officers in the Cuban army,
asks the press of the country to urge
in their columns that in the Fourth of
July exercises the orator of the day
shall prominently treat of the Cuban
question and bring out the American
sentiment in favor of granting bellig.
erent rights to that strugg ling people
as the first step toward ultimate
recognition of the independence of
Cuba He desires to call attention to
the organization of the National Re-
lief association for Cuba in aid of the
American Red Cross in Washington,
under the auspices of some of the most
prominent women of America It's OBJ
iecu is to raise funds to send the
american Red Cross" to Cuba
Contributions for this cause will be
received by Mrs. Senator j. c. Bur-
rows, president of the association, 1404
Massachusetts, avenue, Washington,
D. G..
WASHINGTON, June 30.-Ex-Queen
spent some time in the private gallery
of the senate Tuesday, accompanied
by three members of her suite. She
first appeared in the senate marble
room and sent her card to Senator
Perkins, of California, who, after ex-
changing few words with her and
introducing her to many of his col
leagues. escorted her to che gallery,
where she took a front seat and ap-
peared to be an interested listener to
the debate on lead ore.
WASHINGTON, June 30.-The work of
consolidating small outlying post Of
fees with large adjacent one, max
ing single postal district with mod
ern postal facilities, will be pushed
vigorously by this administration in
all sections of the country The OPP
position to the scheme comes, it is said,
from residents who have wrong ideas
of the objects of the depart
ment, or from post Office en-
ployes whose positions are there
by affected. The results of the
consolidation policy so far carried out
have been most gratifying to the
Washington authorities and First AS
sistant Postmaster General Heath has
determined that consolidation shall be
effected wherever possible and FEAST
BILE. Consolidation abolishes the indi-
vidual small post offices, with
their usually crude service, and
su Institutes sub-stations for them;
reduces the pOstmasters to sub
agents with accompanying saw
ing of salaries and complicated
auditing work, and instead OF the
many post offices, substitutes the large
office with branches. all having tree
delivery and other advantages actru-
ing to post Office from such pr vi.
leges The postal officials are confident
that the extension of the moyeIahnt
will result in big saving in expendi-
lures, while furnishing immensely SUI
perior facilities. Several consolida-
tons have been ordered and others are
contemplated.
At Los Angeles, Cal, four or five Of
fees nearby have been consolidated
with good effect, and similar action has
been taken at Denver recently.
WASHINGTON, June 80. The senate
committee on finance has fixed the
duty on coal at 81 cents per long ton.
This rate applies only to coal shipped
from countries which do not impose
higher rate on American coal. 1t
therefore affects only Canada, the Ca
madam rate on American coal being
the same. There has been a strong
contention to hold the rate down to
that originally fixed by the committee
and even to lower it, but this effort
was vigorously contested by the sena-
tors from the coal producing states,
and the latter class have won.