The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-08-13
NEWS ITEMS.

coal strike.
It was denied Tuesday by the parties
most interested that consohdatlon OF
the New Jersey Central and the Lehlgn
Valley railroads is contemplated. Inc
rumor has been frequently circulated
and as often denied.
At San Jose, Cal, Sheriff Linden ar
rested Mrs. Sarah SchOfeld, DanleI
Douvher and Irving Mann, the 17-year-
old son of Mrs Schofield by her first
marriage, charged with the murder OF
Mrs Schofeld's husband about ten
days ago.
At Rochester, N Y, Jacob Temp
l1ins, of 464 Congress street, Detroit
was perhaps fatally injured Monday
afternoon by being run over by New
York Central train. His left leg was
amputated near the hip and he was IN
ternally injured.
There was a break in the Welland
canal Tuesday. The steamer Britain
mic, bound up, ran into Lock and car
ried away four gates. Navigation is
stopped at this end until repairs can be
made. When this will be, it is impos-
ST bic to state at present.
The state department has been adj
vised that Ira c.. Farley, travelling in
Cuba for a New York cigarette com
pany, was captured by the Spanish
forces and has been turned over to
Consul General Lee to be sent out OF
the island. Farley is citizen of Mas
sachusetts.
Countess Cowley, the trial of whose
action for divorce from her husband,
Earl COwley, began in the divorce di-
vision of the high court of justice in
October last, has been granted decree
of absolute divorce and has been al
lowed alimOny to the amount of e2, 200
year for life.
The approaching marriage is an
nOunced in London of Capt. Arthur
Hay, brother of the earl of Enroll,
and captain in the Second battalion
of the Queens Own Cameron High
landers, to Hermoine, daughter of Mrs.
Schenley, who has large property in
terests at Pittsburgh, Pa.
Cyrus A. Hull, the confidential agent
of Hayes and Walker, Chicago, arrested
on the charge of obtaining by fraud
money belonging to his employers, APP
peared before Judge Snider at Hamil-
ton, Ont, Monday. He said he was
willing to return to Chicago. Detective
Corbus, of Chicago, has left with Hull
for that city.
Four French officers have just made
a record ascent of Mont Blanc via the
route followed by the famous Alpine
, guide, Jacques Balmat, who is said to
. have been the first to reach the sum-
nit. The route the officers followed
has not been used since 1920 They
made four attempts before success
, crowned their efforts.
, A wife-murder was committed some
time during Saturday night at the vii
+ lage of Peterborough, n. J. While
! Ann Robinson, aged 81 years, was
sleeping in her bed, with two children
, nesting on her bosom, her crazy hus-
+ band, James Robinson, cut her throat.
: Then he drew the razor across his own
throat cutting deep, but not fatal,
, cash.
The assassination of the prime min
lister of Spain, Senior Canovas del Cas-
tillO, has caused feeling of horror in
Rome. Many flags are half-masted.
The premier, the Marquis Di Rudini
and the cabinet ministers paid per-
sOnal visits to the Spanish en-
bassy. King Humbert has tele-
graphed his condolences to the queen
regent.
The assassination of the prime min
, lister of Spain has caused great excite
ment and activity among the police of
all branches in London. All the men
absent on leave have been recalled and
constant communications are going on
between the British police headquar-
ters in London, Scotland yard and the
headquarters of the Spanish police at
Madrid.
Coli the assassin of Senior CanOvaS
del Castillo, was known in Barcelona
under the name of AchillOli. He former
Iy worked as a cOmpOsitOr and was also
known under the alias of Jose SOntO.
He was claSSed as a militant anarchist
and was an intimate friend of Ascheri,
the perpetratOr of the outrage in the
Gale de Cambros. Coli fed from Bar
celona after the outrage referred to.
The government will order the re-
lease of the schooner Blanche Morgan,
now detained at Bridgeport, Ct, as a
suspected filibuster. Capt Very, rep
resenting the government at the
Bridgeport Ammunition works, was at
the department Tuesday and stated
that the ammunition found on the
Morgan belonged to the government
and was being shipped to New York.
A special dispatch from Brussels SAYS
that Lieut.. De Gerlache, the leader of
the Belgian Antartic expedition, which
IS to sail shortly for southern waters on
the steamer Belgica, is much disap-
pointed, owing to the lack of room on
board the ship, and that he has been
obliged to decline the valuable offer of
DR.. Frederick A. Cook, Lieut. Pearys
companion, to join in the Belgian ex-
petition.
At special performance given Sun
day afternoon at the Theater De La
Republique, Paris, for the benefit of
the Spanish refugees in Paris, Tarrida
MarmOl the SDaniSh aDarcbic+ 1,,b1