The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-04-13


vessel when he bestowed upon torpedo
boat No. 3, now building at the Union
Iron works. the name of 1.-The Foote."
This is to perpetuate the memory of
one OF the fighting naval commanders
Of the civil war. Adm, Foote was the
father of total abstinence from liquor
in tbs navy, and of him the sailors
sung:
He raised our pay ten cents day;
And stopped our grog forever"
The senate committee on commerce
granted a hearing Thursday on the
bills before it providing regulations for
the landing of foreign submarine
cables in the United States, but reach
ed no conclusion in regard to the bills.
Mr.. Evans, the new commissioner Of
pensions, Thursday recinded his order
directing that payment of pension
money be withheld from Mr.. III. c.
Bell, ex-deputy commissioner of pen
sions, and wrote letter to Pension
Agent Wilson stating that on careful
examination he found that Mr.. Bells
claim had been properly issued, and
instructing Mr.. Wilson to issue Mr..
Bell check for $271, the amount due.
The back money accordingly was paid
Thursday and Mr.. Bells name perma-
nently restored to the rolls at So per
month.
The senate in executive session
Thursday confirmed the following
nominations: Theodore Raosefelt. of
New York, to be assistant secretary Of
the navy; Thomas w. Cridler, of West
Virginia, to be third assistant secre-
tary of state; Fenton r. McCreery, of
Michigan, to be secretary of the Unit
ed States legation, City of Mexico;
Capt. A. s. CroWninshield, L. S. n, to
be chief of the bureau of navigation
department of the navy.
To be collectors of internal reven ne,
Alonzo j. Tyler, second district Ten
nessee; Brig Gen. Frank Wheaton, to
be major general in the army; VIM. G.
Cassard, Maryland, to be captain in
the navy; Rev. C. S. Walbley, of Ohio,
to be post chaplain; Capt. Robert
Craig, signal corps, to be major.
Senator Mantle, of Montana, Thurs
day introduced an amendment to She
wool schedule of the Dingley tariff
bill, which provides for advancing the
rates on several varieties of raw woods.
1t proposes to make the duty on wash
ed woods Of both the first and second
classes. instead of the first class
only, double that on unwashed;
to double the duty on all
classes imported in any other
than ordinary condition, or w hich has
been sorted or increased in value by
the rejection Of any part of the orig
inal fleece, thus extending the scope Of
the paragraph in the bill which APP
plies only to woods of the first
and second classes 1t also adds
cutting off, as one of the methods
of increasing woods in value covered
by the paragraph and strikes out the
clause excepting skirted woods import
ed in 1890 or prior thereto. 1t pro-
poses to amend the paragraph fixing
duty of 80 per cent. ad valorem on
woods of the third class. and camels-
hair valued at Is cents or less per
pound by changing Is to 10 cents and
adding provided that in no case
shall the duty be less than five cents
per pound" Corresponding changes
are proposed on the next paragraph,
making the duty so per cent on woods
of the third class valued at more than
Is cents by making it apply to woods
valued at more than ten cents and pro-
viding that the duty shall not be less
than eight cents per pound.
WASHINGTON, April 9-Congressmar
William S. Holman, Indiana's great
''objector" and watchdog of the treas
ury," is lying in a serious condition
at his home, 2l25 r street, as the
result of an accident. Owing to his
exsremc age and his enfecbled
condition during the past year,
it is feared that he will not recover.
Last Tuesday Holman fell on alight-
ing from a Connecticut-avenue street
car near his residence and was taken
home and placed in bed. He began to
grow worse, and part of the time he
has been unconscious Wednesday
night. when two sons were at his bed
side, he could not recognize one from
the other.
Holman's wife died about year ago
During their long married life togcth'
er the couple frequently chatted pleas
antly about which would survive the
other. On her deathbed Mrs. Holman
said to her husband: Something tells
me that we will reach the bottom OF
lifes hill almost together" Two min
utes later she was dead.
Inquiry Thursday evening at the res
idence of Hon. w. S. Holman, of the
Lawrenceburg district, who sustained
IL severe shock by falling from a Con
necticut avenue car Tuesday after
noon, elected the information that
while still confined to his bed, the ven
cradle representative is improving
The only danger is his advanced age
FrightfuIly Burned by Gasoline.
FREMONT, o., April 9. Thursday
morning while attempting to fill tine
magazine of a gasoline stove, which
.uac h1nrninn Mrs L i Hartford n