The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-01-22
DIVERSITY OF OPINION

DIVERSITY OF, OPINION
Regarding tn Probable Fate in Congress
Of the Arbitration Treaty Between Eng.
land and Uncle Sam.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-Mr. We6ego,
of New York, chairman of the execu.
tive committee appointed at the inter.
national peace aud arbitration confer.
ence, held in Washington last year, was
In the city Monday endeavoring to fur
Their the ratification of the arbitration
treaty pending in the'senate. Monday
morning he had an interview with Sem
ator Sherman, chairman of the COM
mittee on foreign relations, and later
he visited the capitol to confer
with other members of the committee.
Inquiry as to the result of his labors
of opinion as to the probable fate of
the treaty, although the impression
seemed to prevail that it must be
amended before consent to it's ratifca-
ton could be procured. Secretary OIL.
ney will appear before the committee
on foreign relations Wednesday, to
argue favorable action on the treaty.
Correspondence Sent to the Senate.
In response to resolution the presi-
dent Monday transmitted to the sem
ate, under the seal of an executive doc
ument, the correspondence leading up
to the negotiation of the general treaty
of arbitration between this gonerv-
ment and Great Britain. 1t was or
dered to be printed and referred to the
committee on foreign relations. The
correspondence contains nothing Of
Importance that has not heretofore
been published and is not very volum-
inous.
Ohio Naval Militia.
Adj. Gen. b. A. Axline, of Ohio, and
his assistant, III. B. Kingsley, Monday
saw Assistant Secretary McAdoo re-
garding the naval militia of Ohio,
which is to be extended materially
and placed in effective condition on
securing the assistance granted by the
navy department to other naval re-
serves.
The Bubonic Plague.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-Surgeon Gen
eral Wyman, of the. Marine hospital
service, Monday took action with ref
erence to the Bubonic plague which is
SO widespread in India, by issuing a
circular letter reimposing at all for
eign ports and places infected or sus-
pected of being infected with plague,
the United States quarantine regula-
tions of 1894, relating to cholera. Pas
sengers and crews who have been ex.
posed to infection are to be detained a
period of not less than Is days from
the last possible exposure.
Military Academy Appropriation Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-The military
academy appropriation bill for the
coming fiscal year was Monday report
ed to the senate by the committee OF
appropriations. AS passed by the
house the bill carried total of $474,
572. To this the committee added one
item of $1,000, for the purchase of one
maxim semi-automatic three-pound
er" firing gun.
A bill to provide for permanent
census was introduced by Mr.. Chandler
rep, N. H.) and referred to the com
mittee on census.
Ex-Gov. Long Goes in the Cabinet.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IA private tel
egram from Boston, received MONDAY
afternoon by prominent New Eng
land senator, announces authoritativ
ly that ex-Gov. Long, of Massachus
etts, has been rendered and has &C
cepted the secretaryship of the navy
Partly Demonstrations.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-The suprem
court of the United States has decided
that part of the South Carolina dispen
sary law providing for the inspection
of liquor imported into the state to b.
unconstitutional
David x. Francis Nomination Confirmed
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-The senat
Monday confirmed the nomination o
David r. Francis to be secretary of tn
interior