The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-07-13
WESTERN BLOOD
To BE Instilled Into the Navy Depart
ment-NavaI Officers Will Make Re-
cruitinc Tour OF the Western Cities.


to this end Lieut. Com. j. NJ. Hawley,
with surgeon and boatswain, will
start from Washington next week on
a tour of the larger western cities
with view to securing recruits. The
first stop will be made at Duluth and
then Chicago, Milwaukee, Toledo, Buff
falo and other lake cities will be visi-
ed. The plan is to open temporary re-
cruiting offices in these places,
and secure for the navy
as many of the lake sailors
as possible The project is to be cred
tied to Lieut. Com. Hawley. When
the department came to realize the
fact that not a single vessel in the
naval service had full complement of
ordinary seamen and sailors, and that
men of the high standard desired by
the navy could not be procured in SUI
icient numbers in the coast cities, his
plan was adopted and he was placed
in charge of it's execution. Most
of the sailors who man our
warships are from the coast
cities, although recently some
westerners have been drifting
this movement could be stimulated the
navy would be benefited by securing
larger proportion of native American
stock in its enlistment Letters re-
ceived at the navy department showed
that one obstacle to the entry of west
erners into the service, was the fact
that the men who were willing and
anxious to enter, had not the means
to reach the seaboard cities where en-
listments are made. 1t was for this
reason that Lieut.. Com. Hawley
offices for recruiting as he goes, where
the recruits may apply and be sent in
patches of ten or dozen in charge of
the boatSwain to the nearest navy
yard at the governments expense.
The terms offered to the lake sailors
are: For ordinary seamen $40 per
month, and for sailors $24 with an al
lowance of ST. per month extra to each
upon re-enlistment and rations. The
recruiting officer also hopes to secure
some machin ists from the lake ports
in the navy is to be $40 per mon tn
against an average of $45 on the lakes.
WASHINGTON, July 1O-The senate
committee on foreign relations made
two efforts Friday to secure a full
meeting for the purpose of taking up
and if possible disposing of the Hawai-
ian annexation treaty, but failed. No
quorum was secured at the forenoon
session, and there was not full at
tendance at the afternoon meet
ing. The treaty was discussed at
some length at the latter session
and the more pronounced of the advo-
Gates of the treaty suggested the ad-
visibility of early action. This sug-
gestion was antagoniZed, however, by
the opponents of ratification and by at
least one Of the supporters of annexa-
ton, on the ground that the matter is
too important for immediate action.
The committee adjourned until next
Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, July 10.-The remains
of Senator Harris will be taken to
Memphis for interment over the c. &
o. railway, leaving here Saturday
night at 11:10. The body will arrive
at Nashville Monday morning at 6
o'clock and lie in state at the Tennes-
remains will be conveyed to Memphis
over the N, c., c. 81 st. L., arriving
there at o'clock Tuesday morning.
The funeral will occur at Memphis on
Tuesday and the congressional escort
will leave Memphis at s p, M Tues
day, arriving here at 6:47 Thursday
morning.
WASHINGTON, July 1O-United States
Consul General Lee has been render
ing some account to the government
of his expenditures from the fund APP
propriated by congress for the relief of
destitute American citizens in Cuba.
His figures were presented to the cabi-
net Friday and the showing was re-
markable, for it appeared that of the
total of $4,000 at the disposal of the
consul general, he had expended only
$4,000, and yet had given substantial
relief to every distressed American
whom he could find ready to receive
aid, and besides had shipped some of
them back to the United States
WA sH1NGToN, July 1O.-The commits
sioner of pensions has before him the
cases of about 100 veterans dismissed
from the pension Office during the last
administration and who seek rein
statement. They are being carefully
considered, and where possible and the
circumstances warrant it, reinstate-
ment will be made.
WASHINGTON, July 1O.-President Nc
kinley will spend most of his summer
vacation on the shores of Lake Cham
plain. He will leave Washington on
August l and go direct to Lake Cham
plain. Plattsburg, N. Y, will be his
nearest town His party will consist
of the members of the presidential
family, of Vice-President and Mrs.
Hobart, Secretary Alger and family,
Secretary and Mrs. Porter, and prob,
ably several other mem Ders of official
society.
WASHINGTON, July lot can be an
nounced on authority that with the
presentation to the senate of the large
list of diplomatic and consular nomi-
nations which has been prepared and
will go to the capito, Saturday or