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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-07-12
CHAPTER XXXIII.
THE FALL OLA CHIEFTAIN.

THE FALL OF A Ct1lEFIAlN.
There never was such an Overturn in
this world. Each of these six men was
as though he had been struck. But
with Silver the blow passed almost in
stantly. Every thought Of his soul
had been set full-stretch, Ike a racer,
on that money; we'll. he was brought up
in a single second, dead; and he kept his
head, found his temper, and changed
his plan before the others had had time
to realize the disappointment.
"Jim," he whispered, take that, and
stand by for trouble
And he passed me double-barreled
pistol.
At the same time he began quietly
moving nOrthward, and in a few steps
had put the hollow between us two
and the other five. Then he looked at me
and nodded, as much as to say: Here
is a narrow corner" as, indeed, l
thought it was. His looks were now
quite friendly; and l was so revolted
at these constant changes that l could
not forbear whispering: 80 you've
changed sides again"
There was no time left for him to
answer in. The buccaneers, with Oaths
and cries, began to leap, one after an
other, into the pit, and TO dig with
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WHEN / 60 HOME.

When I go home-a simple spell,
These words, 10 cheer toilsCme wayl
Like some faint, sweet and far-off bell,
1 hear their echoes day by day.
Some dear, far time when l shall bid
Farewell to faces strange and cold,
And turn my feet to paths of old,
In distant homeland valleys hid.
When go home dear loving eyes
Will smile welcome into mine,
Dear voices ring with glad surprise,
And mother arms around me Irvine.
True hearts will hail me back once more
To share the old-time peace and rest,
And hopes and dreamings, long represt,
Will bud and blossom as of yore.
When I go home my pines will moan
A plaintive greeting on the hills,
And there will ring a welcoming tone
In every Groom of meadow rills;
And from its rocky shore the sea
Will send the murmur, vast and deep,
That lulled my childish eyes to sleep
With echoings from eternity
When 7 go home the glens of fir
viii whisper Ger me as of old.
And wheaton meadows, all astir,
VIII CLEAN again with harvest gold.
The fields l loved the hills I trod,
Will call in mothers tongue to me,
And our renewed fraternity
VIII draw me near to truth and God.
L. NJ. Montgomery, in Congregational
iSt
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Outline Weather Indications.

The earliest weather vanes in New
England were cocks. trumpeters, simple
plates. disks and arrows, and. not to be
overlooked, the sacred Goldfish. In Dos
ton cocks or broad arrows were on all
theRold churches. On the Province
house, where Gen. Gage had his head
quarters. there was statue of an
Indian with drawn bow and arrow.
ready to shoot. Prints of the city of
New Amsterdam as it was in the good
OLD Dutch days show the churches and
many of the houses surmounted by the
gilded cock or the plain arrow-N. Y.
Sun.
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Triumph In Photographic Art.

TIE Carbon Photograph will stand
the test of time aud atmospheric in
fCences. Made in all sizes, ard is dur
able. The likeness is always preserved
in miuutest detail. and can be made
from any Old picture. invite all who
are interested in large pictures to exam
inc this wonderful picture before giving
your orders for any copying and enlarg-
ing of old pict1res. I make your sit
tlngs free when yOu desire large
picture from life and guarantee salts
faction. Very respectfully,
l.. GRINNAN, Artist,
(29mar-tf) Paris, KY.
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To The FARMERS Of BOURBON
COUNTY,

As agent of The Page Woven Wire
Fence Co., am prepared to put up the
hest wire fence on the market 1t ia
guaranteed to turn ali kinds of stock
and TO give satisfaction.
l have put up fence this season for
farmers who have had the Page Fence
in use for seven or eight years
am also prepared to put up the
bes' Chicken Fence on the market.
If Won are needing any Ietce give ME
n call.
o. w. MILLER, Agent,
PARIs. KY.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 11.-Maj Gen.
Otis. will hasten his departure for
Manila. in accordance with iustruc-
tons from Washington. He may go
on either the Peru or City of Puebla,
which are to sail not later than the
middle of next week, without waiting
for the other vessels now being pre-
pared for use as transports. On reach
ing Manila Gen. Otis will probably as
sumo command of all the troops in the
field, leaving Gen. Merritt free to take
charge of his-duties as governo- gen.
eral
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DONS OPEN FIRE.
Their Light Guns, However, We're Soon
Silenced by the Americans.
Everything on the Firing Line Is Now
Ready for the Commencement of Hos
tilities in Case the Spanish General
Does Not Surrender Monday.

WASHINGTON, July 11.-Shortly after
midnight the war department gave
out the following dispatch from Gen.
Shafter:
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The man who knows nothing except
what he has learned from books IS poor
ly educated.
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THE TREASURE HUNT-THE VOICE
AMONG THE TREES.
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PLAYA DEL ESTE, July 10.
To Adjutant General, Washington:

To Adjutant General, Washington:
Enemy opened fire a few minutes
past with light guns which were soon
silenced by ours. Very little musketry
firing and the enemy kept entirely in
their entertainments. Three men
slightly wounded. VIII have consid-
cradle forces Monday, enough TO
completely block all the roads on the
northwest. 1 am quite well.
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SIGNAL CORPS SENDS
MESSAGES BY NIGHT
CALL BUILDING AND TWIN
PEAKS IN COMMUNICATION.
Wig-Wag Men of the Second Brigade
Did Some Very Successful
Work Yesterday.

The three instruments used in military
signaling are the heliograph, flags and
torches. OF these the heliograph is avail
able only when the sun is shining. flags
require daylight and torches need the
darkness of night. Last night some very
successful signaling was done from the
balcony at the foot of the dome of The
Call building. Forty of the prominent
points and most imposing structures of
the city and county of San Francisco
have been carefully examined by the Sig
nal Corps. and of these The Call building
is one Of the most notable.
AT few minutes after p. m. Brigadier
General R. H Warfeld, Captain Hewes.
commanding the Signal Corps of the Sec
ond Brigade of the National Guard, Ser
geant Henton and four men of the corps.
with Call reporter, assembled the Claus
Spreckels building. During the afternoon
a squad of mounted men of the corps mad
been sent to Colma. These men were TO
report on station at 7:15 p. m. Messages
according to General Warfeld's direction
were sent to them from Twin Peaks
The party on The Call building, having
lighted a foot torch, endeavored by waY-
ing another torch to attract the attention
of the party at Twin Peaks. For some
minutes this could not be done, as the
Twin Peaks party were engaged in sig
waving and waiting the Twin Peaks party
acknowledged the signal from The Call
building by burning red light This
was uOue DIT 900 p ILL., anu WdS al OliCO
acknowledged by the signal "A with the
torch The attention of the Twin Peaks
party being thus assured, the following
message was transmitted:
II congratulate you upon your signal
success as the Signal Corps of the Sec
ond Brigade, National Guard of Califor-,
mia. r. H. WAKEFIELD.
'Brigadier General Second Brigade. .
This message, consisting of twenty-six
words, occupied twenty minutes in trans
mission. AS soon as it was concluded the
answering message, A A G, was flashed
from Twin Peaks, A A signit1ying the
receipt of the message and G standing
for Garfield, the receiving member of the
corps.
transmitted the following message: Tho
Call congra tulates you upon your signal
success" This was acknowledged by the
message, A A S, the two AS signlfyinG
the receipt of the message and the
standing for Scott, one of the party on
Twin Peaks.
This message of eigh. words occupied
three minutes in transmission.
Though there was a good deal of smoke
lowering over the city the signaling was
entirely successful, and was accomplished
without a hitch or the necessity for repe-
tition. The messages were promptly re-
ceived and promptly answered.
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Olympic Club Banquet.

A banquet was given by the Olympic
Club to the members of the Olympic Ciu0
football team last evening. The hall was
handsomely decorated for the occasion.
and one of the most pleasant evenings in
the history of the club was passed. Those
present were: w. Bandy, d. Erskine.
William Sexton, William Hobbs ]. c.
Sheehy, William Tomlison, William Nc
Lain, T. McNutt, T. Code, r. Wilson, r.
Hamilton, r. Weldon. d. Atkinson. G.
Smith. H j. McNevin. James Code Ed
Wells. George Middlemiss Jr., r. W. lie
Ballister. S. Parker and William, Ken
a late hour. The board Of directors were
represented by John HammersnIith and
George James. During the banquet Percy
Morris was presented with a handsome
diamond-studded watch fob and locket in
appreciation of his services as captain of
the team.
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SHERMAN WAS FEARFUL OF ANY IN
CURRY BY THE McD0NALDS.

Sherman lost no opportunity in black
guarding every representative of the
McDonalds who was sent TO Los An
geles to investigate the affairs of the
Electric road Some of the most in
tereSting of these letters illustrate this
blackguardism. When any agent of
the McDonalds arrived in Los Angeles,
Colonel Woodland would Immediately
place himself in communication with
the arrival. Sherman thus found him
self doubly handicapped. He not only
had to guide the affairs of the road
himself, but he had to misrepresent
Woodland sufficiently to destroy the eff
feet of the latter's knowledge. One of
these letters, characteristic Of Sher-
mans position toward investigators, is
as follows:
L. A, Saturday a. m, Sept. "a, 1892.
My Dear Friend: Your kind tele-
gram about Miss d. duly received and
Instructions Immediately carried out.
Wrote and wired her both. Don't
worry about anything here or
about any of the dirty lies Woodland is
trying to get in newspapers. etc. He
says he is going to give Mr.. Tomblin
a fill too, and etc. He says he has
given Mr.. Mitchell lot of stuff to
give you. 1t is hard to work all the
time and to have this dirty fellow
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SHERMAN C0NCEIVES MYTHICAL PUR-
CHASES OF ELECTRIC BONDS.

A few days later Sherman and Nc
Kee were in Chicago trying to effect an
electric bond deal. For months after
that Sherman travelled back and forth,
from city to city, trying to persuade the
McDonalds that he could float the
bonds of the electric railroad. Mythical
purchasers bobbed up on every hand.
Sherman bobbed back and forth bust
ling but doing nothing that was worth
the effort. Now he had purchasers in
Chicago, then in ST. Louis and New
York and in Boston. False hopes were
raised in the minds of the McDonaldS
that this bustling manipulation, who
had trapped them into losing venture,
would help them out and dispose of
some of the bonds. To maintain his de-
ception Sherman wrote many letters in
which he stated that this and that deal
was on the point of completion, but
electric railway could not be negoti-
ated. Everybody in the financial world
of America, with the exception of the
McDonalds, knew that these bonds
were not worth % cents on the dollar.
A typical letter showing Sherman's de-
ception is as follows:
CHICAGO, Oct. %. 1892.
My Dear R. II. Jr.: Not a word
from you since l left. Please write
here. Wrote a long letter to F. V.
To-Day IelunS MIN OF Wnal MI. mckee
and self were trying to do and asked
him to please show ii TO Mr.. Johns
as I was so busy seeing so many peo-
pie and with so many things on hand
that it would save me writing two let
tiers, and / know you wanted Mr. ].
kept posted on things here. 1t is slow,
but we still think we are going to get
this fight pulled down and get all
standing in and get all out on top
Mr. Mckee is very, very kind and is
helping well. Woodland is here from
L. A Funny. 1 dread him. Well. I
will have more to say soon as l know
what, for sure can do. 1t takes
much time and patience. | go to st.
Louis again soon. Please forgive my
poor letter. Until all are seen and
have agreed we do not know exactly
what we can do. so it is no use to
write fully. M. H.
The Call will continue tomorrow the
publication of the letters of Mr.. Sher-
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SHERMAN'S ATTEMPT TO JUGGLE WITH
RAILROAD COUPONS.

In a letter written on eptember 26,
1892, Sherman takes considerable pride
in characterizing himself as a liar. In
an endeavor TO make himself valuable
to r. II. Mcdonald Jr., Sherman shows
his readiness to cheat in business
transaction whenever cheating will be
of any value to his employers. The
letter is unique in this revelation of
this mans character and valuable in
its discussion of Los Angeles Electric
road bonds. Notwithstanding the fact
that Sherman very frequently found no
time either to eat or sleep, so deeply
was he engaged in the affairs of the
road, he nevertheless accepted Dick
McDonald's command to look after the
Riverside affair. Excerpts from the let
ter are as follows:
L. A, Sept. &c. 1892.
My Dear Friend: You know how anx,
fous f. V. and all of us are TO get all
make our new issue of bonds actual
first mortgage bonds This cannot be
done until all the old bonds are bought
in and exchanged and marked can.
the original issue of Electric bonds ex-
cept about fifty. All of these fifty
them, and those. coupons are in a box
in your safe, where F. V. put them:
Thus far 1 have>told every one did
not know where these coupons were;
These coupons are the property of the
Electric Railway Company; and we do
not propose to give the holders of these
fifty bonds the benefit of them at all;
You know how very particular. the old
man Mckee is, and he has refused to
exchange any of these oonos unIess
see how it is Mckee is insisting on
the strict letter of the law, and will
exchange no bonds unless the coupons
are pinned on to them, and II Is no
harm to pin them on in case the rail-
road company does not lose anything
by SO doing. Please talk TINS matter
over with Mr.. Dorm and Mr.. Johns.
shall be on hand at ali times to do
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My Dear F. "; That man Woodland

My Dear F. "; That man Woodland
meaner than ever. He threatens to go
to 8. F. / wired r. II. Jr. Mean man.
He wants coin and If we give him this
he will want more. D. S. was in city
yesterday. Woodland caught him as
soon as he arrived and wanted COIN
Mitchell was in city yesterday and
Woodland saw him. He is very hungry
and is seeking to catch on for dollar
Woodland is now after friend of mine
who has a deal on hand in San Ber-
nardino County. He went to him. his
usual card, telling him how much he
knew of his business. Told him lit
tie item that my friend thought was
private, to prove his knowledge, and
then told him how much good heeeould
do him or how much evil he could do
him. Then struck for coin. Well. 1t is
laughable. So long as he will give his
attention to others, and he will as
soon as he finds there is no coin in u.s.
and bleed them, you and / are salts
fed. He Is very hungry. He told me
that fishing was short and l told him
that IL he was in need and If he would
have subscription paper passed that
we would give him ten dollars.
Well, 1t takes nerve and it takes
courage to stand it. We have sure
case, so our attorneys tell us, SO that
we can lock him up for blackmail. but
life Is too short and / am too busy to
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attend to it, so unless he sues us. this
is Mr. Dorn's advice. we will do moth
ing. But we are getting ready 50 that
if he attacks US We can have him ar
rested. He spent two hours in all, l
should think, in talking TO us. Three
of us heard it and our attorneys say
we have him sure. You would have
laughed If you could have seen Wood
ard catch on to Dorm. Woodland has
1t in for every one who will not come
down. He says you have promised
him employment. l know why you
have Mr.. Mitchell see him, because
you uoh want 70 ~tIte niih Ie'tt h,st
what | fear is he will pump Mitchell.
/ know Mitchell will try not let him.
but Woodland is awful sharp. NJ. II.
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greatly and he wrote the following In
teresting letter: :, 1000
NV Dear f. V: That man Woodard
is still at it, He is now threatening
TO find some one to buy bona OF a
few shares of stock and investigate
everything and see If we have spent
a dollar in Sacramento or with the
City Council, or with the Supreme
Court or lower courts, or anywhere
for any purpose where he can nope
10 get anything on anyone and then
try to get us all indicted by the Grand
Jury He wants money and he Is
bound to have it or try and make us
trouble | have wired D. s. TO come
up from San Diego and see what 1t Is
best to do. l am bitterly opposed to
letting him blackmail us any more.
The company cannot stand it. | tell
whip and sail. He tries to keep up
stream of letters of complaint from
any one he can get to write them TO
different San Francisco bondholders.
He is the worst, most INSCRIPTIONS
man l ever knew. Mr.. Crank is very
kind. He has a long pull here and
helps us in every way he can. We
are hoping that D. S. will be here to-
morrow to go over everything l
think of you every day. Yours.
"IF WE GIVE HIM COIN HE WILL
WANT MORE"
On August 10, 1892, GODDARD had be.
come a nightmare to Sherman and the
letter was written:
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THE CLEVER MANIpULATOR REFUSES A
PHANTOM HONOR.

On September %, 1892 M H. Sherman
placed himself upon a pedestal of self
esteem and asked his friends and his
dupes to look upon him as a modern
martyr to duty. He very modestIy in
formed his dear friend Frank that he
had refused seat in the United States
Senate. AS a matter of fact Mr.. Sher-
man had not been offered a seat in the
United States Senate, but he told
Frank Mcdonald that he had and that
accomplished the purpose of Mr.. Sher-
man. who wished to impress upon the
McDonalds how very busy he was and
how self-devoted and self-sacrificing
he was in their interests. This myth
cal seat in the United States Senate
which fioated in thin air before the
come from Arizona when Arizona be-
came a State. Mr.. Sherman's letter is
as follows:
L. A.. Sept. 29, 1892.
Ny Dear F. V: There is much to
write. Mr.. Tomblin is here. Mr.. Johns
has been here and gone away. Miss D.
tiers are ire moving on There are re many
things to be thankful for and much
to annoy. 1t takes great courage and
thing fully with Mr.. Dorm and your
brother and Mr.. Johns in San Fran
cisco, and we are working on several
things, but we will not annoy you until
We find out If We can succeed in these
Or not. No use to build UP false
hopes until we know, eh. l am Of
fered the United States Senatorship,
II Arizona becomes State under this
new law, but have refused as it is no
use to talk. My duty is first to the
property interests 1 have here in Arl-
IONA and to my family and friends
who have helped me. Good-by,
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impression of great haste and another
to hide his identity. On the same day
that the foregoing letter was written
he penned another to r. II. Mcdonald
Jr., in which he expressed the unchari-
table hope that somebody would kin
"Jayhawker." The letter is as follows:
Aug. 1, 1892.
My Dear Friend: Your good letter re-
celved and l will do as you say about
writing F. V. I received Dorm and
Johns kilograms about "Jayhawker"
and the s. F. papers This is rough.
Some one should kill him. Yours,
NJ. H.
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TREMBLING IN THE SHADOW OF OF
FICIAL INVESTIGATION.

On August 10. 1892, "Jayhawker" was
still a menacing angel of darkness and
threatened to investigate the Los An
geles road and its books, to see if any
money had been spent at Sacramento
or with the CITY Council of Los An
geles, or with the Supreme Court of
California, or with town councils in the
southern part Of the State. The threat
seemed to disturb M. H. Sherman very
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man and will carry the history of the
Los Angeles Electric Railroad to the
ncint where Sherman found it neces-
sarv to influence dishonesty the Bank
Commission, in order that the commits
sion might be more than favorably dis
posed to the Pacific Bank and its haz-
ordous speculation
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UNDER THE SHADOW or OFFICIAL INQUIRY.


bonds
uncomfortable of what had been done in
subj S 0
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DORM AND JOHNS CHECKMATE "JAYHAWKER.'


affairs the Railroad had
10
n d.
pubica of of
the
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Startling Revelations in the Secret
History of the Los Angeles
Electric Scheme.
Dorm and Johns Were the Local Commissioners
Chosen to Muzzle Newspapers Of This
City and Their Criticism.

The Los Angeles road is now more than
a project The vast sums of money
have been taken from the Pacific Bank,
which at that time was insolvent. D..
S. Dorm and A. s. Johns are known as
the boys" able, in Sherman's opinion,
to fix at least two of the newspapers in
San Francisco, subsequently indicated
by Sherman as the Examiner and the
Chronicle. "Jayhawker" is abroad in
the land, and, in Shermans words, is
a nasty fellow. Sherman's letter, in
which he gave so much discredit to
Dorm and Johns, is as follows:
MARICOPA, Ariz. Territory. Aug. /, 49,
F. VI wrote you hurried line
from Phoenix on July 80. Am now
on my way to l. A. That nasty
with what you write Mitchell is say
ing and doing, is enough TO make
man sick. The boys wired me from
s. F. that they had (Mr. Dorm and
Johns) finally headed off, an attack
"Jayhawker" had tried to make in
S F. I suppose he tries to keep get
ting nasty stuff before Mitchell and
the other Chicago people to try stir
them up too. Yours, NJ. H.
JAYHAWKER HAD DESIGNS ON THE
SAN FRANCISCO PAPERS.
1t was a habit of Sherman not to
sign his letters with his name. He
certainly had one purpose to create an