The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-01-18
The COMMITTEE
On Interstate and Foreign Commerce IL
the House Make Two Important AmeAd-
ments to the Anti-ScaIPinS Bill.

Senator Hoar in the senate Friday
changing the time for the Inaugural
ton of presidents from March until
April, placed the date when the change
should take effect in 1899, when it was
Senator HOar's intention that the date
should have been 1901, which would eX-
tend Mr. McKinley's term for a little
more than a month instead of shorten
ing it as would have been the result of
the resolution as first introduced had
it become a law. Mr.. Hoar afterwards
changed the resolution in accordance
with his intention.
The house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce had the anti.
scalping bill under discussion Friday.
Two important amendments were
adopted. One imposes a penalty on
railroads refusing to redeem unused
portions of tickets. This provision is
lacking in the original bill and the
railroad interests that have been rep
resented favor it as an earnest OF good
faith An amendment also was adopt
ed providing that passengers applying
for redemption of tickets should not be
given the benefit Of through tariff but
where journey ceased.
Senator Perkins, of California, Fri
day introduced a bill amendatOry of
the act providing a civil government
for Alaska, providing that all public
lands not reserved in Alaska contain
ing coal, Ignite of mineral. may be
claimed and entered under the land
laws; that locations not exceeding GAO
acres may be located by any qualified
mineral claimant; but entry can be
made only on discovery of coal Ignite
or mineral oil on the location, and that
| the purchase price of land claimed
under this act shall be s.. so per acre.
The vice president and Mrs. Hobart
| entertained the president and Mrs. Nc
Kinley Friday evening at a beautiful
appointed dinner of 20 covers. The
! drawings aud library of the vice presi-
dents mansion, the former home of
Senator and Mrs. Cameron, were
fragrant with roses, while the table at
which the guests were seated were
superbly decorated with bridesmaid
roses and lighted with tiny wax tapers
| under silver and white shades. Mrs.
HObart's gown was of pear gray bro
cade, trimmed with rare old laces.
This was Mrs McKinley's first APP
| pearance as a dinner guest in Wash
| ington since the Inauguration and was
consequently awaited with great inter-
est. She wore a very rich toilet of
| blue satin with diamond ornaments.
The other guests present were the Sec
rotary of state and Mrs. Sherman, the
| E
Gage, Mrs. Alger, the attorney general
and Mrs. McKenna, postmaster gem
eral and Mrs. Gary, the secretary Of
the navy and Mrs. Long, the secretary
of the interior and Mrs. Bliss, the sec
rotary of agriculture and Mrs. San
ford, the guest of the house and Sem
ator Sewal, of New Jersey.
! WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-Farmers bull
letin No 6s, just issued by the agri-
cultural department, treats of the
black rot of the cabbage. 1t was pre-
pared by Erwin T. Smith, chief of the
division of vegetable physiology and
pathology, and describes the nature
and prevalence of the disease, the
source of infection and gives
practical suggestions for its proven
ton. The disease is known to
cabbage growers under different
names, the cOmmOncst of which are
''Stem rot and 'blacll rot" Although
it has come into prominence only with
in the last few years it is said to be a
serions hindrance to cabbage growing
in several states. No way is known of
curing the disease or of entirely rid
ding d locality of it when once it is
we'll established. The whole subject
of treatment may be summed
up in one word-prevention
The disease is not confined
to cabbage but attacks a number of
species belonging to the mustard fam
lily. 1t was studied in the field for the
first time by the author last year, who
visited the following places: Saginaw,
Mich; Racine, Wis; Clyde, O.; Roches-
ter, n Y, and Washington, D. c. In
all these localities it has obtained a
strong foothold and has done serious
damage. The inj ury at Racine during
the last three years probably exceeds
one hundred thousand dollars. Many
suggestions are given for the proven
ton of the disease. The planting of
other crops for long series of years,
the bulletin says, seems to be the only
satisfactory way of getting rid of it
after once becoming serious. The be-
lief is expressed that no danger is like
) ly to ensue from the consumption of
cabbage slightly affected with the rot,
because the germ does not grow well
at blood heat and is easily destroyed
by cooking.
After the transaction of some rou-
tine business in the senate Friday Mr..
Hoar (Mass.) presented the following
joint resolution proposing an amend
mcnt to the constitution:
THAT the following article be pro-
posed to the legislatures of the several
states as an amendment to the consti-
tuition of the United States:
The term of Office of the president of the
Fifty-siXth congress shall continue until the
= Both day of April in the year 1899, ut noon. The
2 senators whose existing term would otherwise