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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-12-22
TWO HEAVY FAILURES.
The Produce Exchange Trust Co. and
Henry Allen & Co. Announce
Their Suspension.

New York, Dec. 19.-The Produce
Exchange Trust Co., of this city,
closed it's doors Monday. A notice
upon the door says that the company
has suspended payment pending all
examination of it's books.
The Produce Exchange Trust Co.
was organized a couple of years ago
with a capital of $2,5OO,OOO, and had a
reported surplus and undivided pro-
fits at this time of over So, 100000. It's
business was chiefly with merchants,
tradesmen and corporations in it's i'm
mediate vicinity. 1t had been desig-
mated by the banking department of
1the state as a legal depository for
state monies and municipal monies, rs
well as for the funds of savings banks
and state banks.
The following statement of its con-
dition was issued by the Produce Ex-
change Trust Co.. Monday: Liabii-
ties: Capital and surplus, $5,OOO,OOO;
individual deposits, $2,92S,OOO; trust
I6und, $21, 600; due to banks, So, 700, OOO;
Rtal liabilities, 81, $40, 500. Total as
sen 81 100000.
NV York, Dec. 19.-The suspension
of the firm of Henry Allen & Co.,
bankers and brokers, has been an
nounced on the stock exchange.
The firm is not yet prepared to
make statement, but the suspension
is attributed to the failure of some of
it's customers to respond to calls for
additional margins made necessary by
recent declines. The house has been
known as a trader on rather an ex-
tensive scale.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-12-22
-
Shot Down by Sharpsh0oters in the
Battle at San Mateo, Iuzon.
Secretary of War and the President
Express Profound Grief Over
the Death of the Gall
liant General.

Washington, Dec. 2O.-Thc war de-
partment Tuesday night received the
following official confirmation of the
killing of Gen. Lawton near San Ma
teO, Luzon:
Mauila-Gen. Lawton engaged in
driving insurgents from San Mateo,
section of country northeast of Ma
Mia, killed instantly at $3.50 yester-
day morning. A great loss to us and
his country. (Signed) Otis.
Secretary Root and the president
each Tuesday night expressed his
profound grief at the confirmation Of
the report of the death of the gall
liant general.
Gen LawtOn's death was a great
shock to the officers of the war de-
partment, to nearly all of whom he
was known personally. Hitherto his
luck in battle had been marvellous. He
had been in hundreds of skirmishes
and midnight attacks. He was regard
ed as a man of action and of splendid
courage, but was not considered reck-
less. He never exposed his men with
the stake
Manila, Dec 2O.-Gen. Lawton left
home Monday night, having returned
from his northern operations Satur-
day to lead an expedition through
Marquina valley, which has been an
insurgent stronghold throughout the
war.
San Mateo was attacked at o'clock,
and three hours fight ensued. This
resulted in but a few casualties on
the American side, apart from the
death of Gen. LawtOn, but the attack
was difficult because of the natural
defenses of the town.
New York, Dec. 21.-A dispatch
gives the following account of the
death of Gen. Lawton:
Manila, Dec. 21.-At IL midnight
Monday, Gen. Lawton left his wife
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-12-22
Will Rebuild the Theater.

St. Louis, Dec. 19.-Col. John P,
Hopkins, of the Hopkins circuit, an
nounced Monday that he will rebuild
the st. Charles theater, which burned
in New Orleans recently. The new
playhouse, which will cost 5000, 900
and seat 5000 persons, will probably
be erected at the corner of CONNER
cial alley and st. Charles street adj
joining the Academy of Music. Col.
Hopkins says that work on the new
theater will begin as soon as the site
has been decided on.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-12-22
LIEUT.. BRUMBY'S FUNERAL.
Thousands Viewed the Face of the
Departed Hero Before the SerV-
ices in the Cathedral.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-Lieut. Thos.
NJ. Brumby, flag lieutenant of Adm.
Dewey during the Manila campaign,
for several weeks, died at Garfield hos
pital shortly after o'clock Sunday
evening.
Atlanta, Ca, Dec. 21.-The body of
Flag Lieut.. Il. NJ Brumby arrived
from Washington at $40 Wednesday
morning. The remains were taken in
charge Immediately by the pallbear-
ers, and under the charge of a special
military guard were escorted to the
state capitol. The face of the dead
lieutenant was uncovered at 10 o'clock
and between that hour and II was
viewed by thousands of people.
The funeral was from the cathe-
dral Wednesday afternoon, and was
conducted with military honors. Maj.
Gen. Wesley Merritt, of department. of
the east, wired the commander of Fit
Mcpherson Tuesday to order out post
to march as a special escort to the
last resting place of the gallant Brum-
W anu W. II, III y 1ucAiC hOO III
the procession and fired the salute
over the grave. There was also sew
en- companies of the 5th regiment,
one company of the governors horse
guard and one company of artillery
and a large number of Confederate
veterans in line. Accompanying the
remains from Washington were Unit
eG States Senator a. o. Bacon, Lieut.
| Caldwell and members of the family
o. the dead Brumby.
| The Atlanta Afternoon Journal has
started a fund for the purpose OF
erecting monument to the memory
of Lieut.. Thomas NJ. Brumby. The
| fund is to be subscribed to by Geor-
gians principally, and the monument
will be erected in Atlanta.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-12-22

full as summer, if people win e.
of themselves, If you want to go
through the winter without a cold, OBJ
serve these few simple rules:
Don't overhead your house, and
don't stop all ventilation. Sleep in a
cool room, but keep warmly covered.
Always take off your outdoor wraps
when you come in the house, and al
ways put them on when you go out.
And, lastly, just as long ais there is
snowon the ground, don't go out with
out your rubbers. This last rule is the
most important of all, for two colds
out of three come from wet feet
The Independent.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-12-22

and, in a pouring rain, with a small
guard, went to meet the troops in
night march to San Mateo. He re-
marked to his wife that when he got
through here he would volunteer in
the Transvaal, where the enemy would
fight. His wife answered:
mo, honey, you will go home with
me to California and raise oranges
You have done all you cam for your
country"
Lawton's body is now being brought
in over the Doggy trails across swolf
len rivers. Tuesday he marched ali
day in a driving rain, and met the
enemy in force at San Mateo. Lieut.,
Breckenridge was shot. Lawton dis
mounted and helped to carry him on
litter. Bending over the litter he
was assisting in dressing the wound
of Breckenridge, when bullet passed
through his heart, killing him instant
ly. The feeling is so great at Law
tons headquarters that no one can.
talk. Mrs. Lawton seems not to UNI
derstand yet that it is possible her
husband is dead.
Almost at this moment the cheers
of the American troops rushing into
San Mateo were mingling with the
rife volleys. After the fight, six stall
waft cavalrymen forded the river to
the town, carrying the litter on thei1t
shoulders, the staff preceding with the
colors and a cavalry escort foDowingl
Manila, Dec. 21.-Maj. Gen. Lswton's
body was brought from San Mateo to
Manila Wednesday afternoon, his staff
and a squadron of cavalry ad5ing as
escort. 1t was found necessary to
bridge the river.
The funeral will take place from his
late residence here, a mansion for
merly occupied by a Spanish general.
The body has been temporarily placed
| in vault in FL Pace cemetery, where
many of the American soldiers have
been inferred, and guard of honor
will be maintained. When Mrs. Law
| ton and her four children shall have
completed their arrangements for re-
! turning to the United States the re-
mains will be taken On a transport,
with an escort of officers, for final in
torment, as is thought probable, in
| Arlington cemetery.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-12-22
Vacancies in the List of Br1gadiers

Washington, Dec. 19.-Brig. Gen.
Edgar S. Kellogg, recently promoted
from colonel of the 9th infantry, has
been placed on the retired list. A sim
liar course will be followed in the case
OF Brig. Gen. Gilbert S. Carpenter, re-
Gently promoted from colonel of the
18th infantry, and now in active com
nsand of the regiment in the Philip
two vacancies in the list of brigadier
generals.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-12-22
American Federation OF Labor.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 21-The Amer
lean Federation of Labor Wednesday
unanimously reelected all it's old of
fiCers. The only contests occurred
in selection of fraternal delegates to
the foreign trades congresses. Louis
vile, KY, was selected as place of next
convention
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-12-22
White star steamer Overdue.

Queenstown, Dec. 21.-Considerable
anxiety is felt regarding the White
Star steamer Oceanic, Capt. Cameron,
which left New York on December 13.
She is 80 hours overdue.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-12-22
The Ruling Passion with Him.

"Elvira is upstairs getting ready" said
the little brother to the stout caller. "T'n
go and tell her to hurry up"
THANK you," said the stout caller. "Tel
he< to hurry up or to hurry down, just as
you think best. Anything to reduce my
wait. "-Somerville Journal.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-12-22
CaIifornia,s Golden JubiIee

San Jose, Cal, Dec. 21.-The celebra-
ton of the golden jubilee of the
fclnding of California's government
began hero Wednesday. The chief
feature of Wednesdays proceedings
was the reproduction of the inau.
guration of Peter II. Burnett, the first
governor of the state.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-12-22
Ho nors for Adm. sch1ey and Men.

Washington, Dec. Ex-senator Pet
tigrew, of South Dakota, Monday in
troduced joint resolution rendering
to RI. Adm. Winfield Scott Schley
and the officers and men under his
command the thanks of congress
For highly distinguished conduct in
conflict With the enemy, as displayed
by him in the destruction of the
spanish fleet off the harbor of Santi-
Monday, january 8.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-12-22
Will Ask for an Increase.

Charleston, w. Va, Dec. 21.-An in
crease of IS cents per ton ON the pres
enr price for mining coal will be ask
ed for next April by the miners of
West Virginia. This action is the re-
suit of a two days session in this
city of District II of the United Mine
Workers of America which ended
Wednesday,
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-12-22
OFFICIAL CALL.
TheHepubIicnn Nation&1 Convention
VIII Meet in Philadelphia
June 10, 1000.

Washington, Dec. 21.-Mark A. Han
ma. chairman of the republican ma
t1onal committee, issued a call for the
next republican national convention
"Wednesday night. The national re-
publican committee directs that a ma
tlonal convention of delegated repre-
sentatives of the republican party be
held at the city of Philadelphia for
the purpose of nominating candidates
for president and vice president to be
voted for at the presidential election,
Tuesday, November 6, 1900, and for
the transaction of such other bust
ness as may properly come before it
and that said convention shall assem-
l>le at IL o'clock noon on Tuesday,
June 10, 1900.
Said national convention shall con-
sist of number of delegates at large
from each state, equal 20 double
the number of United States
senators to which each state is enti-
tied and for each representative at
large in congress two delegates at
large; from each congressional dis
trict and the District of Columbia,
two delegates; from each of the terri
tories of Alaska, Arizona, Indian Ter
ritory, New Mexico and Oklahoma,
two delegates. For each delegate
elected to said convention an alternate
delegate shall be elected to act in
case of the absence of the delegate,
said alternate delegate to be elected
at the time and in the manner of
electing the delegates.
All delegates shall be elected not
less than 80 days before the meeting
CT the national convention.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-12-22
Forefathers Day in Washington.

Washington, Dec. 21.-Forefathers'
day was celebrated by a reception,
followed by a banquet Wednesday
night at the First Congregational
club. Addresses were made by Rev.
Ross Fishburn, Hon. II. Clay Evans,
eA-President Merrill, z. Gates, of Am
,herst college, Justice David j. Brewer,
Of the supreme court, and Henry L.
West
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-12-22

Selfshness is the only thing that stands
between some people and happiDess.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-12-22

Gratitude, like everything else, is OBJ
noxious when it is overdOne. - Atchison
Globe. .-~,JA
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-12-22
A New Publishing Company.

New York, Dec. 19.--Frank M. Dou-
bleday is about to withdraw from the
Doubleday & Mcclure publishing
house to form with Walter H. Page,
j. L. Thompson, Harry w. Lander
and S. A. Everett new publishing
firm under the title of Doubleday,
Page g. Co.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-12-22
Car Shons Burned.

Dubuque, Ia, Dec. 21.-The car shop
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
road, the largest plant here, was com
pletely destroyed by fire Wednesday
night The loss will be $4,000 to
100000, and 300 men will be thrown
out of employment.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-12-22
Relief for British Soldiers Families

Chicago, Dec. 21.-President Scull,
of the British-American league of the
Chicago board of trade, Wednesday
cabled $1,000 to the chairman of the
Srelief committee in London,
the mo lie used for the relief OF
4tish soldiers killed in
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-12-22
Sol Smith Russeu Breaks Down.

Chicago, Dec. 19.-Sol Smith Russell
by illness to dismiss his
Gilpin observer., 1899-09-14
LAYING BRIDGE CABLE.
Dangerous Work for Which Men Need
\ Steady Head and Firm Hand.

. Dangerous Work for Which Men Need
y . Steady Head and Firm Hand.
Nhe workmen on the cables follow
closely after the builders Of the iron
roadway. These men are engaged in
more perilous employment, If anything,
than the former, says writer in Go
dey's Magazine. They climb nimbly
ers, and then, without finching, pro-
ceed to descend the inclined cables. 1t
makes the spectators below tremble
for them, so dangerous is the resent,
but the wOrkmen have no fear, else
they would be untitled for the duty
required of them. After sliding down
the cable a dozen feet they stop and
turn around and face the towers. The
men working the derrick slowly swing
out to them the end of a cable about
three inches in diameter. Another man
carries out to them by means of n
small hand pulley and rope n red-hot
band of steel, which the cable-workers
seize with their pinchers and clasp
around the large cable on which they
are resting. Then while the steel is
still hot and malleable. the small ca
BILE, with it's end secured in a thick bolt
of steel, is brought into position and
the end welded into the redhOt steel
band encircling the main cable.
Ahe workmen pound and forge away,
Hammering. twisting and bending the
metal before it cools Off. The welding
must be done rapidly, and the work
men have no time to stop and think of
the dangerous position in which they
are placed. Probably the only sup
port they have comes from their legs,
which they wind tightly around the ca
Nle, as they swing their arms and up
per part OF the body with violent eX-
ertion.
When this cable is forged into its
place the workmen take few mo-
'ments of rest and then slide down to
the next joint, where the same opera
tion is repeated. Cable after cable is
attached in this way, until there is n
regular triangle of steel work and
dangling cables. looking for all the
world like spiders web. But there is
order to this colossal spiderweb such
as never existed in the homes of the
insect that weaves the web i'll our
homes and woods. Gradually one part
of the bridge after another is finished,
and when the false work. of scat
folds is removed the structure stands
out in all the beauty of its finished
state.
The bridge builders must not only
be skilled in their work. but they must
have the hardihood and daring of the
sailor, for most of their work is per-
formed at an altitude higher than the
topmast of any sailing vessel. They
labor in all kinds of weather-when the
sun is pouring down its torrid rays in
midsummer. or when the mercury reg
listers zero in winter.
Gilpin observer., 1899-09-14
How Animals Bear Pain.

One of the most pathetic things is
the manner in which the animal king
dom endures suffering. Take horses.
for instance. in battle. After the first
shpck of Il wound they make no sound.
v1ey bear the pain with mute.
Sondering endurance and If at night
you hear wild groan from the battle
field 1t comes from their loneliness.
their loss of that human companion
ship. which seems absolutely indispen-
sable to the comfort of domestic ami
mails.
/ The dog will carry n broken leg for
Nays wistfully but uncomplainingly.
Yhe cat, stricken with stick or stone,
or caught in some trap from which
it gnaws its way to freedom, crawls to
some secret place and bears in silence
pain which we could not endure. Sheep
and cattle often meet the thrust of
the butchers knife without Il sound,
and even common poultry endure in
tense agony without complaint.
The dove shot unto death flies to
some far-off bough, and as it dies the
silence is unbroken save by the patter
on the leaves of its own life-blood
The wounded deer speeds to some
thick brake and in pitiful submission
waits for death.
The eagle, shot in mid-air fights to
the last against the fatal summons
There Is no moan or sound of pain and
the defiant look never fades from its
eyes until the lids close over them
never to uncover again.-Pearson's
Weekly.
Gilpin observer., 1899-09-14
Especial Correspondence.)

Yankton. S. D., Aug. Thames I.
Welo of Yankton, s. D., has Turkish
bath for his horses.
What Is good for man must be good
for the horse was the argument upper
most in Mr.. Welo's mind when he be-
gan to work out his idea for the treat
ment of tired race horses by the Turk
ish bath method. If a wearied busi-
ness man can get freshened up, revivi-
fed and restored to his former buoy
ancy by being parboiled, rubbed,
scrubbed and kneaded, and then vigor-
ously toweled and put to rest on slab,
why should not the condition of a
thoroughbred be improved by the same
process? The argument appealed to
local racing men as sound and logical,
and Welo was encouraged to concen-
trate his mechanical powers on an ap-
paratus that would be suitable to per-
form the Turkish" process of stimu-
lation of tired muscles at the race track
Or in connection with the travelling sta
BILE.
Gilpin observer., 1899-09-14
The Possibilities of Peace.

Three powers stand out pre-eminent-
ly in the world as being strong at the
present time. and as having great pos
sibilities of development before them
England with her dominion on the
shores OF every sea; Russia. with her
vast empire in the old world; and
America, with her magnificent union of
states In the new. Each of these pow
ers Is aiming at peace, though by Diff
ferent methods. Russia proposes a
self-denying ordinance of disarmament.
America proclaims the sufiiciency OF
arbitration. but neither OF those coun-
tries has as yet abandoned the effort
to secure exclusive advantage for in
dustrial and commercial development,
and the possible clash of national in
terests still looms in the future for
each; the thunderclouds nave not dis
persed. But there is better method
OF pursuing the same end: II we can
prevent strife from arising, we need
not concern ourselves about methods
for keeping 1t within BOUNDS or allay-
Ing 1t. England alone has entered up
on a line OF policy by which the old
occasions OF hostility are laid aside:
with all her national pride, she shows
a genuine unwillingness to take Of
fense. Perhaps this Is the more excel
lent way.-Willlam Cunningham IN At
lantlc Monthly
Gilpin observer., 1899-09-14
HER FRIEND SAID NO.

The manager threw the manuscript
down upon the table, tilted his chair,
thrust his hat a little further back on
his head, and gave two or three salts
fed puffs at his cigar.
We've got a winner there, Colby"
he announced decisively.
The stage manager took up the
manuscript and looked over the list
of characters.
people" he assented; but it calls for
strong company"
"Oh, l won't spare expense! I'm
going to give it production that will
make it the talk of London. It's splen-
didly advertised already, you know!
The people are crazy over Crinton's
work, and this is the best thing he's
done. Supposing we could get the peo-
pie, how would you cast it?"
Beverly, of course, for Lord Roth
say, Norris for the heavy, Ellerton for
young Hal. Barry for Sir Jerry, Ben
ton for the low comedy, Mrs. Frisby
for the dowager, Cartridge for the earl
he's the best old man on the stage.
AS for the adventures" went on the
stage manager, checking off each name
rapidly as he spoke, "Lady-what's
her name?-I don't know a woman who
could beat Wallace in that role. She'd
be great! Little Dellaboy would make
good Kitty Darling-the part suits
her down to the ground"
The manager took his cigar from his
mouth. and gazed at it meditatively.
Don't let such trifle as the salary
list bother you," he commented briefly.
Colby stopped his checking to look
keenly at his chief. you've got to
have the best" he answered. Il know
they're all high-priced, but it will pay
you to engage them" ...
How about Lady Clare?" asked the
manager. you've mentioned nobody
for that, and it's the star role of the
piece"
81 don't know. I've been running that
over ever since / read the play and no.
body I've thought of seems to equal it.
There's Maud Lester-shed look the
part to perfection, and she's sympa-
thetic, but she hasn't the power. Helen
Dracy's got power and intelligence,
but she hasn't the looks. Can you
suggest anybody? The success of the
piece depends on Lady Clare"
Il know of only one woman who can
play it as it should be played, and has
the looks to go with it." said the man
ager. That's Edith Kingsley"
The stage manager shrugged his
shoulders.
Her declination was very decided"
he remarked.
I've known women to change their
Gilpin observer., 1899-09-14

ing fresh from the shops, 1 was able
to offer some suggestions, whicl
pleased the general manager He was
talking to me when another man came
along who listened to what said. He
asked me who and what | was. He
asked me how / spelled my name, and
| said without p 1t seemed he
knew my great-uncle, ]. Edgar Thorn
son, one of the former presidents of
the road, we'll. A few minutes later
he left. and when l started to go the
general manager told me the man who
had been questioning me wanted to
see me in his Office. Then for the first
time learned the strangers name was
Col. Thomas A. Scott, president of the
road" 1t was the talk that the young
mechanic had that afternoon with Col.
Scott which resulted in Dis being re-
moved from the Altoona shops to
position in the Office of the company.