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The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
CHICAGO MURDER MYSTERY
Deep Gashes at Every Joint of a HeadIesG
Corpse Found In Lake Michigan,
Near Hyde Park.

o. CHICAGO, March 15.-The headles.
corpse of man, mapgled and bruised,
with one shoe and bit of rope dang
ling from the ankle, was found Tues
day tossing among the waves of Lake
Michigan, near Hyde Park. The pO-
lice authorities believe that it is a
case of murder, and that the rope
on the ankle was used to anchor
the remains below the surface.
Upon investigation it was found
that at every JOINT of the body there
was cash, and the belief is enter
tained that the body was cut in order
to double it up into small compass that
it might be more easily carried in a
sack or box to the lake. One cash in
dicates that the spine was severed.
The body was badly decomposed, and
must have been in the water for sew
eral months.
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
MANY BUILDINGS LEVELED.
The Suburbs of Birmingham, Ala, Swept
by a Severe StOrm-Much Damage
Wrought to Property.

RIRMINGHAM. Ala, March 15.-A dis
astrous tornado visited Avondale and
Woodlawn, suburbs of Birmingham, at
5 o'clock Wednesday morning, doing
$50, 900 damage. Passing near the big
Avondale cotton mills, which narrowly
escaped destruction, it demolished two
churches and row of ten frame
houses. Occupants of the latter gen.
orally escaped unhurt, fleeing at the
approach of the storm.
Fritchman's summer garden was
swept away. w. NJ. Lindsay's flower
Conservatives were left in ruins. At
Woodlawn Mrs. r. c. Foster was i'll in
bed, with her husband watching at her
side The house was taken from over
their heads and the bedstead blown a
hundred feet. Foster rescued his wife
Iy- seizing her in his arms. She was
unhurt. A colored school and Baptist
church at Woodlawn were destroyed:
also several stores, machine shops and
20 dwellings. A heavy anvil was lifted
from it's pedestal in Woods machine
shop and carried 20 feet,
The wind blew fearful gale, and
great havoc is believed to have been
wrought further up Jones Valley. A
numb Der of people were more or less in
| iured, but no fatalities are reported.
Several buildings in Birmingham were
damaged by windows and skylights
being blown out. The Sloss furnace
stockhouse was destroyed. The path
of the storm proper was only 100 feet
wide, and the full force of it narrowly
missed Birmingham, passing through
the eastern outskirts of the city.
Mrs. Annie johnson was buried be
meath the wreckage of her home, anC
had to be dug out. She is in critica
condition. Arthur Hidgins, a boy, wa'
hurt under the timbers of his fallel
home. He had an arm broken and il
otherwise seriously hurt. Terrific rail-
fell, and all trains between Birming
ham and Greenville, Miss, have beer
abandoned because of washouts. Othe
railroads also suffered.
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
THE SUPPLY HAS RUN SHORT.
New York Banks Are After Small Bills-It
is Hinted That Bonus Will Be
Given and Expressage Paid.

New YORK, March l6.-There has
been a scarcity of small bills for sew
eral weeks among the banks of this
city. So pronounced has this become
that local banks have made PROPOSE
to obtaining a supply of small bills for
counter use.
Several banks in Cincinnati have
been informed that if they desire to re-
nit currency to this city all expenses,
including express. rates, will be cheer
fully paid. 1t is even limited that a
bonus will be given besides. Thus far
the proposition of the local banks has
not met with much success.
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
MAKING SMOKELESS POWDER
The Manufacturers of the Explosive Will
Not in Any Way Compete With Pri-
Vate Manufacturers.

WASHINGTON, March 15.--The navy
department is ready to take whatever
steps may be necessary in carrying out
the provisions of the naval bill for
the purchase of smoleless powder
during the coming year. 1t is not in
tended to antagonize the commercial
interests involved in this line of man
ufacture by throwing the whole bur-
den of production upon the govern
ment plants. The government has a
plant at indian Head, which, when
completed, will turn out a maximum
product of about 5000 pounds day.
But this will in no way compete with
the private manufacturers.
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
ARE ON THE WAY TO CUBA.
Postmaster General Smith, Assistant Post
master General BristOw and {. L.
Dawson VIII Visit the Island.

WASHINGTON, March 16.-A party OF
postal officials, comprising Postmaster
General Charles Emory Smith. Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General BristOw,
Chief Beavers, of the salary and allow
ance division, and Mr.. Clarence E. Daw-
son, secretary to the postmaster gen.
eral, left here Wednesday afternoon
for Cuba via Tampa.
The postmaster generals mission is
to confer with Director of Posts Rath-
bone at Havana over important mat
ters affecting the postal service on the
island. The party probably will be
away about week.
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
A DESPERATE ENGAGEMENT.
Strongly Fortified Village Northwest of
Pasig Captured = Americans Lost
Seventeen Y ounded.

MANILA, March 16.-The strongly
fortified village of Caitai, northwest of
Pasig, was captured Wednesday after
a desperate fight, by the Goth regular
infantry. The Americans lost II
wounded, while the rebel loss was
heavy.
MANILA, March 16.-The insurgents
at the outposts and in the trenches be-
yond Caloocan fired several volleys
Wednesday night upon the Kansas vol
unteers and part Of the 4th regulars,
desiring, it is supposed, to discover if
the American line had been thinned
by the movement Of Gen. Wheaton's
command. The Americans in the
trenches replied warmly to the fire.
H. Y. Beecher, of Company A, of the
Montana regiment, was killed in the
engagement. 49,,
A battalion of the Goth regular in
fantry routed small band of Filipinos
on the Laguna road and some sharp
shooters who were firing from house
over which a French flag was flying
were dislodged.
A gunboat entered the lake and ST.
fenced one-gun battery in the foot
hills.
LONDON, March 16.-The Evening
News, Wednesday afternoon, publishes
the following dispatch from Manila:
Gen. Wheaton has completely rOut-
ed the Filipinos and has occupied
Pasig, Taguig and Pateros. Several
hundred of the enemy were killed and
as many were captured.
"Gen. Otis says this is the greatest
victory since February s. The Amer
J leans will now press towards Agui-
naldo's headquarters"
| MANILA, March 16.-Gen. Lloyd
Wheaton, commanding the United
States flying column, attacked and de-
feated force of 1900 Filipinos at Pa
sig Wednesday afternoon, infiicting a
heavy loss upon them. The American
loss was slight. The Americans cap
tured $50 Filipinos. Many bodies OF
rebels killed in the engagement are
floating down the river.
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
THE BECKER WIFE MURDER.
The Sausage Maker Takes Chicago Police
to the Place Where He Had Buried
the Charred Remains.

CHICAGO, March 16.-August Becker,
the sausage maker who confessed Tues
day night to having killed his wife and
boiled and burned her body,
Wednesday took the police Of
ficers to the spot in his yard
where he had buried the charred re-
mains Two baskets of burned bones
were found, and DR.. Dorsey Wednesday
night identified portion of them as a
human shoulder blade.A small piece of
the woman's dress was also found
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17

Mrs. NJ. C. Cooper, of the Royal Acad-
emy of Arts, London, England, is un-
douhtedly one of the greatest living
sculptors. She has modelled busts of
half the nobility of England, and is now
in Washington making busts of dis
tinguished Americans. Mrs. Cooper has
just completed a bust of Mrs. Belva
Lockwood, which is now in the Cor
coran Art Gallery. Ruskin, the great
artist, placed Mrs. Cooper as one of the
greatest sculptors and painters of this
century. Mrs. Cooper is an ardent
friend of Pe-ru-na and in a letter dated
January 20, written from Washington,
says the following: Il take pleasure III
recommending Pe-ru-na for catarrh and
Ia grippe. have suffered for months
and after the use of one bottle Of Peru
na 1 am entirely well."-Mrs. NJ. C.
Cooper.
Send for a free book on catarrh en-
titled Health and Beauty" This book
is written especially for women, and
will be found to be of great value to
every woman. Address DR.. Hartman,
Columbus, o.
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
PROTECTING HER INTERESTS.
She Had Been 'Scriminated'
Against and Wanted Some
Points on Law.

"Mistuh," said the very large coloredl
woman, stopping man who was just leav-
ing the District buildings, Il wants ter
state a case"
I'm not lawyer, auntie.'
Tain no law case. | ain gwinter sue
nobody. l jes' wants to know whut my
rights is an how to git 'em."
You see any of the attaches here, if it's
government business"
Il ain t got no piece O paper to shove in
at de window SOS ter git noticed. But rs.
bein' scriminated ag'in'."
Whats the trouble?" was the kindly in
quiry.
Il ain gittin' proper 'tention. Ev'y once
in awhile hyah's it read out O de paper
dat somebody has got a eel out'n is.
hydrant."
"Well, an ell is very cleanly sort of
creature. 1t doesn't do any harm"
you didn' fink | was a-skyaht of 'em,
did you? De case l wants ter lay befo' de
cover r'ment is dis: | pays extra rent to
klvver de water tax. Is had hydrant in
my back yahd foh fohteen years, an aim
nebber got no eel yit. Whut L wants to
know is, how does dey 'stribute dem eels?
Is they prizes or is dey favoritisms or whut
is dey? If dar's any eels comm to me, s
hyah wifi my basket, ready to take EN-
home, right now, ca Sc we ain got no.
money to buy meat an we's kin of hongry
foh feesh, anyhow. Washington Star.
Something very soothing in the use of st.
TooobC O;l for Ne11ra loia SuhduRS and cureS.
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
FILL. THE REGULAR ARMY.
itional Recruiting Stations Established
for the Purpose of Enlisting Men
for Uncle Sans Army.

March 15.-The follow
recruiting stations have
M established for the purpose of en-
ing men to fill the regular army up
he maximum of $4,000 allowed by
new army law: Allegheny, Pa.
[rleston, S. c.; Chicago; Dayton, o.;
rt Wayne, Ind; Knoxville, Tenn;
smphis, Tenn; Norfolk, Va; Savan-
/. Ga; Seattle, Wash; st. Paul,
kn.; Minneapolis, Mimi; Sterling,
and Wheeling, w. Va.
i, addition to these stations the war
Iartnent will have officers at every
where volunteers are mustered
b enlist such men as wish to re
dr the army. ~
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
The Castilian Breaks in Two.

YARMOUTH, N. s., March 15.-The
Allan line steamer Castilii.n, tehich
was wrecked on Gannet Ledge Sunday
morning while bound from Portland
for Liverpool via Halifax, has broken
in two just beneath the bridge. She
is lying in practically the same posi-
ton as when she struck. Both ends of
the ship have sagged considerably and
salvers are working rapidly in order to
save everything of value before storm
ONES up.
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
ALLEGED SHARPERS CAUGHT
Two Said to Belong to Notorious Gang
Arrested-It is Said They Have Swim
died Merchants Out of $4,000

New YORK, March 16.-Mrs. Ruth
Howard, % years old, and Herman
Cohen, 80 years old, a broker, both of
Brooklyn, were arrested Wednesday
on the charge of grand larceny. 1t is
alleged by the police that these two
prisoners belong to notorious gang
of swindlers which operated last
month under the name of w. B. Dem
ing & Co., at SO Broadway. During
their short stay in that place it is said
that they swindled merchants in this
city and elsewhere out of yearly
$50. OOO
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
The Ratification of the Treaty.

MADRID, March 16.-The cabinet
council Wednesday evening decided
that the treaty of peace with the
United States should be ratified imme-
diately after the dissolution of the
cortes. which will probably be decreed
Thursday. The elections to the new
chamber will be fixed for April Is and
to the senate for April 80, the new
cortes to reassemble on May g
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
Whisky Story is Denied.

New YORK, March 16.-S. M. Rice,
president of the American Spirits Man
ufacturing Co., which controls the
Kentucky Distilleries and Warehouse
Co., when shown the report from Louis
vile that the distilleries had left the
trust, said: There is not a word of
truth in the story. No distillery has
broken away. Itwould not be possible
for any of them to do so. They have
been bought and paid for, and are now
the property of the Kentucky COM
pany."
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
The Storm at Chattanooga.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, March TO-
The railroads of this section were
heavy losers by storm Tuesday night
which followed two days Of steady
rains. Two divisions of the Southern
railway, the Alabama Great Southern
and the Chattanooga, Rome and South
ern had bad washouts and trains have
been delayed for many hours. The of
fcials hope to have the damage re-
paired by Wednesday night.
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
ERMANY'S RADICAL CHANGE
Iland of the Navy-Office of Com
mander-in-Chief Lapses.

LIE March 15,AThe official Naval
{ Eblished an imperial order
eorgahizing the higher adj
kRrSf the navy. Henceforth
holds supreme command,
Ece of commander-in-chiet
pses, and the existing staff
kpander-in-chief become in
under the title OF adIhiraFs
he chief of the navy becomes
subordinate to the emperor,
admiral's staff, besides it's or
l1ties. will occupy itself with
ical aspects of the presence OF
ships abroad.
r also announces the ap-
of genenal inspector of
Jettles certain questions
kJmpetence.
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
ITERFEITERS ARRESTED.
pected Italians Taken in by the PO-
J at Boston-They Issued Bogus
&Five Dollar Treasury Notes.

oN, March 15.-After more than
honths of work United States
service agents assisted by the
bolice, took into custody Tuesday
yalians, who they have every rea-
10 believe have been issuing great
Ent of counterfeit S5 treasury
.4os and are the Boston agents of one
the largest and most crafty gangs of
,,nterfeiters that have operated in
=. country.
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
OPPOSETHE WAR
Appeal to the People of the United
Issued by Prominent Men.
The Filipinos' Freedom and independence
to Be Recognized as Soon as Proper
Guarantees Can Be Had of
Order and Protection.


BosTON, March 15.-An appeal to the
people of the United States urging
''all lovers of freedom" to cooperate
with them in an attempt to induce the
government to suspend hostilities in
the Philippines and confer with the
Philippine leaders with view to pre-
venting further blOOdshed by recOgniz-
ing their independence upon the guar
antee of protection to property by the
natives, has been issued over the sigma
ture of more than a score of promi-
nent men. The preamble describes the
attitude of this government and of
President Mckinley toward the Fill
pinos before and since the war and as
serts that there is no reason for
change of opinion on the part Of the
anti-imperialists and on the contrary
every reason for continuance of the
protest against the spirit of militarism
and force, and they, therefore, urge co
operation to the following ends:
First-That our government shall
take immediate steps toward a suspen-
sion of hostilities in the Philippines
and a conference with the Philippine
leaders, with a view to preventing
further bloodshed upon the basis of a
recognition of their freedom and indie
pendence as soon as proper guarantees
can be had of order and protection to
property.
Second-That the government of the
United States shall tender an official
assurance to the inhabitants of the
Philippine islands that they will en-
courage and assist in the organization
of such a government in the islands as
the people thereof shall prefer, and
| thai upon its organization in stable
manner the United States, in accord
ance with it's traditional and prescrip-
tive policy in such cases, will recognize
the independence of the Philippines
and its equality among nations and
gradually withdraw all naval and mil
itary forces.
| The Signers are Ex-Governor George
S. Boutwell,, of Massachusetts; ex-Sen-
ator George +. Edmunds, of Vermont
ex-Secretary of State John Sherman,
Senator Donnelson Caffery, of Louis
lana; w. Bourke Cochran, of New
York; VIM. H. Fleming, of Georgia
Henry y. johnson, of Indiana; Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor; Felix Adler. Of
New York; David Starr Jordan, presi
dent Stanford university; WinslOW
| Warren. of Massachusetts,; Herbert
| Welsh, of Pennsylvania; Leonard
Woolsev Balm, of Connecticut; Chas
Francis Adams, of Massachusetts
Samuel Bowles, of Massachusetts; I. j
1 McGinty, of Cornell university
Edward Atkinson, of Massachusetts
Carl Schurz, of New York; Reverdy
johnson, of Maryland; Hermann Vor
Hoist, of Chicago university; Moor
field Storey, of Massachusetts,; Patrick
A. Collins, of Massachusetts; Theodore
l.. Cuvler, of New York; Thoma
Wentworth Higginson, of Massachu
setts; Andrew Carnegie, of New York
ex-senator John G. Carlisle, of New
York; Charles Eliot Norton, of Harvard
university; w. G. Sumner. of Yalt
college; Rev. DIR. C. II. Parkhurst, o
| New York
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
Death of a ConspiratOr.

SEATTLE, Wash, March 15.-Accord-
ing to the latest advices from the
Orient, Howie, the hero of the abortive
scheme to blow up the Japanese fleet
during the war with China, committed
suicide by jumping from steamer in
mid-ocean. Howie was an American,
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
WING REBELS.
EVheatOn's Cavalry Attacks a
Pino Stronghold in the Jungle.
%ngton Volunteers Capture and Burn
Fteros, Meeting With Sharp Fire
While Crossing the River
Our Loss Slight.

ANILA, March 15.--Late Tuesday
Wheaton's column encountered
enemy in such force between Pa
os and Taguig as to necessltate
tnge in the original plans. The cav
y attacked rebel stronghold in the
hgle, driving the enemy into Pateros.
he Americans had one man killed and
rec wounded.
Scott's battery shelled the city and
oodS effectively. Later the enemy
rossed the river from Pasig. Two
ompanies of the I'd Oregon infantry
leared the right bank after a sharp
three wounded. In the meantime the
Washington volunteers closed in, driv-
Ting small bodies of the rebels back
upon Pateros. One man was killed.
During the night the enemy burned
the town of Pasig.
Gen. Wheaton's brigade Continues
the work of clearing out the rebels
around Pasig. The Washington vol
unteers have captured and burned Pa
ters, meeting with a sharp fire from
the enemy while crossing the river.
Wednesdays fighting was like that
of the past week. the insurgents occa-
Isionally making a stand, but even
{tually fleeing. Their loss is supposed
to have been small, as the Americans
yere unable to see the enemy in the
ke*s/
progress of the Americans ad-
knce is slow.
Branlis Zorita and Jose Ruiz, the
panish officers who were recently
jed by military commission for the
mbezzlement of $40, 54S, funds devot-
ed to the maintenance of prisoners,
and who were convicted and
sentenced to pay a fine of $4,000 in
tgold and to undergo three
years Imprisonment at hard labor have
had the term of Imprisonment com
muted to six months in view of pre-
Vious confinement and certain circum-
Stances justifying clemency. Carlos
Aymeritch, who was charged with
hem, has been acquitted and released
PM the ground that he established an
4libi.
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
Murderer Lewis Hanged.

ATLANTA, Ga, March 15.-Robert
Lewis was hanged here Tuesday for
the murder of Charles Haynes. The
hanging took place in the execution
room of the Tower" the new Jail, on
the gallows built by Lewis two years
ago, when employed as workman.
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
DIR. Self About To Start For Samoa.

BERLIN, March 16.-Dr. Self, who has
been named by the German govern
ment to replace DIR. Joannes Raffel as
president of the municipal council at
Apia, is about to start for Samoa, via
London and Washington, calling on
officials concerned at both places.
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
Coachman's Wealth.

BosToS, March 15.-The will of JAS
Keough, who died in January, was
filed Tuesday. By its provisions S2S,-
600 is left to charitable institutions.
Keough was a coachman in the family
of Martin Brimmer, and made his
money by real estate investments.
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
Rex r. j. yillers AIarmingIy III.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 15.-Rev.
L. j. villers, pastor of the First Bap-
tist chnr.h of this city, is alarmingly
i'll with scarlet fever. supposed TO
have been contracted at a funeral.
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
Appointed National Bank Examiner.

WASHINGTON, March 16.-William D.
Frazer, of Warsaw, Ind, has been
appointed national bank examiner
for Indiana, vice o. NJ. Packard, re-
signed.
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
Shot Himself In the Head.

Mt. VERNON, o., March 15.-AaroA
Cornell, aged Al, an employe of the
Spearman greenhouse, Tuesday after
noon shot himself in the head with a
pistol.
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
Adxised to Ratify tI.e treaty.

March 15.-The Correspon-
saws the cabinet has advised the
regent tu ratify the treaty of
r;th tn. United States without
:t;no the reassembling of the
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
"Oat of Sight
Out of Mind. -

In other months 4ve forget
the harsh auinds of Spring.
Bat they haUe their use, as
some say, to bloqv out the
bad afr accumulated after
Winter storms and Spring
thaws. There is far more
important accumulation of
badness in the Vei1s and ar
tertes of humanity, Qvhich
needs Hoods SarsapantLa.
This great Spring Medicine clarifies
the blood as nothing else can. 1t cures
scrofula, kidney disease, liver troubles,
rheumatism and kindred ailments. Thus
it gives perfect health, strength and ap-
petite for months to come.
Kidneys My kidneys troubled me,
and on advice took Hoods Sarsaparilla
which gave prompt relief, better appetite.
My sleep is refreshing. 1t cured my wife
also" MICHAEL BOYLE, 3473 Denny Street,
Pittsburg, Pa. 1~z
Dyspepsia =" Complicated with liver
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with dyspepsia, with severe pains. Hoods
Sarsaparilla made me strong and hearty"
]. B. EMERTON, Main Street, Auburn Me.
Hip Disease" Five running sores on
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The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
con. Fletcher Barely Alive.

.ouxGToN, March 15.-Ex-Gov.
- Sf Missouri, who is seriously
as in a precarious co>6ition
was in semi-comatose
the night and his pulse
Mmulants.
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17
HodJ. .Saa1ab0,dM
kkaz;E4.s ll:llflD

Hoods Pills cure liver ills the nonirritating and
the only cathaTtic to take with Hoods Sarsaparilla
The Bourbon news., 1899-03-17

Something very soothing in the use of st.
Jacobs Oil for Neuralgia. Subdues and cures.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-07-06
ODDS AND ENDS,

Michigan stlll has "7G116 acres Of land
subject to homestead entry
Turnpike tolls cannot be legally col
lcctrd from funeral parties in Mary
land
A little girl OF Skippack Pa. fell on
the sharp edge of u tcakcttle the other
day and cut OF the end of her nose.
Fish stories in Connecticut are re-
strictcd by II law which penalizcs tho
catching of more than thirty trout in
one day,
A locomotive on Georgia railroad
picked UP u pig un It's cowcatchcr and
carried ii six miles without hurting It.
A Georgia man struck his funny bone
against wagon wheel the other day
and has since been speechcss With
paralysis,
A i0-ycar-old Georgia boy, white eat
Ing chicken, got to laughing. drew n
bone down hts throat and died in few
minutes.