The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-01-26
NEWS ITEMS.

VIII IOlduu AT OdhuHl- eN-
About 100000 bushels of coal wer.
started down the river from Pitts
burgh.
Richard d. Blackmore, the novelist
died in bOndon. He was born at Long
worth, Berls, in 1852.
Cain McWhite, colored, was instant
" killed while driving across a rail
road track at Blackshear, Ga.
James Pyle, the well known soap
manufacturer, died at his home il
New York city, aged n years.
At Milledgeville, Ca, Lee Dago was
killed in trying to get on the front
platform of an engine while drunk
Prof. Slaby, of Berlin, says that il
Germany has any competitor 20 fear
in electrotechnics it is not Great Bri-
tain but the United States.
Congressman Bailey announces that
he has no intention of abandoning
the senatorial race in Texas against
Senator Chiffon.
Mrs. Annie Ellsworth Smith, widow
of Roswell Smith, founder of the Cen.
fury Co, died at her home in New
York city, aged 73 years.
a. J. VanLandingham, commissioner
of the st. Louis Traffic Bureau, died
at his residence on Washington boule.
ward, st. Louis, of heart disease.
The Ashland wooden mills, at Ash
land, Ore, were destroyed by fire. The
total loss is $4,000; insurance, $751;
600.
Rev. DR.. J. Henry Sharpe, a promi-
nent Presbyterian clergyman, died at
his home in Philadelphia, aged IS
years. He was born at Cadiz, o.
The steamer Doric, which arrived
at San Francisco from the Orient,
landed 7eO japanese. This completed
a list of 1000 inside of four days.
The post Office at Mascoutah, Ill,
was robbed of considerable money and
$500 worth of postage stamps. The
burglars blew open the safe and es-
capped on a hand car.
All the street car lines are tied up in
Troy, \. Y, as the result of the strike
of sos motor1nen and conductors OF
the United Traction Co. The men de
mand 20 cents an hour and a ten hour
day.
Clifford r. England, of Detroit, who
three years ago embeZzled $4,000
from the Warren-Scharf Asphalt Co.,
of that city. has been landed in jail
there, having been arrested in Chi
CagO.
The birthday of Gen. Robert f. Lee
was celebrated in all the leading cit
les of the south by the societies of
the army and navy of the confederate
states and Daughters of the Confed-
eracy.
The first 5OO-foot steamer on the
great lakes was successfully launched
at Lcrain, 0. 1t was named the John
w. Gates. The boat is built of steel,
- foot beam and 80 feet nodded
depth.
The law regulating the salaries of
county officials in Tennessee has been
declared unconstitutional. The new
law provided for saving several hum
dred thousands of dollars annually 10
the people.
Ham White. one of the most des-
perate characters in the southwest
and a stage robber for many years.
has been taken to the Texas peniten-
tiary from Fl. Worth to serve a SEN
tence of II years.
julius Schriftgiessen. editor of Der
Boston Telegraph, and of the New
England states a prominent German
American resident and member of
many organizations, died in Boston
The records of the immigraitnO bu-
was born in Alexander, Va.
Mary White, of Birmingham, Ala, n
Respondent consumptive, took lautla-
mum with suicidal intent, but was
saved by the timely arrival of ply
stefan. Later she poured oil on her
clothing and set them on fire, dying
before aid reached her.
Excitement prevails at Camden,
Tenn. over the failure of the Camden
Bank and Trust Co.. which has closed
its doors. The liabilities are placed
ut $4,000 and its assets are unknown
This was the only bank in Camden
and held deposits from two counties.
The provincial government of Brit
ish Columbia has declared its inten-
tion of SO amending itsalien exclusion
law as TO hereafter permit Americans
10 hold claims purchased from Cana
dian locaters. Such concession quite
catifies the Americans at Atlin.
Advices from Dawson report that
United States Mail Carrier HoIcomb
has arrived AT Eagle from Waldes,
completing the first winter trip as
carrier of the government mail from
rhe seal OF the Yukon, a distance of
43O miles.
DR.. Abraham H. Whitmer, FIRST as
sistant physician at the government
hospital for the insane, died Of heart
failure in Washington, aged 50 years.
He had been connected with the gov
eminent hospital for the insane for 20
years.