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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-11-15
scHATrEGAr OF CURACAO RENDEZVOUS OF FIL1BUsrERs

up filibustering expeditions against
any other country which is not too
strong.
Of course the governments of those
republics could stop all this at once,
if they would; but race prejudice, re-
ligious intolerance and selfish ambi-
tons of state or of individual pre-
vent concert of action for such pur-
pose. Fear of insurrection at home
doubtless leads such men as Zelaya
and Castro to furnish a vent for tur-
bulent spirits by helping them TO fight
In neighboring republic; the more
readily if that neighbor happens
to be in difficulties. Besides. no die
tator knows how soon he himself may
have to seek an asylum in a nearby
country, where he may safely plot
against those who will thrust him
from place and power.
Wilemstad, on the island of Cura-
Gao, capital of the Dutch West Indies,
has for genera tons been such safe
shelter for cOnspiratOrs against the
peace of Venezuela, Colombia and
other near republics. Fleets of smart
little schooners and sloops swarm in
the harbor of Wilemstad, ready to run
a cargo any night to any sequestered
cove of the mainland, which is in sight
from the highlands of Curacao. CoIom-
bia, Costa Rica and Nicaragua are not
far down the wind to the westward.
Curacao is a warehouse in the
Caribbean. To it come the ships Of
all Europe and of North America. to
leave cargoes for distribution. Here
merchants are discreet. No questions
asked is the law of trade. Many a
bill of goods has been delivered in
his back yard at dusk, by the mer-
chant. They disappear during the
night. Not a sound is heard, not a
movement seen, even in the brightest
night. No one asks about those goods.
Shippers may ask: where is this
cargo to be landed'?" Further query
would be most impolite.
Where so many streams of com.
merce converge many people meet,
and go again. No authorities trouble
about the coming and going. Nor does
anyone, other than spies for those in
authority on the mainland, question
what conferences are held there. If
an invasion should be Matching. it will
certainly not be against Holland; then
why pry into the affair? Besides, the
may become buyers of
provisions and-other things. They
will at least leave some money in
for wine and cigars, food
and lodging.
And the existing administration Of
any neighboring republic may soon
want shelter in Curacao, while thew
plot for the downfall of those who
may have thrust them from place and
from power, from home and from
profit. D. E. vERAS.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-11-15
TO JUDGE AN OPAL.
Desirable Qualities That Lend Value
to the Now Popular I'm
lucky Stone.

An expert on opal mining mas recent
ly explained how the opal is judged
as to quality and desirability. First,
he says, color is of the greatest i'm
portance. Red fire, or red in combina-
ton with yellow, blue and green, are
the best. Blue by itself is quite val
ueless, and the green opal is not of
great value unless the color is very
vivid and the pattern very good. The
color must be true; that is to say, it
must not run in streaks or patches,
alternating with colorless or inferior
quality. Pattern is described as be-
ing an important factor, the several
varieties being known as "pinfire, -
when the grain is very small; 'harle-
quin," when the color is all in small
squares, the more regular the better,
and the ''fashfre," or "fashopal,"
when the color shows as single flash,
or in very large pattern. Harlequin
is the most common, and is also pop
ularly considered the most beautiful.
When the squares of color are regu-
lar and show as distinct, minute checks
of red. yellow, blue and green, it is
considered magnificent. Some stones
show Better on edge than on top.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-11-15
The BuIgarfans.

The Bulgarians are the equals in
modern civilization of any nation of
eastern Europe. They are not saw
ages, as some of the most excited of
our people seem TO imagine They are
Christian folk, whose good will to-
ward Americans in general and
American missionaries in particular
has been too often displayed to leave
room for any doubt of its existence.
Although the Greek church is the ma
tional religion of Bulgaria, many Bull
garian public men are graduates of
or have been students at Robert col
lege, in Constantinople, an institu-
ton affiliated with our missionary en-
terprises. Indeed, Bulgaria's political
and social development has been in
no small degree stimulated by the
culture spread by our missionary eff
forts. There is not the slightest
ground for the many slurs and sneers
at Bulgaria which have appeared in
the American press since Miss Stone
was taken captive. 1t may be added
that the Bulgarians have what manv
persons well deem the national vir-
tue of hating the Turks intensely
Boston Transcript.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-11-15
HOPE FOR COLOMBIA.
Central American State Saved by a
Word from Uncle Sam.
stopped Proposed Raid by Intimntine.
to Nicaragua and Venezuela That
He Would Protect Isthmus
of Panama.
Especial Central American letter.

Il
NOLOMBIA has been having
7 trouble these many months.
Rebels at home have kept her
awake, and anxious. Her near neigh
Dor, Nicaragua, sent Gen. Emiliano
Herrera to help those rebels. more
than year ago, and he was on the
very point of taking Panama when
he suddenly desisted He had an
"intimatiOn" from the commander of
a British man-o'-war. Such hints
have weight in Latin America. Now
Gen. Herrera lives in peace, with a
family so lovely 'twould be passing.
shame to leave them.
Then Senior Castro, Venezuela's
provisional president, sent an army
to tread on Colombia's skirt. Per-
haps because he had troubles of his
own with rebels, who still make it
uncertain whether he can keep his
seat, but for some cause he forgot
that no civilized nation neglects to
first declare war before trying to cut
the throat of friendly neighbor.
Possibly most of that army were
refugees from Colombia, and it may
be that Castro was glad to have
them go and. sink or swim, as best
they might, rid him of their COM
pany. No official announcement has
been made that this was his purpose.
The force from Venezuela had lit
tie difficulty about invading Colon
bian territory; for many a lonely
mile of the shore of the Guaiira-
which may be pronounced Wahera-
is washed by the sparkling Caribbean,
and landing might he made in many
a secluded cove there On maps, and
in documents and theory, the PENN
sula of Guajira is partly in the ter
ritory of Venezuela, and the larger
part under the government of Colon
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-11-15

bic; but, in fact, it's control has been
for centuries in the hands of los
GUajiras.
Once on that rocky peninsula, the
Venezolanos met difficulties. There
were Colombian forces, mountain
Businesses and an abundant lack of
food and shelter. And there were
los Guajiras. Three times those Co.
lombian troops made it eXpedient for
the invaders to go away, and go
quickly. They were accompanied by
hunger, for Venezuela failed to pro-
vide munitions. Even in that land of
eternal summer one cannot live well
with hunger and without shelter.
Starvation encouraged them to
snatch every eatable that came in
sight; which failed to insure a cor
dial welcome from the inhabitants,
even of their own race.
Los Guajiras took a hand, also.
For nearly 400 years they have had
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-11-15

"a warm welcome for white men, es-
pecially if they were of Spanish
blood. The hospitality of these In
dams has induced most white visitors
to that country to leave their bones
on Guaiira soil, and do it soon. Many
of the recent invaders seem to have
done so. Folk who know those In
dams find little difficulty IN crediting
the story that they badly disar-
ranged the features and other ar
engagements of such WenezOlapos as
they could catch. For these causes
the invaders seem to have found it
well to entrench themselves, mainly
near Maracaibo. That was a safer
place for them, because it is close by
salt water. and far from those dread
full Indians.
While that valorous army was be-
ing licked by the Colombianos, and
cut up by the Guajiras, Zelaya of
Nicaragua saw opportunity to harass
a government with which his own adj
ministratiOn was at peace. So he
sent a couple of companies, in the
one little steamer which is the
Nicaragua navy, to cooperate with
the rebels near Panama. At the
same time fibusters were active in
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-11-15

This" said the Eminent Artist. els
my famous study of the Cows in
Clover"
But where is the clover?'' we
asked, not seeing any of it in the
picture.
"Oh, the COWS have eaten it, you
know. baltimore American.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-11-15
An Austrian Accident"

Among the accidents" reported in
Austria recently was the case of a
workman who walked along the road
smoking a pipe, with 5O7pound bag
of gunpoWder On his back!
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-11-15
continuous Performance.

Ida-When he started kissing you
why didn't you scream?
May-Oh, 1 would have lost so
many kisses while / had my mouth
open.-Chicago Daily News.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-01-10

The above are only a few brands OF the
many we carry in stock. Send for catalogue
- All other goods by the gallon, such as Corn
sold equally as low, from s1,25 gallon ups
We make a speciality of the Jug trade and
all orders by mail or telegraph viii have our
farad ~ - ~AAO' -
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-01-10
THE RETURN TO NASHVILLE.
Colonel Baxter and Party Enter
tanned at a Banquet.

Colonel Baxter and Party Enter
tanned at Banquet.
KNOXVILLE, Jan. 9.-The Tennessee
Central special train with the Nashville
party and 81 representative citizens OF
Knoxville, left here this morning at .
o'clock on the return trip to Nashville.
The trip will be made over the Tennes-
see Central route, reaching Nashville
tonight at o'clock, and will be the Sec
ond through train between the two
cities over this route, the first having
arrived here Monday.
Before departing Colonel Jere Baxter,
president of the Tennessee Central, ex-
pressed his appreciation for the courte-
sizes extended by the citizens OF Knox
vile and said that the only way he
could repay them would be to bring the
Tennessee Central here, which he hoped
to do IN the very near future.
The Knoxville party will be ban,
quetted tonight in Nashville and Will
return here tomorrow Knoxville IS en-
thusiastic for the Tennessee Central.
Knox county has been asked to pay a
bounty on the completion of the road &c
Knoxville.
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letter which explained his sons unu-
sual absence from Atlanta.
This letter. which tells the tale of the
kidnapping, was not dated by its author,
but the envelope. which bore a special
delivery stamp, also bore tho rostmark,
"Memphis."
Letter to His Father.
The words of the letter had been care
fully printed out and the wording indi.
Gates that the writer is a man of meager
education. The letter is as follows:
"DEAR SIR-As kidnapping is all the
rage nowadays, we have stolen your
son. We intended to steal him before
Christmas, but could never get chance.
We don't know your financial standing,
as your son refuses to tell US and we
only found $40 on his person. He is a
boy way above the average and we need
him in our business, SO we intend to
keep him, but you might send letter to
Jim Glacer, General Delivery, Kansas
City. as we will be in that city by the
time this reaches you, stating how much
you will give for his return, and if the
amount meets with my approval | will
write you more about it. Do not notify
any official authorities, as it won't do
any good and would ruin all your
chances of getting him. We will allow
him to sign his name, to prove to you
we are not joking. We have him in
stupefied condition and we are carrying
him as a sick person and our younger
brother. Bass FRAZER. ("
The letter is in pencil throughout,
while the signature of ''Bass Frazer" is
in purple ink. The name or names of
the abductors do not appear at the end
of the communication and the only
name lending the slightest clue to the
identity of the men is that of that "Jim
Glacer," who is mentioned as the inter-
mediary at Kansas City between the
kidnapers and the family of the kid
naped.
The careless tone of the letter lent the
impression to the members of the fami-
ly that the abductors meant business
and that to put the detectives on the
track would be to work the injury of
Bass Frazer himself
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-01-10
INSURGENTS UNDER
CERINOMO WIPED OUT
Notorious Filipino Leader De-
feated and Captured.
FIFTY DEAD; 30 WOUNDED

When the Fortress Was Entered Not a
Live Rebel Was Found-Those Not
Killed or Wounded Had Fled to the
Mountains-Ports to Be Closed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. "a recent issue
OF Manila paper gives a graphic and
interesting account Of the capture and
utter defeat of the forces of the famous
lnsurgent leader Geronimo near Mon
fabian by Colonel J. Milton Thompson
and 1000 picked men of the Twenty
second and Forty second volunteer in
fantry in November last.
Geronimo, from all accounts, lived up
to his namesake in this country i'll that
he hurled defiance from his mountain
fortress in much the same way as &C.
rOnimO, the celebrated Apache chief
tain, harassed and defied our troops in
the west. The insurgen5- chief was
strongly fortified at Pinauran. III De-
Morte canyon, near Montellablan, his
trenches being strung along both sides
for distance Of 6 or miles.
After the reoccupation of the presi-
Dental chair, says the article, it was de-
cided by the military authorities to dis
lodge Geronimo at any cost. The latter
had boasted frequently of the time when
the insurgents killed 800 Spaniards, who
made an unsuccessful attempt to take
Pinauran.
The time for Colonel Thompson's at
tack was set for noon, Nov. 21. The
expedition was divided into four detach-
ments. The main one, under command
of Captain Brandle, was in the lead and
while advancing through the bed of the
canon was the first to draw the fire Of
the insurgents. The entrenched Filipi-
nos, believing the detachment was the
entire attacking party, allowed the col
umn to advance well up the canon in
order to more completely "bottle" it.
When it had reached the desired
point, the Filipinos, yelling like Apache
Indians, opened up vigorous fire, but
simultaneously with their volleys came
the attack Of the Americans from four
distinct directions.
Then Colonel Thompson, leading the
main body, performed the feat of the
engagement in climbing a steep wall
through dirt and underbrush, and en-
tered the boasted 'impregnible" fort
ress of the insurgents. The soldiers
climbed up the mountain side and when
they reached the top there was not
live rebel in sight The insurgents
killed, it is estimated, was 80 and their
wounded about a dozen.
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keeping the wires hot between Kansas
City and Union Springs, in the hope OF
finding some trace of the boy through
the police there. The letter is being
used as a clue that may lead to the dis
covery of the young man S whereabouts.
Bass Frazer, the missing youth, is 19
years of age, well developed and power
full for his years. He weighs between
145 and $50 pounds, and is about feet
II inches high. His hair is wavy and
very dark and his eyes gray.
The kidnapers, if there were any, had
rather large job making away with
the able bodied youth.
The Last Seen of Him.
About 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon
Frazer, who was rooming with another
student of the school, A. L. Carter, at
400 Spring street, came to his room after
dinner and asked Carter for stamp
Garter had only 1-cent stamp and
Frazer went to the parlor. Here he
asked r. j. McCuen, an instructor at
the school, with whom he roomed last
term, for a stamp, and McCuen in
turn gave him a l-cent stamp.
These two stamps the young man
placed on letter he had and id
he was going down town. He was seen
no more by his associates or relatives.
An eXplicable motive for the crime
seems entirely lacking. Captain n. H.
Frazer, father of the kidnapped youth,
is a comparatively poor man. Until six
years ago he had considerable wealth,
but business reverses at that time swept
his fortune almost entirely away. All
the circumstances surrounding the
crime are c1oaked in deep and seemingly
unfathomable mystery.
The first intimation received by the
parents of young Frazer Of his disap-
pearance in Atlanta came=in the shape
of telegram from Miss Callie Williams
of 405 Spring street, with whom Bass
Frazer boarded in this city.
The young man was last seen at his
clearinghouse at 1:45 o'clock Saturday
afternoon. He did not return to supper,
but this fact did not cause his room
mates any uneasiness 1t was taken for
granted that he was taking tea with
some college friend.
His Father Notified.
When, however, young Frazer failed
to show up at his room Saturday night,
Miss Williams gave expression to some
uneasiness The fear that some mis-
fortune had happened to the young man
took firm hold of her mind when the
roommates of the young man notified
her Sunday morning that they were en-
tirely ignorant of the cause of his alb
sence.
Half of the opinion that Bass Frazer
had gone to his home at Union Springs,
and hoping that such would prove the
case, Miss Callie Williams addressed
the following telegram to the father of
the missing boy on Sunday:
"Bass left Saturday at noon. Is he
at homer"
This came to the parents of Bass Fra
zer as first intimation of his disappear
ance from Atlanta, for the reply from
Captain Frazer, received later in the
day, stated that Bass was not at home and
indicated the greatest surprise that he
was not at his boardinghouse in At
lanta.
Miss Williams was at loss to under
stand the situation, as she felt respon-
sibility attaching to her in the matter of
the young mans safety.
Monday afternoon Captain Frazer, at
his home at Union Springs. received the
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BROKEN HEADS AT THE BALL
Actor Causes a Riot In Which the
Police Are Used Up.

Actor Causes Riot In Which the
Police Are Used Up.
New YORK, Jan. 9-The French ball
which started off rather quietly last
night became faster and wilder. during
the early morning hours and wound up
in general row, in which a number Of
spectators were arrayed against several
policemen, headed by Inspector Thomp-
SON The fight began over Il contention
between a waiter, whose number and
name are not known, and box party,
in which were an actor and q number of
friends.
Inspector Thompson, believing the
waiter hau sWindled the box party, de-
cided to interfere. He ran after the
waiter. He was not i'll uniform and as
he reached the waiter he attacked him.
The waiter ran with Thompson follow
ing. The first waiter disappeared in the
crowd and Thompson seized another
one, thinking he was the man. He and
the new waiter came to blows. The
waiter hit the inspector in the face q
number of times, staggering him.
Meanwhile the fight had attracted
much attention and nearly everybod in
the garden ran to that part of the build
ing. The police in uniform and some in
civilian clothes, ward men and de-
tectives, headed by Captain Thomas of
the Tenderloin, ran up to see what was
going on. The spectators saw that the
police were taking the part of the wait
er's opponent, whom they did not know,
and that the waiter was likely to get
the worst of it. They sided with the
waiter and for few minutes the police
had hard time to hold their own.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-01-10
NINETY LIVES iMPERILED.
Rescuers Unable to Reach the Russie
on Account of High Seas.

on Account of High Seas.
MARsAILLEs, Jan. 9. - Dispatches
from the village of Faranam, near which
the French mail steamer Russie, from
Oran, Algiers, stranded in violent
storm, with 50 passengers and crew of
40 on board, say that all efforts to reach
the steamer have failed, owing to the
tremendous height of the SEAS
The pilot boats and torpedo boats
which have attempted to reach the
steamer have been unable to battle with
the waves and have returned.
The only hope seems to be in the abil-
ity of the lifesavers to throw a line over
the Russie as the wrecked vessel is
driven closer to the Shore
The forecastle and part Of the forward
deckhouse are all of the vessel remain
ing above water.
The beach was lined all night with
watchers. Lights were seen on board
of the steamer, but it is believed that
some of those on board of her have al
ready been drowned, although no bodies
have been washed ashore.
A signal message was received from
the Russie saying all on board were
alive, but begging for succor. The sea
has slightly moderated, but up to the
present all attempts to rescue have
failed.
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ALLEGED KIDNAPPING
OF A TECH STUDENT
Bass Frazer Mysteriously
Disappears From Atlanta.
LETTER TO HIS FATHER

1t Purports to Have Been Written by
His Abductors and is Signed by the
Young Man-Kidnaping Theory Is
Generally Discredited.
ATLANTA, Jan. S.-Frank Bass Fra
ger, a student at the chronological
school, disappeared last Saturday after
noon, and today story as thrilling and
mysterious in its details as the plot of
a dramatic novel is unwinding itself.
A queer pencil printed letter from
Memphis, Tenn, telling that the young
man is being hurried west to Kansas
City, in stupefied condition, in the
hands of abductors. for a ransom, fig
ures in the story, though there is little
credence placed in the kidnapping theory
by those who are investigating the
case.
Young Frazer's home is in Union
Springs, Ala, where his father, Captain
N. H. Fraser, is tax collector of Bulloch
county. The family of the student are
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PARENTS HEAR THE NEWS
They Were Almost Frustrated Upon
Learning the Facts.


UNION SPRINGS, Ala, Jan. 9.-The
letter containing the news of the abduc-
tion of Bass Frazer created a great sem
sation here, his home. His parents are
almost prostrated over the affair, while
the whole community is aroused over
the outrage.
The first intimation his parents had of
his disappearance was on Sunday after
noon, when Captain Frazer received q
telegram from Atlanta asking if his son
was here.
This was followed Monday afternoon
by the receipt of a letter from the
abductOrs, signed by the young man,
stating that he had been kidnapped and
would be held for ransom.
The fact that young Frazer should
have been kidnapped is almost beyond
belief. The theory generally accepted
here is that he was drugged after being
Iured away from his boardinghouse.
The generally accepted impression is
that the abductors must have made
mistake in selecting their victim The
brother of Captain Frazer is a man of
considerable wealth, although he him
self lost nearly all he had some six years
ago. 1t is the hope of the grief stricken
parents that when this fact is made
known the abductors will release their
son.
No name is signed to the letter re-
celved from Memphis except that of the
boy himself. Bass Frazer was forced to
sign the letter, and his family have
agreed that without doubt the signature
is genuine.