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The Bourbon news., 1904-05-03

THE New York Sun, says: "Republi-
cans of eminence says that at no time in
the history of their party. save perhaps
the Credit Mobilier, Whisky Ring and
Star Route fraud days, has the Republi-
can party been so tainted with fraud and
swindles and graft as at the present
time
The Bourbon news., 1904-05-03

A NEGRO preacher in Brooklyn advised
his hearers - ''burn their enemies out Of
business" and to use the bullet in defense
OF their rights The white people of the
North will yet live to reap the whiriwind
sown by bitter partisianship during the
Civil War Mark this fact, too The
Brooklyn preacher was not discussing the
rae problem of the South, but lyncl in
that took place in the good Republ ca
State of Ohio.
The Bourbon news., 1904-05-03

GOVERNOR JEFFERSON DAVIS, of Arkan-
sas, received letter signed by several
ministers of Kentucky urging that he use
his influence in trying to secure pardon
for Caleb Powers. Gov. Davis replied
that he would not consider the matter, as
he believed that Powers ought to be
hung.
The Bourbon news., 1904-05-03

THERE is too much real news in the
field to permit country correspondents to
mention neighborhood visiting. A special
gathering of people is always news, but a
mere chronicle that Mrs. Jones took her
knitting and spent the afternoon with
Mother Brown comes long ways from
entertaining the general public--Western
Publisher.
The Bourbon news., 1904-05-03

SOME Republican organs are suggesting
that Senator Burton, of Kansas, who has
just been convicted Of boodling, should
tender his resignation as member of the
Senate chamber. If this policy of resign
ing because of official corruption should
be accepted by all Republican officeholders,
there would not be many left to run the
ernment.-Lexington Democrat.
The Bourbon news., 1904-05-03

EASTERN publishers are reported to re-
gret that no first class poem has appeared
for some time. And the sweet springtide
has fingered for the very purpose of in
spring such an epic!
The Bourbon news., 1904-05-03

Mr.. john 4. RoCKKFELLER h. s, it is
said, written an essay on "How / Got
Rich" Andrew Carnegie is credited with
a purpo to write a pamphlet some day
on "How Got Poor
The Bourbon news., 1904-05-03

THE action of an Arkansas Judge in
fining collector for contempt for present.
ing him with bill while court was in ses-
sion makes Arkansas justice the envy of
the world
The Bourbon news., 1904-05-03

Hot LUNcHES.-The Bourbon Produce
Company is going to serve hot lunch all
next week. Everybody invited This is
what you can get for 90 cents: Roast
beef, baked potatoes, bread coffee, pickles;
soup 10 cents; fish cents; ham sand
wich cents; pie cents.
29-2t Jas. ARKLE, Manager.
The Bourbon news., 1904-05-03

A FINANCIAL paoblem is reported from
Vermont. A clergyman of the Green
Mountain State asks how man is going
to support sealskin wife on a muskrat
income.
The Bourbon news., 1904-05-03

ANOTHER Daniel come to judgment!
The St. Louis Court of Appeals has de-
cided that ''hop tea" that makes persons
drunk must be considered intoxicating.
The Bourbon news., 1904-05-03

Quick WoRK.-Send your laundry TO
the Lexington Steam Laundry 1t is the
best in town. Send away one dav and
back the next, so you don't have to wait.
AMEs ARKLE, Agent.
II Both Phones.
The Bourbon news., 1904-05-03

HEMP SEED.-Best Cultivated Kentucky
River Bottom Hemp Seed for sale. Time
ofpayment to suit purchaser. Will con-
tract for the new growing hemp crop.
E. F. SPEARS & Sons.
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Wool Wanted.

Call and get your wool sacks. VIII pay
highest market price.
R. B. HUTCHCRAFT,
l9apr-lmo Paris, KY.
The Bourbon news., 1904-05-03

INDICATIONS SO far show that the Amer
ican people will this year take a much
livelier interest in baseball than politics.
The Bourbon news., 1904-05-03

ESTIMATES FURNISHED.-ASkm me for an
estimate to paint your house with Enamel
House Paint. CHAS. Cooley
5apr-tf 514 and 5t6 Main Street.
The Bourbon news., 1904-05-03

THE drink bill of the United States is
said to be 1850 millions of dollars, and
not cent of it for water.
The Bourbon news., 1904-05-03

AN eminent English authority says
women are better speakers than me-,
which is doubtless due to constant prac-
tice.
The Bourbon news., 1904-05-03

THE business columns of THE NEWS is
an index to buyers. Read them carefully
and trade with merchants who give well
come at their stores.
The Bourbon news., 1904-05-03

LADIES SHOES. S.-We have line unsur-
passed for style and beauty.
FREEMAN q FREEMAN.
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Wool Wanted.

Highest market price; sacks furnished
free.
19apr-u CHAs. s. BRENT & Bro,
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What MITCHELL Says

Now, about Ice Cream and
Soda Water. l must say
am making a better article
than | have ever made before.
The people who patronize
my place tell me that | am
and you know from past ex-
perience that / have always
have the best.
am especially in good
shape to furnish Ices on short
notice in any quantity. When
you have visitors come in on
you, send to me for your Ice
Cream.
am also making fine Ice
we call Caromel Cream. ltis
good thing and you can find
it at my store at all times.
We sell it in any quantity. l
only ask you to try it and be
convinced.
Yours truly,
c. B. MITCHELL.
P. S.-We have the best
Coffee you ever drank at 22X
cents per pound.
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Entered at the Paris, KY, postofice as
Second-class Mail Matter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-25
GENERAL BIRD w. SPENCER PRESIDENT THE NATIONAL
RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

they took abroad a set of regulation
army rifles and a complement of espe-
cially made barrels to be used if the
Britishers used special weapons No
secret was made of the fact that extra
barrels had been taken over. All the
competing marksmen were aware OF
the situation When the Englishmen
stated that they were to use barrels of
private make such rivals of theirs as
had them decided to use them also.
'Inasmuch as the team captains by
majority vote before the match could
change the rules for competition" says
General Spencer. land inasmuch as the
National Rifle Association of Great
Britain had asked to be allowed to use
special rifles, which request was not
agreed to. the American team took with
them the special barrels so as to be
fully prepared
The cutlery of the transatlantic caviI-
ers appears all the more discredftable
because the British authorities them
selves first suggested a modification of
the conditions of the Palma match
which would make possible the substi-
tuition of private rifles for those actual
ly coming under the head of service
rifles.
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Here Is Real Pathos.

One of the most amusing of the Eng
lish contributions to the literature of
the Palma discussion appeared on the
receipt abroad of one of General Spen-
GERS letters to the National Rife Asso-
citation OF England. 1t was as follows:
FROM OUR BISLEY CORRESPOND
ENT.
Four months after receiving polite but
searching letter from Lieutenant Colonel
Crosse, secretary of the National Rifle
Association of England, General Spencer,
after a good deal of polite commonplace
entirely Irrelevant. admitted that the bar
rel used by the American team was such
as not to be in accordance with the rules
of the competition and commended that
no protest had been lodged his team were
in the right The scene was one of dram
attic and very significant silence while
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ESPECIAL Rifles Are Best

'HThe practice of putting war office
stamp on private guns in England has
always given it's marksmen an advan-
tage over their rivals in international
matches" continued the general "One
might just as well put the government
mark on a golf stick and call it gov
eminent rifle. The principle is the
same. There is no question that a spe-
cially made barrel, with improved
sights. etc., is more effective than the
ordinary government s. rifle barrel.
Therefore to make equal conditions for
alIsthere should be no deviation from
the letter of the Palma conditions.
"As a matter of fact, if the Palma
trophy were to be awarded to the coun-
try that made the highest score at Bis
ley with bona fde service rifles Natal
would receive it, But the Natal shots
were by no means as accurate as those
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An Idle Question,

''If the Britishers hold the trophy
general and announce another match
for it next summer will the National
Rifle Association of America pay any
attention to it?''
well, 1 rather guess we WILL" was
his reply as he savagely bit the end off
a Vuelta Abajo panatella, struck a
match and began to puff vigorously.
III go over myself next year il they
keep the trophy. Then we'll see wheth-
er or not they'll use any special rifles.
The Englishmen will use nothing but
regular service rifles, or else the Amer
lean team will pack up and come home
on the first steamer we can climb
aboard. Yes, stree, we'll go over"
The determined setting of the gener-
ais jaws and the fire in his eye at this
point BODIED i'll to any Englishman who
attempts subterfuge of any sort at the
rext Palma match"
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General Bird w. soencer.

In order to get at the exact official
conditions surrounding the contest at
Bisiey | recently interviewed General
Bird w Spencer, president of the Ma
tional Rifle Association of America and
inspector general OF rife practice of
the state of New Jersey. General
Spencer conducted all negotiations for
the American team. and he hesitated
not moment in showing me the CORE
spondence with the English officials.
Therefore my opportunity to present a
complete and substantiated account of
the entire matter is particularly favor
able.
The British claims of American IN
fairness at Bisley rest on the fact that
our representatives did not use rifles
such as are issued to American soldiers
Tor general purposes In other words,
the sons of John Bull state that eur
eight representatives CPalma rules re-
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-nents. to read the following concerning
use:
The national military of the coun-
try the team represents Ito be used.
A.-Being in all respects of the pattern
adopted and issued to the troops for serv-
ice.
B.-Rif1es of private manufacture may
be used. but they must conform to the
regulation pattern and bear the official
view marks. W LrG
ITO those suggestions said the gen
era1, I'VE replied as follows:
Suggestion A is all right. To sug-
gestion our answer is No."
So it will be seen that the American
officials took the initial steps in en-
deaVoring to prevent the infringement
of the Palma rules that England delib-
erately broke, forcing the other con-
tending teams to protect themselves as
well possible.
been avoided if the captain of the
Palma entrants the night before the
of the fact that the English team was
to use special rifles all teams should be
allowed the same privilege. The reso-
luton would have won a majority of
votes, and as a result the deviation
from the conditions of the Palma deed
of gift would have had incontestable
official sanction. Captain Bruce was
instructed by General Spencer before
leaving America to offer such a resolu-
ton but the matter was overlooked.
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NO ENcoRE!

Anton Heindl, the musical director,
tells a story of which Thomas @. Sea-
brooke was the victim. 1t was in a
big New York production. Richard
earle and Seabrooke. with some one
else, made UP funny trio. Every one
took a hand at writing encore verses.
and the more they wrote the funnier
the verses seemed. About six were
composed, and all the business worked
out with great hilartty.
The opening night came, and the
number began. The second verse was
sung, and two of the trio left the stage,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-25

Lord Cheylesmore read the correspond
ence. which was of considerable length.
Not sound was heard. When he con-
Guided by saying that since the corre-
spondence spoke for itself comment
from him was necessary, subdued APP
plause was heard. When he asked if any
member present desired to say anything.
there was a silence of scorn, of sadness or
of both. There was really nothing to be
said save that conduct of this sort, COM
bined with complete absence of shame
in confessing it after detection, rendered
further competition for, the Palma -chal-
lenge trophy impossible for honorable
men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-25
Service Rifles In ENGLAND.

In England it is possible to take any
old rife of private manufacture. put a
war office imprint on it and call it a
service rifle. In preparing for the Pal
ma matches the Britishers had special
guns or barrels, made by private man
ufacturers- stamped them with the gov
eminent mark and announced them
selves ready for the fray. Our men
could not do this. The war department
allows no one to put its mark on a pri-
vate weapon and call it a government
rife Therefore, not intending to be
outwitted by the British marksmen,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-25
what Is Sauce For the Goose

What IS Sauce : OF the GOOSE
The Britishers are right Not a single
man of our team used service rifles
and the men on the British team were
we'll aware of the fact during the whole
match. AND WHAT is MORE, THE
ENGLISHMEN. THE CANADIANS
AND THE AUSTRALIANS DID NOT
USE SERVICE RIFLES EITHER.
Now. if the American marksmen can
be disqualified and proclaimed to the
world at large to be unsportsmanlike
why should not the same measure of
censure apply to the Englishmen, the
Canadians and the Australians? If any
of these three countries had won the
trophy would our men have climbed TO
the house tops and shouted a pitiful
story of their wrongs? Most emphat-
iCally not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-25
An Important Exhihit.

Look at this" said General Spencer
as he handed me the several typewrit-
ten pages that made up the statement
CT regulations for the Palma contest
sent him by the National Rifle Associa-
ton of England. Under the caption
Suggestions" 1 was somewhat sur
prised. in view of subsequent develop
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-25

leaving Seabrooke standing on his
head on a divan, from which he was to
be rescued when his associates were
recalled. But the two original verses
were so bad that there was no encore
In fixing UP the real funny ones every
one had forgotten how tame the orig
inaI song was and had thought only of
the music. The result was that Sea-
brooke had TO remain on his head until
some one could think up a line to go
on and release him
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UNION PACIFIC.
EASTBOUNR

fate! Think. too, of General Spencer's
complete absence of shame in confess
ing after detectionl" The Bisley cor
respondent reminds me of an epigram
once heard-"Many a man would be a
genius were it not for his point of
xyiax
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-25
The Rift In the Lutte.

Months passed. and nothing but
praise for the American rifle experts
was heard OF a sudden, however, sto-
ries tending to discredit the note
worthy performance of our men came
to the surface, and soon the English
newspapers began endeavors to prove
that the hard fought victory had been
obtained through unfair means. The
subject Immediately received attention
from American authorities, and the ex-
act facts attending the match were
given to the public. Interest is now at
fever heat, for, in addition to showing
conclusively that the English criticisms
are unjust, the National Rifle associa-
ton has returned the trophy to the
British rifle authorities rather than
have Americas right to it disputed, anc
military men everywhere and the gen
eral public as well are on tiptoe await
ing the action of the Britishers.
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Questions Of the Moment.

Will they return the trophy. admit
ting Americas clear title to it,
win they hold it for future competi-
ton in England. thus putting their off
eial seal of approval on the charges of
unfairness?
Those are the questions now asked in
every state of the Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-25

Old Guard. New York. captain of the
team. made the speech of acceptance.
Congratulations were showered on
the members of the winning team, and
they came back to America with the
trophy they had captured from the
picked marksmen of Britain. Canada,
Australia, Natal, Norway and France.
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A YORKSHIRE CATCHER.

Catcher Harry Smith of Pittsburg Is
a Yorkshire man. When badly ratified
he relapses into Yorkshire dialect, and
it is intensely funny to hear him
talk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-25

of America, England, Canada and Aus
tralia. They were outclassed."
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Oh, General, How Could You!

Stop for moment, gentle reader, and
think of that silence of scorn, of sad
ness" Tell US tbs not true, oh. croo-el
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the honesty Of the American
yachtsmen conducting the contests for
the Americas cup has an international
sporting discussion created so much
comment as that attending the recent
return of the Palma trophy to England
by the National Rife Association of
America.
The Palma trophy, as is we'll known,
is the emblem of the worlds rife shoot
ing championship. The latest match
for the trophy was held at the famous
English ranges at Bisley, Saturday
July IL, 1903. The American team won
the match. with the Britishers a close
second. The trophy was formally pre-
scented to the American team by Lady
Cheylesmore. wife of the president of
the National Rife Association of Great
Britain. Captain L. c. Bruce of the
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wANTED-AGENTs.

AGENTS wanted for every county in
Kansas; don't miss it; rare chance
IL YOU desire a quick paying business. Ad-
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quiring eight men on each team did
not use what in military parlance is
known as a service rifle"
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. all or part time
by elderly. educated gentleman; must
have some means of livelihood. X, care
Journal
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OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.


WANTED-By a white boy 10 years of
age. work in country. Inquire 6S4 Mon
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MASSAGE PARLoR.

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Tel. 372
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HARDWARE.

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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..


WANTED-Cattl to pasture. Inquire OF
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r. No. 5.
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

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FOR RENT-HOUSES.

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terOiesv e1'ifb General Bird az. Spencer
A America Is fbe RiS6tfuI Winner
BY FREDERICK r. rooMes.

OF since the Earl of Dunraven
MI made his notorious and I'M
founded allegations against
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COME. come on and go with US to Idaho
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and Sd Tuesday of each month thereaf-
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WANTED-To buy good second hand fur
niture, carpets and stoves Call or adj
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WANTED-By 14-year-old girl, place to
take care of children and assist in the
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The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13

will be in attendance during the meet
ing and will provide enlivening music
throughout the affair
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13
RAIN PREVENTS TRAINING.
Stanford Ball Players and Athletes
Are Kept on the Field.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. p.
Rain and uncertain weather condi-
tions during the week have interfered
considerably with work both on the
diamond and on the track. When not
raining il has been too cold for hard
work. The baseball men have been
compelled TO be extremely careful in
throwing in order TO prevent lame
arms.
Coach Doyle is shifting the infeld
plavers continually in an effort to as
certain the best possible combination.
Trowbridge, who up TO this week has
been playing third base, has been
moved 10 shortstoD, and Bob" VIII
Uams has been shifted from shOrtstOp
10 second. II IS hoped this change will
bring Improvement in the working of
the team Trowbridge has a stronger
arm than Williams. and in that re
spect is a more desirable man for that
position and the long throws that the
shortstop usually has to make.
Three eshmen-Chalmers Swain
and Keliy-are being tried at third base
and all are showing up fairly well.
Colbert, one Of the strongest candi-
dates for first base, has quit the uni
versity and left for his home in the
East. This viii leave in the contest
for that position Blake, '04, who has
played the position on the varsity be-
fore, and also Moore, '05. and knight,
who has played in the field.
OF the felders the most promising
candidates are Wint, 'O6, who played
right field on the varsity last season;
knight, 04, who has also played the
same position. and Morrow and Stott
Of the freshman class.
For the first time in the history OF
baseball at Stanford strict training
rules viii be enforced among the play
ers. Coach Doyle hopes in this way
20 overcome the listlessness displayed
in the game with the St. Mary's Col
lege nine.
Tomorrow the varsity nine VIII m eet
the Santa Clara team in The second
game Of the series with the cOllegs
team. Stanford Won the first of the
series which was played at Santa Clara
by the score of II to 10