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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
SHE'S A MsoN.
Mrs Loase Claims Mor DerShip N
Fl Scott LodSe'
She says ~ Masonry IL Coed for .asa
Much better for womcn-The
Woman Wnl Initiate Wonh
aud Form Female Lodgea

TOPEKA, Kan, Feb la--Mar -
Lease claims 10 be Mason, and N
made the startling statement that shS
proposes TO organize lodges OF Masonry
for women throughout the country
Mrs Lease wcars upon her bosom, sns-
pended by a gold chain, Knight Tenn
plar charm, with the usual keystone Of
the chapter on the reverse side, and
she declares that she Is as much en-
titled to wear II as any man who be-
longs 10 the Templar order.
She says her commandery Is Hugh do
Payne, Of IT Scott Kan. She says,
and offers TO prove II TO masons, that
she knows all the signs, grips, aiguais
and pass words Of the blue lodg, cnap-
ter and commandory, and that sir ab-
tanned them legitimately. She says il
masonry is good for men II is nNof
hotter for women, rs they are more
needful OF protection than men, She
says once by giving n sign Of the order
she was saved from personal violence,
and from that moment she resolved 70
give TO women the same advantages Of
masonry that she enjoys
Mrs Lease made this statement 10 con-
versation with reporter, in which she
outlined some OF her future life's work.
She said that she had other plans than
politics and the lecture field. With
this she launched into discussion OF
her resolution 10 initiate women into
Masonry She said that as she was
thoroughly up in the Masonic work IL
was not necessary for her 70 obtain
the consent or aid Of men in initiating,
aud Il the men refused to recognize her
disciples as Masons, they could and
wonld act Independently Of them, and
conduct lodges and grand lodges OF
their own
Mrs Lease admits that II is contrary
TO the Masonic rule for women TO be.
come Masons. bnt she declines 10 state
how she gained the secrets Of the or
der. She challenges any Mason 10 test
her on the secret work OF the order,
The Masons, OF course, deride her
claims. aud say that she is nota Mason,
and II she has obtained the secrets Of
the order Il was by undue means
To Mason Mrs Lease offered e
give the signs, grip and pass words. hui
he declined, OF course. Ha said TO hel
that he would have enjoyed being pres
eut when she was made Mason, t,
which Mrs Lease smiled and said: II
was real funny"
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
LONG SESSION
Predicted Of This slow-Going Congress-
Juiy Wnl Probably soc II Doing Busi-

Predicted Of This slow-Going Congress-
Juiy WIN Probably see II Doing BusI-
nfss at the 0id staud.
WAsmSGfoS, Feb, e0-Insiders add
outsiders who predicted that the first
session Of the Fifty-third congress
would end In May or early in June ara
a little shy on prophecy. As the days
go on, II becomes apparent that II is to
be a very long session, indeed Called
together In August last, the only meas
ures Of national Importance which have
recSved the.signature OF the president
are the bill to repeal the purchasing
clause Of the sherman act, and the bill
to repeal the federal election laws.
That Is the result Of something like
five months OF work
\Although the Wilson bill has passed
/, chamber Of its origin, experienced
legislators know that it is still many a
,,slry mile from its fnaIity, and are
tra1N 10 81 So rhoseamiles are strewn
a,itbs ops anl powders, quaggy
- holes AMI scanned with gull
RI. $50 Of lie tariff bill, which
s.t,. ng changes AID long de-
49, N re hundreds Of other meas
- sart consideration, many of them
Of much n por.ehee.
,nado nv eNen the most hopeful. carries
the date Y ~ mo 'uiy' Otners name
August. P.eupeI' Ut even Vstoptf a
~ ,ron,h bf parting. The only thing
daered strApg enough TO force an &C
esisration ofVpeed is the fact that thS
oonersssional \campaigns are soon {,
or,en ,na MANI, very many Of the pc
l;,;csI sences 4 y sadly in need Of re
,,.fr
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
1o AaoLlsA TAE LORDS.
Ilabouehsre win aove Itn Victoria Doss
Not Recommend Reform.


Iabouehere win shove Itu Victoria Doss
Sot Recommend Reform.
LONDON, Feb 20 "a letter written
by Mr. Horny Latouehore has boon
made public in which the welI-known
radical says that u the queen's speech,
opening the next session OF parlia-
ment, does not contain a declaration
that reform Of the lords is necessary
he viii move an amendment 70 the ad.
dress In reply 20 the speech declaring
that the POWER OF the hereditary aud
Episcopal branch Of the legislature 70
re cct or alter bills approved by tho
house Of commons should cease
Mr. Labouehere IN his letter adds
that the adoption Of his address In re-
ply 10 the queens speech ought to be
Immediately followed by the passage
OF a bin TO abolish the house Of lords
lie adds that Il the ministers want a
second chamber Il should be formed OF
members elected by popular vote.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
mot 1NDoRsED."

l. Expected to lie the Report on Hawaii
-senAte Committee May DisaPpolnt
Gresham.
WASHINGTON. Feb TO- The senate
subcommittee on foreign affairs have
completed the taking Of testimony in
the Hawaiian matter, and the great re-
port Is about ready 70 be given to tho
full committee Contrary to the expecta-
tions Of many, it is learned, from what
seems 10 be excellent authority, that
the report supports the American ideas
Of the Harrison administration, and
has no fault to find with the actions OF
its representatives at Honolulu, Ex-
Minister John l. stevens
The only members Of the subcommit-
tee who viii not sign this report, It is
said, will be Senators Gray and Daniei
and whether they will make formal
minority report commencing the
Cleveland policy is not yetknown. Sem
ator Morgan, who has been heretofore
counted rs leaning toward the present
administration, Is, according TO this
report, very much opposed to it on this
one point
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
CURRENT TOPICS.


ALABAMA mixers have started .
I swspaper
The word penknife occurs but once
in the Bible.
ONLY one person in $4,000 reaches the
age of 100 years.
COUNTRY roads in China are not
bounded by fences
Two JUSTICES at Springfield, No, are
named Chinn and Bray.
TRANSPARENT leather is one Of the
latest inventions in Paris
GUTTA percha, bamboo, gong and rat
tan are all of Malay origin
THE Connecticut national guard has
pol musicians to l,7oO privates
The sultan threatens 70 expel Amer
lean missionaries from Turkey.
ELECTRIC irons for laundries and shirt
factories are becoming popular.
The largest photograph in the world
is seventeen feet by fifty inches
AN automatic sculpturing machine is
the invention of NJ. Delin of Paris
WHEN the vote OF jury in Germany
stands six TO six the prisoner is ac-
Quilted.
A FRENCH naval officer has invented
a rifle that fires two kinds of explosive
bullets.
TORIES were originally bands OF Irish
outlaws. The Celtic word toree means
robbsn
UTAH produced 7,lO7,b ounces Of
silver last year, having net value Of
IS, ssS so5
PADEREwsKI is probably the only mu-
stefan who has made $4,000 in sin
gle season.
SOME S70O have been subscribed by
friends as memorial to the late Theo-
dore Child
A WALNUT burl weighing over 5000
pounds was recently found in Grundy
county, Mo.
LAWN is the fine linen bleached oil
the lawn instead Of the ordinary dry
ing ground.
A BlpDEFoRD Me man proposes l.
combine hotel, cafe and Kelley cur
under one roof.
A HOME for invalid servants, the gif
Of Mrs. c. Davis English, Is to be bull
near Berwyn, Pa.
IT is said that the only Hard She
Baptist newspaper in the world is pull
lished in Missouri
Bur twelve cities OF the world hay
over 1000, 900 inhabitants and four {
these arv In China.
TIM Chinese have a superstition
dread OF black and blue, but regar
red as lucky color.
Edison claims TO have in his labor
tory every substance, organic and Il
organic, In the world.
Nav long has 200 female physician
Ton OF them are reported 10 recei'
about enc. 600 each per year
Tina biggest sawinill Ia America ip
Z sold a. lNpper Lake n ", contain
llbo. 900 worth Of machinery
IN franklin county, Nebraska, n
/. authorities have rugged up jail out
. a dlauled creamery, and Il works Ar
rate
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
IN MIDAIR.
Thrilling Adventure on an Aerial
Gable Car.
Ihe Drawing Cabs Broke and the broken
End smashes Through the Car with Its
Load Of Humanity Several Of the
Passengers Injured, One Fatally.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Feb 10 lone
killed and several hurt is the result Of
a most thrilling accident at Longstreet
Park Sunday afternoon The drawing
cable of an aerial car snapped in two,
leaving the car and passenger two hun
bred feet in midair, while the broken
end OF the cable smashed through the
frail box filed with humanity to do its
deadly work. At its highest point the
ear is nearly three hundred feet above
the Tennessee river, and the "Trip over,
while being most thrilling, Afforded a
beautiful view Of the surrounding
country to tho passengers A car
which would hold perhaps twenty per
sons hung suspended from two heavy
cables, five feet apart
sunday afternoon the car had carried
many passengers, and made its last
trip about o'clock Seven people
were in IL, with W. c Lewis who
stood at the brake. When within one
hundred feet OF the bluff the cable
snapped In two between the car and
engine-room, and the ear started back
as II shot from hugo cannon Near
the center OF the river, and fully
two hundred feet above It, its
progress was suddenly checked as
the broken end % the cable wound
itself about it like a huge serpent
1t went crashing through the wooden
car, only 70 wind itself around and
crush through its top again as II il
were made Of paper There the car and
passengers hung for nearly two hours,
while every minute the crowd increased
until thousand persons lined tho
bank OF the river Employees seemed
dazed, and twas some tint before a
long rope was secured. This was
! slipped down the cabis TO the ear and
Isteamsr anchored itself directly un'
| deSpeath
| WiN-hibley, boy. was the first C
| he let doEp and the crowd cheered
| mstilv ~ h. sas safely landed. Mex
/ came Ms, Alige Wardell, who stool
! he shock brayeiS ---poubly loud they
cheered her safe acknowledgment galnse
ground that no one was hurfsent tnos'
familiar knew otherwise, for in the ca
above Oliver Ledgerwood lay dying
his lifeblood oozing from two ugl.
wounds on the head. lie had gon
with Miss Wardell, bis dsnce on tn,
novel trip which ended so disastrously
One by one the passengers We're le
down until the ear was cleared. Nhe
Ledgerwood reached the boat sur
geon pronounced his injuries fota
and in less than ten minutes he wa
dead. His skull had been fractured
two places
/ Mr. Fred McBee, another passenge
suffered severe injury 10 one les
while Henry Hatoher's right hand w;
badly hurt Hugh Rule, boy, WI
standing near the engine-house who
| the cable broke, and was struck by Il
end snd seriously hurt Persons
the car say that Ledgerwood never r
7, gained consciousness after being struc
He was a promising young lawye
, and leaves a widowed mother to moui
! his loss
Before the coronor's jury Suna'
night, J. T. Patton, one Of the Jesse
I and part owner Of the cable line, MAJ
! the sensational statement under GA
i that he believed the ca BILE had been Gu
i The matter win DO fully investigate
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23

TIVE Berlin exhibition of 1895 d as
Stunning proportions almost justifying
the government to make It national
affair.
THE Regent diamond, the property
of the French government weighs 1856
carats, and is valued at is,ooo.000
francs
WHEN a fine ruby is found in Bur
nah procession of elephants, grandees
and soldiers escorts it to the king's
palace.
THE question at issue in case now
before the Connecticut courts Is wheth-
er oysters are real estate or personal
property.
IT cost s46,OOO,e0 TO maintain our
army last year. The expenses ip our
war department in the year 1865 were
81, Osl, 200. 600.
A BUILDING to the Young Mems
Christian association Of Troy, N. T., Is
to be erected, the gift Of Mrs William
Howard Hart
GEN. WEAVER of Iowa. and Col
Streeter, of Illinois, are both squatted
in Arizona awaiting statehood and sem
atorial honors
A FLORIDA horticulturist says soup
pernong vine can be made to cover ten
acres of land II started of properly
when it begins to run.
A DRUM which was used ON board
Commodore Perry's ship on Lake Erie
during the war Of 1919 is a relic priced
by resident of Leslie. Mich.
In order to check the alarming ten
dency toward suicide, Denmark talks
of enacting law to turn the bodies Of
suicides over TO dissecting rooms
In Kansas women control property
whose real value Is sail, SOC. 900. she as
sessed value ssS, 600, 900; hence 70 coun-
ty and state they give nearly $4,000, ooo-
HERBERr L. KELsEY has been en-
ployed as compositor on the New Or
leans Picayune since that paper started
publication in 1887 He is eighty years
old
Mas STOWE, who will be Lightweight
years old In June. is in such feeble
condition mentally and physically that
she is constantly in charge Of an at
. tendant
/ ARTIFICIAL. India rubber from cotton
seed oil is one of the latest industrial
1 products. and claimed to possess COM
!. mercial adaptations Of peculiar prac'
teal value
TnE contract for building the South
: ern Pacific railroad bridge over the
Mississippi at New Orleans, has been
awarded TO the Phenixville pal
4 Bridge Co, at the cost Of $4,000
JonN RIDER of Dutchtown, No, was
out coon hunting the other night and
while looking up tree for coon an
= owl hew down, striking him In the eye
with his cav, tearing out tho ball and
carrying II away
. 'JonN BnowSs FoRE" a. The uor
por's FERRY engine house was called. 4
y 10 be taken down from rs alto al th'
- Worlds fair grounds, whore only eloVo|
persons paid admission 70 80 Il and re-
10 turned TO Virginia
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Dynamite in a stove.

EDeERroS, kan, Feb, IA man en-
gagged in sinking a well on farm Of
Jacob Smith placed stick OF dynamite
in the cook-stovo oven to thaw out and
went away. Mrs Smith and her
daughter-in-law soon afterward went
10 work In the kitchen, unaware Of the
danger they were in. The dynamite
soon thawed and exploded, blowing
the stove into atoms wrecking a por.
ton OF the house and seriously wound
ing both women.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
SENATOR WHITE,


Of Louisiana, Appolnted "a supreme Court
Justice The senate Confirmed tho NOM
ination Without Delay.
WASHINGTON, Feb 90 President
Cleveland Monday sent To the senate
the nomination OF Senator Edward
Douglass White, OF Louisiana, 10 be as
ISOLATE justice. Mr.. White was at
once confirmed by the senate In cxecu-
tive session in accordance with the Gus
tom which obtainsof confirming mem
bers OF that body without reference TO
committee
In nominating Senator White, the
president has chosen the easiest and at
the same time very conspicuous method
OF retreat from his battle with the sen
ate In going outside not only OF New
York, but other states OF the circuit 70
which the late Justice Blachiord was
assigned. he has carried out his threat
OF making the New York senators re-
sponsible in the public mind, as FAR a,
possible, for the absence Of any repre-
sentative Of the New York bar upon
the supreme bench
Az the same time Mr. Cleveland has
emphasized his position by going a.
far away from New York as possible
geographically He has chosen
southern democrat who served IN the
confederacy. but who is OF northern
education. lie viii he the second JUS
tice OF the supreme court belonging 20
the Roman Catholic church, his prede-
cessor In that faith having been Chief
Justice fancy, OF Maryland, who deliv.
cred the 'Dred Scott decision.
senator White Is known as one Of the
lgcencst and best trained lawyers In the
senate from the south, and has had jn-
dlcial experience, having served thir-
teen years Us associate justice OF the
supreme court Of his state
The administration accomplishes an
other Important result In the nomina-
ton Of Senator White by removing
from that body the best equipped and
most determined opponent OF the tariff
bill, In It's present form, upon the demo
cratic siiu Of the chamber In fact,
whatever discomfort exists among the
democratic senators 10 the schedules,
that measure a. ! passed the house has
thus far rallied around senator White,
recognizing him as its natural leader
Mr. White and his colleague, Mr.
Gallery, have both openly declared
that they would vote against the tariff
bill unless their demand for duty q
i Ike cents per pound on sugar wal
granted. The opposition Of Mr. Whit
TO the bill has been feared by the dem
ucratic members OF the finance com
mittee more than any other senator OF
their side OF the chamber
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
Thp vatican oueationa FranOe.

ROME, Feb. sO.-The vatican has
asked the French government for an
explanation OF the reports that an en-
tate is pending between France and
the quirinal The French ambassador
to the vatican has assured Cardinal
Rampolli, papal secretary of state, that
France will maintain reserve on the
subject until the expiration of the time
for which the triple alliance was
formed. He further informed Cardinal
Rampolli that France desired complete
concord with the church.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23

La LinERrAn Salvador. Feb sO-It
is said that President Vasquez, Of Hon
duras, who IS being besieged by the al
lied armies OF Nicaragua and the Hon
DURAN insurgents in his capital city,
Icgpcigalpi, is holding several Of the
families Of prominent rcvolutionists as
hostages. lie hopes thus to prevent an
actual assault Tho siege of the city
continues stubbornly, though the most
* the provinces Of the country have
declared in favor of the provisional
government established by the insur-
gents, whose loader is Gen. policarPo
ROnilla.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
FLORENCE BLYTHE
Engaged In the Dig Lawsulns over Her
Four Millions


Four Millions
SAN FRAScIsco, Feb, 1e.-Gov Mark
ham has brought suit TO secure the es-
cheat Of the Gypsy Blythe estate,
valued at $4,000 to the state.
The complaint alleges that on April
4, 1888, Thomas II. Blythe was
the owner and seized in fee simple
absolute and in the possession and
occupation Of the real property, which
is then described; that Blythe died
without leaving any wife issue or heirs
to take or inherit his estate or any por-
ton thereof which has therefore es-
cheated to the state OF California for
the support Of the common schools. d.
NJ. Delmns, for the Williams heirs; Nc
Dermott for the company, and CARRIER
Boalt & bishop for Florence Blythe, dc
not appear to anticipate much trouble
from the state in this law suit
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
FEW PRIVATE PENSIONS.
Cong lessman EilgOre WIN Demand a
Quorum for Friday Nights.

Cong1,asman Eilgore WIN Demand
Quorum for Friday Nights.
WASHINGTON, Feb 20 congressman
with private pension bills 20 push will
find 1t uphill work in this congress
There IS rule setting apart Friday
nights for the consideration of these
bills, but last Friday night only half a
hundred members were present and
Representative Kilgore, OF Texas raised
the point Of no quorum, aud all legis-
lation was blocked. Night sessions are
proverbially slimly attended. Mem
bers with private pension bills have
been making anxious inquiries whether
Mr. Kilgoro intended to establish q
principle and expects TO continue de-
mauding quorums on Friday nights
They realize that II will be impossible
for private bills to pass II this require
ment is adhered to, because seldom is
there more than one member interest
ed in a bill. and the combined forces Of
those with such measures in charge
would not constitute quorum. Other
members are hardly expected TO acquire
enough interest in general needs to sill
through the evening session. Mr.. Kill
gore says he will continue to demand Q
quorum
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23

ST. PAU, MINI, Feb 10 After two
weeks Of bright warm weather. there
came sudden drop IN the temperature
Sunday and az 10 o'clock sunday night
there was not a point IN Minnesota,
North nakotu, Montana or Manitoba nt
which the mercury WIS not below'zoro'
The. lowest Temperatures reported was
Wnrrou, Mimi. "a degrees below az 3
oclocs AZ tho samo hour N was "a
dcrreca below a. bullock und % de-
erces below ~ lirooinlon, In North
naloln the average Temperature WA
n degrees below soro "A Montana
po|n,s Il wa, 70 70 70 degrees below
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
WHITE GAPS
Bury n Man Alive. He Remaining In tho
Trench Thirty Hours.

DANvmLE, Ky, Feb. 10 AN instance
Of the extreme cruelty resorted TO by
the so-called white caps" that have
been terrorlzing portions of Mercer
and Washington counties, is reported
from Leesburg, small village on tho
salt river. A man named Brack Bot
tom incurred the displeasure of
these scouldrels and they deter
mined to punish him. SO they went
to his house one night recently, and
taking him from his bed, tied his arms
and legs and then buried him about u
foot and half under ground, just
leaving n hole big enough 10 free his
face so that he would not smother to
death. They then covered brush over
this hole TO render his discovery more
difficult He remained in this condition
for about thirty hours when he was
released, more dead than alive.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
ALgoAL DECISION.
Tho status Of Natural Child aud the
Mother Defined.

Tho status Of Natural Child aud the
Mother Defined.
JEFFERSON CRY, No, Feb 20 WIN.
Taylor, aged 10 years. the Legitimate
son Of Mamie Marshall, lost his life ON
the Wabash railroad, and the mother
sued Tor 5000 damages for his death.
The company claimed that the boy was
natural son OF father ye. living,
and that being the case, the suit could
not BE- maintained by the mother sin
gly. This position was sustained by
the lower court The case came before
the state supreme coart on appeal and
Monday the opinion was given that as
tho father ignored the child, and that
he was the charge Of the mother solely
the ruling was wrong, and that the
mother was entitled TO prosecute the
/ a,aa nlnfn
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23

DunuQuE, Ia, Feb 1.-THE carrick
mine, in which, after forty years, oper-
atoms were recently resumed, has de-
yolopod the biggest lead In Dubuque
history. Millions Of pounds Of ore are
IN sight and tho daily yield Is $4,000
pounds II Is declared United States
sonnlor Jones "a the owner
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
MRs. oHAsKA DESERTED.
The Teacher Who Married an Indian
Abandoned Tor squaw.

The Teacher Who Married an Indian
Abandoned Tor squaw.
YANKroN. 5. d, Feb eO-Mrs. chaslSa,
nee Cora Belle Fellows, who was mar
ried three years ago to u Santee Sioux
Indian, named Chasia, or Samuel
Campbell, has reached the end Of her
romance. After two months of life op
the reservation recently Chaska eloped
with young and buxom squaw.
Mrs Chaska, after waiting for his
return for weeks, left the reservation
with her half-hreed children, vowing
she would never live with Chaska
ngain. and two weeks after she left,
Chaslsa returned TO the agency, and is
now living there with. the woman who
accompanied him in his elopement He
Is happy, and wants no more TODD with
his white wife
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
WARRANT FOR A GOVERNOR.
nogg, Of Texas. Kills Deer tho Wrong
Timo OF the Year.

Hogg. OF IeN2ss hIIIs IIcor INC WFuh8
Time OF the Year.
NAcoepocHHs, Tex, Feb, 90. --Gov.
]. S Hogg, OF this state, with party
Of friends recently ON a hunting expe-
dition in Nacogdoches county, killed a
deer It now develops that shooting
deer at this season is against the law
and an information has been duly fled
against the governor and his party.
The county attorney says he viii prose-
cute the case in dead earnest, and the
sheriff has forwarded warrant TO
Austin, the capital, for the arrest Of
Gov. Hogg, with instructions TO accept
only gilt-edged bond