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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
LONG SESSION
Predicted Of This slow-Goiag Congress--
July Wih Probably See It Doing Busl-
ness NJ the Old staud.

Predicted Of This slow-Goiag Congress---
July Wlu Probably See It Doing Busi-
ness at the Old siaud.
NAsHINGToN, Feb 2O.-Insiders and
outsiders who predicted that the first
session Of the Fifty-third congress
would end in May or early in June are
a little shy on prophecy As the days
go on, II becomes apparent that Il is 20
be very long session, indeed. Called
together In August last, the only meas
ures Of national Importance which have
received 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
the chamber OF its origin, experienced
Legislators know that II is still many a
weary mile from lis fnality, and are
frank to say so. Those miles are strewn
with stuhTPs and bowlders, quaggy
with mudholes and scanned with gull
lies Outside Of the tariff bill, which
awaits many changes and long de-
bate, there are hundreds Of other meas
ures for consideration, many Of them
OF much Importance.
The latest estimate Of adjournment,
made by even the most hopeful, carries
the date well into July. Others mans
August, September, or even October as
the month Of parting. The only thing
deemed strong enough to force an ac.
celeration Of speed is the fact that tho
congressional campaigns are soon q
open, and many, very many OF the po
litical fences are sadly in need OF re-
pair.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
TO ABOLISH rHE LORDS,
Iaboushers WIN Horc Itif Victoria Doc
Not Ilscomutad Eafnrm.

Iaboushere WIN Nupc Itif Victoria Docs
Not necommrad Eofurm.
LONDON, Feb, .1-A letter written
by Mr lloury Latouehere has been
made public In which the geil-known
radical says that Il the guccn's speech.
opening tie nest session Of parlia-
mjiut does not contain declaration
that a reform % the lords is necessary
he will move an amendment TO the ad.
dress in reply v the speech declaring
that the power o. the hereditary and
Episcopal branch Of the legislature TO
reject or alter bills approved b. the
house oi commons should cease
Mr. Labouchere IN his letter adds
that the adoption Of his address In re-
ply 10 the queens speech ought TO bv
Immediately followed by the passage
OF a bin 10 abolish the house Of lords
He 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
SENATOR WHITE.
OfLoulslana. Appointed Supreme Court
Justice rhe senate Confirmed the Nom-
InntIon Without DelaY.

OfLoulslana. Appointed n Supreme Court
Justice The senate Confirmed the Nom-
inatioH without Delay.
WASHINGTON, Feb 90 President
Cleveland Monday sent 10 the senate
the nomination Of Senator Edward
Douglass White, OF Louisiana, TO be as
sociate Justice Mr. White was at
once confirmed by the senate In execu-
tive session In accordance with the Gus
tom which obtains OF confirming mem
bers Of that body without reference 10
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 sr states Of the circuit 10
which the late Justice Blachford was
assigned, he has carried ont his threat
OF making the New York senators re
sponsiblc Ia the public mind, as far AZ
possible, for the absence Of any repre-
sentative of the New York bar upon
the supreme bench
At the same time Mr. Cleveland has
emphasized his position hy going A.
far away from New York as possible
geographically lie has chosen a
fonthcrn democrat Who served in the
confcdcracy. hut who Is Of northern
education, lie will be the second jus.
tice of the supreme court belonging 70
the Roman Catholic church, his prcde-
cessor IN That faith having been Chief
Justice fancy, Of Maryland, who deliv.
cred the "nrcd Scott decision.
senator White is known as one OF the
lgetnest aud best trained lawyers In the
senhC from tho south, and has had ju-
dicial experience. having served thlr.
teen years AS associate justice Of the
supreme cour, Of his state.
The administration accomplishes an
other important result In the n0mina.
tion % senator White by removing
from that body the best equipped aud
most determined opponent Of the tarifi
bill, 10 Il, present form upon the demo
cratic Side u the chamber IN fact
whatever discomfort exists among the
democratic senators % the schedules,
that measure as i passed the house has
thus far rallied around senator White.
recognizing him as is natural leader
Mr. White and bis colleague, Mr.
Gallery. have both openly declared
that they wonid vote against The tariff
bill unless their demand foy duty OF
i4c cents per pound on sugar was
( granted, The opposition Of Mr. White
I 70 the bill has been feared By the dem,
ocratic members OF the finance com.
mlttce more than any other senator on
I their side Of the chamtur
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23


The Berlin exhibition Of 1896 Is as
suming proportions almost justifying
the government to make II a national
affair
THE Regent diamond, the property
Of the French government, weighs 1876
carats, and is valued atN 10000 600
francs
WHEN fine ruby is found in Bur-
nah procession of elephants, grandees
and soldiers escorts 1t TO the kings
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,OOO TO maintain our
army last year. The expenses in our
war department in the year 1865 were
81, OSi, 600, Oo0
A BUILDING to the Young Mems
Christian association Of Troy, N. Y, Is
to be erected, the gift of Mrs William
Howard Hart
GEN. WEAVER, Of Iowa and Coll
Streeter, Of Illinois, are both squatted
in Arizona awaiting statehood and sem
atorjal honors
A FLORIDA horticulturist says soup
pernong vine can be made to cover ten
acres of land II started off properly
when 1t begins TO run.
A DRUM which was used on board
Commodore Perry's ship on Lake Erie
during the war Of 1879 is 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 disseeting rooma
In Kansas women control property
whose real value is s411, 500. 600, the as
sessed value sss, 900, 900; hence to coun-
ty and state they give nearly $4,000. ooo-
HERBERT L. KELSEY has been em-
ployed as compositor on the New Or
leans Picayune since that paper started
publication in 1887. He is eighty years
old
Mrs STowE, who will be eighty-eight
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
products, and claimed to possess com
mercial adaptations of peculiar prac-
tical value.
i TnE contract for building the South
ern Pacific railroad bridge over the
Mississippi at New Orleans, has been
awarded to the Phenixville PAL
Bridge Co, at the cost OF t5.00O.O0o
JomN RIDER Of Dutchtown, No, was
out coon hunting the other night, aud
while looking up tree for coon an
owl flew down, striking him In the eye
with his claw, tearing out tho ball aud
carrying II away.
= 'JoHN Browns FoRr." a. the Hnr-
per's FERRY engine house was called. Il
TO be takcn down from It's site al the
Worlds fair grounds, where only eleven
persons pald admission 10 80 II. and ro-
turned TO Virginia
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
mot INDoRsHD."
& Expected to lie the Report on Hawaii
-sennte Committee May Dsappoint
Gresham.

Is Expected to Be the Report on Hawaii
senate Comnittee May Dsappoint
Gresham.
WAsnINdroS, Feb le-The senate
subcommittee on foreign affairs have
completed the taking of testimony in
the Hawaiian matter, and the great re-
port Is about ready to be given to tho
full committee Contrary TO the eXpecta-
tions of many, II Is learned, from what
seems 10 be excellent authority, that
the report supports the American ideas
Of the Harrison administration, and
has no fault 10 End with the actions OF
is representatives at Honolulu, Ex-
Minister John l. stevens
The only members OF the subcommit-
tee who will not sign this report, il is
said, will be Senators Gray and Daniels
and whether they will make formal
minority report commencing the
Cleveland policy is not yet known. Sem
ator Morgan, who has been heretofore
counted as leaning toward the present
administration, is, according to this
report very much opposed TO il on this
one point
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
IN MIDAIR.
Thrilling Adventure on an Aerial
Gable Car.
The Drawing Cable nroko and the Broken
End smashes Through the Car With Its
Load Of humanity Several OF the
Passengers Injured, one Fatally.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 1o.-One
killed and several hurt is the result Of
a most thrilling accident at Lonrstreet
Park Sunday afternoon. The drawing
cable of an aerial ear snapped in two,
leaving the car and passenger two hun
dred feet in midair, while the broken
end of the cable smashed through the
frail box filled with humanity TO do its
deadly work its highest point the
car Is nearly three hundred feet above
the Tennessee river, and the trip over,
while being most thsiling. afforded a
beautiful view Of the surrounding
country TO the passengers A ear
which would hold perhaps twenty per-
sons hung suspended from two heavy
cables, Eve feet apart
Sunday afternoon the car had carried
many passenger, and made Is last
trip about O'Clock, Seven people
were in it, with W. c. Lewis who
stood at the brake When within one
hundred feet Of the blun the cable
snapped in two between the ear and
engine-room. and the cur started back
as II shot from a huge cannon Near
the center 81 the river, and fully
two hundred feet above e. its
progress was suddenlY checked as
the broken end Of tie cable wound
itself about it like o huge serpent
1t went cfasling through the wooden
car only to wind itself around and
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
Dynamite In a stove.

EDGEBroS, Kan, Feb IA man en-
gagged in sinking well on farm of
Jacob Smith placed a stick ofdynamite
in the coos-stove oven to thaw out and
went away. Mrs Smith and her
daughter-in-law soon afterward went
to worl, in the kitchen, unaware of the
danger they were in. The dynamite
soon thawed and exploded, blowing
the stove into atoms, wreelSing q por-
tion of the house and seriously wound
ing both women.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
FEW PRIVATE PENSIONS.
Cong FRESHMAN Krgore win Demand
Quorum FOR Friday Nights.

Congressman KIlgoro wIn Demand
Quorum for Friday Nights.
WAsHiSGroS, Feb 90 congressman
with private pension bills to push will
find 1t uphill work in this congress
There is a 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, and all legis-
lation was blocked Night sessions are
proverbially slimly attended Mem
bers with private pension bills have
been making anxious inquiries whether
MIR. Kilgore intended to establish a
principle and expects to continue de-
manding quorums ON Friday nights.
They realize that 1t 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 int 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 sit
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

ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. IA case OF
mental aphas.a has developed in the
mysterious man who has been tor So
long at the Grady hospital lie was
knocked down and robbed several
weeks ago, and since then he has been
unable TO remember his own name.
Sunday he offered q reward of Si5O to
any one who could tell him his name.
lie says that II he could remember il
he could remember everything. Chief
of Police Connolly had him sit for a
photograph, which viii be sent alloyei
the country.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
mrs. oHAsKA DESERTED.
The Teacher Who Married nm India
Abandoned for squaw,

The Teacher Who Married Rn Indian
Abandoned for a sauaw,
YASKToN. $ D., Feb 20 Mrs. ChaskA,
nee Cora Belle Fellows who was mar
ried three years ago TO, y sanioe Sioux
Indian. named Chast :, or Ssmrei
Campbell, has reached the end Of her
romance After two months Of lie on
the reservation recently Chaska eloped
with a young and buxom squaw.
Mrs Chaslia. after waiting for his
return for weeks, left the reservation
with her half.breed children, vowiug
she would never live with ChaslSa
again, aud two weeks after she left
Chaslsa returned TO the agency, and is
now living there with the woman who
accompanied him IN his elopement lie
is happy, and wants no more iodowith
his White wife
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
Tha vatican OuastlonE rrnnce.

RoME, Feb 20 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. lie further informed Cardinal
Rampolli that France desired complete
concord with the church.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
ALEoAL DECISION.
The States Of Natural Child and the
Mother Defined.

Nhe HAaAAa nt NHiNfh NhAAh Ahh tht
Mother Denned.
JrYFERsoN CirY Mo, Feb 20 VIM.
Taylor, aged 10 years the illcgitimate
son nf Mamie Marshall, lost his life on
the Wabash railroad, and the mother
sued for $1,000 damages for his death
The company claimed that the boy was
a natural son Of father ye. living,
and that being the ease, the suit could
not b. maintained by the mother sim
eiy This position was sustained 10y
the lower court The case came before
the state supreme court on appeal, and
Monday the opinion was given that as
the 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
cnsa aioua
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23

DALLAS, Tex, Feb to-A month
ago, on the old Bagley farm in q deep
Ticket skeleton was found The
skull had been perforated By bullet,
and within the sliisll the leaden missile
was found. It was identified as the
skeleton Of Henry Kirk a farmer who
had been lured 10 death ten years
ago, Sheriff Cabell Thursday received
a telegram from the sheriffof Miller
county Ark, SAYING that ", T. Ander-
son was in Jail in that county 1t IS
claimed TINT Anderson Shot kirl.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23

ST. PAU, Mimi, Feb 10 After two
weeks OF bright warm weather there
came a sudden drop in the temperature
Sunday and at 10 o'cloei, sunday night
there was aot point In Minnesota,
North Dakota, Moutapn or Manitoba at
which the mercury was not below zero
The lowest temperature reported was
Warren, Mimi, - degrees below at p
o'cloct At the same hour it was 81
degrees hollow ut llaliock and 20 dc.
grccs below at Rr0pisstou In North
Dakota the average temperature was
II degrees. below zero. az Montana
points il was le to 20 degrees below.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23

sr PAU. MINI, Feb 2O-from a
dispatch received here Monday after
noon II is evident that steps are being
taken TO get on o duel between Fred
MAY, the New York club man, and Col
W. y. Cody, 'Eulfaio BILL The tele-
rraia was from Cob Cody asking u
well.knpwu physician here TO act as
his second. 1hi, friend said the Wash-
inr,on attack by ~ Cody ON May, on
Saturday. was tlV auei 10 quarrcl
IN l.ondbn in iss\ lc cause Of tho
trouble there belnA an American girl,
who told Col Cody that May had 'ln-
nnllcd her -.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23

QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 20. Steamer Ber-
lin, Capt Hannah, from southampton,
arrived here Monday morning. The
greater number Of the passengers Of
the American line steamer Paris. which
was compelled 10 put back TO this port,
owing to the injury TO her rudder were
transferred TO the Berlin, which will
convey hem 70 New York.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23

DunuQUK, Ia, Feb io-The Carricls
mine N which, after forty years, oper-
atoms were recently resumed has der
seloped the biggest lead in Dubuque
history. Millions Of pounds Of ore are
In sight and the daily yield is $4,000
pounds 1t is declared United States
senator Jones Is the owner
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
WHITE GAPS
Bury n Man Alive, lie Remaining In tho
Trench Thirty Hours


Trench Thirty Hours.
DANyIi.LE, Ky, Feb, 10 An instance
OF the extreme cruelty resorted to by
the so-caIied white caps" that have
been terrorizing portions Of Mercer
and Washington counties, is reported
from Lceshurg, a small village on tho
Salt river A man named Brack Bot
tom incurred the displeasure Of
these seouldrels and they deter
mined TO punish him. So they went
20 his house one night recently, and
taking him from his bed, tied his arms
and legs and then buried him about d
foot and half under ground, just
leaving a hole big enough to free his
face so that he would not smother 10
death. They then covered brush over
this hole to render his discovery more
diflicalt lie 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

PABKERsBuRa, W. Va, Feb. 90. w.
W. Dent, for some time weather oo-
server at this place, was notified Mon
day to report at once at indianapolis
for duty. and Observer Richardson Of
Columbus o., 70 report here in Dents
place. Dent has made many important
and valuable changes in the service
here.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
WARRANT FOR A GOVERNOR.
Hogg, Of Texas, Kills a Deer the Wrong
Time Of tho Year.

NAcoGpocHEs, Tex, Feb sO-Gov.
J. 5. Hogg, of this state, with q party
OF friends recently on hunting expe-
dition in Nacogdoehes county, killed a
deer 1t now develops that shooting
deer at this season is against the law
and an information has been duly filed
against the governor and his party.
The county attorney says he will 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.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23

SAN Francesca, Feb lt-Tho faro
game o. Carroll 4 Webber, in this city,
was held up by two men at o'clock
Nriday morning The robbers secured
nearly s5 Goa One OF The robbers was
taken into custody aud identified as
a son Of EN.Anrbor Commissioner Paal-
sell The other man dceamped.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
Panic in a church.

MADRID, Feb 10. While high mass
was being celebrated in the Church of
San Sebastian Sunday states fell from
the roof Tho congregation thought
that bomb had been thrown, and all
rushed to the door Several persons
were trampled, but nobody was injured
mortally.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23

vIsALIA, Cal, Feb 20 Evans, the
outlaw, and his companion, Morrell,
surrendered at noon Monday to officers
and posse who surrounded Evans
houSa
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23

LYScHBuRG, Va, Feb 10 The con-
lition OF Gen. Early was SO much inn
proved Sunday that ho was able TO
leave his room and take ride about
the city in the street cars
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DENvEn, Col, Feb 10 "A traffic alll-
lncc between the Gulf road and tho
Denver q Rio Grandc has been com'
pleled and The final papers will be
llrned early this weok'
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23

BouLoeNR, Feb, la.-The statue of
Napoleon, which was erected in 1854 by
Englishmen, has been blown down and
broken to pieces
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23

BrmIS, Feb, go Emperor William
Monday returned the visit recently
made to his ma jcsty at Berlin by Prince
bismarck The emperor was accom-
panied 10y SUITE Of five officers When
the imperial train stopped his ajesty,
who was dressed in naval uniform,
sprang from tho platform. Prince Bis
msrcls, taking the hand he extended to
him, bent low and kissed IL The party
Immediately proceeded TO the princes
residence, whcrs Princess bismarck,
who was in the main hall, warmly vel
coined his ms sty, After Bismarck
kissed his hand the emperor embraced
him and kissed him twice.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23
Knlghl. ef r,thln. AnnI,er.ary.

CHICAGO, Feb 90 Monday was the
thlrtieth anniversary OF the establish
meut Of the orler OF Knights Of Pyth-
las, and Il was observed with appropri-
ate exercises by the various lodges of
the order in every part Of the country
In this city the lodges combined in n
grand entertainment and BAH at the
Auditorium. Grand Chancellor Bur
povne made the principal address.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-23

Cvrhnm, o T., Feb. 2O-The office
Of Rev Sam smalrs new daily az Okla.
homa CITY was temporarily closed Mon
day night by an injunction.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-08-04
CARDINAL GIBBONS.
His Keen Sense Of Smell Saved Him fr,
Death nv Poisoning.

His Keen Sense Of Smell Saved Him from
Death by Poisoning.
Years have rolled by since. but the
story of an almost fatal accident to
Cardinal Gibbons has lost none of its
interest through not having been
previously told. just before he rose
to give the impassioned reading of his
poem. king Lear" at the anniversary
dinner Of the Sons of st. George. Prof.
II. II. Hay. of Girard college. told of
the happening as it had been related
to him while he was travelling in
Europe by priest acquainted with
the circumstances.
While the cardinal. who was then
an archbishop" said Prof. Hay, was
travelling across the Atlantic some
years ago. he complained one after
noon that he wasn't feeling very well,
but was told by the ships surgeon to
await medical treatment until the fol-
lowing day. when something would be
done for him If his sickness continued.
On the day following the steward of
the steamer was duly sent with rem
cdy for the eminent prelate. As he
was about to place the glass containing
the draught to his lips the archbishop
was almost overcome by strange and
pungent odOr.
lie hesitated moment and lowered
the vessel containing the liquid until
he recovered from the effect of the
smell. CHANGING incidentally at the
bottle in the stewards hand he noticed
the word poison on label. and. not
without little alarm. asked the man
il he knew what he was offering. The
steward replied that he had done as he
was directed by the doctor. Alarmed,
the archbishop sent post haste to the
medical man to make sure of what was
being rendered him. This time it was
the surgeon who had occasion to mani
fest surprise. He hurried to his dis
tinguished patients side and informed
the archbishop that the glass offered
him contained enough deadly poison
to kill any two men."-Philadelphia
Call