The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1902-05-23
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OF creed revision - regarded as tho i
most important to come before the
meeting.
representative Hepburn, House
champion Of the Nicarauga Canal
BIN, says the Senate viii take up
the i,lhmian canal legislation I'm
mcdiately following II vote on the
Philippine Bill,
The anthracite miners delegate, !
nsscmbrd at Ha2leton, Pa yes
terday, failed to vote on the ques-
tion OF IA strike and final decision
will be made today. While the
sentiment is In favor Of a strike, /
the advice given this morning hy
National President Mitchell will
decide the question.
President Roosevelt yesterday
laid the corner stone in Washing.
ton Of the Mckinley Memorial
Ohio college Of Governmont,whichI
wilI bc an adjunct ofthe Methodist
American University, in which
will he taught international law
aud its cognatc subjects. Senator
lianua made feeling address,
The Continental Tobacco Com
'panN has made an increase 81 lOl
per cent. In the wages Of 10000 en-
ployees because OF the recent ad-
vance in the cost Of living.
Lcwis Nixon resigned yesterday
as the ieater Of Tammany Hall.
Ills rcsiguationis Is due 10 the re
fu,al Of .hd Sachems 10 rc-clcct
rhom1s L, Fcitncr Mr.. NiNon's
choir3, as Grand Sachcm.
The great cry from Fort dc
Franco is for food. The United
States Government is hurrying forI
wnrl supplies, and almost the en-
tire world Is promptly responding
to The call for help.
Tho crcmatug Of the dead In st.
Pierre Is proving such a terrible
task that a suggest u has been
made to shut oil tho clty tram the
world for ycnr, using land and
sea force for the quaranunlng,
Lieut. Butler, OF the rnilcd
States steamship Potomac, report
that refugee, contiuuc 10 flock into.
Fort de France, and that they reach
Ithcrco on the verge Of starvation,
Iaud many are badly burned. Fort
/ de France Is q city dt mourning,
and crowds block the stroct.. The
cathedral aud every public place
Is llllcd with them. At times
| spasms Of weeping sweep over the
/ throngs unlil 1t seems Ms II every
otci> in tears. fimlnu doubles
the misery. Lieut.. Butler says IL
its doubtful II st, Pierre viii ever
figure again on the map. The
|cirys dead lic In every Imaginable
latitude, and Lieut., Batter believes
that most Of Them died without
suffering being suiTocatcd.
Lieut. Butler states that Vincent
Iiz vciled behind u wall Of fire,
Among the victims ON tho island
OF ST. Vincent are the Chrib abor.
igines, said to be the last OF the
We,tlndian aboriginrs, I he dead
on the island are approNimated at
1000, and among them are reported
to bo the last nf the Caribaborignrs.
one report il that Great Britain
may remove whatever people
may be left alive on the island and
distribute them throughout tho
West ludirs on account OF the is
land being unlnhabited.
During the discussion Of the For
tilicatlon Appropriation Btll in the
Senate yesterday Mr.. Proctor olTcr-
ed an amendment intended to ol-
inmate any provision Tor purcha,-
ing disappearing gun carriages.
He said the disappearing carriage
was failure and would never
ptnveotloctive In actual war. Mr..
| Perkins took issue with him aud
said the carriage had the support
OF tho Fertilization Board aud the
Secretary OF War, The House de-
hated the Naval Bill and adopted
the conference report on the Cuban
diplomatic and consular appropri-
alton.
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