The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1902-05-23

On the witness stand in st. Louis
yesterday Charles II Turner, pres.
ident Of the Suburban railway, adj
mitted that a DOODLE fund was
raised to buy the votes of members
| of the House OF Delegates.
An incfcctunl effort wa, nradein
the senate yesterday otXa a time
for II vote on the Philippine Bill.
II was announced that the Demo.
cratic side would be prepared TO
speak continuously, beginning
Monday. senator Deboe spoke in
favor Of the bill.
The lard refinery Of Armour y Co.
In the Union stockyards, Chicago,
was destroyed by fire yesterday.
During the progress OF the fire
seventeen people were hurt by the
collapseoIa It viaduct. -Four of them
probably will die. The property
los, approximates 100000.
Col. Gaynor and Capt. Greene.
were atraigncd IN Montreal Ncster-
day and We're remandedu until Mon
/ day 10y Judge La Fontaine, the ex-
tradition commissioner, The
| Quebec Government is said to have
ordered Judge La Fontaine 10 allow
/ the men TO return to Quebec, hut
tho report is verified.
j, 7. Morgan & Co., having pur.
chased the controlling interest in
the Monun, are now considering
tho financing OF the merger with
the louisville and Nashville aud
tile southern. tits reported that
the conversion price OF the stock
viii be So for the preferred aud
Fltl for the common. The present
management Of the Monon, it's
said, is not being consulted in the
deal.
The anthracite niue workers, in
convention at Ha2letou, Pa, ,ycstcr.
I day decided to attempt to call a
I special national convention Of tho
United Mine Workers Of America
I for the purpose OF havmgall mines
IN the country outer the strike. II
the plans are carried out success
fully 10000 men will be immedi-
ately affected aud the business OF
the country would be almost com
plctely parll9 wed.
There was another liyclX debate
in the House yesterday on the
Philippine question during which
the "copperhead" resolution,
! adopted by the Indian G. A. r..
came in for considerable discus
siou Poudiug HE consideration
|ut tho Naval BIZ Mr. Cannon and
Mr.. Hepburn protested againstthe
number Of naval officers On shore
duty, and Nlr. Williams created
laughter by reading poem des-
lcriping Admiral CrowinshieId as
|he greatest tar thar ever stayed
ashore"
Lieut.. Mccormiek reports that
Zoo people were killed on the is.
lldndot st. Vincent aud that 5000
people are destitute,
Lieut.. Butler, or thcUnited States
steamer Potomac, has visited
many Of the destroyed portions Of
Martinique, aud ne reports that
half of the Islands popu alton
which is given at 10000 have been
Killed. The peope are panicstrik-
cn and ghouls are plentiful The
Iliviog property owners are arming
against them and short shrif, is
given them.
The Methodist war claim ques.
tion was broached yesterday, both
in Congress and in tho church's
General Conference which is being
held in Dallas. Congressman Sims
OF tennessee, for voting for the
grant, and the latter said he had so
voted because he had been told
chat no one was TO receive any
commission for the passage of the
bill. r.. Il. Stahlman, he stated
was his informant, but he said
that he had since learned that
Stahlman was to receive 30 per
cent or more than 100000, At the
Dallas conference the subject was
brought TO head by a motion that
the church should pay only $1,000
as n fee on the claim. Action ON
the motion was deferred, but II
adopted, the church would be re-
, quircd to raise 100000.
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