The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1902-12-05

suspend the session in order to
Iabato the disturbance.
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DECEMBER |.
Three new rural free delivery
routes will be started out of Bowl.
Ing Green Monday morning.
Many distinguished men were
In attendanceIat the funeral of.Col.
Thos. p, Ohlltree yesterday in New
YORK.
Mrs. W. NJ. Ashby, of Mercer
county, died suddenly on board a
train near Saluisa. She had tuber-
cuIosls and had started for North
Carolina for her health.
w. S. Morgan, OF Fayetteville,
Tenn, has filed an application at
Washington for appointment as a
member OF the Isthmian Canal
Commission.
Cuban Nationalists met Satur-
day aud protested against Presi-
dent Palma's action in deposing
Senator Tamayo, former Secretary
Of Government.
Representative Gooch, OF the
Sixth, and Irwin, of the Fifth dis
trict, are the first members of the
Kentucky congressional delegation
10 arrive in Washington.
Tho centennial anniversary OF the
assembling OF the convention which
framed the first Constitution for
the State Of Ohio was celebrated
Saturday at Chillicothe.
The now college building at
Morehead was dedicated Saturday,
Prof. Burris jenkins, of Lexington,
delivering the principal address.
Gov. Beckham also took part In the
exercises,
Chief Justice Fuller Saturday
dismissed the suits brought at
Richmond TO test the validity Of
the new Virginia Constitution on
the ground ofthe dis!ranchisement
of negroes, holding that the court
had no jurisdiction.
Auditor Coulter VIII file suits to.
day against six railroad companies
having merely terminal facilities
in Kentucky TO collect the license
tax OF $1,000 imposed on such com.
panles by the new revenue law.
On next Wednesday Adjt. Gen.
Murray will begin paying the sol
diors of the old Louisville Legion
who served in the Spanish-Ameri-
can War the money due them from
the Government for service be-
tween the dates of enrolment and
muster-in.
The short session OF the Fifty.
seventh Congress will open at moor
today with the Ship Subsidy Bill
an anti-anarchy measure, some
elastic currency bill, insular legis.
lation, reciprocity and trust meas
ures among the important mat.
tors to be taken up, No revision
of the tariff is expected unless an
extra session is called.
In the annual report of the pta.
t!stlcian of the Department OF Ag
rlculture dealing with tho coltor
crop especial attention Is paid tC
the evolution Of the seed-cru shins
industry. Improved machinery
according to the statlstician, hat
made large profits possible in thii
feature OF the cotton growing in
dustry.
|. Seligman, representing Nov
York financial concern,is in Wash
ngton for the alleged purpose o
securing the Governments guaran
tee of loan that may be made I,
Venezuela In order to meet the for
eign claims outstanding agains
that republic.
A boiler explosion at the plant O
Swift d Co., in Chicago killed thir
teen persons and injured about 8
, others. Colncident with the cataS
tropho came reports of ia remark
, able series OF explosions in othe
, cities. AT Shamokln, Pa, fou
were killed at Kenton, o., thre,
and at Macon, Ga, two. The bat
tleship Texas was almost wrecke
by an explosion.
Dr. Salmon, Chief OF the Burea
! of Animal Industry, will go
= Boston to take charge Of the can
9 paign against cattle disease in til
. New England States. DR.. Salmo
u says he will have force of froi
j. fifty to 100 assistants scattere
U over the infected district and wi
!. slaughter cattle whenever it seen
necessary. He thinks the expo
trade will not be seriously aflecte
\ so long as there is no gener
: quarantine.
l. A mob at Ironton, o., made