The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1903-08-28

Adrianople from the Bulgarian frontier
TO India are reported to be burning
Persistent rumors are also in circnla-
tion Of wholesale inassacres at Monas-
tir.
The annual meeting OF the Krieger-
bund Of North America is in session at
Terre Haute. All the Kriegerbunds of
the United States will be merged into
one organization embracing member
ship Of 80 900 German veterans and sol
liers OF the German army.
The Washington Bookbinders' Union
has made a statement regarding the
charges against Assistant Foreman Mil
Ter. of the Government Printing Office,
in which II is asserted that he grossly
violated the rules of the union and is
guilty of marital irregularities
An excursion train on the Northern
Pacific Railroad bound for an Elks'
clam bake at Olympia, Wash, was
thrown over forty-foot embankment
by spreading rails. Two men were
killed. four persons were probably fatal
| ly hurt and thirty Others sustained Sc
we're injuries.
The Rev. John d. Hammond is
charged with wasting 10000 of the
Methodist Book Concerns funds, and
with mismanaging the Chinese Mission
school. and seven Methodist clergymen
Of San Francisco have signed petit
tion for an investigation TO begin to-
morrow.
Senator Carter, Of Montana, called on
the President yesterday and told him
that people Of the West are not interest
ed in financial legislation. There is
plenty Of money there TO move the
crops, he said, and for the first time in
history westerners are sending funds to
the East
The county Democratic conventions
held Saturday in Ohio indicate close
and bitter fight between johnson and
Zimmerman for the gubernatorial nom
ination. Owing TO the many uninstruct
ed votes, neither candidate has enough
instructed delegates to nominate, and
the result may depend upon the settle
lment Of contests.
The trial Of the Humberts at Paris fol
alleged swindling terminated In yer
dict Of guilty, Madame Humbert de
clared to the jury that the real name o
the mysterious crawford was Regnier
and said she had never cheated anybody
Madame Humbert aud her husband
were each sentenced TO five years. i'm
prisonment and fine. Emile D'Aurig
nae 10 three years, aud Roman D'Aurig
nae to two years imprisonment
Lord Salisbury, for many years Pre-
mier Of England, died shortly after
O'Clock last night at Hatfield House
: near London. The members Of his fam
lily were at the bedside when the EN-,
came. He had been steadily sinkin
for days, and during the latter hours Q
his life breath was kept in his bod
only by the administration Of oxyger
II is said Lord Salisbury recently e,
pressed n wish 10 be buried beside hi
wife at Hatfield, the village where h
died.
Jim Howard was on the witness stan
, In the Caleb Powers case at Georgetow
I when court adjourned Saturday aftel
noon Eighteen witnesses in all testii
ed during the day and deposition frol
y Charles Finley, of the fugitive colon
{ in Indiana, was read. Much of Il
q time Of the court was taken up in a
! tempting to prove good character f
o the body Of mountain men which visi
ed Frankfort on January %, 1900 II
Z. defense late this afternoon took an a
is tachment for Walter Day, of Breath
te county. The defense expects to clio
<. its case at noon Monday, and the jul
le probably will be taken to frankie
Monday afternoon or Tuesday mornil
to view the scene of the murder,
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IN AUGUST %.
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