The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1903-04-10
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: THE NEWS OF THE WEEK. Z
Daily Resume of Latest Happenings.
APRIL,

APRIL4 4.
The State Board Of Equalization
las taken preliminary action on
The assessments OF the counties OF
he First appellate district.
A. A. winslow, Of Indiana, has
,een appointed secretary OF the
United states legation at Guate-
nala TO succeed j. g. Bailey, of
kentucky.
Secretary OF War Root aud sena-
Tor Lodge were the principle speak
irs at banquet given by the
Home Market Clubin Boston. The
Iormer discussed the tariff.
One person was burned beyond
recognition aud eight others were
injured in a panic In which twenty
two families were driven into the
street in a New York tenement
house fire.
The residents OF Helena Flats, in
were terrified by an earth.
quake. More than 3 acres OF bluff
land were carried a distance OF 600
feet and deposited in the White
Fish river.
The Treasury Department Is
completing It's plans Tor the estab-
llshmonl OF a temporary custom
house on the grounds OF the ST..
Louis Exposition, In order to facll-
Hate the entry OF foreiga exhibits.
Conditions on the lower Missis-
slppi are improving slowly. The
effort TO close the Hymelia creyasse
promises TO prove successful, as
the ends OF the crib work were
Joined yesterday. The river is sta
tionary at New Orleans.
Mr.. Harry G. Tandy,oi Paducah ,
has announced his withdrawal
from the race for the Democratic
nomination for Secretary OF State.
His withdrawal leaves Mr.. II. V.
McChesney, OF Livingston county,
without opposition, entries having
closed April ].
The Venezuelan Congress in se'
cret session authorized President
Castro to ratlfy the protocols with
the creditor nations. The authorl'
zatlon was made with the express
provision that the ratification
should not constitute prcceden
or in any way recognize the legal
4 ~ OF the means used by the allies
I to collect the debts.
Marines from the United stateI
cruis,r Atlanta were landed a
San Domingo city TO protect prop
orty. A pitched battle is expected
II forces attempt to recapture tn
capital from the revolutlonist'
Disturbances are reported from
Monterey, Mex, where four me-
wcrc Killed and large uumbe
wounded as the result Of polltlca
riot. Farther outbreaks in the tn
Balkan states are feared, and tn
Sultan is rushing troops into Alb'
mia.
President Roosevelt spent yei
terday In Chicago. He vlsite
| Northwestern University 10 IL
! morning and made short speec
3 TO the students. In the afternoo
, he received the degree OF LII.
: from the University Of Chical
. and laid a cornerstone for one
: the universlty's new buildings.
g banquet was attended at dusk al
. nj night Mr.. Roosevelt address,
: an audience OF several thouseI
I persons on the Monroe Doctrlr
4 He will visit Milwaukee today.
!. The herring OF the argument
!, the Southern Pacific case was
sumcd before Judge Lurton
Nashville. Court adjourned VIII
It the closing argument was bel
r made by Senator Foraker for II
L. boi j. Taylor 4 Co. Senator Fol
rs ker viii finish today, but dec
g. ion is not expected for several da
ID The most important point rai'
re during the day was that OF the
IN rIsdictlon OF the court. The
10 fendants argued that the I'M
70, Pacific was not before the cou
IN The plaintiffs attorneys took
as ground that the Pacific was bef
a tho court as II stakeholder OF
ed Southern Pacific.
m. a. " a
'al APRIL 3.
:" Another con ference between
officials aud employees of the
:, bash road was followed by a st,
ho ment that only minor details
no NAN to be adjusted. The dan
,os Of Il strike is said by those in
~ ested TO have passed.
me The Mississippi river rose Sill
III ly at New Orleans yesterday, p
'ge ably due to the reduction OF
led discharge OF water at Hymo
red There was a break In the love
an lIollybrook plantation, six n
nee below Lake Providence, which