The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1904-07-29
NEWS ITEMS IN BRIEF.
important Historical Summary for the
Past Week.

The employees Of the Dufton Col.
llery, near Hazleton, Pa, threaten to
strike.
Mrs. Blades. of Pontiac, becoming
despondent, poisoned herself and baby. |
The babe is dead and the woman can
not live.
The British cruiser Furious and the
torpedo boats Exc and Mallard have
arrived at Port Said. They are coal
ing and awaiting orders.
The Scandia, which is in tho Ham
burg,Amerlcan Co.'S East Indian ser.
vice, has been captured by the Russian
volunteer ship st. Petersburg.
Col Edward Butler, prominent To-
cal politician, was indicted by the
June grand jury at st. Louis on the
charge of bribing a witness.
Mrs Henry c. Knapp, of California,
formerly Miss Marion Graham. of New
i, York, and Lord Bateman were married
in St Georges church, Hanover
square, London
Burt Kirkpatrick. &c years of age,
was killed in the Ruby saloon, Dallas.
Tex. by 7. F. Hendricks, also about
26 years old. Hendricks says he
killed Kirkpatrick to avenge wrong
done his sister.
Adm. Birilen. in command of the
naval forces at Cronstadt, has started
on a tour Of the Baltic ports This Is
regarded as indicating that the first
division OF the Baltic squadron is
practically completed.
A report comes from Ichang, China,
TO the effect that a rumor is current
there that the French bishop, priest
and two converts have been killed, an
; other priest taken prisoner, and three
| chapels burned at Slchuan, near Sin.
: gan,Fu.
= Nearly all the members of Larry
, Summerheld's band of sure thinl
;. gamblers, New York, were arrested
a while trying to get $4,000 from de
tectiye sergeant who represented him
self as anxious to make a winning b!
receiving inside information.
Colombia is again to come into full
diplomatic relations with the Unite,
States and the Panama matter will b
q a closed incident between the two re
q publics. DIR. Thomas Herran ha
;, been appointed as Colombia's envo
at Washington.
1t was stated GOOD authorit
that the Chicago and New York NJ
y tlonal league ball teams would L. =
IS tour of the world together Thu
IS would put bar he posi- SEASON 81
ries between the two big leagues :
:, the event Of New York winning n
= championship.
a The first day Of the strike of $500
n cotton mill operatives at Fall Rive
Mass, passed quistly and so, in a
= :" probability, will pass the succeedir
:, days for the reason that the oppos
{, tion to the strike on the part of Il
=, = operatives is so slight as to be hard
- feature.
= The employment agencies in CT
:, cinnati sent 50 men to Chicago al
=, have two car loads more engage
il These men are engaged on orde
. from the Chicago packing houses
90 IS per day for meat cutters al
', $3.50 for laborers. The men are
-, be lodged and boarded by the emplo
=, ers.
ss The arrest in indianapolis of Walt
ON A. Stanton on the charge of forgery al
n, attempting to pass a forged check (
or $4S75O has brought to light an exit
, y ordinary story, photographs of Sta
1, ton having been identified as those
w. A Strouse, who recently has be-
mourned as dead and who had be-
supposed to have devised his esta
of $3.50, 900 to an old Nashville swe'
heart.