The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1905-03-03
February a.

The coniract for designing a bronze
statue of the late Gov. Goebal has
been let TO European sculptor
James H. Hughes. president OF the
Citizens Bank. OF Paris. KY. diai
at the age OF elghty-two yeans.
President Roosevelt has issued a
proclamation conyening the Senate
in special session at noon ON Much
next
DIR. Jose De Jesus Paul. supposed 10
be the confidential agent Of Pres
ident Castro. says that the recent
necision of the Supreme Court OF Ven
ezula In the asphalt case was on a
colhienal point only.
The Empesor OF Russia has decided
10 continue The wnr with Japan and
has advised the German court TO that
effect The war. II is said. will be
pressed with the utmost energy now
that the domestic situation Is under
contrd.
Representative Kehoe yelterday In
truduced In the House resolution
OF Inquiry into the causes Of the low
price Of leaf tobacco. The resolution
u aimed at the tobacco trust and calls
for an inyestieAtlon ON the same
lines as the inquiry into the oil sit
uaion In Kansas.
A maas-meo,lng Of State officials
city Officials and citizens OF Frankfort
was held last night. al which man.
orlal was Addressed to Congress urging
IA appropriation sufficient 10 complete
the systmn Of locks and dams ON IN,
Kentucky river TO the Three Forks.
IN the heart Of the Kentucky coal
fields.
II Is likely that Cpngneas win gram
a pension to Russell A. Mckinley,
The Enandnephaw OF President Nc
knlw. who enlisted for the Spanish
War under an assumed name and lost
his evesight BY accident while unde.
sentence at hard lAb1r. by order Of
court-tnartiaI. for yioLitng leave OF
absence.
The Hoase yesterday passed the
Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Bill
and sent the Military bin to CONFER
ence Tue amount carried by the ap.
pnJpriation for rivers and harbors is
tl729t.G57, Throughout the day the
gnngress Of the bill was impeiei BY
nmcndme1ts, hut only those presented
By the committce were adopted.
A. o. Baker. the agent OF the To-
baeeo Trust. who Is accused OF al
tempting to bribe a member Of the
lndit 'sLegishtnre, hns disappeared
Developments at the Hoosier oapi-
tol ycst~tiay tend TO show that prob.
ably as many as twenty members O
the Legislature are involved, more
or less, In tho scandal. Frank FitE
gerald. a young attorney. and son
in-iaw Of d. NJ Parry, said yester,iiS
that he had handled several
members and had personally obtain.
cd abodt si.4OO for work do..e for
different ,.s-oerns. He declares he
will 20 10 Jail before he will state
names In connection with the matter
February 20.
japan, through her Minister al
Washington. has emphaucally deuied
oil reports that she Is suing for
peace or that any &C, OF Minister
nkahlm can be 80 construed. The
Minister asserts that Japan has made
MI arrangements TO carry on the war
for az least another year.
Repr@entatiye-elect James NJ. Rich
ardsan has resigned as Prison Com
missioner and the Governor win ap-
point Harvey s. McCutcheon. Of Logan
county. TO the position. Mr.. Clutch,
con is a member OF the Democnatic
State Central Commmmittee, and a
well known young lawyer.
The committee OF the Indiana House
appointed to Investigate the bribery
scandal mnhe their report and rec
Dmmendei an appropriation OF 5000
To secure A. o. Bakers apprehen-
sion and conviction. Several tele-
grams in cypher addressed to Baker
are In the committees hands, and
they also have one not In cypher
which tells him TO "be sure and
win."
In the House Judiciary Committee
Mr.. Smith called up the Kehoe To-
hacco Trust resolution, and but for
the absence OF one Democratic mem-
bar Il would have been favoMbly
reported 20 the House. The vote
was lie. and compromise It was
decided that Mr.. Smith should con-
fcr with the Attorney General, and
II that official offos no objections
the resolution will be favorably re-
ported.
The southern portion OF Hot Springs
was almost entirely destroyed by
fire which started at $3.50 o'clock
Saturday morning. A square mile uf
territory was burned over and the
losses are estimated at between one
and two millions. Three corses have
been found and several persons are
missing. A large number Of hotels
and residences were burned and hun
drcis Of people were driven hurriedly
from their beds to the streets.
Independent producers and rcfinem
Of crude oil flum Kansas. Ohio, In
diana and Illinois met IN chlcago and
orgnmzcd an association for defense