The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-11-23

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next Congress, the Republicans hay
ing 21s and the Democrats 1866 Pwo
vacancies now exist through the
death OF Representatives Ketcham
and Hoar In all probability Repub-
llcan SUCCESSORS viii be elected, The
count does not include the new State
OF Oklahoma where at least four out
OF five Representatives will be Dem
ocrats, hence the statement issued
by the Democratic committee Is APP
proximately correct one hundred
and three Representatives who eery-
ed In the present Congress will not
be members OF the next.
Sixteen members not members Of
the present Congress, but who have
served heretofore viii be included In
the membership Of The sixtieth Con-
gress, Among them Is Sam Bronson
Cooper, OF Texas. who will likely re-
turn To his old place on the Ways
and Means Committee.
Seattle, Wash, Nov. l6--A heavy
rainfall Wednesday, 2iS inches in
four hours. and Chinook wind.which
melted recent fresh SHOWS In the
Cascade mountains, coming flmultan-
eously. are the causes OF the most
disastrous floods 10 the history Of
the Puget Sound regions The val
leys Of the White, Duwamish, Cedar,
! Green. Stuck Black and Puyallup nv
ers are under water. flooding 200
square miles Of territory This In
cludes practically every acre Of low
land lying back Of the eastern shores
OF the sound and extending from Sc
atile TO TNlcoma
Six persons have been drowned
High tides, combined with the floods,
have converted all the river dclus,
which are great tracts Of fertile
farms into muddy torrents. hundreds
OF farmhouse and villages ap cub
merked to the second stories, aud
many persons are homeless The
loss TO the Northern Pacific alnoe
will reach $4,000 and the total lo.s.
in the district will run to half
million
+ Frankfort. Ky, Nov i6 Work on
the new State Capitol Is progressing
rapidly, three Etories Of the s,ruc-
ture being already up. aud the Fnrk
OF putting ON the cornioc and the
roof will be well under way before
January /. next All Of the large
columns Of the bedford sione.w hlch
form the main ornamental feature
OF the building. have been swung In
10 place, the last one being holsted
from the cars to-day and ~, In po-
sition lust over the main entrance
Of the building
! No material change In the plans
OF the structure have bern made
since the last Assembly gnantod adj
didonal appropriation and ordered
the interior changed from stone 10
marble and the dome changed from
copper % terra cnttA The working
plnns for the marble interior and the
dome arrived yesterday. and the con
tractors and marble mcu pronounce
them elaborate and handsome A
change has b,cn made NJ the main
entrance way Of the building, which
in the original drawings was made
up OF five doors The number Of
dnors has boen been reduced TO
three. the remaining two spaces be-.
ing CONSTRUCTED into inches for tat
uary upon recommendation of the
architect.
With an open winter the oontnc-
tors expect TO get the building I'M
der roof early 10 the new year Com
missioner McChesney says that the
building would be ready for the next
General Assembly should IL be furn.
lshed
The Washington Star picks senatod
Blackburn for member u Bryan'f
Cabinet