The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-04

The quadrennial general conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, convened in Birmingham. Ala
last Thursday.
Speaker Cannon made the preAc-
ton that Congress woild auJolrn
some time between lie middle OF
June and the first Of August
The new French liner La Provence
not only broke the lme record in
her maiden voyage across the ocean
from Harye but accomplished the
marvellous feat Of noliing wireless
communication with both shores at
The same time
The Supreme Court OF Indiana, in
an exhaustive review. declares ,hs
cigarette law Illegal so far as The
smoking of cigarettes is concerned.
court holding such construction tie
be an invasion Of private rights.
The action of ,Ae Legislature in pro-
hibiting the sale OF cigarettes is
upheld
Bath county is The home ol Curl
osities and extraordinary happenings
A hen slipped into the W dmiug
church last week and laid six eggs
ia the collection basket. when he
pastor found when he went t. hsad
It to the deacon to take up a coli
lection. One Of the neighborz rem.
embers seeing The hen so in thru
hole in the door two ditferen,
days. Carlisle Democrat
The Hargis-Cockrell feGl has been
renewed at Jackson. Saturday night
a fusillade OF bullets was II ed a,
Beach Hargis. The windows Of NE
house in which he took refugh were
riddled. Hargis armed himself to Cd
on the war path, but friends told him
enemies were in waiting.
A negro supposed 10 have escaped
from officers in Wise county. Va,
tried 20 criminally assault a Young
girl near Mayking, Ky. After she had
made her escape he locked thrae
children in the house. saturated The
floors with kerosene and applied 4
match passerby rescued nc in
mates, whose parents were temper
arily absent. ard extinsuishe! ne
flames. A posse IS search,e4 for
the negro.
Lexington, KY, April 29.-Martin
Clark, a barkeeper l.. the sal on tf
P. w. Green, at the corner CT Mill
and Water streets. was shot nd in
stantly killed at 1910 oclocE this
afternoon by Aaron McCabe. a negro.
McCabe had been elected from the
saloon last night by Clark. who was
behind the bar today when the negro
suddenly walked in with a pistol in
his hand and Immediately opened fire
Clark fell at the first shot with a
bullet through his heat The negro
continued, however, to empty his
revolver Several patrons and en-
ployes of IKE place narrowly escaped
being shot
The sixteenth annual reunion Of
the United Confederate Veterans for
mally closed in New Orleans by the
reelection Of all the old Officers.
Richmond, Va, was selected as the
place for holding the next annual
reunion There was a parade of vet
Grams and fully 10000 were in line.
San Francisco-A map just publish
led here of the burned district shows
an area covering 453 city blocks, Ill
Uf which are south OF Market street,
and 342 at the north end. 1t is esti-
mated that the buildings destroyed
viii be in the neighborhood of 60, 900.
Campton. KY, April PA letter
was received here from a prominent
politician at Prestonsburg, the home
OF the Hon. F. A. Hopkins, the pres
ent member Of Congress from this
district, stating that Mr.. Hopkins
had declined to make the race for the
nomination to succeed himself. This
will leave four contestants for the
nomination, A. F. Byrd, of Clark; the
Hon. j. B. White, of Estll; Judge
John e. Cooper, of Montgomery, ana
Judge Amos Davis, of Morgan.
The Appellate Court sustained the
contention Of Commonwealth Attor-
ney W. A. Burkamp. of the Campbell