The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-07-27

tor McCreary asks the Governor II he
thinks this would be fair to the can
didates for the other offices. He
suggests to the Governor that each
of the candidates for any office, from
.the lowest to the highest, has the
same and equal right to participate
in the selection of the election Off
GERS, and declines to agree with the
Governor that the minor candidates
be ignored.
Senator McCreary says he is will
ing at any time that may be conyen-
lent to them both to go before the
State Executive Committee with Gov
Beckham and confer with that com
mittee regarding the plans for the
primary, accepting an invitation given
by Gov Beckham
The Hon William Jennings Prize,
candidate for Congress in the Eighth
Kentucky district while speaking at
Lawreneeburg, was overcome by the
heat, and fell into the arms OF his
opponent, Judge sohn w Hughes
He has withdrawn from the race
The thirty-seyenth annua meeting
of the Kentucky Press Association
began at IL o'clock Monday with a
luncheon at the Old Inn, given by
the Courier journal and the Louis
VILE Times The editors left at l2:0l
for Grayson Springs, where recep.
tion was held
Lexington. Ky. July PA sale o
10000 acres of land in Eastern Ken
lucky, to New York syndicate, was
practically concluded in this city las
night, Charles E, Smith, a real es
tate broker of Wincheste, represent
ing the owners of the land Mr.
Smith stated that the deal repre-
sented a purchase price of 100000
which would be paid within ten days
and the buyers given deed to TIL
property. The land comprises 20,0O
acres in Perry county. There
much valuable timber on the tract
and number al fine coal veins
The property is not touched by
railroad now, but Mr. Smith believe
that section win soon be penetrate
by a railroad.
A party of revenue officers iron
the Seventh and Eighth district
made raid early Saturday mornin
upon a moonshine still near Com
bord, Powell county, capturing c.
Gilbart, w. l.. Clifton and Jane
Martin, and destroying an eighty
five gallon distillery, and about fou
hundred gallons of beer. The pri'
oners were taken to Beattyville, an
gave bond to appear before tn
, United States Court at Frankfort. /
; September. The Deputy Collector
composing the raiding party Were
w. NJ. Insko, G.. w. Castle and II.
Herndon. of the Seventh district, an
J. T. Mccoy, OF the Eighth, assiste
by Deputy Marshal William Mays an
S. S. Bailey of Beattyville, and Lew
e White and George Tabor. of Oily
: Hill.
n 1t is claimed that the miners VII
: constitute a majority of the Repul
! licans in Speaker Cannon's distri,
9 will vote against him. They elaii
that they have no doubt of his d.
. feat at the next election.
e Russell Sage, the veteran flnancie
g died suddenly of heart disease at h
: country home "Cedarcroft," at Law
t renee, L. |. He had intended to o.
d serve his ninetieth birthday on Au
e ust l.. Mr.. Sage had been in exec
t tionally good health since his arriv
i at his summer home about six mont
ago. He was one of the wealthie
men in this country and controll'
and loaned more money then al
y man or corporation.
The dissolution of Parliament
u the Car is considered as the begil
: ming of the last act of the great
u drama oft he Russian Revolution. r.
y people and the Government are
u direct opposition. and upon the arm
Il Gdepends the Immediate lsue. III
Z Government is preparing for bait
! and no stone is being left unturn'
: to safeguardits interests. ST. Peter
( burg and othe rcities are crowd'
Il with soldiers, resembling an arm
, camp. The opposition In the form
! Parliament will not attempt to m
in st. Petersburg, but several of I
members have gone to Finland, whe
1t is said, meetings will be held, T
Al Government is making searches wit