The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-05-18

time he had been as silent as inc
grave" on the subject of regulating
the railroads During the day Senn-
tor Tillman read a statement show
ing. as he termed it, the Presidents |
change of front" on the Rate Bill !
More than two hundred funerals
were held Sunday in Greater New
York, a settlement of the strike of
the drivers having been made, after
am all-night conference VITA the
union.
The big plant of the New Orleans
Naval Stores Company, at Gulfport
Miss, was destroyed by fire Satur-
day. The loss was 100000 Six acres
covered with resin burned.
DR.. ]. N. Mccormack. secretary of
the State Board of Health. has issued
card denying that he has any in
tention of becoming a candidate for
Governor of Kentucky.
The heirs of the T. A. Jones estate,
near Nobob have sold the Veneer
Mills Company, of Louisville, one
poplar tree for s15O, the logs to be
delivered in Glasgow. The tree has
heen cut and made three logs twelve
feet and two fourteen feet long. The
first log measured five feet three
inches at the small end.
The files OF the index clerks at the
Estate Department show that the first
session of the FifW4ninth Congress
has broken all records in the matter
of completed legislation up 70 Tho
moment. Already more than 5000
laws have bean enacted, which is
between 700 and 500 more than in
fany preceding session up TO the be-
, ginning of the month Of May. The
greater part of this mass of law was
: made up of bills of private nature
, and only about $50 Of the total enact
: ments were general laws.
Mrs. Ruth Cantel, wife of the Gen
eral overseer of the United Kingdom
4 for the Christian Catholic Church, die
I. in Zicn City despite the prayers o
: General overseer voliva, Deacon
: speicher and number of elders.
d The woman's death was attends
by extreme agony, but no physical
\ was summoned to attend her, onl
the nurses Of Zion City being pres
emit In addition to the praying elder
When her illness assumed an acut
. stage early today the frishteae
~ nurses. following the custom of DOW
les church, sent for number
:" elders to pray over Mrs. Cantel, TIN
her life might be spared, but 81
le steadily grew worse and her scream
e. were heard far beyong the walls
sc the house where she was dying,
De New York, Hay 14.-Carl Schur
u. widely known as publiclst and 70
~ mer Cabinet member, died at h
home in this city at i:S5 o'clock III
morning. Death was due to COZ
or plication Of diseases following
,ie attack of stomach trouble, which ;
mt came acute on Thursday last.
Oh spite OF brief periods of seeming II
he proyement Mr.. schurz slowly fail
nd and yesterday afternoon sank into
len state Of coma, which continued un
on the end. At the bedside were
at SON. Carl. d., and two daughte
Marianne and Agatha, Edward
pretorius. Mr.. Schnrz's business pa
~, ,' ner. and Drs. Jacob and strar
Mr. schurz was seventy-six ye
old having been born in coiol
d March 2. 1929.
Inc. owingsville, KY, May ia "
one tcund freight on the Chesapeake
on Ohio railroad jumped the track
nee Preston, this county, last night
his nine cars were wrecked, some
hat them being smashed to splinters
this ALI piled together In a shapeless M
ose- Two Of the cars were loaded
lvo- sugar in bags and barrels which
strewed along the track for two !
-, bred yards, and almost t'tal
M. Two cars were loaded with hardw
which was scattered along the U
=, hnd through the woods for nal
!, mile, One carload of soldiers CT
~ ing was also scattered on the gro
~. other cars were loaded with valu
,, .O freight, much of which was los
&C.. ,s hooters got in their work early
~. n.y., late despite the watchmen- rms
1 cident took place on the spot W
. cars left track, overturned and
cd Conductor Miller to death, a
- weeks ago.