Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1899-12-14

Is making ms way TO his home IN
Cavite province.
1A hosiery mill at Reading, Pa,
burned, causing the death of two
and serious injury to half a hundred
employees.
| Within the past year the American
life-saying service rescued 1000 per-
sons and saved property worth &c.
100000.
A. lntonia, Ga, Hiram Sharpe
shot and killed his wife and wounded
his mother-in-law US the result of q
family quarrel.
Tie Laflin-Rand powder works
near Columbus, Kan. blew up, in
stant!y killing one man and fatally
injuring two others.
James Hughes. farmer near
keokuk Falls, Okla, caught an I'M
known man in the act of leading a
horse from his barn and shot him
dead.
The vault in the Bank Of Cornell
(lll) was blown up with nitro
glycerine bya gang Of seven rob-
bers. who got away with between
IS, 200 ond $4,000.
Postmaster General Smith calls
attention of congress to abuses of
second-class mail privileges which
costs the government a loss of about
S25, 100000 annually.
Mormon Roberts was denied per.
mission to take the oath as a men,
Der Of the house of representatives
and committee was appointed to
investigate his eligibility.
Officials of the war department
assert that they know nothing of the
report that Gen. Wheeler will re.
turn from the Philippines and re-
SuHlt MS stdl III NOIRltSS.
A bill has been introduced in con-
gress providing for the laying of a
cable by the United States from the
City Of San Francisco to the City of
Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands.
In three battles with TIE Beers,
Lord Methuen lost ~ per cent of
his forces. The British casualties
at Modder river, where fighting
ragged for IL hours, foot up AL.
\ masked robbcr held up two
messengers in Southern Express
COmpanycar on the Southern railroad
near Branchville. S. c.. compelling
them to turn over to him Sl,10O in
cash. The outlaw overlooked 1000
in the safe.
VIM. NJ. Webb. formerly q multi.
millionaire of Chicago, is working
as a hostler in Pasadena, Cal. Webb
made his millions during the war as
a government contractor, and at one
time owned packing houses at a
number of points in Texas.
Miss Maud Jackson. of Fort Scott.
Kan, may lose her life,.a the result
of swallowing half.dollar. She
suffers great agony, and her only
chance lies in the removal of the
coin by the use of the Surgeons
knife. She had the money in her
mouth and swallowed it while laugh
ing.
Russian papers severely criticize
Secretary Chamberlain's speech in
which he declared an alliance ex-
lists between Great Britain, Germany
and the United States. A leading
Italian paper, commenting on the
speech. says "Chamberlain's provok-
ing influence increases daily, max
ing Franco-British war more pro-
bable."
The secretary Of the treasury has
congress estimates of APP
preparations required to run the gov
eminent for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1901. The aggregate of
the appropriations estimated for is
s63l, 0Sl ,994, an increase over the
estimates for the present fiscal year
Of s3S, 033. GIG, and an increase over
the appropriations for the present
fiscal year of s34, 235, 024.
Monroe Smiley and Arch March.
banks met terrible death at the
plant of the Virginia Iron Ore Com
pany, Middlesborongh, Ky. They
we're working under a huge tank
molten lead, when the
brick walls supporting the tank
letting it fall. The debris
the men being crushed,
It the same time preventing their