Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1899-12-21
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

NJ. one OF the heroes OF Manila Bay,
is dead.
The prohibition national conven-
ton will be held at Chicago June
9th next.
Mexico has a pretty good-sized
job on hand to subduc the hostile
Iaqui braves.
The 1900 reunion of the United
Confederate Veterans will be held
at Louisville in June.
1t is reported that the Philippine
commander, Gen. Aleiandrino, with
his staff, has surrendered.
An earthquake shock was dis
tinctly felt in Weber and Davies
counties, Utah, on the 18th.
1t is reported the big Texas cattle
syndicate, recently organized, is
closely identified with the leather
trust.
During a heated religious contro
versy, Prof. Malachy Dwyer, of
Butte, Mont, dropped dead from
heart disease.
Within the past month over 5000
Spanish prisoners held by the Phil
ipinos have been released by the
American forces.
The Texas legislature will be con-
vened in extra session next month to
consider measure revising the
states system of taxation.
The syndicate holding so per cent
of the broom-corn in the United
States has advanced the price of the
raw material to 5000 per ton.
The act passed by the last Illinois
legislature regulating the practice of
veterinary surgery has been declared
constitutional by the state supreme
court.
The union reform party, which
has effected state organizations in
Ohio, Maryland and Pennsylvania,
will nominate, by direct vote,
presidential candidate.
America is furnishing British
troops in the Transyaal with beef.
Last week Chicago packing-housc
shipped 100000 pounds Of canned
beef to South Africa.
The secretary of the navy has
issued an order awarding gold
medal of honor to each Of the men
who assisted Hobson in sinking the
Merrimac in the harbor of Santiago.
A. b. Widener, a millionaire, has
purchased 60 acres of land near
Philadelphia on which he will erect
and cndow home, hospital and
school for cripple children at cost
of 100000.
The French government has for
mally demanded the degradation of
the Nicerov OF Canton because the
order to execute the Chinese magis-
trate who was responsible for the
murder of two French officers at
Montao has not been carried out.
The American steamer Maru.
which arrived at San Francisco last
week from the Orient, brought adj
vices from Ceram that 5000 people
on that island were killed by an
earthquake in November. The shock
was distinctly felt along the entire
japanese coast.
The department of agriculture will
begin its distribution of seeds II little
earlier this year than usual, those to
the south beginning in January.
This year the seeds for distribution
to all parts of the country will con-
sist of ID, 100000 packs of vegetable
seeds and 1888, 900 of flower seeds,
besides field and lawn grass seeds.
The first Mormon woman to enter
polygamy died at Salt Lake City
few days ago. Hername was Mrs.
E. ID. p. Young, and she was the
widow Of two prophets, She was
born at gainesville. O.. in 1924.
She married Joseph Smith, the first
Mormon prophet, at Nauvoo, H.,
with the consent of Smiths first
wife. After the death of Smith she
married Brigham Young, and was
one of George q. Cannon's numer-
Gus mothers-in-law.
A party of 800 Irish-Americans
sailed from New York to join the
Boer forces against the English.
They took passage for Paris, and
will make their way thence to the
Transyaal.