Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-09-27

the Goth, the 12-year-old daughter OF
Nisby Jones was shot through the
heart and instantly killed by unknown
persons while sitting in the door al
her home. There is no clue.
Judge i. NJ. Bonner, a capitalist
and banker of New Orleans, died OF
heart disease at the California club
in Los Angeles, Cal, on the Goth, while
conversing with friends.
The Galveston fund being raised in
Paris had, on the Goth, reached 100, 900
| francs.
Two additional cases of bubonic
plague have been reported in Glas-
gov.
An explosion occurred in the Frisch
Gluck mine, at Dux, Bohemia, on the
10Th. Thirty-fve persons were killed
and Is injured. Five others are miss
ing.
The Netherlands budget for 1901
shows a deficit of 5,25o,OOO forms.
At Shenandoah, Pa, on the 21st a
posse gathered by Sheriff Toole, of
Schuylkill county, to meet the emer-
gency fired on a crowd of miners that
was assaulting workmen on their way
home under escort. a man and lit
tie girl were instantly killed, and
seven others fell, more or less seri-
ously wounded.
Three regiments of infantry, bat
terry of artillery and troop of cav
airy were ordered out at midnight of
the 21st, by Gov. Stone of Pennsyl-
vania, to assist Sheriff Toole in main
tanning order in the Schuyllill county
anthracite coal fields.
Swelled by one of the heaviest rain
falls Texas has ever experienced,
Trinity river rose 20 feet, on the 21st,
drove 400 or 500 people from it's bot
toms, washed away bridges, resi-
dences and household goods, and
caused other heavy damage in Fort
Worth. The rainfall during ten hours
was 1923 inches.
The French warship Avalanche,
which has been investigating the kill
ing of Christians in the Samnoi dis
trict of China, near Canton, reports
that the crews of eight pirate iunks,
by the connivance of influential per-
sons ashore, have sought to destroy
all the Christian villages on the Can
ton delta.
Gen. James H. Wilson, Gen. Chat
fees chief of staff, took Pei-Ta- Chu
on the nth. No details of the affair
have been learned, but the British Of
fcials at Pekin have received a dis
patch announcing that 1.-THE temples
were taken according to arrange
ment"
In the attack by 5000 Germans and
Russians on the Pei Tang forts, on
the 10th, 300 of the attacking force
were killed or wounded, for the most
part by the explosion of mines in the
ground over which they advanced.
President Mitchell of the United
Mine Workers issued a statement, on
the 2lst, in which he lays the blame
for the conditions causing the strike |
on the coal carrying railroads. He |
says that they produce approximately |
~ per cent. of the coal, and place a |
charge against it three times
as great as is charged for the same |
weight of bituminous coal, in order |
10 show small profit on their mining |
operations.
Wilbert n. Hershberger, employed |
BY the Wabash Railroad Co. as an
lostler, at Decatur, ILL.,, has sued for
s400 for overtime. He says the com
oany required him to work ~ and 10
hours a day, and paid him for only
Ten hours, and he wants pay for the
overtime of several years past.
Miss Larissa Smaller celebrated her
'ne hundredth birthday anniversary
II Tylerville, Conn.,, on the 21st. She
S yet healthy and strong and looks
o be not over 20. She is descendant
If James Wells, one of the original rs
'roprietors of the town of Haddam.
The census bureau announces that
he population of Dubuque, Ia, is &c.
81, as against 30,311 in 1890. This is
N increase of 5,196, or 1875 per cent.
The veteran steamboat owner and
aptain, John X. Booth, died, on the
list, from the effects of fall in the
ellar at his home in Wheeling, w. Va.
The body of Frank Keynes, who
led at Wauwatosa, Wis, arrived at
Decatur, ILL.,, on the 21st. He was one
+ the oldest theater managers in the
vest and was known by theatrical
eople all over the country.
The National Municipal League con-
ention at Milwaukee closed, on the
LIST, with a banquet at night at the
Iotel Pfster. The place of the next
leeting will not be chosen for several
,onths.
The building of the temporary
ridge, 2is miles long, at Galveston,
ex., completed at three o'clock on
he morning of the 21st, was one of
ne most remarkable achievements of }
obstructive work in the history OF
le world