Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-10-04
A WEEKS RECORD
All the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News Of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.


The visible supply Of grain in the
United States on the cath was: Wheat,
54,993,o0o bushels; corn, 1922, 900 bush
els; oats, 11,659,OoO bushels; rye, $780,
900 bushels; barley, 7S4,O bushels.
Forest fires ragged over 100 square
miles in the vicinity of Occidental, Cal,
doing damage to the amount of over
100000.
Frank Davis and James Chapman,
rivals for the favor of a young coun-
try girl near Birmingham, Ala, killed
each other in a duel.
The convention OF locomotive fire.
men adjourned at Des Moines. Ia,
after voting $4,000 in benefits to dis
abled members.
The war department is in receipt
of numerous applications for teach
ers' positions in the Philippines.
The business portion of the village
OF omer, Mich, was practically de-
stroyed by fire.
Contrary to the expectation of the
mine operators, the lines of strikers
remained unbroken and the second
week of the strike in the anthracite
field in Pennsylvania opened with the
tie-up OF the mines as complete as at
any time since the strike began. Re-
ports indicate that 10000 of the 1872
600 miners are now out.
During August the internal revenue
receipts from all sources amounted to
$25,595.716, an increase over the month
of August last year of $1.174.751.
The torpedo boat O'Brien was
launched at Elizabeth, N. ].
Eight persons were killed in a cy-
clone at Morristown. MINI.
The official trial trip of the battle
ship Wisconsin will be made Octo-
Der 1.
William Driscoll and wife. an aged
couple, were killed by the cars at a
crossing in Muncie, Ind.
Four persons were killed and sew
eral severely injured in a waterspout |
and tornado at Ferguson, Ia.
The Abbot trotted mile in 2:o3H |
at Terre Haute, Ind, setting a new
worlds mark.
The fate of the anthracite strike in |
Pennsylvania apparently hangs on the
decision Of $50 men employed in the
Markle mine at Jeddo; operators in
sist on arbitration, and strike lead
ers insist on men holding out. Sher-
fl Harvey telegraphed to Gov. Stone
asking that troops be sent to Halle
ton on the ground that the sheriff
cannot guarantee the safety of per-
sons or property during the night
marches Of the strikers.
An engine on the Eastern Illinois
road blew up at Johnson City, H.,
killing Engineer Doggett and Fireman
Rains.
Dispatches from various points in the
Rocky mountains show that there has
been a heavy snowfall.
The children's home at wilkins
burg, Pa, was partially destroyed by
fire.
Burglars robbed the post Office at
Hancock, Mich, of 500 in money and
stamps.
Many lives were lost and much prop
erty destroyed in a storm at Nome.
Alaska.
The Michigan commission merchant
license law has been declared void by
the state supreme court.
Fire destroyed the Iron Mountain
railway shops at Barring Cross, Ark,
the loss being 100000. ]
In train wreck at Springfield, ILL.,,
Engineer Ryan and Fireman Hall were
killed. /
Railway officials estimate that $4,000 {
fasteners will immigrate to the north
vest early next year.
The National Association of Post {
masters met at Peoria, Ill. 7
Gov. Stone declined to send troops
o Hazleton at once, and Gen. Goblin t
Il Shenandoah was watching that /
ield. All mines in the Shenandoah {
egion are now shut down.
The tenth biennial reunion of Crock IL
RS Iowa brigade, consisting of the v
Eleventh, Thirteenth, Fifteenth and t
ixteenth regiments was held in Keo- g
lux. Ia. b
A brick kiln at Edwardsville, ILL.,, r
vas wrecked by lightning and four a
zen were killed. "
James B. Howard was found guilty n
/ Frankfort, KY, Of Goebel's murder Il
nd condemned to death. S