Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-06-28
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

In wreck at McDonough, ia, 80
persons were killed.
The National Association of Elocu.
tionists is in session at st. Louis.
a cloudburst at Poplar Bluff, Mo-,
imprisoned a church congregation for
several hours.
1t is rumored that the farmers of
Kansas and Oklahoma are forming n
combine to bull wheat.
Franciscans of the United States will
meet at Cleveland, o., to settle the
question of moving Denver monastery.
Cologne, Germany, was visited by
severe storm. which demolished many
buildings and injured several persons.
An excursion train was wrecked
near Green Bay, Wis, killing six per
sons and injuring 35 others. One is
missing.
a maniac at Cedar Rapids, Ia, killed
one man, fatally wounded another, in
jured two women and then committed
suicide.
Maj Charles NJ. Schaefer, late of the
Fourteenth Minnesota volunteers
killed himself in a cemetery at New
Prague, MINI.
S. a. Calwell, aged SO years, died at
his home four miles north of Mound
City, ILL.,, Sunday. He was a leading
farmer and fruit grower.
john p. Sendelbeck, prominent
merchant at Waterloo, ILL.,, was poi
soned by ala overdose of medicine. He
is in a critical condition.
All forage crops and corn are in Sc
rious condition in Kansas. Chinch bugs
are destroying millet and oats, and
corn is suffering for rain.
Four men lost their lives in the
Champion (Mich.) mine explosion Sat
urday evening. 1t was reported at
first that but one life was lost.
Brighten. Jos. Wheeler, who is to as
sumo command of the department of
the lakes. has arrived at Chicago, ac-
companied by his two daughters.
The American charge d'affaires at
Constantinople has presented a fresh
note to the Turkish government, de-
handing payment of the indemnity.
The Cherokee Indians oppose the
census enumerators with rifles, be-
lieving that it is a scheme to allot
their lands, to which they are opposed.
1t is understood that the marriage of
Lacy Randolph Churchill ~ Lieut.
George Cornwallis-West Of the Scots
guards will take place quietly in Lon.
don, Wednesday.
Sheriff Morrison of Washita county,
Okla, and Il posse were ambushcd by
the Casey gang Of horse thieves. The
sheriff was dangerously wounded, and
two of his deputies killed.
j. Nelson, of keokuk, Ia. deck
hand on the steamer Henrietta, fell
overheard as the steamer, carrying an
excursion from Hannibal, landed at
Quincy, ILL.,, Sunday, and was drowned.
A tornado in Oklahoma blotted out
three lives and injured four persons.
The fatalities occurred in house |
which contained IL men and which was
carried 200 feet and then dropped in n
heap.
There was a cloudburst at Waterloo,
ILL.,, and vicinity Sunday. Great dam
age was done to growing wheat. corn
and oats. Over 500 acres of wheat in |
shock, in low bottom lands, was washed |
away.
According to the government OBJ
se1vatOry's representatives, Pitts
burgh, Pa. was the hottest spot in the |
United States Sunday. The maximum
F0int was reached about p. m, when |
"a was registered.
Ten thousand persons were present |
at the semi-centennial anniversary Of |
the Eden Theological college on Hunt |
road, near st. Louis, Sunday. Emperor |
William of Germany sent a cablegram
of congratulation.
The heavy rains of the last few days
have flooded the country about Null
berry Grove, III. All the crops in Hur-
ricane Creek bottom have been de-
stroyed. Much of the corn on the up
lands is ruined on account of the wa
ter.
nAMAHE pV TIDE ANTI XuArHn