Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-03-14
All the News of the Past Seven
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The NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
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sine die on the 4th after passing all
the large appropriation bills except
the river and harbor, which was
talked to death by Senator Carter, Of
Montana.
The eliminating event of the inau-
gural festivities in Washington was
the inaugural ball, and as a spectacu-
lar event it was unparalleled in the
history of such gatherings.
Five men were killed and two 9th
ers seriously injured in a mine acci-
dent at the Engleside zinc mine in
Center Valley, Mo.
Citizens of Andover, Kan, held a
meeting and resolved TO smash al
the saloons in Wichita if they were
not closed.
Mayor Hess, of Arkansas City, Ark,
has issued n proclamation warning
members of the Carrie Nation La"
and Order league to drop proceedings
against jointists.
The inaugural parade in Washing
ton was a fine affair, and the decora-
tions along the line of march were
the most elaborate in the city's his
tory.
Troops were called into service at
Upton, Ind, to protect an aged priS-
oner threatened with lynching.
The Commercial club of Omaha ten
dered a reception to Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee, retiring commander of the de-
partment of the Missouri.
Henry Clay Evans, commissioner of
pensions, will resign, and will prob
ably be given a high diplomatic posi-.
Fred w. Upham, who returned to
Chicago from 40 days tour of Cuba,
says conditions there are not such as
20 warrant withdrawal of American
control.
w. f. King, an American fighting
with the Beers, says all talk of sur
render is without foundation.
The navy department is soliciting
annual bids from railroads for trans
portation of officers and enlisted men.
The bones of Gen. Nathaniel Greene
were found in an old cemetery at Sa-
vannah, Ga.
The president on the 9Th sent to
the senate the reappointments of the
president cabinet members and they
Roosevelt presided at the session and
was received with applause by the
senators and spectators in the gal
leries.
An incendiary fire destroyed the
large lumber warehouse of p. Kunth
& Wright, in Greenville, o. Loss,
100000.
John D. Rockefeller has given S110,-
900 to Vassar college for new dor
mitory.
Robert W. Wilcox, Hawaiian dele
gate in Congress, says the inaugural
festivities eclipsed anything he had
ever witnessed.
Capts. r. ID. Evans and II. c. Tay.
Tor have been commits stoned as rear
admirals for service at Santiago.
Chairman Cooper and several Of the
members of the insular affairs COM
mittee in congress contemplate 4
trip to the Philippines and Cuba a.
their own expense.
After a session Of 80 days the legis-
lature of Alabama has adjourned.
j. Z. Searles, organizer OF the sugar
trust and late president Of the Ameri-
can Round Bale Cotton company. made
an assignment in New York with LA
bilities estimated at $1,000 900 TO $2,-
100000.
The stock OF gold in the United States
treasury on the 5th was $4s9,412,15s
the largest amount ever recorded.
Samuel Moser was sentenced at Pc
kin, H., TO 81 years imprisonment for
numbering his wife and three sons.
A mass meeting at Louisville de-
nounced Gov. Beckham for pardoning
gamblers.
The New Hampshire house passed
a stringent anti-cigarette bill, which
is likely to meet favor in the senate
and become law.
w. A. Stineborn, ticket broker,
and Joseph Adler, his clerk, were ar
rested in Chicago for selling coun-
terfeit passes on the Illinois Central
road.
Five Utah miners raced with n
snowslide down a mountain side and
narrowly escaped an awful death.
A memorial to naval heroes pro-
iected by the Annapolis alumni will
be erected in Battery park, New
Yerk.
In the United States senate on the
9th an amendment to the rules plac-
ing a limit upon debate was referred
70 the committee on rules. Senator
Morgan, speaking on his resolution
10 abrogate the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty, made the prediction that if
Great Britain attempts to enforce the
treaty war will ensue. The nomina-
ton of Robert S. Mccormick, of Chi
cago, to be minister to Austria-Hun-
gary was received.
Sixteen business houses at Arcadia,
La, were burned.
VIII Davis (colored) was lynched
by a mob at Shreveport, La, for as
saulting white woman.