Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-25
A WEEKS RECORD
ALI 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.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.


A mob of negroes at CORTLAND.
Ala, hanged Alexander Herman. a
negro charged with killing Sallie
Swoope.
Mrs. James Huff, her daughter, Mrs.
Thornton, and the latter's four-year-
old daughter were killed by lightning
near Newcomerstown, o.
The thirteenth annual report OF the
interstate commerce commission
shows a big increase in earnings OF
railroads and an aggregate length Of
mileage of 259,7ss miles.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States and Canada on the 18th
was: Wheat, 27,e79,OOo bushels; corn.
1&,o67 900 bushels; oats. 7.421. 900
bushels; rye, $4,000 bushels: barley
1000 bushels.
Five persons were killed in a COL
lision of Missouri, Kansas & Texas
freight trains near Muskogee, Ind. T.
Gov. Dockery, of Missouri, asks the
people of the state to pray on Sun
day, July 81. for rain.
Joseph Cramer, IS years old, was
under arrest in Philadelphia for hav-
ing seven wives. all living.
Louis Thomas, a negro, was lynched
near Girard, La, by mob for steal
ing bottle of pop.
John Alexander Dowie took out his
first naturalization papers in Wau-
kegan, III.
More than $4,000 men are idle as q
result of the Amslgamated associa-
tion's strike in the sheet steel, steel
hoop and tin plants of the United
States corporation.
Lewis Elkins, of Philadelphia, left
his $4,000 900 fortune in trust for the
benefit of aged women teachers.
Rains were reported from various
points in Missouri, Kansas and Illi-
nois.
Two policemen were wounded and
. negro killed in a race riot at Amer
icus, Ga.
The packing plant of Jacob Dold &
Sons at Wichita, Kan, was destroyed
by fire, the loss being 81 900 900.
Albert Sears, who masquers ded as a
woman fo- seven years a. Huntsville,
Ark, was arrested for a murder com
united in Texas.
The net increase in the pension roll
last year was 2,273, despite the drop
ping of 3s,os2 names from the rolls.
Fifteen negroes were killed in a fight
with Mexican railroad laborers in New
Mexico.
NATION, H., and Saltwater. MINI,
have been given public libraries by
Carnegie.
A pearl worth $4,000 was found at
Round Island, Wis, in the Mississippi
river
Frank Wennerholm, the Chau-
tauqua county murderer, was put TO
death by electricity in the prison at
Auburn, n. Y.
The transport Indiana arrived in
San Francisco from Manila with 1000
soldiers of the Forty-second regi-
ment.
Robbers at Alexandria, o., held a
crowd at bay while they blew open a
bank vault, but they failed to secure
any booty.
The steel trust has accepted the OPP
portunity for a finish fight with la
Dor unions. No compromise is 10 be
made with the Amalgamated associa-
ton, whose absolute surrender is de-
feremined upon.
The military department Of Alaska
Is TO be abolished.
Roy Jones, IL years old, and Byron
Jones, his brother four years old, |
were burned TO death at Broad Rip
pie, Ind.
The crop report issued by the Wash |
ington weather bureau says that the !
corn crop in the great corn states of |
the central valleys has sustained Sc !
rious injury from drought.
d. S. Burch. of Macon, No, who was
married in Milwaukee two months ago, |
gave his wife her freedom when he |
discovered she loved another man.
The president of the Iowa Bar asso-
citation at the annual meeting in Coun-
Gil Bluffs made startling statements
regarding the prevalence of perjury
and bribery in American courts Of jus
tice.
Three alleged horse thieves, Buck.
ing Bill" Fred CONNIE and Pete Wal
ter, were hanged by a posse near Ju-
dith. Mont.
EDWIN III. Conger, United States
minister 10 China, sailed from San
Francisco for the orient.
Robert Cooke, Charles Swisher and
Charley Scott, were instantly killed
by lightning at Arthur, III.
Fred Feurheim, of Pacific Junction,
Ia, made insane by heat, killed his
wife, daughter and himself.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States dur I
ing the seven days ended on the 18th
aggregated $2,i36,32 ,047, against ST. :
o4o, 373,61o the previous week. The in
crease compared with the correspond
Ing week Of last year was 4o.1. {
Andrew Carnegie has offered Lead
lille, Col, 100000 for a public H. i
'rary.