Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

George Edwards. of st. Louis, was
drowned while fishing in Long Lake,
in Illinois.
Horse show associations in many
southwestern cities have perfected or
ganization and established a circuit.
The grain growers of central Kan.
sas are organizing to boycott dealers
who, ~ is claimed. are i'm "a combine.
IL is reported that all the knitting
goods mills of the country, with a
capital of SIO,OO0,OOO, are preparing to
combine.
Mrs. Carrie Nation was arrested in
Kansas City, Sunday, on the charge OF
obstructing the streets. She was re-
lensed or nominal bond.
Gen. Alger believes il is not neces.
sary to retain more than $4,000 sol.
diers in the Philippines now that
Aguinaldo has surrendered.
The Oklahoma gubernatorial fight
dwarfs all other territorial questions.
Fully fifty Oklahomans are in Wash
ington taking a hand in the contest.
Kaiser William is said to have tried
American cooking and taken a great
fancy To it. His imperial chef is re-
ceiving "A special course of instruction
in the art.
Col. James G.. Barrett, the former
mayor of Washington and for years
one of its best-known citizens, died,
Sunday, aged Sc years. He was a ma.
| tive of Baltimore.
Delegates from st. Louis TO the
/ e -
| Cleveland, o., will take with them "A
model of the first iron-clad gunboat
on the Mississippi.
The brewers of Missouri have de-
cided not to pay beer inspection fees
due the state as part OF the com
promise by which the amount of tho
fees was to be reduced.
Gen. John A. Kasson, of Iowa. en-
| joys the novel distinction of being an
officer of the government who refuses
to accept a cent of salary, although
| carried on the pay roll.
A Paris special says a report is cur.
rent that Miss Daisy Letter, of Chi.
cago, is engaged to Spencer Eddy, OF
Chicago, second secretary of the
/ American embassy in Paris.
a Philadelphia bride found a love
letter in her husbands pocket and
drank carbolic acid before she discov.
cred that il was dated n year back.
The stomach pump saved her life.
James Henry Jarvis, a farmer liv.
| ing several miles north of Fayette-
Vile, Ark, shot and instantly killed
his wife. He then attempted TO take
his own life, but made a botch of it.
| Indifference on the part of the ma
val militia of the Atlantic and Pacific
states will prevent any of the organi-
cations from participating in the
usual cruise during the coming sum-
mer.
The Tenth Ward Improvement as.
ISOLATION of St. Louis will oppose any
attempt to unseat O. +. Karbe, elect
ed a member of the house of dele
gates. They hint at ropes and shot
guns.
1t is reported that the health Of
former President Steyn of the Orange
Free State has broken down. 1t Is
also said that he has advised all
Beers on commando TO surrender i'm
mediately
Representatives of the Cudahy com
panies are negotiating for territorial
concessions IN return for the estab-
lishment of a modern packing plant
at Calgary, town 500 miles west Of
Winnipeg, Man.
w. NJ. Dittmer, city marshal, OF
Canton, Mo, has mysteriously dis
appeared. He left last Thursday
night and has not been heard from
since. At the recent town election
Dittmer was defeated for reelection.
Mrs. William Clarke and hired
man are under arrest, charged with
numbering with poison the formers
husband, a farmer of Liston, H., who
died recently. Four sons give the
principal testimony against their
mother