Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-06-13


White attaches great importance {
the news that some of the principj
German states Will drop their doubl
tariff, as he believes this will max
the negotiation Of the commercia
treaty between the United States an
Germany much more likely.
Negotiations between the Cramr
Maxim-Nickers group Of ship build
ers and stockholders of the Bethle
hem pa steel works have been re
sumed and the consolidation original
ly mapped out had, on the 5th, beei
arranged so far as that was possible
without the actual delivery of tn
stock.
The british ship Poltalloch. which
was stranded eight months ago on tn,
ocean beach near the North Cox,
lighthouse, was floated on the 9th
For over two weeks she had beer
within 30 feet of deep water. Sh,
was uninjured. not even being strained
10 any perceptible extent, and locke
none the worse for her stay on the
beach.
snowstorm occurred throughout
the central and northern portions OF
North Dakota on the 9th. At James
town snow fell for two hours. A sim.
liar state of affairs is reported in
towns on the jamestown Northern
railroad. The snow quickly melted.
Snow fell late in May, 1891. but a sim
liar occurrence in June is not known
TO have happened before.
The Hong Kong press warmly CEN
sures Count Won Waldersee for bad
conduct of military affairs in North
China. The papers say the command
er-in-chief can not be personally ex-
onerated from blame for permitting
attacks on innocent places and inno-
cent people until German mill
tary rule ia North China is a by-word
for inefficiency and injustice.
George w. Cumberland, known 10
the American stage as George W.
Thompson, Father of the Elks," died
in Brooklyn, on the 9th, from blood
poisoning following an operation
upon his hand. He was born in New
York city in 1886. He is said to have
founded the Order of Elks 35 years
ago, becoming first exalted ruler OF
New York lodge No. in 1865.
The Berlin Lokal Anzieger calls at
tention TO what il describes as the
''ill-tempered utterances" of the Lon
don Times, regarding Count Won
Waldersee's return, and says: THE
animus of the wrath of the
Times, is the fact that several hun
dred Germans remain in Shanghai,
thus permanently divesting the city
of its character as British domain"
The State Bank of Indiana, at In.
dianapolis, closed business on the Sd.
The gilt-edged assets and deposits
were transferred 10 the Columbia ma
tional bank, which opened its doors
the same day. Other paper was
placed in the hands of the Security
Trust Co. as trustee, for collection. !
All depositOrs of the State bank will |
be paid dollar for dollar on demand. |
AS result OF the agitation by the |
German Colonial society in favor of /
some notifications of the law of 1870, |
under which thousands Of Germans 1
abroad were denationalized without |
any desire on their part for such a |
result, the government announces |
that a new law is being drafted, by |
the terms of which Germans abroad |
will lose their nationality only by
their own volition.
About the first of next month full
civil government will be set up in the
Philippine islands, exactly as project
ed by the Philippine commission. As
soon after that date as an administra-
tive machinery can be made ready
for it, the new Philippine tariff will
be proclaimed, also following out the
plan formed before the an
nouncement of the late decisions OF
the supreme court.
Ior the Ihlrd time the case OF Ne
braska against the bondsmen Of Jo-
seph Barley former state treasurer,
Is on trial in the district court at Om-
aha. Suit is brought to recover the
amount of Bartley's defalcation of
over six hundred thousand dollars.
The case has been tried twice previ-
ously IN the same court, and both of
the verdicts were set aside by the SUI
preme court on errors of the trial
court.
Jas. ID. Ross, president of the Rail
way Portcrs' association, has issued
rall for a meeting Of the executive
in Chicago, on the Goth, 10
arrangements for the cstab.
ishment OF a private hospital for coll
pred men in the railway service. The
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