Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-02-14

jug cIrctrOCntlNn as the hplhot'
passed the Colorado house on the
third reading, ON the oth, by Il vote OF
al to -.
In view of the many contradictory
reports regarding Dowager Empress
Frederick, the British embassy in Bcr-
lin announced. on the 9th, that no
change i'm her condition had been re-
ported there.
King Victor Emmanuel Of Italy con-
fcrrcd. ON the Sth. with Signors Villa,
Eicotti, Rudiri ana Biancheri, with
The view of forming Il new cabinet TO
succeed the Surracco ministry, which
resigned on the eth.
John Dickinson, of the firm of John
Dickinson d Co., Chicago commission
merchants, was expelled from his seat
ON the Chicago board of trade, on the
9Th. by the board of directors. The
charge against him was cutting the
standard commission rates set by the
board.
Mayor Reed Of Kansas City, Mo. on
the 9th, signed an ordinance regulat-
ing the rates of the Missouri d Kansas
Telephone Co. At present the annual
rate for business telephones is 500,
and for residents $4s. The ordinance
reduces the rates to $4s and $50 re-
spectivcly.
Mrs. Carrie Nation, with three fol-
lowers, smashed the SENATE" the fin
est saloon in Topeka, kas., on the 9Th.
She was arrested, after completing her
work, and taken before the police
judge, who, after receiving severe
lecture upon his duty as Judge, re-
leased her.
The Berlin Nossische Zcitung eX-
presses the opinion that Emperor
Williams visit 10 England can not be
Invested of political Importance. Not
that treaties or agreements have
been concluded, but many matters
must have been discussed, and prob
ably satisfactorily arranged.
formed, on the 9TH, that the Shawnee
Fair association had offered "A purse
of $2j, 600 for the ,Jctfries- Rubin prize
fight, declared; NO prize fight can
be held in Oklahoma while | am gov
ernor. Prize fighting is prohibited by
our laws, and the laws will be en-
forced"
DIR. Homer c. Stun, of Mount Yer
non, Ia, has been appointed prcsd-
ing elder Of the Methodist Episcopal
church in the Philippine islands, and
will sail from San Francisco for Ma
Mia to take up his new official duties,
April /. He expects To take Il dozen
or more missionaries with him and or
ganizc Methodist Episcopal churches
in every section of the Philippines.
In consequence of a series of agra
rian riots in the frut-producng parish
of st. Mary, Jamaica, the governor,
Sir Augustus lIcming, on the 9TH, is
sued proclamation warning the peo-
pie against attempting to take forci
bic possession Of any land. The
troubles have slowly been developing
serious phase, and the authorities
are taking firm stand in the matter.
The secretary Of the treasury, on
the jth. wrote TO Representative Taw-
ney, chairman of the Louisiana pur-
chase exposition committee, that he !
had received satisfactory evidence !
that the Louisiana Purchase EXPOSE !
ton Co. had raised the $4,000, 900 re- |
quired as Il prerequisite to govern
ment aid of the great ST. Louis expo
sition in 1903. Later in the day the |
bill was ordered fayorably reported.
Representative Tawney, of Mime
sofa, chairman Of the special commit |
tee on the st. Louis exposition, on the
6th, filed his report on the bill appro- |
priating $5,000,0OG in the aid of the |
exposition. The report strongly urges |
favorable action on the measure, both |
on it's merits and in redemption of the |
pledge of congress given at the last
session. A minority report, also, while
opposing, gives many reasons why the
bill should be passed.
~
Senator Smith, on the 9TH, intro
duced a bill in the Kansas senate
making it Il felony to participate in
mob or to purchase rope or firearms
for the use of n mob. The bill also
provides that an officer who allows
prisoner to be taken from his Gus
tody by a mob shall be removed from
Office unless he can show to the court
that he was unable to keep the pris-
oner without actually endangering his
life.
The William Kimball public school
at West Superior, Wis, was destroyed
by fire on the 5th. There were nine
women teachers and about two
hundred and fifty children in the
building at the time of the fire. Smoke
was discovered up stairs, and the sig
nal given by the ringing of the gong.
child In tho h,ttI1ip,, mot ont I'm |