Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-03-28
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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ing ore and four are preparing 10 be-
gin. Sir Alfred Miner. governor 81
the Transvaal and Orange River colo
MES, expects TO stay there three
months.
senator William =. Frye OF Maine
sailed from New York. on the Goth, ON
the steamer Cherokee for San Domn.
&c. Senator Frye said tina. he was
Inuch in need of rest and was going
on five weeks vacation.
Tie Colorado house Of representa-.
tives. on the Goth, adopted resolutions
on the death of former President liar.
risou, which characterize him as zone
CT he noblest of our couutry's sons"
4 seat on the New York stock ex-
600. This is $500 more than the pre-
vious high price.
Mrs. Lizzie Naramure, while in a
fit of insanity, on the 2lst. killed her
six children at her home. a farm
house half a mile from Coldbrook.
/ Mass, and then tried TO take her own
life. The children ranged from ten
/ W bdOG Va lNI AnohNAlNs
The Michigan house, on the 2lst,
passed the bill authorizing the city
/ of Detroit to issue 81 100000 worth OF
bonds for the purpose of buying a
site and erecting a public library
building.
One of the barns OF the Cincinns ii
Traction Co. was destroyed by fire. on
the night of the 21st, together with
J IS street cars. Total loss. $4,000; full
| ly covered by insurance.
! Mrs. Carrie Nation has signed a con-
tract for six lectures to be given in
Cincinnati. She will receive 500 each
! for the lectures and all her expenses.
There have been 1927 enlistments in
the regular army since the enactment
of the army reorganization law.
Telephone communication is being
established between Berlin and Kron-
berg, directly connecting Emperor
William with his mother, the dowager
empress Frederick.
BY vote of 70 TO 30 the Minnesota
bill prohibiting the manufacture, sale
or giving away of cigarettes in this
state.
Two persons were killed and two
others seriously injured in a mine eK-
plosion in Mercia, Spain. on the 2lst.
The explosion was followed by land
slide.
The ST. Louis Worlds fair bill
passed the Arizona Legislature on the
21st, and was signed by the governor.
AS amended il carries an appropria-
tion of $4,000. TO be raised by an is
sue OF 20-year bonds redeemable
after ten years.
DR.. II. Y. Gray, of Los Angeles, Cal.
has purchased five million acres of
agr;e..i.-.--i 49, L. - ss.sss
obtained a concession from the Next
can government for the establish
ment of a number of Mormon colo
mics thereon.
Col. Schuyler of the Forty-sixth
regiment has broken up a pirates
rendezvous at Ternate, capturing
eight officers, 6s men and $50 irrecon-
cilables, who control many rifles. An
officer and % men belonging TO the
force of Gen. Trias, surrendered at
San Francisco de Malabon.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee is confined TO his
room, at Omaha, Neb., with a severe
attack of grip. A dinner which was
to have been given in his honor at
the Omaha club, on the night of the
23d, and at which the governors of
several states were TO have been pres
eDt, has been postponed till the 3Oth.
The battleship Kentucky, which re-
Gently arrived at Cavite from the
United States, has been assigned by
the navy department 10 be the flag
ship of Rear Admiral Kempff, in place
of the Newark, which has been or
dered home TO be repaired.
Gen. Harrison had four life poll
cies of $4,000 each in force when he
died. The appraisement of the Har-
rison estate gives its total value at
$780, This includes all real es-
tate, bonds, stock in the Union Trust
CO.. the Law building at indianapolis
and other securities.
The transfer from military to civil
government in the Philippines is ex-
pected 10 occur about June 30, ac-
cording to calculations made at the
war department upon information re-
ceived from the Taft commission and
Gen. Macarthur.
Fire, on the night of the 2lst, to-
tally destroyed the large warehouse
of j. S. Ford, Johnson e. Co., at Six
teenth and Wabash avenue, Chicago.
The building and everything inside
was ruined, involving an estimated
loss of 100000; covered by insurance.
John Norris, city marshal of Poca-
hontas, Ark, was shot and instantly |
killed by George Shurley, on the 21st.
The trouble came up over a block OF |
logs which Shurley had caught and |
anchored 10 his house-boat, refusing |
TO restore them 10 their owners.
benjamin o. Davis, of the District |
Of Columbia, squadron sergeant
major ia the Ninth cavalry, ranked |
third in n batch OF 12 enlisted men
who recently passed examination for
rank in the army. He