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

lug, Transvaal, has rc.stlrtel crush
ing ore and four are preparing to be-
gin. Sir Alfred Miner, governor IF
the Transvaal and Orange River colo
MES, expects to stay there three
months.
Senator William p. Frye OF Maine,
sailed from New York. on the Goth, ON
the steamer Cherokee for San Domin-
&C. Senator Frye said thai he was
Inuch in need of rest and was going
on a five weeks vacation.
Tie Colorado house of representa-
tives, on the Goth, adopted resolutions
on the dealt Of former President liar
Iison, which characterize him as zone
! CT he noblest of our couutry's sons"
! A seat on the New York stock ex-
change was sold, on the Goth, for $j2,-
coo. This is $500 more than the pre-
vious high price.
Mrs. Lizzie Naramore, while in a
fit of insanity, on the 21st, 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
years to babe of ten months.
The Michigan house, on the 2lst,
passed the bill authorizing the city
of Detroit to issue 100000 worth OF
bonds for the purpose of buying a
site and erecting public library
building.
One of the barns of the Cincinnati
Traction Co. was destroyed by fire, on
the night of the 21st, together with
] 35 street cars. Total loss, 100000; tul-
~ 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 20 to 80 the Minnesota
house, on the 2lst, passed the senate
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 ex-
plosion in Mercia, Spain, on the 2lst.
The explosion was followed by land
slide.
The St. Louis Worlds fair bill
Il Al, L. g1 he
21st, and was signed by the governor.
AS amended it carries an appropria-
tion of 100000, to be raised by an is
sue OF 2O-year bonds redeemable
after ten years.
DR.. ii. F. Gray, of Los Angeles, Cal.
has purchased five million acres of
| oor;oni4..-.-i - -. ---.--- 1850. ''"'
obtained n 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 23 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
ed, and at which the governors of
several states were to have been pres
ent, 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 to 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
;3S0,000. 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 TO 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 block of
logs which Shurley had caught and
anchored to his house-boat, refusing
TO restore them TO their owners.
Benjamin o. Davis, of the District
of Columbia, squadron sergeant
major in the Ninth cavalry, ranked
third in a batch of 12 enlisted men
who recently passed examination for
commissioned rank in the army. He
made an average of 81 per cent, be- |