Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-08-15
A WEEKS RECORD
All the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field. Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

Walter Smith. of New York, broke
the fve-mile amateur bicycle record,
making the distance in 5 minutes and
% lis seconds.
Fourteen horses were burned in a
fire which destroyed the livery stables
of Harry Gordon in Chicago.
DIR. Hodgson, of the Marine hospital
IN Washington, has discovered a cure
for yellow fever in medicine made from
the cedron bean.
President Shaffcr. of the Amalga-
mated Steel association, served notice
on steel companies that general
strike will be ordered unless differ
ences are settled within ten days.
j. NJ. Key, owner of the Commercial
bank at ST. Andrews, Ind, was arrest
ed charged with disposing of forged
notes, and the bank was closed.
Miss Carrie Jones, daughter of eX-
Gov Thomas G. Jones, was crushed
TO death by street car in Montgom-
cry, Ala.
Benjamin Pugh, a negro, who muir
dered John llegen, was electrocuted
at Sing Sing On. W prison.
An explosion wrecked block of
buildings in Philadelphia, causing the
death of from IL to 20 persons and
the injury of so more.
An infant died of starvation in a
Chicago courtroom while legal steps
were under way to provide for its
care.
William Schultz killed his wife and
committed et,fn5Ia In Chinarn haaa11Ca
the woman had refused to take trip
with him.
Rev. George f. Hancock, pastor Of
the West Park (N. j. Methodist
church, died while preaching.
Miss Matte II. Beals has been made
city marshal of the new town Of Law
ton, Okla.
Since the new law went into effect
16 months ago Cos national banks have
been organized in the United States.
The old exposition building in Kan
sas City, Mo-, that cost 100000, was
destroyed by fire.
Fire destroyed the plant of the In
diana PUP & Paper company in Ma
rion, the loss being $4,000
The Texas legislature convened in
special session TO redistrict the con-
gressional districts.
Nathan Caruthers (colored) was
hanged at Memphis, Tenn, for the
murder of Charles Neebe.
Andrew Carnegie has promised $780,
900 TO the people of Racine, Wis, for
public library.
Robbers tunneled into the strong
room of the Selby Smelling and Lead
company at Vallejo, Cal, and secured
gold bullion valued at S2sO,OO0.
Senator McLaurin notified the
South Carolina democratic state com
mittee it had no power to read him
out of the party, and defied the Till
man faction.
Nikola Tesla will erect an electric
station near Port Jefferson, N. Y, for
wireless telegraphy.
Citizens at Lawton, Okla, organized
q vigilance committee to suppress
crime in the new town.
President Shaffer, of the Amalga-
mated association, issued a call for
general strike of all union men en-
ployed in the mills of the United
States Steel corporation, the order to
take effect on the 10th inst.
Admiral Howison has been selected
as the third member of the Schley
court of inquiry.
Moderate temperatures and good
rains have improved late corn in the
great corn states.
Miss Emma Tizzard, daughter Of
the late w. h. Tizzard, a well-known
editor of Eaton, o., committed suicide
by jumping into a well.
sly Lewis (colored), convicted OF va
grancy, was sold at auction at Tay-
louisville, KY, to Arch Hays for two
dollars. The sale is for nine months
servitude.
A tornado wrecked many houses
at Norfolk and Berkely, Va, and in
the country all the outbuildings on
several farms were demolished.
Constable II. b. Goodrich was shot
and killed in Chicago during a quar-
rel with his wife, whom he had de-
serted.
The special committee of the in.
dustrial commission has begun work
on its report to congress.