Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-11-06

state an additional expenditure for
the next fiscal year Of $5,l2G. 100
over last year
The cash receipts by the govern
ment from the sale Of public lands
FOR the year ended June 30 last az
! grcgatcd $6,jOO,OOO. This is the
largest amount derived in single
year from the sale of homcsteads
within the public domain in the his
tory Of the government Last year
receipts on account Of public lands
reached u total Of $j,OOO,OOO. The
bulk of this money was paid BY set
tiers in the south and west.
As a sequel to a divorce suit filed
at Mt Pleasant, Mich, by the wife
of Arch Woodin. an ex-soldier. the
parents Of Mrs. Woodin and her 49,
months-old daughter are dead.
Noodln, when notified of the filing
OF the suit, procured a revolver,
went to the home Of his wife's par
ents and shot them to death. He
then rode to the home Of his moth
or, six miles away, and deliberately
murdered his child. He made an
unsuccessful attempt to take his
own life.
The United States geological
survey estimates the worlds pro-
duction Of coal in 1901 at sG6. 1G5,-
$40 short tons The three great
coal producing countries of the
world are the United States, Great
Britain and Germany. Austria
Hungary comes fourth. France is
fifth, Belgium sixth and Russia
seventh The last country, not
wlthstandlng lis vast area, produces
only about q per cent as much as
the United States. Prior to 1899
Great Britain led among the
worlds coal producers. but during
1899. 1900 and 1901 the United
State. has made such remarkable
increases in coal production, due
principally TO the unprecedented ac-
tiyity IN the iron and steel and in
other metal trades. that it now
stands far in the lead Of all .om-
pctitor., with a production in 1901
exceeding that Of Great Britain by
li.9G5,95s short tons, or 10 per
cent
The prolonged Pennsylvania coal
miners strike has been settled. oiH-
cIal- OF the miners union having
accepted the proposition Of the
operator, for tine appointment by
President Roosevelt of commits
sion 10 arbitrate the grievances, az
ter securing some minor concessions
IN the naming of the personnel Of
the commission, which is composed
Of the following persons; Brig.
Gen. John VI. Wilson. I. :. 4. re-
tired, late chief Of engineers. L. ).
A.. Washington. ID. C.. as an officer
Of the engineer corps Of either the
military or naval service of the
United States; f. " Parker,
Washington. u. c., as an expert
mining engineer Mr. Parker is
chief stati,tician Of the coal diyis-
ION of the United States geological
survey and the editor of the Engi-
ncering and Mining Journal Of
New York; Hon. Geo. Gray, VIII
mington, Del, as a judge of a
United States court; f. T.. Clark,
Cedar Rapids, Ia, grand chief Of
the Order of Railway Conductors,
as a sociologist, the president as
sumlng that for the purpose OF such
a commission the term sociologist
means a man who has thought and
studied deeply on social questions
and has practically applied his
knowledge; Thomas II. Watkins,
Scranton, Pa, as a man practically
acquainted with the mining and
selling Of coal; Bishop John l..
Spauldipg, Of Peoria, ILL.,, Hon.
Carroll d. Wright has been APP
pointed recorder Of the commits
sion. Immediately upon reaching
an agreement, President Mitchell
notified the district officers to call
conventions, and recommended that
all strikers return to work rs early
as possible. This strike, which last
ed nearly six months, was probably
the most stubbornly contested bat |