Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-06-26

The government will assist New
Mexico ranchmcn in stamping out
the disease among sheep known as
"scab.'
Senator Elkins introduced n
joint resolution in the senate for the
annexation of Cuba, and its admis-
sion as state of the Union.
a deadly encounter occurred be-
tween factions of Sicilians on a
public street in New Orleans, in
which two were killed and two
wounded.
\ monument TO the Confederate
dead buried at Camp Chase, Column
bus, O.. was unveiled on the 18th,
both Union and Confederate vctcr-
ans joining in the ceremonies.
Up to the 18th inst. 1925 Beers
had surrendered. Many are young
sters Of / years Of age and upward.
The majority of them are under
thirty, though some Of the burgh
ers who have surrendered are sep
tuagcnarians. Reports from all dis
tricts say the burghers are friendly
TO the British
Mary Gusts Lee, daughter OF
Gen. Robert +. Lee, was arrested at
Alexandria. Va, for violating the
separate street car act for white and
colorcd and was fined S. Miss Da-
Wis got on the car for colored people,
the other being crowded, and the le-
gality Of the law will be tested, as
this is the first case of the kind on
record.
a rather alarming situation with
regard TO the epidemic Of cholera in
the Philippines Is sent out in a
report received by Surgeon General
Forward from Lieut.. Col. Heize-
man, at present in charge Of the
medical department Of the army in
the islands. In Manila alone a to-
tai of pa cases, with 2l5 deaths,
had occurred up 10 the date Of the
report, with 1873 cases and 3OS
deaths outside the city. In the prov
inccs the disease attacked twenty
two different places. In the CANA
rines. at Nuena Cacarcs. the disease
appeared, and this has been the only
point where the army has suffered,
two cavalrymen and an infantryman
having the disease.
Special Commissioner Taft has
submitted to the pope the following
propositions TO settle differences be-
tween the friars in the Philippines
and the United States: Cd Pur-
chase of the lands Of the friars, the
price to be fixed by arbitration; (2)
the arbiters to decide the indemnity
which the Americans will pay for
occupation Of ecclesiastical build
ings; CD the above propositions alb
solutely condition on the withdrawal
of the friars; ca if the other prop
ositions are accepted the Americans
propose to give a deed or by law 10
grant patent TO ecclesiastical
buildings on public land (5) 10 set
tie by compromise or arbitration the
several trusts for schools, hospitals,
etc, claimed on the one hand by the
civil, on the other by the church au-
thorities.
The town of Peoria and other
points in Illinois was visited by
destructive storm on the night of |
the 4th. Rain fell in torrents, and |
besides the property loss of hun
dreds of thousands Of dollars, sew
eral persons were killed at Kingston,
a small town twenty miles from
Peoria. Mrs. Thomas Murray, in
FAINT child of Mrs. Murray and Mrs.
Robert McElwee, were killed out
right while the infant child of Mrs.
McElwee, Robert McElwee and
Thomas Murray were fatally injur-
ed. The storm stretched across a
pathway Of 100 miles from north
to south, and was the worst in the
history of central Illinois. The
heaviest loss, in proportion to popu-
lation, fell upon Merna, a village
ten miles east of Bloomington, where
the town hall, used by a party of
$50 for a dance, was destroyed,
three of the women dancers being
instantly killed by falling timbers.
They were: Mrs. Ed Martin, aged
26, wife Of a well-to-do farmer; her
sister Miss | ,pna GobaOan aUnd % |