Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-07-03

| A monument to the memory OF
Hon. Richard =. Bland was unyeil-
ed at Lebanon. Mo, on the 18th.
King Edward Of England is Sc
riously Ill.
A heavy frost fell in Iowa on the
night Of june 81.
Col. Henry Wood has resigned as
vice president and general manager
Of the Choctaw.
Patrick Mcdonnell, a Chicago
inventor, proposes to attempt to
reach the north pole in an airshlp.
The Louisiana legislature passed
a bill providing for separate depart
mcnts on street cars for whites and
blacks.
The governor OF North Carolina
offers rewards aggregating $4,000
for the arrest and conviction of the
person who, on June IL, took tao
negroes from jail at Salisbury and
lynched them.
Adviccs from Rome state that
the pope has accepted the Ameri-
can proposition for the withdrawal
Of tht friars from the Philippines
and the purchase by the government
OF their lands
Pedro Fclcize, the leader Of the
ladroncs who captured and subse-
quently cut 70 pieces sergeant,
two corporals and four priyates Of
the Fifth cavalry IN the Philippines
May 30 has been captured
A serious riot occurred at Pattcr-
son. y j., between striking mill
workers and the police. Several mill
plants were wrecked and several Of
the strikers were wounded by the
police, who were compelled 10 use
their rcyolyers. There is num-
Der Of anarchists among the strik-
ers and the police being unable 10
preserve order, the militia was call
cd on.
The senate committee on naval
affairs has authorized favorable
report on Senator McComas bill
giving Admiral Schley the full pay
Of rear admiral on the active list
Of the navy. As a retired officer he
now receives only thrcc-fourths Of
the pay OF a rear admiral on the act
i've list The bill was amended by
the committee 80 a. to eliminate the
preamble recltng that the admiral
was IN absolute command Of the
American forces at the time Of the
battle with Ceryera's fleet of San
tiago.
King Albert, OF SaXony, died at
Dresden on the 18th, aged So years.
Prince George, duke Of Saxony, sue
ceeds to the throne The dead mon
arch was the eldest son Of King
John and Of Queen Amale. who
was the daughter Of Macmillan /.
king Of Bavaria He was educated
for the career Of a soldier and en-
tered the Saxon army at the tender
age Of Is. At 20 the young man
saw his first service in actual fight
ing He took part in the Danish
war in ls4S, fought with the Aus
TRANS in the disastrous battle OF
Sandowa, in 1866, and cut consid-
cradle figure in the Franco-Ger-
man war, especially in the opera
tons before Metz, which led up 10
the surrender of Napoleon at Sc !
dan.
The construction Of an inter /
oceanic canal, a question that has
been the subject Of political agita-
ton and discussion in congress for
half a century, is, in all probable
ity, about to be settled. The SEN
ate last week, by a vote Of 40 to "a,
adopted the Spooner amendment, in
lieu of the Hepburn bill, which
passed the house some weeks ago.
The house bill provided for the
construction of the canal on the
Nicaragua route The Spooner
is an alternative one. Ii
and directs the president
to negotiate for the purchase of the
stock of the new Panama company
Of France, and to secure perpetual
right Of way for the canal from the