Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-11-27

Inc director OF the mint places
the amount of gold mined in Alas
ka the past ten months at $1S,110,-
0t5.
Gen. Fred Grant recently APP
pointed commander of the depart
ment of Texas, with headquarters
at San Antonio, has assumed COM
mand
Secretary Of War Root, in his an
nual report, will recommend the re-
establishment of the army cantecn.
abolished 10y act Of the last con
gress.
\ general fight followed an at
tempt to force negro workmcn TO
leave Beaumont, Texas. in which
Max Wcylich, white man. was
killed.
Rev. Charles Cox. aged 65, pastor
of church at Morchead, Ky. elop-
ed with 1;-ycar-old girl, mem
Der Of his congregation, deserving
wife and five children.
President John Mitchell. Of the
miners union, refused 10 stand for
election as president of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor. to sue
coed Mr. Gompers.
Henry loutsey, now serving a
life sentence under conviction
of completely in the murder Of Gov.
Goebel. Of Kentucky. is alleged TO
have made a confession. implicat-
ing several parties not heretofore
suspected in connection with the
crime.
The admission Of Oklahoma. Ar !
iona and New Mexico to state
hood will be one of the first ques-
tions considered by the senate when |
congress meets in December. 4
committee from the senate will |
shortly visit the penitcntiarics to
view the conditions.
The ST Louis city school board
has decided to supply free text |
books to the children OF that city. !
J. II Bingham. collector Of rev.
enue for Alabama. has been re-
moved from office. 1t j. claimed. on
account of his activity in what is
called the lily white movement 10
exclude negroes from the councils
Of the republican party
The reply Of President George +.
Baer Of the Philadelphia and Read
ing Coal Company to the charges of
President Mitchell of the United
Mine Workers, as presented TO to
the arbitration commission. ignores
Mitchell as an official of the union.
and suggests that the commission
exclude the union from any rccog-
milton in their conclusions of the
matters IN dispute.
In It's annual report the civil ser
vice commission urges that congress
provide for the Reconsideration OF
the entire department service. The
commission says that until such re-
classification is made it does not
feel justified in attempting TO en-
force any uniform system Of rcgu-
lations for promotions. IL urges
that each department adopt n sys-
tenn Of promotions OF its own.
Howells and the Arbuckles are in
a fight with the sugar trust for con
troll Of the eastern trade.
While no special provision has
been made by the war department
this year for handling Christmas
packages intended for soldiers Of
the United States serving in the far
east, yet all such packages so adj
dressed will be ca:ed for and will be |
forwarded to the various points TO ,
which they may be addressed, so as I
to be delivered during the holidays. {
The preliminary estimate of the !
average yield per acre of corn, as a
published in the monthly report Of c
the statistician of the department f
of agriculture is PCS bushels, as I
compared with an average yield Of b
16.7 bushels in 1901; 25.3 bushels
in 1900 and 1899, and a ten year !
average of 23.4 bushels. The aver {
age yield by states shows Missouri 5
in the lead with 80 bushels per acre,
Ohio next with 30 bushels per acre,
while the lowest in production is I
Texas, with S.01 per acre. :
Col. j. f, Holden, general traffic