Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-10-02

hHl' ~. NdSlon, Bolu standard
man, for governor.
Tue season Of the Southern Base
ball Association has closed. Nash
vile won the penant, with Little
Rock in second and New Orleans
third place.
Lieut.. Peary and party, who in
1901 sailed on the steamer Wind
ward on an Arctic expedition, has re-
turned. Lieut.. Pcary reports
important discoveries in natural his
tory.
The prize fight between Terry Me
Govern and Young Corbctt, sched-
uled to take place at Louisville, did
not come oil in that city, as an in
junction was granted against the
club promoting the battle.
In fit of jealousy, Mrs. Emma
PolndcNtcr shot and killed her hus-
band at Rockford, la. The woman
crcpt into her husbands room when
hc was asleep and empticd the con-
tents of revolver into his body
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw
SAYS the scare of financial striong-
cncy in the east, on account of the
necessity of large sums needed in
the south and west to move crops Is
grounllc,s. That there will be no
mrther drains on the eastern banks
is shown by the large sums being
sent 10 New York from the west for
investment in call loans and secur.
ities.
\ settlement of the Pennsylvania
miner, strike seems TO be as remote
As at the beginning of the trouble.
The operators say the only way to
settle affair, D, for the men to return
10 work, while the officials Of the
miners union declare they will hold
out indefinitely. In the meantime
the price OF fuel is soaring skyward,
and at many points is beyond the
reach Of large class of people.
Speaker Henderson has declined
10 accpet a denomination for con-
gre,s from ,hc third district of Iowa.
This action of Mr.. Henderson was
a great surprise to politicians all
over the country, as well as to those
ia hi. district, especially since re-
nomination was rendered unani-
mou,ly. Mr.. Henderson gives as
his reason for the course he pursued
that his views on treatment Of trusts
are not in accord with the views of
las party IN command in Iowa.
Two women, disguised as negroes
and in the act Of robbing a ncighbor,
after numbering his wife, were them
selves killed near Ashland, La 1t
-ccm, the husbands of the two wom-
en- burglar, enticed the husband Of
the murdered woman from home at
night, and his dead body was found
the next day in the woods. The
women, disguised in mems attire,
were ransacking the house when a
pcddler, who was sleeping in an adj
joining room awoke and opened fire,
killing both of them. When he
aroused IN, ncighborhood and an
investigation was made the two bur
glars proved to be the wives of the
white men who had persuaded the
husband of the murdered wife To 20
hunting. The wives killed the wo-
man TO secure $500 pension money
in the house.
The mystery surrounding the dis
appearance about ten years ago of
George Nippcr, a wealthy cattlcman
of Clarcmore, |. T., has at last been
cleared up. Nippcr left home for
Texas with a large sum of money,
and as his people could find no
trace Of him it was concluded that
he had been murdered and robbed.
Iii, wife collected a portion Of his
life insurance, and in a few years
married again. a few weeks ago
a man who had known Nippcr well
at his old home recognized him on
the streets OF Denver in the person
of a cripple mendicant. An inyes-
tigation brought to light the fact
that Nipper, shortly after leaving
home, was stricken with paralysis,
and for seven years was public
charge on a poor farm, being unable
to make known his name. When
discharged from the hospital he be-