Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-03-13

| Terry McGovern defeated Dave
Sullivan in the fifteenth round of a
hard fought battle at Louisville,
Ky.
The house committee on terrific
ries have unanimously reported a
bill favoring the admission Of New
Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma as
states.
A masked mob went to the home
of Rufus Brumnet in Morgan coun-
ty, Tennessee, and after giving him
a severe whipping warned him to 60
to work and support his family or
the dose would be repeated.
Negroes taken to Alvin, Tex, to
work on railroads were forced to
leave by the people Of the town. The
attorney for the Santa Fe has de-
cided to make an appeal to the gov
ernor for protection for the men.
Gen. Chaffee has notified the war
| department of the capture Of Gen.
Luehban, an insurgent leader. OIL
Gals Of the war department regard
the capture Of Lucban as the most
important event since Aguinaldo's
capture. He was run down on the
cloud - Ga,,ar
The French bark Los Adelpher,
bound for Portland, o., arrived at
Seattle last week after a terrible ex-
perience at sea. For twenty days
the crew subsisted on one biscuit
per day 10 each man and were for
days without fresh water. All the
men are suffering from scurvey.
The most terrible snow slide ac-
cident ever known in Colorado
caused the death Of from thirty to
seyenty-fye men at the Liberty Bell
mine on Smuggler mountain Feb
ruary 2S. Nearly all the buildings
OF the Liberty Bell mine were car
ried down by the slide, all the books
which show the number and names
Of the men employed being lost.
As a result of a pistol duel at
Lawrenceburg, KY, ALI Wither-
spoon, president of the local bank,
was fatally wounded by Police Judge
Walker. The trouble was Of long
standing, Walker having fined With
erspoon for carrying q revolver.
Walker acted in self-defense, With
erspOon making the first break to
draw a weapon.
Deputy Marshals last week sue
ceeded in breaking up a notorious
band Of outlaws in the Indian Ter
ritory by arresting Bert Wilson, Bill
Watson and two others named Mot
and Williams. With the outlaws
were recovered six horses, two mules,
six buggies, fifteen saddles, 500
rounds of ammunition, twenty-five
Winchester rifles and a stack OF
smaller guns.
Germany now contends that she
placed her claim for indemnity from
China on account Of the Boxer trou-
bles too low, and demands an in
crease of 100000 taels. The
United States government has pro-
posed to the powers concerned that
they consent to a pro rata reduction
Of claims so as to maintain the to-
tai within the sum OF 450,000,000
taels, which the powers agreed to
accept from China, as full indemni-
ty.
Four of five members of the Earl
family, living near Welsh, La, we're
found butchered and the father is
missing. 1t is supposed his body
was taken to the woods by the muir
derers. Mrs. Earl had the whole
front of her face mashed in with
some blunt instrument, one Of her
sons was shot through the head and
the threats of two others cut. The
deed was committed while the vic
Tins were asleep.
In the case Of the United States
VS.. The st. Louis and Mississippi
Valley Transportation Company, the
United States supreme court has de-
cided that the United States is re-
sponsible for damage done in COLI
sion with its war vessels, when such
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