Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-01-30

missing and the bank is IN charge OF
receiver.
President Roosevelt has conferred
the rank of rear admiral upon DIR.
=. y RiNcy, chief medical inspector
Of the navy.
Two distinct carthkuakc shccks
were felt at St Louis and surround
ing towns on the 2lth inst. No
damage done.
As result Of a terrible explosion
In a coal mine near Oskaloosa. Iowa,
twcntv-onc men were killed and
eight wounded.
\. ID. Cooper, a St Louis million
aire, was murdered by a colored at
tendant while in a bath house, the
object being robbery.
Smallpox is raging in the Creek
Nation. and at Muskogee all the
schools have been closed TO prevent
spread of the disease.
\ butter trust Is to be organized
with a capital Of SlS,o00,00O. The
new corporation will be incorporated
under the laws Of New Jersey.
Employees Of the window-glass
manufactures controlled by the
trust have been granted an increase
Of wages averaging - per cent.
Street car traffic at Terrc Haute,
Ind, was completely stopped for sew
eral days last week. on account of a
strike of motormen and conductors.
\ lumber camp near Hambleton,
W. Va. caught fire and burned so
rapidly seven men failed to get
out of the building and were burned
to death.
Banker Morgan. Of New York.
after reading reports of Schwab's
heavy betting at Monte Carlo, wired
the president Of the steel corporation
10 stop gambling at once.
Otto Bola. elevator boy, saved the
lives Of sixty women and children by
making several trips with his olc-
vator from the seventh floor of Chi
cago hotel Fire broke out on the
second floor and the building wa,
consumed, but the boy remained at
his post until all were safe.
A. f. Patrick. the New York law
ycr, Is now undergoing trial for the
murder of Millionaire Rice. The
dead mans valet, Jones, confessed
thst Patrick and himself entered into
a plot to murder him and secure the
bulk Of his estate by means Of a
forged will The trial will last over
a month.
Mr.. Hitchcock, secretary of the IN
terror. and Mr.. Jones, commissioner
of Indian affairs, have decided upon
another step toward the civilization
of the Indian. This Is in the form
of decree that Indians Of both sexes
shall hereafter be prohibited from
painting their faces and that tho
men must begin patronizing barber
shops. Dances are also prohibited in
connection with funerals and other
ceremonies.
The census report on cotton seed
manufacture in 1900 shows that
there were 3j7 establishments for
the extraction Of cotton seed oil in
the United States, using 2,i91,3S6
tons of cotton seed, costing S2s,-
2,6l6, an average cost Of S1l.55
per ton The total value of the
products was S42,411,S35. The out
put of Arkansas was 100, 10j tons,
valued at S3,1SS,S12.
One Of the most disastrous min
ing accidents of the Joplin district
occurred near Gainesville, Mo, on
the 18th by caye-in. The Aida mine
No. ?, was the scene Of the catras-
trophe, and as a result four men are
now dead. The dead are: Arthur
Roberts, aged 30, Webb City, Mo.
John Simons. age 80, Carterville,
Mo-; Bruce Wcstfall, age 30, Webb
City, Mo; Dan Onstott, age 20,
Webb City No.
A naval battle took place in the
harbor Of Panama between insur-
gent and Colombian vessels. Gen.
Carlos Albon, military commander
and governor Of Panama, was among
the killed One Of the government
ships took fire and went to the bot
tom, and one insurgcnt vessel vas
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