Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-06-26

wiped out by fire on the lith. The
loss is placed at S;50,000.
Amosa Dyer and her 12-ycar-old
daughter. were found hanging from
the ceiling of their home at Okfu-
gee. |. II. II is believed they were
murdered.
The largest gold nugget ever
found in the north was picked up
recently between King Solomon hill
and Monte Cristo gulch. Klondike
1t weighs 500 ounces and contains
$500 worth OF gold. The old rec
ord was $1,OsO.
President Roosevelt has tcle-
graphcd Col. Carroll ID. Wright,
commissioner Of labor statistics, TO
return to Washington from Massa-
chusetts, and expects to send him
to report upon the Pennsylvania
coal strike This would be- done in
the hope that report by an Impair
tial authority would itself serve TO
hasten a satisfactory settlement.
During the three months ending
December /, last, there were l,ASl
railroad collisions and So dcrnil-
ments in the United States, in
which pa persons were killed and
2,0s9 injured Accidents Of all
other kinds increased the total ~
sl3 killed and 1925 injured. The
damage to cars, engines and road
way by these accidents amounted TO
$2,O;5,09l
Brig. Gen. John G.. Bates. com
handing the department Of the
Missouri. and Brig. Gen. Geo. W.
Davis, commanding the department
Of Mindanao, in the Philippines,
have been named by President
Roosevelt TO be major generals, sue
cecding Gen. Lloyd Wheaton and
Gen. John II. Brooke, who will he
retired by the age limit next month.
Quite a sensation was sprung al
recent session 81 the senate com.
mittec on relations with Cuba. when
/. h. Thurber testified that he re-
cciycd a fee from Gen. Wood, the
money being paid out Of the insu.
lar funds in Gen Woods hands. for
carrying on a propaganda IN favor
Of tariff concessions 10 Cuba. Thur
Der also SAYS he received from
Hayemeyer, the sugar king, the
sum Of 81, 800 for services rendered
on the same line.
The house judiciary committee
has favorably reported the bill
which passed the senate last Feb
ruary 10 allow witnesses and Unit
ed States marshals IN felony cases
before United States commissioner
federal fees instead Of fees provided
for under section - Of Mansfeld's
Arkansas digest as printed iii 1884.
The bill is one Of the most import
ant measures pending before the
United States congress relative TO
Indian Territory. It's cnactmcnts
seem to be indispensable to the
proper enforcement Of law and or
der.
The production OF iron ores in
the United States during the year
1901, as given by the United States
geological survey, amounted 10 2S,-
8S1,lGl long tons. as compared |
with 27,553,l6l long tons in 1900, !
a gain Of 1,334,31S long tons, or 3 |
per cent the gain Of 1901 over 1898 |
was 9,453,763 tons, or 40 per cent. |
The total value at the mines Of the |
ore mined in 1901, as reported, was
$40, 25G,24j, or n mean value Of |
Sl.7l per ton, an apparent decrease
Of II cents, or 20 per cent from the
1900 figures Of $2.42 per ton. The
value Of the iron ores mined in 1900
was $G6, 59O,5Oi.
Admiral Dewey is to 90 to sea
again, flying his flag with the four
stars, in command of the greatest
fleet in numbers the United States
has gotten together since the DAYS
Of the civil war, and far more pow
'rful in offense and defense even
han any of those war fleets. Secrc-
AIRY Moody has conceived the idea,
md after consulting the pleasure of
Admiral Dewey it has been arranged
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