Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-02-27

600 900 inhabitants have not enough
bread for their own wants.
England and Japan have entered
into a new treaty, the objects OF
which are to stop Russia's terrific
rial advance upon China, Korea and
the seaports Of northern Asia.
A decision Of considerable import
ance to cattle commission dealers
has been made by the Kansas City
court Of appeals. The court decides
that commission dealers can not be
compelled TO pay for stolen cattle
which they may have sold II is
claimed hundreds Of head OF cattle
are stolen and shipped to commits
sion men in the large cities, who
sell the stock and turn the pro-
ceeds over to the thieves. The court
held that as the commission men
have no way Of finding out when
they are being imposed upon, they
should not be held liable TO the
owner.
As a result Of a battle between
moonshiners and officers near Mid
dlesboro, Ky, five men are dead
and three seriously wounded. The
fight took place at what is known
as a quarter house" where Illicit
liquors is sold Fifteen officers went
to arrest the proprietor, who re-
ceiycd warning and summoned a
number Of his friends, who, forti-
fed in the house, fired on the posse
when they came in range. The bat
I lie ragged for several hours, when
torch was applied 10 the house
Several Of the mountainccrs, under
a heavy fire. made a break, and
the three leaders escaped The dead
are: Charley Cecil, deputy sheriff,
Mike WEIGH, Frank Johnson. Perry
Watson and JEFF Prader, mountain
GERS.
r. G.. Dun & Co. report on the
state OF trade in this country that
there is such a thing rs too much
| prosperity During the last few
years there has been such a marvel
Gus expansion in domestic business
that the capacity Of furnaces and
mills, as well as transporting facili-
ties. have failed to keep pace. The
result is a gradual falling behind
with deliveries and a tendency Of
buyers 10 send orders abroad whom
ever needs are urgent. One case is
now in evidence of steel rails TO be
delivered at a Florida port, which
after paying the duty will cost
about IS a ton more than the rcgu-
lar domestic price. Yet home pro-
duccrs are fully sold up to about
September ]. According to the Iron
Age, pig iron production during
January was at the record-breaking
rate Of l,ijO,00O tons, and the re-
duction in furnace stocks indicated
that consumption was still greater.
There is a great contention be-
tween Colorado and Arkansas in re-
gard to tire waters Of the Arkansas
river which flow through both states.
Kansas claims that Colorado is dis
posed to get more than It's share Of
the water for irrigation purposes.
Attorneys for Kansas allege that
the state Of Kansas is the riparian
owner Of the lands within It's boun-
diaries, and that the state of Colora-
do Is a very great offender against
the rights Of Kansas. The waters of
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serve two states and not one. Inn
partial justice demands that the
state Of Colorado should be restrain
ed from taking it all, and the state
Of Kansas should not ask it all.
Kansas does not ask that a single
irrigation ditch be closed in Colora-
do in order that one may be opened
in Kansas, but only that sufficient
water be allowed to flow into Kansas
to fertilize her fields in the natural !
way. In brief, the five causes OF |
wrongs against the state of Colorado !
are as follows: In case it is
decided that Colorado cannot get !
the lions share Of this water,
and that Kansas must have a