Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-06-19
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Ihe platform OF the INDIANA ueln-
Gratis ignores the 1900 national
platform.
Gen. Gomez has declined to ac-
cept a pension Of $4,000 voted by
the Cuban legislature.
Cotton mill owners of the United
States will organize a mutual COM
pany to carry their own insurance.
President Roosevelt has been pc
titioned to appoint a commission to
investigate and if possible settle the
coal miners strike.
Senator Hanna spoke for three
hours in opposition to the Nicara-
guam canal route and in favor Of the
Panama route.
James Black, one Of three negroes
who murdered a young married wo-
man near Columbia, s. c., was TAX
en- from jail by a mob and hanged.
On the Sd inst. the town Of Joliet,
ILL.,, was flooded by cloudburst, and
the property loss is placed at $780,
900. Three people were drowned
Western Union and Postal tele-
graph operators are said TO be pre-
pairing TO demand an increase Of
wages and readjustment Of hours.
Miss Stone, the missionary cap
tured by Bulgarian brigands, has
been sued for $4,000 damages by
lecture bureau for alleged failure
to carry out contract
The Chicago packing house team
sters won a partial victory after one
Of the most exciting contests known
among labor strikes. For DAYS
rioting was continuous and the OIL
GERS were unable to handle the MODS.
There is a possibility that an
American battleship will be sent TO
Venezuela TO enforce the collection
of a sum Of money due a Texas man
from that government The clai-
mant is Ford Dix or San Antonio.
who claims that the government
named unlawfully deprived him Of
valuable herd of cattle some FIVE
or six years ago.
The Boer-British war which is
now at an end lasted for two years
and seven months. At the outset
the total fighting force Of the Beers
was estimated at less than 10000
The total number Of British troops
engaged in the conflict from begin
ming to end was half a million. The
British lost 1865 officers. ellie
men and sent home invaded 1880
officers and 70.952 men. At the
close Of the war the fighting strength
of the Beers was reduced TO about
5000 men, while 10000 had been
taken prisoners and confined at ST.
Helena, Bermuda and in the Cape.
The number of Beers dead will new
er be definitely known, neither will
the world be accurately informed
of the financial cost TO the Burghers.
II is conseryatively estimated il
cost England $3.50, 100000 TO sub
due the two Dutch republics. BY
the terms of the treaty OF peace
the Beers gain restoration of farms
to the condition they were in before
the war; restoration Of confscated
property, remuneration for property
destroyed and stock taken, equal
rights of citizenship and suffrage
with the British, and revocation Of
the Punishment order. On the 9TH
er hand the British subjects gain
equal nights OF suffrage with the
Beers, which they did not enjoy be-
fore war was declared, and the
Beers lose their independence and
the South African republic and Or
ange Free State become crown colo
MES of Great Britain. The terms
which the Beers accepted are, on the
whole, less liberal, and their future
rights and privileges are more strict
ly curtailed than in the offers Of
which they might have availed them
selves earlier in the war. The ex-
PLANTATION is that the Beers strug-
gled throughout the negotiations
not for their own interests, but for
those of their allies from the Cape
Colony, WHO, in their character Of
rebels, were liable TO grieyous pen
alties.
Peace prevails between the Brit
ish and ROers n document contain