Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-06-05
NEWS OF THE WORLD.


the New York Post, died in Eng
land last week.
The purchase Of mules by the
British in this country has ceased,
by order Of the London war Office
An oil gusher with flow u 90
600 barrels Of oil per day was
brought in at Jennings, La, last
week.
Jetfries and Fitzsimmons have
at last come to terms, and will bat
tie for the pugilistic championship
IN San Francisco in July.
American sovereignty over the
island Of Cuba ceased Nav 90, when
the new republic was formally turn
ed over to President Palma and
other officials.
Junius Lehman, a wealthy brew
eryman. has been sentenced to two
years in the penitenuary on the
charge Of bribing members Of the
st. Louis city council
Mont Pelee is still in eruption
and the people on the island Of
Martinique are panic stricken. Hun
dreds are frantically watching for
an opportunity to escape from the
island. which they believe is doom
ed, and the CONSERVATION which
prevails is indescribable. A large
portion Of the island Of St Vim
cent is threatened with complete OBJ
liberation.
Dudley Morgan, a negro rapist,
met a horrible death near Lansing.
Texas Morgan assaulted the wife
Of a section foreman, for whom he
was working. For several DAYS the
people Of the surrounding country
searched for the negro. and when
he was captured it was decided he
should perish at the stake Several
hundred people witnessed the exc
cution, and the husband Of his VIC
tim set FIRE to the faggots piled
about his body
At the Dallas conference ~ the
VI. f. Church, South, il was decided
that the money voted the church by F.
congress 10 reimburse for property F..
destroyed during the civil war be /
returned to the government, should /
a demand be made for II. /
There has been much dis,at-
isfaction since the claim Was settled .
on account Of the course pursued .
by the church's agents in Washing I
ton. Some allege lobbyists were en- (
ployed to work in the interest Of the .
claims, and that therefore the church I
should not accept the money.
Once more Goliad, the scene Of /
the massacre of Texans in the
struggle for independence, has be-
come the center Of attraction. This
time it is because Of the greatest
catastrophe that has befallcn any
town in Texas in years, with the
single exception of the Galveston
disaster The storm which swept
Goliad May 19 was a hurricane
that came from the southeast with
1 most terrific force. Ii struck the
western end of the town, which was
argely populated with negroes. The
path of the fearful wind was about
i've hundred yards wide and two
miles in length. The storm struck
shortly after 3 o'clock in the after
noon, moving northwest with We
ocity of seyenty-two miles an hour.
The scene that met the eyes Of sur
'ivors after the awful speed of the
hurricane had passed was terrible
n the excitement. Houses that
TODD square and brayely to the
Weather but a moment before were
lattened as if by huge roller, and
ut Of the piles Of wreckage came
he shrieks and cries Of the injured. |
Nj that was possible to be done
ad been done by the stricken citi-
ems and the surrounding towns
urried to the scene as soon as they
ould reach it, Ii is believed over
so people were killed and as many
lore injured Gov. Sayers issued ,
call for relief, which was respond
4 to by citizens of every town in q
he state
The superb bronze statue of Gen. b
cunt de Rochambeau, who brought