Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-05-08
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

sas wheat, and only a half crop is
predicted
Political leaders admit there is no
chance for trade reciprocity legisla
ton at this session Of congress.
Santos Dumont says the Marconi
system Of wireless telegraphy can
be used in connection with his air
ship.
Ex-Goy. Bob Taylor. Of Tennessee,
/ has accepted an offer of $4,000
from a lecture bureau for 100 dates,
to be filed in SIX months.
At Kansas City John Calhoun
was shot five times by his son Row
land and fatally wounded The
father had attacked the boys grown
sister when ne intcrfercd.
Fifty dwelling houses in the south
western portion Of Kansas City were
destroyed by fire, rendering home
less sixty families. many Of whom
lost all their household goods.
1t is claimed that unless the pow
ers use their influence with King
Charles as TO the treatment of Jews
in Roumania, thousands Of those
people will perish from starvation.
Besides being denied the right Of
citizenship, the authorities are now
Eaking 1t impossible for a Jew TO
earn a living.
There Is pending in congress a
bill opening 10 settlement 100000
acres of the Kiowa, Comanche and
Apache lands in Oklahoma The
opening Is to occur within three
months after the law goes into of-
feet and the lands are TO be taken
under the general provisions Of the
homestead law.
| J. p Morgan evidently intends
to Americanizc Europe by securing
a monopoly on all the paving enter
prises of the latter country His
latest Is TO build new underground
railroad system IN London. which
wiz rival G. I. NerAes scheme Of
obtaining possession Of al the inter
rural transportation
At the Dallas reunion Sons OF
Confederate veterans, the following
officers were elected: Commander
in-chicf, Thos. Z. Stone, OF Waco;
Army of Northern Virginia. Jesse
y. Gathright, Of Louisville, Ky;
Army Of Tennessee, y b Forrest
Of Memphis, Tenn; Army Of the
Trans Mississippi, DR.. ". u. Buck
ner, Of Arkansas. The constitution
was amended to exclude the use Of
by officers Of the organization Of mil
itary titles used by Confederate vet
Grams.
There will be a worlds fair con-
/ gress Of editors at the Louisiana pur-
chase exposition in St Louis. Five
hundred members of the National
Editorial Association, in session at
Hot Springs, unanimously passed a
resolution, introduced by Mr.. r. NJ.
White, corresponding secretary Of
the Missouri Press Association, pro-
viding for the appointment Of a
special committee of seven members
from the National Press Association
to arrange with the exposition Off
GERS the details of the international
Congress Of Editors.
Dallas, Texas, entertained the
largest number of people who ever
visited that city on one occasion at
the Confederate reunion, which
opened on the 22d. Gov. Sayers on
the part Of the state, Gen. Ben Cab
ell Gold Tige) on the part Of the
city, and Hon. G. b. Gerald, on
behalf of the Texas veterans, de-
livered addresses Of welcome, which
were responded to by Gen. Gordon,
commander in chief, "Private" John
Allen, of Mississippi, was the orator
of the occasion, For the twelfth
time Gen. Gordon was elected COM
mander-in-chief, Gen. Lee com
mander of the army of the Tennes-
see, Gen. Cabell commander of the
army of the trans-Mississippi de-
partment, and Gen. G. ID. Walker
commander of the army Of Northern
Virginia, to succeed the late Gen.
Wade Hampton.
A democratic representative Of
Alabama has invited a number Of
leading republican congressman to
visit the south as his guests for the
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