Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-09-11
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

EI-Gov. Ho4GlY, OF Ohlo, =
dead.
Alfonso, the boy king Of spain,
is SAID % - unbalanced mentally.
Tom Jones, s negro, was lynched
rear Raleigh. y. G., foT asSau.tlns
{. white woman
President; Roosevelt has accepted
AZ invitation 10 address the anuuA
convention = locomotive fremen, 70
ss held :, Chattanooga, Tenn, Sep
ten 5sF :.
IL is charged that the owners Of
TIE coal railroads in Pennsylvanis
are violating the interstate com.
uerce lav, and an Investigation IS
beng made. and suits are likely to
BE instituted by the government
The conditions IN the Beaumont
oil fields are sad 70 be alarming
TIE E4s Is 30 dangerous 70 the lives
q the operators that over 100 are
overcome ~ Il daily. and danger Of
total blindness = greatly feared a. a
result Of constant contact.
Near Lexington, Okla, Chas. Da-
vs. & Young man, shot and killed
MS grandmother as she lay asleep
beside Miss Davis, the murderer's
sister. Then DAVIS ran 70 the house
Of Frank CiInes, s neighbor. and al
tempted 20 shoot the latter lie vas
dishArmed, but escaped. DAVIS is
believed to have gone suddenly il
sane.
James s. Pendleton, mayor Of
Gentry, No, resorted 10 a novel plan
TO escape punishment for b.gamy.
Pendleton, under the name Of {. ;.
Morris, married az Emporia, Kan,
without securing a divorce from wife
No. in Missouri. Fearing dIscoy-
ery u bis duplicity, he secured =
coffin, placed therein a dummy and
had It buried as the body Of Morris.
His ruse vas discovered. and he Is
now in jail awaiting trial for his
crime.
George +. Roberts, director Of the
mint, has issued his final estimate
Of the production Of gold and silver
in the United States during the cal
endar year 1901. Mr.. Roberts state
ments show that during the year the
United States produced 3,s05,500
ounces Of gold, valued at SIS $780,
200, a decrease Of $500, 800, or 0.636
per cent, as compared with the yield
Of 1900. The silver yield for 1901
amounted 20 55,2l4,0OO ounces, Of
the commercial value Of 1873, 1885,
400, which was 2,433,0OO ounces.
or S per cent less than II was in
1900.
A dispatch from johannesburg
saws the worst feature Of the situa-
ton in South Africa az present Is
that many Of the natives have pro-
cured firearms. The British au-
thorities have disarmed the white
inhabitants and thus the colored ma
tiyes are the only ones armed. There
are unconfrmed reports that these
armed natives are numbering the
Beers who are returning 10 their
homes. The Beers, the dispatch
saws, are most concerned over sew
eral recent attempts by the blacks 10
outrage white women. The whites
are unanimous in their opinion that
1t is necessary TO disarm every ma
tive.
Russell Sage, perhaps the great
est individual capitalist in the coun-
try, his wealth being estimated at
100000, 900, takes direct issue with
Mr.. J. Pierpont Morgan regarding
gigantic combinations and the con-
sslidstion Of great industries. To
= iellow-passenger on the steamship
Oceanic, Mr.. Morgan said during
his trip to Europe that the era OF
eGAbinstion has just begun and that
he has other vast schemes which are
10 dwarf the billion-dollar steel
trust and the shipping combine.
II is this announcement by Mr..
Morgan that leads Mr.. Sage to sound
q note Of warning. The veteran
fnancier declares that such gigantic
combinations are menace; that
they will inevitably result in one
Of the greatest financial crashes this
country has ever experienced, and
that ultimately the American people
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