Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-03-27
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

coed Mr.. Long as secretary Of the
navy.
A wireless telegraph station Of the
Marconi system is TO be establish
ed at Annapolis for the benefit OF
naval cadets.
Unknown parties near Luling,
Tex. went to the home of Nathan
Bird, u negro. and took him and his
son out and killed them.
President Roosevelt has accepted
the resignation of Secretary Of the
Navy Long and appointed Hon. w.
II. Moody, Of Massachusetts,, as his
successor.
A strong flow OF gas has been
struck in Kansas City, Kan, where
the Wyandotte Coal and Oil COM
pany has been drilling a prospect
shaft for the last two months The
strike was made at a depth Of 495
feet. 1t is believed that the yield
will be 10000 or 100000 feet per
day. Other wells will be sunk at
once.
Officers Of the Choctaw, Oklahoma
and Gulf have decided TO extend the
line from Amarillo. Tex, 10 Alber-
querque. Y. NJ. This extension is to
be provided for by an issue Of So
| 100000 3 per cent bonds under the
consolidation mortgage Of 1902, Is
suable at the rate Of $4,000 a mile,
and BY the issue Of Sc. 900 com
mon stock.
Five persons were killed outright
and many more seriously injured ct
the village Of Montgomery, Miss.
on the Illinois Central railroad by
a tornado. At Brookhayen, two resi-
dences were demolished. 4 passen-
ger train on the Illinois Central ran
into the tornado near Wesson, Miss,
and almost every window in the
coaches was broken by hail. Several
passengers were badly cut by glass.
The negroes Of the Tuskegee in
stitution. who were engaged the lat
ter part of 1900 by the German
government to teach the natives Of
Togoland. German West Africs,
how to grow cotton, have, according
to the report of the colonial commits
sion, succeeded in producing cotton
which is graded on the Berlin ca.
change above the American mid
ding.
At a meeting Of stockholders Of
the Missouri Pacific system at ST.
Louis, the following board OF di-
rectors, was elected for the Iron
Mountain: George J. Gould. Rus
sell Sage, John T. Terry, r. NJ.
Galloway, Howard Gould, Frank Jay
Gould, G.. C. W. Lowrey, Thos. 7.
Eckart, Henry Marquand, New
York; Henry Wheelen, Jr., Phila-
delphia; W H. Thompson. C.. G.
Warner, Russell Harding, st. Louis.
The steamer Providence. plying
the Mississippi, was overturned dur
ing a squall at lola landing. near
| Vicksbuvg. Most OF the crew and
passengers were asleep at the time Of
the accident, which occurred about ,
o'clock at night, and twenty-one lost
their lives. The dead; Capt. VIM.
Cassidy, Vicksburg. master: Chas.
Roup, Of Vicksburg, chief engineer
Clyde Scott, Of Vicksburg, cotton
seed buyer; Dr. n. A. Lancaster. a
prominent physician and planter Of
the Palymra neighborhood; sixteen
colored roustabouts and deck passen-
gers.
Gen. Methuen and four guns
we're captured by Gen. Delarey on
the 9TH. Gen. Methuen was wound
ed in the thigh. Three British OH
GERS and thirty-eight men were kill
ed. Five British officers and sew
enty-two men were wounded. One
British officer and 200 men are
missing The fight in which Gen.
Methuen was captured occurred be-
tween Wimberg and Lychtenberg,
Orange River colony. The British
Beers captured all the British bag.
gage and hold Gen. Methuen as a
prisoner.
William Waldorf Astor. who a
few years ago renowned his ale
glance, to the United States and
took up his residence in England