Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-10-30

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over last year
Duncan Hicks, a farmer, and his
wife were found dead in bed at
their home near Nacodochcs. Tex,
both being shot in the head. The
object Of the double murder was
robbery.
The live stock growers Of western
Arkansas and Indian Territory have
organized a protective association,
the object of which is to afford
protection from theft of live stock
and to aid in the recovery of strayed
or stolen stock.
The Virginia grand division Of
the United Daughters Of the Con-
fcderacy has decided to purchase the
home place Of Gen. Stonewall Jack
son at Lexington for use as a me
mortal hospital, and will appeal to
the society as whole for aid in the
undertaking.
In a quarrel between a school
teacher and the board of trustees at
Altoona, n. d., six persons were IA
tally wounded. The teacher first
shot down three directors of the
school and then attacked the S and
10 year old daughters Of Director
Kuhler. With the last bullet in his
pistol the enraged teacher took his
own life
An immense grocery combine,
with a capital Of $500,000,000. to
include all the wholesale groccrs in
the United States, is the next great
commercial enterprises that will be
announced, il is said. The Inter-
state Grocer of ST. Louis gives ere
dcncc TO the organization Of such
combine and states that George ID.
Hanford, of New York city, is the
moving spirit in the enterprise.
\. b. Chinn, "A merchant at Lex
ington, Ky, was murdered at his
home m battle with burglars and
his son was badly wounded. Young
ChInn was aroused by his mothers
screams Going to his parents bed
room, he fired at the two burglars,
one Of whom at the first shot sent a
bullet through the elder Chinn's
heart. The burglars then made a
break 10 escape, firing as they ran,
wounding young Chinn three times.
Oil cannot compete with coal for
naval uses. At least that is the con-
clusion reached by the board Of
naval engineers which for many
weeks past has been making a series
Of practical tests with various oil
burners under a 1900 horsepower
boiler They have drawn up a pre-
limlnary report for submission to
the secretary, which will show that
out of the fourteen different devices
presented by American inventors
for tests, not one could burn oil UNI
der a naval boiler and produce
steam in competition with coal,
even were the oil sold at 81 per bar
rel.
Reports TO r. G. Dun & CO. show
failures during the first nine
months Of 1902 numbered s,723,
with aggregate liabilities of $ll3,-
434 ,6SS, compared with S,l44 de-
faults in the corresponding months
of 1901, with a total Indebtedness
of S97,S56.4l6. From these totals
should be deducted the failures Of
banks, other financial institutions
and heavily capitalized stock COM
panies. which numbered 4; this
year and involved S2S,02t,19S,
against 81 in 1901, with liabilities
Of $lI295,55I. This reduces the
strictly commercial failures to s.
Gt6 and the amount of liabilities to
SS5, 4O7 400, compared with S,Os3
last year for $50, j6O,S62. Further
analysis shows that there were p
055 manufacturing disasters, in
volving $33,764,SlS, against 1906
last year, with liabilities of $780,
75S,437. Trading failures num-
bcred 6,lI7, compared with 5,s42
in 1901, while liabilities were $i0,-
726,69O, against $36,320,511 last
year In other commercial lines,
, not properly included with either Of
the principal divisions, defaults
numbered 47i for Sl0,9l5,752, as
oo,,,no,oI Nth IQr for 01I 1QI on