Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-01-09
ALI the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News Of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
ut Home and Abroad.
TIE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

Leland, Miss, stole the engine and
attempted to escape, but were cap
tured.
Friends of Admiral Schley will ask
congress to retire him on full pay
and reimburse his costs in the court
of inquiry.
Governors and law officers of five
northwestern states met at Helena,
Mont, to discuss a plan of prevent
ing the merger of northwestern rail-
road interests.
Frank Peavey, of Minneapolis, we'll
known grain elevator owner died OF
pneumonia in Chicago. He was in
sured for s1,400,000.
John Dever, aged &c years, and Mrs.
Grace Falls, aged "a, were drowned
while skating at Milan, Ind.
Fire drill saved 900 children from
injury and possible death a the burn
ing of the New York juvenile asylum.
Jeffries and Sharkey have agreed to
fight at San Francisco between March
rs and April 30 for the worlds cham
pionship.
Admiral Schley has been presented
with a diamond medal by the Mary
land councils of Junior Order of Unit
ed American Mechanics.
Prof. Loeb, of Chicago, gives result Of
experiments which demonstrate that
man may check death by use of chem
icals which destroy destructive agent.
Floods caused great damage in many
eastern and southern states. Penn
sylvania is the greatest sufferer.
A rattlesnake revived by stove bit
two children at Charlottesville, Ind,
and they may die.
Nancy Reeder and John Edwards
were killed by the cars near Newcastle,
Ind, while on their way TO be married.
Albert Doty, living near Lyndon,
Kan, killed his wife and himself after
q quarrel.
In the asylum for fee blemiDded chill
dren at Lincoln, ILL.,, mgre than 100
cases of smallpox were discovered.
President Barber, of the Diamond
Match company, who has just returned
from Europe, says his company will
soon control the markets of the world.
The chairman of the house post Of
fee committee declares his opposition
to penny postage at the present time.
During the year 1901 the loss of life
by railway accidents in the United
States numbered 1900, by fire 1855, by
drownings 2,4s7, by explosions s11, in
mines 6ss, in storms $50. by lightning
s25, by falling buildings 473, and by
shipwrecks PASS.
The revenues of the government
from all sources for the last fiscal year
were $685., 16,59o.92 and the expendi-
lures 1921 sos, 546.54, showing a surplus
of s77,717,9s4,3s.
In the United States the past year
His persons were hanged fer murder
and 1875 were lynched. Suicides num-
bered 7,245 and murders 1882.
The total fire losses of 1901 in the
United States Of 100000 and upward
amounted to $67 ga, 300.
Requests in 1901 10 educationalinsti
buttons, libraries and art museums
charities, churches and religious enter
prises, and to towns and cities in tn,
United States for the public benefit anC
entertainment amounted TO SIPS ,S66,
732.
Henry Albert, denied kiss, shot hi
wife fatally and killed himself In Chi
cago.
Richmond (Ya.) was under water, ow
ing to the rise in the James river, ant
citizens were travelling about in boats
The damage to property will be enor
nous.
A life size bronze monument of tn
late President Mckinley is to be erect
ed at Niles, o.
The government will hereafter Civ
out nothing concerning negotia tons t.
secure Miss Stones freedom.
Dun's review of trade for the las
year declared all records beaten by tn
volume of business.
The Crane Manufacturing compan.
distributed s125, 900 among it's $500 EN-
ployes in Chicago as Christmas gift
J. p. Morgan has arranged a $50
0o0, ooe combinat ton of the Westing
house and General Electric companies
A jeweler at Turner's Falls, Mass
made insane by accidentally killing
Ida Gullum, a clerk, shot four mem
bers of his family, killing son.
Forty-fve thousand Tammanyite
were ousted from power in New YOrl
on Few Years day.
A new statute abolishing common
law marriages went into effect in New
York with the new year. Itrecognize
marriage by civil contract.
The governor OF Nebraska has grant
ed pardon to former State Treasure
BARLEY, who was convicted five year
ago of embezzllng S201 900 state fund
and sentenced to 20 years imprison
ment.
Kansas educators will ask the leg
islature to pass law providing jai
sentence for youthful cigarette smok
ers.