Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-06-26

extension to Amarillo, Tex.
A vote on the Philippine rcci-
procity bill will be taken June 20.
The government will assist New
| Mexico ranchmcn in stamping out
the disease among sheep known as
"scab."
Senator Elkins introduced a
joint resolution in the senate for the
annexation of Cuba, and its admis-
sion as a state of the Union.
a deadly encounter occurred be-
tween factions of Sicilians on a
public street in New Orleans, in
which two were killed and two
wounded.
A monument TO the Confederate
dead buried at Camp Chase, Column
bus, O., was unveiled on the llth,
both Union and Confederate vetcr-
ans joining in the ceremonies.
Up to the 18th inst. l2,225 Beers
had surrendered. Many are young
sters of II years of age and upward.
The majority of them are under
thirty. though some of the burgh-
ers who have surrendered are sep
tuagenarians. Reports from all dis
tricts say the burghers are friendly
to the British.
Mary Gusts Lee, daughter Of
Gen. Robert +. Lee, was arrested at
Alexandra, Va, for violating the
separate street car act for white and
colored and was fined IS. Miss Da-
Wis got on the car for colored people,
the other being crowded, and the le-
gality of the law will be tested, as
this is the first case Of the kind on
record
a rather alarming situation with
regard 10 the epidemic Of cholera in
the Philippines is sent out in
report received by Surgeon General
Forward from Lieut.. Col. Heize-
man, at present in charge Of the
medical department Of the army in
the islands. In Manila alone a to-
tai of pa cases, with 2lj deaths,
had occurred up 10 the date Of the
report, with 4j3 cases and 30S
deaths outside the city. In the prov
inces the disease attacked twenty
two different places In the Cana
rines, at Nuena Cacares, the disease
appeared, and this has been the only
point where the army has suffered,
two cavalrymen and an infantryman
having the disease.
Special Commissioner Taft has
submitted to the pope the following
propositions 10 settle differences be-
tween the friars in the Philippines
and the United States: CD Pur-
chase of the lands Of the friars, the
price to be fixed by arbitration; (2)
the arbiters to decide the indemnity
which the Americans will pay for
occupation of ecclesiastical build
ings; (3) the above propositions alb
solutely condition on the withdrawal
of the friars; ca if the other prop
ositions are accepted the Americans
propose to give a deed or by law 10
grant patent to ecclesiastical
buildings on public land; (5) 10 set
tie by compromise or arbitration the
several trusts for schools, hospitals,
etc, claimed on the one hand by the
civil, on the other by the church au-
thorities.
The town Of Peoria and other
points in Illinois was visited by a
destructive storm on the night of |
the 4th. Rain fell in torrents, and
besides the property loss of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars, sew
eral persons were killed at Kingston, |
a small town twenty miles from
Peoria Mrs. Thomas Murray, in
FAINT child of Mrs. Murray and Mrs.
Robert McElwee, were killed out
right while the infant child Of Mrs. |
McElwee, Robert McElwee and |
Thomas Murray were fatally injur-
ed The storm stretched across a
pathway of 100 miles from north
TO south, and was the worst in the
history of central Illinois. The
heaviest loss, in proportion to popu-
lation, fell upon Merna, a village
ten miles east of Bloomington, where
the town hall, used by a party Of
$50 for a dance, was destroyed,
three of the women dancers being
instantly killed by falling thinkers