Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-05-01
NEWS OF TIL WORLD.

Of Memphis May 1.
L. G. Rathbone, onvicted with
Nicely in the Cub postal fraud
case, has been releod on 100000
bond.
Archbishop Ryai has been APP
pointed by Presidlt Roosevelt a
member Of the lard of Indian
commissioners.
Attorney Gene Knox has in
structed all distr attorneys to
make a thorough Sestigation Of the
beef trust
Fire Insurance Companies threat
en- to cancel all olicies in force in
Vicksburg, Miss unless the city af-
fords better prc ton from fires.
A man know as o. G. Hanks,
train robber a. all-round despera-
do, was killed a gambling house
at San Anton by officers, who
were trying b ace him under ar
rest.
1t is elaine hat unless the pow
ers use their luence with King
Charles as 70 &c treatment of jews
in Roumania thousands of those
people will In sh from starvation.
Besides bed denied the right Of
citizenship, t- authorities are now
making it g. ossible for a jew to
earn living
In the Ured States senate Mr..
Berry offer, IN amendment to the
river and lI-,or bill which gives TO
the Missis, rai 100000 additional
for four y4-s. The Ouachita gets
S35O,OOO, ,aa White river gets an
increase Of 100000, while Walnut
bend on tn st. Francis gets an in
crease of $4,000.
Presidcn, ingalls,, of the Big
Four, saw oncerning the Louisville
& NashyI'. deal: "To keep a rail
road safe u1wadays, il must be lock-
I'd up over night. This Is demon
'trated by he recent purchase Of the
Louisvil.e and Nashville. Who
would have thought any one would
nave gone out Of his way to grab
hat piece Of property? We have al
ways looked upon it as being sort Of
acred, but nothing is sacred today
o the railroad manipulation. The
community-of-interest scheme mas
cached its highest point for good.
t may go still higher or stop where
t is; it all depends. as the Romans
ised to say, on the limit OF Caesar :
Railroad groupings are
necessary" he continued, III the
evils of rate cutting are to be miti-
gated. But they must stop where
they are. II mergers continue to
grow in size the logical end must be
a one-man control, which will result
in government ownership. This
would bring in its train greater evils
than we have yet had TO surmount,
and would be lamentable in the ex-
IRENE"
From II ose close in touch with
the Boer leaders it appears that the
.ecrc, dispatches from South Afri-
"a outline the peace proposals now
under discussion at Pretoria, as fol-
ows: The Beers accept British
ord commissioner, with a Boer ex-
.cutiye, both to be resident at Pre-
ora. The country TO be divided
nto districts, with British direct of
icers and a Boer committee chosen
by polling by the 5urghers. The
'cto right to be reserved to the Brit
sh government. The majority of
he British officers must be convcrs-
mt with the Dutch language. Jo-
TO be retroceded to the
british, with complete British civil
rganization. A war indemnity Of
& least 100000 pounds to be dis
ributed by mixed committees Dis
rmamcnt to occur when the first
atch of Boer prisoners is sent back
, South Africa. No war tax to be
,vie1. Both languages TO be recog-
lied in the schools and courts and
4 official documents. The expense
the garrison in South Africa to
e borne by Great Britain. The
resent Boer leaders to be retained
/ Office so far as possible.
A democratic representative Of
labama has invited a number of
aiding republican congressman to
sit the south as his quests for the |