Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-11-06

DESTROYED large glucose factory.
The men were working on the sew
cnth floor Of the building.
Contractors aud farmers complain
of scarcity Of laborers. it being
hard TO get men on a railroad0
hard TO get men ON railroad work
at $50 to $175 per day.
Earl Whitney, young white
man. has confessed to numbering A..
b. Chnn, prominent merchant,
and seriously Wounding his son
while burglarizing his house at
Lexington, Ky, duplicating Claude
o Bricn. The murderer escaped
Iynch'ng by being removed to
Louisville
Chicago is TO have a restaurant
trust, capitalized at S5,OOO,OOO, if
the plans of certain promoters are
carried out All the large restaur-
ants of the city, it Is contemplated,
are TO be- drawn under one central
management, the head Of each es-
Enlistment, however, TO retain the
direction Of his own place.
British officers appointed TO in
qulre into the purchase Of horses
and mules IN this country for use
IN South Africa charge that Gen.
Smith. in charge of the purchasing
commission at New Orleans rcceiy-
ed illegal commissions or all pur-
cha,cs, and that many animals were
accepted that were unfit for service.
Dispatches report a week Of stub
born fighting IN Venezuela between
government troops and revolution
ist.. The government troops at La
Victoria were led by President Cas-
tro, who personally led IN battle
and forced 5000 rebels to retreat.
The killed and wounded on both
side, during the week numbered
over 5000
The trial of Ed Butler, the ST
Louis politician, on the charge Of
bribery, has been postponed 10 No
,cmbcr no. The case was called at
Columbus. when attorneys for the
defendant made a motion to quash
thc Indictment This motion was
o,crruIcd after several days Of argu-
meut, when a motion to postpone
to November was granted
After being tried with legal form
and procedure for criminal assault
and murder, and given the death
penalty in each case. Jim Wesley
and Rodlck Barton were taken
from the authorities at Hampstead,
I,,.. and lynchcd on the public
square by an Infatuated mob. Both
men pleaded guilty TO a-sauluug and
numbering Mrs. Susan Lewis. aged
OBJ years The crime was commit
ted Tuesday, October IL.
Mrs Carrie Nation. Of saloon
smashing fame, was bodily thrown
from "a saloon at Austin. Tex. She
went into the place of Bill Davis
and began TO rcprimand him. Da-
Wis requested her 90 leave, and when
she refused he took her by the arms
and shoulder and threw her into
the street. After being elected.
Mr.. Nation spoke on the sidewalk
until the crowd was dispersed by
the police.
The formal sale and transfer Of
Bouyoir, the home Of jefferson
Davis, by Mrs. Davis. to the Sons
Of Confederate Veterans, was con
,ummatcd last week at the opening
session of the reunion of the Mis-
,is,ippi division Sons Of Confeder-
ate Veterans, held at Jackson The
home will be- used as a home for in
dlgcnt Confederate veterans. Mrs.
Davis received $4,000 for the
home property.
Beyond relieving what might
have been a source of anxiety be-
cause of inability to fill orders,
Kansas City coal dealers do not ex-
pect the settlement Of the coal strike
to affect the situation in the west.
They don't expect to see much
Pennsylvania anthracite coal cross
the Mississippi river this fall and