The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-11-02
ALI the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field. Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

means OF tunnel and carried on
stamps to the value of s74.6i0. The
plunder was removed in a light ex-
press wagon which Night Watchman
August Brinkman saw twice. No
promising clew has been found.
Arbitration and the Monroe doc
trine are likely to monopolize the at
tention of the Pan-American congress
soon to convene in Mexico. 1t is feared
the Chilian-Peruvian boundary dis
pute may cause trouble.
Two missing employees of a Lowell
(Mass.) bank have returned securities
worth 100000 and are said to have
been promised immunity from prose-
cution on charge of embezzling
s115,000.
Sir Thomas Upton announces that
he will build a new boat and challenge
for Americas cup next year.
C. X. G. Billings PAGER, Little Boy,
lowered the worlds wagon record to
2:0iA in trial on the Memphis track.
Edwin Gould will ask the court to
prevent the use of his name by a COM
pany which, it is charged. is exploiting
as its president a clerk bearing the mil
lionaire's cognomen.
Frank Jay Gould, youngest child of
the finaneier, is said to be engaged to
Miss Helen Kelly, granddaughter of
Eugene Kelly, another New York mil
lionaire.
New York physicians are prepared to
make final test of the theory of DIR.
Koch, of Berlin, regarding the inter-
communicability of human and bovine
virus.
Ex-Sheriff w. T. Harris and his son
were killed in a street fight AT Waco,
Tex, by DIR. j. G. Lovelace and his step
SOP
President Roosevelt has appointed
George w. Koester, a prominent gold
democrat, internal revenue collector
for the district of South Carolina.
The Northern Pacific railroad has
placed $2o,0oo,0oo insurance on prop
erty subject to fire.
Thieves who robbed the house of d.
c. Stover, at Freeport, ILL.,, threw away
securities worth S250,000.
Rev. Eugene Harralson, of Madison
vile. Ky, killed burglar whs was try
ing to enter his house
Peter Bell, of st. Mary's, o., has re-
covered daughter stolen by gypsies
in 1899.
Change by Admiral Schley in his
statement of the date on which Dear
Schley' letter from Admiral Sampson
was received was feature of the pro-
ceedings in the court of inquiry.
Tho nocta1 laDo x-.4
masters at all large cities to cancel GER
tificates of entry to the second class
of large number of publicatio that
will hereafter pay more postage.
William Moore killed his wife and
himself at Newark, o. Domestic
trouble was the cause.
Sir Thomas Upton sailed from New
York for home on the steamer Celtic.
An independent paper company with
S25,Oo0,00o is being organized in Spring
neld, Mass, to fight the paper trust.
The walls of an elevator gave way at
Manitowoc, Wis, and 10000 bushels of
corn went into the river.
John Pearl, farmer 25 years of age,
was hanged at Coleman, Tex, for kill
ing Edward Tucker, neighbor.
The Chicago university divinity
schoolhas begun the use of new Bible.
which contains many striking changes.
A false alarm of fire in theater at
Louisville, KY, caused a panic in which
~ persons were seriously injured, one
OF whom may die.
witnesses before the court of in
quiry testified that Admiral Schley was
cool and brave under fire and consider
ate OF his men during the battle Of San
tiago.
The Pan-American exposition at Buff
falo will close November 2.
Ex-Gov. Pillsbury, of Minnesota,
left no will. Estimates place the
value of his estate at $4,000, 900.
Richard Tripp, aged 10. was prob
ably fatally injured in a football
game at Colfax. la.
The bicentennial of Yale university
closed with the awarding of q long
list of honorary degrees upon promi-
nent leaders in all parts of the world,
among them being President Roose-
welt.
The Buffalo exposition will end s4,-
100000 in debt.
Lieut. Col. C. n. Whipple has been
assigned to duty in Manila as chief
paymaster in the Philippines.
Fire at Hammond, Ind, partly de-
stroyed the plant of the Hammond
Packing company and caused loss of
100000.
War department officials will in
crease the force in the Philippines il
necessary TO uphold the civil authori-
ties of the islands.
Gen. Miles annual report win op-
pose the repeal of the canteen law.
de says there is less dissipation and
drunkenness now, but more deser-
tions.
G. Charles, express messenger on a
Southern Pacific train near Eugene,
ore., prevented looting of his car by
robbers.
President Roosevelt. while driving
near Pennington. Conn, jumped :
1cnes and helped farmer round up
some refractory cattle