The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-09-07


ION of teachers for the same destina-
on.
The postmaster general has issued a
neral order granting ten days leave
absence to all postmasters of the
1T class who may desire to attend
He postmasters' convention to be held
Atlantic City. N. j., from the Gath
the eth of September.
/ Through Mr.. Vim. ii. Thompson, of
e Boatmen's bank of st. Louis. Will
n Mcdonald, sculptor, has submitted
design for a great monument to
homas jefferson to be erected upon
he grounds of the Louisiana Pur-
base exposition in that city.
The Indiana state board of charities,
the Goth, filed a report with the
rernor on the investigation of the
kane hospitals to ascertain If any
be persons are deprived of their
eedom. The report says no such
rsons are confined and have not
ZEN within the last is months.
sFederal Judge Irwin has decided, in
he suits filed against the government
~ 27 persons claiming to be part
Eaddo Indian, to secure ,allouments in
be recently-opened kiowa-Comanche
|ountry, that the said allotments may
3 filed on by any person subject to
|ending litigation in the higher court.
1.-THE Northern Pacific railroad has
:ecided to build two immense steam
hips for the Pacific and China trad,
8 about the same size as those now
@nilding at New London, Conn.,, for
he Great Northern railway. They
Fill be of $4,000 tons, or three times
be capacity of an average ocean
Ireighter."
4 Fred. Culbert, who left New York
6iy, May /, to walk to Sioux Falls, s.
on a wager of $1,000, arrived at
Eat place, ON the 3oth, at four
clock in the afternoon, 80 hours
head of time. The distance walked
las 2,200 miles. Culbert started with
|uf cent, and had not slept in a bed
Turing his long tramp.
"A
1t wasssemi- officially announced, on
be 27th, that the directors of the
nion Pacific had outlined plans
Which will call for the expenditure of
}40, 100000 on the Southern and Cen
|ral Pacific systems, to be about equal
N divided between them. This will
be chiefly for improvements, in order
10 put those railroads in perfect ply
>ical condition.
The naval hospital ship Solace ar
lived at San Francisco, on the Goth.
from Manila, via Guam and Honolulu.
The vessel brought number of pas
tengers, among them the wives and
children of naval officers. The Solace
Is to be laid up for repairs at Mare
sland. She has been in service for
fveral years, and has made a number
trips between here and the Philip
bines.
The Bethlehem Steel Co., which also
pcludes the Bethlehem Iron Co., on
the 9th, passed into the hands of
Charles NJ. Schwab. A check for $4,-
pS2 900 was deposited with the Girard
Trust Co., of Philadelphia, by Drexel
h Co., in payment of 16s, 900 shares of
Bethlehem steel stock. The total
humber of shares in the company is
100000. Immediately after the receipt
bf the check, new board of directors
bnd officers were elected.
Capt. Geo. p. Hearn, Ninth infan-
Try, has been ordered before a retir-
ing board in Washington city. For
bhont two years past Capt. Hearn has
been detailed as chief of forestry in
! |he Philippines, and has made several
Interesting and important reports to
he war department. He is suffering
from a disability that disqualifies him
FOR military duty, but he mays be
placed in charge of the forestry divi-
Sion as retired army officer.
Secretary Root, on the Goth, re-
|ceiyed letter from the chairman of
|the committee on state and territor-
pal exhibits of the Louisiana Purchase
exposition, saying that the exposition
Desired to make an exhibit of the re-
Sources and products of the Philip
pines and Cuba. The letter was re-
Eerred to ihe division of insular af-
PAIRS, which will take the necessary
ieps to assist the exposition in pro-
enring the exhibits asked.
The steamer Frithjof, which arrived
ri Hammerfest, Norway, on the
|soth after having successfully
Handed the BaIdwin-Zeigler Arctic ex-
|pedition at Camp Zeigler, on Alger ISL
and, spoke the Russian ice-breaking
steamer Ermak three weeks before.
ADMIRAL Makaroff (the originator of
,he idea of reaching the pole with the
Ermak), said his experience had con-
sinced him that it was impossible to
Iorce a way through to the Polar sea.
ihe admiral was then homeward
bound.
ihe National Fraternal congress, in
session at Detroit, MICH. on the 30th.
neelded TO indorse the proposed Fra
Iss:ssi t:ssiillsinss ct the st. Louis
Nefid's fair, in 1y0s. and recommend-
g that all fraiernal societies con
1'sute toward it.