The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-09-28
4 WEEKS RECORD
All 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.

Six men were killed and 30 injured by
an explosion in the Gulch mine near
Newcas tie. Col.
Leon F. Czolgosz was indicted by the
grand jury at Buffalo on the charge
of murder in the first degree. Former
Justices Lewis and Titus. of the New
York supreme court, were assigned to
defend him.
The Mckinley funeral train reached
Washington at s: 3S O'clock on the even
ing of the 10th after a memorable trip
4 from Buffalo, during which vast crowds
E at points through which the train
4 passed paid silent reverence. Accom-
I panying the remains from Buffalo were
Mrs. Mckinley, President Roosevelt
and the immediate family and friends
of the late president.
The battleship Illinoiswas placed in
b commission at Newport News, Capt.
e Converse in command.
The first race for Americas cup
will be sailed off New York on Thurs
Gay, September 26, and the succeed
ing races will take place on Septem-
E Der 2s. October 1, 3 and 5.
A Baltimore mob hanged an effigy
81 of Emma Goldman.
The Omaha board of education
changed the name of public school
from Train to Mckinley because
George Francis Train once wrote a
letter of sympathy to Emma Gold
man.
An ef1gy of Czolgosz was hanged,
burned and kicked about State street
by crowds in Chicago.
Washington police were informed
by Jersey City officials that sup
posed anarchist is said to have ex-
pressed the intention to kill Prosi-
4 dent Roosevelt.
William Ried, farmer near Glad
win, Mich, and his two sons were
suffocated by gas in well
President Roosevelt pays high trib-
ute to the memory of President Nc
Kinley by asking all the members of
the cabinet to remain in Office dur
ing his entire term. Seven of the
eight consent.
The annual convention of the Amer
lean Bankers association, called to
meet at Milwaukee September 1926,
has been postponed indefinitely on
account of the death of the late Pres
ident Mckinley.
Funeral services for the late Presi-
Il dent Mckinley were held in the capitol
at Washington on the 18th, conducted
by Bishop Andrews, of Ohio in accord
ance with the rites of the Methodist
Il MI oL. oh he lot 10
4 president was a lifelong member.
j Consisting only of two hymns, song,
prayer, an address and benediction,
/ they were solemnly impressive. The
special train carrying the remains of
! the late president left Washington for
Canton, o., at seven O'Clock in the
evening.
Czolgosz was formally arraigned be-
Il fore the county Judge at Buffalo, and
after his attorney had entered plea
81 of not guilty, the trial before the .su-
ii preme court was fixed for the 23d be-
"a fore Justice White.
"a President Roosevelt held a cabinet
meeting and Secretary Hay accepted
the invitation to retain his portfolio,
thus completing the consent of all the
cabinet members.
Fifty persons were injured in a crush
at the capitol building in Washington
while the body of the late president
was lying in state.
Burglars entered the bank at Ham,
mond, Wis, blew open the safe anc se-
cured $4,000 in cash.
The Virginia constitutional conven-
tion rejected provision for free
speech in the bill of rights, because of
the late presidents murder.
The governments weekly report saws
cool, wet weather has retarded matur-
ing corn in the northwest. but the CEN
trail and eastern crop is safe.
An anarchist community of 25 fami-
lies was forced to leave Guffey Hol-
low. Pa.
j. A. Wilman, a United Brethren
minister at Huntington, Ind. was
tarred and feathered for denouncing
Mckinley.
FL V. Skiff, of Chicago, has been ap-
pointed director of exhibits for the st.
Louis exposition.
Tin plate workers in Pittsburg
voted to quit the Amalgamated asso-
citation and deal directly with the
companies.
The funeral train bearing the body
Of the late president arrived at Cam
ton at noon on the 18th and the re-
mains lay in state in the courthouse
until six p. m. and were viewed by
thousands. The body was then re-
moved to the Mckinley home. The
progress Of the train between Wash
lngton and Canton was made notable
by the crowds assembled all along the
route. Fifty thousand persons awaited
ITS coming at the Pittsburg station.
There were 175 business failures in
Inc United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 1869 the week
previous and 1875 the corresponding pc
ROD of 1900.
Rev. Albert Dahlquist barely escaped
being lynched in St. Paul, Mimi, for say
ing the assassination Of President Nc
hnley was noble deed.
A monument to the memory of Jen-
me Wade, who was killed while max
'ng bread for union soldiers, was up-
ss4ss u Gettysburg. p