The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-05-10
DOMESTIC.

Bishop Potter, in an address at Yale,
declared that the evils of the indus
trial problem are due mainly to the
indifference of the consumer.
Seven persons were killed and 40 in.
jured in a cyclone that nearly de-
stroyed the town of Glen Rose, Tex.
Mrs. NJ. B. Mulock, her daughter
Orda and young man, Floyd C.
Pearce, were killed by Santa Fe train
at a crossing near Joliet, Ill.
At Winside, Neb., Mrs. Katie Dim.
nell, divorced wife of John Dimmell,
killed her small child and committed
suicide by hanging
The wife of Lee Gallaher, receiving
teller of the First national bank of
st. Joseph, Mo-. who has confessed to
having stolen $4,000, died from grief
over his troubles.
The postmaster general has ap-
pointed committee to visit various
cities to investigate the needs for
pneumatic tube service.
The new submarine boat Fulton
started from New York on sea trip
to Washington and made the first ten
miles of the distance under water.
The president has signed the legisla-
tive appropriation bill.
Messrs. Bethea and Day continued
in Chicago the preparation of the
governments case against the meat
packers
4 billion dollar packing trust is pre-
dicted by Chicago fnanciers if the
United States wins its suit against the
packers.
High prices for meat are driving
Americans toward vegetarianism, ac-
cording to II. W. Wiley, of the United
States agricultural department.
Employees of the Metropolitan ma
tional bank in Chicago, which will
merge with the First national received
total of 1000 in cash gifts.
Admiral and Mrs. Schley. on visit
in Memphis, were presented with sill
yer service by citizens of Tennessee.
The attorney general of Missouri has
secured an order from the supreme
court summoning packers TO appear
for inquiry into alleged trust meth
DDS. H
1t is announced officially that the
worlds fair in St. Louis will be post
poned to 1904
Gen. Macarthur, in testimony be-
fore the senate committee. said he
planned Aguinaldo's capture and was
responsible for all deception.
Sunday baseball viii be barred
from Indianapolis by Mayor Book
walter.
An explosion on the Holland sub
marine. boat Fulton, en- route from
New York to Norfolk. injured five of
the crew.
Government postal cards which have
been enameled or defaced must pay let
ter postage hereafter.
Four persons were killed and 23 in
jured. eight seriously, in the wreck
ing of the California limited on the
Santa Fe road near Medill, Mo.
The building of a Marconi wireless
telegraph station has begun at Saga
ponaek, L. /.
In speech at Yale university Gov.
Taft. of the Philippines. warmly de-
Tended the American troops and said
cases Of cruelty were sporadic.
Albert Smith (colored) was hanged
at Philadelphia for the murder Of his
wife.
The United States weekly crop re-
port says that drought prevails in the
upper Ohio valley and middle Atlantic
states.
]. A. Kimbsll killed his wife and
himself near st. Johns. Mich. No
cause is known for the deed.
c. 4. Buffers. L. A. Emery, Miss
Blanch Harding and Miss Margaret
Keller were killed by the cars at a
crossing in Kewanee. Ill
The report that Tom Thunder, the
celebrated Uinnebago Indian, was
drowned near Gstesvilla. Wis. was er
soueors.