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The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06
A TRIPLE SHY ON SPEED.
Builders of the New Maine VIII
Have 10 Pay Forfeit.

Washington, Sept. 1.--For the first
time in the history Of the United
States navy a modern battleship has
failed to attain the speed qualifica-
tions of her contract. The Maine, in
her trial over the Cape Ann course,
failed, by fraction of a knot, to
make 1s knots per hour, as specified
in the contract between the govern
ment and William Cramp g. Sons, Of
Philadelphia.
The Maine, the keel OF which was
laid on February 10. 1899, the anni-
versary of the destruction of the old
Maine in Havana harbor, was the first
of several eighteen-knot ships author
lied by congress. In her trial she
went over the course, two hours out
ward and two back, at an average
speed of 1895 knots per hour, ac-
.cording to the official figures.
Terms OF the contract provide that
unless is knots are attained the build
ers shall pay forfeit at the rate of
s25, 900 per quarter knot between IL
an-171s knots. There is no provision
for a premium for excess speed.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06
PENSIONS NOT YET RAISED.
statu. of the Bill Proposing N Gem
ernI Increase of Pensions.


Washington, Sept. 1.-The pension
bureau has received several thousand
letters from old soldiers who seek in
formation regarding bill which
passed the senate and house at the
late session Of congress-, increasing
the pensions Of all Union soldiers
who served one year or more 10 s12
a month, regardless of disabilities.
This measure also increases the
pensions of those who have lost limba
and suffered other disabilities.
The measure in question did not
become a law, as there was disa-
greement between the house and SEN
ate over the proposition to increase
the allowance of all pensioners under
the general dependent law to $l2 a
month";
The senate declined to agree to the
increase. and the measure Is now in
conIerence--at least, II will be when
congress reassembles.
Az the next session will be a con-
tinuation of the congress which adj
journed this summer, il viii not be
necessary 10 put the bill through the
two houses again, and all that is nec-
essary to enact it win be for the con-
ferees TO reach an agreement. which
would be ratified by both houses and
receive the presidents approval.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06
PEOPLE ASHORE iSrnnnsrEp.
summer Residents Interested In the
Signaling Operations.

Fisher Island. n. Y, Sept. 2.--The
summer residents Mt Fishers Island
Sunday night, were greatly interested
in the hashlight signals which are
being exchanged with New London,
Plum Island and GARDENERS Island,
and large number of them watched
for The approach OF warships almost
as keenly as the Holdiers. The
searchlghts lit up the water SO plain
" that IL was possible TO see ship
as well rs though IL was daylight.
The troops were sleeping beside
their guns. ready at n moments no.
tioe to beat off a possible attack from
the enemy. The officers particularly
were alert, some of them expressing
the opinion that an attack was prob
able because the attacking force
would hardly expect the defenders to
look for them on the first night.
Considerable target practice was
INDUCED in throughout Sunday. At
night schooner was sighted,and was
soon in range Of the guns OF Fort
Wright. The fort fired, and the shells
appeared TO fall dangerously near the
vessel Those aboard the schooner
evidently became alarmed at the dem
onstration, aud Immediately put on
all possible sail to carry them out of
range of the guns. A few moments
after the schooner was observed rum
ming away, the order TO cease firing
was given at the reservation.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06
THEODORE F. SEWARD DEAD.
He Was Presidenf of the BROTHER
hood of Christian units and
weII-known Composer.

New York. Sept. Theodore
Frelinghuysen Seward, musical com
poser and president OF the Brother
hood of Christian Unity, Is dead, at
Orange, N. J. He was 67 years Of
age.
Mr.. Seward in addition TO founding
the Brotherhood of Christian Unity,
originated the Don't Worry Clubs
and the Golden Rule brotherhood. He
was for many years editor of various
musical periodicals published In this
CITY, His best known work was the
recording of many religious melodies
OF southern negroes Of which
"swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and
"rurn Back, Pharoahs Army" are
types. With company Of jubilee
singers he tourned Europe number
of years ago and raised several hun
dred thousand dollars for Fisk uni
versity of Nashville, Tenn.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06
AN UNEXPECTED SITUATION.
National Guardsmen In the West
Virginia Coal Fields FRA
ternise With the strikers.

Parkersburg, W. Va. Sept. IAN
unexpected situation has resulted
from the ordering out of the national
guard TO preserve order In the coal
fields. The soldiers, whose SYM
pathies were all with the strikers
from the first. have used their influ-
ence with the men who are at work
and have persuaded SO many OF them
to join In the strike that the detach-
ment stationed at Rush Run had to
be recalled and sent TO another point
TO keep IL from emptying the mine.
Hundreds of families are sleeping
under the skies. IL Is estimated that
over thousand families have been
evicted in the New River valley and
most of them had no place 10 go.
Some had friends and secured shell
ter. but the majority are homeless,
without even so much as a tent to
shelter them, and there Is talk OF =
subscription to buy tents for them.
Food is scarce with them and the
condition of the men ia pitiable in the
extreme. Some of the soldiers have
even shared their food, provided by
the state. with the families of III,
men who are in the strike and hun
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06
PLAYING THE GAME Of WAR
Admiral Higginson Took His Fleet
to Sea, Sunday Night, TO
Begin Operations.
WATCHING OPERATIONS FROM SHORE.
Artiiierymen sleep beside rhetr
Gun. In Headlines. 10 Receive an
Attsck--rhe Forts. In Their rrac-
tiec shootinH, scarce the People
sn Hoard Passing vessels.

Pasque Island, Mass, Sept. i.--Ad-
miral Higginson was not In hurry
20 get his fleet TO sea Sunday night,
for the last cruiser to leave the an
chorage in Menemsha Blight did not
get away until shortly before mid
night. The battlships put out about
nine o'clock, other craft following at
intervals. This fact was known on
shore only through the disappearance
Of the anchor lights. The lighthouse
keeper at Gay Head reported that the
fleet stood to the westward and did
not round the point. At sunset q
thick fog set In, and this continued
until about the time the fleet left,
when IL grew thinner with the pros
pect of being dissipitatcd by the
southerly breeze,
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06
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AT THE TOMB OF GEN. GRANT
Huge Wreath Deposited at the
Tomb of Gen. Grant BY the
Hungarian Delegation.

New York, Sept. LA huge wreath
was deposited at the tomb of Gen.
Grant on Riverside drive by the Hun
garian delegation which has just
come TO the United States to present
a flag TO the Hungarian societies
here. Representatives of the So
cieties who are acting as an escort of
honor for the visitors accompanied
the delegates to the tomb.
Chief Delegate Zseni has given out
a statement 20 the effect that his visit
to America has no political signific-
ance, that the Hungarian government
is in no way interested in the tour
and that the idea originated with the
Hungaria National Federation,
which, he said, is an organization
without any political affiliations.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06
A CUBAN PRISON DELIVERY.
~ IL Contemplated By Resolutions
Adopted By Both branches of
the Cuban Congress.

New York, Sept. both branches
of the Cuban congress have passed
resolutions calling for the release of
all convicts now confined on the Is
land of Cuba who fought In the Gu
ban army, says Havana dispatch TO
the Tribune. The resolution proposes
TO be general and irrespective of the
crime that the ex-soldier is guilty of.
The proposition met with some oppo-
sition by some of the more conserva-
tive members of the congress, but tho
revolutionary members succeeded in
getting 1t through. The two branches
Of congress have appointed a commit
tee, which is TO wait on President
Palma asking him TO take the action
desired.
The resolution provides that all Of
the conyicts be released on October
10
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06
OTHERWISE UNN0TICEn

Two trainmen were killed in
wreck near Fairchild. Wis.
The king of Italy took an effusive
farewell Of the emperor of Germany
Sunday, and departed for home
Contractors have begun the con-
struction Of the new toll bridge
across the Missouri river At ST.
Charles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Morton cell
ebrated their golden wedding ami
versary, Monday night, at their home
in St. Louis.
President Roosevelt spent Sunday
quietly at Shelburn Farms. VT, the
home of DIR. W. Seward Webb, and
will resume his journey.
1t is believed that John a. Drake
won no less than 100000 on the vic
tory of his colt Sayable in the Futuri-
ty. at New York, Saturday.
The p. Z. Hosmer building, on West
Main street, Nashville, ILL.,, was de-
stroyed by fire Sunday morning. The
building was the first erected in that
city.
Rev. Father Peter C. Koopmans,
who has been for eight years chap
lain of the st. Louis university, died
Sunday, after an illness of eight
weeks.
Jay Cook, one of the greatest finan-
ciers of modern times, declares the
country is just entering upon an era
of the greatest prosperity the world
has ever known.
A cigarette stub which was care
lessly thrown away caused a fierce
and Obstructive prairie fire near Mar
lowe, /. T., near the boundary line
with Oklahoma.
The cattle butchers in the packing
houses of ST. Louis, Kansas City,
Omaha and Chicago threaten to walk
out on a strike Wednesday, unless the
packers agree to their terms.
Ardee Wilson, the negro who was
supposed to have been killed by the
lynching party at Sparta, ILL.,, Satur-
day night, escaped, though desperate.
ly wounded, but was finally recap
tnfed.
As an instance of the remarkable
growth in the manufactures of the
United States, II il pointed out that
the manufactures of structural steel
have increased Ss5percent. in the last
20 years.
DIR. Orville C. Miller, a young physi'
clan of Rockbridge, ILL.,, shot and
killed his wife while she was playing
the piano for the entertainment OF
her three children. He then tool
poison and died.
Marconi, the inventor of the wire
less telegraphy, recently visited the
car of Russia, in his home, and had
lengthy interview with him. Mar
conf reports that the Emperor Nico
las is quite democratic.
While working, Sunday, that hi
might join in the Labor day parade
Eugene Sharlkey of st. Louis, was
crushed beneath the wagon he had
been driving and killed on the east
approach of the Eads bridge.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06
INDIGNANT PASSENGERS.
They object 90 Being Made n Target
of Dy the Forts.

New London, Conn, Sept. PAS
sengers returning to this city, Sun
day night, on the New York, New Ha-
ven &. Hartford railroad steamer
Maine, from a trip to Newport, were
indignant at what they considered
the carelessness of the officers in
charge of troops at Fort Terry.
The passengers assert that as the
steamer was passing the fort the gun
ners attempted TO make a target Of
the boat, and while she was not nc
tually hit, many Of the shot were so
close that the excitement and terror
on board wan intense.
One of the shells fired from the
guns landed less than Is feet from
the bow of the steamer. Another
just cleared the smokestack, and nu-
merous others fell in the water in the
immediate vicinity of the steamer. 1t
was only after prolonged blowing
of the whistle that the bombardment
from the fort ceased.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06
Cotton In the peita.

The congresses Of Greenville have
received up to last week 13o bales
Of new cotton. This shows that pick.
ing is being pushed and that an early
crop may be looked for. From the
reports now coming in from all Sec
tons of the county the cotton crop
will be at least one-third short over
last year in the Delta. The plant
ers all say that the top crop, as it
looks now, will be a failure. Cotton
pickers are arriving in Greenville by
the scores and being sent out to the
different plantations. The rains, if
they continue, viii no doubt further
cut off the crops in the Delta
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06

Vicksburg. Miss. Sept. i.- -rroae,s
between the races is reported Saaass
at Redwood. Mr.. Hughes. = Waite
man, was beaten almost tes death by
a party Of negroes. This aroused tee
whites. who attempted % arr~ss tbs
ringlraderS. About thirsy nsxrs<s
headed. il is said. by ssAse gakas
took refuge in sseixhs car. sassshnasuaz
10 allow any OF their nanasS< - -
taken. nepusy Sh<gin seess. ~ssA .
posse and a<taehHsens e 80 Ma
rem light ARTILLERY wwnt se Neeeee.ss
ana the latest reports are ss sae -
feet that cules prevails
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06
POLISH SINGERS ALLIANCE.
Thirteenth Annual Convention of
the Polish singers Alliance
of America

Chicago, Sept. From all over the
United States Poles have gathered In
Chicago for the thirteenth convention
of the Polish Singers Alliance of
America, which opened its session
Sunday night with a concert before
1000 persons. Plans will be made
during the next few days to unite
firmly all the different Polish singing
societies throughout this country.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06
GEN. TYREE Il. BELL DEAD.
He Was One of Gen. FORESTS Bril-
gade Commanders and Lived
TO a Ripe Old Age.

New Orleans, Sept. 1.-Gen. Tyree
II. Bell, one of Forests brigade COM
manders during the civil war, is dead
at sanitarium here, aged 81 years.
He had been living with his children
in California. and had been attending
confederate reunions, besides visiting
his old home in Tennessee. He was
on his way home, and was found
helpless and unconscious at the
Southern Pacific depot few days
ago.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06

Arrangements are to be made for
a joint excursion of the Mississippi
Press Association and the Louisiana
Press Association to Cuba early next
year, and the officers of the two bod
les will soon take the matter up and
outline a program. AT their last
meeting the Mississippi editors de-
cided to meet in New Orleans next
year. The decision stretches" the
constitution and bylaws of the or
ganization somewhat, but in this day
and age constitutions seem to be
rather obsolete documents, and the
editors will look forward to a pleas
ant journey to the Pearl of the An
titles with their Louisiana brethren.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06

Evidence AccumuIstes as 20 the
Evil Effects of the Law.

Washington, Sept. 1.-Eyidence con-
tinues to accumulate at the war de-
partment that the abolition of the
canteen has been responsible for de-
sertions. Information has just been
received from ST. Paul that during
the past seven weeks six members of
the Twenty-frst regiment Of infan-
try, stationed at Fort Smelling, have
deserted. This record. many men say,
was never before equaled at any post
in the United States. Out Of this num-
Der only one has been returned TO
the fort.
A Company d officer of that regi-
ment, who has been in the service 20
years, says desertions would be re-
duced TO a minimum IL canteen
could be maintained at the post. Com
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06
NEW PHILIPPINE COINAGE.
II In Designed to Rapidly Drive the
Mexican silver Money From
the Islands.

Washington, Sept. 1.-Plaris for the
new Philippine coinage have been de-
cided upon, and the coins will be is
sued just as soon as the designs have
been formally approved by Gov. Taft
and Secretary Root. 1t has been de-
termined that new coins, of a dis
tinctly Philippine type, shall be
poured into Manila from the United
States at the rate of s250,0oo month,
the stream to be kept up until it has
driven out a large part of the Mexi-'
can money, which now mo1opolize
the field.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06
Kincannon Declines.

Prof. A. A. Kincannon, formerly
state superintendent of education Of
Mississippi, and now President Of
the Industrial Institute and College,
State institution for the education
of girls, has been offered the Presi-
dency of the Industrial College of
Texas, by the Board of Regents. The
offere is accompanied by the state
ment that if extra inducements are
needed they will be offered, but Pres
ident Kincannon has declined, stat
ing that he will not under any cir
cumstances give up his work in this
State.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06
OIL Mills to Start.

A majority of the oil mills in Mis-
sissippi will open for the seasons
business about the tenth of Septem-
Der, and the freight traffic officials
Of the various roads in the State are
now arranging for hauling the big
crop that is promised. The opening
this year is somewhat earlier than
usual owing to the early maturity of
the crop, and it is expected that pric
es will range somewhat lower than
last year, and the market will be
governed by the community of inter
est which has been established
among the mills.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06

Topeka, Kas., Sept. lat four
o'clock Monday morning Judge Hor-
ton had sinking spell Of so serious a
nature that IT seemed impossible for
him to rally, the physicians being at
the bedside until well in the morn
ing. Az nine o'clock he was barely
alive with weak heart action, and Is
unconscious all the time.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06
In.ect Attack. COTTON.

At Greenville during the last few
days much complaint Of damage to
the cotton crop Of the Delta has been
reported. Some Of the best and most
conservative planters of that section
report that the crop has deteriorated
fully, 20 per cent. during the past ten
days much of the damage being
caused by an insect called by the
planters the ssharpshooter,s which
stings the small cotton bolls and
eausss them to wither and die.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06

Washington, Sept. 1.-The Society
of Spanish War Veterans has discov-
Grad that some one is selling the
badges OF the organization. Many
have been found recently in the
hands of a Washington secondhand
dealer who has been getting 81 apiece
for them. The dealer says he has paid
uniformly Is cents apiece for them,
and has no difficulty in selling all he
can get.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06

The dry weather has caused cotton
in this county to deteriorate to an
alarming extent. The yield, from
present indications, will be 35 per
cent. short, and if the hot weather
continues ten days longer the crop
will be cut of fully one-half. Corn
is a complete failure and many
farmers viii not get the seed they
planted. Cotton is opening fast, AID
gins are running on full time. By
November / the entire crop will have
been picked and sold.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06

Washington, Sept. 1.-The remain
OF the late Representative De Gre
fenreid, of Texas, were taken -fFf
here, Sunday for the family home
Long View, Tex. Besides the reIati
and congressional committee, a d
CATION of masons assembled at
depot to pay their last tribute
their dead comrade.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06
Mississippi State News
The Beausoir Flu I'd.

An effort is to be made at the
reeting of the State camp, Sons Of
Veterans, to raise the balance neces-
ary for the purchase of Beauvoir.
Commander Daniel, who was in
Jackson last week, stated that there
was now about $4,000 in the hands
Of different persons for the purchase
Of Beauyoir for soldiers home, and
in order that the exact amount may
be known he has issued an order
calling on all persons who have any
Beauyoir purchase money to send the
same to Gen. George c. Myers of
Holly Springs, who has been desig-
mated as the treasurer of the fund.
Persons are also requested to send a
duplicate report giving the amount
that they have RENTED to Mr.. Ny
ers to Brigadier General I. NJ. Hen
nv at Jackson. The State camp of
Sons of Veterans will meet in Jack
son on October Is, and continue in
session for three days, and it is the
desire of Commander Daniel that
the Iamittances be made to Mr.. Ny
ers before this time in order that the
exact amount may be known when
the State camp meets. Mr.. Daniel
stated that at the meeting of the
State camp plans would be set on
foot for collecting this balance and
purchasing the property. No effort
will be made to collect the balance
before the busy season. Jackson pro-
poses to royalty entertain the State
camp, and to this end the local camp
has appointed the necessary COM
mites to provide everything neces-
sary to make the stay of the sons as
pleasant as possible. Mr.. Daniel
urges all camps in the State to send
delegates to the Jackson meeting.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06
sheyy-r of Volcanic Dust.

New York. Sept. L.-Advices from
Basse Terre, island of Guadeloupc as
sert that since daybreak, Sunday, the
entire island had been covered with
cloud of dust coming from the
southeast. the direction Of the island
Of Martinique. The population Of
Bssse Terre was greatly alarmed
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06
Tate County Teachers Organize.

The Tate County Teachers Asso-
citation was organized last week.
Prof. Ira G.. Allen was elected pres
ident and Prof. F. M. Bizzelle secre-
tary. Profs. J. A. Wooten and Fl.
L. Keister addressed the association
on "The Importance of such an orga-
nization."
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06
Crops In oktIbbeha.

The weather continues exceeding
ly dry around Starkyille. Cotton
is opening rapidly in. the greater
portion of Oktibbeha county. The
crops are much better than last year,
and in some portions of the county
better than for many years.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06
obtibbeha Farmer Dead.

Cecil Bardwell, a substantial farm
er and one of the Oldest and most
honored citizens of 0ktibbeha coun-
ty, died very suddenly at his home
near Starkville last week. Mr.. Bard
well had been an elder in the Pres
byterian church of that place over
forty years.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06
Af6ds County Schools.

The Kinds county school board
met in adjourned session last week.
The following new schools were es-
tablished: Mcdowell, New Union
and Burleigh. 1t was ordered that
the schools open on the first Monday
of October instead of the first Mon
day in November as heretofore.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06

George Clanton, a former yard
master for the Mobile & Ohio Rail-
road in Meridian, lately had his
legs cut off while at work for a rail
road in Marshall, Tex. He sued the
road and a compromise was made. he
accepting $4,000.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06

Duluth, Mimi, Sept. 1.-The
Darlington, of the Union Town
Wrecking Co., while towing a brig
out of the harbor, Sunday midnight
was capsized by reason of being
caught by heavy tow line and sank
Engineer George Jones was drowned.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06

Avalon, Santa Catalina Island. Sept.
Nv. II. Palmer, cashier Of the first
national bank Of Houston, Tex, who,
with his wifs and family, have been
touring California, and was a guest
At the Hotel Metropolis here, suddenly
dropped dead
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-06
war on yagrant..

The mayor and chief Of police of
Vicksburg have declared war on the
vagrants, male and female, mostly
negroes. Numerous arrests have
been made and heavy fines imposed,
and the consequence of this drastic
action is that there has been gen.
eral exodus to the cotton fields where
the negroes are needed.