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The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-01
ROBBED AND BURNED.
Terrible Crime Committed by Tramps
Near Gfrnrd, o.-A Cripple
Their Victim.

Warren, O.. Jan. 27.-Michael swee-
ney, a cripple, employed as tele-
graph operator in a lonely tower
near Girard, was assaulted, robbed,
tied TO chair and burned to death
by tramps.
The attention Of a trains crew was
attracted by screams coming from
the tower, which they discovered in
flames. Frantic efforts were made
to gain an entrance, but when the
door was broken open the rescuers
were driven back by the fire, which
was burning fercely inside the tower.
An engineer and fireman who
caught glimpse Of the cripple's
body attempted to rush into the
building. but were beaten back by
the flames and badly burned.
When the fire had been subdued
the men entered the tower. What re-
Inained Of sweeney's body was found
in coils of wire which had held him
captive to the chair.
sweeney received his pay on Satur-
day, and robbery was undoubtedly
the motive for the crime. Tramps
had a camp near by, and the police
believe they are responsible for
Sweeney's death. Circumstances go
to show that they surprised Sweeney
in the towere.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-01
PILE Of DYNAMITE LET'S GO.
Two Persons Killed and About Sew
enty-Five Others Injured In
New York City.
LARGE BUILDINGS BADLY DAMAGED.
KILLED In His Room at "a Hotel
Lamp Posts Knocked Down and
Many Pedestrians cut by Flying
Glass.

New York, Jan. 27.-A quantity Of
dynamite, stored in temporary
structure at Fortieth street and Park
avenue, aud used by contractors on
the Rapid Transit tunnel, exploded
Two persons were killed and about
seyenty-fve others were injured. One
OF those killed WAS J. Roderick Rob
erts, Of Nelson, B. C., who was in his
room in the Murray Hin hotel when
the explosion occurred. The only
other person killed was workman in
the tunnel, supposed to be Carroll.
The shock of the explosion was felt
in all the large buildings in the
neighborhood. All the windows on
the south side of the Grand Central
station were broken. as were those
in the Grand Union hotel, the Murray
Hill hotel, the Manhattan eye and
ear hospital,and the hospital for rup-
lures and crippled children, all of
which are near the place where the
dynamite was stored.
Every private house in the neigh
borhood felt the shock. Lamp-posts
were knocked down, pedestrians
were cut by falling glass, and cab
men and cab horses were thrown to
the ground.
The Murray Hin hotel suffered
most of all the neighboring build
ings. Through the windows huge
pieces of timber, known as .'nodling''
beams, were sent in as if they were
arrows. All of the worl<men within
several blocks of Fortieth street
were hurt One man, Hamilton Jones
was blown nearly 80 feet, but was
not killed but badly cut and bruised
Only few of the injured we're bad
ly cut
They were cut by flying glass, ant
were able to go to their homes wher
their wounds were dressed by ambu
lance surgeons.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-01
Thermometer IUNHED..
The Northwest and the Lake Region
Struggling Under Biting Blasts
of a Cold Wave.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC lnPtDsO BY BLIZZARD
Zero weather nj IT. Louis, Drop of
Thtrts-Fise DrHrers-tntsnse 'oid
ThroeRhout Iowa. severe niis=
sard Rnatng In Ntseop-in-r~es-
ts-Ffse n"iow Ia Minnesota.


Chicago. Inn. es.. Chicago Is afrug
Fline under the biting blasts of a
cold wute. TINT arrived here sunday
night. the oil shoot uf the big biz
zard that has hecn raging IN the
northwest I'm = hours the temper
nture fell So degrees. having Touched
eight degrees below zero ut daylight
Monday 4 the dnN advanced the
mercury rose slightly ia the iher.
momrter. and at ten o'eloek WIS 81
degrees hrloN. Prof Cos. Of the
weather bureau. predicts that night
fall viii send the temperature back
To 70 below zrrn
All the northwest is suffering frota
The extremely cold weather. which
covers all the upper lake region aud
The Mississippi valley region with
zero temperature. extending Ia the
extreme southern portions Of I'LL
noia, Missouri aud Kansas. In the
father northwest states the range Of
temperature Is from 10 go a degrees
bclo~ zero.
Tiaac has been severely impcdcd
where the blizzard occurred. and pas
senrsr trains ON nearly all roads nr-
rived here several hours late. Coal
dcaicrs express no fear for repcti-
tion Of the coal faminc that WA
brought on by the last cold sVasr. IN
lcsa the bcloW-zero temperatures out
last week
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-01
FOREIGN.

A dispatch from Constantinople
says that Miss Stones captors have
agreed to liberate her for the amount
raised by subscription.
Joseph Chamberlain, in the British
house of commons, intimated that no
terms would be offered the Beers.
Two Christian missionaries al Pingle.
China, have been murdered by Chinese
soldiers and Mohammedans.
Guerrilla warfare in the province
of Ratangas, Luzon, is to be crushed
by klrsher methods. Natives have
been ordered to move into concentra-
tion camps near garrisons.
A battle between three insurgent
gunboats and the government war
ship Lautaro in the harbor of Pan
anna resulted in the destruction of
the latter and many on board. in
cluding Gen. Alban, governor of Pan
anna.
The cost 10 England Of the Boer war
from April !, 1901, the commencement
of the current financial year, to De-
eenber 81. was 1921 100000.
Alfonso XIII. is to be crowned king
of Spain at Madrid on May II. his
sixteenth birthday.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-01
SCHLEY AT CHICAGO.
The People of Chicago Evidently
Under The Impression TINT They
are Entertaining nm Athlete.

Chicago, Jan. 27.-Admiral Sehley,
after a quiet Sunday and3 good
nights sleep. rose, Monday, much re-
freshed, and expressed himself as
ready TO meet the requirements of
the days programme. At , p. IN. the
most severe physical ordeal of his
visit here was begun. 1t was pub
lie reception, at which the admiral
was expected to stand for two hours
shaking the hands of those who
wished to meet him. Chairman j.. A.
Munger, of the Hamilton club whose
guest the admiral is, declared that
the reception would close at five
o'clock, no matter how many people
were waiting.
The first item on the visitors
schedule for the day was a visit TO the
w. S. Schley school. At II a. m. he
was presented with resolutions Of es-
teen and appreciation by commit
tee of %, representing the German
societies of Chicago. At noon he took
luncheon with Mr.. Munger, and at 2
p. IN. met members of the Maryland
Society of Chicago at "A reception in
the Palmer house.
At 6 p. IN. the admiral was the
guest of the Illinois naval militia, at
a dinner at the Auditorium. re-
view of the first ships crew at their
armory completed the day.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-01
ASSAULTED THE WRONG MAN.
Howard RatcIIR Jumped His sisters
Sweetheart, and Was Killed
at Church.

Chillicothe, o., Jan. 2s.--Joseph
Chillicothe, o., Jan, 27.-Joseph
Cox shot and killed Howard RatcliT,
at church, Sunday evening. at Eagle
Mills, u miles east of here. Cox has
been paying attention to Iiatcliff's
sister, and Ratcliff strongly objected.
Cox took Miss Ratcliff to church, Sun
day night, and when Ratclif saw
them together in the church he at
once assaulted Cox, who drew a
weapon and fired, the ball passing
through Ratcliff's body. lie fell in
the aisle and expired amid the shrieks
Of terrified women. Both men are Of
respectable families, and both are
school-teachers. Ratcliff married a
sister Of Cox. Cox was arrested and
taken to Macarthur.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-01
Personal AND POLITICAL.

Camilla Urso, who in private life was
Mrs. Frederic Leure, for many years a
violinist famous in Europe and Amer
lea, died in New York.
The Kansas democratic state conven'
ton will be held at Wichita May 20.
Franklin Murphy has been Inaugural
ted as governor Of New Jersey.
Richard Croker was given farewell
dinner at the Democratic cub before
his departure from New York for Eng.
land.
Senators Allison and Dolliver have
been reelected by the Iowa legis-
lature.
The mother of Miss Josephine Hol-
man, of indianapolis, announces the
breaking of the young woman's en-
gagement to Sig. Marconi.
Mrs. Mary A. Hunt celebrated her
one hundredth birthday at her home
in Beloit, Wis.
Ex-Congressman A. J. Holmes, of
Boone, Ia, died in the insane hospital
at Clarinda, la. He represented the
tenth district three terms in congress.
Mrs. Winnifred Carroll, Montana.
Oldest woman, died at Helena, aged
104 years.
The republicans Of the New Jersey
legislature have nominated John +.
Dryden for United States senator to
succeed the late Gen. Sewall.
Michael Sheehan. said to be the old.
est person in Kansas City, No, died
at the age of 100 years.
Representative Brownlow. of the
First Tennessee district, has been re
nominated for congress by the repub
lieauS
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-01
INTO THE ARMS OF FIREMEE.
Mrs. y. W. UInIey, with Her Cloth
Ing ON Fire. Makes "a Leap
For Life.

Dcs hoines, la., Jan. 27. In FIRE
In fat on Woodland nYennc. sun
day night. Mrs ] W. uRley sus-
tanned what IS believed will prove
fatal injuries. The bnilding was oc-
cupicd by several families. all of
whom managed to escape without i'm
jury with the exception Of Mrs. IIiR-
ley. II was in her apartments that
the fire originated. and her clothing
was almost entirely burned from her
body before she could reach the win
dow. where she jumped into the arms
Of 6renen. She now lies IN n critical
condition at the Methodist hospital.
!. sieRel, a fireman Of the central
detail was severely frozen, and sew
eral others suffered from the intense
cold.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-01
NEWS FROM HAWAII.
InterestinE budget Brought by the
steamer china, Sir Days Out
From Honolulu.

San Francisco. Jan. 27.-The Pacific
Mail steamer China has arrived. af-
ter a passage of ~ days. from Hong
Kong, II days from Yokohama and
six days from Honolulu. bringing the
following Hawaiian adyices, under
date of January 20:
Honolulu Acting under an order
of the court, ISSUED by United States
Judge Estee. Capt. Merry, l. $. n, is
about to take formal possession of
the sol acres of land condemned at
Pearl Harbor in the name of the fed
eral government Work will begin at
once on preparations for the naval
station.
The annual meeting of the Wire
less Telegraphy Go. here was held
last week. Since last November tn,
service has been interrupted owing
10 financial difficulties. The diree
tors were authorized To secure the
necessary funds by borrowing.
Bishop Willis has posted an order
in the Anglican cathedral. which is
designed to put an end to the long
standing conditions under which
there have been two congregations
He has cancelled the license of the
second congregation, as we'll as of its
minister, Rev. Alexander Macintosh.
Forty Porto Ricans. imported as
plantation workers. are in Oahu jail,
serving time for vagrancy.
Petty thieyery is epidemic in Homo
lulu, and there have been many burg
laries and bold-ups
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-01
OTHERWISE UNN0TICED.

The American chamber of conn
merce at Manila asks thai Chinese be
permitted 90 enter the Philippines
The German people an5 the news
papers of Hefln arr treating the
visit OF the prince ef Wales quite
enolly.
The national liberal party. Just or
ganiked at Cincinnati, proposes To
abolish ehaplaiHs and taN church
property.
The southern Pacific railroad is ar
ranging To use beaumont oil for its
locomotives On the eastern part If
the system
The German prcss is irriiatcd over
the alleged British efforts II stir up
iil-feelng between Germany aud the
United States.
bishop Choppn. just returned from
South Africa. whore hc organized
two \. N 4 conferences, says the
Rocrs are facing determination
The Progressive Order of the West
Is thinking Of starting fund for the
building of statute of Emil Zola.
the French author in 81. Louis.
Two sections of stock train col
lidcd. n dense fog. near Fort
Worth. TrN.. and one stoclaman was
killed aud another fatally injured
The st. Louis Worlds fair officials
will have charge Of the arrangements
for entertaining Prince Henry Of
Germany when hc visits st. Louis.
Congressman Alexander. of New
York. SAYS the credit Of the Louisi-
ana purchase is due 10 Robert lir-
ingstou. minister to France in 1903.
The new Christian church cdinec nt
Eureka. III. which cost Sis.0oo was
dedicated Sunday, aud $500 was
pledged To pny the outstanding debt
Prof John Rassett Moore. former
assistant secretary Of state. says the
proposed concession to Cuhn would
not yiolntc the favored nation"
clause.
Fishermen of Newfoundland are in
clined to insist on better treatment
by the British government in view Of
the sugnr bounty proposed for the
West Indies.
\ monograph ISSUED by the treas.
ury burenu of statistics shows tie re-
mnrlable progress OF the United states
In their material industries during
the last hundred years.
Dean Waters. OF the Missouri State
Agricultural college, says that the
value of the corn crop mny be in
creased one-fonrth 10 one-third by
proper usc of the fodder
At Auburn. Ill, "A young man Rcei-
dcutnlly shot his landlndY with n
pistol which he was cleaning and. In
his rcmorse for the deed. attempted
| suicide. Both will recover.
The Bath county (kyJ oil field is
on boom. One firm has begun
pumping IL wells simultaneously. One
of the three largest oil tanks in the
world has been erected by this firm.
All expenses Of the reception and
entertainment Of Prince Henry OF
Prussia will be pnid by the United
States government. \ provision ap
propriatinR 10000 FOR this purpose
was inserted in the urgent deficiency
bill.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-01
HIS LIVELY DAY.
Charles spaIdinR. of Chicago, Causes
Excitement While Returning
From "a Funeral.

Chicago. Jan. 27.--While returning
from funeral. Charles Spalding
drove his carriage upon the Chicago
d Northwestern railways elevated
racks at Diversey boulevard. A wom-
an and a girl.who were in the vehicle.
tainted; a third occupant became
hysterical; two express trains were
tagged by the police, and several
shots were fired at the hilarious
driver before he was arrested. Police
men from three stations joined in the
chase. and finally succeeded in saw
ing spalding and his cab from de-
struetion under the trucks Of the
KeEosha express. near the Foster
Avenue station of the Northwestern.
a.er he had driven least mile over
the elevated roadway.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-01

Republican members OF the WAYS
and means committee have decided TO
reduce the revenues S35,000,000 a year.
by reducing the war taxes ON tea and
beer.
The United States circuit court of
appeals in Chicago has decided that
life insurance policies are not assets
in bankruptcy cases.
Prof. Z. j. James, of Chicago uni
versity. has been elected president Of
Northwestern university.
Maj Willard reports that the con-
struction of the Illinois and Mlssis-
sippi canal will cost 100000 more
IMAM the original estimate of S6,-
O25,OOo.
The Bank of Hartford, Ky. was
robbed of $500 by four men, who
were captured aud the money reeoy-
cred.
The president has signed the bin ap-
propriating 100000 to meet the ex-
penses of the government exhibit at
the Charleston exposition.
All of the II criminals who escaped
from the United States penitentiary
on MeNeifs island in Oregon have been
recaptured.
Three men were killed, another ia
tally and three slightly wounded in a
faction fight at Belleville, Tex.
Seven bandits robbed the entire town
of Santa Rosa, n. NJ. and a posse
afterwards killed three.
The movement to change the date OF
the presidential Inauguration gains in
favor.
Three fires starting at about the
same time caused loss of over $780,
900 al Columbus, o.
For The last six months of the calen-
dar year ended December 81, 1901. the
total receipts of internal revenue were
$143, ,467 $40. a decrease as compared
with the spending period in 1900
of S13,024.624
Alfred Taylor was hanged at Friar's
Point. Miss, for the murder of Deputy
Sheriff James Lucas last spring.
Three men were killed and one fatal
ly injured on railroads near Joliet, Ill,
a. Dean Cooper, multimillionaire
and prominent business man of st.
Louis. was mysteriously murdered in
a bathhouse. owned by himself.
Secretary Hay has been notified that
Denmark has concluded to sell the
Danish West Indies to the United
States.
In session in Chicago the interstate
commerce commission, in its annual
report, arraigned railroad officials for
illegal rebates allowed to packers.
The United Mine Workers in session
at indianapolis acquitted their officials
from the charge of trying to conceal a
shortage.
John d. Rockefeller has given 500 ,ooC
to the endowment fund of Syracuse
IN. " university.
The bill providing for the free
transportation of all mail matter
sent by Mrs. Ida S. Mckinley, widow
of President Mckinley, has beer
signed by the president.
As a result of renewed activity oi
liberal forces in Colombia on the
isthmus of Panama, Secretary Long
has ordered the gunboat Marietta tc
proceed to Colon to protect Ameri
can interests.
\ Turkish official in a signed state.
ment in a Washington paper init.
mates that Miss Stone is a voluntary
prisoner of the brigands.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-01
A WEEKS RECORD
All the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HONE AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the senate on the Goth during a greater
part Of the session the meas sure providing
for the establishment of a department Of
commerce was under consideration. The
house bill giving Mrs. Mckinley the mail
franking privilege was passed and bill
20 grant her pension of 5000 a year was
faNorably reported....I In the house the time
was occupied in general debate on the ur-
gent deficiency appropriation bill. which
carries sl67o1, ,445. Mr.. Kahn CCal) intro
dueed the Chinese exclusion bill.
The Philippine tariff bill occupied the
time Of the senate on the 2lst. In the
house bills were introduced providing a
penalty Of death or life Imprisonment for
train robbery, and TO increase the pay OF
rural free delivery carriers favorable
report was made on the bill for the cleo
tion OF United States senators by direct
vote OF the people. and the urgent def
cheney appropriation bill was further con-
siGered.
The senate on the ed discussed the bill
providing for the establishment of de-
partment of commerce. In the house the
time was passed in considering the urgent
deficiency appropriation bill. ard a lively
debate took place over the item appropriate
ing 100000 for a military post at Manila,
but 1t Was finally agreed to.
IN debating the proposed department Of
commerce in the senate on the 23d Senator
itahna said new markets must be fourd
or production restricted. Senator Teller
scored the British government for exeeut-
ing Scheepers, the Boer leader. Senator
Mason offered joint resolution extending
the thanks of congress to Admiral Schley
FOR his brave and able conduct while In
command of the American fleet at the vic
torious battle of Santiago" Adjourned to
the Hth....In the house the consideration
OF the urgen. deficiency bill was completed.
Mr. Clark (Mo) introduced joint resolu-
ton expressing sympathy for the two
South African republics and regret over
the suffering caused by the war. The COM
nitiee on agriculture reported a bill taxing
colored oleomargarine ten cents pour d,
with 5000 license fee.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-01
LOUISIANA NEGROES LYNcHED.
srhex Killed white Mans Hogs
and Killed Him when He At
tempted 10 Arrest Them.

New Orleans, Jan. 27.-Two ne
groes have been lynched in distant
portion of East Carroll parish, for
the murder OF G. \. Grant, a police
juror from Floyd. Grant, while out
hunting with a friend named Nc
Kay, came upon some negroes who
had killed aud were cleaning hogs
lie found that the animals we're hia
own hogs, and attempted to arrest
the negroes, when one of them fired
at him. the bullet entering mis- BRAIN
Mckay aroused the whites in the
neiehborhood with the news of the
murder. A posse WIS hastily formed.
Three negroes were coPtured, and
two Of them were lynched at oisce-
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-01
VIII Move the Monument.

Laramie. Wyo., Jan. 27.-It has
been decided by the Union Pacific
railroad that the monument 20 Oliver
and Oakes Ames. which has been
left isolated at the old Sherman sta
tion by the construction of the Sher-
man hill tunnel and the Laramie-Bu-
ford eut of. shall be moved in the
spring 10 the new Sherman station,
fonr miles south Of the former site.
The monument was built in is35' ana
cost 100000
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-01
He Wants TO Die.

Davenport, Ia, Jan. 27.-Baron Otto
Won Schaezler, who was recently
brought into prominence by renounc-
ing his title and claim to ancestral
estates in Germany, because his wife
preferred to live in America. has at
tempted suicide by shooting. He was
disarmed. after inhicting a slight
wound. and is now a prisoner in the
county Jail. Several weeks ago his
wife obtained a divorce.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-01
zEao WEATHER ar 81. LOUIS.
The ncIat-d Cold Wave Arrived Dur
ing the sigbt.

ST. Louis. Jan. 81 The cold wave
that had been promised for Saturday
got temporarily sidctracked but ar
rived during Sunday night aud Mon
day morning sending the mercury
down To zero, drop Of b degrees.
since Sunday morning The weather
bureau officials. however do not
think II will linger beyond Tuesday
evening. Temperatures NJ nearby
points, Monday morning showed:
Bellcville, H.. below. Edwards
willie, Ill, . below. Collinsville. III. 8
below, ST.. Charles. Mo, zero, East
st. Louis. III. below.