The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-07-18
News Of the World

his lie dt fifglllids ILL.,, n1hic at-
tempting to make balloon ascen-
sion.
All the ore smelters at Denver,
Col. we're compelled to close down
on account of a walkout Of work.
men, entailing great loss.
Col. Myron T. Herrick of Ohio,
a vice presidential aspirant, is said
to have the backing of Senator
Mark Hanna for the republican
nomination.
A Fourth of July pistol duel
took place at Steelville, No., be-
tween Sheriff Taft, his deputy and
a farmer by the name of Starks,
the latter being killed outright.
That was fatally wounded and Per-
ry Ives, a deputy, was shot in the
mouth and hip.
Ex-Gov. Stevens of Missouri, be-
fore the grand jury at st. Louis,
testified that after he signed as
governor the bill which legalized
the consolidation of all st. Louis
street railways he was offered $780,
600 in transit stock and the further
sum of $4,000 if he would ap-
point James J. Butler excise COM
missioner of st. Louis. He de-
clared both propositions were re-
jected.
Four people met death in pc
culiar manner at Pittsburg, Pa, on
the 4th. A large American flag
was blown against heavily charg-
ed wire, which broke loose and fell
into shallow pool of water. Short
ly after the wire fell into the pud-
die, Joseph Visa, while running
through the binding rain to seek
shelter, stepped into the pool and
dropped dead. Three other per-
sons followed him and all were in
stantly killed.
! The government Joined with the
citizens of the district of Colum-
bia in a general commemoration Of
Independence day. The features
were a military procession, in
which all arms of the regular ser
vice-army, navy and marine corps
were represented, together with
the national guard of the district
and the high school cadets and a
public meeting, in which Admiral
Dewey, Secretary of the Navy
Moody, NJ. Jusserand, the French
ambassador, participated. The pa
rade was witnessed by large crowds
and was reviewed by Gen. s. NJ. B.
Young, the grand marshal.
During the first half of the year
there was notable activity in
organizing companies for the erec-
ton of oil mills. According to the
Manufacturers Record, the new
capital invested in this industry
during the past six months is great
er than the whole capital repre-
sented in cotton oil mills in 1880.
In that year the south had forty
OIL mills, with a capital of $3,500,-
oo0- During the past six months
nlnety-four new companies were or
ganized to build mills at an esti-
mated cost Of $3,675,0O0 In this
movement the greatest activity was
In Arkansas, where seventeen new
companies were formed, with to-
tai capitalization of $1,170,00O.
William Rudolph, who with a
companion robbed the bank at
Union, No., in December, 1902, of
$4,000, escaped from jail in st.
Louis by bold and cunning
scheme. At the hour of Ais in
the afternoon the guards on duty
we're attracted to section Of the
Jail by fake mutiny, planned by
Rudolph. Taking advantage of
the opportunity, the bank robber
made dash, and by jumping
through a skylight, succeeded in
getting away. Shortly after the rob
berg of the bank at Union detec-
tive named Schumacher went to
Rudolph's home near Stanton,
No, to place him under arrest,
when he was killed by the young
desperado. The murderer escaped
but on March j he and his pal,
named Collins, were captured at
Hartford, Conn, after a desperate
battle.
John Osborne, a negro who Grim
inally assaulted and afterwards
robbed Mrs. Lizzie Wentz, white
woman, aged so, at her home in
Union county, North Carolina,
was taken from the officers when
en- route to prison and hanged by a
mob Of unknown men.
A spark from locomotive set
nro to barrel Of lubricating oil on