The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-07-18


hundreds were overcome and had to
be cared for at hospitals.
The National Manufacturers As
sociation has raised fund Of ST.
100000 for the purpose of waging
a war on organized labor.
| Over rs per cent of the colored
population of Evansville, Ind, have
| fed from that community since the
unsuccessful effort to lynch negro
murderer and the killing by the
militia of dozen citizens.
The American squadron, in COM
mand of Admiral Cotton, now ma
neuvering in European waters, ar
rived at Portsmouth, England, on
the sth and was given royal re-
ception by the British fleet.
| Two negroes at Russell, Kan,
noted for the amount of work they
can perform in the harvest field,
auctioned off their services at Rus
sell, receiving the sum of $3.50 per
day for period of three weeks.
| Since the coup of a New York
and New Orleans clique, whereby
most all the available cotton was
cornered, the mills have made few
purchases. Some operators assert
they will be compelled to close down
Iif the present prices prevail.
| Cuba exported $4,000 tons Of
sugar during the first six months
of 1908, exceeding the exports dur
ing the same period of 1902 by
| 244,0 tons. The amount on hand
is estimated at 35s, 400 tons, which
| is 10000 tons fewer than a year
| ago.
| Henrietta Distler, aged is, sui
! cided at Cincinnati after discover
| ing that her sweetheart was her own
| brother. They were separated in
| infancy and were raised under diff
| ferent names. They met about
year ago, and fell in love. Their
relationship was discovered by acci-
| dent.
| Secretary Root has received from
Gen. Davis, commanding in the
Philippines, long cable message
over the news Pacific cable relating
to the disposition of another reruc-
ton of troops in the islands for the
next yeear. In the opinion of Gen.
Davis, the conditions in the Philip
pines are such as to warrant quite
/ reduction Of force.
! The best speed record ever made
| by any .battleship for similar
distance was made by the Kearsarge
on her recent run from New York
across the Atlantic to join the Euro
pean squadron at Southampton,
England. She covered the distance
| from New York to Needles, 3245
knots, or 3785 land miles, in ten
days and sixteen hours, at an aver
age hourly speed of 1862 knots.
! The syndicate formed last sum-
mer by Kuhn, Loeb & Co., to un-
derwrite $12,000,000 4 per cent
bonds of the Cotton Belt or st.
Louis Southwestern railway COM
pany has been dissolved. 1t is re-
ported that about one-half of the
issue was disposed of and the bonds
vii be delivered to members of the
syndicate, if they so wish, or will be
disposed of by the syndicate man
ayers in their best judgment.
A woman in the role of Enoch
1 Arden has returned to Rockford,
| ILL.,, after an absence of twenty-five
years. The chief figure in the cu-
rious history is Mrs. Louise OLSON.
Twenty-Five years ago Mrs. Olson
wac injured in a railroad wreck
near Buffalo, N. Y. She was taken
to a hospital but recovered. Her
lmind was not clear, however, and
she wandered to France. Another
victim Of the wreck died in the hos
pital, and by mistake was buried as
Mrs. Olson. When Mrs. Olson re-
turned to Rockford she found two
babies she had left, sHilda" and
"Frank," full grown and surprised
beyond measure at her return.
Alexander Olson, her husband, she
found living with his third wife,
the second Mrs. Olson, whom he
married while believing fully in his
first wife's death, having died some
years ago.
An effort will be made during the
next session Of congress to secure
an appropriation for the erection Of
a monument in memory of the
signers of the declaration Of inde-
Pcndence.
The last connection of the Pa
| cifc cable was made at Honolulu