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The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
A COMPETITOR IN THE FIELD.
Chicago Capitalists Preparing TO
Compete Win the United states
Leather Company.

Cincinnati, March 14.-A deal has
been completed whereby the Inter-
national Leather Co., Of Cincinnati,
with all it's patents, has been taken
over by Chicago capitalists. They
purchase s5,OOO,OOO worth of stock.
They have already a plant at Ash
land, KY. They will have other plants
at Kansas City, Fort Worth, st. Louis
and two other places. IT Is the
avowed purpose 10 compete with the
United States Leather Co.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
AnalyzIng Candidates.

The press of the State has COM
menced a close analysis of the va
rious candidates for governor and
the issues they have broached before
the people, and it seems quite likely
that the remainder of the campaign
viii be devoted largely to critical
study of men and measures, which
means that the fight must inevitably
narrow down between the radical
and conservative elements, and the
man who is the victor will be the
foremost advocate of one or other of
those clements.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
Death sentence Reversed.

The Supreme Court last week re-
versed the death sentence case of
Whit Owens, convicted in Lafayette
county for the murder of Hamp
Williams, a negro. The reversal was
based ON the ground that Judge
Lowrey committed a grave error in
not allowing the defendant a change
of venue. Chief Justice Whitfield
stated that the same reasons which
caused change of venue to be
granted the prisoner in the Mont
gomery case should have operated to
the same end in the Williams case.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
A Commendabie Issue.

F. NJ. Runnells, editor of the Me-
ridian Star, has rallied about him
an enthusiastic support of the plan
to establish State bureau of agri-
culture, immigration and commerce.
Practically nine-tenths Of the news
papers of the State have given the
proposition a cordial Endorsement,
and the subject is likely to be one
of the most prominent brought be-
fore the next Legislature. Its i'm
portance is fully realized by several
of the candidates for governor, who
are advocating it on the stump.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
Farmers Discourage Candidates.

A discouraging feature of the
State campaign to candidates is the
tendency displayed by farmers to
waste no time with the aspirants to
public office, the sentiment among
the agriculturists being that their
farm labor is a subject of more i'm
portance than the question of who
will be the next governor of the
State or sheriff of the county. Yield
ing TO this sentiment, candidates for
office in several counties, where only
two men are in the field, are making
agreements not to make a house to
house canvass, merely announcing
their candidacy in the papers and
leaving the question of decision to
the voters.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
GOLDEN STATE LIMITED.
The Fast Rock Island Train, East
Bound, in Collision Near
Dwight, Kas.
ENGINEER FAILED TO OBEY ORDERS.
Ii Cost One Man Ills Life aud Caused
che Injury of Several Persons
Both of the Engines Were Dcmoi-
ished and some of the Cars We're
Telcscoped.

Kansas City. Mo. March 1.-THE
Golden State limited on the Rock Is
land system. due in Kansas City sat
urday morning. eollided hend-on just
outside of Dwight, 50 miles west of
Topeka. at three o'clock Saturday
morning. with west-bonnd passenger
which left Kansas City Friday night.
Both engines were damaged badly
and the baggage and mail ears and
the smoker on the west-bouud train
were telescoped. None of the other
cars on The west-bound train left the
track. None of the cars on the limit
ed were derailed or damaged, and
that train continued on it's trip east
after a few hours delay. Engineer
Love of the west-hound train was
killed. Three other members of the
west-bound crew and three passen-
gers in the west-bonnd smoker. and
the engineer and fireman of the limit
I'D were injured.
List of Casualties.
The dead;
Engineer Love, of Kansas City.
The injured:
ID. b. Ingram, passenger; slight.
NJ. A. Weeks. passenger; slight.
Passenger, name unknown; slight.
j. +. Blood, express guard; both
legs broken.
o. V. Thomas, baggageman; back
wrenched and bruised.
VIM. A. Bailey, postal clerk; slight.
Engineer Scott; serious.
Scott's fireman: slight.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
Good County Roads.

Alcorn county has ordered the is
suanee of $4,000 worth of bonds
for the purpose OF buying gravel to
place on country roads. The
amount to be raised will buy about
as much gravel as can be handled
in one year, and the expenditure
will no doubt be repeated next year,
and the work continued until good
roads" will be the rule all over the
county. The city of Corinth will
place $1,000 worth of gravel on the
streets, repairing the bad places and
extending the system of macadam-
lied streets.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
To Teach AgrIculture.

There is a general demand for a
law to be passed by the next legisla-
ture requiring that agriculture and
horticulture be taught in the public
schools. The State board of edu-
cation has for some time seriously
considered this branch of study, but
1t Is doubtful of the general success
of the experiment, and it is also
doubtful if the step will be taken
unless directed by legislative act.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
May Enforce Payment.

Few of the county tax collectors
IN Mississippi realize that a poll tax
Judgment constitutes lien on per-
sonal property and are not attempt
ing TO enforce the collection of this
obligation from delinquents, a fact
which will probably cause the legis-
lature to enact a more specific law
on the subject at the next session.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
STARTED FOR MINNEAPOLIS,
Former Mayor Ames, of Minneapolis,
MINI, Goes Hack to Face
Charges.

Manchester, n. H., March 14.-Dr
A. A. Ames, former mayor OF Min
neapolis, left here to-day on his vol
untary return to Minnesota to an
swer charges Of bribery. Sheriff
Dreger of Minneapolis and Deputy
Sheriff Doane Of Manchester, n. H.,
accompanied the doctor. Mrs. Ames
and daughter also were in the party.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
Industrial Activity.

The past week has been one Of
unusual industrial and business ac-
tivity in Mississippi. Gov. Lon
gino has approved charters Of new
corporations with an aggregate cap
ital stock of nearly $2,000,O00, and
a large batch of charters is now ON
his desk awaiting approval.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
THE EMPEROR HAS SPOKEN.
Right of Way, Even Before the
Head of the Empire.

Berlin, March 14--Emperor William
has ordered that fire engines need not
stop, even for himself or the empress,
let alone other members of the royal
family, ambassadors or detachments
of marching troops. This order was
the result of dispute over the driver
of fire engine refusing to obey a
Iieutenant's gesture TO stop and let i
company Of infantry pass.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
DETECTIVES ARE PUZZLED.
Di,appearance of a Valuable Dia-
mond Brooch From Palace Ho-
tel, San Francisco.

San Francisco, March 1.-THE de-
tecfiyes of this city are puzzled to ac-
count for the disappearance Of dia-
mond brooch valued at $500, the
property of Mrs. S. Franklin, Of Chi
cago. a guest Of the Palace hotel The
brooch was lost at private dinner
party at an uptown hotel and no clcw
10 its whereabouts has yet been OBJ
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
HAD BEEN SOMETHING DOING.
PIunder Found On a Prisoner Ar
rested in New York Charged
with Picking Pockets.

New York. March 14..-When the po-
lice of East Eighty-eighth street sta
tion finished searching one of three
prisoners whom they had just ar
rested they had four gold watches
and two of silver, all Of which had
been stolen on a Madison avenue car
between Fifty-ninth and Eighty-third
streets. In the station one Of the
prisoners, a boy named Williams, told
the police he was t'holder Of the
spoils.' The other two prisoners de-
MED participation in the thefts.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
Delinquent Lists.

A number of papers in the State
have published the delinquent poll
tax lists of their counties during the
past week, notwithstanding the fact
that the compensation allowed for
the work is wholly inadequate, the
maximum allowance for any county
under the provisions of the Sea
wright bill being only S25. The de-
hnquent lists thus far published are
much larger than usual.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21

Los Angeles. Cal, March a. The
United States through the federal
land Office at Los Angeles will open
to settlers. within the next co days,
about 100000 acres Of land in Cali
fornia. This land is situated be-
tween Needles and Mojave and bor-
ders the Colorado river.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
FOR ST. LOUIS WORLDS FAIR
An Item Of si5o,0O0 For the 81. Lonis
worlds Fair included In British
Civil Service Estimates

London, March 14.-Among the civil
service estimates for I9o3-04, issued
Saturday, appears the sum Of sl50,oee
as a grant in aid of the expenses Of
the royal commission for the 81.
Louis exposition. A note appended
explains that any further contribu-
tions decided upon will be provided
for IN the estimates Of subsequent
years
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
Gulf Coast Harbors.

The work Of dredging 'Pascagoula
channel will be commenced by the
government during the latter part
of the present month. Dredges
have been ordered to the channel
for the commencement of opera
tions, and when the contract is COM
pleted Pascagoula will have one of
the finest harbors on the gulf coast.
The old theory that channels
dredged in the Mississippi sound
will fill up again with sand during
storm disturbances has been entirely
exploded by the success of the work
at Gulfport and Grants Pass, which
have successfully withstood the test
of the most severe storms.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
seven MIners Injured.

Virden, ILL.,, March 14.-As a cage
load of men were descending into the
coal mine Of the Wilmington and YER
million company, Friday, water got
into the cylinders or the engines and
the cage dropped 10 the bottom OF
the mine. Seven men were seriously
injured.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
Pearl Fishing Industry.

The discovery of valuable pearls
is reported from Fish Lake, near
Greenville, and fishing for the gems
promises to become quite an indus
try in that section. A fisherman
named viii wager last week found
several 6rst-class pearls among the
Fish Lake mussels, some of them
valued at 500 each, being large and
of perfect shape and luster.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
REFUSED TO GIVE EVIDENCE.
Cardinal Gotu and Mgr. yeccia VIII
Not Testify for Fr. Murphy
Against mshop Bonarum.

Rome, March ll.--Cardinal Gotti,
prefect of the propaganda, and Mgr.
Veccia. secretary Of the congregation,
have both refused 20 give evidence
IN the suit before the American civil
courts, which FIR. Murphy, former
pastor Of a church at Tecumseh, Neb.,
has instituted against the 1T. Rev.
Thos. Bonacum, bishop Of Lincoln,
Neb.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
FUNERAL OF THE VICTIMS.
The Collins Borne 30 the Cemetery In
Spring Wagons.

ST. Louis, March 1.-THE funeral
of the Krause family took place Sat
urday morning from the home, the
scene of the tragedy, at Bellefon-
taine, in Bonhomme township.
The brief services were led by Rev.
Mr.. Rest OF the Bellefontaine German
E,aiigeiicai church, which the family
attended, and the pastor of the Ger
man Evangelical church on Manches-
ter road, where Mrs. Krause's people
attend church.
Owing to the almost impossible
roads from the Krause home on the
Schoettler road to the rock bed of
the Olive road, no attempt was made
to take hearses TO the house, but the
bodies were conveyed in two-horse
spring wagons to the cemetery, five
miles from the residence.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
Page for Bishop.

The name of Rev. Frank Page,
d. d.. pastor of St. Johns church in
Brooklyn, has been suggested in con-
nection with the office Of Bishop OF
Mississippi, made vacant by the
death Of the late Bishop Hugh Mil
Ter Thompson, and it is quite likely
that his name will be presented to
the Episcopal diocesan council at its
meeting in Jackson in April.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
u. $. Postal ReadIustments.

The postofiice department last
week gave out the number of addi-
tional clerks to be allowed the Mis-
sissippi postoflices. and the promo
tions in salaries to be allowed the
clerks already in Office The changes
take effect July l, and are as fol-
lows:
The Jackson postoffiee has the fol-
lowing increases: Three clerks from
$500 TO 800, one from 800 to
$500, one from 5000 10 81, 900.
Corinth gets two additional clerks
at $500 and one clerk increased from
$400 to 5000.
Greenyille gets two additional
clerks at $500, one increased from
500 to $500, and one from $500 to
5000,
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21

Wapakonefa, o., March Thames
H. Rowe, Jr., ex-city clerk Of st.
Marys, was arrested. Friday, on the
charge Of embezzIement Of public
funds. the amount as set forth IN the
affidavit being s5,66I.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
Longing VIII Ron.

Gov. Longino has announced him
self a candidate for the United
States senate to succeed the Hon. II.
D. Money, for the term beginning
March 4. 1905.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21
Re,oIutionl.ts cieim a Victory.

March IS. The Venezuelan revoIu-
March 14..-i'he Venezuelan revoIu-
tionists claim 70 have completely de.
feated the government forces in the
battle which took place recently near
Coro, Venezuela,
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21

New York. March 1.-THE eondi-
fion of Beriah Wilkins of the Wash
inptou Post, was much improved to-
day. There is now good teakon 70
hope for his recovery
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-21

London. March l4.-F. W. Chase
beat all motor cycling records from
ak 10 ten miles, al Canningtown to-
day. completing ten miles in u min
ptes Sc 40 seconds
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-02-14
wOMEE'S CLUBS THRIVE.
PesEImIHts Say TAey Are a Fad, Bu,
Thsy Co On InereasIng In
Numbers.

The latest eGition of the official d.
Fectory of the woman's clubs of Chi.
eago shows that the pessimists who
Hay that womeu's clubs are fad, and
that they die soon after they are ere
ated because of the members being
extremely tickle in their allegiance to
their clubs, are entirely and totally
wrong, says the Chicago Tribune.
There have been four editions of
the official directory. The first one
printed, which covered the years 1899
1900, reveals that there were 66 clubs
at that time. The next years di-
rectOry shows that the number of
clubs had leaped to 112. Then the
Pessimist would naturally expect that
the directory of the following year
would indicate a slump back to some
thing like the number of clubs given
in the first directory. But the book
for the year 19O1-19O2 reports 81 clubs
in existence, and the new directory
for the year 19O2-19O3 gives the names
of IS clubs.
A comparison Of the book Just is
sued with the one first published
shows that almost all the clubs given
in the first volume are alive and pros
porous. The biggest change was be-
tween the years 1900 and 1901 and 1901
and 1902, when the number of clubs
slumped from 112 to 81. An examina-
ton of the directories of these dates
will show that few of the clubs actual
ly died, but after the phenomenal
jump from 66 to 112 il was found that
many of the clubs could do better by
merging under one name.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-02-14
NEWS FROM ANIMAL LAND.

Most curioU- f al Gates Is the
HYDRA str rEC cree .lre that can be
turned ins out without impairing
IT'S sppet' K OF its power to eat.
The 7Ib worms q oduced from one
ounoa 81 egg wiI- consume from LOO
PONDS 20 2,4C- pounds Of mulberry
i yes during he 40 days Of their life.
II IS 2ossible the compass Of hear
nF ssed by some animals lies
Fii' ange of air vibrations above
'H n, that they can hear no sounds
as the highest note that is aud
to Us, as we can hear none as high
IS the lowest that is audible to them.
The forage Of the whalebOne whale
3 Jelly fish. He has simply to open
MS mouth and paddle leisurely along
% take them in by the wagon load,
.ys Scientific American. The sperm
whale, on the contrary, captures huge
Se'h fsh weighing often several tons.
axe his brother, the whalebone whale
e must be constantly on the look
Ul Tor food. Otherwise he would
s'Ar'e. As many as Il seals have
Ven taken from a 3O-foOt KILLER"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-02-14
SCIENCE sIFTINGS.

The average straight-ahead motion
Of the stars is now put at 21 miles a
second.
Prof. Henry A. Ward, collector of me-
teorites, Of Chicago, has just added an
interesting specimen that fell near
Bath Furnace, KY, on November IS.
His collection ranks fourth in the
world, and he has one meteor present
ed to him by the shah of Persia.
The expansion of metals on heat
ing is a serious disadvantage for many
purposes. The new alloy Of iron with
SO per cent. of nickel is claimed to ex-
pand less than liz, 100000, for an in
crease Of one degree C., while the ex-
pansion Of iron is 10000 for one
degree C. The alloy is recommended
for clock pendulums, measures, etc.
The thought of space, compared with
which our unreasonable sidereal sys-
tenn dwindles to a point, is too over
whelming to be dwelt upon, is one Of
Herbert Spencer's latest reflections
''Of late years the consciousness that
without origin or cause infinite space
has ever existed and must ever exist,
produces in me a feeling from which ]
shrink"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-02-14
CREATING A WATERFALL.
Been Accomplished At
Niagara.

When the waters of the Niagara
river were made TO flow over turbines
to give electric power and light to the
city Of Buffalo it was considered q
great revolutionary feat of engineer
ing, says an account of ''The Greatest
of Power Dams" in Leslie's Month
". But at Niagara the dam and the
'sIl were there from the beginning.
D 1e power was ready in the rough
- had only to be applied to the ma
ehinery. When, however, il was pro-
posed to utilize the speed and force
of the Hudson river and TO turn them
into the power that lights towns, runs
street railways and vitalizes factory
plants the problem was a different
one. The river was there, but the
fall had to be created, and to do this
it would be necessary to build one
of the largest dams ever constructed,
a wall, in fact, 1,4OO feet long and 154
feet high, at certain points. No such
barrier, great or small, had ever been
placed across a river of a volume and
flow equal to that of the Hudson just
above Glens Falls, N. Y, yet this has
now been successfully accomplished.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-02-14
AUTOMOBILE NOTES.

Motor cars have been adopted for
scouting purposes by the Swiss mill.
tary authorities.
Banker Henri De Rothschild, Of Paris
says that in ten years from now there
will not be a single vehicle drawn by
horses in Paris, as everything viii be
hauled by motor conveyanees.
The honor Of possessing the largest
membership Of any automobile club in
the world rests with the Automobile
Club of Great Britain and Ireland,
which has now no less than 2,1sO men,
berE
A queer race between q balloon and
automobiles took place recently in
England, - motor cars taking part in
the cross-eountry chase. Two Of the
automobiles were near when the bah
loon came down.
Gelatine masks for automobile riders,
with mica plates TO protect the eyes,
are q new Partisan invention. The
masks are eolored and cover the chin
and throat; they fasten behind the
bead with sfTapA
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-02-14
HISTORICAL SIDE LIGHTS.

The Oldest house in England stands
near st. Adams Abbey, in Hartford
shire, about 20 miles from London.
This house is said to be more than
1000 years old, and is still ft for habi-
tation.
The date Of the Deluge is given var
iouEly by various ehrOnologers. Ae-
cording to Usher it occurred in B. c.
2s4s. But "a other authorities place
the cstaclyEm as follows: One in the
thirty-second century, five in the
thirty-hrst century, one in the twenty
ninth century, one in the twenty-sixth
century, four in the twenty-third cen
fury and two in the twenty-second
century B. c.
The proposed American statute for
the abolition Of kissing, and a fine Of
five dollars for each indulgence
in unhygienic oscillation is not
new. The old Puritan blue
laws of Massachusetts, forbade
the exchange of kisses in public
as q breach Of good behavior. Milan
has a similar ordinance against kisses
or other smatory demonstration in
public places. 1t dates from the time
Of the Sforzas.
The latest bit of antiquity brought
to light by the excavations at Chebba,
in Tunis, is a superb mosaic six feet
high by six feet eight inches broad,
and represents Silenus on his donkey.
The beast is FESTIVE under the weight,
and rears on his hind legs, refusing to
proceed, while a cloven-hoofed satyr
is pulling its ears. A faun is twisting
the ASS tail and belaBOring its sides
to no purpose.
The lava streams from the eruption
of Vesuvius in 1883 were so hot - years
later that steam issued from their
cracks and crevices. Those that
flowed from Etna in 1857 were found
to be steaming hot just below the
crust as late as 1910. The volcano
Jorullo in Mexico poured forth in 1889
lava that 81 years later gave OF
columns Of steaming vapor. In 1850
1t was found that a stick thrust into
the crevices instantly ignited, al
though no discomfort was experienced
in walking on the hardened crust.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-02-14
ELUSIVE BACILLI.
HtrOyinE Germs of typhoid
Tuberculosis.

1t is one of the disappointment of
the medical profession since the bac-
terra theory of many diseases has
been fully established that all efforts
to find an antidote for the tubercule
typhoid bacillus have failed, says a
special to the St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat. An antitOxin has been provided
for the diphtheria bacillus, because
the person of this bacillus passes out
of its cell and is soluble. The person
of typhoid tuberculosis is intracel-
lular and remains there, and cannot
be reached under ordinary cOndi-
lions. Recent experiments by bac-
teriologists, with the assistance of
Prof. Dewar, of the effects of ex-
IRENE cold upon the bacili show that
they survive at the lowest temper
allure attainable. II was discovered,
however, that when frozen in liquid
air the bacili became extremely brit
tie, so that they could be triturated
into exceedingly fine powder and
their cellular character thus de-
stroyed. 1t is possible to experiment
with antidotes upon their poisonous
contents, and it is hoped before long
that this method will lead to the dis
covery of a treatment which will de-
stroy the germs of typhoid tubercu-
losis in the human body.