The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-08-29
EEVS IN BRIEF.
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.<asonAL AND GENERAL.

.<asonAL AND GENERAL.
-. soung farmers fought out
.,,y anarrei at Doe Run. No, on
,stb and as a result one was killed
|. 4, other dangerously wounded.
sppesrance OF the sheriff prevents
tartber trouble between members OF
families.
rss ooncentrator and nearly the en-
n,aut of the Kentucky-Vermillion
.,inr and Concentration Co., at Ver-
mon. Mont. was destroyed by fire
ia 10Th. Loss estimated at $685.
10 sl50.OO0, with $4,000 insurance.
directors of the new Indianapolis
.athern railway opened bids at In
.papolis. Ind, on the 18th, for the
kustruction of the line between In
.aapolis and Sullivan, Ind, ITO miles.
estimated cost will be $4,000. 900.
Secretary Root left Washington. D.
on the 18th, for New York, and
lied for Europe to take his seat as
Hartman OF the Alaskan boundary
mmission. which meets in London.
kptember 3. Until the first of Sep
|nber the war department will be
der the direction Of Col. Sanger, the
5sistant secretary, at which time Gen.
irer will succeed him.
The remains Of the late Judge John
Long, United States consul general
ID diplomatic agent at Cairo. Egypt,
ho died as the result of an accident
Dunbar, Scotland, July 2S, arrived
Washington, d. c.. on the 10th.
The Topeka, Lawrence & Kansas
ectrIc Co. applied for a charter at
bpeka Kas., on the 18th, with cap
ii stock of 100000. T. s. Salathiel
the promoter. The line will be rs
iles in length.
Gov. Dockery of Missouri. on the
Nh, appointed Senator II. w. Johnson.
Montgomery county, Mo-, judge of
e circuit court OF that county, to fill
e vacancy caused by the resignation
Judge r. d. Rogers.
The wooden ore steamer Queen of the
est from Cleveland, o., sank in Lake
lie, on the goth. The crew of Is men
hd two young women, daughters OF
Re engineer, we're rescued by the
nchor Line steamer Codorus, bound
pr Cleveland. The steamer was val
Id at $4,000.
The Wyoming supreme. court, on the
pth, refused new trial to James Kef-
D, who killed S. ]. Warren at Derby,
'ecember 20, 1901, and re-sentenced
I'm to be hanged September 25.
| Field Marshal Lord Roberts and his
aff, on the 10th, booked passage on
y steamer Mayflower, which will sail
|om Liverpool, September 23, for Bos-
d, Mass.
The Missouri, sister ship of the
aine, built for the International Mer-
utlle Marine Co.. was successfully
hched at Baltimore Md, on the
The conecup Lumber Co. s plant at,
|cntgomery, Ala. was destroyed by
re on the goth. Loss, $4,000; insur-
nee, $4,000.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles left San Fran
|sco, on the goth, to meet an engage
lent in New Hampshire, August 26.
w. ]. Edwards, of Plains, K6s. was
hot and killed on the goth. His sonn
Ohn and Roy surrendered, and admit
ID that they did the shooting No
Ruse was given.
Fire partially destroyed the building
ccupied by the a. S. Aloe Optical Co.,
4 Broadway, st. Louis, on the morn
fg Of the 21st. Losses were also ses-
eined, by water, by the Simmons
ardware Co.. adjoining. and by T. J.
{eid Shoe Co., opposite, water tower
iling against the third-story.. window
% hooding the building before It
Puld be shut off.
Inc first Of the Americas cup yacht
Rces was started but not finished, on
Pc zoth, there not ocing sufficient wind
4 enable the yacl;ls to cover the
purse within The time limit. Reliance,
Pc cup defea lei. demonstrated her SUI
'eriority as 4 light wind craft, being
early two miles IN the lead when the
ace was called Off.
The Grand Army Of the Republic ma
'onai encampment. on the goth, selected
oston as the place in which the en-
Ampnaent of 1904 Will be held. Cen.
0nn 9. Black, OF Illircis, was chosen
'mmander-in-chief.
An unknown young man from In
ANA was shot IN the side by one Of
'ur tramps, on the morning of thej
sb ~ miles east of Wichita. Kas. He
ed several hours later.
David Stafford. an Emporia tKas.)
isiness man, left, on the 21st, for
leridan, Wyo., to Investigate the mys-
fious disappearance of his son.
oyd Stafford, on-commissioned Of
'er In the United States army, sta
onsq at Fort Mckinney, near sheri-
IN.
nazei Avery. seh- confessed kidnaper
'Wo-year-old Olive FurIong, in Chi
go was. on the 21st. sentenced to |
nee years in the penitentiary. The
Wy was stolen June % and was not |
'soYered until June 80.
me national encampment qf the
land Army Of the Republic closed its
annual session at San
ancisco. on the 21st. to meet in
,ston next year.
ssaes senator William p. Sullivan. OF
a'suan county. Mo, who was con-
''ed, on the 2oth. at Jefferson City,
= oi soliciting bribe from Whitney |
's'on' the Alum trust man, to secure
! passage of a bin Layton was@pro-
lung. and fined 500 BY 4 jury. viii
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