Fair play., 1902-05-10
President Roosevelt has signed the

Chinese exclusion bill.
The Russian battleship Eetvisan.
built by Cramp & Sons in Philadelphia,
left the shipyards for Russia.
Gov. Cummins, of Iowa. in speech
at Minneapolis, says American people
will eventually crush out trusts that
attempt to throttle competition.
President Roose,elt says that il
congress adjourns without adopting
some measure of relief for Cuba he
will order an immediate reassembling
to finish the work.
Ernest Dewley, n negro who shot
and seriously wounded Harry Dowell,
. young white man. at Custom, Ky,
was hanged by mob.
Andrew Carnegie left New York on
the steamship st. Louis for his es-
tate in Scotland.
Secretary Long has closed his Of
fetal career as the head of the naval
establishment and Mr.. Moody sue
ceeds him.
Rear Admiral 4. S. Crowninshield
sailed with the battleship Illinois for
London to be present at the corona
ton ceremonies.
Eight girls were killed and 42 in
jured by n panic in Il Philadelphia
cigar factory, caused by false cry
of fire
Twelve Thousand workmen struck
at Pittsburg to enforce eight-hour de-
mands.
The Rock Island road has pur-
chased the St. Louis, Kansas City and
Colorado line.
The ANA leamated Association of
Iron and Steel Workers at the
Wheeling convention voted strike
fund of 100000.
Absolute proof of the existence OF
at least three agreements between
the packing concerns included in the
beef trust has been obtained in Chi
cago by United States District Attor-
ney Bethea.
The public debt statement issued
on the 1st shows that the debt de-
creased S4.616.356 during the mopth of
April. The cash balance in the treas
ury was $334. .1399S3. The total debt.
less the cash in the treasury, amounts
to s993.115.91o.
During April the total govern
ment receipts were S45.2i5.39O and
expenditures SiO..9o.a63. leaving Il
surplus for the month of $4,316.00O.
The surplus for the past ten months is
s65.5G3.27O
On April 80 the total circulation of
national bank notes was $356. 6.9S1.399.
The Amalgamated association in
session at Wheeling. W. Va. reclecte ed
Theodore Shaffer president for the en-
suing year.
Mrs. Mary Hall. of La Grange, Ind,
died after fasting for 80 days.
The Indiana supreme court in test
case decided that the Indianapolis
three-cent-fare law is invalid.
4 bill accusing packers of antitrust
law violation has been prepared by
District Attorney Bethea in Chicago
and is ready for filing. Packers are
charged with being in combination and
with accepting freight rebates.
\ cyclone AT Bayard. Van Vert and
Weldon. in Iowa. demolished many
buildings. causing heavy property loss
and probably taking human life.
Andrew Carnegie announced before
he left for Scotland that he would
give another S1,0o0,0OO to 81 towns
for libraries.
At Davenport. Ia. fire destroyed
the main portion of the plant of the
Bettendorf Steel Axle company, the
loss being sa5O.O0n.
William Henry Moody. the new sec
retary of the navy, has taken the
oath of office.
Lewis Young (colnred) was hanged
at Monndsville, ". Va. for the mur-
der of Arthur Kell in quarrel over
a girl.
Because of dependency Mrs. John
l.. Kingsbury poisoned her two chill
dren, aged eight and l., at Denver,
Col. and committed suicide by the
same method.
Thomas Mast, the famous carica-
turist, has been nominated by Pscsi-
dent Roosevelt as consul general at
Guayaqnil, Ecuador.
The Federation of WOmen'S clubs
biennial convention began ut Los
Angeles, Cal.