The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-05-10
President Roosevelt has signed the

President Roosevelt has signed the
Chinese exclusion bill
The Russian battleship Retvisan,
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 Roosevelt says that il
congress adjonrns without adopting
some measure of relief for Cuba he
will order an immediate reassembling
to finish the work
Ernest Dewley, a negro who shot
and seriously wounded Harry Dowell,
a 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 A. s. Crowninshield
sailed with the battleship Illinois for
London to be present at the corona
tion ceremonies.
Eight girls were killed and AZ in
jured by a panic in a 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 Amalgamated Association of
Iron and Steel Workers at the
Wheeling convention voted a 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 month of
April. The cash balance in the treas
ury was $334,739,os3. The total debt.
less the cash in the treasury, amounts
to $993, ,115,979
During April the total govern
ment receipts were $45,2l5,390 and
expenditures S4o79o, ,263. leaving a
surplus for the month of $4,316,0O0.
The surplus for the past ten months is
SOS 5.59s.27o
On April 80 the total circulation of
national bank notes was $3.50, ,9s7, 800.
The Amalgamated association in
session at Wheeling, w Va. reelected
Theodore shaffer president for the en-
suing year.
Mrs. Mary Hall, of La Grange, Ind,
died after fasting for so days.
The Indiana supreme court in test
case decided that the indianapolis
three-cent-fare law is invalid.
A bill accusing packers of antitrust
law violation has been prepared by
District Attorney Bethea in Chicago
and is ready for fling. Packers are
charged with being in combination and
with accepting freight rebates.
A 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 $1,oO0,oOo to 21 towns
for libraries.
At Davenport, Ia, fire destroyed
the main portion of the plant of the
Bettendorf Steel Axle company, the
loss being $685. 900.
William Henry Moody, the new sec
retary of the navy, has taken the
oath of Office.
Lewis Young (colored) was hanged
at Moundsville, w. Va, for the muir
der of Arthur Kell in a quarrel over
girl
Because of despondeney Mrs. John
L. Kingsbury poisoned her two chill
dren, aged eight and 12, at Denver,
Col, and committed suicide by the
same method.
Thomas Mast, the famous carica-
turist, has been nominated nv Presi-
dent Roosevelt as consul general at
Guayaquil. Ecuador.
The Federation of Women's clubs
biennial convention began at Los
Angeles, Cal.