The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-03-15
NEWS OF THE WORLD.


from the census bureau March l.
J. P. Morgan has given S2,O00,oo0
to the University of the South at
sewanee. Tenn.
Fire destroyed the Palmer stove
factory at Poplar Bluff, Mo, entail
ing a loss of 100000.
An oil well was recently bought in
at Decatur, H., which produces
5000 barrels per day.
An explosion of gas in coal
mine near Monongehala, Pa, result
ed in the death of five men.
The department of agriculture re-
ports unfavorable conditions as to
the wheat crop in many sections.
A number of strikers said to have
taken part in the recent riots IN
Spain have been shot after trial by
court martial.
Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter OF
the president, will not attend the
coronation of King Edward, as first
contemplated.
The fight for the removal of Pen
sion Commissioner Clay Evans has
been renewed by the Kansas con-
q gressional delegation.
f. W. Cattle, cashier of the State
Bank at Elhart, H., suicided by
shooting himself through the head.
He was short $4,000.
The Illinois law imposing fine
of from $40 to $1,000 for dealing
in futures has been upheld by the
United States supreme court.
The senate passed bill appro-
priating $4,000 for the establish
ment of a fish culture station at
Mammoth Spring, this state.
The Turkish government, in re-
ply to demands of the United States
denies all responsibility and liabili-
ty in the kidnapping of Miss Stone
The next national populist con-
yention will be held at Memphis, it
having been decided to transfer the
convention from Louisville to the
latter place.
While two citizens were watching
them, burglars looted the First Ma
tional bank at Montgomery, Ind,
and escaped with $500 in money
and bonds.
II is the opinion in diplomatic cir
cles at Washington that the outcome
of the Anglo-Japanese agreement
will be the abandonment of Manchu-
ria by Russia.
The fines imposed ON soldiers for
breach OF discipline during the Span
ish-American war, amounting to
100000, is to be distributed among
the national guards.
Members of the National Whole
sale Lumbermen's Association de-
clare the high price of lumber is due
to scarcity Of the product, and not
to any combination of agreement.
Spot cotton jumped to 9 cents
per pound on the New York exchange
on the 5th The advance in cotton
Is due to actual shortage of the crop.
which has now passed out of the
hands of the producer to the middle
men, or spectators.
The river and harbor bill before
congress carries the following
amounts for Arkansas: Arkansas
river, general improvement and re-
moving obstructions and operating
snag boats, $4,000; Ouachita and
Black rivers, $4,000, continuing
contract OF $353,954 upper White,
$4,000; White, Cache, Black and
Current rivers, Arkansas and Mis-
souri,, $4,000.
The Kansas cities and towns
which tolerated Carrie Nation and
her raiders viii be obliged to pay for
the saloons which were wrecked
The supreme court of Kansas, in a
recent decision, declared that joints,
operated in violation of the prihibi-
tory law, we're, nevertheless, the
property of the owner, and entitled
20 police protection just as much as
the property of the merchant.
Ex-Gov Hogg. now in England
On visit, refused to be presented to
hlng Edward at leyee, because he
would have been compelled to wear
knee breeches, sword, etc., the regu-
lation court dress.
Col. Jenkins, the officer whom
President Roosevelt was invited to
present sword at the Charleston
exposition, has refused to receive the