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The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
OTHERWISE UNN0TICED

The gold now in the United States
treasury amounts 10 SOL 900, the
largest deposit in the world
Mrs Rose +. Tanning died. sunday,
after having taught in the ST. Louis
public schools for a years.
Speaker Whiieeotton Of the Mis-
souri, legislature claims credit for in
stigating the Doodle Investigations.
Charles Featherstone. Texas mil
lionaire. and Miss Myrtle Dedrick,
telephone girl. were married at Dali
las. Tex.
F. Seymour harrington. the English
adventurer in 81, Louis, declares he
will contest his wife's divorce suit 10
the bitter end.
Minister Conger reports that Box
ers in some of the Chinese provinces
are again becoming aggressiYely ac-
tive.
Frank Bell was shot and probably
fatally wounded by Walter Mnsick, at
st. Louis, as the result of quarrel
over a craps game.
\ strike OF the 81. Louis Transit
Co.'s employees is threatened after
Nav /. the men having formulated de-
mands for higher wages aud shorter
hours.
Father j. i. Head Of Annunciation
church. st. Louis, captured man VINO
had stolen yestments of the aeolytes
from the building and turned him
over to the police.
James Mckinney, western outlaw
was shot to death at bakersfield, Call
after he had killed one Office and Ia
tally wounded another while resisting
errest
Chicago democrats launched Carter
Harrison's presidential boom, Sunday
at the first meeting OF their newly
formed club. Mayor Harrison was
present.
Gov. Doekery of Missouri vetoed the
southwestern normal school bill, os-
tensibly on the ground that the state
should not be restricted in locndng
| is institutions.
Carrie Nation has opened her Kan
sas home for the wives Of drunkards
| No men are allowed on the premises
Many Joint smashers took part in the
dedication exercises.
Plans have been perfected ortrans'
portation and entertaining the distin
gushed guests from Washington wh'
will attend the Worlds fair dedica
tory exercises at st. Louis.
A posse of farmers, summoned bl
rural telephone, pursued two suspect
ed robbers near Edwnrdsville, Ill.
and engaged them in pitched battle
In which Frank Charles, one Of the
| fugitives. was seriously wounded.
An impetus has been given 10 the
plans for the removal of the Pbiladel.
| phia commercial museum TO Wash-
ington and The making Of national
| institution out of il.
The monitor Arkansas anchored
Sunday at Mound City, H., and sailed
thence 10 Cairo. She will have to cut
down her smoke stack 10 get 10 st.
Louis having been caught beyond the
bridge by high water.
Mrs. Elizabeth Milbank Anderson
has presented real estate valued at
81 100000 10 Barnard college. New
York This is said to be the largest
donation ever made TO a woman's col.
lege in the United States.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
BUTTE's LABOR UNIONS.
They VIII Have President Roose-
welt as Their Guest on Mon
day May ~.

Butte. Mont. April 20--Presiaen'
Roosevelt will be the gn 81 of bJ'ie :
labor unions during portion ~ me
time he expects TO speni mere n"y
27. He has accepted the inyito'Ion
~ the Silver Bow Tra1.'s and Labor
assembly. immediately on receipt pt
the initiation Priys.e Secretary l. eb
drove ten miles to where the presi-
dent was and laid the matter before
him. When Nalcobu GiIlis, ofsihc Ia
bor unions commit'es. arrived Al
Cinnabar, Secretary Loci had re-
turned and Informed the labor repre-.
sentative that the PRESIDENT was
pleased to accept the invitation.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
NEW YORK BARREL MYSTERY.
Police Inspector McCIusky says the
Murdered Nan Was n"ducnn
Bencdrtto, of buffalo.

New York. April 2o.---I'olice lnspee-
tor McClnskey announced, Monday
that the identification - .he bedy
that WAS found in barrel last Tues
day had been positively made.
81 wish To say said the inspector,
that all these stories stating that The
murdered man was mixed up in The
Waterbury Comm strike are ahsurd.
There * no foundation for them
whatsoever.
The Inspector said he was CON
yinced that the murdered man VIZ
Maduena Bencdetto, 30 years ~ a,fe,
of Buffalo. A picture NJ The mur-
dered man had been positively iden-
tilted. the inspector said, by BIRTH
rr-in-law Of Benedetto. The BRO her
in-law Is Joseph De prima, and Is now
serving term in Sing Sing Drson.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
indians stu Moving.

In spite of the reports of unsatis-
factory treatment at Ardmore, and
the fact that many members of the
tribe have returned to the State
without waiting for their claims to
be allotted, the Choctaw Indians con-
tinue to pass through Jackson en-
route to the Indian Territory. A
coach load of Indians, chiefly squaws
and children, passed through the city
last week in charge of one of the
attorneys who is engaged in the
speculative venture of furnishing the
members of the tribe unit they are
located sufficiently long to sell off a
portion of their newly-acquired
lands.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
HARD ON WESTERN FLoCKS.
A Hard Winter and the Ravages of
"Big Head" Working Havoc
Among the sheep of Utah.

Salt Lake, Utah. April 20.-Between
the ravages of an unusually severe
winter and the breaking out of a ma
lignant disease known as "big head
among their hocks within the past
few weeks, the Herald says the sheep
men of Utah, southern Idaho and
eastern Nevada are afraid that by the
time they get their sheep 10 the sum
mer grazing grounds their loss will
amount TO about fifty per cent. of the
number they had last fall. Should
this estimate be correct, the loss in
Utah alone will amount TO about l.
OO0. 600 head and would be an unpre-
cedented loss to sheep owners of this
state
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
INJECTION OF NEW BLOOD.
An Operation by which the VILLA IN
Cramp n sons ship-Building Co.
Has Been saved From Wreck.

New York, April 2o.-Through the
successful negotiation of a $1,000. 900
loan on terms which involve practical
reorganization under a new manage
ment, the William Cramp & Sons
Ship and Engine Building Co, of this
city, has been saved from the immi-
nent danger of having TO pass into the
hands of n receiver, says the Herald's
representative in Philadelphia With
plant which, according to recent
estimate, is conservatively valued at
$12, 100000, the Cramp concern has, it
is said, been in sore need for several
years of an increase in its available
working capital. II has outstanding
notes to meet amounting to $1,000
900 TO 100000
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
prouth Affecting Crops.

Drouth in the central section OF
the State is beginning to affect the
crops somewhat, and farmers are
generally beginning to look anxious
" for rain. The ground is very hard
and dry, and seed cannot germi-
nate. The cold weather of the past
two days has chilled vegetables, bnt
no damage has been done beyond set
ting them back a little. No frost
has occurred in this section.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
GREAT WESTWARD EXODUS
The National Capital Getting Ready
for the Advance Movement
Upon ST. Louis.
NEXT WEEK WILL WITNESS THE EXODUS.
Cabinet ministers. Army aud Navy
omccrs, the Diplomatic Corps and
other Invited Guests To the
worlds Fair Dedication VIII De-
part on special Trains.

Washington. April 20. There win
be n great exodus from Washington
next week. cn route To ST. Louis TO at
tend the ceremonies incident to the
dedication of the universal exposition.
On Tuesday morning. the 2sth inst.
three special trains will leave the cap
ital city. carrying the diplomatic
corps. Washington correspondents,
members of the Marine band and 9TH
er invited guests. Another special
will carry eN-President Cleveland from
Princeton, \. j.
Members OF the diplomatic corps
will travel over the Pennsylvania rail-
road. Mr.. Allen Cockrcll, son of SEN
ator Coelrell of Missouri. diplomatic
representative of the exposition in
Washington. will represent the expo
sition company en- route.
As President Roosevelt will reach 81.
Louis from the west, and as Secretary
of~staie Hay will be obliged To re-
main in Washington in the absence of
the President the United States gov
ernment will be represented on the
trnin by Third Assistant Secretary
Pierce and Chief Clerk Michael of the
department of state. In the diplo-
matte party there will be also mem
bers of the cabinet, five OF whom have
promised TO attend. Admiral George
Dewey, ranking officer of the navy;
Gen. Nelson 4. Miles, ranking officer
of the army, and GEN S. u. NJ. Young,
president of the war college.
Marine Hand Coming.
The United Stntes Marine band, un-
der the leadership of Mr.. William III.
Santelman. will also travel over the
Baltimore a Ohio railroad as a section
of the Royal Blue flyer. The band
will 90 10 81. Louis seventy strong.
and will form the escort to the presi-
dental party In the grand military
parade on the 30th inst.
President Roosevelt. who will arrive
in St. Louis during the afternoon OF
April 20. will be entertained at the
home of Mr.. Francis, and will have as
fellow-gnesi ex-president Cleveland.
For the time President Roosevelt is in
81. Louis the seat of the national gov
ernment will be at the northwest cor
Ief OI mhI lhuh ahh sf'EHA'aH -
nues.
According to present plans. Corwin
II Spencer. yice-president of the
Worlds fair, will entertain during
dedication week Gen. Henry {. Cor
bin, grand marshal of the parade
Senator chauncey NJ Depcw will al
so be entertained by Mr. Spencer, al
though suite of rooms for the NJ"
York senator has been engaged at the
Planters.
Leslie NJ Shaw, secretary OF the
treasury, is TO be entertained by Will
lam II. Thompson. treasurer of the
Worlds fair board, and james Will
son, secretary Of agriculture, will be
"A guest nt the home Of Gov. i. o.
Sianard. 44o9 Lindell boulevard.
Cardinal Gibbons, who is TO ofiici-
ate al the dedication Of the Worlds
fair grounds, will be the guest OF
Archbishop Kahn, and other church
dipnitaries will be entertained by the
81. Louis clerRymen.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
MANY MINERS LOCKED OUT.
The philadelphia d acadng Com
pany Lock Their Miners ont In
the Shenandoah District.

Shenandoah. Pa, April 2o.-The
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron
Co. forced lockout at every one OF
their collieriesl in this district Mon.
day. The men we're notified on Sat
urday that if they did not work the
full nine-hour day they could consid-
er themselves discharged. When they
reported for work Monday they were
told there was no work for them. The
idle collieries in this vicinity are Ma
ple Hill. Kohinoor, Ellangowan,
Knickerbocker, Indian Ridge, Suffolk
Turkey Run and. Plank Ridge, Of the
Philadelphia q Reading Coal d. Iron
Co., and the Cambridge, an individual
operation,
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
TURBINE YACHT EMERALD.
The First Vessel of Her Class 4.
Attempt Voyage Across fhe
Atlantic Ocean.

New York, April 2o.-George Gould's
new turbine yacht Emerald, eharierd
in December last from Sir Christopher
Furness, has sailed from England. The
Emerald Is the first vessel fitted with
turbine machinery that has ever at
tempted 10 cross the Atlantic. Her III.
rnensions are: Length over all, 236
feet; beam, &c feet s inches. nodded
depth. is feet inches. She has three
sets of steam turbines, each driving
one length of shafting and five man.
.ganese bronze propellers--oDe propel-
Ter on the center Shaft and two on
each of the side shafts.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
MOVING convlcts.

Assistant Travelling Sergeant Nc
Caskill of the penitentiary leaves
this week for the Delta TO carry the
convicts back to the Dulaney and
McI.aurin places, in Issaquena and
Sharkev counties, respectively.
These two convict farms. were over
flowed bv the break in the levee near
Greenyille, but the waters have sub
sided sufficiently for the return OF
the prisoners, and active prepare
tions for farm work viii be com
meneed during the week.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
Work on a New Road.

The work of grading the right of
way of the Mobile, Jackson & Kan
sas City railroad (main line)
through Laurel is progressing nice
ly, and with the present fine weather
it is expected that it will be only
short time before trains will be
running out of Mobile over the new
line through Laurel to Bay Springs,
Jasper county, the work of grading
being in progress both north and
south of Laurel as well as in the
corporate limits. The work is be-
ing pushed as rapidly as men and
moneK can push it.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
10 EstabIIsh Health Resort.

Several citizens Of Hickory Fiat
have decided to establish a resort
at the coax Chill Tubbe," the min
eral springs near the old Indian
town. For lone time it has been
known locally that the mineral wa
ters possess great curative powers
for certain diseases, but the springs
have never been developed.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
AIIeqed EmbezzIer Caught.

City Marshal j. W. Owen, Of Can
ton, returned from fishing trip to
New Orleans last week, bringing
with him a negro named Sam Ward,
who in January last embezzled $500
from VIII Lutz, a large cattle deal
er. Ward was a trusted buyer and
had often been trusted with as much
as a thousand dollars. Marshal
Owen, who has been trying to locate
the negro for four months, finally
learned he was in New Orleans and
wired the chief Of police to arrest
him.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25

Requisition papers for Kelley have
been sent TO Detective Tracey, who ia
in New York city.
Three true bills we're found against
Lobbyist Kelley, the money which he
is alleged TO have given to Senators
Smith. Matthews and Farris forming
the basis for them.
The investigation into Legislative
boodling viii be resumed by the st.
Louis grand jury this morning.
Att'y.-Gen. Crow. who gathered the
evidence upon which the Jefferson
City indictments are based, will co
operate with Circuit Attorney Folk.
1t is practically certain that at least
ten senators will be caught in tn
grand jury dragnets before the in
quiry is concluded.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
AprEAREp AND GAVE BOND.
Senators Matthews and smith Give
BOND TO Answer for Bribery.

Jefferson City, Mo-. April 20--sena-
tors y. L. Matthews and Charles a.
Smith, who were indicted by the
grand Jury. Saturday, for accepting
bribes in connection with baking
powder legislation. appeared Monday
and gave bonds in the sum OF $4,000
each for appearance before the cir
cult court in the july term. They
came voluntarily and each says he il
innocent Of the charges.
The indictments Charge them with
receiving bribes from D. j. Kelley, of
New York. Of $1,000 each to vote
against the alum baking powder bill,
as members Of the committee on Grim
inai Jurisprudence of the senate IN
the Forty-hrst general assembly, two
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
Blind Tigers Unearthed.

City Marshal j. B. Mckinney of
Aberdeen last week unearthed two
blind tigers and brought them to
grief. Leila Nabers, who keeps a
lunch house on Lower Commerce
street, and John Kerns, a witness in
the Federal Court from Attala coun-
ty, both negroes, were convicted by
Mayor Acker and fined $500 and
sentenced to ninety days imprison-
ment. The fine will have to be
worked out on the streets after the
Imprisonment is served, unless other
wise paid.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
A Wonderful Old Man.

Capt. Lafayette Montgomery of
Madison county is going to attend
the laying of the cornerstone of the
new million dollar state house on the
Sd of June, and he intends to ride to
the capital city on horse back. Capt.
Montgomery is 81 years of age, yet
the twenty mile journey on horse
back will be very ordinary event
for him, as he is accustomed to taxi
ing such Journeys on the faithful old
mare he has been riding for the past
twenty years, and who, like her mas
ter, is quite spry and active in spite
of the weight. of advancing years.
Capt. Montgomery is one of the few
persons who witnessed the laying of
the cornerstone of the old state
house in 1889, and he has been ex-
tended a special invitation by the
capitol commission to be present at
the coming event. Although now in
his 92d year, he is one of the most
active farmers in Madison county,
and raises good crop each year.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
How to Avoid Pests.

A bulletin of much value to the
farmers has been issued by the Mis-
sissippi agricultural experiment sta
tion on the subject Of chicken mites,
known to scientists as Dermanyssus
gallinae. The bulletin is prepared
by Prof. Glenn w. Herrick, who
states that the principal cause of in
fection by these pests is filth and
lack of light in poultry houses.
Prof. Herrick gives detailed de-
scription of how to build roosts and
nests in poultry houses method OF
constructing the houses and other
means of avoiding the pest. He rec
ommends the cleaning of chicken
houses with lime and sulphur every
two weeks, and as a direct remedy
the application of crude petroleum
or kerosene to the fowls.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
FOR MAKING A FALSE ENTRY
william Brown, Footman, Who
Married Counters Russell, Under
Assumed Name, In Trouble.

London, April 2o.-Wm. Brown, a
footman. was remsnded at Ports
mouth on the charge Of making a
false entry at the registers cihce
there last December, when under fbc
name Of prince Afbrobald. Stuart
DeModena.- he married Countess
RUSSELL who obtained divorce firm
her husband. EagI Russell, "n t'e
ground Of tbe carl's bigamy in r.arry.
ing Mrs. somerville in the lrItec
etafoe
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
THE ALUM DOODLE CASES.
Indictments Say Senators Made
Their Bargains in Jefferson City
and Were Paid in St. Louis.
MATTHEWS AND SMITH HAVE SHOWN UP.
Daniel j. Kelley. senator Farris and
LIeut.-GoN. Lee Remain Out of
Sight-It is Thought that mt Least
Ten Senators VIII he Caught In
the Dragnct.

ST. Louis. April 2o.-Senators Frank
Farris. of Crawford county; Buel
Matthews. of st. Louis county. and
Charles A. Smith. of ST. Louis. each
received 81. l.000 for voting against the
bill to repeal the anti-alum baking
powder statute. according TO the in
dictments returned by the Cole eoun-
~ grand jury and made public since
Further. the indictments set forth
that Daniel j. Kelley, of New York,
was the disbursing agent of the Bak-
ing Powder trust.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
Not Smallpox.

The uneasiness in regard to small
pox is vanishing. The mdeical fra
ternity differ as to what to call the
malady. Many say that it is only
chickenpox. No new cases are re-
ported, School is expected to resume
at once. The university and the
Women's College have not been
troubled in the least by the rumor.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
PROCLAIMED A HOLIDAY.
AprfI 30. the Centennial of the Sign
ing of the Louisiana Purehase
Treaty, a Holiday I'm Missouri.

jefferson City, Mo, April 20.-Gov,
Dockery has issued proclamation
declaring Thursday, April 30, the cen
tennial of the signing of the treaty
transferring the Louisiana territory
TO the United States, and the date oi
The dedication Of the Worlds fair
gounds in st. Louis, public holiday
in the state Of Missouri.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25

years ago. The witnesses on whose
testimony the indictments were found
were Lieut.-Gov. Lee. ]. II. Edwards,
chief clerk in the office of the secre-
tary OF state; Patterson Bain, baking
powder manufacturer of st. Louis
Frank Nuerz. clerk of the 1aelcde
hotel, ST. Louis, and Hugh koening,
paying teller of the 81. Louis bank
where the supposed checks were
ra shed
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
VIII Carry Big Crowds.

The passenger officials of the Hi
nois Central expect to carry 10000
veterans from Mississippi to the re-
union Of the Confederacy at New
Orleans next month, and some of the
traffic men are inclined to the opin-
ion that from $4,000 to 10000 vet
erans from this State will be IN at
tendance at the big gathering. Mr..
L. T. Montgomery, travelling passen-
ger agent of the Illinois Central,
states that all reports received indi-
cate record-breaking crowd from
this State, and that if it exceeds the
expectations of the passenger depart
ment the road will be unable to car
ry all the crowd, for all the avalla-
BILE rolling stock has been called into
service to fill present estimates.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
Early Closing Movement.

Port Gibson clerks are making an
effort to have their employers en-
act the early closing movement the
first of May this year, instead OF
waiting until the first of june.
1t is believed the request will be
willingly granted, and if so the busi-
ness houses will be closed every even
ing at 6 80 o'clock from May l to
September /.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
Returned 10 work.

sharon, Pa, April 2o.-The brick
layers at the United Coke g. Gas
Works Of the United States Steel Cor
poration, who struck April ] returnee
TO work to-day. The company grant.
ed their demand for an eight-houI
day at So cents an hour.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
ws.harawins military Guards.

The Hague, April 2o.-The With
drawaI Of the military guards on the
railroads has commenced in the
northern and southern provinces, but
the guards viii be maintained for the
present in the central provinces aud
at Amsterdam.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
church Blown Down.

A tornado at Columbus blew down
the Second Methodist Church and
several small houses in the Robertson
addition. and did great damage over
the city in leveling fences, trees and
in grounding wires. No lives were
LOST
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
wm. x. Vanderbilt, 20 be Married.

New York, April POT is reported
here. says the Paris correspondent y
the America. that William X. Wander
bilt is TO be married quietly here or
"Wednesday TO young American
widow to whom he has recently beer
paying attention.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
Decoration pax Celebration.

Claiborne Camp, Confederate Vet
erans, of Port Gibson, is making
extensive preparations for the an
nual Decoration Day celebration.
Ex-Gov. Lowry has accepted an in
vitatioE to make the annual address
in behalf Of the Confederate Veter-
ans, and Hon. BENZ. G.. Humphreys,
member of Congress from the Third
congressional district, viii deliver
the address in behalf of the Sons Of
Veterans. The attendance viii be
very large.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25

New York. April 2o.-Acting upon
the advice of Att'y.-Gen. Knox, the
interstate commerce commission VIII
meet in this city Tuesday, and begin
an inquiry into the merger Of The coal
roads.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25
oratoricai Representation.

The oratorical contest for the pur-
pose of selecting a representative for
the Gulf State Intercollegiate. ora
torical meeting to be held at the Uni
yersity of Alabama was held in the
university chapel at Oxford last
week. The three participants were
Messrs. r. II. Chamberlain, S. La
nier Field and w. A. Henry. Mr..
Chamberlain's subject was Justice
to One, Justice to All" and was well
handled. Mr.. Field spoke on the
subject, 'HTo the Strongest" and the
judges gave him the place. Mr..
Henry in his eloquent way discussed
Progress Through Revolution" "
The contest was entertaining
throughout.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25

New London, Conn. April 20.--The
Yacht Constitution arrived here to-
day. she will be hauled out for re-
pairs and her hull cleaned.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-04-25

Bakersfield, Cal. Apri 20.--city
Marshal r. }. Packard. who was shot
in Sundays battle with Outlaw Ne
Kinney, died Monday morning.