The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-07-25
NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The trial of Jack Mueia, an Italian,
Who killed Joseph Ciserene in duel
nth knives, a month ago, at Chilli
sothe. H.. commenced on the 14th,
The quarrel which ended in murder
dated to the time the two men were
boys in Italy.
With the reception given on board
Pear-Admiral Cotton's flagship. Kear-
sarge. on the 14th, the official visit
At the American squadron to England
terminated.
The statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund, exclusive OF
the $3.50, 100000 gold reserve in the
division of redemption, on the 14th,
showed: Available cash balance,
SEES. s.ssl ,673; gold, s1o2,26o,o53.
The room occupied by Gen. Cassius
N. CLAW, at Whitehall, KY, has been
stripped of weapons by an order of
the committee appointed, on the 14th;
by the Richmond court to take charge
Of his affairs.
An express train on the Central
Massachusetts, division of the Boston
a Maine road, ran into the rear end
Of an express train on the New York,
New Haven & Hartford railroad at
the union station, Clifton, Mass, on
the 18th.
Lee Brown, alias John Tinsley, the
negro who killed Patrolman Massey,
Of Evansville, Ind, was reported, on
the 18th, to be in critical condition
- Jon.~.any;Ila rafor., n torn HE
illness is pronounced to be pneu-
monia.
James Allison Bowen, of Chicago,
on the 18th, resigned the post of dep
uty United States consul general at
Paris, in consequence of continued
i'll health.
Rear-Admiral Terry was ordered,
on the 18th, to command the naval
station at Honolulu, and Rear-Ad-
miral Miller has been offered COM
mand of the South Atlantic station.
At meeting of the directors of
the Lehigh Valley Railroad Co., in
Philadelphia, on the 18th, the special
committee appointed to consider
plan for the adjustment of the
finances of the company reported fa-
vorably to the board.
Nothing was accomplished at Pitts
burg, Kas., on the 18th, in the con-
ference of miners and operators and
the joint convention stands adjourned
subject to call.
The American Hardware Manufac-
turers' association and the Southern
Hardware Jobbers' association held a
joint meeting at Saratoga, N. Y, on
the 18th.
The statement of the treasury bal
aHces III the general fund, exclusive
of the $15o,o0o,o0o gold reserve in the
division of redemption, on the 18th
showed: Available cash balance, $685.
6O5,o6o; gold, s1o1, 1,72o,749.
An involuntary petition in bank
ruptcy was filed, on the 10th, against
Frank Tennyson Neely, New York
publisher. The alleged bankrupt, on
July Is, admitted his willingness to
be adjudged bankrupt and notified
his creditors of his inability to meet
obligations.
BeforeJudge Mcmahon, in the court
of general sessions. New York, APP
peared, on the 10th, for sentence,
Charles Stern, who, in 1896, while en-
gagged in banking business in that
city disappeared with $4,000 of the
banks money.
While there are some Kansas coun-
ties which need more outside help to
harvest the wheat, the larger part of
the harvest is completed.
Frederick Nelson, of Newmarket,
N. D., brother of Mrs. Charles Fair,
who was killed in an automobile ac-
cident abroad, had narrow escape
from similar death on the 10th.
After two days. work, jury was
selected, on the 10th, in the case of
George Collins, the Union (Mo.) bank
robber, charged with the murder of
Detective Schumacher.
Abner Mckinley, brother ofthe late
President Mckinley. wes eported
dangerously ill, on tho1f5th, at tSomer-
set, Pa, with parasis.
Three indictments were returned.
on the 18th, by the federal grand jury
In Brooklyn, N. Y. Two are believed
10 have direct bearing on the post Of
nee department automatic cash regis
ter scandal.
Maude Jordine was declared not
guilty of the murder of her two-year-
old sister at Bloomington, ILL.,, on the
10Th, the preliminary hearing ending
with her dismissal.
A verdict of guilty of murder in
the first degree was rendered by the
Jury at Hamilton, o., on the 10th, in
tne case of Alfred Knapp, the wife
murderer.
Inc Manchurian question has been
settled satisfactorily to this govern
ment Assurances have been re-
eeived from the Chinese government
mat 1t will, in the near future. open
= treaty ports, with the assent of
nussia, several ports now closed to
tne worlds trade.
-Four persons lost their lives in
n,e early on the morning of the 10th,
snich destroyed Bonner Springs sam
'srium, at Bonner Springs, Kas-
"ailaee's circus train was wrecked
at sheibyville, ILL.,. on the 10Th, while
oelng sidetracked. One man was
Hilied and a number injured, some Sc
,iousiy. Several trick horses were so
osaiy hurt that they had to be shot.
ne sixth annual convention of the
pworth league opened auspieiously
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