The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1904-04-23
News Of the World

lie refinery OF tne GulI Oll Com
pany at Port Arthur, Tex, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 18th inst.
The loss is placed at 100000.
The West Virginia republican
state convention instructed its dele
gates at large for Roosevelt for pres
ident and Elkins for vice president.
A cablegram from st. Petersburg
asserts that Admiral Makaroff, in
the battle off Port Arthur, when he
realized his ship was sinking, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself
with revolver.
BY vote of 70 to ~, after bitter
fight, the territorial democratic con-
vention instructed the New Mexico
delegates to the national convention
to vote for William r. Hearst as
their candidate for the presidency.
Andrew Carnegie has created a
fund of $5,000,000 for the benefit
of the dependents of those losing
their lives in heroic effort to save
their fellow-men, or for the heroes
themselves if injured only Pro
vision is also made for medals to
be given in commemoration of he
role acts.
An examination showed that
"Capt. John Weed" an inmate of
the soldiers home at Staten Island,
who committed suicide, was a wo-
man. "Capt. Weed'' was admitted
to the home for old sailors eight
months ago. after being captain
on transatlantic vessels for many
years.
Ed Gammons, who shot and kill
ed Lake Kimsey and his daughter,
Fannie, with whom he was in love,
has made sensational confession
to the officers at Jackson. Miss
Gammons declares that the girl, af-
ter he had killed her father begged
to be shot. and that he deliberately
took her life.
Fate seems TO favor the japanese
naval forces. Two Of Russia's best
battleships have been destroyed, ac-
cording to their own reports, by the
explosion of mines in the harbor at
Port Arthur. In the last engage
ment a Russian torpedo boat de-
stroyer got separated from the main
fleet and was sunk.
The Russian battleship Petropov-
lovsk, while sailing out of Port Ar
thur to meet the japanese fleet,
struck mine in the outer road
stead and was sunk. Over 600.
in Guiding Admiral Makaroif, were
killed, besides a number were in
jured. The awful disaster to the
battleship Petropaylovsk has been a
terrific blow.
Senator Dietrich of Nebraska has
been declared by a special commit
tee Of the senate to be not guilty of
any violation of the statutes of the
United States, or Of any corrupt or
unworthy conduct relating either to
The appointment of Jacob Fisher as
postmaster at Hastings, Neb., or
the leasing of the building in that
city to the United States for a post
Office.
It is explained that the purpose of
the Rock Island in borrowing So
100000 on short-time notes from
the First National bank of New
York is to provide funds, without
bond issue. to reimburse the COM
pany for advancement made in the
construction of new lines. One of
the clauses in the recently author
lied $163,000,000 refunding mort
gage was that $15,00O,000 was to
be set aside and to be issued ''forth-
with, TO partially defray the cost
of new construction.
The New York republican state
convention named the following as
delegates at large and alternates to
the national convention at Chicago
Senator I. G. Platt, alternate j. !
Sloat Fasset; Senator G. NJ. Depew,
alternate Louis S. Stern; Gov. B.
b. Odell, alternate Erastus C.
Knight; Frank s. Black, alternate
Henry c. Brewster. The platform
strongly endorses the administra-
ton of President Roosevelt and |
Gov. Odcll.
Nelson Ainsworth Of Round |
Rock, Texas. while playing baseball |
was struck by curve ball behind |
the ear and instantly killed
Secretary Sioody is not in favor
of the creation Of general staff in
the navy modelled after the general |
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