Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-14
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

A $5O,O00,OOO combine of cotton goods manufacturers has been or ganized.
 A heavy snow fell throughout the central and northern portions of North Dakota on the 9th.
 w. c. Whitney's colt Volodyovski won the Epson Derby, the greatest annual event of the English turf.
 The state department of labor of Kansas advertises that 5000 harvest hands can get work in that section.
 Edward Forshay, an actor, shot and killed Edna Stokes, an actress with whom he was infatuated, in Chicago.
 Gen. Callias, the insurgent con- mander in the province of Laguna, P. l., has agreed to surrender with 1,600 riflemen.
 The Russian government threatens to take by force coaling station in Japan unless the latter govern ment comedies the same.
 J. F. Morgan is arranging for the establishment in New York of a great Anglo-American bank, with a capital of $1.0O0. 100000.
 Lieut.. Richard Townly was con- victed of participation in the com- missary frauds at Manila and sen- fenced to dismissal from the army.
 A disastrous cyclone swept over the northwestern portion of Louis jana on the Eth. Several buildings at Opelousas were demolished, and Albert Gantreaux, aged IA, was killed.
 The powers are in a deadlock over the Chinese situation. MT. Rock hill, special United States commis- soner, will urge the submission of ali disputed questions to the interna- tional court if arbitrators.
 The firm stand of Sheriff Joseph Merrill prevented lynching at Car rillton, Ga., though one of the would be ] lynchers was killed and another seriously wounded. A negro namel Williams was convicted of murder ing a young white man and sen- fenced to be hanged. On the day the execution was to take place an appeal was granted to the supreme court A large crowd had con- gregated to witness the hanging, and when the courts decision was an- nounced, crowd gathered and marched to the jail, with the inten- tion of lynching Williams. Sheriff Merrill warned the mob not to enter the jail yard, but his warning wa, not needed The outer door was battered down and a rush was made for the prisoner, when the officer and his deputies opened fire. Geo. Bonnet was instantly killed The mob then dispersed, and in a few hours the militia was on the scene to preserve order.
 The emigration and immigration statistics of the year 1900 show that more people leave England than enter it. The following figures show the totals of the general pas senger movement: Outward, to countries outside of Europe, 29S,- 5G1; to Europe, 669,292. Inward from outside Europe, 75,T47; from Europe, 748,S2 Balance in favor of outward movement, 43,3S1; in crease over 1899, 21,456. Net efflux of natives in 1900 from tha United Kingdom, 72,000; net influx of foreigners, 29,o00, of whom Is. 900 were foreign seamen, leaving a. members of crews, do not count as emigrants. Thus, the increase in the foreign population was 14,o00. chiefly in the east end of London.
 The Colorado board of pardons has commuted to eighteen years th,. life sentence of Ed O'Kelly, the man
 
 who killed Bob Ford, slayer of Jesse James. O'Kelly has about four years yet to serve.
 A clash occurred at Tien Tsin, Ckinn hotu-non Rritich Inlin,, n,al