Newport weekly independent., 1901-10-11

4tmy in the grades of first and sec- >nd heutenants.
 The E. o. Stannard milling plant at Alton, H., was destroyed by fire on the 2d inst. Loss, $400,000.
 Gen. Chaffee has recommended to the war department that Aguinaldo, now recognized as a prisoner of war, be given his entire freedom.
 w. B. Steele met death in a pe- culiar manner at Princeton, Ind He was putting up monument at his wife's grave when the stone fell on him, crushing his skull.
 Gen. Alger's book reviewing the ''embalmed beef" controversy, is out of the press. Gen. Alger charges that Gen. Miles, who was responsi- ble for the famous investigation, directed that the food be used.
 Jesse Troxell, about 21 years of age, died at Rolla, Mo-, from a dis ease known as bleeder. He had been bleeding at the nose for weeks, and for four days almost necessarily. For two days, in addition to bleed- ing at the nose, he also bled from the roof of his mouth, his gums, cracks in the lips, through the pores on the end of his nose and beneath the eyes.
 President Roosevelt has selected the following trustees for the Me- Kinley National Monument Asso- ciation: Vim. R. Day, Canton :; Wm. A. Lynch, Canton; M. A. Han na, Cleveland; Cornelius N. Bliss, New York John G. Milburn, Buff falo; Thomas Dolan, Philadelp phia :; w, Murray Crane, Boston; David R. Francis, St. Louis; Alexander S.. Revell, Chicago; Robert J. Lowry, Atlanta, Ga.; Charles W. Fairbanks, Indianapolis; Henry c. Payne, Mill waukee; Gen. Henry M. Dufington j; Detroit; George B. Cortelyou, Wash ington; Henry L. Scott, San Fran cisco; Franklin Murphy, Newark, N. J.; Gen. Eli Torrance, St. Paul.
 Senator Hanna, to a Boston Post reporter, expressed confidence in President Roosevelt carrying out the late presidents policy on re- ciprocity. ''Roosevelt has said that he will carry out MT. McKinley's policy" said the senator, ''and I be- lieve he will, Everything is going along smoothly at Washington. We have no foreign complications and no other troubles now that amount to anything. I believe that Presi- dent McKinley's ideas of reciproci- ty as outlined in his speech at Buff falo will be carried out, but of course that is a matter that will have to be dealt with at the next session of congress. There are sev- eral treaties to be considered then the French treaty, the Jamaica treaty, the Argentine treaty and a number of others. What the re- ports to be made contain we do not know, but l think they will result in freer reciprocity with at least some of the countries we will deal with" Senator Hanna would not discuss the result of the trial of President McKinley's assassin.
 The comptroller of the currency has caused to be compiled a summa- ry of returns relating to the organi- zation of national banks under the provisions of the national currency law, as amended by the act of March 14, 1900, statistics being brought down to the close of September, 1901. During the eighteen and one half months ending September 30 there were organized 715 banks, with a capital of $36, 1000, and with deposit of bonds as security for circulation of $10,552,75O. h. cluded in the number of banks are 4S6, with capital stock of $12,747,- 900, the organization of which was