Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-14

1 III Idpe COlouV HdS cduSeu muCH doubt in the minds of citizens of England as to the speedy termina 'tion of the war.
 Mrs. Mckinley is considered in a serious condition, and while she shows wonderful patience and vital ity, it is feared she will never recov- CT from her present illness.
 Dispatches report that the Ara pahoe Indians of Wyoming and white settlers engaged in a general fight on the 3d. One ranchman was killed and several warriors wounded. Walter Hampton, aged II years, shot Randolph Killebrew, aged g years, through the heart, killing him instantly, at Hopkinsville, Ky. The boys few days before the killing had a quarrel which Killebrew had forgotten all about, when he met Hampton in a strawberry patch. Without a word of warning Hamp- ton drew a pistol and opened fire. The European wheat crop is sum- med up by a leading agricultural paper of London as follows: "It is already clear that British crops will be very irregular; but we do not despair that wheat will be up to the average yield. Grub and other pests are much in evidence. The crops promise we'll in Russia, Italy, Spain and Algeria, but there is only me- diocre outlook for France, Austro- Hungary, Roumania and Turkey. There is distinctly less than the av craze promise for Germany and parts of Poland The regions where there is over an average wheat prom ise may be expected to produce 150,000,000 quarters; the regions with an average promise, 15,000,00O quarters, and the regions with a de- fciency, 25,0o0,000 quarters. Un- deniably, these figures are quite suf- fcient to account for the very quiet markets"
 The commissioner of pensions re- port for the eleven months of the fis- cal year ending May 31 is, in sub- stance, as follows: Original pen sions have been granted: For ac- count of war of 1872, widows, g.. For account of Indian wars, widows, 112; survivors, 7. For account of Mexican war, widows, 325; surviv- ors, If. For account of service prior to 1861, 6, making a total of 466 pensioned for account of service prior to the civil war; For account of the civil war there have been pensioned for disabilities incurred in service: Invalids, 1,051; for dis abilities as provided by act of 1890, invalids, 16,S52; for widows under old laws, 2,901; for widows under act of 1890 and amendments, 14,- 47O; for nurses, 25, making a total original issue account of the civil war of 35,30S. In addition to this number there have been restored to the rolls 1, 100 names that were pre- viously dropped or suspended for various causes. There are now about 100000 of those drawing un- der the act of 1890 and amend ments that receive the maximum rate of SIP per month. There have been 619 pensioned that carried a total of $927,314 tan average of $1,514 each) as first payments. A large per cent of these cases are known as "old minors" and only ap- pear on the rolls for one payment For account of service in the war with Spain there have been granted 2,360 pensions to invalids and l. 1856 pensions to widows and depend- ents. The total number of claims filed for account of this war to date has been 43,S74. Under the act of March 3, 1901, providing for the re-pensioning of widows, there have been 1905 claims filed. There will be an increase in the number of