Newport weekly independent., 1901-09-20

AllllGy uedLll was gangFene.
 Crazy Snake, the Creek leader, has again been trying to incite his peo- pie to rebellion.
 Physicians have examined the Presidents assassin and pronounce him of sound mind.
 Dr. Talmage and Archbishop Ire land propose to organize a national anti-treating league.
 Chas. Miller, thought to be of un- sound mind, was arrested in New York for declaring it his intention to assassinate President Roosevelt.
 Official announcement that the steel strike has been settled was made on the 18th. The trust was victorious and the settlement was made on terms dictated by Presi- dent Schwab.
 Attorney-General Knox has re- fused to appoint one of his assist ants to aid Captain Lemley, judge advocate of the Schley court of in- quiry, on the ground that it would appear as though the government was prosecuting an officer under in- vestigation.
 Mrs. Carrie Nations was hissed off the stage while delivering a lecture in Chicago for asserting that Presi- dent Mckinley was the friend of rum sellers and deserved to die. It is such characters as this woman that should not be left running at large.
 The census bureau issued a pre- liminary statement of the ascertain ment of the cotton production of 1900 and gave a statement compar- ing the production of that year with the production of 1899. The state ment shows that in 1900 there were produced 10,486,119 commercial bales, as against 9,645,974 commer- cial bales in 1899.
 The Schley court of inquiry con- vened at Washington on the 18th. At the first opening of the proceed ings Admiral Schley arose and chal- lenged Admiral Howison's eligibil- ity as a member, and three witnesses were introduced to support the chal- lenge, who testified that they had heard expressions from Howison's favorable to Sampson and unfavor- able to Schley. The other two mem- bers of the court, Admiral Dewey and Rear Admiral Denham, after a short consultation, announced that the court sustained the challenge. The court then adjourned indef- nitely
 The convention of the c. A. R. closed at Cleveland on the 18th Gen. Dan Sickles withdrew his name as candidate for comander-in-c chief Commander Ayres, of Deleware, moved the nomination of General Stewart, General Gobin seconding Governor Van Sandt, of Minnesota, placed Judge Eli Torrance in nomi- nation. The Torrance vote stood 476 to Stewards 230, when General Wagner moved that the vote be made unanimous for Torrance. The mo- tion was carried. Other officers elected were, Senior Vice Command CT John MoElroy, Washington; Jun for Vice Commander, James Odon- nell, Illinois; Surgeon General, Dr. W. R, Thrall, Cincinnati; Chaplain in-chief, Rev. L. M. Boyle, Pennsyi- vania.
 Referring to the cowardly assas- sination of President Mckinley in a speech to the G. A. R. veterans at Cleveland, Judge Vim. R. Day said |: "Laws must be enacted which shall visit upon such criminals with just and sure punishment; not only the pupil, but the teachings of such the ories must be reached and punished The advocates of its awful tenets must be torn by root and branch from every foot of our domain until its adherents learn that to attack the government through its highest