Newport weekly independent., 1901-07-12
United States Senator Kyle, of

millionaire cattleman of Oklahoma. David Kittlcs, of Dalton, Ga., was punished for wife beating by being chained to telegraph pole on pub lie square for two days.
 The English parliament has order ed the construction of three new bat tleships, six cruisers and ten i'm proved torpedo boat destroyers.
 Raymond Albers, a 13-year-old lad of Albany, N. T., shot and killed 12-year-old playmate in a fit of an- ger and then shielded by hanging himself.
 In riot between whites and blacks at Ironton, O., John and Albert Slaughter, white, were fatally stab bed. The trouble was caused by negro skipping a white boy.
 A Manila correspondent writes to a London paper that Aguinaldo was not captured by strategy, but was given $1,000,OOO to surrender. The story is given no credence in this country and is ridiculed by all the officials at Washington
 The statement of the public debt issued July 1 shows that at the close of the fiscal year, June 30, 1901, the debt, less cash in the treasury, amounted to $1, 1,044,739, ,120, a de- crease during June of $17,737, ,374. This decrease is accounted for in the main by an increase in the cash on hand.
 A computation made at the inter- nal revenue office shows that there was collected under the war revenue act during the fiscal year ended June 30, $307, ,566,11 The war revenue act went into effect July 1, 1898. The collections under the war revenue act have been enormous; in 1898, $17O,666,S19; in 1899, $273,- 4S4,573 in 1900, $295,316,1O7;; in 1901, $307, ,566,116.
 The London board of trade re- turns for the month of June, which were issued on the 9th, show that there was a decrease in imports of 305,269 pounds, and decrease in exports of 245,o91 pounds. For the six months ending June 30 the re- turns showed an increase in imports of 6,S49,791 pounds, and a decrease in exports of 5,5oO,366 pounds. The coal exports decreased 100000 tons.
 A crowd of colored soldiers re- gently discharged at San Francisco is said to have acted in very dis orderly manner while en route to their homes at several points in New Mexico. Several people were wound ed by bullets fired from the coaches occupied by the soldiers. Citizens at some points, being apprised by wire of the coming of the men, armed themselves and refused to let them leave the train.
 Nearly half a billion pounds of tea were consumed in the year 1900 in countries other than the sources of production. The United King dom is the worlds greatest importer of this article of drink, having inn ported for consumption during the year 1900, in round numbers, 250,- 00O,000 pounds of tea, as against 11G, G,500,OO0 pounds imported for consumption by Russia, S3,300,00O by the United States, 7,50O,OO0 by the Netherlands, about 6,5OO,O00 by Germany and nearly 2,50O,00O by France.
 An interesting table, compiled at the treasury department, shows the coinage executed at the hints of the United States during the fiscal year 1901, just closed, as follows: Double eagles 2,640,041 pieces, value $52,- 8o0,s20; eagles 3,13O,oSS, $31,3oo,- 880; half eagles 2,972, ,623, S14,863,- 115; quarter eagles 4O,360, $1o0,900. Total gold S,703,112 pieces, value $99, ,065,715.
 Standard dollars 24,298,850 | 6a4 00o Oso JoJ