Newport weekly independent., 1901-09-27
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

pital suffering from appendicitis.
 MT. Cortelyou, private secretary to President Mckinley, will remain in his position temporarily,
 The longshoremen of New Or leans gained an advance in wages from 40 to 50 cents per hour with time and half for overtime.
 The object of the czar's recent vis- its to France and Germany, it is believed, were for the purpose of se- curing agreements for the peace of Europe for at least ten years.
 Senator Hanna has refused to be interviewed as to the policy of Presi- dent Roosevelt. The senator shows deep grief at the tragic death of his friend, President Mckinley.
 During the past two weeks the Boers have been unusually active, winning four notable victories, kill ing sixty-eight officers and men, wounding sixty-three and capturing five guns, considerable ammunition and 300 men.
 Jack Handiboe, third baseman and captain of the Memphis base ball team, fell from the fourth story of his hotel and was killed. Before death he regained consciousness and stated that he supposed he walked out of the window while asleep.
 It is believed efforts to connect several Chicago anarchists under ar rest with plot to assassinate Presi- dent Mckinley will be abandoned, and the parties may be released, un- less punishment can be meted out to them under some other charge.
 The anarchist and "yellow jour- nalism" have about run their course in this country. Wherever an an- archist per shows his colors, he IS quickly run to cover by an indig- nant and sorrowing people. Re ports come from many quarters that parties giving utterance to un-Amer- ican sentiments meet with deserved punishment as warning to all such characters.
 The census bureau has just is- sued a bulletin showing the popula- tion of Tennessee by sex, general na- tivity and color. The tables show that in Tennessee the population is composed almost wholly of persons of native birth, the foreign born ele- ment representing only -tenths of per cent of the total population The males constitute 505 per cent of the population, while the females constitute 49.5 per cent. The whites constitute 76,2 per cent and colorcd 23.S per cent.
 Czolgosz, the assassin, was ar raigned on the 17th before Judge Emory at Buffalo. When the indict- ment was read and the prisoner questioned as to how he would plead, he stolidly refused to answer. The court appointed counsel to defend, but when the attorney visited the man at the jail he still refused to utter a word. Czolgosz is evidently feigning the insanity dodge. His trial will terminate in about a weeks time, and his execution will no doubt take place without any un- necessary delay.
 The department of labor has an exhibit at Buffalo in which there is displayed a record of strikes for the twenty years ending December 31, 1900 The figures are worth re- producing. Commissioner Wright, in commenting upon the record, says: During the period named there were 22,793 strikes, with a wage loss of $257,SG3,47S, a loss through assistance rendered by labor organizations of $16,174,793, and loss to employers of $122,731,121 The lockouts during the same period numbered 1,005, with a wage loss tn emnlnvas of S4S -S1Q 1A5 q Inss