Newport weekly independent., 1901-09-20
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Uceu dppOAH'eu uleIlUel u tuc Schley court of inquiry in place of Admiral Howison.
 It is singularly coincident that the day selected for the burial of President Mckinley September 19) is the anniversary of the death of President Garfield
 August Peterman, of Green Bay, Wis, was given a severe whipping by citizens and forced to leave town for remarking that he hoped the president would die.
 The remains of President McKin- ley were taken to Washington Mon- day where they were viewed by thou sands of citizens and then taken to Canton for final interment.
 c. M. Jones, editor of a paper at Columbus, O., narrowly escaped be- ing lynched by crowd of several hundred citizens on account of bit ter reference in his paper to the dead president.
 The father of Czolgosz will go to Buffalo and try to induce the assas- sin to make a full confession and | furnish the officers any information he may possess of the supposed plot to kill the president.
 Shipments of pig iron and cast iron pipe, as we'll as steel billet, from the southern iron fields during Au- gust were considerably heavier than | during the same month last year. The shipments of pig iron from AL abama and Tennessee were 123,513 tons, of which 56,9S7 tons went from the Birmingham district alone. Ex- ports were 131 tons, shipments of cast iron pipe from Alabama and Tennessee were 14,550 from the Birmingham district alone 6,41G tons, exports 134 tons. Shipments of steel billets from the Enslev steel mill were 5,456 tons, some of which were exported. The total increase of iron movements of all kinds over Au- gust of last year was about fifteen per cent iron. Masters say the trade is in highly satisfactory condition, and they look for an early advance in prices.
 Former Attorney General Griggs says the talk of amendment to the constitution to deal with the situa- tion which arises out of the shooting of President Mckinley is unnecessa- ry. "A law should be passed," he said, making it an offense punish able by imprisonment for life to be a member of any organization that teaches the murder of public off, cials. It should be made a capital offense to attempt the life of the chief executive and the higher off, cers of the government, whether 1t succeeds or not. This is not like or dlnary attempted murder The ob- | Ject of the crime is the subversion of the government, and is, therefore, aimed at every citizen of the repub- lie. Another law should be passed prohibiting the importation into this country of all persons who are mem- bers of organizations that hold and teach these murderous doctrines, and still another providing for the deportation of all such persons"
 The census bureau has made pub lie the population of the territory of Oklahoma, according to persons of school age, voting age and citi- zenship, of foreign born males 21 years of age and over, etc. The ''to- tai colored" includes person of negro descent, Chinese, Japanese and In dians. Persons of school age, to 20 years, inclusive, by general na- tivity and color: Aggregate, 147,- 656; native born, 46,113; foreign born, 1,543; native white, 134,419, total colored, 11,696; negro, 7,1O6. Males of school age, to 20 years, inclusive: Aggregate, 75,538; na- tive born, 74,735; foreign born, SO3