Newport weekly independent., 1901-07-19


 while the government has repeated ly declared its intention to fight the war in South Africa to finish, it is known that overtures for peace have been made to the Boers num- | Der of times
 Carl Jensen, thought to be insane, committed two horrible crimes at Denver on the 9th. A Mrs. Bulls, 60 years of age, was stabbed to death in the outskirts of the city. A short time after the first crime was com mitted 14-year-old girl named Jes- sic kinfort was assaulted at her home and terribly mutilated with a knife, Jensen was arrested by an officer who knew nothing of the two crimes, but took the man in custody because of his strange actions, and when he arrived at police headquar- ters he confessed.
 l lIC IIllSI DldlC SolIIlllS1SC CollllIll0- sion has completed its annual report of railroad statistics for the fiscal year ending June 30, 19O0 The number of railways in the hands O receivers on June 30, 1900, was if ty-two, there being a net decrease of nineteen, as compared with the corresponding date of the previous year. On June 30, 1900, the total single track railway mileage in the United States was 193, ,345.fS miles, an increase during the year of 4,- O51.12 miles being shown. This is a greater increase than that for any other year since 1893. The states and territories which show an in- crease in mileage in excess of 100 miles are Alabama, Arkansas, Cali fornia, Idaho, Illinois, .owa, Louis jana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebras- ka, North Carolina, Oregon, Penn sylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Oklahoma. Practically all of the railway mileage of the country is covered by reports made to the com mission, the amount not covered be- ing 1S9.15 miles, or Al per cent of the total single track mileage. The aggregate length of railway mileage, including tracks of all kinds, was 59,1S9.O1 miles. There were ST. 663 locomotives in the service of the railways on June 30, 1900, or 960 more than the year previous. Of the total number reported, 9,O63 are chased as passenger locomotives, 21, 1,596 as freight locomotives, 5,621 as switching locomotives, and 503 are not classified. The total num- Der of cars of all classes in the ser vice of the railways on the same date, was 1,450,S38, an increase of 14,922 being shown in this item. Of the total number, 34, 713 are as- signed to the passenger service, l. 365, ,531 to the freight service. and 50,594 to the direct service of the railways.
 The democrats of Ohio nominat- ed the following ticket: Governor, James Killbourne; lieutenant gov crnor, Anthony HowcIls; judge su- preme court, Joseph Hidy; clerk su- preme court, Harry R. Young; at torney general, M B. McCarty treasurer of state, R. P. Alshire. The platform ignores the two last national platforms, declares against monopolies and in favor of equal taxation. A plank in favor of tariff reform is the leading one on nation al issues; the restoration of our merchant to its former greatness is urged, but mo subsidies to favored shippers" Only territorial eXpan- sion for the promotion of the na- tion,s welfare and giving an equal right to participation in the man. agement of government is favored Maintenance of the Monroe doctrine is pledged, and the position taken by the present administration in the Boer-British war js condemned. A navy commensurate with the inter- national importance of the United