Newport weekly independent., 1902-08-08
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

practically ruined by the floods in the Brazos bottoms in Texas is 20,- 900.
 The coal mine operators of Penn sylvania have not been able to se- cure a sufficient number of non- union men to start up any of the large mines, and as result the price of anthracite coal has climbed to $10 ton. President Mitchell, of the miners union, says the men are in good condition, and with the system adopted of raising funds they can hold out indefinitely.
 Gen. Dalgedo, who commanded the Cuban sharpshooters operating against Weyler's black Spanish guerrillas in Havana province dur ing the last revolution, now an of- fcer of Cuban guardia rural, or mounted genarmes force, and act ing as chief of police of the town of Punta Prava, where Maceo was am- pushed and killed, is under arrest charged with having assassinated prisoner.
 The absolute control of the meat and packing industry of the coun- try by the Big Three" or what is termed the beef trust, and which is now being investigated by the gov ernment, is best shown by an official census bulletin just issued at Wash ington. It states that a capital of $19,19S,264 is invested in the busi- ness, and also shows that the value of the yearly production reaches the amazing figures of $7S5, 5,562,433.
 According to statements obtained from reliable sources, it is the in- tention of the vatican that the friars of the Augustinian, Dominican, Franciscan and Recollecto orders now in Manila, who number about 450 men, should leave there in small numbers at different times, so that when the moment comes to resume negotiations between Gov. Taft and the apostolic delegation, all the fri ars will have left the archipelago in such way that the friar question will have resolved itself without the necessity of further discussion.
 Several severe earthquake shocks were felt at Los Alamos, Cal, July 51, and the damage done was very heavy. Not a brick structure in the town escaped serious damage, and | most of them were razed to the ground. The shocks seemed to have spiral motion. Goods were hurled from the shelves of stores and piled in the middle of rooms. Even such heavy articles as desks were thrown about. Not chimney is left standing in the town, and all brick walls are badly damaged, but frame structures generally escaped serious injury In the drug stores not single bottle escaped, and the saloons were flooded with liquor from broken bottles. The whole town was arous- ed and people fled from their homes to the streets in panic.
 For the first time in the history of future dealing, several members of the board of trade of Chicago who had been caught short in the oat | corner, resorted to the courts for protection. The parties were grant ed temporary injunction, restrain ing the holders of contracts from forcing up the price of oats, and is- sued the following in explanation of their course: "For a year or two there has been regular epidemic of manipulation and attempted cor ners in the market of the Chicago board of trade, which inflicted in- jury to the grain interests of this city and the country tributary to Chicago. These attempts to squeeze the trade have now become so ex- treme and interruptions that it has