Newport weekly independent., 1902-12-26
News of the World

urged as a member of Isthmian ca- nal commission.
 Gen. Moorman, adiutant general of the United Confederate Veterans, died suddenly at New Orleans, aged 61.
 It is said the Standard Oil Com- pany, through its agents, has prac- tically gained control of the Texas oil fields.
 Congress will be asked to grant a pension of $2,000 per annum to Mrs. Elisa Siegel, wife of the late Gen. Siegel.
 David Brin, a merchant in Waxa- hachie, Texas, for twenty-eight years, committed suicide by blowing his brains out.
 A measure, said to have the ap- proval of President Diaz, seeking to restrict the operations of trusts, has been introduced in the Mexican con- gress.
 Negroes of Alabama will form an independent republican party. At meeting held in Selma resolu- tions were adopted, indorsing the action of President Roosevelt in not recognizing the lilly white" branch of the party.
 The Southern Pacifc's big tun- mel through the Santa Suincianna ~ mountains, between Burbank and Saugus, is rapidly progressing and the statement. is made by the com- pany's engineers that the task will be completed in six months more This work, when done, will represent a tunnel 5000 feet in length.
 Miss Tona Dunlap is on trial at Aledo, H., on the charge of mur- dering Miss Alice Dool. The ac- cused entered a store, so it Is al- .1eged, where Miss Doal was employ ed and gave her some caromels. In a short time after eating the candy Miss Dool was attacked with con- vulsions and died. A post mortem revealed that her death was due to strychnine poison.
 Septimus Wrinner, author of 'Iisten to the Mocking Bird," and other famous songs, died last week in Philadelphia. He wrote 'Listen to the Mocking Bird' in 1852 and sold it for $5. The man who bought this song from him made $3,000,- 900 dS 9f it. Winner died penni- less. he firm that profted so handsomely from Winners famous song never gave him any extra rec ompense outside of the original $5 never shared with him so much as a penny of the $3,000,O00 that the song earned.
 A brother of Pat Grove, the mo- torious kidnaper, says the latter is in South Africa. He says further that within the next few weeks his brother may surrender himself to the authorities, according to an agreement with Edward Cudahy when the $25,OO0 reward for his arrest was withdrawn recently. "Ex- cept for the fact" he said, 'that l lost my temper recently when ap- preached by an agent sent by Pat, my brother~might now be in the hands of the authorities and ready to face the accusations made against him wAan the Cudahy child disap- peared under such sensational cir cumstances."
 It is the opinion of those most interested that oil as fuel for loco- motives has come to stay, at least in certain parts of the county where its use has been a success in that re- gard, both in results on engines and the economy obtained in cost of fuel Within a short time the Southern Pacific will have con- plete system of stations for supply ing the fluid to engines, huge tanks having been built for the double purpose of storage and feeding. They occupy points about 100 miles apart on the average, except on the desert and some other places where circumstances permit of 150 miles. It is estimated that before