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Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28
THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA.
Goy.-Gcn. Wood in Washington Con- suiting With the President
 Over the Transfer.

Washington, March 23.-Gen. Wood. military governor of Cuba, has, ar rived here, and is the guest of presi- dent Roosevelt. The main object of his visit to Washington at this time IS to arrange with the president and the secretary of war for the transfer of the active control of affairs in Cuba to the Cuban republic. Soon af- ter his arrival, Gen. Wood went to the war department and had a long talk with Secretary Root regarding the condition of affairs in Cuba. Sub sequently the two officials went to the White House and had a confer ence with the president The princi- pal arrangements for military evacu- ation of the island will be made quickly. Gen. Woods plans require that he shall leave here not later than next Tuesday night, on his way back to Havana, to carry into execu- tlOn the programme fixed by the ad- ministration for the formal transfer of government affairs. He will re- turn to Cuba by way of New York, in order that he may meet and consult fully with President elect Palma upon the joint programme of action,
 President Palma will be inaugu- rated May 1, and American control in the island will terminate on that date. Owing 10 the short time inter- vening, and the eNtenS and impor- tance of the work involved, it will be necessary to act promptly.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28
BURNED SHIP IDENTIFIED.
Was the Major Barrett. and the Be- lief is that Her Crew Escaped
 and Were Picked Up.

Charleston, S. C., March 23.-The unknown steamer reported afire yes terday by the crew of the Oregon h. let life station of North Carolina, to- day was identified as the oil steamer Major Barret, bound from Sabine Pass, Tex, to New York, though her port was Philadelphia. It is believed some passing vessel rescued the crew of the fire-stricllen ship, though no definite information to this effect has been received here. The news of the fate of the Major Barrett was brought to this port to-day by Capt. Johnson of the steamship Navaroe, from Boston, who reported that, on the 22d, while between Hatteras and Bodys island, \. C., he passed the steamer Major Barrett, which was on fire. He cruised around the steamer, but saw no sign of life. The sea was smooth, and as two empty boats were adrift in the vicinity it is believed the crew were rescued and the boats then abandoned.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28
THIRTY RIOTERS KILLED.
Attacked the Jail and Attempted to Rclense Prisoners-They Fired
 on Soldiers. WoUnding One.

Tiflis, Transcaucasia, Russia. March 24.-The Official Causasu Gazette re- ports a strike among the men em- ployed at the Rothschilds' petroleum works at Batoum, on the Black sea- According to this newspaper 300 strikers went. last Friday, to the po- lice station and demanded release of the ringleaders who had been arrest ed the previous day. This demand was refused.
 The strikers reassembled the fol lowing day Saturday,, attacked the jail and attempted to release the prisoners. They fired at the soldiers who were guarding the prison. The latter, in turn, fired on the mob. Thirty of the rioters were killed and one soldier was wounded
Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28
IN A HARD ROW OF LUCK.
Condemned Man Will Make n State. menu on GaIlOws that Will
 Cause a Sensation.

Casper, Wyo., March 24.-Charles Woodward, the self-confessed slayer of Sheriff Kicker, has given up all hope of reprieve, ana is preparing to meet his fate next Friday.
 Woodward insists that he will make a statement on the gallows which will cause sensation. He has not made public the nature of the statement, but it is said he will charge that his enemies matched a plot which is the cause of all his troubles. It is stated that he will tell how his alleged perse- cutor stole from him his homestead in the Rattlesnake mountains; that they had him thrown into jail to pre- vent him from proving up on his claim and that he was prevented from securing bail through misrepre- sentations of certain county officials.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28
IT MAY PORTEED PEACE.
Boer Delegates Seek Safe Conduct Through the British to See Lord
 Kitchener.

Pretoria, March 24,-Acting Presi- dent Schall-Burger, F. W. Reitz, ex- secretary of state of the Transvaal, and Commandants Lucas Meyer and Krogh, arrived here, yesterday, on a special train from Balmoral, about fifty miles east of here. They reached Balmoral under a flag of truce. After short stay here they proceeded for the Orange River colony. It is be- lieved they intend to see Lord Kitch- ener, who is directing the operations against Delarey.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28
The News in London.

London, March 24.-The news that the wandering Boer government had entered the British lines is re- garded as having but one meaning, namely, that another attempt is be- ing made to negotiate peace. The fact that the censor passed the newS of this movement is accepted aY con firmatiOn of this opinion. Nothing is actually known here of the intentions of Messrs. Schalk-Burger, Reitz, Meyer and Krogh. It is possible they have only sought permission to traverse the British lines in order to consult with MT. Steyn and the Boer Generals De Wet and Delarey But whatever their object the news has been welcomed in London as pointing to the possibility of peace.
 Some correspondence, which was seized a short time ago when Mr. Steyn narrowly escaped capture, proved that he and Mr. Schalk-Burger were anxious to donclude peace. No eNtravagant hopes, however, are be- ing built on the outcome of the mOve- ments of Mir. Schall-Burger and his companions, chiefly because it is feared that Delarey, in the flush of his recent success, will refuse to be a party to any negotiations.
 The war office has informed a rep resentative of the press that it has received no official information either confirming or contradicting the news. Commandant Krogh is one of the sec retaries of the BOer government
Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28
British Gratitude.

Brussels, March 24.--The Petit Bleue, referring to the arrival at Pre- toria of Messrs. Schalk-Burger, Reitz and Commandants Meyer and Krogh, says it believes that Mir. Schalk-Bur- gers move is in response to fresh British oyertures for peace, made out of gratitude for the release of Gen. Methuen, and predicts that these overtures will lead to no result un- less Boer Independence is conceded.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28
The Havana of To-Day One of the Most Healthfu1 of the
 Worlds Seaports.
SOME FACTS THE WORLD SHOULD KNOW.
The Stamping Out of Yellow FeNers Has Followed the American san itary Regulations and the War WnGed Upon tic Breeding Places of Mosquitoes.

Washington, March 23.-An inter- | estlng statement concerning the i'm provement in health conditions in Havana since the American occupa- tion of Cuba, with special vital statistics for the calendar wear 1901, has been made public by the insular division of the war department. Particular attention is paid to the purging of the city of yellow fever. during the past year, by the destruction of in fected mosquitoes. 1t is of vast i'm portance, the statement says, that these facts be made known to the world extensively and as rapidly as possible. During the past 45 years, with scarcely an exception, some deaths have occurred from yellow fever in every month of the year, the maximum, 2,058 deaths, taking place in 1857; the minimum, 51 deaths, in 1866, with the average 751. The num- Der of other infectious and conta- gious diseases has been small during the calendar year 1901. There has been very little diphtheria and ty- phoid fever, and the tuberculosis rate is about that of most cities of civil ized countries. A rapid decrease has taken place since American Occupa- tion. A marked decrease in malaria also has occurred since the moquito work began. The statement con- cludes as follows:
 "The army took charge of the health department of Havana when deaths were occurring at the rate of 21,252 per year. It gives it up with deaths occurring at the rate of g. 720 per year. It took charge with smallpox epidemic for years. It gives it up with not a single ease having occurred in the city for over IS months. 1t took charge with yellow fever epidemic for two centuries. It found Havana feared as thing unclean by all her neighbors of the United States, and quarantined as a danger Ous section to touch or even to come near anything that she had touched, to the untold financial loss of both Havana and the United States. It has established the fact that yellow fever is only transmitted by cer- tain species of mosquito, a discovery that in it's power for saving human life,is only eNcelled by Jenner's great discovery. and as time goes on it will stand in the same class as that great boon to mankind.
 "The army has stamped out this disease in it's greatest stronghold- there having been only five deaths in the last nine months of the past year and no deaths and no cases during the last three months of the same year; and if has demonstrated sys~ tenn by which yellow fever can cer- tainly be controlled without the in- tpTfpr0npp tn CONTINUATION ''
Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28
The Rifle supplnnts the sword.

A half century ago the sword was consid. t is now being discarded by the British sol, 1iers and the modern rife is substituted, Many people throughout the country are also discarding old methods of trying to cure headache, nervousness, insomnia, indigcs, tion and dyspepsia, and are using Hostel, ter's Stomach Bitters, the old reliable rem. edy for these ailments. It is also recon mended by physicians, and trial will con vince you of its value
Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28
CALLED ON KITCHENER.
Said to Have Been Hard-Pressed by
 the British for a Week.

Pretoria, March 23.-Acting Presi- dent Schalk-Burger, F. w. Reitz, ex- secretary of state of the Transvaal, and Commandants Lucas Meyer and Trough, with their secretaries and attendants, arrived here yesterday, March 22, at 2:04 p. m., on a special train from Balmoral, about fifty miles east of here. They came into Balmoral under a flag of truce.
 Upon arriving here Mir. Schalk-Bur- ger and his party drove immediately to Lord Kitchener's headquarters, where he had an interview with the British general.
 The Boers afterward proceeded to the railroad station and entrained at five o'clock for Kroonstad, whence they will go out under safe con- duet.
 For a week past Mir. Schalk-Burger and his colleagues have been sta toned at Rhenoster Kop, north of Balmoral, where they have been close ly pressed by British columns. Dis patch riders entered Balmoral Friday night and notified the British of the approach of Mir. Scha1k-Burger and his party.
 It is reported that the Boer posi- tion at Rhenoster Kop had become al- most hopeless and that Mr. Schalk- Burger once narrowly escaped cap ture,
Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28
Another Pipe Story.

Museum Manager - Where's the living skeleton? It's his turn to go on.
 Mile. Fatema-He lost his balance while washing his hands at the sink moment ago and slipped down the waste pipe.-Chicago Daily News
Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28
Earliest Russian MiIIct.

Will you be short of hay? If so plant a plenty of this prodgally prolific mil4et
 , TO TONS OF RICH HAY PER ACRE. Price 50 lbs $l 90; 100 lbs. 300, low freightS Iohn A. Salzer Seed Co. La Crosse. Wis.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28

"Isy your husband good provider?" asked the sympathetic visitor. "Indeed he is, mum. He got me three new places to wash last week '-N. Y. Sun.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28
WHERE DOCTORS FAIL
To Cure Woman's Ills, Lydia E.
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"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM Soon after my marriage two years ago l found myself in constant pain. The doctor said my womb was turned, and this caused the pain with considerable in- hammation. He prescribed for me for
Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28

What is the use in employing some one 10 do your dyeing for you. If you use PUTNAM FADELESS DYES you can do it just as we'll as a professional.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli ble medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w
Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28

Fits Permanently Cured No fits after first days use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Free $2 % trial bottle Dr. R. H. Kline, Ltd, 93l Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28

The only kind of people who win are the ones who do it by Washington Qa ) Democrat.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28
Wise HnX-

My lad" said the proud father, "always begin at the foot"
 That's all right, pop, if you are going 10 be a chiropodist," answered the wise boy, but suppose yon want to be phrenoI- Ogist"'-Chicago Daily News
Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28
Ask To-Day for Aliens Foot-Ense.

It cures swollen, aching, tired feet. At all Druggists and Shoe stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ads Allen $. Olmsted, Le Roy. N. Y.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28

Unless the way of thing can be mad, clear, we would experiment with it only Rural New Yorker
Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28


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Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28

The sooner a man shuffles off this mortal coil the sooner his good qualities will be recognized. Chicago Daily News.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28

There are times when one proves his friendship by what he does not do-Indian- apolis News.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-28

To Cure q Cold in One Day Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund moneyi it fails to cure. 25c.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-11-29
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Iron and Dust.
The mighty ones who wrenched the
world with pain.
Far in the past.
Attfla raging Ger the bloody plain,
The scourge of Heaven. and bold Tam
Where are they now.s
The dust of centuries old Time has cast
Above each brow
Where roams the spirit of the Norman?
The untamed soul
That from the sea. Hon from its lair.
Arose 'gainst England? Where the ban
The world saw wave?
Ger Harold. resting in mans common
goal
A narrow grave?
What profits Alexander now, that he
Across the world
Bore ruin. sorrow. death, and misery?
The grim phalanx which irresistibly
Moved DER the field
Dust-alI is dust. The war-fags all are
furled;
Gone every shield
Man lifts his voice and fills the universe
For one short hour
With blatant vauntings of his sword or
purse;
For God a sneer; for Destiny curse.
Tins stroke is slow;
But when it falls. man withers at It's
And bows him low.
Mans arm is strong; his footstep shakes
the land;
His iron grasp
May hold a mighty nation; but his hand
Withers and falls when stops the rum
ming sand
In Old Times glass;
Deaths finger touch-a shudder-cry-a
gasp,
The strong ones pass.
Where is the glory of the sword and
shield?
The bright spears rust;
Fond lovers stray where once the legions
wheeled;
The stolid plowman turns the battle
field;
The olive tree,
Green badge of peace. may from a Gaze
sar'S dust
Spring TRANQUILITY
Oh you who would inmortalize your
name,
Ne'er soulless cast
Your brothers blood upon the pyre of
shame
And call the dread black smoke immor-
tai flannel
Though reared unseen,
The sodded mound white marble will out
last,
And still be green
Lowell o. Reese in San Francisco Bulle-
tin.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-11-29

The tarif reformers should at once
designate what duties should be low
cred and how much. If congress is
expected to agree within thirty days
after converting. these tariff reformer
editors should be able to agree within
a number of days. If the reformers
want to hit high prices they will have
to hit farm produce The understand
ing is that IL the prices of everything
had been low there would have been
no tariff discussion. Therefore the
reformers must want lower prices II
this be true they should tell us what
prices should come down. Prices are
always high in good times and low in
poverty-stricken times Do they want
poverty again?-Des Moines Capital
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-11-29
Veterans Welcome Old Foe.

The annual reunion of the survivors
OF the Second Illinois cavalry was held
at Quincy, ILL.,, recently, and an ex.
confederate soldier was the guest OF
honor. He was Capt. ]. H Mcdowell
of Nashville, Tenn, and he came to
return a carbine which he took from
a soldier of the Second Illinois cav.
airy. Capt. Mcdowell was dressed in
the gray uniform he wore in the con
federate army. He captured the car
bfne at the battle of Holly Springs
taking 1t from Isaiah Weidman, who
was killed in that battle. Capt. Nc
Dowen presented the carbine to M. L.
Weidman of Farmer City, III, a son
of the man from whom he took ii
nearly forty years ago.
I'VE OF the South thought we were
right" said Capt Mcdowell, as he
handed the old carbine to Mr.. Weld
man. But, thank God, we lost. Provi
cence decided the war right, and we
are now glad you won"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-11-29
Wasted SeIf-sacrifiee.

Surgeon General Sternberg had a
peculiar experience at the battle OF
Bull Run Just before going in he
was approached by an Irish sergeant.
major of his regiment, who handed
him bag of gold weighing three
pounds. Doctor, said the Irishman,
Il know I'm to be kilt entirely, an ]
want you to take care of this money
an see that it gets to the ould folks
at home in ould Ireland The doctor
had no time to demonstrate or make
any other arrangement, for the Irish.
man dropped the bag into the sur.
geon's lap and hurried away to his
place at the head of the column. All
through two bloody days DIR. Stern.
berg carried that bay of gold with his
surgical instruments, and it was a bur.
den and an embarrassment to him.
He tried to get rid of it, but couldn' t
find anyone willing to accept or even
to share the responsibility, and he
couldn't throw it away, for the sake of
''ould folks at home.''
Toward the close of the second day
the surgeon was taken prisoner. He
lost his surgical instruments and his
medicine chest case, but chung to the
gold, and, making belt of his neck.
tie and handkerchief, tied it around
his waist next to his skin to prevent
its confiscation by his captors. Dur.
ing the long, hot and weary march
that followed the gold pieces chafed
his flesh, and his waist became sc
sore and blistered as to cause him in.
tense suffering, but he was bound that
the "ould folks at home should have
the benefit of that money, and by the
exercise of great caution and patience
managed to keep it until he was ex.
changed with other prisoners and got
back to Washington. Here he found
his regiment in camp, and one of the
first men to welcome him was the
Irish sergeant, who was so delighted
to learn that the doctor had saved his
money that he got drunk and gambIed
it all away the first night.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-11-29

had been serving as Gov. Yates pri-
vate secretary, came to the captain
in great distress, claiming that the
men had stolen a lot of the ships
stores. 1t transpired that said stores
had been left standing out on the
deck over night
What did you leave them out there
for?" asked the captain.
Il thought would trust to the
honor OF the men," answered the pay
master. And the captain
concluded with the remark that
when you have been in the navy as
long as 1 have you will know better
than to trust to the honor of old sail
ors where anything to eat or drink Is
at stake
Capt Selfridge speeded the vindi-
Gator around for while, and had the
misfortune to run her aground and
tear the copper off her bottom. Com
mander ]. p. Foster of Indiana said
to him: See here, Tom, you have
got down to the VS., SO you will have
to be a little careful or you will run
out. When a vessel grounds in the
Mississippi river the swift current will
tear a great hole in the sand under
her bows and pile it up astern, caus-
ing the vessel to break in two. AS
the captain was bringing the ironc1ad
U. s. S. Ozark up the river the pilot
run her aground at Helena, Ark.
The captain astonished the admiral
by reporting the accident. why, you
haven't got the Ozark aground, have
you?" asked the admiral. "Oh, yes,
she's aground and broke in two by
this time l guess. I want another YES
sci. She will have to lie there all
summer, high and dry on a sand bar.
You had better get some soldiers to
guard her or the confederates will
destroy her." He got another vessel
while the more timid officers said, at
is the audacity of the man that carries
him through
May our glorious navy always have
her Decaturs, Farraguts, Porters and
Selfridges.-T F. Leech, M. D., Late
Surgeon United States Navy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-11-29
TARIFF COMMISSION.
Would II Prove More Benefit Than
Nuisance to Business Interests7

Would It Prove More a Benefit Than
Nuisance to Business Interests7
While greatly admiring the skill
and energy with which the New York
commercial is conducting its tariff
commission propaganda among the
business men of the country, we
could wish that its zeal might be
expended in better cause. not to saw
a cause that is more likely to prevail.
There Is, we feel sure, small proba-
bility that the tariff is going to be
divorced from politics either through
the creation of bipartisan board. a
non-partisan board, or any other sort
of board. The tariff will stay in poli-
tics as long as it's enemies stay In
politics, and that promises to be a
long while The Commercial. how.
ever, is very much in earnest in its
crusade, and to this end is circulat-
ing blank petitions for the SIGNATURES
Ct business men. The petition reads
rs follows:
"A Petition for = Permanent TarifF
Commission.
70 the President of the United