Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-18

wholesale frauds practiced in secur- ing naturalization papers and rec ommends that the law be so amend ed as to severely punish such of lenses.
 Gen. MacArthur, who is alleged to have stated at a military confer ence in Honolulu that war between the United States and Germany is inevitable, will be called upon to ex- plain his utterances to the war de- partment.
 sl The secretary of the treasury esti mates that appropriations required by the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1905, will ag- gregate $624, ,5o2,146, as against $589, ,1S9,112 asked for the year 1904, and $6o5, 6,990, the amount of the appropriations for that year.
 Frau Fischer, veteran lion tanner, was torn to pieces by vi cious brute in a cage during a per- fornlance at Dessau, Germany. The cage contained three large beasts, who fought viciously among them selves for fragments of the woman's flesh before the mortified gaze of the spectators.
 Witnesses before the senate mill tary committee testified that Gen. Wood, while governor general of Cuba, was the recipient of silver set, valued at $3,ooo, presented to him by company to whom he granted a franchise to operate a place of amusement where gam bling was carried on.
 In federal court at Baltimore, former Postal Clerks Thomas Me Gregor and c. E. Upton were con- victed of conspiracy to defraud the government in connection with the purchase of mail pouches for use in the free delivery service. The man who furnished the pouches was the principal witness against the ac- cused.
 Immediately upon the assem- bling of the congress in regular ses- sion, President Roosevelt sent to the senate the nominations of Gen Wood to be major general and w. D. Crum, colored, to be collect or of the port of Charleston. These were among other presidential nom nations that failed of confirmation at the extra session.
 When the Chicago street cal strike was settled a few weeks age the company retained some of the men employed during the trouble Two of these non-union men were attacked by a mob in the suburbs g few days ago and their lives wree saved only by the prompt arrival oi the police, while the mob complete ly demolished the car.
 The Independent stock yards company, the first in the United States to enter the lists against the so-called meat trust, has been or ganized in St. Louis, and will be in operation by the first of the year A large number of western cattle raisers are interested in the new company, which proposes to estab- fish packing houses throughout the country.
 United States Consul Davies stationed at Alexandria, Asiatic Turkey, was recently compelled tc lower the American flag over the consulate on account of personal insult by members of the local DO lice. MT. Davies reported the af- fair to the state department al Washington, and Minister Leish- man at Constantinople has demand ed that proper reparation be made at once.
 One of the strong features of the coming administration of Gov Taft as head of the war department will be his advocacy of railroad ex- tension in the Philippins islands, as a means of developing the islands and bringing about improved con- ditions of trade. An expert engi- neer under the governors direction has recently completed survey of the island of Luzon and reported to the governor on the details of cost and the practical returns promised
 Mrs. Lizzie McCormicl< arrested