Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-18

~ 10 AepofIeu secretary or the Navy Moody will shortly retire from the cabinet.
 A plot to blow up the penitentiary at Huntsville, Tex, was discovered In time to prevent it.
 It is reported that Lord Lans- eowne, British foreign secretary, is to resign from the cabinet.
 During riot at Beirut, Syria, seven Christians were killed by ten Turks, and several houses pillaged.
 Health officials at Washington say the recently published reports of yellow fever in Cuba are unfounded.
 The government will coin no more pennies for year, having more on hand than can be disposed of in that time.
 There was rioting at the two parks in St. Louis where the labor day festivities took place, and as result one man is dead and in the neighborhood of two hundred others are nursing broken skulls and wounds of other kinds. At both parks it took sev- eral hundred officers to put down the rioting. \
 A grand stand on the Fort Leay- enworth reservation gave way dur ing a sham battle by regular troops, injuring twenty-four persons, three fatally. The fatally injured Mrs. John Mordaunt, left hip broken and back injured. Mrs. Charles Worthy, left leg fractured and back hurt. Mrs. c. P. Noble, injured internal ly.
 Las Vegas valley, the extreme southern end of Nevada, is at the mercy of redskin outlaws, and the entire region, embracing several hundred square miles, is in a state of terror. An uprising of the des- perate Flutes has occurred, and their deeds are as bloody as those of the ApacheS twenty years ago. Already three atrocious murders have been committed, and alarming reports are received, indicating that whole sale butcheries may be expected be- fore the uprising is put down.
 The navy department has received the following cablegram from Rear Admiral Cotton, dated Beirut, Sep tember z: "Violence and bloodshed between Mohammedan and native Christians occurred at Beirut. Six Greek Christians, two Mohamme- dans and one Turkish soldier killed {; three Greek Christians, three Mo hammedans and three Turkish sol diers were wounded seriously. 9th CT murders reported. Flag lieuten- ant and United States consul pres ent in the disturbed quarter and verify details of statement. Turk ish soldiers present sufficient if properly disposed of to handle sit uation at Beirut. Turkish governor promises to do all in his power to re- store quiet. Many houses closed and business suspended. I have prepared to land force for protection of property of American citizens if situation demands"
 Bank robbers broke into the bank at Downs, Wash, and blew the doors off the safe, which is said to have contained about $5,OO0. The explosion was so great that the heavy safe fell forward on the floor. The robbers were unable to raise it to get at its contents and left with out the booty.
 The mine owners of Colorado are Waglng war on the miners union and are importing men from the south to take the places of strikers
 A Texas farmer says the cultiva- tion of the castor bean in cotton rows is a sure preventative against boil weevil. He tried the experi- ment on a 60-acre tract. Not a weeyil or other insect can be found in the whole field, while the cotton on the adjacent farms has been ruined by the pest.
 President Roosevelt reviewed. the labor day parade at Syracuse, N. r., and was the principal speaker of the day.
 The Macedonian interior organi-