Newport weekly independent., 1903-05-01

tunnel at IuXpan, Mex, Killing ten workmen.
 Three men were killed by the ex- plosion of a boiler in sawmill near Bothania, N. c.
 A large number of Boers have purchased ranches in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico.
 Guy Hamnet, a section hand at Joplin, Mo-, has fallen heir to fortune of $40,000.
 Mrs. Drusella Wellford vs.s con- victed at Memphis of the murder of c. W. Depew March 5.
 James Stanley, gypsy, who died in travelling wigwam near Haver- hih. Mass, left an estate valued at $4O,OOO.
 Prof. Leroy Fewer, an aeronaut, while making an ascension at Hous- ton, Tex, fell 150 feet, receiving fatal injuries.
 After spending two weeks in complete seclusion in Yellowstone Park, President Roosevelt contin- ued his tour of the west.
 The State Brewers Association of Ohio is aiding in the enforce ment of the Sunday closing law in the smaller cities of the state.
 A recent report shows that the Boer war added about $s25, 100000 to the British national debt, which has now reached $4,0O0, 0,OOO,OO0.
 Marquis Durazzo, an Italian mo- bleman, has come to America for the avowed purpose of seeking a marriage with beautiful Ameri- can heiress.
 Hundreds of Jews are said to have been shot or beaten to death during anti-Semite riots which oc- cured at Kishineff, the capital of Bessarabra. E
 A detachment of British soldiers was attacked by band of natives in Samaliland, and out of a total of 220 men, ten officers and 1SO ,,,o,, ,uo,o l,;llol
 An alleged plot of Hungarian soldiers to assassinate Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria during the proposed military maneuvers, has been discovered.
 A band of Macedomians captur- ed and slaughtered fifty-fve Bashi- Bazouks out of revenge for the death of their leader, who was kill ed in a recent engagement.
 Judge A. A. Atkins of Carlins- vile, Ill.,, and Mrs. Margaret c. Rowe-Black of St. Louis, who were sweethearts in their youth, were re- united and married at the age of "A and 57 years, respectively.
 David Powell, young clerk of Evansville, Ind, was arrested few days before the date set for his marriage on charge of stealing the furniture with which he had furnished home for his bride.
 The Illinois legislature has be- gun an investigation of alleged boodling in connection with street railway legislation, Speakers Mil Ter having announced in open house that he had been approached by the promoters of a traction bill.
 An 11-year-old girl named May Aldridge prevented disastrous wreck near Terra Haute, Ind, by turning a switch which had been left open, two minutes before IasC passenger traln passed over the track.
 James N. Tyner, assistant attor- ney general for the postoffice de- pertinent, has been summarily dis missed as a result of the investiga- tion being conducted into frauds al- legged to have been perpetrated in connection with get-rich-quick concerns.
 Senator Hanna, of Ohio, in an address at the convention of the Anal gamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, at Colum- bus, O., defended the principles of organized labor, and replied to the address delivered recently by Pres ident D. M. Parry, of the National Manufacturers Association, ill which he attacked the motives of the labor unions