Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-02

Fire damaged the Arbuckle coop craze plant in Brooklyn to the ex- tent of $10O,OO0.
 An ameteur came near knocking out Champion Jeffries in four round bout at Butte, Mont.
 Bubonic plague has made its ap- pearance in number of towns on the Pacific coast in Mexico.
 0vore 1000 people lost their lives in the recent earthquake dis aster at Andijan, in Russia.
 Gov. Longino, of Mississippi, has issued a proclamation offering $50 reward for the arrest of every per son who engages in whitecapping Retail tobacco and cigar dealers of New York city have organized and declare they will purchase no more trust made goods at present prices.
 Marconi, of wireless telegraph fame, and his associates have suc- ceeded in sending and receiving messages by his system across the Atlantic.
 The capitalization of the street railways in Pennsylvania is more than double the reported average cost of road and equipment of the steam railways in the United States.
 Bx-Chief Isparacher, of the Creek Nation, is dead, at the age of 90 years. He had been prominent in Creek affairs for three score years and has been connected with every treaty of importance between the United States government and h. dans during that time. Recently he was chosen to represent the tribe in Washington on matters of import ance connected with the Creek na- ton
 Senator Penrose. of Pennsvlva- nia, has forwarded to President Roosevelt new evidence in the charges brought several months ago against Ambassador Clayton. IAe new evidence is in the form of aiiidavits that Ambassador Clayton is the owner of certain specified shares in the Carmen Mining Com- pany, Philadelphia corporation; doing a mining business in Mexico. The charges were received at the executive offices, but as in the case of all similar matters they were transmitted at once to the state de- partment. Whether the additional evidence submitted by Senator Pen- rose will result in the rcopening of the case, which attracted considera- bic attention in and out of congress last winter, is not known.
 A careful preliminary estimate made by individual canvass of the railroads, and supplemented by the Railroad Gazettc's own records, fig ures furnished by the state railroad commissions and other sources of information, shows that approxi- natcly G.026 miles of new steam railroad have been built within the l'njted States between January and December 31, 1909. The figures are exclusive of second track, sidings and all selcctric lines. Rebuilt mile age is also excluded Railroad building was reported done in forty two states and territories, and Okla homa leads the list with track laid on 570 miles of new line during the year, Texas comes second, with 496 miles; Arkansas is third, with }7l miles, and Indian Territory is fourth, with 363 miles. Georgia bu'lt 33G miles during the year.
 Ii turns out that the mob at Pitts burg, Kan, who lynched d negro re- gently, got the wrong party. The man the mob was after escaped.
 Employes of the Wclls-Fargo Ex- press Company have been granted a voluntary increase in salary, rang ing from s to 10 per cent.
 While giving fire alarm with a SiX-shooter. John Secrist shot and fatally wounded Tell Schleup, aged 96, at Houston, Tex, the bullet go- ing through the stomach.
 At Olivedale, Pa, Mrs. Edward HurHnck shot and killnd Inhn Rrn1a