Newport weekly independent., 1903-07-03

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 The Hawaiian Congress has passed a resolution opposing the emigra- tion of Americans to the islands.
 T. E. Barrett, marshal of the St. Louis court of appeals, has been suspended from office and indicted for participating in naturalization frauds.
 T. J. Cornwall, the missing presi- dent of the Bessemer Savings Bank, of Bessemer, Ala, was seen in Mexi- co last week by an old acquaintance Cornwall defaulted for half a mil lion.
 A clique, headed by New Orleans parties, is said to have gained con- trol of two-thirds of the American supply of cotton. The price has been advanced to 13 and 14 cents per pound, and many mills are shutting down as fast as they work up the supply on hand, refusing to pay the price demanded by the New Orleans and New York clique.
 The report of the Mississippi river commission, which met in St. Louis last week, has been forwarded to Washington, and not until it is approved by the Secre- tary of War will the apportionments be known. It is said, however, that of the allotment of $2,00o,0o0 for leyee purposes, Louisiana has been given the greatest apportionment. Mississippi comes next, then Arkan- sas, Missouri, Tennessee and Ken lucky.
 Edward Gum, Montana sheep herder, was bitten by huge rattle snake while herding his flock. He was twenty-five miles from Miles City, the nearest point where he could secure medical aid, and he. jumped on a pony, without bridle or saddle, and rode at a breakneck speed for his life. The faithful animal covered the distance in time to save the herder's life and dropped dead in front of the office of a physician in Miles City.
 Eight civil engineers and six veterinarians from the United States will be sent to the Philip pines. The eight civil engineers will be employed on road building in all the islands of the archipelago and the veterinarians will be em- ployed in inspecting the imported cattle which the civil commission is arranging to bring in from Austra- lia and points on the continent. It has been decided that $1,000,000 of the $3,ooo,o00 appropriated by the last Congress shall be used in build ing roads.
 Three negroes, Garfield Mccoy, George Mckinney and Wiley Newton, were taken from jail at Newton. Baker county. Georgia. and lynched. The men were in jail for the killing of s. Bullard, white man, who was called in to quell a row at a negro dance. The mob went to the jailer's house and told him they had another prisoner to lodge in jail. When the jailer reached the jail door with his keys the mob rushed upon him and over- powered him. The three negroes were taken a mile from town, hung to tree and riddled with bullets.
 A quick and effective piece of work on the part of the state depart ment to prevent loss to American exporters is disclosed in a report to the department from United States Ambassador Powell Clayton, dated Mexico, June IS. It seems that by q new tariff which went into effect July 1, the duty on corn imported into Mexico was enormously in- creased. American shippers were prevented by the Western floods from delivering for the June ac- count more than million dollars worth of corn. At the instance of the state department Mr. Clayton on June 14 appealed to Mir. Maris- cal, the Mexican prime minister, and the latter, after a consultation with President Diaz, suspended the operation of the new tariff for one