Newport weekly independent., 1903-11-13

avowed candidate for the democrat ic nomination for president.
 Three bandits dynamited the big safe in the Burton, Kas., State Bank and got away with $2,0oo
 President Roosevelt has issued the usual proclamation, designating Thursday, November 26, as Thanks giving day.
 Chamberlain calims his proposed protective policy for England is receiving the hearty support of workingmen.
 Ambassador Clayton informs the state department that the reported attack on President Diaz is off cially denied.
 The Chicago grand jury is said to be preparing to disclose sensa- tional developments in the inquiry into municipal affairs.
 The federal grand jury at Port land, Ore, has returned a number of indictments against persons ac- cused of forgery in connection with homesteading government lands.
 By a decision of the New York court of appeals, Albert T. Patrick, murder of Millionaire Rice, loses his alleged interest in the Rice es- tate, which he claimed by will supposed to be forgery.
 Cardwell, Mo-, twelve miles east of Paragould on the Paragould Southeastern railroad, was the scene of a sensational burglary Three men entered the postoffice building, dynamited the safe and took there from thirty dollars in money and four hundred dollars in stamps. The safe-b blowers spiked the tele- graph instrument in the depot, cap- tured a handcar and made their escape into Arkansas.
 Mrs. Emma Booth-Tucker, con- sul in America of the Salvation Army, wife of Commander Booth Tucker and daughter of Vim. Booth founder of the army, was killed in a wreck on the Santa Fe at Dean Lake, Mo. The train ran into an open switch and struck a large steel water tank with such force as to move it five feet from its founda- ton, and throw five cars from the track, completely wrecking them The only cars escaping were the mail, express and day coaches Three passengers were killed out right and over a dozen injured.
 The annual report of Surgeon General Rixey to the secretary o1 the navy says dissatisfaction has ex- isted for a long time among the members of the medical corps in re- gard to the titles which are giver them in different grades of the corps. He recommends Sthat con- gressional action be asked for au- thority to rename the different grades of the medical corps now existing, as follows: In place o1 surgeon general, surgeon admiral and in the other grades medical di- rector to become surgeon captain medical inspector, surgeon com mander; surgeon, surgeon lieuten ant commander; passed assistant surgeon, surgeon lieutenant, and as sistant surgeon, surgeon lieutenan' (junior grade).
 The declaration that the existing relations between Canada and Great Britain cannot continue much lon ger is made by the Halifax Chroni cle, the leading newspaper support CT in the maritime provinces of tn, liberal party. In the course of al unusually outspoken editorial or the recent Alaskan bondary award the Chronicle expresses what i claims to be unanimous dissatisfac tion of Canadians at the action o. the British government in the mat ter. The paper says: ''This Alas kan episode has made it clear tha our existing relations to the em nira cannot he continued muob lon