Newport weekly independent., 1903-07-17

hundreds were overcome and had to be cared for at hospitals.
 The National Manufacturers As sociation has raised fund of $1,- 500,000 for the purpose of waging a war on organized labor.
 The conductor, whose negligence caused wreck on the Southern railroad near Charlottesville, Va, in which over twenty people were killed, has become violently insane from mental anguish.
 Over 75 per cent of the colored population of Evansville, Ind, have fled from that community since the unsuccessful effort to lynch negro murderer and the killing by the militia of a dozen citizens.
 The American squadron, in com mand of Admiral Cotton, now ma neuvering in European waters, ar rived at Portsmouth, England, on the Sth and was given royal re- ception by the British fleet.
 As a result of recent upheayals in the postal service, four import ant positions are vacant and will shortly be filled by appointment These positions are: General SUI. perintendent of free delivery, SUI perintendent of salaries and ollow- ances, chief of the money order system and attorney general for the department.
 Secretary Root has received from Gen. Davis, commanding in the Philippines, long cable message over the new Pacific cable relating to the disposition of another reruc- tion of troops in the islands for the next yeear. In the opinion of Gen. Davis, the conditions in the Philip pines are such as to warrant quite a reduction of force.
 The best speed record ever made by any battleslip for a similar distance was made by the Kearsarge on her recent run from New York across the Atlantic to join the Euro pean squadron at Southampton, England. She covered the distance from New York to Needles, 3245 knots, or 37S5 land miles, in ten days and sixteen hours, at an aver age hourly speed of 12.G2 knots.
 The syndicate formed last sum- mcr by Kuhn, Loeb X Co.,, to un- derwrite $12,0o0,00O 4 per cent bonds of the Cotton Belt or St. Louis Southwestern railway com pany has been dissolved. It Is re- ported that about one-half of the issue was disposed of and the bonds vii be delivered to members of the syndicate, if they so wish, or will be disposed of by the syndicate man. agers in their best judgment.
 William Rudolph, who with q companion robbed the bank at Union, Mo, in December, 1909, of $14,00o, escaped from jail in St. 
 Louis by bold and cunning scheme At the hour of 4:15 in the afternoon the guards on duty were attracted to a section of the jail by a fake mutiny, planned by Rudolph. Taking advantage of the opportunity, the bank robber made a dash, and by jumping through skylight, succeeded in getting away. Shortly after the rob- bcry of the bank at Union a detec- tive named Shumacher went to Rudolph's home near Stanton, Mo, to place him under arrest, when he was killed by the young desperado. The murderer escaped but on March l he and his pal, named Collins, were captured at Hartford, Conn, after desperate battle.
 One of the few instances where the producer has been benefited by combining to maintain the price of farm product is told in a dispatch from Arcola, H. The farmers of that community, realizing the scarc- ity of broom corn, put their heads together and refused to sell their crops at the prevailing price of $50 per ton. After holding out for few weeks they were rewarded by