Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11
News of the World

III gOOQ SOclety, muTQeTeu HIS Wl1e and then shielded. Keevil was sec- retly married to the woman, who was a domestic, several months ago, and the murder and suicide was the result of the wife insisting on a public acknowledgement of their true relation.
 Six hundred coal miners in north eastern Missouri refused to accept the terms agreed upon at the Chi cago conference and disobeyed Pres ident MitchelIs orders and went on a strike. The men were led by man who is opposed to Mitehell's administration. The men were or-N dered to return to work immediate ly under penalty of expulsion from the union
 The totals of Hester's annual re- port of the cotton crop of the Unit ed States have been promulgated. They show receipts at all United States ports for the year, 7,724,104 bales, against 7,679,290 bales last year; overland to northern mills and Canada, 1,o83,3S3 bales, against 1,103,953 bales; southern con- sumption taken direct from the in terrier of the cotton belt, 1,920,072 bales, against 1,S97437 bales, mak ing the cototn crop of the United States for 19O2-03 amount to 10,- 727,559 bales, against 10,680,680 bales last year, and 10,383,422 bales the year before. Hester is secretary of the New Orleans cot ton exchange, and his figures are authoritative.
 Twenty-Five stock men from diff ferent parts of the western grae country met at Kansas City recent ly and arranged to perfect the or ganization of packing company to compete with the alleged pack ers' trust. The new company was named the Independent Packing Company. The company will have a capital stock of $5,O00,00o and will be incorporated under the laws of Arizona. Of the total capitali- zation 51 per cent will be so dis posed of as to be held in escrow by the board of directors of the com pany. This will insure stockmen who interest themselves in the plan that the company will always be controlled by stock interests. The rest of the stock will be sold to stock men if possible, although no purchasers will be barred.
 The agitation of the case of Mil Ter, the assistant foreman in the bindery of the government print ing office, has precipitated an in- vestigation into the methods in vogue in the big establishment. There are hints of some interest ing developments Mr Root, sec retary of war, has discovered that resolutions have been adopted in congress calling for information that was already contained in off cial reports of the department that had been printed at the govern ment printing office and distribut- ed by the thousand. Members of congress found it easier to call up- on the heads of departments for information they needed than to search through printed reports. The evil did not end with placing extra work upon the government clerks, but when the information was once obtained it was read on the floor of the senate or house, and then, by direction of congress, print ed and distributed. One official made the statement recently that certain reports had been printed as many as four different times. {;
 D. M. Parry, of Indiana, who has gained considerable notoriety by the fight he is making on or ganized labor, says his life has been threatened repeatedly, and that he has been compelled to place armed guards about his place to protect his family from violence.
 Since the arrest of an armed crank who tried to see President Roosevelt, the guard about his resi- dence and at the white house has hoa1a iporaoco1