Newport weekly independent., 1903-11-20

the field since the season opened.
 The American warships Kear- sarge and Massachusetts, two of the most powerful vessels of the navy, have been ordered to the isthmus of Panama.
 As a result of poodle investiga- tion by the grand jury at Jefferson City, Mo, over 100 indictments have been returned at a cost to tax payers of $S, ,439.95.
 James l.. Blair, former general counsel for the Louisiana Exposi- tion Company, alleged to have de- frauded clients out of half mill lion, Is said to have lost his mind
 William Austin, who gave away fortune of over a quarter of a million dollars the past fifteen years, died at Emporia, Kan, last week. At the time of his death he was practically pauper.
 Six members of the Louisville, Ky, fire department have been ar- rested charged with footing during big fire. Officers found several hundred dollars worth of goods hid away at the various engine houses.
 Gen. Reyes, special commission CT from Colombia to Washington, stated to representative of the As sociated Press, that unless some arrangements concerning the pres ent situation on the isthmus satis- factory to Colombia are made, the United States will have to fight the entire Colombian people.
 Chas. Mccormack, superintend- ent, and M. E. Buck, a miner, were killed by an explosion in B mine at Cripple Creek, Col. It Is claimed the dynamite was rdeliber- ately placed by some strikers SD that 1t would explode at the first attempt to lower the cage into the lslline. The two victims were the only oc- cupants of the cage, at the time of the explosion.
 D. V, Miller and Joseph NJ. Johns, charged with conspiracy against the government, and in at tempting to secure a bribe from John J. Ryan, of turf investment fame, to insure him the use of the mails, were acquitted in federal court at Cincinnati. Johns is an l attorney of Stockport, H., and Mil Ter was formerly an employe of the postolfice department.
 New England cotton mill opera tors regard the present trade situa- ton as bad from every standpoint, citing the high prices of cotton and fuel as one of the causes for reduc- ing wages of employees. At the pres 'ent timeNoperators claim they have on hand less than a three months supply of raw material, whereas in normal years by the first of Decem-- iber they ahaye six months supply.
 While, more than 100 Italian rail- road Ilaborers were asleep in shan Fly near Lilly, Pa, on the Pennsyl- 'yania Irailroad, the building caught, fire aandDbefore the foreigSrs could tASaqae at least itIsas,s.,,sSs z n were burngep2s ath and d ssSSSsss't6f Sss't6f more werepd 14rously in jured The shanty was about 100 feet { long, one story in height. One end was used for cooking and eating, at the other end the men slept in Ss hunks, which were crowded. There 2 was only one door at each end, and Y the windows were few and small. The fire is supposed to have started |, from an overloaded stove. The building burned like finder, and the flames were upon the men before any of them were aroused.
 The secret service has announced the discovery of new counterfeit $5 national bank note. 1t is .on the Cape Cod national bank of liar wlch, Mass, check letter A, -seEies of 1882, Bruce, register; MymsF, treasurer. The note is a well-exe~ cuted photograph, on good quality