The Newark journal., 1903-06-05
News of the World

- insane asylum at Glenwood, la, and two inmates were killed.
 The Pennsylvania state repubh- can convention endorsed the candi- dacy of President Roosevelt for second term.
 Eight trainmen, five white tramps and four negroes were kill ed in railroad wreck on the South ern near Bryan, Ala.
 Wu Tung Fang, former Chinese minister at Washington, but who was recalled, has been appointed g member of the foreign office at Pc kin.
 Boston housekeepers will attempt to solve the servant girl problem by establishing a school where girls will be given a thorough training in domestic duties free of charge.
 Upon the assembling of special jury at Jackson, Ky, to hear the evidence against Curtis Jett and Tom White, charged with the assas- sination of Attorney ]. B. Mar erum, the town was placed under martial law. All the witnesses and attorneys were kept under guard of soldiers to prevent their assas- sination.
 A. ". Machin, formerly superin- tendent of free delivery in the post office department and who was re- lieyed of duty several weeks ago, has been arrested at the instigation of the department, charged with receiving bribes from contractors It is alleged Machin received in the neighborhood of S20,0oo from a manufacturer for having the gov- ernment adopt a patent fastener to mail boxes.
 Dr 0ctavius White, a famous vel low fever expert, died at his home in New York City, aged 7S years While a surgeon in the Confeder- ate army Dr. White was sent into the Union lines at Goldsborough, \. C., to treat northern soldiers af- fieted with yellow fever, and in the Confederate prison at Florence, $. C., he won the love of many Union men by his kindness during a simi- lar experience.
 A bad state of affairs exists at Jackson, Ky, where two persons are held for the assassination of J. B. Marcrum. The militia on guard at the jail have been fired on nightly, and citizens cannot ven ture out after dark for fear of be- ing shot down. Alleged friends of the two prisoners threaten to re- lease them, but the authorities say their main desire Is to assassinate them in order to prevent them tell ing what they know about the many murders committed in Breathitt county.
 A dispatch from Boston tells of a plan by a secret organization for q great negro exodus from the south. It is said the society has q membership of over 800, and the scheme is to depopulate the entire south and southwest of negroes, who will be taken north to Bos- ton, and thence distributed throughout the west in agricultural and mining communities. The first great body of emigrants, 5000 in number, will land in Boston about the first of July, the society lead CTS say.
 At the request of the department of justice the United States secret service has undertaken the work of investigating the charge of peonage, CT holding another in seryitude to work out debt, which has been made against persons living in the vicinity of Montgomery, Ala. The punishment provided by the statu.e for this crime is fine of not less than Sl ,000, nor more than $5,000, | or imprisonment of not less than one year nor more than five. The parties alleged to be guilty of the above oifense contend that they have only sought the laborers of those alleged to have been held in bondage under a legal contract, whereby they were paid for their services.
 Booker T. Washington, the ne- gro educator, urges the establish ment of more public schools in the rural districts as an incentive to keep the negroes on the farm.
 Another conviction has been se- cured in connection with procur- ing fraudulent naturalization pa pers at St. Louis. A jury found John Barbaglia, leader of the Italians, guilty on half dozen countss and he will serve long