Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-18

o'en e4pelleo py thelr genera or. ganization, and s,ooo more ot e. S Joseph, Mo, will probably/haa ha a' ais. Hs. olpllned for causing theafs packers trouble and loss by gnvarranted pa5 strikes. 1il"ail all seo
 Probably the first t m , that dead mans boa 'iAle ho Oh h aeoolu a clared forfeited va a,nu . lias 0een % ue Guentz of St. 4 .as when when Judge dallng dan gda in the osse of Preston r'11 Lin assault. Thl under indictment for befora lie he plaintiff died the day was ea1last trial and when the case forfo;tota.sd his bond was declared
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 of 0te.sia has requested permission tio,k Jhina to postpone her evacua- o saen of one of the frontier provinces { I Manchuria for several months af- ter October 8, the date for the gen. eral evacuation of Manchuria. Min ister Conger cables the state de- partment this fact and the matter has been referred to Secretary Hay at the secretary's summer home in New Hampshire for consideration.
 From information gleaned in va- rious diplomatic circles in London the Associated Press learns that the powers have come to recognize the fact that only drastic measures will maintain peace between Turkey and Bulgaria. No one participating in the negotiations now denies that the two countries are perilously close to war. It is even suggested in responsible quarters that the Slavs are working with the Bulgarians to convince the world that frightful state of affairs prevails in Macedo- mia, and that humanity demands the intervention of the powers.
 United States District Attorney Peach of the District of Columbia announces that the six persons named in the seven indictments re- turned by the grand jury last Tues day are: Geo. w. Beavers, former chief of the division of salaries and allowances, postoffice; August W. Machen, former general superin- tendent of the free delivery system, postoffice department; James w. Erwin, former postoffice inspector, with headquarters in San Francis co; Geo. H. Huntington and Isaac s. McGiehan, both of New York City, owners of the Columbia Sup ply Company of that city, and Flu gene D. Schelebe of Toledo, Ohio, dentist, and interested in the firm of Maybury & Ellis of Detroit, Mich, letter box manufacturers. Beavers, Machen and Erwin are named jointly in one indictment for conspiracy to defraud the United States. Another indictment is against McGienan, Huntington and Machen for conspiracy to defraud the United States, and still another is against the same three for con- spiracy to commit bribery. All the indictments are based on transac- tions relating to the supply of let ter boxes and package boxes and de- vices.
 The grand jury of the District of Columbia has returned six indict- ments in the postal cases, but the names have not been made public. The grand jury was in session sey- eral weeks.
 A plot was discovered at San Francisco to deport six Chinese i'm posters in the place of six Chinese who gained admission to this coun- try in violation of the immigration laws. Several arrests have been made in connection with the scheme.
 A new worlds record for long distance running was made by a train on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad recently. A stretch of 128 miles was covered in 125 minutes without stop.
 Dispatches report that many bod ies of those slain in Bulgarian vil- Iages remain unburied. The stencil 1 from the decomposed bodies is caus- ing an epidemic of disease and the situation is horrible beyond descrip- | tion.
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