Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-23
News of the World

defeated by reyolters and has fled from Fcz, the capital.
 At Brazil, Ind, Gran Payne, a 7-year-old hoy, accidentally shot and killed his 3-year-old brother while playing with rifle.
 Brig. Gen. Wood is said to be slated for military commander of the Philippines, to succeed Gen. Davis, who will retire for age in July.
 President Roosevelt has decided not to appoint Gen. Taft as a mem- ber of the supreme court, and he wii4 be retained as governor of the Philippines.
 .Tcsc Collar, who fired an incffect- |, ual ehot at the carriage of the boy king of Spain as he was driving to chu;ch with other officials, has been declared insane.
 Francis Matlera, famous bull fighter, was killed in Mexico, just across the border from Fl paso. Tex, by an infuriated animal he was torturing in the arena,
 All foreign consuls have fled from Fer, the capital of Morocco, and it Is reported foreigners are being murdered and ill treated daily by adherents of the pretender to the throne.
 n the fourteenth regiment ar mory, Brooklyn, N. Y., i,5oo per sons played in game of euchre at 1875 tables. The party was given by students of St. Francis college.
 The south has been fortunate on account of the scarcity af coal, ow- ing to the output of soft coal in this section. Anthracite is being sold in southern cities for less than in cities in the north and east.
 Mrs. Fife l.. Carson shot and killed R. R. Rigsby, a student in a business college at Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Rigsby, who was teacher, claimed that Carson circulated sto- ries derogatory to her charactcg,
 The lower house of congr2ss passed a substitute for the senate bin, creating the department of commerce and labor. The house 1neasrre places under the control of inc new department the national bureau of standards, the coast and geodetic survey, the bureau of sta tistics, the census bureau, the bu- reau of foreign commerce, thc bu- rcau of immigration, including jur- isdjction over Chinese immigration. and also creates the bureau of man. ufactures and corporations.
 A review of Texas in Governor Savers message to the legislature, delivered last week, shows q won derful march of improvement, not withstanding the great storm and overflows anl the cotton boil wccvil pest which have afflicted the state during that period. Ad valorem tax values have increased from $12,501,4S2 in 1898 to $162, ,952,- 367 in 1902. From June 30, 1898, to December 1, 1902, 1914 miles of new railway. exclusive of switches and sidings, were constructed, q. compared with S66 miles con- structcd during the seven years pre- vious. The number of national banks has incfcascd from 196 on September 30, 1898, to 339 on Sep telnhcr 15. 1909. Their amount of capital has increased during that period from $19,205,000 to %2j,- 2G1 900; deposits increased from &37. .S95,000 to $r4,0l2,00O, and their resources increased from $t1,- 553,000 to $142,632 ,000. There has been a great increase in manu- featuring. Special mention is made of the great growth of the rice in dustrv. The rice acreage has in- creased from 1S.00O acres in 1898 10 100000 in 1902, and the yield during that period has increased from 1S0.000 bags to 2,o00,000 bags. The value of domestic eX- ports through Texas ports has in- creased from $1S,633, 1901 in 1893 to $115,114,642 in 1902.
 It is now claimed that Princess Louise, of Saxony. who deserted