Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-25

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 In his annual report Gen. Bald win suggests the creation of board to pass on all promotions in the army.
 The postoliice department has de- cided to print a special stamp in commemoration of the St. Louis worlds fair.
 The Philippine government has decided that United States supplies received in the Philippines shall be subject to regular duties.
 Schotz's cafe and the department store of Wolf X Marx at San An tonic were destroyed by fire last week. The loss is placed at $6O,- 900.
 The federal grand jury of the District of Columbia is still inves- tigating postal affairs, and it is said the work will be completed by De- tober.
 Six masked men robbed the bank at Douglass, Okla, of $5,077. The robbers when they left the bank went to livery stable, got the cash ier's buggy and rode off.
 While President Roosevelt was en route from Oyster Bay to New York in the Sylph the vessel ran into hurricane and for time was in inn minent danger of capsizing
 The report of the interstate com merce commission on railway taxa tion shows that railways contribute annually in excess of $50,000,000 to the support of the government.
 W. T. Sanders, desperado from Georgia, shot and killed Sheriff Wharton and Deputy Braugh, and was himself shot to death by one of the dying men at Edna, Texas.
 Joe Chamberlain, secretary for the colonies; Hon. c. T. Ritchie, chancellor of the exchequer, and Lord George Hamilton, secretary for India, have resigned from the British cabinet. These resignations were due to a difference of opinion with other members on the question of adopting protective tariff for the colonies.
 | Information has been received at l Washington that Turks destroyed the town of Kashloria and massa- cred the entire population of 10000 people. Dispatches state that this massacre exceeds anything which has yet occurred in Macedonia. It has been proposed that Russia and Austria occupy Macedonia long enough to put down the insurrec- ton.
 The Rothschilds of London aye trying to purchase the Homestake, the greatest gold mine in the world, located in South Dakota. They have made two offers, one several months ago of 25,000,000, and the second few days ago, of $35,0OO,- 900, for the property. The present owners are holding out for $40,- 000,000, and feel certain of getting their price.
 A fierce storm swept the gulf coast line of Florida east of Pen sacola on the 14th. A number of steamers went ashore during the storm and were dashed to pieces. Nine of the Inchulva's crew were drowned. At Palm Beach dozens of business houses were unroofed, and two lives were lost at Tampa. The orange crop was damaged at least 50 per cent.
 The report of President Curley of the Distillers securities corporation of the operations of that corpora ton for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, has been made public. It shows that the total receipts from , all sources for the year were $82,- 730,7o6. Total operating expenses, 7S,764,074. After charging off . the amounts paid for interest on ] notes and loans, taxes, rentals, in- ; surance, additions to reserve fund, , maintenance and repairs and inter } est on all bonds, net profit for the year is shown of $2, 184,791, an in- crease of $450,436 over that of the |