Newport weekly independent., 1903-06-26


 pended from the banister of stair, way at his home in Greenfield, Mo, His friends declare she was murder ed.
 There Is much suffering from the results of floods at Kansas City, Kas., and Armondale. Conditions at the latter place are described as more appalling than those follow ing the great Galveston flood.
 Ambassador Clayton cabled the state department that the Mexican government has deposited to his credit $1, ,420,6S2 on account of the Plus fund award. This promptness on the part of the Mexican govern ment in meeting its obligations has broken all records in arbitrations.
 Citizens of Jackson, Ky, have petitioned Gov. Beckham not to re- move state troops from that place, stating that such a move would be followed by wholesale assassination. The foreman of the grand jury that found indictments against Jett and White has been threatened with death.
 Capt. Oberlin M. Carter, who is serving a sentence in Fort Leayen- worth for defrauding the govern ment out of over a million dollars while in charge of river improve ments, will complete his term and be released in December. It is said Carter will engage in mining in Mexico.
 James T. Metcalf, head of the money order system of the govern ment, has been summarily dismiss ed on account of fraudulent prac- tices in his department. The in vestigation into postal affairs has disclosed gross irregularities that have exsited for years, in some in- stances one individual drawing sal aries of two positions when no labor whatever was performed.
 John Edelstein, wealthy manu- facturer and politician of New York, is dead from a peculiar acci- dent. But three weeks ago he dreamed that burglars had entered his house, and that one was attack ing him with knife. He sprang out of bed and struck his head on projection. The shock caused clot of blood to settle on his brain, resulting in meningitis, which caus- ed death.
 The hotel at Jackson, Ky, owned by Capt. Ewing, who testified against Jett and White in the Mar cum murder trial, was burned by an incendiaries. Capt. Ewing and his family will leave Breathitt county, as 1t is almost certain he would be assassinated if he remains. At Lexington fund IS being raised for Capt. Ewing by public subscrip- tion, as he lost almost everything he had by the fire.
 The great American derby, run at Washington Park, near Chicago, was won by The Picket, horse that never before won race. He set the pace every step of the distance, was never challenged and won in gallop by six lengths. He ran the derby distance, one and a half miles, faster than it was ever run before in the race His time was 2:33. A crowd of 70,000 people witnessed the event, which was worth to the owner of the winner $35,000, to say nothing of what he might have bet. The Picket was at odds of 20 to l in the betting.
 The anthracite coal miners, in convention, decided against a strike on account of the refusal of the operators to recognize the creden- tials of District Presidents Nich- oils, Fahey and Dettrey, instructed by the joint executive board of the United Mine Workers as the mi ners' representatives on the board of conciliation The convention of the United Mine Workers elected three district presidents by dis tricts as their representatives, and the operators, through President Geo. F. Baer of the Reading compa- ny, announced that this action was satisfactory.