Newport weekly independent., 1903-10-16
The receiver of the shipbuilding

Inc receiver or the SnlpDullGlnS trust has made levy on the stock holders. It Is claimed that Schwab, the steel magnate, holds. 10000 shares of the stock which cost him nothing and upon which he will be compelled to put up $10,000,000.
 The state department has not re- ceived official notice of the report that Russia has refused to evacuate Manchuria, according to treaty, un- til her demands on China, of na- lure not made public, are complied with. The populace of Japan are very indignant over what they assert Is Russia's double dealing.
 A general courtmartial has been ordered to probe charges against numbers of the Colorado national guard, arising during the Cripple Creek campaign, when the guard was called out on account of the miners strike It is charged that pay rolls were padded, and that ccr- tain officers secured rake-off for SUD- plies.
 The report of the St. Louis Southwestern Railroad Cotton Belt) for the fiscal year ended June 30, shows gross earnings of $7,27S,574; operating expenses, S5,256,163; net earnings, $2,022,- All; total income, $2,2O5, ,013; charges against income, $1,510,178, leaving surplus of 94,S34. Last years surplus was $72S,1S9.
 President Castro of Venezuela seems in fair way to get himself and his followers in serious trouble with the powers. He has ordered his agents to collect $1, 100000 from foreign merchants at Ciudad Boli- var in import duties once paid to the de facto government A cargo belonging to a German merchant, who refused to pay back duties, was seized and sold at auction.
 J. J. Ryan, the St. Louis turf commissioner, testified before the federal grand jury at Cincinnati that he paid money to Joseph Jones, United States attorney at Rock vile, Ind, and Daniel V. Miller, second assistant to Attorney General Tyler, of the postoffice department, in order that his business might not be interfered with by the federal authorities. Upon Ryan's evidence indictments have been found against Johns and Miller, charging conspir- acy to commit an offense against the government.
 MT. Carroll D. Wright, labor commissioner, has just completed and sent to the public printer the manuscript, in two volumes, which 5iscuss at length and in detail the conditions surrounding the labor ing people of the United States From its pages some striking ex- amples of conditions in this coun- try and some comparisons with what they are in foreign lands will be drawn. Most important will be specific showing that the laboring man fares better at this time than at any time in the history of the United States. The report also shows big increase in the cost of necessaries of life, especially food stuffs.
 John J. Murphy, politician, and c. E. Allen, plumber, of Memphis, argued over game of cards, and by mutual agreement decided to finish their argument in fist duel, with regular seconds and Queensberry rules. Just before reaching the appointed place Mur- phy staggered and reeled to one side. Allen caught him, but death came before medical assistance could be summoned. Heart disease, the doctors state, caused death
 Mrs. Drew Bishop of Galatia, Ill., recently gave birth to quadruplets, two boys and two girls,
 A distinct earthquake shock was felt at several points in Missouri on the 9th inst.
 During a trial at Greenport, L. T., the submarine boat Shark, while making a run beneath the water, accidentally rammed the torpedo