Newport weekly independent., 1904-02-05
News of the World

York City, has been convicted of extorting money from contractor. and sentenced to one year in prison.
 A cut of from 10 to 20 per cent in the wages paid 150,OOO New Eng land cotton mill employees, coming at this season, when provisions and fuel are higher than for quarter Of a century, means sad disappofnt- ment for thousands of little@ones when they awake ChristmasA morn and find that they have been over looked by Old Santa.
 Russia and Japan have reached an agreement as to the occupation of Corea and Manchuria. The ba- sis of this agreement is said to be that Russia will accept the agree ment entered into by Japan and Corea dated 1896 and 1898, respec- lively, under which Japan secured various rights in Corea, including the maintenance of a garrison at Seoul. In exchange for this conces- sion Japan will accept Russia's treaty with China respecting Man l churia.
 H. J. Schulteis, member of the Knights of Labor, was forcibly ejected from the rooms of Speaker Cannon of the house for grossly in- i sulting MT. Cannon. Schulteis, during a conversation with the l speaker, demanded that a represent | ative credited to the union labor l party be made chairman of the la Dor committee. When told that the 1 chairmanship must go to the ma l jority party Schulteis threatened to go to Illinois at the next election and annihilate Mr. Cannon politic- 1 ally. He was then boosted out of the room by a janitor.
 l The provisional government of l San Domingo has asked recognition from the United st States Minister | Powell's condition on which the United States will recognize the new government are as follows :: The government must agree to abide by and respect the agree ments made by the preceding ad- ministrations, must recognize the manner of settlement arrived at in the case of the improvement com pany of New York and the Ross and Sala cases; must recognize and carry into full effect the concession to the Give Steamship Company and must grant the privilege to the l United States to establish, at dan gerous points of the coast, light l houses to aid maritime commerce. I The Mexican government is us- ing its efforts to have uniform scale of wages adopted by the min ing companies and manufacturers of that country for the employed native laborcrs. The government has advised the larger mining com panies which are operating in west ern Mexico that they must not pay 1 higher wages to their miners than arc paid in other parts of the country. It Is stated that the fact that higher wages are paid in some of the mining camps of the state of Sonora, particularly at Cana nea, where the great consolidated copper company is operating, than l Is paid in mining camps in other parts of the country, has led to in- dustrial dissatisfaction and that the government is seeking to quiet the trouble by providing that a uni form scale of wages shall be paid throughout the country. American miners have been receiving higher wages in Mexico than natives, and considerable dissatisfaction will re- suit should the government carry out the above policy.
 | Three members of dangerous l gang of counterfeiters, who have succeeded in circulating thousands
 
 of dollars in spurious bank notes, were captured by secret service men in Boston last week. An ex- tensive plant and large amount of material was destroyed.
 | A gusher which flows 10000 barrels of oil daily has been struck in new Texas district near Big Hill. Land values jumped from $1o to $1,oo0 in twenty-four hours. | The department of agriculture's | n Nnn nnN