Newport weekly independent., 1904-02-12


 suicide. Ciesman's body " t.s... shs cellar lar of 2 bull bui9leA American
 his neck was rid neid DTS
 gas fixture. Thelle in the Turk
 attitude, and written a letter to
 on the fioesftment asking that
 +hro,vy u1r py indemnity be made
 draye Turkish government.
 ne British attleship Common Salth, the largest vessel of the k-Snd in the world, was recently faunched at Govan, on the Clyde. She is of 16,350 tons displacement, her engines are to be of 1S,OO0 horse power and will carry a crew of 755 men.
 The state department has inform ed Gov. Dockery of Missouri that 1t cannot grant his request to se- cure the extradition of Ellis Vain wright, a millionaire brewer of St. Lous-Who is wanted in connection ''s ss.lq . op1lllsss lss s
 e..a z h,ossplin France, the extra
 employe1 M not including the of
 .4se of bribery.
 The volume relating to appro- priations made and new officers created during the last session of congress has been completed. A summary of the appropriations shows grand total of $753,058,- 506. In addition to the specific ap- propriations made, contracts are au- thorized to be entered into for cer- tain public works requiring future appropriations by congress, in the aggregate of $36,9S9,859, the prin- cipal item of which is $2O,426, ,00o for additions to the navy.
 President Diaz of Mexico has consented to accept the office for another term of four years. He has been at the head of the govern ment of his country ever since 1876, Then he was first elected, except for
 ug years, when he was nomi-
 .o-she backg snnd, but when he, in reality, ru1v-hrough the man who held the presidency. The removal of the barrier to re-elec- tions which took place at that time permitted him to enter the executive office at the end of the term of his representative, and his country has kept him in office ever since.
 Four employes of the Adams Ex- press Company at Cincinnati were poisoned by drinking from bottle. of whisky that in some way was broken, and one of the men died in short time The whisky was sent from Memphis to the address of Mrs. Kate Nobbe of Cincinnati. An investigation revealed that the whis- ky contained arsenic. Mrs. Lucy Mccormick of Memphis was arrest ed on the charge of expressing the whisky. Mrs. Nobbe and Mrs. Me CoSmisk were formerly Friends, but became enemies through jealousy of the attentions paid the former by Edwin Pell of Memphis, for whom Mrs. Mccormick kept house.
 ,anese arsenals are being work ed day and night and all prepara- tions are being made for war in case Russia persists in her apparent intention to occupy Manchuria. The North China Daily News reports that there has been a continuous flow of Russian troops travelling by train from Harbin to Port Arthur, while other large bodies have been moving to the eastern borders of Manchuria, camping in the vicinity of Yalu river, which divides that country from Corea. The warlike movements ~are causing great alarm to Chinese officials, and an unnam- ed Chinese official is quoted as say ing that the Russians are preparing for the inevitable struggle with Ja- pan, day which all Chinese off, cials believe to be not far distant. One report that has caused great