Newport weekly independent., 1904-01-08
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 A declaration of war between Rus sia and Japan is daily expected.
 Jerome Sykes, the well known comedian, died in Chicago last week.
 Two American warships are now in San Domingo waters to protect American interests.
 Russia has contracted with American packers for 100000 pounds of beef for her army.
 Japan officials have recently made large purchases of provisions for her army in this country.
 J. A. McBeth, his wife and five children, lost their lives in burn ing building at Ballinger, Texas.
 In fire which destroyed the stock yards sheds at Buffalo, N. Y., 1000 head of sheep were cremated.
 Treasury department expert ac countants are making an inyestiga- tion of the accounts of the interstate commerce commission.
 The department of agriculture values the corn crop of 1893 at $952, ,S68S01. It is estimated g. 44,176,925 bushels were grown on SO,001, ,993 acres.
 In prize fight in San Francisco between Ed Hanlon and Young Corbett, the formers life was saved by the referee stopping the fight in the sixteenth round
 The United States geological building at Washington, D. C., was recently damaged to the extent of $5,00O by fire that at one time threatened to be more disastrous.
 John Walker, who died at Omaha a few days ago, and who, it was thought, was pauper, had sewed in the lining of his ragged garments the sum of $20,000 in bills.
 .William Kenny, a New York city policeman, narrowly escaped lynch ing by mob for wilfully and cru ely beating two innocent men with lis club. The officer was rescued from the mob by fellow-policemen after fierce battle.
 After a thorough investigation of the fire at the Iroquois theater, Chi cago, it has been found that the panic and gas explosion, in which about 576 people lost their lives, was due principally to the fact that the asbestos curtain could not be low cred because it was not in proper condition.
 Before Justice J. E. Jackson, a colored justice of tie peace, of Cai- TO, H., James Rains, c. c. Bailey, James Buster, Brant Davis and Lieut.. J. F. Parker, citizens of Thebes, charged with being parties to the lynching of William John son, colored, last spring, were dis charged.
 J. l.. Garrett, the town watch man of West Point, Va, was held up by three men armed with re- volyers, who bound and gagged him, marched him to the postoflice, broke in the door, blew open the safe, and robbed it of considerable money and package containing S2,1 in bonds. Garrett was com pelled to witness the whole per formance.
 In anticipation of complications that may soon arise on the isthmus of Papama the United States army IS prepared to go to war at q mo- ment's notice. Orders have been issued secretly by the war depart ment to all branches of the service stationed at convenient points upon both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to hold themselves in readiness to move instantly.
 The president has approved the proceedings, findings and sentence of the court martial in the case of Second Lieutenant Paul B. Maclane, Thirteenth cavalry. Lieut.. Maclane was tried at Manila on the charge of embedding about $700 of sub sistenee funds while serving as com missary on the Maraquina river ex- petition. He was convicted and sen tenced to be dismissed and to be