Newport weekly independent., 1904-03-18

tendance at the G. A. k. encamp- ment at San Francisco.
 Major 0. H. Smith (Bill Arp) is lying at the point of death at his home in Gainesville, Ga.
 NA cure for lockjaw has been dis covered and successfully tested by Dr. s. A. Mathews of the University of Chicago.
 Of the 60,ooO New England textile workers who went on strike three months ago, 50,000 have returned to their former positions.
 Minister Conger at Pekin has re- ceived written assurance that China witt enter into treaty to open two Manchurian ports to the worlds commerce in few months.
 Associate Justice Brewer, of the United States supreme court, in a recent interview, favors the speedy trlal and denial of right of ap- peal to parties charged with crim- inal assault as means to put a stop to lynching.
 Army officers returning from the Philippines are prohibited from bringing servants with them, as a result of an order just issued at the war department. This order was due to complaint that many Chinese. women were being brought into this country as servants of returning of fcers.
 The interior department will make thorough investigation of Indian Territory affairs and 1t is said several members of the Dawes commission will lose their heads as consequence. It Is intimated that other employees of the Indian bureau are involved in charges that down. right fraud has been practiced to se- cure the Indians best lands.
 The United States military au- thorities are after the head hunters of Lepanto in Bontoc province, is- land of Luzon, in the Philippines. As a result of a recent rampage of the head hunters, an expedition has been sent out, with instructions to punish them severely. Reports came from Bontoc that the head hunters had entered several towns in the province and killed half dozen na- lives, after which they severed the heads of their victims, and mount ing them upon poles, made for the mountains with their trophies.
 A desperate negro shot and kill ed four white men in Randolph county, Alabama, who were persu- ing him to place him under arrest. The trouble started over difficulty in watermelon patch. A party of white men were working the pub lie road, and when the men finished working they asked permission to eat few melons. Sledge told them to help themselves, but requested that they take care not to destroy the vines. As soon as the men got into the patch they began to cut and slash melons in every direction, while Sledge looked on. The negro warned them to stop, and then went after his gun. Returning, he emptied the weapon into the crowd, wounding nine out of eleven. The negro then fled and four of the pose which pursued him were killed.
 The next encampment of the G.. A. R. will be held in Boston. At the encampment held in San Fran cisco resolutions were adopted ask Ing the president to issue an eXecu- tive order granting members of the order preference in appointments to federal positions. Gen. John O.. Black of Illinois was chosen com mander in chief, and Col. c. Ma son Keene of California senior vice commander. The report of Inspect or General F. A. Walsh contained the following figures: Number of posts, 6711, a loss of 5; members in good standing, 55,1Oo, loss of 9,162; aggregate of post relief $25,1S5; aggregate expenditure by posts for relief, $15S,666, a de- crease of $60,513. The post quar- termasters and trustees have on hand Q1O1 QrQ Tbo ITO 1,,a nf +ba