Woodruff County news., 1901-08-29
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

less than one thousand effective sol- diers, and it has been decided to in- crease this number by four companies of infantry. The official reason given for the increase is that the guard duty is too heavy for the present force. As matter of fact, however, there is a feeling that, although there is no apparent uprising in the future such as is always possible among the Malays, it would be better to have a sufficient body of troops available.
 A telegram from Charlottesville, Va., announces the death, on the 24th, of Miss Maude Coleman Woodsin that city. Miss Woods was pronounced the most beautiful woman in America by committee from the Pan-American eX- position, and her profile adorns all of the medals issued by the board of awards.
 Word was received in Manila, on the 25th, that the insurgents Col. Loreel, with IF officers and 13 men, had sur rendered to Capt. Brown, of the Fourth infantry, at Talisay. The sur render of numerous other smaller contingents brought the total to more than one hundred for the week.
 Japan has lodged protest at Washington" says a dispatch to the London Times from Tokio, dated the 23d, against the system of medical inspection at Hawaii, declaring that this is incompatible with friendly in- tercourse between the two peoples"
 Henry l.. Wilson, United States min ister to Chile, on the 18th, formally denied the report that he would soon retire and devote his time to com merce, representing several American firms. The papers of Santiago de Chile publish his denial.
 Prince Chun, brother of the em- peror of China, and the members of the Chinese mission now on the way to Berlin to apologize for the murder of Baron Yon Ketteler, German min istef in Pekin, arrived at Basel, Switz- erland, on the 18th.
 The French sugar bounties having occasioned a deficit of 14,000,000 fralcs, the minister of finance, M. CaillauX, has issued a decree reducing them by 55 per cent. with a view of covering the deficit.
 The body of Albert Valincourte, one of the victims of the crib No. 3 dis aster, at Cleveland, O., was recovered, on the 18th, by divers. The body was found in the air shaft so feet below the surface.
 Secretary Root, on the 26th, re- ceived letter from the chairman Of the committee on state and territor- ial exhibits of the Louisiana Purchase exposition, saying that the exposition desired to make an exhibit of the re- sources and products of the Philip pines and Cuba. The letter was re. ferred to the division of insular af- fairs, which will take the necessary steps to assist the exposition in pro- curing the exhibits asked.
 Gov Durbin Of Indiana will inn peach sheriffs who neglect to stop prize fights. Gov. Durbin's new tack is not to talk militia, but to exercise bis executive power through sheriffs. If he finds they wilfully fail to do their duty it is understood to be his scheme to have the attorney general bring impeachment proceedings to re- fieve them from office.
 Iii Hung Chang, on the 26th, in- formed the ministers at Pekin that the bearer of the edicts necessary to the signing of the settlement protocol by the Chinese plenipotentiaries, who was on his way from Sian-Fu, had been delayed by floods, but that it was anticipated he would reach Pekin shortly.
 The body of Britton II. Tabor, a lawyer of New York city, was found in the North river on the 26th. MT. Tabor had reputation as keen trial lawyer. He was also a close student of the Bible, and had written de- fense of Christianity and the Bible, entitled, ''The Guiding Star of Human ity."
 The navy department is to send an other recruiting party to Kansas City, Mo-, in October to enlist young men for service in the navy. A party, sew eral months ago, obtained more re- cruits in that city in the same length of time than at any of the half dozen cities touched by the naval officers.
 Among the passengers who arrived at New York, on the 26th, per steam CT Southwall, from Antwerp, was Gen. A. Brynk, of the Russian army, who will attend the trial trip of the Rissian battleship Retvisan, at Phila- delphia. Gen. Moeller accompanied Gen. Brynk.
 The formal charges preferred by members of the Honolulu bar against Judge Humphreys, who is now in this country, were received at the depart ment of justice, in Washington, on the 26th, and forwarded at once to Attor- Knox, at Pittsburg.