Woodruff County news., 1901-10-05
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

the Smeltef trust.
 The army in the Philippines is to be reorganized with a view of re- ducing the expense in that quarter.
 Ten Boer leaders, captured since the 18th of September, have been permanently banished from South Africa.
 Miss Ellen Stone, an American missionary, has been captured by bandits in Turkey and spirited across the border into Bulgaria.
 State troops were ordered to Hop kins county, Kentucky, to prevent threatened destruction of property by striking coal miners and sympa- thizers.
 The Southern railway threatens to remove their shops from Memphis to Sheffield, Ala, because, it is al- legged, non-union machinists are not protected by the officers.
 The object of the czar's recent wis its to France and Germany, it is believed, were for the purpose of se- curing agreements for the peace of Europe for at least ten years.
 Senator Hanna has refused to be interviewed as to the policy of Presi- dent Roosevelt. The senator shows deep grief at the tragic death of his friend, President Mckinley.
 Czolgosz, the assassin, will be ex- ecuted during the week opening Oc- tober 2S. Czolgosz declared to the court when arraigned for sentence that no one was implicated with him in the crime.
 During the past two weeks the Boers have been unusually active. winning four notable victories, kill ing sixty-eight officers and men, wounding sixty-three and capturing five guns, considerable ammunition and 300 men.
 The first yacht race between the English challenger Shamrock and the American defender Columbia took place September 7. Neither boat reached the finishing line in the time limit and the race did not count, but the Columbia was four miles ahead of the Shamrock.
 The will of the late President Me Kinley has been made public. His estate, including $67,OOO in life in- surance, amounts to only $225,00O. All the property is left to his wife during her lifetime, and at her death is to be divided share and share alike between his brother and sisters.
 President Schaffer, of the amalga- mated association, has made a state ment giving history of the late steel strike. He attributes the loss of the strike to lack of support from other organizations, and accuses the press of prejudicing the minds of the general public against the strik- CTS. MT. Schaffer also says the strike was weakened considerably by failure of some of the steel workers to go out. The amalgamated asso- citation came out of the conflict weaker by the loss of six of the larg- est steel mills in the country, which were formerly union.
 Gen. Wood, who left last week for Cuba, expects to return to Wash ington in November, and bring with him deputation from the Cuban constitutional convention authorized to negotiate reciprocity agree ment. Secretary Root some time ago directed that preliminary ar engagements be made for formulat- ing such an agreement, and this has been done. Assurances were given by the late President Mckinley, when the delegation from the Cuban convention visited Washington, that every effort would be made to bring about closer relations between the United States and Cuba. About 100 articles produced in the United States, the most important of which are cereals and machinery, will en-