Woodruff County news., 1901-10-26

60,000 acres of Missouri zinc land. Boer Commandant Lotter has been sentenced to death for treason to the British government.
 Miss Helen Gould has been select ed as a member at large of the board of lady managers of the St. Louis worlds fair
 Sexto Lopez, diplomatic repre- sentative of the insurgents, has been barred from the Philippines until he swears allegiance to the United States.
 A rear end collision occurred be- tween an Iron Mountain fast mail and a freight train near De Soto, Mo, One man was killed outright and many were injured. All the cars of the passenger train were thrown from the track
 The estimate for the navy of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, has been placed at $9S,910,9S4. This does not include any recom mendations for increase in the navy over that already authorized, but it is more than likely the secre
 will recommend three new bat, ships and two armored cruisers and a number of small gunboats.
 The seventh annual convention of the Sons of Hermann in Arkansas was held in Pine Bluff. Officers for the ensuing term were elected as fol lows: Theodore Wollerman, Pine Bluff, president; Mayer Faisst, Bry ant, first vice president; Adolph Keller, Argenta, second vice presi dent; Fritz Eekebiner, Bryant, sec retary; Frederick Schneider, Pine Bluff, treasurer.
 Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, Captains Glass, Cooper, Thomas, Merry, Reiter and Harrington and Captain Meyer, United States ma rine corps, sailed from San Francis co on the 18th for Samoa. They are to form a court to try Captain B. F. Tilley, governor of Tutuila, on charges preferred by the London Missionary Society, if 1t is found that they have sufficient foundation in fact to justify such procedure.
 Four hundred bolomen attacked detachment of forty-six men of the Ninth infantry on the Gandara riv- CT, Island of Samar, P. l., on the 16th, killing ten and wounding six. The remainder of the company ar rived on the scene in time to prevent further slaughter, and routed the enemy, killing over a hundred of them. It Is believed that the enemy only retired for endorsements. As soon as the news was received at Catalolanga two gun boats were dis patched, Gen. Smith going in person to the scene.
 The final census report on the pop ulation of the United States by sex, nativity and color has been issued. It shows that the males number 39,- O59,242, or 51.2 per cent of the total population in 1900. The increase of 13,233,631 in total population since 1890 is made up of 6,744,179 males and 6,409,452 females, an in- crease of 209 males and 21.3 fe- males. The foreign born element have increased over 12.4 per cent and the native born population 226 per cent since 1890. As to color and race the population in 1900 com prises 66,990,002 white persons and 9,312,585 colored persons, the latter comprising S,S40,7S5 persons of ne- gro descent. The colored element as whole shows an increase of 17.6 per cent since 1890.
 About 21 per cent of the total population of the United States at tend public schools, and per cent of the rest attend private schools, ac- cording to the annual report of the commissioners of education. The grand total in all schools, elemental ", secondary and higher, public and private, for the year ended July 1,