Woodruff County news., 1901-04-25
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Col. James Hayr, chairman of the Grand Army standing committee on free quarters, announced, on the 2tst, that he and his colleagues of the com mittee had secured free quarters in the school houses and halls of Cleve- land, O., for 27,000 veterans at the en- campment in that city September to IA next. Col. Hayr is now ready to receive applications for free quarters.
 A high wind which struck Chicago, on the 2lst, loosened huge iron wa ter tank from it's fastenings on the roof of the Galbraith building, Madi- son and Franklin streets, causing it to crash through the six floors to the ground, injuring five persons and re- sulting in damage to the building es- timated at $50,000. The tank contained 40,000 gallons of water.
 The hotel and bath house at the historic Steamboat springs, Nevada, which, ill the palmy days of the Com stock mine, was watering place W here more money was squandered in a night than at most any other re- sort on the Pacific slope, were de- stroyed by fire on the 21st The loss is heavy, and, it is understood, no in- Surance was carried.
 Incessant snow and rain for many hours in the valley of the Ohio caused almost unprecedented floods in the Ohio river and it's tributaries on the goth and 21st. Immense damage was done at many points, the city of Pitts burgh alone reporting losses esti- mated at between $2,000,000 and $3,- 000,000.
 The London morning papers of the 22d, printed elaborate descriptions of the launching of Shamrock II. and expressed good wishes for the success of Sir 1'homas Upton, but they did not venture opinions as to the chances of the challenger.
 The work of cutting the Nile sudd (foating vegetable matter that forms in the river and obstructs nayigation) las been so successful that navigation will shortly be practicable from Re lai to Omdurman, distance Of 1,200 miles.
 The London Daily Mail says it un- derstands that the managers of the Metropolitan district railway have de- cided to adopt the electric traction system used by surface lines in New York city.
 Joseph Hume, the pioneer salmon packer of the Pacific coast, died, on the Dist, from heart disease. MT, Hume established the first salmon cannery OF the Columbia river i1 1874
 Fifty million dollars of Great Brit. aims new loan has been placed in the United States. The National City bank, J. P. Morgan &s Co.,, Barring, Magoun & Co.,, and the New York Life Insurance Co.,, comprise the syndicate that mas taken the loan. American subscriptions will probably aggregate much in excess of the $50,000,000 ar- ranged for.
 Sidney C. Newsom, teacher of En- glish and Latin at the manual train- ing high school of Indianapolis, Ind, has accepted the situation of super intendent in one of the nine divisions of the Philippine islands. Mir. New som will leave to assume his new duties in few weeks. He will be ac- companied by Mrs. Newsom.
 A terrific natural gas explosion oc- cured in the Commercial hotel at St. Marys, W. Va, on the 22d, resulting in the death of four persons. The en- tire building, a large frame, was in- stantly mass of flames, and was en- tirely destroyed. Several persons were badly injured, but will recover.
 Thomas Shelton, editor of The Christian, a monthly publication of Denver, Col, was arrested on the 22d, on an indictment returned by the fed eral grand jury, charging him with using the mails to defraud. Shelton professes to cure all mental and phy- sical ills by sending ''vibrations.'
 Mrs. Elizabeth H. Ward died in Kansas City, Kas., on the 22d, at the home of her son after brief illness. She was the daughter of Maj. Chas. Wheeler, who served with distinction in the war of 1872 and in the Mexican war.
 Every mine in the fifth Ohio sub- district, which includes Belmont, liar rison and Jefferson counties, Ohio, and the four West Virginia Pan-Han- dle counties, is idle, the strike order having become effective on the 22d.
 The French foreign minister, NJ. Delcasse, arrived at St. Petersburg, on the 22d, from Paris. A series of dinners has been arranged in his honor and the czar will receive him in audience at Tzarskoe-Selo.
 A skiff containing three persons who were catching driftwood in the Ohio river at Legionyille, Pa, cap sized, on the 22d, and two of the oc- cupants, W. II. Barphart and Thomas Hoslinger, were drowned.
 The Beer force under Commandant Bokburg. composed of 1o6 men, with wagons and rifles, have surrendered near Middleshurg, Transvaal colony.