Woodruff County news., 1901-09-12
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

IlIC ydCllG OO1u1lAUld, SLhhA PAOh OA 1899, has been chosen to race against Shamrock II, in defense of Amer ica's cup.
 Two hundred and twenty-six sol diers stationed at Fort McPherson were made dangerously sick by pot maine poisoning.
 An offer of mediation has been made by the United States to Col ombia and Venezuela, and Colombia has signifed her willingness to ac- cept.
 Charles Ward who at the breaking out of the civil war invested large fortune in Confederate bonds, died last week in the poor house at Chat tanooga, Ala.
 It is reported that the Danish ministry had decided to accept the offer of the United States for the purchase of the Danish West Indies.
 James Howard and ex-Secretary of State Caleb Powers, convicted as Goebel murder conspirators, quarreled in jail at Frankfort when Howarus threw a heavy inkstand at Powers, striking him on the head and knocking him senseless. Both men occupied the same cell, and had been the best of friends. The trouble was over the division of funds collected for their defense.
 In all 1O,462,0 ,0OO pieces of money were coined at, ,mints of the United States during the month of August. Of the total there were 1882, 1000 silver dollars, 960,000 half dollars, and 1,10S,000 quarters. The other money included 154,000 double ea- gles, valued at $3,000,000; 167,000 eagles valued at $1,670,000; 366, 1000 half eagles valued at $1,S30,000; g. cent pieces, 3,174,000, valued at $15S, TOO; 1-cent pieces, 061,000, valued at $60,610. Of the coinage 707000 gold pieces were made, with a value of $6,780,000, and of silver there were S,520,000, valued at $3,- 141,000.
 Recent reports show the reason for the immense cost of the South African war to the British govern ment, when it is revealed that 250,- 900 men are kept in the field at such a long distance from the source o1 supplies of all kinds In may last the British force in South Africs included 249,416, officers and men made up as follows: Regulars 13S,062; militia, 20,104; colonials 50,821; imperial yeomanry, 23,104 volunteers, 9,385. Classifying diff ferently they are as follows: Cav airy, 14,000; artillery, 11,500; in fantry and mounted infantry, 95, 700; others, 13,619.
 The totals of Hester's report o. the cotton crop of the United State show total crop of 1900-1901 O 10,274, $40 bales, against 9,436,41I last year and 11,274,840 the yea before. The mills of the south useC 1,620,931 bales, which was 23,81! bales more than during 1S99-1900 against a consumption by the nortl of 2,050,000. The cotton crop fo the different states is given as fol lows: North Carolina, etc., 42,0O, South Carolina, 911,000; Georgia 1,295, 5,000; Alabama, 100000 Florida, 45,000; Mississippi, 950, O00; ouisiana, 719,000; Arkansas 762,000; Tennessee, 350,00O; Texas 3,909,O00.
 Orders have been issued by the wa department for the opening of war college at Washington barracks near the national capitol. This col lege vii be for the theoretical an' technical training of the officers o the army. The plan of the Secre tary of War is for school for arm, officers similar in many respects t the naval college which the navy de partment maintains at Newport The location close to the nationa