Woodruff County news., 1901-07-04
NEWS IN BRIEF
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


 PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
 On the 27th, as an outcome of an all tercation which they had in the high court (senate), during the secret de- liberation after the close of the trial of the Marquis de Lur-Saluces, Sena- tors Le Prevost-Delounay and Aucoin fought duel with pistols near Paris. Two shots were exchanged without results.
 On the 27th there was a charity fete at the Petit Trianon, in Paris, made famous by Marie Antoinette. The fete was organized by the countess de Cas- tellane and other society ladies, who, Rttired in rustic costumes of the period, reproduced scenes from the life of Marie Antoinette.
 On the 27th dispatch from Rome, announced the pope to be seriously i'll, and said that his attending phy- sician did not leave the pontiff's bed side. Nactican officials were anxious concerning the pope's health.
 On the 27th Max Kershaw, formerly of Denver, and who at one time was one of Yale's best-known athletes, died in San Francisco, aged 29 years.
 On the 27th Chariemagne Tower, the United States ambassador to Rus sia, and Mrs. Tower, arrived in St. Petersburg, from France, in order to attend the christening of the Grand Duchess Anastasia, fourth daughter of the czar and czarina.
 On the 2Sth the secretary of the treasury bought $151, ,000 short-term five-per-cent. bonds at 109.709; $97,- $40 threes at 109.9601, and $1,500 fours at 113.91s7.
 On the 2Sth, during the debate on the army reorganization bill in the house of lords, Lord Wolseley, the former commander-in-chief of the British forces, declared that the Unit ed States army was the finest of it's size in the world, which, he said, was due to good wages.
 This year the Association of Mili- tary Surgeons of the United States will offer the Elmo Sander gold medal, valued at $100, for the best essay on "The Most Practicable Organization of the Medical Department of the United States Army for Active Serv- ice" The competition is open to all persons eligible to membership in the association.
 Miss Minnie A. Stoner, dean of the woman's department and professor of domestic science in the Kansas state agricultural college, has been elected professor of domestic science in the Ohio state university.
 MISCELLANEOUS.
 The Louisiana Purchase World Fair national commission formally ap- proved the site selected at St. Louis, formulated statement of it's duties and adjourned subject to call of the chairman.
 The statement of the treasury bal ances in the general fund, exclusive of the $150,00O,00O gold resrve in the division of redemption, issued on the 2Sth, showed: Available cash balance, $173, 733, ,135; gold $9s,o92, ,125.
 On the 2Sth the president disposed of 23 pardon cases. Several applica- tions were denied and others granted to restore civil rights. In a number of cases pardons for minor offenses were granted, and the sentences in others were commuted to shorter terms.
 On the 2sth the navy department gave out a statement to the effect that it is ready to give every encour- agement to the naval militia. This was called forth by reports that the de- partment had decided to abandon the militia.
 On the 29th all the flint glass fac tories of the country operated under the scales of the American Flint Glass Workers union, closed down for pe- riods ranging from four weeks to two months. Fully forty thousand men and boys will enjoy the customary summer vacation.
 On the 2Sth +. c. Dun & Co. report ed: ''Failures for the week num- bered 2O4 in the United States, against POT for the corresponding week last year, and 22 i'll Canada, against 2l last year"
 On the 2Sth final arrangements were made for the fifth annual convention of the American Live Stock exposi- tion, which will be held in Chicago, December 3 to 6, inclusive.
 On the 2sth fire at Tsaritsin, for tified town in the government of Sar- tov, Russia, consumed several saw mills, 24 timber-laden barges and the timber depots and quays on the yolga. The damage is placed at 5,0o0,ooo rcubles, and it is reported that sevcrol lvcs were lost in the fire.