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Woodruff County news., 1901-12-07
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
Circular of Caution to All Officers and Employees of the Depart
 ment of Justice.

Kansas City, Mo, Nov. 30.-The United yesterday received copies of a circu- lar from Attorney Knox with orders to post it in their office and call it to the attention of all em- ployes. The circular says:
 ITO all officers and employees of the department of justice:
 ''Your attention is directed to a cir cular of this department issued Au- gust 20 1900, in which section 2 of the civil service act of January Ii, 1883, forbidding any executive officer or employe, among others, to solicit or receive political contributions from any officers or employees of the United States, was quoted. and all persons serving under this depart ment were required to observe strict ly the prohibitions of this law, and were recommended to refrain from service on political committees charged with the collection and dis bursement of campaign funds. I now repeat the in functions of that circu- lar, and add the following further directions on this subject:
 Rule No. of the civil service rules provides that no person in the eXecu- tive civil service shall use his official authority or official influence for the purpose of interfering with an elec- ton or controlling the result there of. The spirit of the civil service laws and rules renders it highly unde- sirable for federal officers and em- ployes to take an active part in po- litical conventions or in the direc- ton of other parts of political ma chinery. Persons in the government service under this department should not act as chairmen of political or ganiZations, nor make themselves un- duly prominent in local political mat ters. It is expected and required that all officers and employees of this de- partment shall act in entire conform ity with the views herein set forth"
Woodruff County news., 1901-12-07
LAST BODY IDENTIFIED.
I.ast of the Inciperated Dead an
 Old Lady From Texas.

Adrain. Mich., Nov. 30.-It is be- 1ieved now that the last of the bodies recovered from the Wabash wreck near Seneca Wednesday night and brought here. has been identified. Mayor Reynolds received telegram dated Sherman, Tex, saying:
 Gan you advise if Ann Upton. an old lady, with a ticket sold here to Chatham, Ont, was injured?
 TSignedl "WM. UPTON"
 Mayor Reynolds wired back a de- scription of the old lady to MT. Up ton, and it is believed that the re- mains will be ordered shipped to Tex as before the day is over. At noon, Friday, only the bodies of Porter James Brown and that of the old lady remained in the morgue here. The porter's body will be shipped to Engle- wood, where his wife and children live. All the burned and blackened fragments of what were once human beings have been placed in caskets and will be buried in Oak Grove ceme- tery. There are four caskets filed with these pieces.
 Coroner Hamilton has begun an in- quest into the disaster in the court house building.
Woodruff County news., 1901-12-07
HAS FAITH IN HIS AGENTS
In Guaranteeing Impartiality, Sec- retary Boot Insists that 1t Has
 Always Been shown.

Washington, Nov. 30.-Secretary Root yesterday addressed a communi- cation to Eligio Bonanchea, president of the convention at Havana, Cuba, that nominated Gen. Botolomo Maso for president, relative to complaints that United States authorities were interfering in the Cuban elections. A press dispatch from Havana stated that Maso complained that the in- fuence of United States officers was being eXerted in favor of Estrada Palma, and dispatch from Bonachea to the secretary implied the same thing. Following is the secretary's communication to Senor Bonachea:
 Washington, D. C., Nov. go, 1901.
 "Sir-I have the honor to acknowl- edge the receipt of your dispatch of November 26, saying: The national convention of Havana which has pro- claimed Gen. Maso candidate for the presidency of the future republic of Cuba respectfully asks you to recom- mend to the representative of the in- tervening government the strictest impartiality in the electoral contest which is now taking place.
 "The representatives of the inter- vening government in Cuba are al- ready aware that their duty requires them not merely to be strictly impar- tial in the electoral contest in Cuba, but to refrain from interfering in any manner whatever with the free eX- pression of the wishes of the Cuban people at the polls. They have not violated this rule in the past, and will not in the future. They will have nothing to do with the electoral con- test except to enforce the electoral law. prescribed by the constitutional convention and promulgated by the military governor on the 14th of Oc- tober last. This will be done inn partially and effectively.
 "It is quite unnecessary to assume that the officers of this government will be less faithful to their duty hereafter than they have been in the past, or to recommend or direct that they shall perform duty which they are already performing.
 ''Very respectfully,
 "ELIHU ROOT,
 "Secretary of War"
Woodruff County news., 1901-12-07
Peru's History,

The shortest history on record, probably, has been written by Senor Carlos Escribans, Peruvian. It is only 100 words in length. Following is the English translation: "The Asiatic origin of the primitive Peruvians ad- mitted, their rudimentary civilization ended with the appearance of Nance Capac, founder of the Inca empire. His 13 successors, continuing his policy constituted that vast theocratic and communistic monarchy which aston ished the world. Conquered by Pizarro 1S3S), it became a Spanish colony, whose IA viceroys kept it in medieval darkness, and whose heavy yoke provoked the independence pro- claimed by San Martin (1S2D, cement ed by Bolivar and Sucre at Junin and Ayacucho. The republic established anarchy supervened, presidents rapid. ly succeeded, until the disastrous war with Chili, which, christening minds has prepared the future. ."-Detroit Free Press.
Woodruff County news., 1901-12-07
BETWEEN SEATTLE AND NOME
The Time of Winter Mail Transit Between Seattle md Nome Re
 duced to Twcnty-FOur Days.

Washington, Nov. 30.-The time of transit of winter mails between Seat tie, Wash, and Nome, Alaska, is cut from 60 and 65 days each way to 24 days, with corresponding expedition for intermediate points, by 6 con tract which has just been made by Assistant Administrations Shallen- berger. This service will be performed by a new western route avoiding the usual winter route via the upper Yukon region. In summer, however, there is ample opportunity for com paratively quick dispatch of mails to the Nome region. The new service is via Valdez, Alaska, Iliamna bay, on Cooks inlet, St. Michaels and Golovin, to Nome, 2,567 miles in all, with two round trips month during this winter. Steamers will sail from Seattle about 7th and 18th of each month, beginning with December.
Woodruff County news., 1901-12-07
Thrown from His Cab an
 Killed.

The following is most interesting and, in one respect, pathetic tale:-
 MT. J. Pope, 42 Ferrar Road, Streatham, said:
 Yes, poor chap, he is gone, dead-horse bolted, thrown off his seat on his cab he was driving and killed-poor chap, and good sort, too, mate. It was him. you see, who gave me the half-bottle of St. Jacobs Oil that made a new man of me. Twas like this: me and Bowman were great friends. Some gentleman had given him a bottle, of St. Jacobs Oil which had done him lot of good; he only used half the bottle, and remembering that had been a martyr to rheumatism and scatica for years, that 1 had literally tried everything, had doe tors and all without benefit, became dis couraged, and looked upon it that there was no help for me. We'll" ssid Pope. "You may not believe me, for it is a miracle, but before I had used the contents of the half bottle of St. Jacobs Oil which poor Bow man gave me, was well man. There itis, you see, after years of pain, after using rem edies, oils, embrocations, horse liniments, and spent money on doctors without get ting any better I was completely cured in few days. I bought another bottle, think. ing the pain might come back, but it did not, so I gave the bottle away to a friend who had a lame back. I can't speak too highly of this wonderful pain-killer."
Woodruff County news., 1901-12-07
SUNKEN TRANSPORT WRIGHT.
She is Lying With Fifteen Feet of Water in Her HoId-Large Part
 of Cargo Will be Saved.

Washington, Nov. 30.-The war de- partment received the following ca- blegram from Gen. Chaffee, at Manila, dated Thursday:
 "Transport Wright struck on un- charted rock near south end Daram is land, near entrance to San Juanicc. Badly injured; resting quietly on port side, 15 feet water in hold which rises and falls with tide. Smith thinks she may be raised with wrecking vessel, but I fear sufficient power can not be obtained in these waters. Large part of the cargo will be saved in damaged condition. No lives lost"
Woodruff County news., 1901-12-07
Public Protected,

Hon. Judge Wing of the Federal Court of Cleveland has issued permanent injunc- tion with costs and damages enjoining a lawyer named Corey from the manufacture and sale of an imitation of Cascarets. Corey initiated the boxes, the shape of the tablet and used similar sounding name. Any dealer who will offer a substitute or say that something 'is just as good" when Cas- carets are called for, does it for the purpose of making a few cents extra profit, which must always be at the expense of the cus- toner's health.
 Cascarets have been advertised freely in our columns and as the result of making them known, Cascarets to-day have the largest sale of any bowel medicine in the world. They are always packed in metal boxes with the long tail 'C'' on the cover and each tablet stamped c. c. C. They are never sold in bulk or from jars. Readers are warned against limitations or substitutes of this mertorieus medicine, and if at any time they have been offered a substitute pr an offer to sell something 'tjust as good" when Cascarets have been asked for, write direct to the Sterling Remedy Company, New York or Chicago.
Woodruff County news., 1901-12-07
MRS. SAGE'S INDIANS.
Invites the Carlisle Football Team to Her Fifth Avenue MnnsiOn-
 Russell Surprised.

New York, Nov. 30.-Mrs. Russell Sage, who is interested in the subject of Indian education, invited the entire Carlisle Indian football team to her home on Fifth avenue yester- day, and they went up in body from the Fifth Avenue hotel. The arrival of the tribe" many of whom bore traces of Thursdays struggle, with Columbia, was a complete surprise to Mr. Sage, but he received the Indians cordially.
 When the boys trooped into the house they were made to feel at home at once, and before they left Mrs. Sage gave each of them a pres ent
Woodruff County news., 1901-12-07
Porto Rica,s New Treasurer.

San Juan, P. R., Nov. 30,-William Franklin Willoughby, the newly-ap- pointed treasurer of the island of Porto Rico, succeeding Jacob Hol- lander, resigned, arrived here yes terday. He will take his oath of of flee to-day. The executive council of Porto Rico, at a special session, raised the bond of the treasurer of 1he island from $10o,0oo to s150,o00. This action was taken because of the increased funds handled by the treas RTer
Woodruff County news., 1901-12-07
Good Thing for Poor Brides.

A curious custom exists in the Prussian family of selecting every July half dozen young couples too poor to marry and having them we'd ded in the garrison church at Pots of Queen Louise of Prussia. After the ceremony each bride receives a gift of sum equivalent to about s125 and handsome family Bible.- Chicago Chronicle.
Woodruff County news., 1901-12-07
MADE A NOTEWORTHY SPEECH
Significant Utterances of SenOr Genero Raigosa, President of the Fan
 American Conferences

Mexico City, Nov. 30.-At the ban quet given by the United States dele eation to the Pan-American confer ence, made noteworthy speech. He Genero Raigosa, of Mexico, president of the International American confer ence, made a nothworthy speech. lie said in part:
 "The Spanish-American nations when they emancipated themselves from European domination had no1' like the United States, the good 1or- tune of being bornto autonomous like organization adapted to the eX- ercise of self-government by long previous training in the practice ot political and social institutions, based on immemoriaI customs andhomogen- ous character of their inhabitants, but, one the contrary, sprang into the immediate enjoyment of absolute soV- ereignty from the depths of most complete submssiveness and lsola- ton, and afflicted, moreover, by grave organic malady, which, during long years of severe internal suffering, incapacitated them from adjusting themselves with the vigor of thelr youthful energies to the new en- vironment involved in political insti- tutions of the highest type, as are those which consider the people as the only source of authority in self government. This profound initial difference is in large measure the cause of the inequality in the devel- opment in the Spanish-American na- tions as compared with the great northern republic, seeing that they were under the necessity of begin ming by adjusting internal organic equilibrium before they could think of devoting themselves to their own development. Therefore it would nev- CT be rational or true to attribute to democratic institutions the condi- ton of the turbulence which arose from deeper and more noNious causes"
 Speaking of the Independence of the conference, MT. Raigosa said that the eyes of Europe and the world are fixed on the conference, and that the moment has arrived when it's mem- bers must either record in the book of human evolution a new victory in the cause of right, or press anoth- CT crown of thorns on the brows of justice.
 Addressing himself especially to the American delegates, MT. Raigosa said:
 q take pleasure in stating here in the name of every man of enlight- enment in my country, that if in former times war plowed "a chasm" between the two countries and en- gendered bitterness and rancor; on the other hand, in more recent times, the noble, generous and disinterested assistance-none the less efficient and efficacious because only moral, af- forded by the people and government of the United States towards the achievement of our second indepen- dence, in 1866, by obligng the French Caesar to withdraw his hosts from our territory, has effaced every re- sentiment, has healed every wound and has transformed the sentiments of the Mexican people towards the peo- pie of the United States into those of cordial and sincere friendship"
Woodruff County news., 1901-12-07
A Plausible Explanation of How the Terrible Accident at Seneca,
 Mich, Happened.
ENGINEER MlSINTERPRETED ORDERS.
The Last of the Bodies of the Unin- ckncrated Dead Believed to Be Mrs. Ann Upton, From Sherman, Tex.-Coroner Hamilton Has Be- gun an Inquest.

Detroit, Mich, Nov. 30.-Conductor G. J. Martin, of Wabash train No. 4, which collided with train No. 13 near Seneca, Wednesday night, causing the loss of about so lives, said Friday, that ahe orders given him at Montpelier were to pass No. 13 at Seneca. My Drders," said he, (Which 1 took to En- gineer Strong and read over to him, and which agreed with his orders, read: No. f, engine 609, wlll meet No. 13, engines sS and 151 at Seneca and No. 3, engine 623, at Sand Creek After receiving these orders l remem- ber asking the agent at Montpelier whether the new siding at Seneca would contain my train.
 ''I was toward the rear of the chair gar fixing up a passengers ticket, when I saw the station lights of Sen eca flash by and immediately felt the air brake applied. I felt no alarm, supposing the engineer was slowing down for the east switch, in order to see the numbers of 13's engines, which I supposed had cleared.
 Just then the brakeman, who had been on the lookout, came hurrying into the chair car and pulled the cord twice.
 -What is it, Tony?' I called.
 ~sWe're going through Seneca he answered, and an instant later the crash came"
 This bears out Supt. Burns state ment that Engneer Stronge, of No. A., either misunderstood or forgot his or ders and ran by Seneca, where he was ordered to pass No. 13.
 When Conductor Martins statement was repeated to Engineer Strong later the engineer said
 '.I have not denied at any time that we received such an order. 1 only say that if we did get such an order, l misread and misunderstood it, and that I should have been set right by the conductor. My fireman will tell you that he, too, understood that we were to meet both trains at Sand Greek instead of at Seneca.
 ''If I made ar error l was not alone 10 blame The other three members of the crew must have understood as ] did or else they would have correct cd me-"
 Engineer Strong attaches responsi- ability to the conductor and brake man for the simple fact, he says, that if he had understood he was to meet No. 13 at Seneca he would have blown one long and one short blast immediately after whistling for the Seneca station when his train was a Ralf-mile from that point Not hav- ing done so, he claims that either Ghe conductor or the brakemen, if they understood the meeting order to meet at Seneca, should have whistled him down by pulling the cord twice.
Woodruff County news., 1901-12-07
cAsHED HER TRUCK PATCH.
Widow Sullivan's Good Fortune in the Possession of q Piece
 of Oil Land.

In the early days of Beaumont's history as an oil city columns of stories were sent out in which this person or that one had come into pos session of fortune in a day or night. Some of these stories were without foundation, but, on the other hand, many of them were true, for this was boom in which the home people and the original owners of the land profted immensely, says a Beaumont (TeX.) correspondent of the St. Louis Republic. In some cases it was a poor colored family owning little patch of ground within two or three miles of the magic Spindletop Heights that sold out to some pros- pector who had come to "get in on the ground floor," or white family trying to wrest a precarious living from the ground by means of a truck patch" suddenly become the owner of a comfortable bank account through the sale of it's garden as 'oil land."
 Of all those who profted by the oil strike, the Widow Sullivan, as she
 
 most fortunate.
 For several years residents of Beau mont have been familiar with the pathetic figure of a woman, poorly clad and seemingly half fed, who drove wagon drawn by scrawny team through the streets, going from house to house. In the wagon ha hn1 l,or 1c nd into these barrels she poured the slops gathered from the various kitchens she visited. When she had thus accumulated a load she would drive her riclety vehicle to her little farm, about three miles south of the city, where she would feed the con- tents of her barrels to a number of hogs that she kept. In this way, toil- ing through sun and rain, through heat and cold, "Widow'' Sullivan has managed for several years to earn enough to satisfy her few swants, though hers was life of the hardest and meanest kind of labor, with no vaca ations or cessation from toll. Her story was a sad one, but no one ever
 
 died several years ago. She donned black calico dress, and the next day after the funeral she had taken up the task which she has since pursued so faithfully.
 "Widow" Sullivan's little piece of land was nearly two miles from the gusher, but people thought that oil was to be found all around the big gusher, and the widow soon had an offer for her land that would have turned the head of most women in her circumstances. But she refused all offers until the wild rush after land had reached it's height. She parted with her little truck patch," and the same day she walked into one of the banks and deposited $35, 1000 to her credit.
 The next day the ''Widow" Sullivan was seen seated on her rickety wag- on, making her old round of the kitchens and carting her barrels off to her hog pen, and, though she sold her land five months ago, she is still guiding her scrawny team back and forth between her humble house and the kitchens of Beaumont. She still makes her home on the land she sold, for the man who bought it has not even erected derrick on it. While many of the stories about the sudden acquisition of wealth in this field have been overdrawn, the story of Widow Sullivan's good for | tune is true, as her bank book will attest.
Woodruff County news., 1901-12-07
A Wonderful C1och.

A clock was recently made, which in ad. dition to striking the hours, halves and quarters, shows the phases of the moon and tells the time in any other city, but as the clock is too expensive to purchase, the best way to obtain this information is from Hos. many amusing anecdotes, statistics and much general information that will interest you. It can be obtained from any druggist free of charge.
Woodruff County news., 1901-12-07
Hardships of City Lite.

"Pa, what's a metropois?'
 "A metropolis, Jimmy is place In which it costs you about 9 cents street car fare to get out where you can pick clover."- Chicago Record Herald.
Woodruff County news., 1901-12-07
Domestic Trials.

Mrs. Swagger-That horrid Mrs. Puff fins, next door, has bought a new rag Ian coat just like mine.
 Her Husband-That's the way it goes. Now l suppose Puffins will have 1t in for me.-Roston Post.
Woodruff County news., 1901-12-07
Keeping the Secret.

Old Bachelor Uncle-Well, Charlie, what do you want now?
 Charlie-Oh, 1 want to be rich
 Rich! Why so?"
 Because I want to be petted Ma says you are an old fool, but must be petted, because you are rich. But it's great se-
Woodruff County news., 1901-12-07
Accounting for It.

Blanche-It isn't easy to find anything new in wedding presents.
 May-No So many people have been arried.--Puck.
Woodruff County news., 1901-12-07

Every man thinks his writing is plainer than that of anyone he ever knew.-Atchi- son Globe.
Woodruff County news., 1901-12-07

Some men can always see great profit in other peoples business. Then they go in, and lose money y-Atcaison Globe.
Woodruff County news., 1901-12-07

To Cure n Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if fails to cure. 25c.
Woodruff County news., 1901-12-07

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are as
 easy to use as soap. No muss or failures.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-11-02
Mrs. Grifin's Racy Story.
CBuffalo Commercial

Mrs. Hugh Reid Griffin, known to all
club women as the successful organ
izer of the first American women's club
in London, told a racy story to the
State Fedora ton of Women's clubs at
its recent meeting in Buffalo.
Mrs. Griffin stated that there was
some prejudice in England against the
American club woman, and that she,
herself, shared that prejudice to some
degpae.
THE American club woman is so ter
ribly busy that I often wonder, and so
do other people wonder, if she finds any
time at all to spend at home" said
Mrs. Griffin. Il heard a story once
which aptly illustrates this fault in the
American club woman: Three little
boys were together, and their childish
talk finally drifted to the question of
where they were born. One little boy
said:
I know where 1 was born. 1 was
born at 3S Washington street, and !
know where the house is, too.
And one of the other little boys
said:
I know where I was born, too. 1t
was at so Pennsylvania avenue, and
l can take you right to the house
The third little boy hesitated, and
then finally said
/ don't know where l was born, but
i know when l was born. know there
wasn't anybody at home at the time
but me and grandma, cause mother
was at the club"