Woodruff County news., 1901-12-07

AS o"AISAlIIAOh SiAi iPAOJNN III CAAC yards of six railroads at Pittsburg went on strike November 26 for an increase in wages.
 Over 5oo,oOO people in Yang Tse Valley, China, will perish this win ter for the want of food unless aid is forthcoming from some outside source.
 Ex-President Kruger is still defi- ant and declares the struggle in South Africa has only begun, so far as the resources of her people are concerned
 Mrs. Emma Hooks, one of the wealthiest women in Memphis, has been indicted on the charge of caus- ing the death of her husband who died recently by administering poi son in his food.
 Four masked men entered a gam bling resort at Chickasha, l. T., compelling every one to hold up his hands while they robbed the tables of what money there was in sight The robbers got about $7GO and made good their escape.
 Bills providing pensions of $5,000 annually for the widows of two pres idents of the United States are ex- pected to be introduced in the sen ate on the first day of congress. One, which undoubtedly will be han died by Senator Mark A. Hanna, provides for a pension for Mrs. Me Kin$ey. The other authorizes the payment of a pension to Mrs Benja min Harrison.
 Richard Croker, leader of Tam many, asserts that during the recent city campaign in New York he was denounced as thief and boodler by his opponents, and now that they are in power, he calls upon them to prove their assertions. There seems no legal way in which MT. Croker's connection with the administration of New York City, through Tamma ny, can be legally investigated. The internal revenue department has de- cided that the Vanderbilt heirs must pay into the United States treasury the sum of $360,000 as inheritance tax. The heirs have already paid on inheritance tax to the state of New York of $520,995.
 N. c. Rathbun, who attempted to fraudulently collect life insurance by substituting corpse for that of his own, has been indicted at lief fersonville, Ind, for murder in the first degree for the killing of the man supposed to be Chas. Goodman, of Evansville. There are six counts in the indictment, as follows: :: That of administering poison to Chas. Goodman; giving laudanum to a male person, unknown to the grand jury; giving an unknown poison to an unknown male person; admins tering an anaesthetic poison to Chas. Goodman; administering an anaesthetic poison to an unknown person, in each case unlawfully.
 Indian Commissioner Jones, in his annual report to the secretary of the interior, gives a brief resume of the educational work of the Indian Ter ritorv nations. In the Choctaw na- tion there are five academies and 160 day or neighborhood schools. The total attendance is 2,555 and the cost $96, 6,00056 per annum. The Chickasaw nation has an average att tendance of 315 at its five principal schools, which are maintained at a cost of $14,025 a year. The Creek nation has 9 boarding schools, 6 for Indian children and 3 for children of their freedmen. There are also GA neighborhood schools, of which fl are for Indians and 23 for negro children. The average attendance is 1 ,407 and the total annual cost $69,- 259.8S. In the Cherokee nation there are 30 full-blood, 80 mixed, IA negro primary and 124 neighborhood schools There is an averaoe attend-