Woodruff County news., 1901-08-15
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in the eastern morning sky. Its po- sition, on the morning of the 11th, was right ascension 6h, 35m, sos, and declination north 31 degrees, F min utes. The comet-is moving in south easterly direction and approaching the sun. It is increasing in bright ness, but is not visible without a tele- scope.
 The directors of the Dold Packing Co.,, at meeting in Buffalo, N. Y., decided to rebuild their Wichita (Kas.) plant, recently destroyed by fire. When the news was announced in Wichita, on the 11th, whistles were blown and bells were rung The plant was destroyed over two months ago entailing loss of $75O,0OO. W
 J. R. Woods, the prize winner in the land lottery, who claimed a strip along the Lawton town site to the prejudice of Miss Hattie Beals, the Kansas telephone girl, has appealed to eX-Gov. Richards, who conducted the opening, to have government troops put the trespassers off his homestead.
 The bond of Walter N Dimmick, former chief clerk of the United States mint at San Francisco, who is under arrest charged with embez- zling $30,000, has been placed at $37,- GOO. Dimmick is in custody of the secret service officers. He was form ally arraigned on the 18th.
 A bomb was exploded, on the 11th, near the altar of the Church of St. Nizeier, at Troyes, France, doing con- siderable damage to the thirteenth century windows, but not injuring any of the 100 children who, together with a priest, were in the sacred edi- fee at the time.
 Two persons were probably fatally burned and dozen more or less se- verely injured as the result of an ex- plosion on a pleasure yacht in the Monongahela river, near Peters creek, on the 11th.
 A gold brick valued at $20,000, which was shipped from Unga, Alaska, via the steamer Newport about July 20, for San Francisco, had not yet ar rived in that city up to the 11th.
 The transport Sumner arrived at San Francisco, on the 10th, from Ma nila, with 1S0 convalescent soldiers. There were two deaths on the voy- age.
 In view of the interest taken in the discussion whether or not animal: %,,I, 4c! human beings, T. L. Monson, state dairy commissioner of Colorado, of, fers himself as a subject for a thor ough test of the matter, provided & suitable annuity for his family is as sured in case of fatal results. Mir. Monson has made a study of the mat ter, and is a strong believer in Dr. Koch's theory. :.
 The captain and part of the crew of the 2,OO0-ton barkentine Priscilla landed at Cape Sable, on the 18th, re- porting that the vessel struck a ledge off Barington on the night of the 11th A boat containing IA men was missing. The Priscilla was bound from England for New York with a cargo of chalk.
 An editorial of the New York Her. aid urging the United States to end the conflict by taking sides with Co., lombia against Venezuela, caused great enthusiasm in Panama, and will make Americans very popular there, as such a step would put an end to the state of anarchy existing.
 Walter N. Dimmick, eX-chief clerk of the San Francisco mint, who is charged with embedding S30,000 from the government and with other minor }elinquencies, was, on the 18th, formally served with a warrant of a1'rest and taken to the county jail.
 On the 18th United States Ambas- sador Andrew D. White went from Berlin to Potsdam on the special train which conveyed the ambassadors and other persons invited to be pres ent at the interment of the remains of Dowager Empress Frederick.
 Miss Anna Morgan, daughter of J. Pierpont Morgan, is one of party that started out from Glenwood Springs, Col, on the 18th, for weeks hunting in northwestern Colorado. Prof. F. Osborn, of Colombia univer- sity, is in charge of the party.
 Gen. Burlington, chief of the bureau of ordnance, has just returned to Washington from an inspection trip through the south and west. He says he found the ordnance and materials at the different posts visited in very satisfactory condition.
 Rear-Admiral Mortimer l.. Johnson, commandant of the Port Royal navy station, has been selected to succeed Rear-Admiral Sampson as command ant of the Boston navy yard, on ac- count of the latter's ill health.