Woodruff County news., 1902-11-20

HIS year ; COIu ylcIu III Inuldha is estimated at 1886, 300 bushels, the largest in the states history.
 Nine persons were badly injured in a collision between a railroad train and a trolly car near Belle vile, H.
 While prospecting for sulpher in North Carolina, w. l.. Woodcrow struck a vein of gold that is yielding $45 per ton of ore
 Two men were burned to death, two boys were overcome by smoke and the pressroom of the New York Times was wrecked by fire.
 A report is current to the effect that the Arkansas Southern. which runs between Fl Dorado and Rus ton, La, will be extended to Little Rock.
 The postmaster general has or- dered that the position of postoffice physician be abolished in all post offices in cities under 500,000 pop- ulation.
 Dispatches from Hawaii state that the republicans swept the is- land in the recent election. The republican congressional delegate elect is full-blood Hawaiian.
 Harry Allemang, who led the Southern league baseball pitchers the last two seasons, was shot and fatally wounded at Mason, Va, by burglars, whom he surprised in the act of robbing the post office.
 Postmaster General Payne denies a report that President Roosevelt had expressed himself in favor of move to reduce the south's repre- sentation in congress.
 The secretary of the treasury has revoked the order made several weeks ago, providing for the ac- ceptance of state and municipal bonds or security for public depos- its.
 An entire family, three children and the parents, by the name of Bense, were found in almost a dy- ing condition from starvation in tenement house at Philadelphia. They had been without food for seven days.
 Richard Kain, who fought with Dewey in the battle of Manila, and member of the American crew under Gen. Marmaduke, now man. ming Colombia gun boat against the revolutionists, was killed in bat tie last week.
 Dr. w. H. Kimberlin, a Kansas City oculist, was shot and killed in his office by a patient named John Scanlon, who then shielded. Scan- Ian left note claiming that he killed kimberin because he had de- stroyed his eyes
 The German reichstag adopted a paragraph in the new tariff bill an- thorizing the government to retail late against any country discrimi- hating against German goods. This may bring on tariff war between the United States and Germany.
 There is some talk among politi- clans of opposition to the re-elec- tion of Senator Platt from New York. It is said Gov. Odell is de- sirous of the defeat of Senator Platt, owing to certain opposition shown in the last campaign.
 The south constructed last year 2,254 miles of steam railroads. In one southern state, Texas, there have been planned since the begin ming of this year new lines and extensions aggregating 3,797 miles. Of these, 2,423 miles represent the plans of established companies. and 1,274 are entirely of new undertake ings, nineteen in number. In addi. tion, other plans are reported as under consideration at various points to build ana ggregate of L. 900 more mileage. The process un- der way in Texas, Louisiana, Ar kansas and other parts of the south- west IS an intensified form of that which has wrought so nightly in the upbuilding of older states of the { south.
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