Woodruff County news., 1902-06-12

Edison announces that he has perfected a new electric storage bat tery that will revolutionize motive power.
 A Chicago broker named Patten has just closed out corner on oats whereby he cleared up over a quar- ter of million.
 J. Pierpont Morgan, as a corona tion gift, presented King Edward with magnificent tapestry, which cost half million dollars.
 Herman Wohlfrom, a 15-year- old St. Louis boy, shielded by shoot ing himself in the head because his father corrected and slapped him.
 The Charleston exposition closed May 31 The exposition was a suc- cess, save in the respect of financial returns to the stockholders.
 The S5,ooo,000 city bonds is- sue of St. Louis in aid of the Louis jana purchase exposition has been all taken by home capitalists at par.
 Tom Hairless, a farmer, who lives near Berkeley, Ala, was as- saulted and robbed by two white men and then nailed to a tree. He was rescued alive, but his hands were badly torn.
 Owing to his age and infrmities the British government has waived the claim for acknowledgment by Kruger of British sovereignty over the Transvaal and has guaranteed to all Boer delegates in Europe safe conduct to their homes in South Africa.
 On the witness stand in divorce case at Kokomo, Ind, Mrs. Florence McIlrath testified that her husband whipped her S17 times in little over two years of welded life. She kept tally on window frame, and had the notcbes to prove it. She was given a decree
 The Illinois Car and Equipment Company's plant at Hegewisch, southern suburb of Chicago, was de- stroyed by fire. The company was engaged in the building of railway fire grates and the entire population was employed in this industry. The property loss is placed at $1,000- 900.
 The order of the United Mine Workers union, calling out all en- gineers, firemen and pumpmen en- ployed at Golfers in the Pennsylva- mia coal region, was responded to by about S5 per cent of the men. The strikers so far have kept the peace, beyond few minor disturb ances, but serious trouble may occur at any time.
 By direction of the president, Secretary Root has issued a general order decreasing the strength of our permanent military establishment and changing the ratio of its make  up, as provided in the general order issued last May to carry out the army reorganization law. Under the general order of last May the total strength of the army was fixed at 77,2S7 men.
 An official statement issued by the London war office shows that the total reduction of the British forces in South Africa up to May 30 for the present year was 97,447. This includes killed, wounded, pris- oners, deaths from disease and men invalided home. Of these mahy have recovered and rejoined their
 
 regiments, leaving 2s,434 dead or permanently incapacitated. The total number of troops killed in action or who died of wounds is 7,792, while the total number of deaths from disease is 13,250.
 In spite of earnest representations made by Secretary Hay, none of the powers has agreed to his proposal that China be permitted to pay the due on account of the the rates of exchange prevailing on z, 1901, when the Pekin protocol was signed. This means that China must disburse mere than S7O O0O GOO in addition to fhc sllm