Woodruff County news., 1902-03-27
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Algernon Sartoris, grandson of Gen. Grant, has been made lieuten- ant in the regular army
 Congress will be asked to make liberal appropriation for an Alaskan exhibit at the Louisiana purchase exposition.
 Cotton mill operators of Fall Riv- CT, Mass, have agreed to advance wages 10 per cent, restoring the old scale which was cut about year ago.
 Chinese troops met defeat from rebels in Fang Chang province. The rebels appear to be gaining in strength and have footed a number of towns.
 A Marconi company with a capi- tai stock of $10,000,000 is to be in- corporated under New Jersey laws to promote the Marconi wireless tel egraph system in the United States.
 Gen. Funston is to succeed Gen. MacArthur in command of the de- partment of Colorado, the latter to be transferred to the department of the lakes, with headquarters at Chi cago.
 The southwestern gulf states were deluged by a heavy precipitation February 27. Many bridges were swept away and in the city of Col ulnbus, Ga., the damage was unusu- ally heavy.
 The ship subsidy bill has passed the senate by a vote of 42 to 31. Senators Allison and Deliver, of Iowa, Spooner and Quarles of Wis consin, and Proctor and Dillingham;, of Vermont, republicans, voted against final passage of the bill and Senator McLaurin, of South Carolina, voted for it.
 The federal grand jury at Louis vile, Ky, has returned an indict- ment against the Louisville < Nash vile railroad for violation of the interstate commerce law. the offense consisting in the road charging less for the transportation of corn in carload lots than the interstate com merce law prescribed.
 The commissioner of internal rev. enue has decided that the proceeds of a life insurance policy, payable to a party insured of his legal represent ative, is part of descendants estate. If, however, it is payable to some one else, the proceeds are not to be treated as a part of his estate, but are payable direct to the benefciaries named in the policy, and are not sub ject to legacy tax.
 A representative of the Associated Press has received a letter from Miss Stone, the American mission ary, expressing surprise and gratl- tude at the universal manifestations of joy at the release of herself and Mime. Tsilka. Miss Stone also con- veys her thanks to all those who by theif labor, their money and their prayers co-operated to the release of herself and companion.
 A horrible sight was viewed by the witnesses to legal execution at Aberdeen, Miss, William Lanler, white, was tie name of the man hanged, his crime being murder. When the trap was sprung the fall broke Lanier's neck, completely sev- ering his head from the body. The head fell on one side, the body in another direction, while the moose re- bounded to the floor of the scaffold.
 The German emperor has named a torpedo boat 'sAlice Roosevelt, , in honor of the presidents daughter.
 A big fight is on between the American Tobacco Company and the Imperial Tobacco Company (the British combine) to control the trade of Great Britain. The Eng fish firm started boycott, offering bonus of 5O,OO0 pounds, to be dis tributed among the dealers refusing to handle American goods The American company now comes back at the rival with an offer of 100000 pounds to be distributed among dealers handling its prod uct.