Woodruff County news., 1902-03-20

or, has been granted a new trial. The killing occurred at the Castle home, the accused pleading self-de- fense.
 A dispatch from Pekin says: A prominent Manchu censor has mem orlalized the throne for the removal of Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese min lster to the United States. The cen sor asserts that Wu Ting Fang cor ruptly retained, ostensibly for re- pairs to the Chinese legation in Washington, $80,000 of the Tien Tsin silver refunded by the Ameri- can government.
 The census preliminary of statiS- tics of Touring and grist mills of the United States in 1900 shows a total of 25,259 such institutions. with an aggregate capital of $218,714,104; ; wage earners averaging 37,037, drawing $17,703,41S in wage; mis- cellaneous expenses $10,325, ,5S8, and cost of materials used $4T5,- 826,345 The total value of the products of these mills in 1900 was 60,719,O63.
 A terrific storm swept over DOT tions of Texas on the 11th inst. and l
 the extent of damage in both towns and country was great At DeSote, fourteen miles from Dallas, three dwellings and two stores were de- molished and the 4-year-old daugh- ter of J. M. Johnson was killed. At Queen City, a Dallas suburb, six dwellings, were blown to pieces and Mrs. Geo. Bray received fatal injuries.
 The government crop report es- inmates the amount of corn in the farmers hands at about 29 per cent of last years crop, against 36.9 per cent 6,200,000 bushels) of the crop of 1900 on hand March 1, 1901, and 37.2 per cent (773, f00,- eco bushels) of the crop of 1899 on hand March 1, 1900. Of oats there is reported to be about 30 peg cent of last years crop still in farm ers' hands, as compared with 36.2 per cent (292, ,SOO,0OO bushels) of the crop of 1900 on hand March 1, 1901, and 36.5 per cent (29O,9O0,- 900 bushels) of the crop of 1899 on hand March 1, 1900.
 John Scullin, of St. Louis, says of the extensions of the Arkansas < Choctaw railroad Everything moving along nicely on the Ark ansas and Choctaw. We have sev- enty miles of the steel laid, and work is being pushed rapidly all along the line. We expect to have the road completed this fall. The road is not definitely located west of Ardmore yet, but we have not given up the original plan of build ing into Texas at point that is yet indefinite. It has not been def- nitely decided whether the road will be built into the Kiowa and Co., manche country or not. The new road runs through a fine country, and 1 feel confident that it Is going to be good line"
 The census bureau has issued a preliminary report on sawmills, blaming mills Operating in connec- tion with sawmills) and timber camps of the United States in 1900. It shows a total of 33,035 such es- tablishments, with an aggregate cap ital of 11,611,524, with 43,322 proprietors and firm members. These plants have a total of 12,- 530 salaried officers, clerks, etc., drawing 11,26O,60s in salaries, and an average of 283,26O wage earners, drawing wages of $104,640, ,591. The miscellaneous expenses of these es- tablishments aggregated $17,731,- 519, and the materials used cost $317, ,923,54S. The value of prod ucts aggregated $566,852, ,9S4, which includes $422,812,O61 for sawmills, 07,622,519 for blaming mills and $36, ,404 for timber camps The capital and value of products of the industry, respectively, by states in- cludes the following, in part: Ar kansas-Capital, $21,727,71O; prod ucts, $23,959,9S3 Indian Territo- ry-Capital, $1o4,OO3; products, .s