Woodruff County news., 1902-03-20
Congress will adjourn about June

captured by the Boers, has been re- leased.
 Kansas farmers are said to hold about two-thirds of their last years wheat crop.
 The stockholders of the American Tobacco Company held their annual meeting in Jersey City last week.
 Costa Rica and Nicaragua have agreed on concessions to the United States for building the Nicaraguan canal.
 A heavy wind and hail storm swept over Omaha, Neb., demolishing about fifty buildings Fortunately no one was fatally injured.
 A band of six men broke into the Exchange bank in Minooka, H., wrecked the safe with dynamite and secured between $2,000 and $3,O00 in cash.
 Ex-Gov. Altgeld, of Illinois, died at Joliet on the 18th inst. MT. Alt geld was stricken with paralysis and heart trouble just after delivering a pro-Boer speech at the Joliet opera house, and died in few hours.
 A strike of 10000 Boston team sters and freight handlers, which put almost complete stop to the hand ling of freight for several days, was settled by arbitration, through state and city officials.
 The United States supreme court has decided the Illinois antitrust statute to be unconstitutional be- cause of provision of the law ex- employing agricultural products and live stock from the operations of the law.
 Secretary Hay has refused pass ports to Dr. and Mrs. Hiram ". Thomas to visit the concentration camps of South Africa on the ground that 1t is their intention to deliver funds to Boer prisoners.
 Mrs. Soefel, wife of the Pittsburg, Pa, jailer who aided the Riddle brothers, murderers, to escape, has been indicted and if convicted will be sentenced to sixteen years in prison. It will be remembered the Riddles were killed by officers.
 The bank of Newcastle, Ky, was robbed of $4,500 cash, lot of jew clry belonging to Isaac W. Kelly, its president, and $500 worth of stamps deposited by the postmaster of the town. Citizens were aroused, but were held at bay until the six bur glars made their escape.
 Prominent Texas lawyers assert that the recent Illinois antitrust law decision seriously affects the statute of that state which bears on the subject Among those who have publicly stated their views on the subject is Attorney General Bell, who says he believes the Texas law is annulled.
 At recent cabinet meeting Pres ident Roosevelt requested the mem- bers not to talk to newspaper corre- spondents about matters under dis cussion at the semi-weekly meetings. It was thought best for the presi- dent himself to make public such matters as he deemed proper to be given out. Hereafter the president will do this.
 Knight W. Joles committed sui eide at Perry, Okla, by holding stick ot dynamite under ms nead until it exploded, blowing off his head and both hands He had been arrested on the charge of burning the mail which he was employed to carry. He confessed, saying he had only burned papers to keep from delivering them.
 c. F. Saylor, special agent in charge of the beet-sugar investiga- tions of the department of agricul ture, has given out his annual report He gave the following figures re- garding the industry during the past year: The total production of beet sugar duties in the season 19O12 l,, \, x...rorso+oJ 1OE OOO +on, o,