Woodruff County news., 1902-07-17

vention, indorsed the Kansas City platform.
 All classes of organized labor have been asked to contribute funds to aid the anthracite coal strikers.
 Floods destroyed millions of dol lars worth of property in Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa, and for several days railroad traffic was at stand still. Iowa suffered the heaviest from destruction of crops, live stock, farm houses and railroad track and bridges.
 Jessie Morrison, convicted at FL dorado, Kan, of murdering her rival, Mrs. Olin Castle, has been sentenced to serve twenty-five years in the penitentiary. Her first con- viction, reversed by the supreme court, inflicted penalty of five years in the penitentiary.
 Preliminary returns to the sta- tistican of the department of agri- culture on this years acreage of corn planted indicate an increase of about 3,520,000 acres, or 3.9 per cent, on the area harvested last year. The average condition of the grow ing crop on July 1 was S7.5 as com pared with 91.3 on July 1, 1901 :; 89.5 at the corresponding date in 1900, and a ten-year average of 89.2.
 During game of base ball at Fort Worth, Chas. Harrington, of the Dallas team, was struck in the stomach with a batted ball and killed. After being struck Har- rington picked up the ball and threw a runner out at first. The ball was returned to him from first, and, as he caught it and was in the act of again pitching, he threw up his hands and toppled over, a corpse.
 Gen. Chaffee has ordered Lieut.. Edward A. Hickman of the First cavalry to Manila for trial by court martial on the charge of alleged cruelty to natives of Tayabas prov, ince. The charges arise from the Gardener inquiry. It is claimed that Hickman ducked two natives in a stream in order to obtain informal ton. He is further charged with having tucked a third native, who died from the maltreatment
 A frightful wreck occurred on the Mountain Lake Electric rail road, near Gloversville, N. Y., which caused the death of the following persons, besides about thirty were badly injured: Mrs. Edward J Baird, Miss Margaret Main Mrs. Ornan Eastman, Edward Davis, Edward T. Trevitt, Jos. Saloy, Mrs. Jos. Saloy, Edward Saloy, Isadore Rothberg, Mrs. Maria Annabel, of Worthwhile, Fred Cronin. The ac- cident was caused by a combination baggage and passenger car getting away from the mortorman and rush ing down the mountain at terrific speed.
 The president has issued an order prohibiting the exercise of outside influence in securing promotions in the classified civil service. The order Is an amendment to rule II of the civil service code, and is as follows: "No recommendation for the promotion of any employe in the classified service shall be considered by any officer concerned in making promotions, except those made by the officer or officers under whose super vision or control such employe is serving; and such recommendation by any other person, with the knowl edge and consent of the employe, shall be sufficient cause for de- barring him from the promotion proposed, and repetition of the of fcnse shall be sufficient cause for re- moving him from the service" Several Apache Indians killed and scalped member of their own tribe and stabbed his squaw to death near Fort Sill. The offenders were arrested and precautions taken to prevent further trouble The Apaches have been prisoners of war ] for several years, but were released on an order from the war depart ment two months ago.
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