Woodruff County news., 1902-07-31
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

It is estimated this seasons corn crop will be the largest in the his- tory of the country.
 The first weeks contributions to the striking local miners of Penn sylvania exceeded half a million dollars.
 Two unknown negroes were lynch ed near Philippi, W. Va, for the murder of white man named Bud Wilmoth.
 The government of the United States has not received an invita- ton to participate in the inter- national trust conference, proposed by the czar.
 Secretary Root has issued an or der for the establishment of one of the four great military posts, which are to be the gathering places of the United States forces in case of war, and in time of peace are to be great training schools for both regulars and militiamen. The first post will be at Chickamauga. Secretary Root has allotted $45O,O00 for the con- struction of post there.
 A strange phenomenon is report ed in the southwestern corner of Louisiana, a marshy, uninhabitable section of country. It is said the ground took fire several weeks ago and has been burning ever since. The soil in this vicinity for the most part Is nothing but sea marsh, and it is surmised that gas is escaping through this in sufficient quantities to make it combustible.
 Three American bandits held up a passenger train on the Mexican Central and secured over $50,00Q. The robbery was one of the boldest on record. At a small station two of the bandits bearded the express car and one went to the third-class coach. The express messenger was disarmed and the robbers helped themselves to the cash. The robber who entered the third-class coach refused to pay his fare, when the train was stopped and he was put off. At the same time the two men in the express car alighted and dis appeared in the darkness.
 Lieut. Foster, in charge of the New Orleans branch of the United States Photographic office, has re- ported to Washington that recent survey of the Gulf of Mexico near the mouth of the Mississippi river shows only twenty-five fathoms of water, where there were sixty fath- oms at the time of the previous sur vey. Lieut.. Foster is puzzled over the phenomenon. Many believe that it was caused by volcanic upheayals, the result of the recent earthquakes in the West Indies, while others think it is caused by deposit of salt from the Mississippi river, As re- suit of the discovery the government probably will order new survey of the entire gulf of Mexico.
 John W. Mackey, the millionaire of San Francisco, died on the goth inst, in London, of heart failure. John w. Mackay played the hum- blest parts on the stage of life before ne reached the role of millionaire. He was in turn newsboy on Park Row, New York city, bartender in Louisville, Ky, 1aborer and miner, and his life had been a long strug- gle with fortune when finally he struck the famous lode which was to yleld for hlm and his partners more than $11O,o0O,OoO. MT. Mackay was born in Dublin, November 28, 1881. He was president of the Mackay- Bennett Cable Company, president of the Postal Telegraph Company and president of the pros pectivo p,oiGo Co,nooorcia] (tablp Company, vice-president of the new S7,Ooo,0oo sugar refinery at Ton keH, N. r., of which Gus Spreckles Is president; director of the Cana dian Pacific railway, director of the Southern Pacific and director of the new proposed railroad from Havana to Santiago, in Cuba.