Woodruff County news., 1902-04-17
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

were lIle guests or SOuIn CarOllna on the 8th and 9th inst, at the Charles ton exposition.
 Lyman J. Gage, former secretary of the treasury, has been elected president of the United States Trust Company, of New York City.
 James Wilson was convicted It Ava. Mo-, of a murder committed thirtyfve years ago and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary.
 Gen. Delarney has reported to Former President Kruger numerous cases of wanton murder of defense less women and aged Boers by Brit ish troops. The accusations are sup ported by affidavits, and specific cases are mentioned, with dates of occurrences.
 The largest quarterly receipts in the history of the postal department are reported for the three months ending January, figures for which have just been completed. The re- ceipts were $3s, 5,621; expendi- lures, 30,947,1 ,131; excess of receipts over expenditures, $1,058,490.
 The April report of the statisti- clan of the department of agricul- ture shows the average condition of winter wheat on April 1 to have been 78.7, against 91.7 on April 1, 1901, S2.1 at the corresponding date in 1900 and SPA the mean of the April averages for the last ten years.
 Powell Clayton, United States ambassador to Mexico, is the first person to secure the submission af q case to The Hague arbitration. It is claim between the Mexican gov ernment and the Catholic church of California as to the liability of the former for the interest on certain CuuICH IduuS WHICH tHc McAlCdI government undertook to hold as trustee for the church. The sum in- volved is about $1 ,000,000.
 The Danish government has de- nounced as false the charge of one Christmas, who alleged that, while representing the Danish govern ment in the sale of the West Indies, he used the sum of $500,000 with congressman and officials of this country as bribe money to consumate the deal It appears that Christmas was nothing more nor less than an adventurer, and had nothing off cially whatever to do with the mat ter.
 The president has decided to in vestigate the conditions maintaining in the vicinity of New Orleans, where the British are forwarding horses, mules and forage for the use of their army in South Africa. At torney General Knox has reported 10 the president and Mir. Hay, the sec retary of state, advising that an in- vestigation should be made. He has not passed upon the question whether the operations of the Brit ish officers and employees thus far constitute violations of the neutral! ity laws.
 Dick Balen, aged 19 of Joplin, Mo-, is hero. The hoisting plant in mine in which he was employed caught fire The building was very dry and the boards were very much oil-soaked, and the flames spread at tremendous rate The hoisterman seemed paralyzed with fear and started for assistance to try and quench the flames. Young Bayless, who was employed to run the tubs from the shaft to the main plant, saw the assistance could not arrive in time and rushed into the burning building to the holster and signaled to the eleven men below to be hoist ed out. He heroically stood at the holster until nine of the imprisoned miners were hoisted to the surface, and the othere two succeeded in es- caping just as the building collapsed. Bayless had lost consciousness from the intense heat and he was jerkcd from the tottering building just in time to save his own life.
 An appeal has been issued by D ,,,,, ,.o +b;,ars of Illinois for 6ya