Woodruff County news., 1902-06-26
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

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 Senator Hanna has again given out statement that he is not can- didate for president in 1902
 Col. Bryan says the issues in the next presidential campaign will be imperialism, money and the trusts.
 The Spanish government recog- nizes the independence of Cuba and will send minister to that coun- try.
 Albert A. Ames, mayor of Minne- apolis, Minn., has been indicted for bribery in connection with munich pal rottenness.
 Senator Elkins introduced a joint resolution in the senate for the annexation of Cuba, and its admis- sion as state of the Union.
 The county judge of Zapata coun- ty, Texas, has issued an appeal say ing that most of the county has had no rain for three years. He says it is impossible to exaggerate the sit, uation.
 Johann Most, the anarchist, con- victed in New York on the charge that he printed an incendiary arti- cle in a newspaper conducted bs him, has been sentenced to serve one year in the penitentiary. The article was printed at the time President Mckinley was shot. The case was carried to the court of ap- peals, which confirmed the judg- ment of the lower court.
 B. D. Johnson, a veteran of the Cuban war and member of Roose- yelt's rough riders, was shot and killed at Oklahoma City, o. T., by w. T. McMichael, as a result of a contest over land claim. While in a dying condition Johnson raised himself upon his elbow, rested his pistol on his wrist and fired twice at McMichael. One shot struck McMichael in the abdomen and he lived only short time.
 The Associated Press gives the  details of a horrible tragedy enact ed in Claiborne, county, Mississippi. Mrs Westrope, wife of a prosper ous farmer, while her husband was at church, took a winchester and murdered her six children. After shooting the last of the little ones the demented woman set fire to her home and then escaped to the woods. After a search of 'twenty-four hours she was found in a graveyard and when approached placed the Win chester, which she had taken away with her, to her breast and fired, the bullet passing through her body just below the heart.
 On the thirtieth day after being sworn in the jury at Memphis in the case of Mrs. Emma Hooks, charged with murdering her hus- band, Cero Gurdo Hooks, was dis charged, being unable to reach a verdict. A majority favored con- viction. The case was fought on both sides by the most able legal talent in Tennessee. Hooks died last October After the body had been embalmed and inferred per sistent rumors gained currency that his death was from other than nat ural causes. About two weeks af- ter Hooks burial the authorities in- structed Dr. Wm. Krause, we'll known chemist, to eXhume the body and conduct an autopsy. The chemist reported that he had found enough arsenic and ground glass in the stomach and other organs to cause death. The prosecution offer ed evidence alleging that the de- fendant killed her first hus- band and her only son, who died suddenly and of ailments sim liar to that with which Hooks died. When Hooks married his wife, then Mrs. Atkinson, he was a poor man and she was quite wealthy, hav- ing received over $50,000 from life insurance on her son and husband. The evidence against the accused was all circumstantial.
 A crank named McAlester, arm-