Woodruff County news., 1902-10-02


 receiver of the Arkansas live stock l insurance company.
 Jim Poor, a carpenter, was in- stantly killed at Fayetteville by a i heavy door he was attempting to hang falling on him.
 Several St. Louis butchers have recently died from anthroax, becom- ing infected with the dread disease from handling afflicted cattle.
 The season of the Southern Base- ball Association has closed. Nash vile won the penant, with Little Rock in second and New Orleans third place.
 J. J. Hannehan has been elected chief of the order of Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen, to succeed F. B. Sergeant, recently appointed commissioner of immigration. President Palma says the Cuban republic is firmly established. He insists on the early withdrawal of all American troops, declaring their presence on the island has a bad moral effect on a certain class.
 Influential Filipino priests are at the head of movement to found church independent of Rome. To head off this movement the Pope has instructed Mgr. Guidi, apostolic delegate to the Philippines, to con- ciliate with the natives.
 Secretary Platt, of New York, and Gov. Odell clashed as to who should be the nominee for lieuten- ant governor, and the latter came out first best. Gov. Odell refused to be candidate for reelection with MT. Sheldon, Senator Platt's choice for second place, and Sheldon withdrew before the convention.
 Speaker Henderson has refused to reconsider his determination to re- tire from congress after his present term expires, although the most in- fluential members of his party pre- vailed upon him to remain in the public service. MT. Henderson says his views differ from his states party platform, which declare yir- tually in favor of a revision of the tariff.
 Frank Mekie, department clerk, wrecked the Golden Eagle hotel at Washington with dynamite and shielded. Mekie was stopping at the hotel, and, becoming too per sistent in his attentions to Mrs. Brant, wife of the proprietor, he was warned to desist. Declaring he would be revenged, Mekie procured some dynamite, and when all the guests had retired, exploded it in room above that occupied by Brant and his wife, who were both badly injured. The guests escaped with only slight injuries.
 Abolishment of the army eanteen is responsible for ''deplorable in- crease of offenses in general and de- sertions in particular,'' according to the annual report of Brig. Gen Funston, department of the Colo rado Gen. Funston declares that the busting of the canteen by act of congress has lowered the discipline of the army, ruined scores of good soldiers and enriched saloon keep CTS, gamblers and dissolnte women. On the other hand, those opposed to the canteen system claim the results of its abolishment has been benef- cial to the army.
 Official telegraphic advices an- nounce that the supplemental agree ment negotiated between the govern ment and the Choctaw and Chicka- saw Indian tribes has been ratified by an overwhelming majority by those nations. The supplemental treaty makes notifications and ad- ditions to the original agreements in a number of important matters. It provides for the sale of the coal lands, which aggregate half mil. lion acres, at public auction. There will be no leases of coal or asphalt lands. It also aggregates not over $40 acres for sulphur springs under government control; establishes citi- zenship courts to retry citizenship