Woodruff County news., 1902-01-30
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

being in arms against the govern ment
 January 22d was the first ami versary of the death of Queen Vic toria
 The Mississippi legislature has passed bill providing for taxing in- heritances.
 Richard Croker, the deposed Tam many chief, sailed for Europe on the 27th inst.
 Geo. Dixon, the ex-champion light | weight pugilist, was knocked out at | Baltimore by Eddie Lennie.
 John F. Dryden has been elected | United States senator from New Jersey to succeed the late Gen. Sew ell
 The national convention of coal miners, at Indianapolis, reelected John Mitchell president without contest
 J. P. Morgan is organizing a gi- gantic company to control the steam ships owned in this country and England.
 Diamonds that are said to be of the first water have been found in the northern part of Fergus county, Montana
 Count Von Waldersee, in com mand of the German troops during the siege of Pekin, will shortly visit this country.
 Secretary Hay received telegram from MT. Buchanan, president of the United States delegation at the Pan- American congress, confirming the reports that complete understand ing has been reached on the subject of arbitration before the congress. This subject was the only one prom ising serious difficulty in adjustment, and the officials are now satisfied that the congress will be success.
 The Pan-American congress, in session at Mexico City, adopted the following: ''The republics assem- bled at the international conference in Mexico applaud the purpose of the United States government to construct an inter-oceanic canal, and acknowledge that this work will not only be worthy of the greatness of the American people, but also in the highest sense work of civilization and to the highest degree beneficial to the development of commerce be- tween the American states and to the other countries of the world.''
 The monthly statement of the col lections of internal revenue show that during December, 1901, the to- tai receipts were $22,S12,915, de- crease as compared with the corre- spending month in 1900 of $2,399,- 231 The receipts from the several sources of revenue are given as fol lows: Spirits 11,520,957, increase $146,542; tobacco $4,403,496, de crease $715,573 fermented liquors $4,735,O54, decrease $509, 1885; oleo- margarine $223,11 increase $13,- 306; special taxes, not elsewhere enumerated, $56,227, increase $28,- 344; miscellaneous $1,974, 4,059, de- crease $1;362,017.
 Reports of Germany's foreign trade in 1901 show that the total inn ports amounted to 44,304,S57 tons, compared with 45,911,799 and A. 652,2S6 tons in 1899 and 1900, re- spectively. There was a decrease of 3.5 per cent in last years imports, compared with those of 1900. There was decrease of more than mil lion tons in the coal imports, and .lore than 50O,0O0 tons in the iron and timber imports. The imports of wheat rose 1,125, ,000 tons. The to- tai exports amounted to 32,363,495 tons, compared with 32,6s1,747 in 1900. The increase in iron exports was nearly SOO,000 tons. The de crease in the exports of ores and coal is especially noticeable. The value of the imports in 1901 was 5,967,- OO0.00O marks, compared with G. O43, ,000,0OO marks in the preceding year, while the exports were valued at 4,759,O0O marks, as against A. :. r62 0nQ Q0n marks in 1900