Woodruff County news., 1902-10-23
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

 for the crown lands in Hawaii.
 On the 11th inst. the government held in gold reserve the sum of $594, ,564,125, the largest sum in its history.
 Arrangements are being made to heat the house of congress during the coming session with oil from Beaumont.
 Russell Sage's physicians have advised that he retire from active business, if he would prolong his life. MT. Sage is now 86 years of age.
 General James F. Smith of Cali fornia has been appointed mem Der of the Philippine commission, to succeed Bernard Moses, who is to retire January 1.
 Three persons were killed and much property destroyed by storm which swept over Columbia, Mo. The storm extended into Illinois and did great damage.
 The presence of federal troops in the Indian Territory probably pre- vented clash between the Duke and McCurtain factions, when the vote of the recent election was canvassed and the latter was declared duly elected governor of the Choctaw nation.
 The Virginia grand division of the United Daughters of the Con- federacy has decided to purchase the home place of Gen. Stonewall Jack son at Lexington for use as a me- morial hospital, and will appeal to the society as a whole for aid in the undertaking.
 A C., B. & o. express train was held up by three masked men four miles east of Lincoln, Neb. The robbers used explosives on the ex- press car, shattering it badly, and after wrecking the safe rifed it of its contents, securing an amount thought to be about $1,500.
 Mrs. Carrie Nation, of saloon smashing fame, was bodily thrown from a saloon at Austin, Tex. She went into the place of Bill Davis and began to reprimand him. Da- wis requested her to leave, and when she refused he took her by the arms and slleulder and threw. her into the stfeef After being eiected, Mrs. NeBztn spoke ou !lle sidewalk until the crowd was dispersed E the police.
 The street car strike at New 0f1 leans, which lasted for nearly two weeks, has been settled by the com pany employing all the old men and conceding their demand for 20 cents per hour, ten hours to constitute a days work All efforts to run the cars with non-union men proved un- successful, and a number of strike breakers were shot and clubbed whenever they attempted to take out cars. After the trouble was settled it was necessary for officers to es- eort the imported men to trains to prevent crowds mobbing them.
 An interesting array of statistics on the coal mining and the labor conditions in the mines will appear in volume now in press from the geological survey on the mineral re- sources of the United States for the year 1901. From 1898 to 1901, in elusive, the statistics of coal produc- tion were as follows: In 1898 the average number of men employed was 401 ,221, and they averaged 19O working days during the year, pro- ducing 219,974,667 short tons of coal, valued at $2O8, ,OOO,S5o; in 1899, 410,365 men working 214 days produced 253,739,99 short tons, valued at $256,077,434; in 1900, AS, ,5S1 men working 21S days produced 269,6S2,827. short tons, valued at $3O6,671, 1864; in 1901, 4s5,544 men working 216 days pro- duced 293,29S,516 short tons, val ued at $34S,910,469. In 1898 the average price of coal per ton was 95 cents; in 1899 it was $1, ,O1 :; in 1900 it was $1.14; in 1901 it was $1.19.