Woodruff County news., 1902-07-31

Paducah, Ky, was accidentally shot and killed by her 13-year-old grand son, who was playing with Flobert rife.
 John Dortsch, alias Gene Sykes, claiming to be a minister of the Christian faith, was arrested at Austin, Tex, last week on the charge of bigamy. It is claimed Sykes, or whatever his real name may be, has five living wives, two in Arkansas, one in Mississippi and two in the state of Washington.
 Lightning struck the residence of Mrs. Elizabeth Boyers, near Wabash, Ind, shivering three of the posts of her bed, tearing the bed clothing to rags, and even ripping open the pill Low on which her head lay and scat tering the feathers about the room. Mrs. Boyers was thrown to the floor and slightly shocked, but arose un- injured. The fact that she slept on a feather bed is claimed to account for her escape.
 James Jeffries defeated Bob Fitzsimmons for the heavyweight championship before the San Fran cisco Athletic Club in the eighth round. Up to the final round the Cornishman had decidedly the best of the fight, and looked like sure winner. Jeffries was severely pun ished by his vanquished opponent, who is much the lighter and small CT man. A heavy blow in the stom- ach and punch on the jaw landed Fitz on the floor, the first and only knock-down of the fight.
 Maj. Jas. Parker has compiled some interesting statistics regarding the instructions in the Philippines. There were 2,561 engagements with enemy, more or less serious, be- tween February 4, 1899, the date of the battle of Manila, and April 30, 1902, fixed as the virtual downfall of the instruction. The larger pro- portion of these fights were attacks from ambush on the American troops or skirmishes in which only small attachments took part. "1n almost no case in these engage ments," says Maj. Parker, 'Edid American troops surrender or have to retreat or have to leave their dead and wounded in the possession of the enemy, notwithstanding that in many cases the percentage of loss was high" The number of troops transported to the Philip pines up to July 16 last was 4,135 officers and 123, ,S03 men. The aver age strength, taken from monthly returns for the period of the insur- rection, was approximately 10000. The casualties are reported as fol lows: Killed or died from wounds, 69 officers and 936 enlisted men; deaths from disease, AZ officers and 2,535 enlisted men; deaths from ac- cidents, six officers and 257 enlisted men; drowned, six officers and 257 enlisted men; shielded, ten officers and 72 enlisted men; murdered, one officer and 91 enlisted men. Total deaths, 139 officers and 4,O16 en- listed men. Wounded, 190 officers and 2,707 enlisted men, a total of 2,S97; killed and wounded and deaths other than by disease, 2s2 officers and ASS enlisted men. Ioldl, f,fIU.
 The stogie, or cheap cigar manu- facturers of the country, have com bined, with a capital of $7,500,000.
 Cattle and sheep growers of Wy oming have recently had numerous battles. In Fremont county band of 150 masked men have slaughter ed several thousand head of sheep, driven other hocks into the noun tains, and threaten death to the owners if they drive them back on the range. The militia may be call ed out to protect the sheep men.
 Twenty-Five thousand garment workers are on strike in New York city.
 Kansas has a short wheat crop of