Woodruff County news., 1902-02-27

Ensured.
 Mrs. Jefferson Davis visited the capital of Mississippi last Saturday with the view of offering the famous Jefferson Davis family residence, known as Beauyoir, to the state at nominal price, to be devoted to a Confederate soldiers home. She has been offered $90,O0O for the prop erty, but prefers to take $10,000, and have it be used as above.
 The Texas Midland railroad is going to demonstrate whether the Marconi telegraph system can be made practical in operating railroad train service. President Greene has ordered Marconi's wireless telegraph system from Edinburgh, Scotland. If the experiments prove successful the Midland will be the first railroad in the world to attempt to adopt Marconi's invention.
 A bill has been introduced in con gross by Representative Corliss for the laying of a cable to Hawaii and the Philippines. Mr. Corliss con- tends that it should be made by an American manufacturer, laid by an American ship under the American 
 flag aRd operated at actual cost for the dissemination of knowledge, the proper direction of our army and navy and the advancement of our trade and commerce in the Pacific"
 The United States consul at Mon- terey, Mexico, reports that shoes of United States manufacture are popu- lar among the better class of people of Monterey and in the northern part of Mexico. There are several large shoe stores in this city which handle almost nothing but American shoes and they are sold in nearly all the dry goods establishments. l am not aware that any other country ships shoes to this part of Mexico. In many shop windows one can sec the sign "American shoes for sale :"
 The miraculous escape of over four hundred patients at the sanita- rum of the Seventh Day Advent ists at Battle Creek, Mich, is re- ported without the loss of one life | though the inmates were sound asleep when the alarm was given, and many got out with nothing on but their night clothes. Mrs. H. c. Daniels, of Fl Dorado, Ark, is the only per son who was seriously injured. She jumped or fell from the fire escape at the third story and sustained a broken leg. The fire started in the bath room of the sanitarium build ing, probably about the furnace. In the Sampson-S -Schley case Pres ident Roosevelt has this to say: EI am satisfied the court of inquiry did substantial justice. The court was a unit in condemning Schley on his 'retrogade movement If Schley's actions were censurable he should not have been left in command. Technically Sampson commanded the fleet and Schley the western di- vision. It was captains fight. The loop seriously marred the Brooklyn's excellent work, the only grave mis- take made that day. There is no excuse for any further agitation of this unhappy controversy"
 The United States maintained its position as the leading exporting na- tion in the calendar year 1901. The figures of the treasury bureau of statistics, just published, show the exports of each of the principal countries of the world at the latest available date, and clearly indicate that the exports of the United States were, during the year, larger than those of any other nation. The average monthly exportation in the year 1901 were: United States, $119,S40,333; United Kingdom, s113,753,9S7; Germany, $90,242,- 900; France. $66, ,329; Neither lands, 56,79o,923; Austria -Hunga- ", $32, ,012,746, and Belgium, $sS,- 6sS,729. For the full calendar year figures of the United States and United Kingdom are available. They show: United States, $1,43S,0S3,- | O0O. Trnitad KinOdOm S1 36S 01r : !