Woodruff County news., 1902-02-13

Fire at Waterbury, Conn, de- stroyed $3,000,OOO worth of busi- ness property.
 The first installment of the Chi nese indemnity due to foreign gov ernments on account of the Boxer uprising was paid on the 1st inst.
 A dust explosion in the Hindo mine, located about 100 miles from Eagle Pass, in Mexico, caused an ap- palling loss of life, over 100 bodies being taken from the ruins.
 It is said Pope Leo has made dis position of all his personal wealth to relatives and arranged all plans for his funeral, he himself stating that the end is not far off.
 Former State Treasurer Stowers, of Mississippi, has been indicted for mlsappropriating state funds. A shortage was discovered of $1OO,- 900, and the governor suspended Stowers.
 The monthly statement of the comptroller of the currency shows that at the close of business January 31, 1902, the total circulation of na- tlonal bank notes was $359, ,444,615, an increase for the year of $12, ,622,- 744 and decrease for the month of $S45,111.
 Secretary Root is considering a trip to the Philippines to personally acquaint himself with conditions there. The present plans are said to contemplate his going some time in the summer, when it is expected the situation in the Philippines will have so greatly improved that a dual form of government, consisting of civil and military, will no longer be necessary, and it will be turned over entirely to the civil authorities.
 The United States senate passed a bill increasing salaries of federal judges as follows: Chief justice su- preme court of the United States, $13,000; each associate justice, $12,- 500; circuit court judges, $7500; district judges, $6,25O; chief justice court of claims, $6,125; each asso- ciate justice, $5,625; chief justice court of appeals, District of Colum- bia, $8,O00; each associate justice, $7, 800; chief justice supreme court, District of Columbia, $6,750; each associate justice, $6,250.
 Hester's analysis of the cotton movement for the five months of the season from September 1 to close of January, inclusive, shows that, com pared with the crop movement last year, Texas, including Indian Ter ritory, has brought into sight this season, in round figures, 432,000 bales less, while other gulf states, which include Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri and Oklahoma, have marketed 316,000 more, and the group of Atlantic states, which includes North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Virginia, 428,000 more, making the net increase in the total of crop marketed 372,0o0,
 The treaty between the United States and Denmark for the cession of the Danish West Indies, St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix, which was made public last week, provides that Danish subjects resid- ing in the islands may remain there or remove at will /; retaining in either event all their rights of property, and in case they remain in the isl ands they shall continue until other wise provided to enjoy all the pri- vate municipal rights and liberties secured to them by the laws now i'll force. Those who remain may pre- serve their allegiance to the crown of Denmark by making before court of record within two years from the date of the exchange of notifications of this convention, a declaration of their decision to pre- serve such allegiance. Formal delivery of the islands is to be made within ninety days by the payment of the United States the sum of $5,000,000 in gold.