Woodruff County news., 1903-01-08
News of the World

It oCNcIC COIu N6dlIlSI udS hulSu many young orange trees in Flor ida.
 Seven men froze to death at diff ferent points in Pennsylvania De- cember 27.
 F. W. Ruckstuhl, chief sculptor of the St. Louis worlds fair, has resigned, owing to differences with the directory
 It IS possible to state on excellent British and German authority that the Venezuelan customs will not be seized before January 9, in order to allow time for the arrival of more warships. Even then it is not quite certain that the powers will determine to take this step, al though it is likely they will do so unless Castro yields.
 The International Mercantile Marine Company, organized by j.. P. Morgan and with Clement A. Griscom as its president and direct ing chief, took actual control Jan uary l of the management of the various lines combined, says a press dispatch from Philadelphia. One of the first moves of public import arce, MT. Griscom says, will be a encouragement of sailings to give fast passenger and mail steamship from both sides of the Atlantic each day except Sunday.
 Hilario Placido, Filipino spy, who was of great assistance to the United States troops in capturing Aguinaldo, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. Pla- cido was made nominal command CT of the body of American troops engaged in the capture of the Fili- pino chief. This was necessary i'll order that the enemy might pre- sume the blue coats to be captives. On reaching the Filipino headquar ters Placido rushed in and threw Aguinaldo to the floor when he was soon under capture. :,
 During blinding snow storm a freight and passenger train on the Grand Trunk railroad collided near Wanstead, a small station not far from London, Ont. Twenty-eight passengers were killed outright, and about thirty injured. The respon- sibility for the accident has not been definitely fixed, but it is believed to have been due to telegraph op- orator, who gave an order to the freight to pass No. 5, the Pacific express, at Wanstead, and failed to duplicate the order and give copy of it to the conductor and engineer of the express. Instead of this the conductor of the express had a clearance order, telling him to run right through. The freight train stopped at Wanstead to sidetrack and was telescoped by the express. The binding snowstorm which was raging rendered objects invisible at the distance of few feet.
 President Castro, in his reply to the powers, through United States Minister Bowen, gives practically an unqualified acceptance of their proposals to arbitrate under accom- panying conditions. The nature of the reply is said to be satisfactory. The blockading question is now the gravest problem of the moment. It is thought a continuance of the blocade will greatly facilitate con clusions of the arbitration prelimi- naries. Throughout Venezuela conditions are lamentable. Castro's mandate is the only law and he shows scant mercy. He has filed the jails with his political oppe- nents. Executions take place every where. The soldiery is able in this way to gratify personal spite or dis appointment. Within sixteen miles of road close to the capital eighty five corpses were recently counted. These unfortunate persons were been either hanged or shot. The country elsewhere reeks with the dead. Castro seems entirely ire sponsible and is likely to yield to any mad impulse. United States Minister Bowen, who has been han ding this delicate international