Woodruff County news., 1903-01-01
News of the World
Congress will reassemble January

Congress will reassemble January 5.
 Ex-Gov. James Boynton, of Geor- gia, is dead.
 A fresh outbreak of cholera in Ma nila is reported.
 Fire damaged the Arbuckle coop craze plant in Brooklyn to the ex- tent of $1OO,O0O.
 An ameteur came near knocking out Champion Jeffries in a four round bout at Butte, Mont.
 President Castro has agreed to submit the Venezuelan situation to the Hague tribunal for arbitration.
 Retail tobacco and cigar dealers of New York city have organized and declare they will purchase no more trust made goods at present prices.
 Marconi, of wireless telegraph fame, and his associates have sue ceeded in sending and receiving messages by his system across the Atlantic.
 The capitalization of the street railways in Pennsylvania is more than double the reported average cost of road and equipment of the steam railways in the United States.
 Senator Penrose, of Pennsylva- mia, has forwarded to President Roosevelt new evidence in the charges brought several months ago against Ambassador Clayton. The new evidence is in the form of affidavits that Ambassador Clayton is the owner of certain specified shares in the Carmen Mining Con- pany, Philadelphia corporation, doing a mining business in Mexico. The charges were received at the executive offices, but as in the case of all similar matters they were transmitted at once to the state de- partment. Whether the additional evidence submitted by Senator Pen rose will result in the reopening of the case, which attracted considera- ble attention in and out of congress last winter, is not known.
 A careful preliminary estimate made by individual canvass of the railroads, and supplemented by the Railroad Gazette's own records, fig ures furnished by the state railroad Commissions and other sources of information, shows that approxi- mately 6.026 miles of new steam railroad have been built within the United States between January and December 31, 1909. The figures are exclusive of second track, sidings and all electric lines. Rebuilt mile age is also excluded. Railroad building was reported done in forty two states and territories, and Okla homa leads the~ti with track laid on 57O miles of new line during the year. Texas comes second, with 496 miles; Arkansas Is third, with 371 miles, and Indian Territory is fourth, with 363 miles. Georgia built 336 miles during the year.
 The question of the effect of mur- der upon life insurance policy, when issued upon the life of the murderer, has been passed upon by the United States supreme court in an opinion delivered by Justice Brewer. The case in which the opin- ion was delivered was that of $. M. Burt vs. The Union Central Life Insurance Company. W. F. Burt, of Travis county, Texas, was the name of the man insured. His pol icy was made payable to his wife, Anna M. Burt, and in case of her death to his executors. During the first year Burt's wife died, and he afterward was charged with her murder and found guilty and exc cuted. Afterward the heirs of the estate made an effort to collect the policy, but the insurance company resisted payment The lower courts, including the court of appeals for the Fifth circuit, sustained the pro- test of the company, and the su- preme court affirmed the decis- ion of the court of appeals.