Woodruff County news., 1903-04-23
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Nine persons were killed and an ap- palling loss to property was caus~d by a tornado which visited Monroe county, Ala, on the 14th, according to reports received in Birmingham.
 The boiler of the Charles Bevans sawmill at Ruby, O., exploded, on the 14th, killing Charles Bevans, Richard Houck, Rufus Houck and two boys named Houck and Gottridge.
 The Iron Mountain freight car re- pair shop at Little Rock, Ark, was burned, on the 14th, including about thirty-four freight ears and two ca booses; loss, $20,OO0.
 The Glen Oak and Prospect Heights street car line was, on the 14th, at Peoria, H., sold to the Central City Co., for $3O0,00
 Police Officer C. Leslie was shot and instantly killed, on the 14th, at Jop- lin, Mo-, while trying to capture sev- eral negroes suspected of theft.
 John K. Lincoln, distant relative of Abraham Lincoln, died at the home of his son-in-law in Kansas City, Mo !, on the 14th, aged S2 years.
 The East & West railroad, in course of construction from Leorock, on the Mississippi river, to Altamont, H., was sold, on the 18th, to the St. Louis Valley railroad, and is now part of the Gould system.
 Rabbi Gustav Gottheil was reported dying at his home in New York on the 14th.
 It was stated in Wall street, on the 14th, that J. P Morgan would sail for Europe on the 22d.
 Thirty farms in West Terre Haute, Ind, were compelled to aban- don operations, on the 18th, on ac- bash river.
 Mrs. A. H. Eaton, of Princeton, Ind, aged 24 years, was killed by her brother in-law, Charley Eaton, aged F years, on the 10th.
 A mob took an unknown negro from jail at Joplin, Mo, on the 18th, and hanged him to a telegraph pole. He was accused of killing Policeman c. Leslie. The mob then stoned negroes and burned a number of their houses.
 Fire swept the oil field at Beau mont, Tex, on the 18th, resulting in a loss of $1,000,000 and financial ruin to about twenty oil companies. The fire was caused by careless work man overturning a lantern.
 The Tennessee senate adopted reso- lutions, on the 18th, indorsing the speech on the negro question deliv- cred by former President Cleveland at New York.
 ischfeger company, at Milwaukee, Wis, manufacturers of electric cranes and other machinery, was de- stroyed by fire on the 18th. The loss is estimated at $150,000.
 Gustav Gottheil, rabbi emeritus of Temple Emmanuel, New York, died of apopleXy, on the 18th, after an illness of several weeks. He was 75 years old.
 Mayor Trigg of Joplin, Mo-, issued a proclamation, on the 16th, calling public meeting of citizens to organize 800 vigilantes to preserve order. This was done, and quiet, which had been disturbed by a lynching on the 18th, was restored.
 Gen. Davis reported to the war de- partment, on the 16th, seven deaths from cholera in the Philippines: Frank NJ. Squires, Richard A. Morris, William R. McGregor, Danilo A Coter, Kinney Miler, H. o. Hiatt and Henry NJ. Diedel.
 Two stables belonging to Joseph B. were burned at Wells burg, w. Va, on the 16th, entailing a loss of $75,000. Thirteen of his blood ed horses were burned, including his prize driving horse, Edna Cook, valued at $5,000.
 Lieut.-Gov. Lee was served with subpoena by a Jackson county deputy on the 10th, just as he was leaving Kansas City, Mo-, on Chica- go & Alton train. He is wanted by the grand jury in St. Louis.
 H. c. Dougherty, city superintend- ent of schools and former president of the National Educational associa ton, was thrown from his riding horse at Bloomington, H., on the 16th, and seriously injured.
 Gen. .Baden-Powell, hero of Mafe- king is travelling in the United States under an assumed name to avoid pub licity He called at the war depart ment in Washington, D. C., on the 16th. s
 NJ. Diefenderfer, of Wood River. Neb., won the grand American handi- cap at inanimate targets, at Kansas City, Mo-, on the 16th, breaking 9I out of possible 100 targets.
 Misses Phoebe and Libbie Heeley. at Bear Creek, Wis, were burned to death on the 16th. The sisters were 75 and 76 years of age.
 An explosion in Mine No. 12 ot the McAlister Coal and Mining Co. at Buck, I. T., on the 16th, resulted in Il I TN