Woodruff County news., 1906-07-12
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

German Consul Bopp, at San Fran cisco says the German insurance com panies having risks in San Francisco will pay their losses dollar for dollar and will not be classed with the "SiX bit' concerns which are endeavoring to shave their losses. A hint from Emperor William is sai dto have had something to do with determining them.
 The making permanent of an in junction against railroad ticket scalp CTS by Judge Marshall, in the federal court at Salt Lake, Utah, has the ef- feet of prohibiting the scalping of railroad tickets anywhere in Utah.
 The casualties due to the Fourth of July celebration had reached, up to latest accounts 51 dead and 3,561 in jured.
 The jury in the federal court in Chi cago, in the Chicago & Alton rebate Fred A. Wann, former officials of the road were jointly indicted, returned a verdict of guilty on the first eight counts of the indictment
 The Kansas supreme court handed down a decision holding Mayor w. w. Rose of Kansas City, Kas., in con tempt for having assumed the office of mayor after the court had busted him. The court ordered him to relin- quish the office and fined him $1,000 for contempt.
 Former Judge A. B. Tanner, of Port land, Ore, who perjured himself in order to shield his former law part ner, the late United States Senator Mitchell, charged with land fraud, has been pardoned by the president.
 Bradstreet's says the bright pros poets for business continue. unim- paired and that crop conditions, on the whole are favorable.
 The United States transport Thom- as is ashore on coral reef off the Island of Guam, with little prospect ot getting off. Gen. Wood cabled from Manila for authority to send the transport Meade to take off the pas sengers and cargo. The Thomas car ried no troops.
 Aeronaut James K. Allen, who made an ascension at Providence, R. l., on the Fourth of July, was rescued by nshermen 12 miles out at sea off Chat nam, Mass, the following morning, about Y miles from his starting point, and after he had drifted around about zVO miles. His balloon was saved in good shape.
 Secretary of State Walter L. Hauser oi Wisconsin was acquitted in the Dane county municipal court at Madi- son or the charge of attempting to orlpe the state commissioner of in surance.
 Surgeons testified in the court martial at Cronstadt that Admira, ho1estvensky, by reason of his wounds, was in an irresponsible con uition at the time the gunboat Be uoVl was surrendered to the Japanese in the battle of the Sea of Japan.
 Judge w. D. Robinson of the Indi- ana appellate court, sitting as special Juuge, decided against Mayor Bida- man or Terre Haute, holding that the ac'ion of the city council in busting him was legal.
 Former United States Marshal J. n' Woolman, Grant Christian and srank D. Cooper pleaded guilty .h the federal court at Helena Mont, !" illegal fencing of government lands, ana were each fined $500 and sent to Jail for 24 hours.
 reports from various parts of the country show that Independence day eAacted It's usual toll in the way of ac- ciuents from the careless handling of psrotechnics, etc., the majority, of outse' being children. Thirty-seven seau ana 2,7S9 injured had been re- por'ed up to the morning after.