Woodruff County news., 1906-12-13

V interstate commerce bill relating to convict-made goods, and permitting the several states to legislate for themselves as to their competition with free labor" made goods
 The democrats of the house oppose measure conferring United States cit izenship on the inhabitants of Porto Rico.
 Six men, employees of an electrical company, were caught in a tunnel, and doubtless buried alive by cave in. It will require two weeks work to reach their bodies.
 An accident at the Avino mines, near Monterey, Mex, which resulted in the death of 12 Mexican miners, 1t is stated, was due to the careless ness of some one in letting a big flow of water into the lower level, where the men were drowned.
 Count Witte, the former premier f Russia, who recently returned from the emperor The counts reception had been delayed on account of his ill health.
 For the first time in 20 years, the great Treadwell mine in Alaska is closed. Douglas and Juneau are sui fering from coal famine and lack O. fuel has resulted in the closing of the mines.
 Bradstreet says: Colder weather, combined with the approach of holi- days, has greatly stimulated retail trade at most points, and the outlook favors a record-breaking Christmas trade"
 The federal grand jury that is in- vestigating the coal land frauds in Utah and charges that railroad cor porations have discriminated against certain shippers, has returned in dictments against the Union Pacific Railroad Co, the Oregon Short Line Railroad Co.,, the Union Pacific Coal Co, the Utah Fuel Go. and several representatives of these companies.
 The house, by a vote of 110 to 164, defeated the bill of Representative Littlefield of Maine. removing dis criminations against. American sail ing vessels in the coasting trade.
 The senate called up the president and the secretary of war to furnish all information compatible with the public interest regarding the dis charge of the negro troops of the Twenty-fifth infantry.
 King Edward VII. of England as an exhibitor took the first prize with his stallion, Prem Victor, at the inter- national live stock exposition in Chi cago, winning over Lord Rothschilds' famous stallion, Girton Charmer.
 For more than a year efforts have treaty giving Cuba sovereignty over the Isle of Pines where American capitalists have made heavy invest ments. This was so bitterly opposed by Senators Penrose, Morgan and others that an agreement was reached since this session of congress began that a new treaty should be negoti- ated, in which ample protection should be given American interests, although sovereignty would be given Cuba. This new convention has not yet been sent to the senate.
 The attorneys for the Standard Oil Go. of Ohio have filed in the court of common pleas at Findlay, O., motions to quash the indictments against John D. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil Co.,. of Ohio and others, alleging that the indictments are so uncertain as to leave the defendants unable to ascer- tain the character of the charges against them.
 Dr. Lappeni, physician to the pope, who has been seriously ill for some time, is growing worse Prof. Murri has confirmed Dr. Mazzonis diagnosis of cancer of the stomach.
 Suppression of the Seamen's union by the government has been followed by strike. at Odessa, Russia, of the seamen, with the result that the busi- ness of the shipping companies is completely tied up.
 
 A friendly suit will be instituted at San Francisco to determine the status Of the Japanese as to entrance into the public schools of that city. In the meantime the people of on Fran cisco want it understood that they are maintaing separate schools for Jap anese children, that Japanese attend the high school with white children, and that the entire affair was caused by Japenese men who desired to en- ter school along with white girls and boys, which will not be permitted
 Senator Rayner's resolution says: That in the opinion of the senate the government has no right to enter into controversy with any foreign govern met relating to the public school sys- tenn of any of the states in the union, l that no treaty rights with Japan have been violated, and that further, that | it is the duty of the president of he l United Stades to notify the government | e. (