Woodruff County news., 1901-12-14

Frank Dillon and John F. ben nett are under arrest charged with operating in conjunction with two other persons not yet arrested, a bo- gus stock brokerage business in
 New York City under pretense that they were members of the stock ex- change. 1t Is charged that the men received $300,000 from customers.
 The monthly comparative state ment of the receipts and expendi- lures of the government shows that during November the receipts amounted to $45, 5,776,776 and the expenditures 0,19S,91G, which leaves a surplus for the month of $5,517,86O and $32,978,93O for the five months of the present fiscal year
 Officers with bloodhounds cap- tured twenty-five negroes near An dalusia, Ala, accused of complicity in the murder of J. W. Dorsey, a merchant, and Nat Anderson, mar shal at the little town of Opp. The white men went to turpentine camp to arrest negro when they were fired upon from cabin in which about fifty negroes had bar ricaded themselves.
 In accordance with an agreement the Colombian rebels at Colon sur rendered November 29 to Capt. Per ry, U. s. N, and were then turned over to Gen. Alban, commander of the government forces. With the restoration of order and open traffic on the isthmus of Panama 1t is ex- pected that the navy department will be able to withdraw some of the United States warships now on duty ln that quarter.
 The secretary of the treasury has transmitted to congress the estimate of appropriations required by the government for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, as furnished by the heads of the sev- eral executive departments. The total appropriations asked for are $610, 0,S27, ,6SS, which is $600,000,O0O less than the estimates for 1909, and $4,000,000 more than the appropria- tions for that year.
 The secretary of the navy has pre- pared an official recommendation to congress for the permanent re-estab- lishment in the navy of the grade of vice admiral with four members. It is also urged by MT. Long that the number of rear admirals be reduced from IS to IA, all to rank with and receive the pay and allowances of major generals in the army. Accord ing to Secretary Longs plan, the four senior officers in the grade of rear admiral at the time of the pass age of the proposed bill are to be se- lected for the rank of vice admiral.
 President Roosevelt has appointed Thos. B. Ferguson governor of Ok lahoma, vice w. M. Jenkins, re- moved. In removing Mr. Jenkins, President Roosevelt states his req sons as follows: 'Gov. Jenkins. of Oklahoma, is hereby removed be- cause of his improper connection with contract between the territory and the Oklahoma Sanitarium Com pany. The decision Is based purely upon his own written statements and his oral explanation of them at the final hearing. One of the duties of the territorial governor is to enter into contract with some person or corporation for the proper keeping of the insane of the territory. Gov. Jenkins made such contract with the Oklahoma Sanitarium Company, a corporation, the promoters of which reserved ten thousand dollars of its stock for the governor and subject to his orders. In the governors ex- planation of the affair he says he told the promOters at the lime they