Woodruff County news., 1902-06-05

endorsed the IJUU national pat form.
 Simon Sam, late president of Hayti, who resigned and fled from the country, is charged with having taken $8,000,O0O of government funds with him.
 Senator Morgan, of Alabama, de- iyered a speech in the senate in favor of the administration bill providing for the government of the Philippine islands.
 Fred Ziegenheim, son of ex-May- or Zeigenheim of St. Louis, and pri- yate secretary to his father during his term of office, has been arrested on a warrant charging corruption in office.
 The situation of the famine stricken peasants in Russia contin- ues to grow worse. In 241 villages of the Ninnelinsk district govern ment of Cebu, 6,813 cases of scurvy were officially recorded April 14, as compared with 2,723 cases reported March II. This is only a sample of the existing conditions in the other famine districts.
 At the outside estimate the total appropriations by congress for the fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1903, will not exceed ,000,000. The total appropriations for the current fiscal year, made by the last con- gress, are $730,338,576. This would mean an increase by the present con- gress at this session of less than $45, 5,0OO,000.
 An attack on the constitutionality of the Sherman antitrust law will be made by the packers in the course of their defense to the governments bill for an injunction. Their coun- sel will take the position that the legality of the act itself never has been passed upon by the supreme court of the United States.
 The Rev. Dr. B. M. Palmer, a noted Presbyterian divine, died at New Orleans last week from inju- ries received in collision with a street car. Dr. Palmer was one of the strongest leaders in the southern put pit during the civil war. In 1861, when the southern churches withdrew from the Presbyterian as sembly at Philadelphia, Dr, Pal mer was chosen moderator of the southern branch.
 Commander Thomas c. Mclean, commanding the Cincinnati, cables the war department from Fort de France under date of the 29th, as follows: ''Eruptions volcano con- tinuc. Occasional great outbursts at intervals of few days Mostly columns and masses of clouds, steam, smoke and ashes shooting up quickly to great heights. These alarm the people, but no serious damage is being done outside of the district where the first devastation occurred. Plenty of supplies here"
 President Roosevelt has revoked the old executive order of August go, 1901, by which the lieutenant general commanding the army (Gen. Miles) and the adjutant gen. cral (Gen. Corbin), in turn, are to assume the duties of secretary of war in the absence of the secretary and the assistant secretary. The presi- dents order of revocation leaves the department without head in the event of the absence of the secretary and assistant secretary, unless such head is specifically designated on each occasion.
 The statistics of the department of agriculture has completed his es- inmates of the acreage, production and farm value of the cereal crops of the United States in 1901, the grand totals being as follows:
 Corn-91, ,349,92S acres, 1,522,- 519,S91 bushels, $921,555, ,76S.
 Wheat-49, ,S95,0O4 acres, 74S,- 460,21S bushels, $467 ,350,156.
 Oats-2S, ,541,476 acres, 736,S0S,- 724 bushels, $293, ,65c,777.
 Barley-4,295,744 acres, 1e9,- 932,924 bushels, $49,705,163.
 Rye-1,9S15o5 acres, 3o,344,sso H.1 a