Woodruff County news., 1902-10-09
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
A heaHv snow and sleet storm fell

Heavy rains throughout the cot ton belt has retarded cotton picking and considerably damaged the crop,
 Gov. Bliss, of Michigan, has ap- pointed Hon. R. A. Alger United States senator to fill the unexpired term of Hon. James McMillan, de- ceased.
 The establishment of additional rural free delivery routes will neces- sitate an additional expenditure for the next fiscal year of $5,126,40O over last year.
 Emile Zola, the noted French novelist, was found dead in his Par is home, his death being due to as- phyxiation resulting from the fumes from a stove in his room. r
 Theodore Smith and T. G. Fair, cloth, white, were hanged at Bron- son, Fla, September 30 for the murder of an aged couple, the crime having been committed just, one month from the date of their execu- hon.
 The steamship combine has been incorporated under the laws of New Jersey under the name of the Inter- national Navigation Company, with an authorized capital of $120,00O,- 900. In addition the company is authorized to issue $75,0OO,OOO in bonds.
 Southern and western bankers deny that any considerable sum has been furnished by Wall street Gnan- ciers to move the present crops. The southern and western bankers have simply. withdrawn their own money from the speculative market, to be used by local customers. The high rates recently demanded in Wall street are attributed to reckless spec ulation in stocks. The south's main crop, cotton, is cash one, hence there is no need to draw on any oth- CT part of the country for assistance in marketing it.
 Secretary of the Treasury Shaw has issued an order to the effect that national banks will not hereafter be required to carry reserve of 25 per cent. against government depos- its secured by government bonds. The treasury has on deposit with va rious banks scattered throughout the country, from Maine to Califor- mia and from Minnesota to New Or leans, in round numbers, $13O,OOO,- 900, against which they have hereto fore been compelled to hold, more than thirty millions of gold, or it's equivalent. This decision will re- lease that much reserve and ESQ., 100000 additional credit
 The democratic, state convention of New York nominated Hon. Bird s. Coler, of Brooklyn, for governor. The platform adopted declares Ii in substance against trusts, advocates placing theSnecessities of life on the free list, condemns the neglect of the national and state administra- tion to enforce the Sherman law and the Donnelly fstateslaw; fayors trade expansion, but objects to this country "aping England in trying to establish colonial governlnent;s condemns the action of the govern ment in its treatment of the Filipi- nos; demands justice for Cuba in the matter of trade by reducing the tariff to a strictly revenue basis de- mands public ownership of anthra- cite coal mines by the right of emi- nent domain and the payment of full damages to owhers, so as to en- sure peace in the mining regions and relieve the consumers; arraigns the state administration for extrav- agance in the administration of state affairs declares in favor of q 1,00O- ! ton barge canal; denounces the pres ent state excise laws and demands the return of all monies received to the county where collected sym pathizes with the Jews in Rouma- nia; favors the election of Unitei States senators by direct vote; con demns sthe national administration for trading judicial positions for state aid" sxxSa s|