Woodruff County news., 1902-07-17
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

his residence for the summer at Oyter Bay.
 The Louisiana legislature passed a bill appropriating $100,O00 for an exhibit at the St. Louis exposi ton.
 Heavy rains in Eastern Nebraska and Western Iowa damaged crops and destroyed thousands of dollars in property.
 Ten thousand delegates attended the annual convention of the Bap- list Young Peoples Union, held at Providence, R. l., last week.
 The life of Sam Woodley, colored, convicted of assault on a white girl, was spared by Gov. Savers, of Texas, because the criminal is but seven teen years of age. He will pay the penalty of his heinous crime by serving a life sentence in the peni-
 
 tentiary.
 Nine thousand freight handlers of Chicago went on strike on the 8th inst. for an increase of wages and recognition by the railroads of their union. Practically every railroad entering Chicago was affected, and much inconvenience and great fnan- cial loss is the result.
 Susan Frazier, 10 years old, was arrested at Paducah, Ky, charged with the murder of her uncle, George James. The child, it is claimed, saw her uncle beating his wife, and, obtaining pistol, shot him in the stomach, inficting a wound causing his death shortly afterward.
 There is considerable speculation in the army as to the probable sue cessor of Lieut.. Gen. Miles, who re- tires by reason of age August 8, 1903, but it is not generally known that the duties of the office of com manding general are now largely performed by Gen. s. B. M. Young, the president of the war college. It Is an open secret in the war depart ment that Gen. Miles is command ing general in name only. His name appears on office orders and routine papers pass through his office, but when advice is desired by the secretary of war on matters af- feeting the army Gen. Young is al ways called into consultation. It is definitely known that when Gen. Miles retires, either by reason of age a year from now or by order of the president, Gen. Young will be named as his successor, but as Gen. Young retires for age January 9, 1904. he will have but few months to serve, and the real interest centers in a successor to Gen. Young. The contest is between Corbin, Chaffee, Bates, McArthur and Wade.
 On the recommendation of the Mississippi commission, Gen. Gil lespie, chief of engineers, has made the following allotments from the appropriation, aggregating $2,200,- 900 for the improvement of the Mississippi river from the head of the passes to the mouth of the Ohio river, under the act of June 13, 1909: For levees, $1,000,000; sur veys, gauges and observations, $69,- GOO; dredges and dregging, $295,- 900; improving harbors, New Orleans, Memphis, Natchez, Vidalia, La; Helena, Ark; Charlottesville, Mo, and Greeneville, Miss. $215,- 900; Atchafalaya and Red rivers, $15,000; 1st and 2d districts, $200, GOO; Sd district, $205, ,000; 4th dis trict, $1s6,ooo; Mississippi river commission, $10,500, leaving un- allotted, $4,500, The allotment of S1,000,000 for levees is to be dis trlbuted as follows: For lower 1azoo district, $291, ,o00; upper Yazoo dis trlct $70,000; lower St Francis dis trict, $125,000; upper Tensas dis trict, $112, 800; lower Tensas dis trict, S110,000; Pontchartrain dis trict, $101, 800; Reel Foot district, $2O,000; White river district, $9O,- 900; Atchafalaya district, $40,oo0; La Fourche district, $20,000; Bara- traria district, $1O,O00; Lake Borgna 0lcfr,of c1n QOn