Woodruff County news., 1902-04-03

ucUlNe career III tn army Mafch go by reason of having reached the age limit.
 Frank Hartman, a farmer, was shot and killed. his wife fatally wounded and his daughter seriously injured by unknown outlaws at their home near Noble, Ok
 The trials arising from the embez- clement of Cuban postal funds have resulted in the following sentences c. F. W. Neeley, ten years impris- onment and to pay a fine of $56,- T01. W. H. Reeves, ten years im- prlsonment and to pay a fine Of $35, ,156 Estes G. Rathbone, ten years imprisonment and to pay a fine of $35,324.
 Secretary Root has made public his order to Gen. Wood, directing him to turn over the control and government of Cuba to its people on May 20 next The order requires the Cuban government to assume all treaty obligations, and directs Gen. Wood to continue a small artillery force to avoid leaving the island en- tirely defenseless until the Cuban government shall have opportunity to organize its own force. Gen. | Wood is also directed to convene the Cuban congress before May 20. He is also directed to consult with Pres | ident-elect Palma and substitute such persons as he shall desire for those now holding official positions in Cuba
 l Cecil Rhodes, the South African millionaire, is dead Rhodes had been in poor health since the early days of the South African war, when he was in danger of falling into the hands of his enemies, the 1 Boers, who held him to be largely responsible for 1t. During the period when Kimberly was in danger of being captured it was generally believed that one of the Boers' first acts in the event of the city,s fall would be to put Rhodes to death The mental strain upon the man who was known as Africa uncrowned king" was re- sponsible for the breaking down of his health, from which he never re- covered.
 A special commission of medical officers of the marine hospital ser vice, appointed to investigate the origin and prevalence of leprosy in the United States, report the eX- istence of 27S known cases, as fol- lows: Alabama, 1 :; California, A :; Florida, 24 Georgia, 1; Illinois, 5 :; Iowa, 1 Louisiana, 155; Maryland, l.; Massachusetts, 3; Minnesota, 20; Mississippi, 5; Missouri, 5; l Montana, 1 Nevada, 1; New York, z; North Dakota, Is; Oregon, L.; Pennsylvania, 1 South Dakota, 1; :; Texas, 3; Wisconsin, 3. Of the to- tai known number, 176 are males and 102 females; 145 American born. 120 foreign born and the remainder uncertain. The commission recom- mends the establishment of feder- al retreat for lepers, and expresses the opinion that it should be in the arid southwest or in a similar region farther north, or on an island in the gulf of Mexico or on the Pacific coast.
 The comparative statement of tn commerce of the Philippine island for the nine months ended Septem- Der 30, 1901 and 1900, shows: The total value of merchandise import ed during the nine months was $21,S1S,212, against $111S7,991 for the corresponding period of 1900, and the exports of merchan- disc amounted to $1S,S66, ,79s. against $11,883,20o for 1900. These figures show an increase of 27 per cent for the imports and per cent for the exports during the nine months. Gold and silver were inl- ported during the nine months of 1901 to the value of $2,OS2,6 ,644, same period of 1900 $2,363, ,291; ex- ported during the 1901 period $736,- l l6f, corresponding period of 1900 | x) o0C S0- fTba va 1,,a of ,.,o,obo,,