Woodruff County news., 1902-01-02

Gen. Alger, who has been serious ly ill the past four weeks, is said tc be out of immediate danger.
 Four white men were fatally wounded in a riot with negroes in New York City Christmas day.
 Secretary Gage has resigned the treasury portfolio and President Roosevelt has rendered the position to Gov. Leslie M. Shaw, of Iowa.
 The steamer Sun burned at the wharf in Memphis Christmas morn- ing and four lives were lost. The dead are D. N. Rainor and wife, from Old River, Ark; Mrs. G. M. limbs and child, Richardson, Tenn. The fire was discovered at 4:10 a. m., and spread with such rapidity that the steamer was a mass of flames when the department re- sponded to the alarm.
 Secretary Long has disposed of the Schley case for good so far as the navy department is concerned He approves of the findings of the whole court, and of the majority re- port where it differs with the mi nority report made by Admiral Dew ey. The secretary has also declined the application of Admiral Samp- sons counsel to enter upon an in- quiry into the question of command, and notified Admiral Schley's coun- sel of that fact as a reason for de- clining to hear them on that point.
 A dispatch says: The Ital- ian government has been renewing it's efforts of late with the authori- ties in Washington to have our fed eral statutes so extended as to pro- tect foreigners in cases arising with in the jurisdiction of states, thus l giving a federal remedy for lynch ings and like affairs directed against Italians, such as have occurred in Louisiana, Colorado and Mississippi The Italian ambassador at Washing ton is endeavoring to secure this protection for subjects of his gov ernment through treaty amendment
 The preliminary report of the in- terstate commerce commission on the income account of the railways in the United States for the year ended July 30, 1901, shows returns of railway companies operating 192,- 193 miles of line. The passenger earnings of these railways were $426,909,210 and the freight earn ings $1,114, 4,740,770 The tota! gross earnings were $1,579, ,164, ,205, or $0,211 per mile of line, against $1, ,4S7, ,044,S14 in 1900. Operating expenses amounted to $1,023, 156,- 2S1, or $5,323 per mile of line, making net earnings $555, 5,007, ,924 or $35, ,577,21S in excess of the fiscal year 1900 The amount of divi- dends declared during the year was $121,1OS, ,637, or $13,00O,00O,O00 more than for the same roads in 1900. The surplus from operations was $77,744,735. The complete re- port for the preceding year showed surplus of $S7 ,657,933.
 By order of the president, Secre- tary Root sent to Lieut-Gen. Miles a caustic rebuke for expressing pro- Schley opinion as to the result ot the court of inquiry. In his reply to the secretary for an explanation of his conduct, Gen. Miles, in part said: "I have the honor to state that my observations as substantially re- ported had no reference to the ac- tion, pending or otherwise, of a CO., ordinate branch of the service; they were merely my personal views, based upon matters set forth in va- rious publications which had been given to the world and concerning which I conceive there was no im- propriety in expressing an opinion the same as any other citizen upon a matter of such public interest. y | The president took the stand that an officer has not the same right as any I other citizen to express publicly an opinion regarding official questions pending in the course of military discipline. Following the publica- l ton of the Miles reprimand, Secre- | tarv Of tho Navy T,On0 called for