Woodruff County news., 1906-11-29
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 A severe earthquake is reported in German New Guineau in the Soutt Seas which caused great loss of life tidal wave swept the low-lying coast of the islands, leaving hardly native hut standing.
 James H. Delaney, a Chicago and New York business man, was found z dead in a boarding house in Chicago with bullet hole through the back of the head, and near by was his wife also dead, having been shot in the mouth. The theory is that the woman killed her husband and then shot her self. She was stage-struck, and the police say consorted with other men The impression in grain centers is that the northwestern spring wheat crop has been overestimated. Bradstreet says the coming holiday trade will be a record-breaker. Shipments of wheat from Argentina prove larger than estimated. The release of gold by the Bank of France to the Bank of England has caused a business boom in Lon don and throughout England. The rise in cotton goods and the delayed deliveries are due to the fact, it is said, that wholesalers made no effort to provide for requirements un- til it became evident that no conces- sion in prices could be secured, and tse manufacturers now control the situation.
 Joseph F. Smith, president of the Mormon church appeared in the dis trict court at Salt Lake City, Utah, pleaded guilty to a charge of unlaw- ful cohabitation and fine of $500 was imposed. The complaint was based upon the fact that on May 21 last President Smiths forty-third child was born to Mary T. Schwartz Smith, the Mormon presidents fifth wife, at her home in Salt Lake City. Executive officers of western roads met in Chicago and resolved to con tinue to issue pases to members of tinue to issue passes to members of w. s. Harlan, manager of the Jack son Lumber Co.,, was found guilty of peonage at Pensacola, Fla. Royal s. Soper, for many years pub
 fisher of the Elmira (N. Y) Gazette,
 dropped dead at his home of heart dis ease.
 Because strikers and strike sympa-
 tnlzers ran strike-breakers out of
 town, and paraded and stoned street tho Of Go
 called for government troops. They arrived in few hours, and order was
 restored.
 Mayor Eugene Schmitz of San
 francisco, upon his arrival from Flu rope, declared political enemies were
 responsible for his indictment
 During the past fiscal year 220,O2G
 miles Of railway in the United States
 earned $2,319, ,76O,O30. After all ex-
 penses and betterments, etc, were
 pald the net earnings were $7S7,597,- o'I, being $3,5SO per mile.
 At a session of the National Acad-
 emy of Science in Boston,, Dr. Alex ,uranam Bell, of Washington, ex-
 pressed the opinion that the problem
 oi night had been solved by Langley and his flying machine.
 omhuahua, Mexico, has been visited oy heayy rains, in some places eight
 to ten inches. Snow is almost un-
 known there
 VI, secretary of the Treasury Shaw and
 "nt' J. Bryan were cheered by thou
 o'nds at the Transmississippi Com
 nelclal congress at Kansas City, Mo.
 MT Bryan objected to subsidies for
 steamship lines, as urged by Secre-
 ,afy Root. He said that MT. Root and
 MT. Shaw were the two greatest men
 m Roosevelt's cabinet.
 me official count ousts the negro
 'aoge, Ferdinand l.. Barnett, of Chi
 Iaso and seats Thomas B. Lantry
 Aanlfy is a democrat.
 Late news from Austin, Tex, as-
 serlS that there is no foundation for
 w ,ne report that H. Clay Pierce, of the
 "a'efs-Pierce Oil Go. had been in
 aicted there for perjury.
 nree unions of cotton mill operat-
 a's at Fall River, Mass, have voted
 y, s'iihe II their demand for an ad-
 oa ance or ID per cent in wages is not complied with.
 .t M Norfolk, Va, ten thousand
 sul'oo torpedoes exploded in a
 nba Oae' wrecking it. A negro porter,
 .a" no was packing torpedoes for stor-
 Sse wa, uhtil Christmas. was blown half lv <, across the street, and was slight
 eo au interview at Kansas City, Mo, secretary of State Root is quoted as
 caa. ne that MT. Roosevelt will not ac-
 thp p' renomination if rendered by
 os, iepunlicans. When MT. Root was
 Sa;S neu Ill II ne was candidate, MT. Root
 hea am not a candidate and won't