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Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
SHOT AND KILLED BY WIFE
Tragedy In the Family of Edward
Drogmund, n Musician, Mt
Kansas City, INas.

Kansas City, Mo = Edward
Drogmund, leader of the orchestra of
Kansas City (Kas.) theater, was shot
and killed here, Tuesday afternoon, at
81 East Seventeenth street, by his
wife, who fired two shots at him. The
couple had been separated. Tuesday,
Drogmund called on his wife while she
was visiting friend. They quarreled
and the woman shot her husband. He
died before any one reached him and
Mrs Drogmund fed. She was arrested
later.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
CURTIS JACKSON MUST DIE
The Negro Who Assaulted Mrs. Dan
Norman Near Poplar Bluff, Mo-,
Sentenced to Death.

Poplar Bluff, Mo. Curtis
Jackson, the 17year-old negro who as
saulted I:rs Gan Norman, near here,
three weeks ago, was convicted at a
special session of the Butler county
court Tuesday afternoon and sentenced
to hang March 90
The jury's verdict fixing the death
penalty was received with a tumult b.
the crowd in the courtroom.
The attack on Mrs. Norman was made
while she was walking on the railroad
after dark. She was found unconscious
and taken to physician on a hand car.
Jackson was arrested a few hours later.
Jackson will remain in the county
Jail at Poplar Bluff until executed, as
there is no fear of an attempt to lynch
him.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
RAILROADS STRIKE BACK
No More Cut Rates For Any One i'm
OhiO-NOthing But the Legal
TwO-Cent Fare.

Chicago,-All forms of trans
portation except the regular two cent
rate provided by law, will be cut off
by the railroads in Ohio. The decision
was reached at conference here of
passenger representatives of all rail-
roads with lines in that state. 1t was
agreed that by eliminating everything
except two cent fares the roads could
in measure recompense themselves for
the loss caused by the new rate law.
The action contemplated will deprive
Ohioans of all reduced transportation
for conventions; of the 1,000-mile book;
of all charity business and of all round
trip rates and clergyman rates.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
DR.. MINOR WANTED APOLOGY
That the Least Said About the
Matter the Better.

Washington, D. C. DR. Minor
Morris, whose wife some weeks ago
was elected from the White House.
where she had gone to present alleged
grievances to the president, Wednesday
gave out for publication the corre-
spondence which recently passed be-
tween himself and the president re-
garding the case.
DR.. Morris demanded public apology
of the PRESIDENT "for this outrage on
womanhood and common decency."
Secretary Lccb replied to the letter.
stating that an investigation by the
chief of police showed that the arrest
was justified, and that the kindest act
to Mrs. Morris and her kinsfolk was to
refrain from giving the case additional
publicity.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
EARLY AND LONG SPRING
That Is the Basis On Which the
Most of the Commercial Bust
ness Is Being Predicated.
Bradstreet's

New York. Bradstreet's
weekly review says:
Springlike weather stimulates job
bling distribution, inducing a larger
volume of house trade and also helping
retail business in spring and summer
fabrics. Crop preparations are going
forward actively, and at the south some
actual planting has been done Ship
ments on orders are heavier than ever
before, and no complaints Of freight
congestion are heard At practically
all points an early and long spring sea-
son is predicted. At the same time
there is an air of conservatism as to
the more distant future, due mainly to
the larger stocks Of winter goods car
ried over, and also because of the re-
cent heavy drop in raw cotton, making
buyers for next season cautious in plac-
ing orders. Like conditions are noted
in the leading industries. Iron and steel
production, while of unprecedented vol
ume, is largely for the first half of the
years requirements, far future orders
being of lighter volume.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
A Mail Order Marriage.

j. L. Green, business man of Hat
field, recently advertised for wife.
From the responses he selected that
of Miss Amelia Sutton of Ohio. 1t is
said that the largest crowd ever as
sembled at Hatfield was at the Kan
sas City Southern depot when the
bride-elect arrived. 1t was then the
couple met for the first time. They
were both pleased and within short
while after her arrival they were
united in marriage.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
PATTlSON HAS PARESES
OhiO's Governor In No Condition to
Transact business and Is Adj
Vised to Resign.

Columbus, Doctor E. J.
Wilson, physician in attendance upon
Gov. John NJ. Pattison, who, since his
Inauguration on January s, has been
confined to his home with an illness,
the exact nature of which has been
carefully kept secret, made the start
ling statement during habeas corpus
proceedings to effect the release Of
discharged federal prisoner held thera
on a warrant from Boston, that the
governor was incapable of sustained
attention on any subject and that he
was SO weakened in body and brain
that he could not pass on the requisi-
ton sought by the Massachusetts
authorities.
The requisition was later returned
with the governors signature sprawled
across the bottom at the place his Sec
rotary had designated with a pencil
mark.
A well-known alienist is authority
for the statement that the governor is
afflicted with paresis. This theory has
been patent to several well-informed
public officials for some time, dating
from the time a bill was returned to
the senate with the governors sigma
ture spread out diagonally over it's
face.
Il is persistently rumored that the
governors family and friends are try
ing to persuade him to resign and seek
recdperation at Hot Springs.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
Killed With a Baseball Bat.

While Walter Morgan mad Walter
Hickman, two negro boys about IL
years of age, were playing ball in Mar
lama recently they became involved
in dispute which led to fight, when
the Hickman boy struck the other on
the head with baseball bat, from the
effects of which he died soon after.
The town marshall arrested young
Hickman and left him in jail over
night, but on account of his youth he
was released the next morning and
will not be be prosecuted
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
Planters Meet.

A number of prominent planters Of
Pine Bluff and vicinity met at that
place last week and organized an asso-
citation. The chief object of this or
ganization is the importing of foreign
labor to assist in producing the crops
of that section of the state. 1t is
claimed that the present supply Of
farm laborers is entirely inadequate
to the demand. The planters will
probably advocate the passage of a
state law compelling laborers to carry
out contracts made with plantation
owners.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
HE DECLINES THE HONOR
President Mitchell of the Mine
Workers Declines n Democratic
Nomination for Congress.

New York. John Mitchell
president of the United Mine Workers
of America, received a telegram from
Peoria, III. in which he was
offered the democratic nomination for
congress to represent that district. Mr..
Mitchell Immediately replied to the
committee, then in session in Peoria,
declining the nomination. He stated
that he would not accept any political
Office while head of the mine workers.
Mr. Mitchell lives at Spring Valley, Ill
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
$500 Fire Loss.

The warehouse of the H. v. Bearley
Music Company, at Texarkana was
destroyed by fire, entailing total loss
of about $1,000. OF this sum $4,000
was on the building and $1,700 on
stock, which consisted of pianos, or
gans, etc. The total amount of insur-
ance is $4,000. The fire is believed to
have been of incendiary origin, as the
door of the warehouse was found open
when the fire was first discovered.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
New Guard.

President J. H. Wright of the Arkan-
sas Central has invented a cattle
guard for railroad crossings which is
said to possess extraordinary merit.
The guard contains revolving paddles
which catch the foot of the animal and
prevent it from crossing the track.
The animal can release it's foot by
backing, but cannot move forward.
Demonstrations of the model con-
structed will probably be made as
soon as any cattle apply for same.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
JOHANN BOCH.

soner. on trial for his life, had been
compelled to testify against himself
The court, however, denied the petition,
and the execution proceeded.
Hoch is said to have had fully SO
wives, and to have murdered IA of them.
Owing to the illness of Sheriff Bar
rett be was not able to take personal
charge of the execution. Chief Dep
uty Peters had all of the details under
his personal supervision.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
viii Build Railroad.

1t Is reported that the Panama Air
Line to be built by the Kansas City
and Gulf will be started as soon as
the right of way can be secured. The
road will be built from Beebe, Ark, to
Monroe, La. The leaders of the en-
terprise hope to have their surveyors
In the field by March 5.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
Loses His Foot.

VIM. Sunderman an employe at the
planer of Leidigh & Ravens at Mena,
met with a serious accident recently.
while working at the grading machine.
He was pulling a piece Of molding
from the machine, having his foot
braced against the edge of the ma
chine. His foot slipped and was
caught between the revolving blades.
cutting his right foot in two.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
HER SENTENCE COMMITTED
Ollie Roberts has Returned to ST.
Louis to Testify in Cases of
Police Grating

Jefferson City, Mo. Governor
Folk has committed the sentence OF
Ollie Roberts, of st. Louis, serving a
sentence of Is years on conviction OF
murder in the second degree, that she
may be used as witness in the prose
cution of charges Of graft in the ST.
Louis police department. She has de-
parted for st. Louis.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
JOS. WHEELER MEMORIAL
1t Is to BE Held in Atlanta, Ga.
March 26-President Roosevelt
To BE Invited.

Atlanta. Ga.-The local citizens
committee of arrangements having in
charge the memorial of Gen. Joseph
Wheeler has made it's plans to have the
memorial March 26, the day preceding
the gathering of the Blue and the Gray
A committee has been named to go to
Washington to invite President Roose-
welt to be present and make an address
on the occasion.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
Farmer Takes Morphine.

Burt Adams, farmer who lives
near Maynard committed suicide re-
Gently by taking an overdose of NOR
phine. After it was learned that he
had taken morphine aSphysician was
called, and every effort was made to
save him, but in vain. The taking Of
the drug is said to have been the re-
suit of long drunken spree.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
Small Pox Interferes.

When Circuit Court opened at Mon
ticello recently, Judge z. T. Wood i'm
paneled and instructed the Grand
Jury, which will investigate the jail
cases, but owing to the prevalence of
smallpox the general business of the
court will go over until September.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
OMAHA WOMEN lDNlGNANT
They Adopt Resolutions Protecting
Against the Verdict Acquit-
ting Pat Grove.

Omaha. Neb More than
400 of the most prominent women in
Omoha adopted resolutions protesting
against the verdict in the case of Pat
Grove, who was, last week, acquitted
of the charge of robbing E. A. Cudahy
of $25, 900 through the kidnapping of the
latter's son, five years ago. This is
said to be the preliminary to general
mass meeting of citizens to take sim
liar action.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
Mayor Suicides.

Charles H. Wilmans, mayor of New
port, prominent in state Democratic
politics and one of the best known
business men of Newport, died at his
home recently as the result of a pistol
shot wound inflicted with suicidal in
tent. The sad tragedy is said to have
been the result of nervousness and
bad health.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01

At a meeting of the Executive Com
mittee of the state. Christian Endeavor
Society it was decided to hold the an
nual convention at Little Rock during
the latter part of May or early in June.
The session will continue for three
days, and will be held on Friday, Sat
urday and Sunday The meetings will
be held in the representative hall of
the capitol building. ): s,3Fa
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
Small Pox at Bearden.

DR.. C. M. Morgan, who was sent by
the Camden Board of Health to inves-
tigate the smallpox situation at Bear
den, reports all the cases convalescent,
and thinks there is no danger of its
spread nor cause for quarantine meas
ures.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
Drunkenness Unpopular.

prohibit and punish drunkenness. 1t
provides that hereafter if any person
shall be found or seen drunk or in a
state of intoxication in any highway.
street, thoroughfare or public place.
he or she shall be deemed guilty of
misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be fined in any sum not toexceed
$685."
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
Greek slashed BY Filipino.

st. Louis, Mo.-valse Capore,
Greek, 50. is in the city hospital, and
may die. Florenzio Quinio, Filipi.
40, II, used razor on the Greek, cut
ting his throat The doctors believe
the Greek will die
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
Found Dead.

A few days ago man named Crews
was found dead with his throat cut on
the railroad track between Birkbeck
and Dobeyville. He had been working
on the Fort Smith and Gurdon Rail-
road and has brother in the bridge
department.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
Family Captured.

Samuel Willis, of Rich Mountain.
Polk county, while out hunting, ran
across a large black bear with three
small cubs, and after killing the moth
err captured the three young ones.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-03-01
To Build Canning Factory.

movement is on foot at Imboden
to organize canning factory with a
capital stock of $4,000. If established,
the plsnt will be in operation by
June /.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01
SCHEDULE
MENACEG BY PROF
Lawrence University Team Sees
It's Finish Unless President
Plantz Comes to Rescue. Al
Special to Ths ; ournsl.

Special to Thu :ournaI.
Appleton, Wis, June 80.-ProfessoR
>. ID: Farley, faculty member of the
board of control at Lawrence univer-
s1ty, may disrupt the Lawrence foot.
ball schedule unless President Plantz
overrnles the professor. It is his inten-
ton to have the faculty pass a rule
prohibiting a, Lawrence athletic team
from travelling on Sunday.
Manager Ernest Ingold saws lie thu
rule Is adopted it will disqualify his
team for every outside game it hss
scheduled. This will include the Unit
versity of Wisconsin, Beloit. North.
western Of WATERFOWL, Marquette ard
Ripon. From none Of the above places
can the team return before at least
l o'clock Sunday morning. An effort
Will be made to have DR.. Plantz over.
rule the, idea and it is thought that
ne Will look at it in different light
from Professor Farley.
Another rule which will no doubt bs
adopted is the limiting Of the sched-
ule to seven games. This will be a
faculty. ruling and not one Of the rules
adopted at the conference Of the presi.
dents of the minor colleges of illinois,
Wisconsin and Indiana.
With the schedule limited to seven
games it Is now complete and Ia az
follows: Sept. 80, st. Louis university
at Appleton; Oct 6, open; Oct, Is.
University of Wisconsin at Madison:
Oct. ID, Hamlin at Appleton; Oct. 27,
Belolt at Beloit; Nov. 8, Northwestern
at Watertown; Nov. 10, Marquette at
Milwaukee,; Nov. II, Ripon at Ripon.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01
FACTS ABOUT HORSE
RAGING IN AMERICA
Was Introduced BY English Cav.
alters in the Eighteenth
49,. -..' Century. a.

Horse racing. was introduced in
America by English cavaliers some time
early in the eighteenth century.
The English cavaliers imported race
horses OF Barbary, Arabian and Turk
lsh /, breed for the sport in America.
mile heats.
The first permanent race course was
the York course, laid out in Charleston,
S. c., about 1740. :" >
AS far as is known, no money prizes
were ever offered during the period of
the old York course, the reward Of the
winner being usually silver bowl, a
tankard, gold watch or saddle and
The first American Jockey club was
the South Carolina Jockey club, which
was organized in l791, and built the
new Washington race course at Charles
ton. I, - =,
The first subscription plate race in
New York was run in 1896, within a
stone g throw of the spot where the
old Astor house now stands. i
organized in the autumn Of 1899. It
was Incorporated Feb. 8, 1894.
The founders of the Jockey club
were: w. 2. Thompson, Perry Belmont,
James B. Haggin, William G. whitney,
James r. Keene, F. X. Sturgis, Colonel
o. II. Payne, John Hunter, DR.. Gideon,
.. Knapp, A. j. Cassatt and James
Galway.
The. jockey clubs now under the SUI
pervision of the Jockey club are: The;
Westchester Racing association, which
owns the Belmont track, the largest
race course in the world; the Coney.
Island Jockey club, which owns the
sSheepshead Bay track; the Brooklyn!
Jockey club, owning the: Gravesend
track; the Brighton Beach Jockey club.
owning the Brighton Beach track; the
metropolitan Jockey club, owning the
Jamaica track; the Saratoga Racing
association and the Washington Jockey
club in Washington, D. g, Il
The present chairman Of the board of;
stewards Of the Jockey club is August
Belmont. d
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01
PLANS! HEAVY BLOW I
At COAST BOXING
Reasons Why the A. "A. U. Is
After the Amateur
Boxers. ("
Journal Special Service,

b.
San Francisco, June 3O.-Joseph B.
McCabe, president of the American
Athletic union, has gone for tour
of the northwest. McCabe gave the
so.called amateur" boxing game an
other hard blow in the discussion of
that sport with officials of the Olympic
club, as well as the Pacific Athletic
association. In giving his version of
the boxing situation as he has found
it in this city McCabe said:
There are five clubs in San Fran
cisco that are fighting clubs; that is
to say, five clubs which 1 would call
athletic specialists and these five
fighting clubs. They are simply anna
teur clubs because city ordinance says
there can be only one professional prize
fight; each month, while amateur bouts
can be held any time, provided sane
tlon is obtained from the P. A. A.
Now the probabilities are that the
2. A. A. will remove boxing from its
lists OF approved sports, which means
that it cannot issue sanctions and that
this deplorable sport will be summarily
off,
McCabe said that he had no objection
whatever to professionals. What he
desired, however, is to keep amateurs
in a separate lane from professional
athletes. g..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01
ENGLAND BARS BALL It,.
PLAYERS FROM STATES
Ex-Leaguers Of America Will
Not Be Allowed to
Play.

London, June 30-Professional base.
ball players in the United States whose
usefulness as members Of the league
teams has ceased, will find no welcome
awaiting them in England should they
journey to- British soil in the expecta-
ton that the revival Of interest In the
Yankee game here will open a road to
employment.
Not only has the ban been placed on
the professional element, but American
amateurs as we'll are to be barred from
participation in the English club
matches. No one, In fact, who has
learned the game in Uncle Sam g coun.
try will be eligible to play on British
diamonds.
association, said T. A. M Mead aIs one on 'o of
the leaders in the movement to estab-
fish the game on a sound basis in Eng
land. For the present we will allow
Americans to catch, as there are few
EnRlishmen who have yet been able to
Ri ays tRis R Pc hdg but all other posi-
English players. 1T happens so often
that the game is battle between
pitchers that If we allowed certain
clubs to put Americans in the box the
game would soon develop into farce.
elf professional players from the
United States were permitted to play it
would, moreover, tend to lessen the in.
terest in the game among Englishmen.
The thirty-fve men In the league who
learned the game in America are work
ing hard to teach our men the fine
points. Of the game, but when their in.
struction is finished they will no longer
be seen in, the matches. -
Mr.: Mead is authority for the state.
ment that the present movement is at
tracting great interest and has every.
indication Of establishing the sport
firmly in England More spectators
have witnessed the few games already
played than have ever before been seen
at exhibition matches.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01
ARENA At C0LM|A HAS
BEEN TORN TO PIECES
Amphitheater Where Britt and
Nelson Fought Is Thing
of the Past. Ia

San francisco, Cal, June 3o.-Ths
lumber that was utilized for the al fros.
CO arena to accommodate the thousands
Of sports who witnessed the historic
Nelson-Britt contest at Colma on ad.
mission day of last year will now be
put TO an entirely different use. Up
to within a few days ago the manage.
ment Of the Colma club had allowed
the Enclosure to remain intact, except
away, Immediately after tie contest
fences were left in position, with the
expectation that they would come In
open:air championship eontestsN ShS
heavyweight, lightweight and heather.
weight. Arrangements were on foot to
hold battles on July 4, Labor Day and
Admission Day. The great conhaera-
ton, however, prevented the carrying
out Of these plans.
section, on the 18th Of April jolted .
what had been left in place has been
dismantled and the lumber win be
to rebuild SGreater San A Frs ~aa ee USED
While this spot was not the seem
Of q large number of wor1d-renowned
patties, such as were fought In the
M echanics, pavilion, and also In old
Woodward Pavilion, It viii always be
well remembered by the fight fans. be-
cause the only bout thnt was ever
fought with the ring pitched in the
center Of the inclosure was one Of
the most grueling Marquis Of Queens
two well-trained gladiators. Among
other things that will serve to Leen
Colma before the public, even If JIMMY
Coffroth should decide never agar Ii
pull off another fight in that locality.
are the moving pictures, the most real,
tstic reproduction Of any boxing con.
test ever taken,