Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-05-10

req gross and government accounts.
King EGo yard Of Great Britain, while
in Paris dined with President Fallieres
and most of the French cabinet minis
ters.
Officials of the Russian and German
health departments met at Thorn, Prus-
sian Poland, and discussed plans for the
prevention of the spread of cholera.
Viscount Aoaki, first japanese am
bassador to the UnitSd States, has been
formally presented to the president.
Ambassador Whitelaw Reid, at Lon
don. emphatically denied the allegation
that the plans of the British battleship
Dreadnaught were stolen by an official
Of the British admiralty and sold to the
United States.
Nine cadets have been expelled from
the New Mexico military academy for
being involved in mutiny
The lepers of Molokai, Hawaii, in
mass meeting, adopted resolutions of
sympathy with the San Francisco suf-
ferers.
Maj. W. T. Bowder, a prominent citi-
zen of Memphis, Tenn, was shot from
ambush and instantly killed while walk
ing towards his home.
John Alexander Dowie is making lit
tie if any progress in regairing his foot
hold in Zion. The faithful" still stick
10 Voliva.
The machine house, sGl-cotton
house and dry cotton house of the
Iamotte powder works, near Ash
ourn, Mo, were destroyed by an ex-
olosion and two men killed and sew
eral injured.
The statue erected in honor of Fa-
her Sorin, founder of Notre Dame
(Ind) university, was unveiled with
great ceremony
Father Thomas Sherman, S. j.,
abandoned his march to the sea over
the route taken by his father, and re-
turned to Fort Oglethorpe with the
ascorting party. Father Sherman eX-
pressed regrets that his mission
should have been misunderstood
Although founded 70 years ago, Nc
Cormick theological seminary has
never had a president until Rev.
James G. X. Mcclure was recently
iuaugurated.
A tornado that struck northwest OF
Cannon Falls, Mimi, DESTROYED Il
number of farm buildings, but 70
lives were lost.
Corwin f.. Spencer, the well-known
st. Louis grain operator, died suddenly,
at the Planters hotel. in that city, fol-
lowing an attack of acute indigestion
The bankers of San Francisco have
all resumed business in temporary
quarters and report satisfactory bust
ness.
The relief supplies in San Francis
co are running low, and The country
is asked not to stay its land
The finance committee at San
Francisco find that they have knot>y
problem on hand to secure in a safe
and conservative manner the neces-
sary funds for rebuilding the city.
twenty-five charges OF illegal EN-
ployment of children are made
against ]. S. Murray, president of
Bentley, Murray e Co., printers OF
sporting score cards in Chicago.
The International Cotton conference
in Washington ended its sessions with
an understanding that it would reas-
semble next year if deemed necessary.
Rules for balng American cotton were
adopted.
An optimistic feeling prevails in San
Francisco that scouts the idea of hard
times following the great calamity. Es-
Inmates are made of large amounts of
money moving in the rehabilitation of
the city that will put hard times to
flight
Gov. Pennypacker of Pennsylvania
has issued a proclamation calling upon
all citizens to assist in the maintenance
of law and order and declaring that vi
Olence will not be tolerated
Great Britain is losing patience with
Turkey, and unless the latter's troops
are quickly withdrawn from Tabah is
likely to take some drastic action.
The various Russian political parties
are occupying the time pending the as
sembling of the parliament, May 10, in
celebrating their political programmes.
Congress having already declared, in
the Spooner act, in favor of lock
canal across the isthmus, is not likely to
bother itself with further legislation
determining the type Of canal to be con-
structed.
Huntington and Mansfield, in Sebas-
tian county, Arkansas. were visited by
violent wind and rain storm which
did a large amount of damage. Phe
streets of Huntington were flooded two
feet deep, and around Mansfield large
tracts Of timber were leveleG.
The belmont (Pa) national bank
and the Monongahela Valley bank OF
Duquesne, Pa, have been closed. The
president of the former, who was also
a vice-president of the latter, is inter
ested in a chain of amusement enter
prises.
Gov. Hoch of Kansas was renominat-
ed, despite the alleged kissing episode,
practically by acclamation.
Capt. Gwynn, who has been engaged
in locking up the dead in the burned