Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-05-03

remaining half an hour. She was &C.
companied by her SON, Gladstone Dowie.
bat the latter did not see his father.
The purpose Of the visit has not trans.
pired
1t transpires that on the day of the
earthquake in California IA men were
killed at Iona Preta ten miles from
santa Cruz, Cal, by the crushing of a
SaWmllle by a landslide following the
quake. The court house at Santa Cruz
was SO badly shaken that it will have
to be razed
Mrs. Abbie Adams, national president
Of the Womap's RELIEF corps, has is
sued circular letter to all departments
In the United States, calling upcn them
to adopt measures for the speedy relief
OF San Francisco veterans and their
families
The $4,000 rendered by the empress
dowager of China and $4,000 raised by
charity in Hong Kong for the San
Francisco sufferers, has been courteous
~ declined by the state department at
Washington, and may be sent direct to
King Peter Of Servia was thrown
from his horse, injuring his ankle.
The battleship Missouri won first
prize for the best all-round shooting IN
the recent target practice by the At
lantic fleet.
The British steamer Havana was
sunk in Halifax IN. S. harbor by the
steamer Strathcona. The captain and
seven men on the Havana were saved
The Suez canal authorities are pre-
pairing pockets wherein the dry dock
Dewey can ley up nights during her
passage through the canal, so as not to
entirely obstruct the passage of other
shipping during the six days necessary
10 traverse, the canal.
The town of Bellevue, Tex, is re-
ported to have been entirely destroyed
by tornado, and at last account fire
was consuming the wreckage. Bellevue
was town of 500 inhabitants. The
towns of Stoneburg, Hamilton and Hico
also suffered severely. The loss of life
was quite heavy.
A bill has been introduced in con-
gress to apply $1,000,000 of the Chi
nese indemnity fund to the purchase
Of ground wherein to erect buildings
for our consular offices in China, Korea
and Japan.
The mikado of japan has donated
100000 for the relief of the San Fran
cisco sufferers, and the leading business
men of Toxic and Osaka have contrib
uted a like sum.
The distribution of food in the city
Of San Francisco has been formally
turned over to the United States army,
which will do the work along systemat-
c lines.
Hon. Leslie NJ. Shaw, secretary Of the
treasury, paid his promised visit to st.
Louis ard received a cordial welcome.
He addressed large audience in Music
hall on the tariff question and political
conditions in Missouri
The next annual reunion of the Unit.
ed Confederate veterans will be held in
Richmond, Va.
About 10000 men who wore the gray
assembled at New Orleans and partici-
pated in the sixteenth annual reunion of
the United Confederate Veterans.
Lieut.. teen. Stephen D. Lee, the COM
mander-in-chief, was given a great ova'
tion. Gen. J. B. CAN'T, of Missouri, was
the orator of the day. The adjutant
generals report shows the organization
to be in good condition.
On the afternoon of the 25th inst, an
other earthquake shock, of nearly q
minutes duration, was experienced at
San Francisco. Many walls of burned
structures badly shaken up. The actual
damage is slight. One death is known
to have resulted.
Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco com
plains that some of the young national
guardsmen on duty there are altogether
too quickson the trigger.
Now that the citizens Of San Fran
cisco have thoroughly organized,
President Roosevelt has modified his
previous proclamation and advises that
relief contribution be forwarded to the
finance committees headed by former
Mayor James d. Phelan, of San Fran
cisco, instead of to the American Red
Cross. The latter organization will CO.
operate with the San Francisco COM
mittse in relief work
Involuntary proceedings in bank
ruptcy have been started in the federal
court, in Chicago, against John Alex
ander Bowie, which promise to present
some knotty legal points for untangle-
ment.
William A. Harris, of Lindon, for
governor, and a full state ticket was
nominated by the democrats of Kansas
in convention at Topeka. Harris, who
was a confederate soldier in the civil
war, was formerly United States SEN
ator.
Twenty-one antitrust suits have been
filed in the twenty-sixth district court
Of Texas by the state, as result of re-
cent investigation, involving penalties
aggregating $17,000,O00
The first division of Gen. French's
army corps, in cantonment at Alder
shot, England has been instructed to