Woodruff County news., 1906-06-28

city and many other attractions along | the water front were saved. Gov Pardee, of California, says that 300 Grand Army veterans lost | their homes in the San Francisco fire, and that it will require some gen | erous contributions to provide for their future.
 With noble ceremony King Haakon VII. and Queen Maud were invested with the crowns of Norway in the | ancient cathedral at Trondhjem, the first independent sovereigns of the Norsemen in 600 years A brilliant company witnessed the coronation. James Locke and John Wallace, prominent farmers, were held up and murdered on the road between Foss and Arapahoe, Okla, by a stranger, thought to be insane, who had hired Locke to drive him across the coun- try. the murderer was arrested at Foss.
 Rev. Charles Ferguson, pastor of All Souls Unitarian church of Kansas City, Mo, has been formally un- frocked as priest of the Episcopal church by Bishop E. R. Atwill of that city.
 Joseph B. Dyas, of Paris, H., was elected general high priest a the tri- annual convocation of the general grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the United States in Boston. Mrs. Petite Arnold, former act 'ess, has confessed that she shot and killed Frank L. Phelps at her home, n St. Louis who, she declares, en- deavored to force her to carry out suicide pact with her.
 c. A. Mccartney, a Pasadena (CaL0 contractor, has just passed through the experience of having his heart taken out and particles of sand, which became lodged on it through wound, washed from it, and still survives.
 Walter Sealaszhiciez, Pole, testi- Portland, Ore, that, about a month ago, plot was laid in that city, which fell through for lack of funds, to senG an emissary to Washington to assassinate President Roosevelt. The president and Mrs. Roosevelt were caught out riding in a severe electrical storm and were thoroughly 1renched when they returned to the White House.
 The. Burlington Railway Co. an nounces the completion of the positive block system over all of it's main lines, approximating 4,000 miles, thus making collisions almost impossible.
 A number of society women of Sioux Falls, s. D., met and deter mined that if Mrs. Kaufmann, charged with causing the death of her servant, Agnes Polreis, was allowed to occupy her home while in the custody of the sheriff awaiting trial in November next, tAey would dynamite tue Kauf- mann home. Mrs. Kaufman was placed in jail
 Clarence Osborn, aged four years, is the proud possessor of the bronze medal of the Massachusetts Humane society, awarded him for saving from drowning his cousin, Josie Mullen, six months younger than himself, at Win chester, Mass.
 The state of Nebraska lost it's last chance of recovering $500,000, the amount of the dedication of former State Treasurer Bartley, by the states bill of exceptions in the case being improperly certified to the state su- preme court.
 President Roosevelt sent message of sympathy to mass meeting of Jews in New York to protest against the recent massacres in Russia but pointed out how futile, in fact harm tul, would be any official interference on his part.
 Gen.. Dessimo, a noted Russian mil ftary officer who Is making tour of the United. States before returning home from. the far east, says another Chinese outbreak may be expected be- fore long-a patriotic movement to free China from foreign restrictions.
 The Dreyfus case is again on the carpet in Paris. The former captain of artillery is seeking the vindication of his honor as an officer and the off cial restoration of his name to the list of officers of the army.
 The famous Iron Mountain mine, in Missouri, after giving up $7,000,0O0 net to its stockholders, has ceased to be productive and the land will be used as stock farm.
 Dr. Elmer E. Brown, of the Univer- sity of California, has been named by President Roosevelt for commis- sioner of education, vice Dr. W. T. Harris, resigned.
 Gov. John M. Pattison, of Ohio, died at his home in Milford, a suburb of Cincinnati, on the evening of May Is, rather suddenly, as reports had been favorable during the day. He is sue ceeded by Lieut-Gov. Andrew l.. Har- ris, who took the oath of office before Judge Fisher, of the common pleas bench, at Eaton, O., his home. Freddie Muth, the seven-year-old Philadelphia boy, who was kidnapped from the Muhlenburg school. has been | T &T~t t,a ke Jtc