Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-06-07

tendent of schools by the Missouri re-
publican state convention at Excelsior
Springs.
| DR.. Louis A. Weigel, the American
authority on the Roentgen Ray, died
at Rochester, N. Y, as the re suit of his
experimental work in that connection.
Sir Chentung Lang Chang, the Chi
nese minister in Washington, has ex-
pressed to Secretary of State Root the
Chinese governments deep apprecia-
| ton OF the kindness shown the Chi
nese during the recent catastrophe in
San Francisco.
Associate Justice Henry B. Brown,
of the United States supreme court,
whose retirement from the bench has
been announced, was the guest of hon
or at dinner given by the Bar Asso-
citation of the District of Columbia
President Roosevelt and Vice-Presi-
dent Fairbanks were among those pres.
emit
John |. Worthington, of Harrison
county, was nominated by the. Ar
kansas Republican state convention
for governor, thetcopvention refrain
| 'AS Il0lh AudfAIlS any ~ ObueT nominal
tions.
The San Francisco policy holders in
the defunct Traders Insurance Co.
have been invited to accept. 60 cents on
the dollar in full satisfaction of their
claims. The company had $5,167, 900
at risk in the burned district, with
only a capital of 100000, surplus of
| ST zoe 0GA and inc
of $1,300,0OO
King Alfonso XIII. of Spain and
Princess Ena of Battenberg (now
known as Queen Victoria) were mar
ried in Madrid, May 81, in the pres
ence of a brilliant assemblage at the
church of st. Jeronimo ell Real, : by
Cardinal Sancho, archbishop of Toledo
and Catholic primate of Spain. The
royal couple, at the close of the fes-
| tiyities, covering several days, will
spend their honeymoon in a rural ral-
ace.
AS the royal cortege was returning
from the wedding in Madrid, an at
| tempt was made to assassinate King
Alfonso and Queen Victoria by means
of bomb, concealed in a bouquet,
thrown at the royal carriage The
royal couple were unframed but 16
persons were killed and a number
wounded. One of the would-be regi-
cides was captured and another es-
capped.
The trials by court-martial of Ad-
mirals NebCgatoff, Gregorieff and
Smirnoff and subordinate unwounded
Russian naval officers for surrender
ing to the japanese in the battle of
the Sea of Japan, will be held this
month.
San Franciscans who are anxious to
go ahead with the restoration of their
buildings are complaining bitterly of
the diliatoriness of the underwriters
| in settling insurance claims and their
refusal to advance money on claims.
Michael Davitt, the well-known Irish
nationalist, passed away in Dublin,
after long and painful illness due to
necrosis of the jaw. Mrs. Davitt was
| lying seriously i'll at the time of her
husbands death.
The British battleshiD Montagu, one
| of the best vessels of the first class,
oll uCh Ou IuO IOChS 1I l1uhuy lolohu,
and according to latest reports is not
| likely to be relocated. She was said
! to be in danger of overturning in 80
| fathoms CT water. The crew were all
saved, but several were injured dur
! ing a temporary panic following her
| striking.
The Berlin Tagesblatt, commenting
on the American packing house reve-
| lations, says: This is a new form OF
| American peril European purchasers
| must now understand that death turks
in every can of ported meat imported
from America"
Torrential rains in Oregon and
| Washington sent the rivers out OF
their banks causing considerable de-
| struction of property and discomfort
| to people driven from their homes by
| high water.
| The revelations regarding the meat
packing industry in the United States
| have caused a great sensation in Lon
| don. The London newspapers praise
| the administration for probing the mat
| ter.
The term of the United State SUI
preme court, which began last October,
has closed, and the court stands adj
| journed until October 8. Official an
nouneement of the retirement of Mr..
JustiS Brown was made by Chief JUS
titB lfiler
Reports concerning the revolution in
tGuasemaIa are conflicting. Dispatches
/ BY way of the City of Mexico report it
progressing, with slight setback at
the city of Ocos, and others, by way OF
Panama signed by President Cabrera,
declare it already crushed
Fire. which threatened the entire
town of Stamford, Tex, was gotten I'M
der control after seven business houses
had been consumed, including the post
office, with all the records. Loss, $751;
900; insurance, $4,000.
Ri. Rev. Henry c. Potter, Episcopal
bishop of New York, was the guest or
honor ar q "PilqrimS' /" dinner in Lon