Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17

eXas, political alliance has been formed between the National Farm ers' Union and the American Feder- ation of Labor. It was at the sug- gestlon of Gompers, 1t is said, that the Farmers Union, at its national convention last week at Fort Worth, adopted resolution including the following. '.Resolved, That na- tional Legislative Committee be created for the purpose of further ing such legislation that will protect and promote the rights and interests ot the farmers, and to prevent the enactment of legislation inimical to our interests. Resolved, That this convention of the Farmers Educa- tlonal and Cooperative Union of America hereby instruct it's officers and Legislative Committee to co-op- crate with the American Federation of Labor along economic and other lines of mutual benefit and advant- age"
 A great new nation is forming in Siberia, One of the most gigantic migrations in history has been pro- ceeding so quietly that the world generally has not noticed the move ment During the last 12 months more than 50,000 Russians have gone to Siberia, a number equal to half the number of immigrants the Uni ted States received during that peri cd from the whole earth Prince Vassiltchikoff, minister of agricul- ture, has furnished the Douma with the figures of the migration across the Ural mountains. For several years before 1906 it was 60,000 an- nually; in 1906 it was 190,000; in 1907 it was 100000. In the first three months of this year it was 420,- 900, comprised in 10000 families.
 On the border between Tennessee and Kentucky, there has been mus tered into service company of mili- tia which is the advance outpost to head off night riders who might come into Kentucky from Tennessee. The new company, to which equipment was issued last week, is located at Columbus, Ky, eighteen miles from Hickman. and contains the full ros- ter. The officers are Captain, A. J. Hess: first lieutenant H. Pearson; second lieutenant, T. J. Jordan.
 An extra session of Congress will certainly be he'd this winter, im- mediately upon the adjournment of the regular session on March 1. This was the statement made here Satur- day by Senator McCumber of North Dakota, who had gone just to Wash ington, after a conference with the president and MT. Taft, held on this subject at Oyster Bay Not only will the extra session be held, the senator says, but the tariff will be revised.
 Because John Christman, aged 40, of $500 Chouteau avenue, St. Louis, tied a rock to himself and jumped into the Mississippi River. the po- lice locked him up on charge of disorderly conduct. Christman says he was Respondent because he had failed to obtain better job. He was boating Monday near ferry barge north of the Eads Bridge. on the east shore, when he received the idea of drowning himself.
 Unprecedented in the legal annals of Massachusetts is the defense which is to be set up when Chester Jordan of Someryille is brought to trial for the murder of his wife, Honora, in their home on the upper flat house in Medford street of that city. h. sanity, emotional insanity, brought on Jordan through the constant nag ging of Jordan's wife, will be plead el and testified to by witnesses in his behalf.
 Victor c. Bloede, president of the Victor G. Bloede Company of Bal timore, jointly indicted with Ed win VanDyck, former ink expert of the Bureau of Engraving and Print ing in Washington, pleaded guilty to paying VanDyck $24,oOo in com- missions of 10 cents pound on con- tracts for supplying the government with ink, and was fined $5,o00, which was immediately paid.