Woodruff County news., 1908-10-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE LATEST NEWS OF THE
 WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Ma tion. and Particularly from the
 Great Southwest.

bnen burned to Q6aCn, WueH Ihe u oAh which was carrying 300 persons flee ing from the fire which destroyed the town of Metz, ran into burned out culvert was overturned and destroyed by the encircling forest fires. Art Lee tbe fireman. sought safety in the water tank on the engine and was literally boiled to death. William Barrett, the brakeman, died on the engine, and the charred remains of John NoWickis, Jr, were found in the road crossing the track just ahead of the engine.
 Japan and China, it is announced have reached a basis of settlement or the difficulty arising out of the recent clash between the Japanese garrison at Kantao. northern Korea, and a company of Chinese marauders. Japan made a formal protest that the Chinese war office refused permission to the garrison soldiers to pursue the Chinese across the border. The basis of settlement was not made public, but it is said the matter will be amic- ably adjusted
 The English court of appeals has found that the fire which swept the business portion of Kingstown Jan. IA of last year, the day of the great earthquake, was not caused by the earthquake, but preceded it. The in surance companies will therefore, have to pay, several million dollars to Kinkstown policy holders.
 May Yohe, formerly Lady Francis Hope, is living quietly in Portland, Ore, to establish residence before be- ginning proceedings for divorce from Bradlee Putnam Strong, here latest husband If the proceedings are sue cesful she will marry wealthy resi- dent of British Columbia it is said, whose name she will not divulge.
 Fire in South Chicago destroyed the International salt docks, with two sheds loaded with salt burned the of flee of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern (belt hne) railroad and 35 empty freight cars on it's tracks, threatened the Calumet elevator "C" and imperil- ed two grain vessels, the Admiral and George Stone, causing a total loss of between $700,000 and $S00,000.
 Senator Gore has appointed Samuel Houston grandson of the Texas hero, and Henry Watterson Jr., grandson or the noted editor, as cadets to West Point from Oklahoma
 TWenty-three persons were killed or mortally wounded and 40 were seri- ously hurt in a riot at Azambuja, be- tween the Monarchists and Republi- cans, during the municipal election primaries.
 Commanding him to produce Harry K. Thaw in Pittsburg forthwith, United States marshal, served the writ of a Federal court upon Dr. Lamb, superintendent of the Mat teawan asylum.
 The Texas Railroad commission does not believe that the Interstate Commerce commission. or any other Federal body, can compel Texans to submit to riding in the same Pullman sleeping cars with negroes.
 Eight bricks, much resembling so many loaves of bread for size, piled up on the table in the First National Bank were among the sights delight Ing the eyes of hundreds of delegates to the National Convention of Bankers who visited Colorado Springs last week. The gold came from the great Portland mine, Cripple Creek, which has produced $25,OOO,0OO and paid SS'000,0O0 in dividends, and resulted rom ten days cleanup at the Port land mill, West Colorado Springs The weight is 300 pounds and the value $150,0OO.
 The story is current in high society circles in Rome that Miss Katherine Elkins, the American heiress, whose engagement to the Duke of the Ab- ruzzl, cousin of King Emmanuel, has tilted her royal suitor One rumor is that Miss Elkins has refused to change her religion which would be necessary in case she became the bride of the Duke
 Reports from the International race say the Spanish balloon Mantana, ex- pioded over Mestzendorff, SaXony, While at height of GOOD feet. The car and the rigging shot toward the earth, but when within 1000 feet of the ground the ripped envelope form ca In the shape of parachute and the speed was checked. The occupants of the basket alighted without injury.
 One man is dying and more than a uozen others were injured in abattle between Sheriff Jones of Macoupin county H., aided by four officials, on one side, and four car loads of minors oh the other, at the Interurban depot at Carlinville, III.