Woodruff County news., 1908-09-24

| A. A. U. are considering severing | athletic relations with the A. A. U. of England. Longboat had been declared professional by the A. A. U. of this country but the English A. A. U. paid no attention to the ruling. The matter will be considered at meeting of the board of governors to be held in November.
 Attempts to settle the estate of John i F. Wollensak, formerly wealthy l hardware merchant of Chicago, but for years believed to be dead resulted ln the discovery that he is alive and has amassed another fortune in a small town in California, where he has lived, keeping his identity secret from his relatives and friends.
 Invitations were sent out to labor | organizations all over the country to participate in the second national convention of the unemployed to be l held in New York city, beginning on Sept. 25, and continuing until Oct. 2 Behind the movement are J. Eada How of St. Louis, chairman, and | Alexander Law, secretary.
 While guest of Col. Chas. Edward Warde, M. P, at Teston Eng, Maj. Gen. Edward Luard, retired, whose wife was shot and killed mysterousIy near London, Aug. 24, died by throw ing himself beneath the wheels Of 3 moving train.
 About 40 men were overcome by smoke at fire which ragged all night in Swift & Co.'S, packing plant in South St. Joseph. All will recover ex. cept Alex Mason, foreman of the South St. Joseph hose company and George A. Heaston, a hoseman. Their condition is critical. Among those overcome were General Manager Wal Ter of the plant, and Fire Chief Pat Kane
 When negroes attempted to lynch Isaac Young, a member of their race, at Hattiesburg, Miss, for attempting to attack negro girl, white men in | terfered and saved Youngs life.
 W. M Parker, Jackson county, l charged with assault to kill and sent enced to the penitentiary for one year went to Little Rock, unattended by an officer taking a petition for pardon and a commitment to prison Gov. Pindall granted a 40 days reprieve and Parker returned home. Parker shot Grif Gay, but claims he was pro- tecting his family.
 Rev John Tomaszewski, priest of All Saints Polish Catholic Qndepen- dent) Cathedral, Chicago, was beaten and stabbed by an unidentified man. The attack was made while the priest sat studying his Bible in the quiet of ing the cathedral.
 The restoration of corporal punish ment is the cure for the frat" evil as it exists in public high schools ac- cording to President Schneider of the Chicago school board. Schneider says the school board could restore punish ment, as there is no state law forbid ding it, but he does not believe it will be done.
 The department of justice is ad vised of the capture of between thirty and forty seal poaching Japanese boats and two schooners, the Sakali and the Pinzai Maru, within the three. Claiming that the evidence before the grand jury, which indicted their clients for subornation of perjury in connection with the Frank J. Gould divorce, was fraudulent, counsel for Mrs. Ben Teal, Harry L. Mousely and Miss Margaret Fleming obtained an order from Judge Grain of tsle court of general sessions for leave 10 in spect the minutes of the grand jury
 A great new nation is formed in Siberia. One ct the most gigantic migrations in history has been pro ceeding so quickly that the world gen erally has not noticed it. During the past twelve months over 500,C00 Rus sians have gone to Sibera or equally half the number of inhabitants Of tho United States received during thaJ period from the whole earth.
 An attempt to take the lie or Governor Fort, of New Jersey by means of an internal machine has been frustrated by the postal authorities. The machine, loaded with deadly ex plosives, was mailed to the New Jersey executive, but was intercepted by the postal inspectors, who opened it anf prevented what might have been tragedy.
 By the will of the late Miss ElizabetE could who was first cousin of Jay Could, the old Gould homestead at Fairfield, Conn, will become resting place for self-supporting women. With the homestead which is valued at S15, 900 there is an endowment of $100,000 to $2 v,pd0 for maintenance. Miss Gould died a few weeks ago at her home in Fairfield.
 One of the most important steps re gently taken in the development ot <>F IA ai, will