Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-20


easy to get all the "joy juice" one
wants in Atlanta.
Burglars entered the residence of J.
V. Turner, merchant of North Little
Rock, Ark. chloroformed the entire
family, ransacked the house. and took
$500 worth of jewelry The burglars
prepared and ate lunch in the dining
room.
A trial separation, not a trial
marriage" but under the sanction of
the church, nevertheless, is a sensa-
ton that has completely upset the
poise of society in the village of
Dobbs Ferry, Va.
Judge Taft had a fall from his
horse and narrowly escaped serious
injury, if not death. He was riding
down a mountain road some four
miles from the hotel at Hot Springs
when the horses knees gave way
, and Taft was pitched to the ground.
st. Joseph, Mo, was chosen as the
meeting place of the next annual con-
ventiOn of the International Typo
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Joseph, 179; Minneapolis, ST. Seattle,
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Commissioner Leupp of the Indian
bureau is preparing to investigate the
effect of the maguey flower upon
health when eaten. This is the plant
from which MeXicans make the drink
called mescal.
Insanely jealous, Levi Fannon. a
| farmer who lived 20 miles south OF
Lebanon, o., shot his wife. who is now
dying; crushed the skull of his 15
year-old daughter, and then killed
himself
The constant efforts Of women pas
| sengers to find out if their hats are
on straight, have caused the mana
gers of buildings in Chicago to think
| seriously of removing mirrors from
all elevators.
The Grand Trunk flyer, coming into
Detroit by way of Port Huron, struck
| a street car, cut it in two, killed one
and fatally injured five others.
The efforts of the earl of Yarmouth
| to have reopened the divorce decree
| obtained by his wife, formerly Miss
| Alice Thaw of Pittsburg, in order that
he might effect more advantageous
financial arrangement, were defeated
| by Justice Eve, who made absolute
| the decree of year ago. The action
| of the justice absolutely cuts off fur
Their negotiations.
Harry X. Thaw was formally ad
| judged a bankrupt by Referee in
Bankruptcy William R. Blair This
action was not expected until Aug.
81, the date fixed by William T. Lind
sey, clerk of the United States dis
trict court. in his order referring the
proceedings to Referee Blair in the
absence of judge of district court
Mrs. Alice Webb Duke former wife
of Brodie l.. Luke, multi-milllonaire to-
! bacco king, was found guilty by jury
of obtaining money from the Great
Northern Hotel Co. of Chicago by
means of fraudulent bank checks.
The extreme penalty for the crime is
a fine of $4,000 and imprisonment in
the county jail for one year.
A gigantic public utilities corpora
ton to supply light, heat and power
to a score or more of cities and towns
in Northern Indiana and Ohio has
been formed with capital sock Of
| $4,500,000.
According to a dispatch received at
the state department from William
f. Doty, United States consul at Tab
riz, Persia, the American flag flying
over the consulate at That place was
shot away by the loyalist forces and
man was wounded Immediately in
front of the door of the consulate.
What politicians believe is the be-
| ginning of sweeping reaction against
| the inroads of prohibition in Ohio Is
presaged in the defeat for renomina-
ton of State Senators Drake end w.
E. Atwell
| For torturing his beautiful young
wife until she went insane and so
mistreating his infant child that it is
feared the little one can not live,
| Count Margalho of the old Portuguese
| nODlllty mas Deeu DdulSueu III uiS
grace from King Manuefs court and
deprived of the high office he held I'M
! der the late King Carlos.
| Chicago has a population of 2,425,-
900. according to an estimate of the
| publishers of the city directory This
is an increase of $4,000 over the popu
lation of 1907 and is based On the u.
| S. census of 1900. The school board
census puts the population at 2.140,
900.
For the purpose of fighting the in
creased freight rates in southwestern
territory, Senator Culberson, Attorney
| General Pollard and State Commits
sioner Mayfield, all of Texas, and Com
missioner Love of Oklahoma, have
prepared voluminous complaint,
which was submitted to the interstate
commerce commission.
Bigamy has just been given official
| standing nv the fifth chamber of the