Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-25
The riots at Bogota, Colombia,

| speaker OF the House.
Director Leach of the United
States mint will visit New Orleans.
The shah Of Persia has agreed
to convoke a constitutional conven-
ton.
J. H. Clinton was fatally shot by
his former friend, G. w. Nixon, at
Kite, Ga.
A company of rurales mutinied
at Vueltas, Cuba, and attempted to
start an uprising
Mexico will declare off all wheat
duties by April 1 in order to pre-
vent a bread famine.
Southern rivers are on rampage,
even the Mississippi showing flood
stage earlier than usual.
Champ Clark Of Missouri was re-
elected minority leader Of the House
by the Democratic caucus.
The British army is experiment.
ing with the utility Of automobiles
in the rapid movement Of troops.
The Peterson brothers were res
cued from a mine near Salt Lake
City, after being imprisoned fifty
hours.
The German colony arranged en-
tertainment for officers and crew Of
the coming cruiser Bremen at New
Orleans.
Governor Sanders of Louisiana
and his immediate party have re
turned from Washington and New
York trip.
-Four persons were killed and sew
eral injured by runaway train
crashing into a depot at Montreal,
Canada.
A visitor to a San Francisco de-
partment store found a package
holding $4,000, which remains un-
claimed
Mrs. Leopold Baumann. wife of
a wealthy New York furniture deal
er, was killed by Tully C. Estee's
automobile.
Pedro Ezquiel Roias, who is re-
garded as the ablest diplomat in
Venezuela, has been appointed Ven
ezuelan minister at Washington
Suits have been brought in the
High Federal Court of Venezuela
against NJ. Castro, former presi-
dent, who is now in Europe, on the
charge that he caused the murder
i'll February Of 1907 Of Gen Anto-
MO Paroles and a number Of his
revolutionary companions. The
plaintiff, Manuel Paroles, asks the
Judge to extradite Castro and i'm
pose the maximum sentence of fif-
teen years Imprisonment He pre-
sents proof that Castro issued the
order to kill Antonio Paroles from
his sick bed at Macuto
There were only two really new
| things shown at the first session of
the Dressmakers' Protective Asso-
citation at New York. One was the
'style clerical" a summer costume
made to look as much like the
French priests robe as possible with
500 buttons On it. Another novelty
as the ''meyen age" gown, which
was first heard from at a western
dressmakers' convention a short time
ago. Several specimens of this,
which is to be ''the really proper
thing this summer" were shown.
To call a man a liar in the state
of Georgia is a breach of the peace
and means fight, declares the state
court of appeals in a decision hand
ed down at Atlanta
The American embassy at Rome
has been assured that the utmost
efforts will be made to arrest the
murderers of Joseph Petrosiue The
Italian police are now greatly con-
eerned about the impending arrival
Of Mr.. Roosevelt and his family.
1t is stated that every effort is be-
ing made to dissuade Mr.. Roosevelt
from going into the earthquake re-
gion or elsewhere in Sicily. The
Messilfa district has always been
the stronghold of the Malta, and Of
fcials are fearful for Mr.. Roosevelt.
Count Won Zeppelin's new model