The Ordway new era., 1905-05-26
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for n big department store
s.cre,arv Taft has postponed untii
Navor,her fst next the date for tns
nn.n,ng Of the bids for the construo-
lion of railroads In the Phiiippines.
Tbe Japanese steamer kilo. Of liz
tons capacity, struck a mine ana eenA
ON port Arthur on the night OF MAY
IIth Tho crew was rescued ana
taken to Osaka.
The Mexican government has Tor
hidden hanks to hold silver bars ~ .
basis OF note issue. bars being NO
Longer at the option OF holders capao'c
of conversion into pesos.
II ia officially announced that KING
Edward has appointed King Alfonso
of Spain a general In the British army.
THE appoIntment dates from May lIsn'
tho birthday OF the Spanish king.
Count Won MISUNDERSTANDING. tho
head OF the German mission 10 arIAnSc
n special commercial treaty between
Germany and Morocco, arrived NJ res
on NAV lith, where he was received
with much ceremony.
Hiram Cronk. the only surviving SOL
dier OF the war OF 1872, died Mt AVA:
New York, May 18th. Mt the age OF
lO5 years. He enlisted when but M
teen years old. and served about loo
days at Sackett's Harbor.
The London Chronicle claims that
II has good authority to assert that
the government has decided to post
pone the dissolution of Parliament un'
iii the fall OF 1906. and that this means
the death blow to tariff reform.
William NJ. Morton, an aeronaut,
was severely injured and had a narrow
escape from death at Chutcs Park.
Los Angeles. on the 18th inst, by be-
Ing dashed against telegraph pole as
his balloon rose from the ground.
General Maxine Gomez is danger
ously III at Santiago de Cuba with ne
pnritis. The generals extreme age
and the results of the many wounds
he received In his campaigns for the
liberation of Cuba complicato his trou'
BILE.
A statue OF the Confederate lieu
tonantgeneral. Nathan B. Forrest,
was unveiled nt Memphis. May 10th.
Little Miss Bradley, a grcatgrand'
daughter OF General Forrest, pulled the
cord which exposed to view the monu
ment.
After his opening address at the
Lewis and Clarke Exposition at Port
land. Vice President Fairbanks will gs
to his farm In Illinois for the summer
and work In the fields during haying
and harvesting. rs is said to be his
custom.
The American bark. Martha Davis.
caught fire in Hilo harbor. Hawaii May
18th. and was totally destroyed. The
portion OF her cargo consigned to Hilo
had mostly been discharged, but that
intended for the island plantations
was lost.
In a recent interview. Secretary OF
the Navy Morton. stated that he had
no present intention of resigning from
the Cabinet. lie said. however. that
It was thoroughly understood between
the President and himself, that he
should leave the Cabinet next fall.
l.. p. ohiiger. cx-president OF tho
closed Wooster. Ohio. national bank.
pleaded guilty to count on one OF
the indictments charging him with
having issued draft when there were
no funds in the bank TO meet II. Judge
Taylor sentenced Ohllger to eight
years Imprisonment In the Ohio peni.
tentiary.
thur. has written n card to Colonel
w. II. knauss OF Columbus, in which
he returns his thanks for the numerous
kind expressions received from the
American people. and in particular ex.
presses his appreciation of small
American flag sent to him by Colonel
Knauss.
The Beneficial Life Insurance Com.
City by leading Mormons. Joseph F..
Smith is president, Governor John C.
Cutler is first vice president, and the
other officers are prominent in the
church. The company. which will do
an "old line" business, has a capital
stock of 100000. all paid In.
The Russian press is considerably
exercised over the reports of Emperor
Williams recent speech ut Strassburg.
Alsace-Lorraine, criticising the Rus.
sian officers at the front on account of
drunkenness, end the German ambas.
sador. Count Won Alvensleben. has
taken pains to issue an official denial
OF the accuracy Of the reports.
Secretary Paul Morton will resign
from the Cabinet in October. according
| to report circulated in financial cir
| cles, to take the presidency of the
wabash railway. He will succeed
Joseph Ramsey. Jr.. who has been
voted long vacation, at the end of
which he will retire permanently from
connection with the Gould system.
The steamer Terra Nova sailed
from London May 10th, for Tromsoe.
Norway, whence she will go to Franz
Josef Land. In search of the expedi.
ton headed by Anthony Fiala OF
Brooklyn. New York, on the steamer
America. fitted out by William Ziegler
OF New York for the purpose of at.
tempting the north pole by way of
Franz Josef Land.
A committee Of the House of Com.
mons has commenced consideration of
a Dill providing for the installation in