The Ordway new era., 1906-12-21

a" ohonts OF the canal com.
.hisSioh has announced that bidders
ior completion OF the Panama canal
VIII DO limited to American firms.
u mas been reported to the United
States government that two reri-
hehts OF Japanese completely Off.
cered are In Honolulu.
attorney General Hadley, of Mis-
rouri. has filed n motion I'm the su.
preme court for n rehearIng In the an
u-pool selling case He contends that
.me courts recent decision Is In CEN
iiict with the act OF the legislature
OF 1905.
andrew Carnegie. In a speech be-
lore the National Civic Federation at
New York. declared that the greater
portion OF the estates OF enormously
wealthy men should go to the state
upon the death OF the possessor.
The attorney general of Minnesota
mas rendered an opinion that the re-
cent increase in the capital stock OF
the Great Northern railway is invalid
under the state laws.
The Interstate Commerce commits
sion has set the hearing OF the Texas
Cattle Raisers' association against
the NJ. X. & T. railroad for January
Z at Chicago.
Edouard Muller. vice president of
the federal council. has been elected
president OF the Swiss confederation
In succession to NJ. l.. Frerre.
Jesse Clyde Rumsey, who robbed
two trains near Glasgow. Mo-, plead
ed guilty and was sentenced to a term
OF 20 years In the state penitentiary,
the minimum sentence under the Mis-
souri, law.
The famous divorce case OF Augus-
tus Hartje. the millionaire paper
manufacturer OF Pittsburg. Pa, has
been decided in favor OF the wife.
Mrs. Hartje retains control OF the
children. The costs Of the trial were
assessed against Hartje.
Six OF the negroes of the Twenty
fifth infantry. recently discharged
without honor for completely In tho
Brownsville. Tex. affair. have ap-
piled to Secretary Taft for reinstate-
ment.
In an address before the Oklahoma
constitutional convention at Guthrie.
Oscar d. Colquitt, Il member Of the
Texas railroad commission. declared
the railroad law OF his state was a
failure so far as the making Of rates
x.,nu nnncorunA
An epidemic Of robbery seems to
be prevalent In the southwest. Banks
at Morris. I. T.. Ashen, Ok. and
Drexel. Mo-, were dynamited and
robbed in one night recently. and the
safe in the post office at Zincite.
near Joplin. Mo-, was blown up and
the building burned by the bandits.
Gov. Hoch brands the stories sent
out from Topeka TO eastern newspa-
pers regarding suffering In the SOUTH
western counties Of Kansas as an
Outrageous exaggeration."
Complaints filed by shippers
throughout the west with the Inter-
state Commerce commission reveal
an appalling state Of affairs brought
about by the failure OF the railroads
to supply cars to transport freight.
In the southwest cattle are being
turned lose on the prairies. while In
the northwest grain lies rotting along
the railroad tracks. Much suffering
is reported in the northwestern states
by the shortage Of fuel.
A court martial has been ordered
to try Maj. Penrose and Capt. Mack
lin. who commanded the negro
trops at Brownsville, Tex, during the
recent trouble.
President Roosevelt has rescinded
his order to the public printer to use
the simplified spelling in public docu-
ments.
Monsignor Montagnini, who was re-
Gently expelled from France, visited
the pope upon his arrival at Rome
and gave detailed account OF his ex-
pulsion. He presented rather dark
picture of the situation.
The president has consented to ad-
dress the National Editorial associa'
ton at its meeting at the jamestown
exposition In June. =,
A plan is under consideration by
the administration for the formation
Of big corporation by the govern
ment and the indian tribes for the pur'
nose of holding and developing the
coal lands of the Indian territory.
Joseph e. Smith, president of the
Mormon church. and director OF
the Union Pacific railway and two
other officials, Of the road residing
in Salt Lake, have been summoned
to answer indictments In the federal
court for unlawful discrimination.
It has been decided by a board OF
engineers employed by the city tnat
the tupnel under the Chicago river
AZ La Sale street must be abandoned
permanently.
Ex-United States Senator ,browl'
ohnk' In hVa an0fts