The Ordway new era., 1906-02-09
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pritinh minister at Washington. died
In London January 2Gth after long
illness.
The supreme Court Of the United
| States granted the motion to advance
| the case Of Senator Burton OF Kansas
and set the hearing for April I'd next.
Frederick VIII. was formally pro
claimed King OF Denmark. January
| goth. to succeed the late King Chris
| tian IN. He was received with much
| enthusiasm.
| Nine. Sarah Bernhardt has been
sued for $4,000 by Edward kinsella, q
London solicitor. MS a commission for
securing her present American, engage
ment for her.
The first passenger train. carrying
notablcs and officials. passed through
| the Simplon tunnel January 25th amid
artillery salutcs. There were no
| other noteworthy Incidents
The Duke OF Abruzzi. cousin OF King
| Victor Emmanuel, has almost com
| pleted arrangements for a tour Of ex.
ploration into the heart OF Africa. The
duke will start early In the spring.
The Pennsylvania Central railroad
| Is considering plans TO do away with
| the celebrated horseshoe bend End It's
steep grades by tunnel nine miles
long under the Allegheny mountains.
Representative Burke OF South Da-
kota introduced bill In Congress au-
| thorizing the secretary OF the interior
| to lease 5000 acres OF public domain
| to be used exclusively us pasture for
| the native buffalo.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt have
issued the invitations 70 the wedding
OF Miss Roosevelt and Representative
Longwoith OF Ohio. which is to take
place at noon February nth, MS al.
| ready announced.
Governor pennypackcr. OF Pennsyl.
vania has approved n Joint resolution
Of the special session OF the Legisla.
ture providing for n sweeping investi-
CATION OF charges Of illegal retention
| of fees by insurance commissioners for
years past.
A party Of Santa Fe railway engi-
necrs have started from Los Angeles
| TO locate direct line OF railroad into
| Scarchlight. Nevada. The proposed
route will be feeder from Barnwcli
about twenty.six miles. The propose'l
line will be rushed.
Former President Cleveland was
asked about report that he In think.
| ing OF giving up his post ~ arbitcr OF
rebates for the insurance companies
and dictated this statement: There
IL not n particle OF truth In the re-
| port. nor any excuse FOR its circula>
ton
| Gustaye A. Conzman. former cashier
Of the Vigo County National Bank at
| Terre iaute, Indiana. has bccn sen.
fenced to eight years In the federal
Il NJ 4 nxsx<
on his plea of guilty to cmbe xxling the
l funds and falsifying the books OF the
bank.
| The transport Sheridan sailed from
San Francisco January 2Sth for Hon.
oluIu. Guam and the Philippines. with
the officers and men of the Twenty
fourth infantry. coiored men. The
steamer also carried q number OF
cabin passengers and a full cargo OF
mill supplies.
Tho Melbourne correspondent OF
the London Chronicle says: Bush
fires are raging throughout Victoria
l and great stretches Of country have
been devastated. A wall OF fire hum
dred feet high, which Was driven by q
gale. passed with appalling swiftness
over Mount Fatigue. killing at least
fifteen persons.
The proposed race from San Fran
| cisco to Honolulu, a matter OF 2,10O
nautical miles, Is fixed TO start May
5th. The contest is open TO yachts
from forty to ninety feet over all.
Contestants are required 10 belong to
some recognized yacht club and there
will be no restrictions rs to sails. num-
Der OF crew. professional sailors or
navigators.
l
In the past six months taps have
been sounded over the graves OF &C..
00C pensioners Of tho Civil War. ac-
cording to statement OF Pension
Commissioner Warner. This. he says,
is an evidence OF the rapidity with
which the veterans arc diminishing
The total number Of pensioners on
ber 1t 31st It was 679,234.
Fear among Chicago Univcrsity ON.
cials that Prof. Frederick Starr, the
noted anthropologist, had been eaten
by African cannibals whom he was at.
tempting to study, has been relieved
by the receipt OF letter from him
and mailed at Leopoldville, which ID
about 1900 miles from the sea. He
will Investigate several cannibal tribes
and the Batwa pygmies.
Tho United States- Steel Corporation
has just declared . Quarterly dividend
Of one three-four.hs per cent Nei
earnings for the quarter ended Decem
ber 31st last were 935, ,72S, ,GSS, an In
crease OF 81. 3.S19,954. as compared with
the same quarter jear ago. Unfilled
orders on hand December 31st last
were 7.6050SG tons. an increase Of 8.
00S.8SS. Tho uhhlIcd orders December
31st broke ull records Of the corpora
ton.