The Ordway new era., 1906-09-07


states attorneys office had been on
MS trail for weeks through a clue fur.
nished by woman.
rive more Japanese have been mr..
rosted ut St. Georges island, one of
the Prybiloff group. by tho govern
meht agent accused OF poaching seals
Robert Gordon. Chicago boy lG
years old. has confessed to striking
an S-year-old boy with a brick. stun.
ming him and then burying him alive
under the sidewalk before his fathers
mouse. The boys body was found
where Gordon said he had buried It.
| The secretary OF agriculture has
appointed two experts to make an In.
vestigation OF scientific methods of
grading and inspecting grain with n
view to supplanting state inspection
with national inspection.
The decision In the prize fight for
the lightweight championship OF the
world between Joe Cans and Battling
, Nelson At Goldfield. New, was given
to Cans on a foul In the i2d round.
More than 1000 delegates repre-
senting one-half the states of the
union were present at the opening
session OF the irrigation congress at
Boise. Id.
The Iowa state fair. which recently
closed. broke all past records in
point Of attendance. more than ESQ.,.
900 people having visited the agrI-
| cultural exposition.
The Boston and Philadelphia Amer
lean league teams played 2i-inning
game at Boston. Only once has this
number of innings been exceeded SO
| far as recorded.
The sultan has ordered the impris-
onment OF slave traders and the lib
Grafton OF slaves arriving at Moroc-
can ports on board ships. This Is
the first application of the decisions
OF the Algeciras conference.
August Kruger, a wealthy citizen
of Hancock, Ia. went suddenly insane
and fired rifle repeatedly from his
front porch into a crowd OF men who
were passing. seriously wounding four
OF them. After being shot four times
by citizens. who riddled his houss
with bullets. Kruger was captured.
Justice Stafford. of the District OF
Columbia supreme court recently rem.
dercd decision in which he declar.
ed that boycotts of labor unions were
legal.
The will of Frank X. Nipple, late
president of the wrecked Real Estate
Trust company. OF Philadelphia, has
been filed for probate. His property
amounting to si3O,00o was left to his
son. who is sole executor.
osawatomie, Kan, recently held a
three days celebration of the Both
anniversary OF the battle at that place
between n force under John Brown
and the pro slavery men. Vice Pres
ident Fairbanks was the principle Or
ator of the occasion.
The suspicion that Frank X. HIP
pie, late president OF the wrecked
Real Estate Trust company OF Phil
adelphia, had committed suicide has
been confirmed by the coroner. The
officials kept the matter secret In Or
der to avoid a financial panic.
The statement of Receiver Earle,
of the broken Real Estate Trust COM
pany of Philadelphia, that the late
president Frank X Nipple had prac-
tically stolen more than S5.OO0.0OO,
created n profound sensation In that
city.
Estimates for canal appropriations
for 1907 are now in course of prepara-
tion at the Office of the Isthmian canal
commission at Washington. III Is
thought that an appropriation or s25.-
900 900 for each year will be required
president Roosevelt has issued
proclamation putting into effect the
recent reciprocal! treaty with SPAN:
The United States army transport
Sheridan recently ran on coral reel
OF the southwestern coast Oh 'ne
island of Oahu. on which Honolulu IL
located. She had on board l25 pas
sengers and so soldiers besides the
crew. Great difficulty was expe'f
enced in taking them OH.
The Kansas railway commissioners
have held that the state demurrass
law is valid and ruled that tne raii-
roads must pay one dollar DAY iol
every day that empty cars are not
forwarded after an order to do so mas
gone out.
Cuban insurgents recently raided
the Constancia estate near Ctenfuegos.
The American owners have appealed
to the state department at Washing
ton.
Ninety-seven thousand people
nassed through the gates on the
opening day of the Minnesota state
fair. breaking all attendance records.
The interstate commerce commits
aim ia receiving many complaints
from shippers throughout the coun
try who are taking advantage OF the
nrov,sions of the new rate law to
-,,. r.or, the onerous cOndi-