The Ordway new era., 1906-09-28

called out. four mouse ed no,,cemen
were fired upon from ambush nv no.
groes and two OF them killed and an.
other injured. Negroes also killed
TWO men In the suburbs.
Dr. l.. d. Brown. territorial yeter-
marian. stated that there is an ep,-
demic OF glanders at McI.oud. Ok.
where four horses have died of the
disease and four more were killed by
DIR. Brown.
The latest consultations Of medical
advisers of the Sultan OF Turkey
nave established that Abul HamId was
suffering from cancer OF the kIdneys.
which does not permit OF an operation
bcing performed. and is usually fatal
within n year.
Fire started from natural gas ex.
piosion In the basement OF the the.
ater destroyed the Crawford opera
house at Topeka. Kan.
An application has been filed in
the Kansas supreme court asking n
mandamus to compel Acting Mayor
i-aughlin. OF Kansas City. Kan, to
call special election TO fill the va.
cancy caused by the resignation of
Mayor Rose
Revised estimates OF the dead in
consequence of the dynamite explo.
sion OF Jellico, Tenn. show only ten
fatalities onstead OF IL, as at first re.
ported.
Samuel Bland Arnold. who con-
fessed that he was party to con-
spiracy to abduct President Lincoln
just before the assassination OF the
| president by John Wilkes Booth. died
recently at the home Of relative in
Waverly, suburb OF Baltimore. He
was 72 years old.
| An edict has been issued at Picking
ordering the abolition OF the use of
opium. both foreign and native. in
China. within n decade.
The Pennsylvania railroad company
has awarded contracts for the
construction OF l2.iOO freight cars. at
an estimated cost OF siS.0O0.O0O.
The Missouri state fair board sns
designated OctOberl as chlldren's day
\ al AEHDbl Will bt
mitted to the fair free.
| The cruiser Des Mo.ncs with Secrc'
tary Taft and Assistant Secretary OF
State Bacon on board arrived Ia Ha-
vana harbor on time and the officials
Immediately began the Investigation
OF the causes Of the Cuban trouble.
| II. J. Bone. United States distric
attorney for Kansas. has announced
that five OF the 10 clttlemen indict
cd for fencing government land ir
the western part OF the state will be
required to stand trial. as they have
not shown that the fences have beer
removed as ordered by the courts.
Attorney General Hadlcy. OF Mis-
souri,. has secured from II. Cla,
Pierce nm admission on the wines:
stand that the majority stock OF th'
waters-Pierce OIL company is owned
by the Standard Oil company.
Customs dock No. at Buenos
Ayres. Argentine republic has been
destroyed by fire causing loss oi
more than si.0O0.0O0.
William II. Ritter. Of Denver. on'
of the witnesses whom the state re-
lied upon In the Snyder Doodle case
In st, Louis has been arrested. He
will be held pending an Investigation
into the charge that he was bribed
to stay away.
Survivors Of the famous Iron
brigade" held reunion recently on
snodgrass Hill near Chattanooga
Tenn, where they fought In 1868.
The normal school at Stanberry
Mo-. was destroyed recently by fire
causing n loss OF $4,000. Incendiar'
ism is suspected.
Every department OF the army has
made arrangements to meet any
emergency that may arise should In
teryention in Cuba become necessary
By decision of Judge Kohlsaa'
in the federal court OF Chicago meni'
hers of the four ticket brokers' asso'
Citations. controlling the greater part
of that business throughout the
United States have been perpetuaiiy
enioined from "scalping."
President Roosevelt has extended
the eight hour law to apply to all
public work under the supervision oi
any department Of the government.
The books OF the Peoples bank o'
Sedan, Kan. which have been exam
T, ined following the disappearance Oh
| Cashier stollard. show shortage ol
$17.700.
The National Dental association
has elected DR.. A. II. Peck, OF Cnica-
! go, president. and DR.. d. J. McMi,-
Ian, Of Kansas City. MS vice president
| The next meeting Will be held IN
| Minneapolis. MINI.
Gov. Mcdonald. Of Colorado. has
called "dry" farming congress 70
be held in Denver November ~ %
and "a next. - ~.
The attorney general Of Texas nas
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