The Ordway new era., 1906-03-02
CONDENSED TELeeRAMs

st. Petersburg reports say that Fro.
mier Witte has not resigned and says
he does not intend TO.
The city Of Los Angeles 10 having Q
night to prevent the street railway CON- |
pany from running freight cars on the |
streets.
pany for supply Of 100000 gallons |
of mountain water q day. at 4 cents a
Thousand gallons.
Prince Arthur of Connaught. while |
In Toxic. invested Admirals Togo and |
Field Marshals Symagata and Oyama
with the order OF Merit.
At Austin. Texas. Roland Browne.
on trial for the murder of Congress-
man Pinckney at Hampstead year
ago. was acquitted after weeks trial.
Samuel Thomas. the largest manu-
facturer OF pig iron in the United
States. died at Allentown. Pennsyl.
vania. February 2lst. aged seventy.
nine.
David E. Henderson. former speaker
OF the National House of Representa-
tives. died at Dubuque. Iowa, February
10Th. from paresis after an illness Of
nine months.
It was stated In the House OF Com
mons that the transfer Of Port Arthur
from Russia to Japan does not affect
the status Of Wei Hal Wei, which was
leased to Great Britain.
The conservation by Pope Plus Of
the nineteen French bishops who were
created recently took place in the Vati-
can February 25th with solemn cere-
monies. Several thousand persons were
present.
The United Mine Workers Of Amer.
lea Of Illinois have unanimously in.
dorsed the action OF the national con.
vention at Indianapolis In demanding
an increase OF 121s per cent. over the
present scale.
The correspondent OF the London
Daily Telegraph at Toxic says that
fire in the town OF TARA, sixty miles
southeast Of Fukushima. destroyed 600
houses and caused the death OF thirty.
seven persons.
Fifty children were injured but none
dangerously, in u panic at st. Mary's
school in Alton. Illinois. A roll OF eel
luloid Aims took fire In moving pic
ture machine. and 400 children rushed
madly for the doors.
Preliminary arrangements for gen
eral merger Of all the elevated roads In
Chicago involving over $1,000. 900 are
said to be progressing fnvorably and
the eventual consolidation IL declared
any former time.
The grand jury OF the United States
District Court at Asheville. North
against Congressman Blackburn.
charging him with practicing before
the Treasury Department In violation
OF the federal statutes.
Former Mayor Robert ]. Black OF
Mckeesport, Pennsylvania, received
letter from members of the BLACK
Hand" society, demanding $4,000 in
coin before March 9Th. or his life
would pay the forfeit. his house be
blown up and his family ruined.
Plans for remodeling the Singer
Manufacturing Company's building In
New York City, which is now a four.
teen-story sky scraper. propose to
make 1t thirty-six stories high, sur
mounted by four more stories in the
form of tower, making 1t 593 feet in
height
Prof. H. c. Ernst. bacteriologist Of
the Harvard Medical school, has
evolved process Of photographing
disease germs by means OF the So
called ultraviolet rays of the spectrum,
30 that each germ stands out indi-
vidually. Chemical, coloration L. not
necessary. ". f5t55
Pat .Crowe's trial on the charge Of
holding up street cars at Council
Bluffs. has been postponed and he has
been admitted to bail on a bond OF
$500 signed by his brother. John
Grove, and the latter's wife and
Joseph Nansel. wealthy fNmer OF
this county. ~
The will Of John 3. Stetson, the hat
manufacturer who died few days
since in Deland. Florida. died in Phil
adelphia, divides his entire estate. es.
timated at $5.000.000. among members
OF his family. The will provides that
heirs to whom children are born are
to be disinherited.
London dispatches state that King
Edward can never walk again without
the aid of cane. The Kings fall
while shooting in Windsor forest last
November resulted in breaking ten.
don. 1t was announced at first that the
King had sprained his ankle. The King
Is sixty.iive years old.
The Dominion government, alarmed
by the rapidly spreading use Of Amer
ican silver coins, has arranged with
Canadian banks to collect this cur
rencx and ship 1t out Of the country. 80
that the Dominion mints may have a
chance. The American silver will be
shipped to Washington and exchanged
for gold.
Sir Charles Dixie, M. p. for the for.
est OF dean division fof Gloucester
shire, has actively entered the lists as
| champion Of the franchisement of
women. and if his bill is adopted.
women will be sitting in Parliament.
The I'M also proposes to abolish uni.s
verlat1 representation N the House Of
nv n rssitx eoard u San Diego. Csli-