The Ordway new era., 1906-05-04

| IN eruption. ashes being scattered
| over wide area.
A tornado did much damage in
Furnas county, Nebraska, many build
ings being destroyed and several per-
| sons injured.
Germany has issued invitations to
~ states to take part In an interna-
tional wireless telegraph conference at
Berlin. June 2S.
State troops at Mount Carmel, Ia,
fired three yolleys into crowd of
striking miners seriously wounding
some 20 men.
Directors of the Waltham Watch
company announce their intention to
enlarge the works and increase the
number OF employees from $500 to
| 5000.
TWO coaches became detached from
the rear of Colorado and Southern
passenger train west of Denver and
after running backward down grade
about mile rolled over in the ditch
twenty passengers were injured, none
fatally.
| Inc programme OF the opening of
the Russian national parliament has
been changed. The emperor will not
go In person to the Tauride palace. as
had been planned. but will go to St.
Peterburg and receive the members of
parliament and council OF the emperor
at the winter palace
Another disaster has occurred in the
Vesuvian region. Torrents of rain and
a heavy gale caused avalanches Of
mud. sand. ashes and cinders To fall
upon several localities, doing great
damage.
Rules Just completed of the Pan
American congress to be held at Rio
.Ianeiro. Brazil. July 20 provide thar
the deliberations shall close Septem-
Der regardless OF unfinished business
Henry G. Coll. formerly assistant
cashier of the First National bank of
| Milwaukee. Wis. has been found guilty
OF false entries and m!sapplication Of
| funds.
A clash between mnion and non-un-
ion miners at Wirdber, Pa. resulted
In two men being fatally wounded and
several others more or less injured.
Custer proceedings have been filed
against the Standard oil company and
II affiliated companies. The court was
asked to dissolve their franchises and
appoint trustees for creditors and
stockholders.
Twenty thousand double blankets
are among Chicago's donations to San
Francisco.
Several villages In Saxony have ex-
perienccd earthquake shocks. No
damage was done but the inhabitants
were greatly alarmed
The war department will this year
spend $4,000 on the extension and i'm
| provcment of the national target range
at Fort Riley. Kan.
a fusillade of 20 or 40 shots and tho
wounding OF one man marked the ne
newal OF the fcud spirit In Breathiu
county. Kentucky
All the books and papers of the
Iowa Christian Endeavor union were
burned recently while in transit from
Red Oak to Marshalltown. The re-
cords from the organization up to the
present were destroyed.
| The interior department has taken
every producing oil lease owned by
Guifey & Galy In the Indian territory
because OF violations OF the rulings Of
the department.
| Erich Muenter. intructor In German
at Harvard. and formerly OF the Kan
sas university. has been arrested
charged with the murder Of his wife
| The National Congress of Mothers
which was to have held session In
Los Angeles in May has been in
definitely postponed owing to the dis
aster in San Francisco.
| Judge Abner Smith. Jerome "
Pierce. @. r Sorrow and F. r. Creel.
man vsere recently indicted In connec-
tion with the AFFAIRS Of the defunct
Bank of America OF Chicago.
| Congregational.
| The bill disposing OF the affairs Of
| the Indians in Indian territory. known
as the Five Tribes bill." has been
signed by the president.
Senator spooner spoke for three
hours in the senate recently on the
| rairoad rate bill in reply to Senator
Bailey.
| The president sent a special mes
sage, to congress recently urging the
immediate appropriation of money for
| repairs .at the Mare Island navy yard
| in order that employment may be
provided for persons in San Francisco.
The house OF representatives has
| extended vote Of thanks to General
| Horace Porter for having recovered
from France the body Of Admiral
John Paul Jones.
The house bill appropriating $4,000
for the emergency work at Mare Island