The Ordway new era., 1906-12-28

at Great Bend. Kan, In daylight, has
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
the state penitentiary for q term OF
from ten to twenty years.
Madame Gould, the former Countess
boni DE Castellane. has been victori-
Gus In the suits brought by creditors
OF her husband to hold her responsi.
Die FOR the counts debts.
The state depa tment has been no.
tliied that the German cruisers Pam
ther and Bremen will visit this coun-
try In January and March.
Secretaries Hitchcock and Wilson
We're severely criticised by a special
senate committee recently for with
drawing from allotment nearly 4,0OO,-
900 acres of land belonging to the five
: civilized tribes In Indian territory.
The senators insisted that the order
be withdrawn.
The boilers OF the steamer w. T.
! Scoviiie, plying on the Mississippi
river exploded recently near vicks-
burg. or the so persons on board
about half are unaccounted for.
Seven persons were injured by the
derailing OF Rock Island train at
Hutchinson, Kan, recently. The in
1ured were all in the Pullman. which
was the only car to turn over.
Charles Fremont Cochran, who rep
resented the Fourth district of Mis-
souri, in congress from 1896 to 1902,
is dead at his home In st. Joseph.
The annual report Of the interstate
commerce commission has been SUBJ
mitted to congress.
In reply to n resolution the presi-
dent has submitted to congress all the
papers concerning the discharge of
three companies OF negro troops foi
completely In the Brownsville, Tex,
affair of last August Mr.. Roosevelt
stands on his constitutional rights
and declares that under the same cir
cumstances his action would be the
same II another case should arise.
! Bishop Charles C. McCabe OF the
1 Methodist church. died in New York
hospital recently as the result OF an
attack OF apoplcxy.
A hoisting cage containing six min
ers dropped 100 feet to the bottom Of
n 400 foot shaft at the Breese-Trenton
/ Coal Mining company ten miles west
OF Carlyle. ILL.,. and all the men were
killed or fatally wounded.
| A bulletin issued by the agricultural
department shows the total produc-
' t,, ahatu In, <,f IN l,a
1927 .i16.09l: winter wheat. 492. $751;
Goa. and spring wheat 1872 1866 BUSH
els.
Gov. Higgins. OF New York. has
committed the sentence OF Albert T.
Patrick. who has been under sentence
OF death for the past five years for the
murder OF William Marsh Rice. Tex
as millionaire. to life imprisonment.
1 The NJ. X. & 7. railway has an-
nounced its intention to make con-
tracts for the coming year with news
! papers for advertising to be paid for
in transportation.
Bartlett Richards. VIII G. Com
stock and C. c. Jameson. millionaire
owners OF the Spade" ranch In Ne
braska. have been convicted Of land
fraud in the federal court at Omaha.
Tams Bixby. the commissioner OF
the five civilized tribes In Indian ter
ritory. has been ordered to Washing
ton.
The pope has protested to the pow
ers OF Europe against the action OF
France in expellIng the vatican repre-
sentative and searching the papal nun
ciature Mt Paris.
The report Of the county boundaries
committee OF tha Oklahoma consti-
tutional convention. providing for IS
counties in the new state. has been
adopted. The convention adjourned
to meet January 8. 1907.
| Cant. Edgar b. Macklin Of company
C. Twenty fifth infantry, was shot and
seriously wounded recently by an un-
known negro at his quarters at Fort
Reno. Ok. The assailant was believed
tn he one Of the recently discharged
negro soldiers.
The hearing at New York Of the tes-
t,mony for the defense in the missouri
ouster case against the Standard OIL
! company was brought to a sudden enc
by the attorneys of the trust. Tne
final hearing will be held at st. Louis
on January Z.
washburn college at Topeka, Kan.
IA in receipt Of gift Of $4,000 FOR inc
gymnasium from an unknown source.
Farmers confiscated 1uv tons OF coal
from Santa Fe train at shattuck' OK
To relieve the coal famine.
The state railroad commission OF
TEXAS has issued an order reducing the
pullman fare in thnt state 20 per cent
| An earthquake lasting three hours
was recorded by the seismograpns ON
~. r.,e of WiRht and other points