The Ordway new era., 1906-08-31

from train at the station at Peter.
hof.
The comet discovered by Professor
kopff at Heidelburg university An.
gust y has been observed since by
Prof. Fath at the Lick observatory and
Prof. PrZybyleck at Koenlgsberg.
Inc Cuban government has offered
unconditional pardon to all insurrec.
'iohists except captured commanders
II they viii lay down their arms.
The sudden drop in temperature
cansed frost to appear In the low
| lands in Iowa but not sufficient TO
| injure the corn crop.
| The simplified spelling board of
| New York announces that two distln-
Suished British scholars. DR.. ]. A.
| H, Murry, senior, editor OF the OK
ford dictionary. and Prof. Joseph
Wright, editor of the English dialect
dictionary, have accepted member
ship to testify their sympathy with
the new movement TO improve En-
| glish orthography.
The federal grand jury at Chicago
has returned ten indictments against
the Standard Oil company. The in
dictments contain G,i2S counts and
are all In connection with granting
rebates.
The negro troops who have been
stationed at Fort Brown. Tex. and
who created q disturbance at Browns
Vile have been transferred to Fort
Reno.
| President Roosevelt has Issued n
proclamation appealing for aid for
the sufferers by the Chilean earth.
quake
Mexico has decided to prohibit the
importation OF arms and ammunition
into the state of Sonora In order to
stop hostile Indians there from re.
ceiving supplies.
| Reyolutlonists throw bomb Into
the residence Of Premier Stolypln or
Russia which killed 80 persons.
Twenty.four persons We're wounded
and the building badly damaged, but
the premier only sustained slight iu-
jury.
Arms and ammunition for the Gu
han government consisting Of 1000
Remington repeating rifles. 100000
rounds OF ammunition and six Cat
ling guns We're shipped from New
York on the steamship Mexico.
Mrs. Josephine Burton Young, a
member of the Holy Rollers OF
Southern California. poured oil over
herself and drank oil. then lit a
match and deliberately set herself on
/ fire. hoping by the martygdom OF
flames 10 reach the heavenly throne.
The street car men OF San Francis
co made demand upon their en-
ployers for $500 per day Of eight
hours and the demand not being COM
piled with as quickly as they wished
n strike was called and all the prin-
cipal lines OF the city tied up.
DR.. Thomas. of New York. has
made second balloon ascension In
which Il propeller was used enab-
ling him TO determine the course of
flight. They were in the air nearly
"A hours and attained an altitude OF
10000 feet.
+: President Riesco. of Chile. in re-
ply to an offer OF help for earthq-
quake sufferers from the European
banking firm of Rothschild. says he
hopes Chilean resources will he suf-
| ficiont for the purpose.
The heaviest rain in nine years fell
, at FL Paso. Tex. recently.
Martial law has been proclaimed
at Valparaiso. Chile, pending Teiabil-
itation of the city.
Nebraska republicans in state con-
! vention nominated George l.. Sheldon
for governor and selected Norris
| Brown for United States senator over
Edward Rosewater, the Omaha editor.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw has
taken steps to increase the deposits
of public moneys in national depositor-
les In various parts of tie country
to SEC. 600 each, the amount authorized
by law.
The Ohio democratic state conven-
tion at Columbus adopted a platform
indorsing William J. Bryan for pres
ident and favoring the initiative ana
referendum and the election OF SEN
ptors by direct vote Of the people.
The plank of the Anti-Saloon league
fayorlng the local option for counties
was defeated.
A unionist party has been formed
in Salvador to form a Central Amer,
lean republic which is TO inc.Ide All
the Central American republics as
now constituted.
The medical department OF the yer
man government, after an inVes'isu,
ton, reports many bakeries anu
slaughter houses in that country IN
an extremely filthy and unsanitary
condition.
The Cuban insurgent forces under
pino Guerra have captured san JUN
de- Martinez, the terminus OF the wea.-
arm railroad, and have occupied 'ne
- tho railroad station.