The Ordway new era., 1907-09-27

last year.
A general railroad strike II threat.
eucd In England an the result nj III. |,
demand OF the Railway Mems union |
for the recognition Of their organi- |,
zation.
The International Association Of
Machtnists, In session at st. Louis,
have adjourned. The next convention
will be held In Denver In 1909.
The st. Louis shoe workers In II
plants, to the number of $500 have
struck for shorter hours and more pay
In the New York OIL trust hearing
evidence wns brought out to show that
John ID. Rockefeller owns more than
e-fourth OF the stock Of the Standard
OIL company. His income for the past
: eight years has been 3l25. 100000.
Definite arrangements have been
made for President Roosevelt to camp
out for II days In the canebrakcs OF
Louisiana, from October 8 to October
81.
In a premature explosion of n shell
on board the Japanese battieship kas.
hima, seven officers and % men were
killed, and eight others wounded.
The federal grand jury at Bartles-
VILE. l. T. is investigating alleged
frauds committed during the recent
election.
A school for the instruction OF con.
suls has been established mt the state
department In Washington. Each new.
" appointed consul is required to at
tend for 30 days before leaving for his
post of duty.
} The Sovereign Grand Lodge OF Odd
Fellows. In session ut st. Paul. has
chosen Denver. Col. as the next meet
! ing place.
The strike of the cutters in the shoe
factories OF st. Louis has extended to
| all the workers and Is plants employ
ing 10000 persons are idle.
I A cage containing is men plunged
, down $50 feet In mine shaft al
, Negaunee, Mich. Eleven men were
: killed outright and seven fatally In
jurcd.
4 Judge Loctren. In the federal cour'
4 at St Paul. has issued an order re
$ straining the state OF Minnesota from
:. enforcing the rate laws passed by tbs
last Legislature. In his opinion The
!. Judge savagely attacked the state'
, law making body.
4, Five members OF the sect know
as the Parhamites have been ARRESTED
!, at Zion City. Ill. charged with tortnr
!. ing to death an aged woman for 2
years a cripple from rheumatism. Th'
accused. among whom are the sol
and daughter OF the victim, claim the.
. were trying to cast out a devil.
In wreck on the Mexican Contra
i railroad recently 40 passengers ~cr
killed and "a injured.
Based on the present market vaiu
of John ID. Rockefeller in the compan
amount to os.0o0.oo0.
. Federal officials recently raided tn
liquor joints about Tulsa, |. T. an
confiscated $500 barrels of substitute
for beer. which was dumped into tn
y Arkansas river.
The Nebraska supreme court has d.
"A dided that a person cannot devise
n, interest n n timber claim unless
patent has been issued
ia The Missouri law fixing eight hour
~ as the work day for railroad tel,
n graphers has been declared unconst
NJ tutional by circuit Judge Bradley {
Higginsville.
ly From later reports !, appears this
,g the democrats have made clca
nj sweep in Oklahoma. the only exec
tion being in the First congression;
q. district where Bird s. Mcclure, r.
h. publican was elected by good III;
jority.
N. The profits of the Standard Oil con
In pany of Indiana for 1906 were MOI
". than $l0.00O.O0O on a capital stock I
al. 100000. or over 1000 per cent
year These figures were brought o,
of In the evidence at the New York hea
-s. ing OF the suit OF the government
ed dissolve the trust.
mt The diplomatic representatives
nd the five Central American republic
of have signed protocol accepting Il
st. invitation of the United States ar
ar. Mexico for meeting at WashingtC
.ol Mt IN early date.
en- The United States navy departmel
be has contracted with Welsh firms Il
ly, 100000 tons OF the best steam coal.
The long distance balloon race fro
se Brussels was won by the German ba
~ loon Pommern which came down
Bayonne. France, a distance of 6:
miles from Brussels.
an Four Men were killed and four OF
ne ers seriously injured in the wreck
po an automobile on one Of the stree