The Ordway new era., 1907-07-26

charged.
The Korean cabinet has resigned
In body and the emperor has con.
sented to abdicate. Much unrest pre.
walls Mt Seoul.
Chester B. Runyan paying teller OF
the Windsor Trust company of New
York. has disappeared with 500 3l5 of
the company's funds. The directors
made good the loss.
A Japanese has been arrested at
Fort Rosecrans. Cal. while in The act
OF making drawings OF the fort.
The Interstate Commerce commits.
sion has ordered a reduction In rail.
road rates TO points In New Mexico.
For the first time In its history,
the University of Berlin has con.
fcrred the degree OF doctor upon a
Chinaman.
The next biennial convention OF the
Retail Clerks International Protec.
tive association will be held In Louis.
Vile, Ky.
At meeting held In Oakland, Cal,
the Telegraphers union voted unanl.
mously to accept the terms offered BY
the companies. All strikers are to be
re-employed and the question OF in.
crease Is TO be taken up after re-
sumption OF work.
The nbdication edict of the Korean
emperor has been promulgated at
Seoul.
A tornado and heavy rain storm
- nd Ntrf
| recently. Houses were wrecked,
street railway tracks torn out and Gel.
lars flooded.
The depot and depot hotel at Sis
son, Cal. were burned to the ground
recently. A New York school teacher
was burned to death.
OF the nearly 1000 persons over.
come by the heat during the Elks' pa.
rade at Philadelphia only four have
| died.
Homer b. Hulburt, for many years
a resident OF Korea. has arrived In
| New York on n mission TO bring to
the attention OF the government the
conditions in Korea under japanese
rule.
BY the explosion Of case OF pow.
| der on the battleship Georgia eight
| men were killed and Is injured. How
the powder became ignited is not
| known.
All immigration records In the his
tory of the country were broken dur
ing the year ending June 80. The
number of allen immigrants landed In
America during the term was l,2S5,.
$40.
The revenue cutter Manning has
seized two Japanese fishing shoon'
ers In Alaskan waters. where they
were engaged In catching seals.
| A North Carolina passenger agent
and n ticket agent have been sen
fenced TO the chain gang at Asheyille
for violating the new rate law.
| The Interstate Commerce commits.
sion recently heard the complaints OF
the Kansas Farmers and Business
Mems league against the Santa Fe
regarding coal rates at Garden City,
Kan.
The naval court of inquiry finds
that the explosion on the battleship
| Georgia was caused by flare back
from the gun igniting the powder
| about TO be inserted for the next
charge.
For the six months ending June
30, 1864 ,667 persons are reported
dead from the plague.
II Is estimated that $500 persons
were prostrated by the heat during
the Elks parade in Philadelphia. More
than 100000 persons viewed the spec
tacle.
The merchants exchange OF san
| Francisco has announced that 1t Is
opposed to any immigration law that
will discriminate against the Japa
| nese.
Nine persons were killed and five
badly injured by the collapse OF a
building in London. Ontario. recently.
While returning from Coney Is
| land to New York two automobiles
met head on in collision. One man
| was killed outright and two others
fatally injured.
| The government hopes for bet
ter understanding with Japan as soon
nc Ambassador O'Brien reaches his
new most at Toxic. 1t is charged that
| Gen. Luke Wright lacked tact In MS
dealings with the sensitive Japanese
For mortally wounding Frank kel'
ly. n railroad brakeman, Frank Bailey,
negro. was lynched by mob at
| o,age Ok recently.
Plans for the formation OF an in
| .ho,tor truSt which ic to