The Ordway new era., 1907-09-06

ference OF attorneys general
conference between tho uresi.
dent and Secretaries Taft. Root and
meyer was recently held Mt Sogo.
more Hill. The topic under discus.
SION was not disclosed OF when tn,
conference ended.
Two women and two little girls
're drowned recently Willie irving
10 cross swollen stream near Oak.
ley. Kan.
Since June Is nine cases of bu.
bonii plague have been discovered I'm
san francisco and seven deaths have
resulted from the disease.
The Office of the Western Union
Telegraph company at Arkansas CITY.
Kan, was recently destroyed by fire
with all the instruments, records and
furniture.
PRESIDENT Roosevelt and President
DiaZ have sent notes to the presidents
OF the Central American republics of.
fering the good Offices of the United
States and Mexico in bringing about
peace conference.
The net earnings of the railroads
OF the United States increased slO4..
i2S.22f IN 1906. The total assets OF
the same roads are reported at sl7..
53i 1881 .635.
Al n meeting of the stockholders OF
the Frisco railroad at st. Louis n bond
Issue of sll5.0OO.000 and an increase
In the capital stock of 800. 1000, 900
was voted.
l.. ii. Carter. son OF Brig. Gen
Carter, head of the department OF the
lakes, was recently clectrocuted while
ut work in tho University of Illinois.
where he was special student
The American Association of Mu-
tuhl Insurance companies. in session
at Denver. elected C. F. Danforth, OF
Eoston. president. and w. II. Gasche,
OF Topeka, vice president. The next
meeting will be held In Dcs Moines.
Iowa
In the United States circuit court at
Chicago Judge Kohlsaat has issued
temporary injunction against four.
teen railroads and five express com.
panies. restraining them from estab-
AishihH new lile bI Ol
mill cream and butter.
Fifteen persons were killed and so
others injured In head-on collision
between interurban trolley ears on
the Mattoon Il Charlestown electric
line near Chariestown. ILL.,. recently.
A confusion of orders by telephone
was the cause.
All five OF the Central American re.
publics have accepted the American
and Mexican proposition for a confer
ence to settle all pending disputes and
TO establish permanent peace.
The Nebraska railroad commission, |
after personal investigation. finds
that the Missouri Pacific trackagc in
the state is in an unfit condition. The
company is given 80 days to make re.
pairs.
Eddie Goes, catcher for the Okla.
homa City baseball team, has been
sentenced to 80 days in Jail at To
peka for beating up a crippled um.
pirc.
Leading brewers of the United
States recently held n meeting in
Cincinnati to find ways and means to
combat the spread of local option
throughout the country.
British Ambassador Bryce recently |
the American Bar associa.
ton on the subject of the common
law at Portland, Me. lie received an
ovation from the 1000 persons pres.
ent. |
A section OF the new bridge across
the ST. Lawrence river. near Quebec,
fell recently. carrying down scores OF
workmen, more than 60 of whom were
drowned.
The high court oil justice at Abo
has sentenced 40 of the Scvaborg
mutineers to four years penal scrvi'
tude. .tE.
A commission of three persons
headed by w. ]. Reynolds assistant
secretary of the treasury VIII go
abroad soon to study the tariff sys'
tens of foreign countries.
A good flow of oil has been struck
three miles southwest of Topeka,
Kan. at n depth OF 517 feet.
Gov. Conner, of Alabama. has given
the railroads of the state until Octo-
bcr l to comply with the new rate
law. After that date he will call the
and urge the enactment OF
more drastic laws.
The final report of the investiga'
ting committee regarding the frauds
In connection with Pennsylvania
new capitol building has been sub
mitted to Gov. Stuart with n recon-
that the attorney general
h instructed to begin proceedings