The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20

~, cup 10 take place In 1903.
Ihe Illinois pardon board has do.
n'ed the application OF Paul o. Stems.
iand Tor pardon. He looted the Nil.
waukee Avenue Saving bank Of Chi.
caso' OF which he was president.
waiter Wellman. head OF the Chi.
cago Record-Herald Arctic expedition
mas arrived at Tromsoe, Norway, on
MS way home. He has definitely Civ.
on up his attempt to reach the north
pole by airship for this season.
The French steamer La Provence
made the run from Hayre. to New
YORK, n distance of 3.l4O miles. in 6
days, l hour and l2 minutes recently.
The Office Of the Joplin, Mo-, News.
Herald. n republican daily. was re.
Gently entirely wrecked by dynamite
placed among the machinery. The
plant was practically new, having
ouly been installed recently. The loss
Is estimated at $4,000. The fight the
paper has made against gambling and
Tor law enforcement is believed to
have been the reason for the outrage.
According to the Interstate Com
merce commissioners report. Just
made public. the railroads OF the coun.
try during the year ended June 30,
1906. killed 1858 persons and in.
jured 97,7O6 others.
Nineteen financial editors OF British
newspapers have arrived In this coun-
try to study the financial situation
and natural resources of Canada and
the United States.
The new giant turbine steamer Lus.
itania made new record between
Queenstown and New York on her
maiden voyage. She made the 2,7S2
miles In five days and 81 minutes
Her average speed was 22O1 knots an
hour.
In the common pleas court at Phil.
adelphia. the Pennsylvania two.cent
passenger fare law. passed by the last
legislature. was declared unconstitu.
tonal. The case will be taken to the
state supreme court
The meat drivers of New York. af.
ter being on strike 70. 10 days. have
gone back to work on practically the
same terms that existed before the
walkout.
uadcr the direction of Emperor
William Germany is making extensive
preparations for the entertainment of
Secretary Taft On his coming visit to
that country.
The Knights and Ladies' of Security.
fraternal organization with head.
quart - III Topeka. have bought an
entire b Dnd issue o. that city amount.
in to $4,000.
At conference ,eld in Chicago the
Kansas railroads decided to ignore
the state railroad commission and re.
fuse to obey the order requiring two
cent passeng, rate.
A mile race track is to be estab-
lished at Zion City. near Chicago.
Crown Princess Cecilia OF Germany
has sent her chef to this country TO
study American cooking.
A fast train on the Great Northern
railroad was recently held up In Mon
tana by two masked men, who dyna.
mited an empty express safe and then
rifed the registered mail pouches.
The railroad company has offered
$4,000 reward for the bandits.
Gov. Sheldon Of Nebraska has de-
clared himself in favor Of an amend
ment to the constitution taking from
the federal courts the right to enjoin
state officials from enforcing state
laws.
The diplomatic corps at Washington
look upon the recent anti-Asiatic
riots in Vancouver. British Columbia.
as n great aid to the negotiation OF an
exclusion treaty between Japan and
the United States.
The steamer Mont Eagle, from the
Orient with hundreds of Japanese,
Chinese and Hindus on board, was re-
fused n landing at Vancouver and
forced to turn back to Victoria, where
the passengers were landed.
The car service committee OF the
American Railway association held n
conference recently at Atlantic City.
N, j., to discuss measures to avert an
impending car shortage on the rail-
roads of the country.
News has been received Of the prob.
able loss of the schooner Duchess OF
Berford, which carried the Anglo
American Arctic expedition. Three
members of the expedition are report
ed missing.
Announcement of the discovery OF
an anti-toxin that will kill diPhtheria
germs in the human organism In three
minutes has been made at the ONO
university.
Judge Pollock has granted tenn
norary Injunction preventing the
..,, ~ state of Missouri from
annulling the license OF the hoch
Island railroad in that state.
Chester b. Runyan, who confessed