The Ordway new era., 1908-01-31

OF the state DaHk eAaihhs''
Comptroller OF the CURRENCY hias
lev. In connection with the Kansas
and Oklahoma situation. holds that
national banks under the present
banking laws may not lawfully pay
out money on a plan to guarantee
depositors.
The state insurance commission OF
Oklahoma has Cancelled the license oil
the Great Western Life Insurance com
pany of Kansas City to do business III
that state.
Judge Smith Mcpherson. In the
United States district court ut Kansas.
has rendered a decision declaring void
and unconstitutional the Missouri law
forbidding foreign corporations from
transferring suits brought against
them from state to federal courts.
Japanese immigration to America is
decreasing according TO reports re-
ceived by the immigration bureau. The
falling OF for December. 1907 was
2,23i as compared with 1906.
Secretary Garfield of the interior de-
partment is attempting to annul the
Oklahoma law forbidding piping gas
out OF that state The action is taken
In the interest of Indians who have
gas to sell.
The Missouri River Navigation CON
gress. at Sioux City. Iowa. adjourned
after choosing Yankton. S. d. as the
place for next years meeting, Con
gressman Ellis, of Kansas City, was
elected president.
In the federal court at ST. Louis,
Judge Garland ordered the jury to ac'
quit four officials of the American
Bond Reserve company. who have
been on trial on charges OF fraudulent
use of the mail
AT Clarksville. Tenn. two negroes
were killed while attempting TO set
fire TO a tobacco factory. A third ne
gro escaped. but was thought to have
been wounded. The dead men had
enough dynamite on their persons TO
have destroyed the building.
The new battleship Mississippi has
been turned over to the naval author
tiles at League Island. She will be
commanded by Capt. John c. Fremont.
The battleship fleet under Admiral
Evans has sailed from Rio Janeiro on
its way to the Pacific
President Bochemohle. OF the Bank
OF Ellenwood. Kan. has been arrested.
charged with having sworn falsely
concerning the banks condition.
Four business houses. with their
contents. were recently destroyed by
fire at Geuda Springs. Kan. causing
a loss OF $1,000.
The application OF George W. Aus.
tin OF New York for an order restrain.
Ing Secretary Cortelyou from allottinG
Panama canal bonds. has been denied
by Justice Gould at Washington.
Another collision between police and
unemployed men occurred recently In
Berlin In which many OF the rioters
were wounded.
The Missouri suit to oust the Har.
vester trust has been continued to
the April term OF the supreme court.
Two small banks at Pittsburg. Pa,
were recently closed by the state au.
thorities.
The home of Theodore p. Shonts
president OF the Interborough Rapid
Transit company of New York. was
recently searched by customs officers
with the result that several hundred
dollars worth OF foreign goods were
found on which no duty had been paid.
Personal.
Mayor James c. Dahlman was re
Gently elected from the WATERWAYS
congress at Sioux City. Iowa. because
of an attempt TO inject politics into
the discussion on the resolutions.
DIR. Eliot. president of Harvard uni
versity. advocates that American boys
and girls be sorted out" by agents of
authority and forced by law to study
trades assigned to them.
Miss Georgia a. Smythe. n BOSTON
waitress. has fallen heir to 5000. 900 by
virtue of being n greatgrcat.granJ
daughter OF the notorious Mrs. Fitz.
herbert, one OF the favorites of King
George w. of England.
John Mitchell, president of the Mine
Workers union, who retires April
next, declares he would not accent n
government position If offered him.
Mrs. Emily Yznaga, mother of the
dowager duchess of Manchester and
OF Lady Lister-key, of England, is
dead at her home in Louisiana.
Former Gov. ID. II. Francis, OF Mis-.
souri,. was recently presented with the
Swedish Order of the North Star. in
recognition Of his services as nresi.
dent of the Louisiana Purchase Expo.
sition company.
Miss Miriam De Vore, a wealthy
chicago heiress. recently eloped to
st. Louis and married her chauffeur.
Mrs. Frank b. McKenna, daughter
OF Richard c. Kerens of st. Louis. ia
dead In Paris.
Charles NJ. Smith, widely known
among Grand Army men as n lectur.
er on the story of his esca,o sro,,,