The Ordway new era., 1908-05-01


Deport, Texas, a town twenty mi,ea
southeast Of Paris. killing w. r.. Is.
bell, druggist. and wounding several
others. Thirty dwellings on the east
SIDE OF town were destroyed. The
Baptist and Presbyterian churches
were demolished. The cotton oil mill
including the boiler house. seed and
null sheds. were blown away.
A vigorous campaign is about IN be
inaugurated by the Mexican govern.
meht against the rebellious Yaquis in
Sonora. The twenty second battalion
mas arrived at Guaymas and the gun
boat Tampico is on the way to the
same port with the Twenty.iiftb bat.
talon. There are now about 900 va
gus under guard at Hermosillo,
VINO were gathered from all over the
state. They Will be deported at Yuca.
tan.
The total number OF dead and miss
Ing OF the Gladiators crew as n re.
suit OF the collision between the Amer.
ican liner St Paul and the British
cruiser off the Isle of Wight, is IS.
The admiralty has Issued "A revised list
OF the names Of the Gladiator victims,
which includes an additional death in
the hospital, bringing the total OF
deaths known up to five. Twenty.
three men are missing. according TO
the list. and six are suffering severe
injuries. The secretary OF the Admir-.
atty expresses fear that there are still
eight others missing.
Governor Hughes this afternoon in.
augurated what Is believed to be a
campaign of speechmaking in several
cities OF the state In support of the
anu.race track gambling legislation
which will probably be the feature of
the extraordinary session which is to
convene on May 1lth. He was the
principal speaker at two rousing meet
ings, the first in Albany and the sec
ond In Troy. In both his speeches the
governor declared that unless the anti
race track gambling bills are passed
by the Legislature the question will
become an issue in tho next state cam.
paign.
Half the little French hamlet OF
Notre Dame de Salette. sixteen miles
from Buckingham. Quebec. on the Lie
we're river. disappeared Sunday under
Il sliding mountain. and at least thirty
OF its small population are known To
have perished. The hamlet has no
telephone or telegraph, nor Is 1t on a
railroad. Meagre bits OF news of the
disaster come In by messengers from
the physicians and other rescuers who
were hurried there when the first calls
for aid came early Sunday morning.
The river Lievere winds at the foot
OF the hamlet and a mountain towers
behind.
In the trial at Medicine Hat. Mani.
toba. of nine members OF the Dream.
ers" sect. charged with burning homes
OF unbelievers. startling evidence was
was given. Joseph Belts OF Irvine. Al.
berta. stated that II was agreed 10
burn the Baptist and Lutheran
churches. 1t was not the result OF n
dream. but their creed was to burn
and murder. Letters were read at a
meeting from God Jacob" whose
headquarters are at Java. South Da.
kota. and whose real name is Jacob
Merkel. Sr.. giving instructions to kill
| and murder all unbelieyers. The names
OF several farmers were mentioned for
destruction.
| In the presence OF his bride OF less
than three months. Emmanuel Theo'
dore Bernard Marie D'Albert de Luy'
ines DAILY. Ninth Duke OF Chaulnes
and OF Picquigny and Marquis oi
D'Angeau. died suddenly from heart
failure at II o'clock Thursday night
\ In his apartments In the Hotel Lang
ham, in the Rue Bocsadore at Paris
The DUO de Chaulnes and the Duchess,
who was Miss Theodore Shonts'
youngest daughter OF Theodore p.
Shonts Of New York. were married
in New York February 10th OF this
year. The wedding was brilliant so,
cial function, and the end OF the briei
honeymoon was sudden and tragic.
Seven. and possibly eight. new bish'
ops will be elected at the approaching
session of the Methodist General Con
ference at Baltimore. Only twice be-
fore has SO large number been
chosen-in 1872 eight. and In 1904
seven. During the last quadrennium
four OF the active bishops have died
Joyce, McCabe. Fitzgerald and Fow'
ler. One man chosen bishop at the
last general conference declined to
serve, and as his place was not fiiied
there now are five vacancies In the
episcopacy. In all probability one OF
two of the present bishops will be pu,
on the retired list next month, and II
is customary to elect an emergency
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