The Ordway new era., 1909-11-26

"b NeW York for Eu.
.ope . Few days since. Sir Thoma,
.Apton stated that he will Challenge
Iof race for the American cup. 10 be
sailed In 1911. '' ~ w.
shareholders OF the Cleveland c,,.
cinnati. Chicago A. St Ioris mi.
Four) railroad met at Cleveland ana
voted bond issue OF SO, 900 600 for
physical improvements.
A new $1,000. .OO0. 900 company wu,
DC 'he result OF an action OF the Am.
erican Telephone and Telegraph Com.
pahy IN securing control OF the West.
erh Union Telegraph ComDanv
through the purchase OF Gould Stock.
Mrs' Alice Smith. wife OF LEROY Il
smith. superintendent OF the Amer,.
can District Telegraph Company OF
YORK. died AT her home in Newark, N
j.. few days ago after swallowing
some tablets taken to relieve a bead.
ache.
The Pilgrims of England ploved
their iinal game OF association loot.
pall on their American tour nj Raw
ridge. l.. l.. on the 10th inst. defeat.
ins the Crescent Athletic club, q to /.
ne Pilgrims played - gamcg y,Lyle
IN the United States. winning 10 and
losing 2. with four games drawn.
Representative Nicholas I.ongworth
mas emphatically denied the state.
ments published as coming from wo.
man In Berlin. to the effect that his
wife. while she was stilI Miss Alice
Roosevelt. had been photographed by
him astride the sacred elephant of the
Koreans at their national capital.
The Will OF the late Mrs. FranzIskr
Speyer. widow OF George Spcyer. a
partner IN the banking house OF
Spsyer 4 Co, OF New York. London
and Frankfort on the Main, be.
queaths between ss.O0O.O .OOO and 3d..
100000 10 charity. The gifts include
$l.0Oo.0o0 for research into the sub.
iert OF cancer and lupus.
Director Lowell OF the observatory
at Flagstaff. Arlz.. reports the first
apparent Antarctic snowfall OF the
season on Mars. Two patches appear
at the altitude G2.72 longitude 100. 100.
The first was November L.. and was
small. with great increase Novem.
Der l6. The second was observed for
the first time on the latter date.
Legislation for the District OF Co
lumbia to prevent brutality In foot.
ball and possibly to actually prohibit
the playing OF the game. is
likely to follow the mortality
which has marked contests this
season. The district commissioners
have the corporatlon counsel at work
I.on the subjects. and. IL the situation
can be handled by police regulation.
Congress will he asked to pass bill
which the district commissioners will
dri.t
The American Federation OF Labor
in it's convention in Toronto. in addi,
! tion to indorsing the attitude taken
/ by President Com. US In the Bucks
Stove 4 Range Company injunction
| proceedings, voted to continue the
salaries OF Gompers and Secretary
| Frank Morrison, and to compensate
| Vice President John Mitchell. who is
not a salaricd officer. during their
| terms Of Imprisonment. in case it is
| decided they must go to Jail for con
| tempt of court. They will be paid at
the rate of $1,000 a year.
Statistics have been collected from
35S cities in ~ states and the District
of Columbia, showing what has been
! III. rnp a
physical defects mong pupils OF
| these cities, l47. with school popu
lation of 10000, are not making any
attempt whatever to discover trans
mitable diseases: 2l1 are inspecting
for such diseases: 226 are inspecting
for defective vision, 10 for breathing
troubles and lis for bad teeth, while
l04, with population OF 3.2oo,ooo
have no examination of any kind fol
their 100000 school children.
Captain Road Amundsen. discov
erer of the Northwest passage. whc
recently arrived in New York from
Copenhagen, explained that his WISH
| tao America was to fit out an oceano
graphic expedition for the Norwegian
government. he expedition would
start, he said, from Christiansand II
Nansen's old ship. the Fran. nex'
July, and probably would cruise foi
five years. The iirst year Will DC
| speut in the southern portion OF the
North Atlantic, studying the currents
temperatures, the ocean bottom ano
sea life. Then the Fran will he nav
igated around the Horn to the Paclilc
fitting out in San Francisco probably
e.. xntin trim