The Ordway new era., 1909-12-03

November 22d. demolished f,,eon
houses and wrecked the stoddard
county fair buildings, including the
amphitheater Two women and tvo
children were injured.
Bradham hall, the girls dormitorv
OF the South Carolina State Agricultu.
raj and Mechanical College for no.
groes. together with the dining bal
ana Kitchen, was burned few days
since Loss. $4,000; insurance, $50.
Had 1t not been for the recent
trouble In Spain. King Alfonso would
have been a challenger next year for
'he Americas cup. according to a re.
port published in New York. The
threatening troubles at home prevent.
cd the Issuance OF a challenge for tho
international yacht race.
In order to attend the hunting party
OF the Marquis de Polignac at BERN
In France, Hubert Latham flew in his
monoplane from Chalons, a distance
OF nineteen miles, in thirty minutes.
He killed goodly number OF pheas.
ants and partridges and Rt sunset
boarded his monoplane again and re-
turned to Chalons.
Negotiations have practically been
concluded at Paris whereby NJ. Paul.
han. the French aviator, will come to
America TO participate in the exhibi.
tion flights during aviation week at
Los Angeles Later he will give cxhI.
bitions at the Mardi Gras at New Or.
leans and at other places in the South.
NJ. Paulhan will receive $4,000 a
month.
Three hundred Americans were
present at Thanksgiving dinner in
Exposition Park. Berlin. where the
American Exposition will be held next
year. Consul General ThaCkara pre-,
sided and Prof. benjamin Idc Wheeler
president OF the University of Calf
fornia. made the principal address
The gathering sent an address OF
greeting to President Taft at Wash.
ington.
Solon Chase. a celebrated figure in
the days OF the greenback agitation, 30
years ago. died of heart disease a few
days since at his home at Chases
Mills, in Maine He was G7 years old
During the height OF the grccnback
campaign Chase stumped the country
as far as the Middle West. driving n
pair of steers hitchcd to a hayrack.
cred his speeches.
Reports were received at NairobI
November 22d that all the members
OF the American hunting expedition
were well and would return TO Lon
dianai November Goth. During the
hunting on the Guas InGisu plateau
Colonel Roosevelt and Kermit ROosc-
welt. in company with the ChiCagoan.
Carl f. Akeley, killed four elephants
for the American Museum Of Natural
History in New York.
The Wright Company OF New York
has been Incorporated, with $1,000
600 capital. TO manufacture. sell.
operate and otherwise use at any
place on the North American CONT
ncnt and the islands adjacent thereto
maCnlneh, SulpS Vi ''h''
contrivanCcs for aerial navigation.
The directors are Wilbur Wright. Or
Vile Wright. of Dayton. Ohio; George
A. Stevens. Henry F. Hooker and A
+ Barnes, of New York.
The widespread allegations Of de-
plorable conditions in Portuguese
East Africa. particularly in the Islands
of San Thome and Principe, credited
by recent English and American writ
crs to the existence of n cruel slave
trade in African negroes among tho
planters. are denounced as unwnrraht'
I'd fabrlcations by Col }. A. WyIic'
Fellow of the Royal Geographical So
clety Of England. who has Just re-
turned from a tour of Investigation III
that region.