The Ordway new era., 1909-01-08
preslden,elect TAFT has written

stitution OF Mar Hand, that has for i's
obiec, the disfranchisement of negroes
ST. Petersburg still continues to sur
fer from the Asiatic cholera lhere
were eighteen new cases and llNe
deaths from the disease Monday. Ihls
has been the daily average for the last
month.
Robert Fowler, formerly OF the cam
bridge Athletic club OF Boston. but no"
unattached, won the ionkers Mara
thon race on New Years daY IN TWO
hours, fifty-two minutes and forty'ilNe
and two-lifth seconds.
Tom Longboat. the Indian long as
tance runner. was married 10 Miss 10
zerta Miracle at Toronto December
.Sth. Tom Flanagan. the Indian man
aeer. was best man. The bride was
given away by her brother, an Indian
chief.
Just before making a flight at lie.
mans. France, Wilbur Wright, the
American aeropanist, discovered that
some one had filled the oil box Of his
aeroplalc with gasoline. The discoN-
cry probably prevented a serious accl-
dent
Railroad construction In the United
States in 1905 aggregated only 3,2l+
miles Of new main track the lowest TO-
tai for any year since 1897. when only
2.lUg miles OF track were laid. and
decrease OF 1895 miles, or Gs.S per
cent. from the figures OF 1907.
or advice OF his counsel. Samue!
GUmpers has discontinued his We
Don't Patronizc" list in the Fedora
uonalist. the labor organ. This was
followed by the suspension OF its un-
lar list by the Central Federated
Union.
The Hague foreign office has made
the statement that the trouble between
Venezuela and Holland is regarded as
Professionally at an end and that The
Netherlands intends 10 hold its hand
pending the progress OF the new Co
mez administration.
As holiday diversion December 2Gth
the PTesident.clecr made an excursion
to Aiken. $. c. and played golf on The
famous Palmetto links. Mr.. Taft was
accompanied by Mrs Taft and the
three children and John Hays Ham.
mond. his wife and children.
Germany is not able 10 supply It's
home demand for eggs. according 10
Consul General Richard Guenther OF
Frankfort. who reports that last year
S3i.G+3.000 worth Of eggs were I'M
ported. this representing about 5000
100000. or an average OF i6 per capita
The long war with the YaquIs In.
dams in Mexico In which scores were
killed At different times. including
many Americans. has fecn terminated
na treaty Of peace. agreed upon by
three Indian chiefs and lGG OF their
followers and the governor OF the State
OF Sonora, Mexico.
The Steel corporation has issued a
Christmas bonus to all employees hold.
ing stock In the company. It is esti.
mated that siXty.fivc per cent. in num-
Der Of the holdings are In the hands
Of tn workmen. The net earnings are
expected TO run between s25.OO0OOO
and s-G.00O,uOO for the quarter
Senator Benjamin b. Tulman. in an
address before the State Teachers As.
sOciatioa at Columbus. :. c. took Occa.
sion 10 warn the people against the agi.
tation for compulsory education. assert.
ing that should such a law be passed
1t would mean the education Of the ne.
gro. which world in the end mean a
blow to white supremacy
Wilbur Wright made another long
flight at lie Mans. France. December
goth. remaining in the air for one hour.
fifty-two minutes and forty seconds
and covering a distance of sixty miles.
He was obliged to stop on account Of
the intense cold. Both himself and his
machine were covered with ice and the
oil in the motor was frozen.
Yekaterinosluv. Russia. hasn't any
harder name than II deserves. At that
town on New Years day the military
court pronounced forty-one death sen.
tences. nine for recent crimes. Thlr.
ty-two Of the condemned men were
strikers In the railroad troubles of Oc.
tober, 1905. In addition to the death
sentences, twelve strikers were con.
demned to penal servitude for life and
forty-eight to lesser terms of exile.
The architects for the Geo. W. Clay
ton School for Boys in Denver have
taken out building permits which in
clude a twostory and basement admin.
istration building to cost $4,000; a
two-story and basement dormitories to
cost $4,000 each: two-story and base.
ment dormitories TO cost $50 900 each,
and one.story stone power house TO
cost $4,000. Work has already begun
and the foundations are partly up.
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON,