The Ordway new era., 1909-04-02

'so ""oertsoh, driving a lOcono.
bile car. broke the worlds record for a
gasoline car for five miles at DAYTON
ONO. March cath. Time. 2:i5I5.
Admiral George +. Beresford. com.
mander OF the British channel feet
hauled down his flag at Portsmouth
March Gath. thus ending fI,ty years n,
actual sorice.
y Melbourne dispatch says that the
commonwealth government has do.
cided not TO offer a Dreadnouph, IN
England, preferring to adhere TO her
settled policy OF defending Australia,
emperor Nicholas has conferred the
Order OF the Grand Cross OF Alexander
Nevsky upon President Dlaz, The or.
der Is one OF the highest within the
gift OF the Russian sovereign.
In nm automobile race at DAYTON.
o.. March 23d David Bruce Brown.
the millionaire amateur driver. ran
MS machine mile in ;hirty-thrcc sec
onds. breaking the worlds amateur
record OF 30 3-j. which was held by
him.
The Pope received Hart o. Berg. II.
nEncial agent of the Wright brothers
and said that when Wilbur Wright
cnmc 10 Rome he hoped the daring
aviator would fly directly over tho
vatican so ms To give It's occupants a
chance to see the Hcruplnnc.
The Panama libel cases against the
Press Publishing COMPANY and Caleb
Van Hamm, one OF the editors of the
World. will not he dropped so long as
he Is district attorney. is the statement
made by United States Attorney Slim.
son in New York.
The leaders OF the Socialist marty
and the Socialist newspapers OF PnriI
comment with iubllatiou upon the out.
come Of the strike OF the French telcg.
raphers and postmcn. They call It n
victory over the government which
the government can never retrieve.
Mrs. Grace l.. Snnkey has obtained a
divorce from John +. Sankcy. the cid.
est son of the late Ira d. Sankey. the
evangelist who became famous during
his tours with Moody The Sankey's
were married in 1893 and have one lit.
tie girl fiy" years old.
4 holy war is again threatened in
Morocco. Reliable news received Mt
Washington says that F"z and the sur.
rounding country. including the town
OF McQuinz. some OF whose principal
supporters in Fcz. have deserted and
have Joined in the revolt proClaiming
the prctcndcrs and holy war. The
situation In FcZ is critical.
In support OF the contention Of lead.
ing railroad officials that the present
rates paid by the government to the
railways for the transportation OF mail
are far too low, Julius Kruttschnitt.
vice president OF the Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific system, has pre-
pared pamphlet making an eXhaus-
tive argument for an Increase.
a telegram March oath from Nom
basa, British East Africa. whore cX-
President Roosevelt Is going, says: The
popular sporting season is at an end.
The records for the four months show
the killing of 10 lions. including two
maneatcrs, and 5000 head Of other
game. During the season nine natives
and four white men were maulcd by
lions.
At Russ. remote town in l.aclcde
county. Mo. March 22nd, Rev. Martin
ID Jackson, aged forty. shot and killed
Rev. Solomon Odell, aged forty-siX.
Johnson is the Baptist minister of the
neighborhood. while Odell was the
Presbyterian divine at Russ. They
Grarrelcd over business matters re-
lated to rival telephone companies in
which they were interested.
Two hundred merchant tailors from
ccnters of fashion SO far removed from
each other as Portland. Me, and Kan
Sus City. Mo, were present ut the
cuening of the American Style and
Fashion show in New York CITY. IL
appears that even the present freak
styles in coats are to be outdone the
coming season. coats being fashioned
with pronounced curves at the hips.