The Ordway new era., 1909-08-13

The National Association of Dent,,
Sxaminers In session at Newman,
News. Va. closed its session on the
I'd inst. after voting to meet in Nan.
yer next year
Ihe operatives In the cotton mills
nt North Grosvenordale. Conn. num-
bering thousand, are to receive nm
increase In wages about August 18th
Inc increase, 1t is understood. will ay-
erage about ten per cent.
At Port Aviation, near Juvisv
france. August list. NJ. Peliot Gaudart.
IN Voisin bi.plane rose to height
OF 50O ieet. beating the record estab.
ilshed by Wilbur Wright and winning
the l.azare Weller prize.
An official report cn the dama,e nv
the great fire at Osaki. japan, places
the number of buildings des,roved n,
ii'ddS, including eleven office buiId
ihss' eight schools. four banks, ten
business blocks and twenty temples.
by the Will of Mrs. Mary F. Snow of
hartford. Conn. Miss Phila C. Miller.
spihster at Orange, Mass, will re-
ceiVe the income from $4,000 for TAX.
ing care OF Mrs. Shows two small i'm.
ported dogs. The deceased left her
husband only $4,000.
a permanently self.luminous watch.
dlal and military night compass has
been exhibited in London by c. E. S.
Philiips. The glass dials have figures
on the upper surface. and are backed
with radium bromide compound. The
iigures stand out very clearly at night.
A company OF women suffragists
started by trolley from Boston few
days since to make tour OF Massa.
chusetts in the interest of votes for
women" The crusaders were headed
by Mrs. II. Y. Fitzgerald, secretary OF
the Boston Equal Suffrage association.
The expedition carrying relief sup
plies to Commander Robert L. Peary,
who is hunting for the North Pole. left
st. Johns. y. F.. August Sd. for Etah,
Greenland. The schooner Jennie is in
command OF Capt. Samuel Bartlett
He will also look for the missing DR..
Frederick A. Cook
Both houses of the Connecticut Ieg-
isiature have passed bill repeating
the sc-called Blue laws" relating to
Sunday observance. which forbid al.
most every form OF recreation and sec.
ular activity. The laws are relics OF
enactmcnts by the law.giving body OF
1922.
Prince Hermann OF SAKE WeImar-
Eisanach. the heir presumptive TO the
grand duchy OF Weimar. has re-
nounced the succession of himself or
his heirs. II any, to the throne of the
grand duchy or its property. This ac-
tion is in consequence OF the princes
extravaganza.
Judge Watts Parker In the Circuit
Court at Lexington, Ky. has declared
the election for city officers held in
1907 null and void on the ground Of
fraud and corrupt methods. The ef-
feet OF the decision Is to oust Mayor
Skain and three other officials. all
Democrats. from office.
There has been n renewal OF piracy
in south China and tragic affairs are
reported. seven persons being roasted
to death by pirates near Shuntak. after
the capture OF castle-like house
owned by one of the local gentry. Al
though the Chinese garrison was but
800 yards away. no troops came to as
sist the bcsieged household. or to sue
cor them when the pirates burned
them alive.
Nearly twenty transatlantic steam.
ships. which have been bending their
utmost efforts in response to orders
sent by wireless to reach New York
before the new Tariff law went into
effect. lost the race at i:30 p. IN. on
the 9Th inst. when the custom house
closed and the last payment OF duty
under the old law was registered. I'M
porters will be losers TO the extent OF
between 100000 and 100000.