The Ordway new era., 1909-11-05

s"."' Leoh De la Grange, the French
aviator. Tying Bleriot monoplane.
broke the worlds speed record. He
Travelled a mile and $50 yards in one
minute and AZ is seconds. This was
at the rate OF nearly fifly-four miles
an hour.
A terrible cloudburst occurred in the
state OF Tabasco. Mex, October 25.
destroying crops and forests. From
north to south. across the state from
the Mescaiapa and the Grijalya rivers
the entire country was left n wasto
ohiy the high mountain villages and
piateau farms escaped from the rush
ing waters.
An enormous waterspou, canning
swiftly In from the sea over IN, town
caused serious damage at Genoa. 1t.
aiy. on the 2sth ult. Many houses In
the vicinity OF the Piazza Del Popolo
were unroofed and many OF the trees
In the square were uprooted. A large
number OF persons were injured. but
no one was killed.
some storm records were broken In
the recent Philippine typhoon which
'rosscd northern l.uZon and the Gen.
Suet mountains. Eighteen inches of
ram iell IN nine hours and twenty-siX
inches fell In the twcnty.four hours
the storm lasted. The Bued river
rose sixty feet. The wind gauge al
the observatory broke when the wind
attained velocity OF ninety-flve miles
an hour.
SiXty-one automobiles, representing
thirty.four different makes, left New
York City October 2Jth on a lO-days'
run to Atlanta, Ga, as participants in
the good roads tour promoted by the
New York Herald and Atlanta Jour.
nal. The contest Is for trophies ng.
greGating Sl.7OO and Is open 10 stock.
cars selling AT from $3.50 to $4,000 and
over.
With a view to stemming the tide
OF emigration which threatens to de
picte the country OF agricultural Ia
borers. Il national subscription has
been started In Sweden to obtain
funds for loans to labOrcrs left un.
employed after the recent big strike
The loans are intended TO enable the
purchase OF smal. farms and will he
made rcpayablc within ten years. The
fund will be administered by the Anti.
Emigration Society Of Sweden.
The will Of Francisco FcTTer. who
was executed at Barcelona for con
spiracy against the government Of
Spain. has been published in Paris. II
charges the executor to continue the
publication OF Fcrrcr's works on mod
crn schools and education. The tes-
-, A. ii 1tn Al
cate his innocence. but he abjurcd his
friends not TO bother about his mem.
ory. as lin this life only acts count
Four wcighers at the port CT New
York made "A confession of fraud and
named the bribers. resulting IN con
vic,iun and punishment. For this the
weighers were promised immunity and
continuance in the service. The ac-
ton of Collector William Loeb. Jr.. in
this case has been strongly denounced
by Federal Judge Holt. but Is de
Tended by the collector on the plea
that he could find no other method of
stopping the frauds.
At College Park, Md, October 10Th,
Wilbur Wrights two army officer stu
dents made their first independent
flights. Lieutenant Humphreys stayed
up twanty-four minutes and Licutcn-
ant Lahm thirty-ninc minutes. Lieu
tenant lahm on his final flight OF the
evening, circled the field again and
again in darkness. 1t was the first
time in the United States that
Wrigh. aeroplanc had been guided
through the air without carrying
either OF the Wright brothers.
The Wisconsin University baseball
team. lG strong. returned Ey the
steamer Tango Maru. reaching Nictr'
ria. B. c.. October eth, after playing
Il series of nine games in Japan. FIVE
games were won. one %am1, winch
went nineteen innings, was won by
the University OF KCito, two 10 one.
The wisconsin team was entertained
profusely, their sporTsmanlike conduCt
meeting with much appreciation
Count Okuma. the sage of Mito, enter
tanned the team. breaking precedent
Inv shaking hands with all tn" party.
President w. C. Brown of the New
York Central & Hudson River rail-
road. recently announced that tue
manapement had entered upon Il cam.
paign of extraordinary expenditures
TO meet extraordinary traffic DC
mands. The company had placed con-
tracts in the last few days, ne SAID
for s25. 900 900 worth OF new iucoMo'
tives, passenger and freight cars anu
intends to spend $6O.00o.oOo more
s a. 900 900 in all-in reducing grades