The Ordway new era., 1909-06-11

s,an insurance companies distributed
Sooo,oii,ooo In the United States And
Sahaua last year for death claims and
material endowment according IN ,ha
annual compilation OF the Insurance.
Press. a"ee
Lieut. Sen. Arthur Macarthur. rank.
ing eificer OF the army, was pIocad On
'he retircd list June End by onerotion
Oh the law on account Of age and tho
grade OF lieutenant general has ceased
TO exist In the army.
The Will of Bridget Torpy. for tw.n.
.s'Se'eh years cook In the family of
Mrs' n. u. Taft. as filed In New York
CITY leaves 100000, the savings ~ =,
'i'et'me. to James Edward Johnson A
negro who had been her assistant.
justice William GaynOr of the apn,l.
lhte division Of the New York Suprcmc
court. In n letter adressed TO Mayor
n''iel'hn' denonnccs the police prac.
tice OF photographing for the "rorues.
s"Hery prisoners who have not been
convicted.
a meeting between Emperor VIII.
lam and Emperor Nicholas has heen
arranged and will take place in tbe
waters of the Finnish gulf. The exoc,
d'iso OF the meeting will be decided
ni"n later. but 1t probably will be
June 18th.
beginning with June lst. 1900
agents of the New York Life Insur.
ahce Company OF which Darwin p
Kingsley is president, were droppel
from the company's service on account
OF the law OF the state prohibiting any
company writing more than $50 900.
oVo OF new business In any one year.
The relief department OF the Penn.
sylvania railroad during the year 1908
paid the sum of sl.373.S5G to EN-
pIoyes or their families on account of
Illness or natural deaths The amount
paid on account OF accidents was s5i7.-
35S.O5. Since the relief department
was established In 1856. the total pay.
ments to employed and their families
have amounted to s26.272. .lO2.24.
The Panama libel case against the
owners OF the indianapolis News has
been continued In the Federal court at
Indianapolis until October lith, to
give the government opportunity to
produce as witnesses Frank Hitchcock
and Norman +. Mack, certain mem.
bcrs OF the office force and ]. p. Nor
gan and certain government officials
II Washington.
On June 3rd the one hundred and
first anniversary OF the birthday OF
jefferson Davis was observed In Nor
folk. Portsmouth. and other Virgins
cities by the presentation of crosses
OF honor" to veteran Confederates
with an innovation including the pre-
sentation OF similar honors to widows
and descendants OF Confederate SOL
diers.
Resenting the statement of David
Starr Jordan. president of Leland Stan
ford University. that France by her
own confession is weak and decad.
ent nation" which was made in an ad-
dress at Bryn Mawr College on the
subject of War and Mankind" Prof.
Lucien Foulet, instructor in French
literature. arose from his seat on the
platform and. eXclaiming, 1T Is not
SOL" left the building.
The copper exports for May totaled
81 ,423 tons, or but trlfle under TO-
100000 pounds, a figure 2,250.000
pounds above the heavy exports for
the previous month. That the copper
situation is stronger is evident from
the fact that copper consuming con-
Germs have increased their consump-
ton to the extent of fifteen per cent.
over what 1t was in the first quarter
of the current year.
After some of them had spent twen-
ty years OF their life in the leper set
tlement on the island of Molokai, ten
of eleven supposed lepers who were
returned to Honolulu at the instance
of the territorial Legislative committee
for denomination, have been found
free OF the disease. OF these, two are
boys of six and seven years, but the
others vary in age from twenty-seven
to seventy-nine, and some of them
have spent many years in the settle
ment.