The Ordway new era., 1909-11-19

- A.. ~ Norhell university
sor .he study of aerial navigation.
several aeroplanes are being con.
strncted by club members.
oh the night OF the 9th inst Ha,,ev,s
comet was observed at Brown univ.r
s'ty by Prof. Winslow linton who
says 1t Is quite faint, but sbould be
visible by telescope from now ON and
with the naked eye in January.
Betting is crime in New York
amy when accompanied by a record
registry or the use OF some mar, NJ
the paraphernalia OF professional, gam.
piers. according to decision banded
down by the New York Court Of An.
| peals.
Alice Paul. who is a member n, ,
New Jersey Quaker family. and Anne.
ia Brown. the window smrshing suf.
'rasettes, were sentenced in London
each TO one month at hard labor, Roth
are members of the Pankhurst organi.
zation.
from stroke OF apoplexy, Mrs. U.
>. Grant. Jr., daughter of the late
United States Senator Jerome d. Chat.
Zee OF Colorado. and wife OF the sec.
ond son OF the late President Grant.
died suddenly In San Diego, Cal, on
the 10th inst.
Forty-seven years after they served
as volunteer soldiers to protect Gin.
clhhati from n threatened raid by Con.
federate troops. under Kirby Smith In
1862. the squirrel hunters" OF Cincin.
natl have FarnIpnI
rate OF Sl3 a month for the time en-
gagged.
II Is reported in New York that the
formation OF giant copper combine
TO force down the cost of producing
the metal and boost the price OF the
finished product will be begun within
few days. The return OF Daniel
Guggenheim from Europe has set the
machinery In motion
A growth in the campaign TO elm
mate Bible reading and hymn singing
from the public schools was reported
at the Central Conference of Ameri-
can Rabbis in New York City. In
thirty-five cities there are no Bible
readings. and in eight only the old
anu obh'l IHhlIIlh tIt
Having invaded many other fields of
mans activities, young women OF
prominent families in New York City
have incorporated what is to be known
as the Woman's Athletic Club.
gymnasium and grounds will be oh.
tanned and the members will endeavor
to foster athletic achievements among
Fpll h.. ,I..r
far are mostly college women.
The New York Sun. in an extended
and sensational article. declares that
the sugar trust has stolen S30.000.0O
from the United States. II says that
the same cargoes were weighed and
underweighed. The trust paid freight
on actual weight. 1t paid duties on
the underweight. 1t stole from to
10 per cent. of the duty on every
cargo.
Two boys who gave their names rs
George Williams, aged Is, and Frank
Brown, aged l6. were arrested on the
10th inst. on the charge of attempting
to rob an express train on the New
York Central. between Lyons and Sy-
racuse. On entering the car they
were instantly covered by guns in the
hands of detectives, who had been en-
gagged on account of recent car robber-
les.
Ironbound windows prevented the
escape from death OF eight workers
in Robert Morrison & Sons comb rae
tory in Brooklyn, which caught fire
Monday. and five other men probably
were fatally injured in making their
escape from the building. William
Morrison, son of the owner OF the
plant, lost his life in the flames while
trying to reach the safe and close It's
doors. His father was among the In
jured.
The Canadian government has
framed bill providing for the con-
struction of three second class cruis-
ers and four torpedo boat dcstroyers.
The orders for these vessels probably
will be placed in Great Britain. Inc
bill provides also for Canadian train
ing establishments for both oiticers
and men. The annual cost OF malhte-
nance of the seven vessels and the eH'
penses of the naval schools are esti-
mated at S3,0O0,OOO.
The banquet at Guild hall in London
in celebration of the Kings sixty
eighth birthday and the inauguration
of Sir John Knill as lord mayor 10
succeed Sir George Truscott was Vio-
lently interrupted by the militant sui
fragettes. The lord mayor was re-
spending to the toast to the King when
a crash of glass was heard, and
stained glass window fell in fragments
into the banqueting hall. Shouts OF
Votes for women" resounded through
tho room. Two women who had
ga,ped the roof and thrown the stones
we're arrested.
uews FROM WASHINGTON.