The new era., 1909-11-18

King Manuel Of Portugal Iefs II,
bon on the 7th inst. for Madrid .
route for France and England. Ths
Duke Of Oporfo will act ~ regent dur
ing the Kings absence.
An aero club with 100 members has
been organized at Cornell university
Several aeroplanes are being con.
structed by club members.
H. ]. slifer. general manager Of the
Panama railroad. has resigned. 1t is
understood that he will take charge Of
the management of an important
railroad in the United States.
An international congress Of agri-
cultural associations will take place
at Brussels in September. 1910. The
object of this congress is to compare
the organization and the work Of agri-
the various countries.
The executive committee of the
Democratic party in Brooklyn has de-
cided on John r. Mccoy to succeed
the late Sen. Patrick H. McCarren
as leader of the party. Mr.. Mccoy
was defeated for the borough presi.
dency of Brooklyn in the recent cleo
ton.
Forty-seven years after they served
as volunteer soldiers to protect Gin
cinnau from threatened raid by Con-
federate troops, under Kirby Smith in
1862. the squirrel hunters" of Cincin-
natl have received their pay at the
rate Of 313 month for the time en-
gagged.
Cyril St Armand of Thurso, Ontario
ten years old, has been sentensed
to six years for horse stealing. When
eight years old he was convicted OF
an attempt to wreck a railway train
His youth saved him from sentence
fol this and a number of burglaries
which followed.
Prominent members of the Nicar
aguan colony in Panama have sent
cable message to President Taft ask
civilization" to pay no attention to re-
quests of Zelaya either for aid or for
non-interference and saying that II the
United States cannot intervene in
Central America it should at least let
the fate of Nicaragua be decided ON
the battlefield.
On leaving New York to begin work
a. the Wright factory in Dayton. o.
Orville Wright said: People seem
to have the conviction that the aero
plane is merely a fair weather ma
chine. They are wrong. 1t is fair
weather machine only in its expert
mental stages. Once we have learned
its capabilities we shall find that 1t is
as stable and dependable in storm as
Its sister craft which sails the water"
Demands for uniform schedules, and
q wage increase Of about twelve per
cent. are to be made by conductors
and trainmen on every railroad sys-
tenn east of Chicago. The movement
involves 125.000 men s1d includes ev-
cry railroad east of the Illinois Cen
trails main southern line and north of
the Chesapeake Z Ohio railroad. West.
ern conductors and trainmen are ex-
pected to Join.
Ironbound windows prevented the
escape from death of eight workers
IA xhOUcAt 1uOAE1oOu q oOuS COkuU ldE-
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 its
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 destroyers.
The orders for these vessels probably
viii be placed in Great Britain. Tho
bill provides also for Canadian train.
ing establishments for both officers
and men. The annual cost of mainte-
nance Of the seven vessels and the ex
penses Of the naval schools are esu-
mated at 100000.