The state herald., 1910-08-19
GENE RAJ.

The population of Kansas City, Mo,
Is 24s.Ssl, an increase of S4.629, or 81
'er cent. as compared with l63,752 in
1900.
Gaining In strength and free from
any blood poisoning. Mayor Gaynor
ic one step nearer recovery from his
bullet wound
Grace and Luella Walton. aged 10
and Is years. respectively, were
crowned while bathing in Red river,
rear Crookston, MINI.
Mrs. Judith Ellen Horton Foster, not
I'd throughout the country as temper
lnce lecturer and writer and advocate
OF missions and philanthropy. died in
Garfield hospital. Washington. follow.
ing an operation.
The condition OF James Whitcomb
Riley, who suffered a stroke of paraly
SIS three weeks ago. is improved, and
nopes of his ultimate recovery are
growing. though friends still fear
second stroke Of paralysis.
The Illinois State Food Commission
demands that ice cream must be of
not more than per cent gelaltine,
gum tragacanth or other harmless veg
etable gum. and contain not more than
100000 bacteria when melted
For the first time In the history OF
aviation in this country four persons
have been carried in a heavier.than
air machine. The event was per
formed by Charles F. Willard In a
Curtiss bi-plane at Mineola. n. "
The Knights Tcmplar Conclave in
Chicago elected William u. Melish OF
Cincinnati. grand commander; Arthur
Macarthur of Troy. n. Y. deputy
Il and commander; w. F. Pierce OF
San Francisco. grand generalissimo
Denver was selected for the 1918 tri.
ennial conclalve.
Drastic action was taken by the su.
preme lodge of the Knights OF Pyth.
las at Milwaukee to put the members
insured in the old fourth class on a
sound basis. II was decided to in.
crease the rates, taking effect Janr.
AIRY |. 1911. the advance ranging from
35 per cent. at the age OF 81 to 2s
per cent. AT the age OF 60. There are
$500 members In the fourth class who
are more than 60 years old.
Twenty persons were Injured. nine
fatally. by the explosion OF charge OF
dynamite In an excavation on East
Thirty-seconl street, which threw the
entire neighborhood into panic and
did heavy damage to property In the
vicinity. Hundreds OF windows were
broken and roofs of houses nearby
were crushed under the weight OF rock
and sand which was hurled high BY
the blast.
Violence resumed such sway Sun
day evening that the Columbus (ol
Railway Light Company ordered
traffic suspended on all but few
lines In the city. Mayor Marshall
again declared that he would not call
for troops. He said police would con.
tinue TO ride the cars. One man was
perhaps fatally shot and five others
seriously injured In rioting which
ftaried early Sunday night.
a move was made last Thursday In
behalf OF the Italian government
In the cas-. OF Porter Charl.
ton. who confessed to having
murdered his wife nj Lake Como. Italy.
and In being held In Jersey City. await.
ins cstradltlon proceedings. The hear,
ing set for Thursday went over by
agreement, until Sept 20. but Gustav di
Rosa, the Italian vice consul In New
York. appeared before Supreme Court
Justice Blair In Jersey City and filed
the doHhicr In charlton'a case. This
document contains record Of all tn.
evidence In the case gathered BY the
Italian government and Il IN written
In Italian. Judge Blair ordered n
transcript to be made for the use OF
III. court some tim. before tho date
not for charlton'u examination
A working model OF an automatic
machine gun which. Il In said. will dis.
charge bullets over n range Of milo
or more at the rate Of 100000 min.
ute aud with muEsle velocity Of more
than a.O0o feet second. aud operated
by secret mechanical power. was
demonstrated In Now York by tho In
ventor. Frederick u, Danscrtor
Thlfty.flvs out Of ii0 members OF
the Columbus lo,l night police force
rebsiied Friday night when called upon
by Mayor Marshall TO board street cars
In an effor, 10 catch persons attacking
cars with stones. bricks and bullets.