The Ordway new era., 1910-10-14
GEN ERAL

the most magnificent religious edifice
in the country. has been formally con.
secrated.
es veteran Of the Civil War, died at
the age Of 107 years at the United
States naval home.
The South gave Theodore Roose.
welt a hearty welcome on his trip.
Throughout the first day. which took
him across Virginia and a part OF
Tennessee. he received many honors
Deluged by the heaviest continuous
rainfall. in some places for forty years.
wide strip Of country extending from
Eastern Texas across the northern
portion Of Louisiana and Mississippi
and over sections Of Arkansas, Ten.
nessee. Kentucky. southern Indiana
and Ohio. almost to Pittsburg Is a veri.
table inland sea.
The house Of deputies Of the Protes-
tant Episcopal church in Cincinnati,
Thursday passed an amendment to4he
constitution providing for suffragan
bishops throughout the church. The
object Of the suffragan bishops was
not only to look after the people OF a
particular nationality or race. but also
to assist bishops who preside over
large dioceses.
The Standard Oil company through
its official publicity representative. J.
I. c. Clarke, has announced that the
company has inaugurated cam
paign to increase the worlds con-
sumption Of refined OIL" and Is lower
ing prices OF kerosene in Europe and
the far east. This action follows that
of August last. when the Standard Oil
company reduced refined oil in bar
rels l cent a gallon from 9A to S2,
cents at the refinery. and refined oil
in tanks from 61s to 5la cents a gal
Ion. In part the statement reads:
The Standard Oil company has inau.
gurated campaign to increase the
worlds consumption of refined OIL
The level Of prices for refined oil to-
day in the United States is lower than
at any time during recent years. and
as direct result of these prices the
consumption of refined oil in this
country is increasing. The same pol
icy is now being actively pursued
abroad"
DR.. J. B. Murphy. president of the
American Medical Association, Is on
the eve of an announcement of what
Physicians says is one Of the most i'm.
portant discoveries in the history OF
surgery. The discovery is to the ef-
feet that ankylosis, or stiffening of the
joints, from any cause except tubercu-
losis is preventable, and that where
joints have become stiffened through
inflammation. they may be cut open
and new pliable joints made.
Mr.. Josiah W. Thompson Of Union
town. Pa, has just closed a deal by
which he transfers to the Standard
Oil Company $4,000 acres of coal
land. located in Washington and
Greene counties, Pennsylvania, and in
six West Virginia counties. The deal
involved about 500. 900. and is
without parallel for magnitude. The
Greene coal land involved in the trans
action amounts to about 10000 acres.
while the Washington county block
contains 100000 acres. The remaining
eN.000 acres are located in Ohio.
Marshall. Wetzell. Lewis, Harrison
and Monogahela counties in West
Virginia.
The furry OF uneasiness over the
possibility OF the entrance OF cholera
at New York was abated with reas-
surfing statements from both state and
federal health officers and the release
to the els cabin passengers detained
st quarantine.
Dr.. Harry Thurston Peck, one
Of the foremost Latin scholars
Of the world. named defendant in
a 100000 breach of promise suit
brought by Esther Quinn of Boston,
was dismissed as professor OF Latin
and literature by the trustees of Co
lumbia university Tuesday.