The Ordway new era., 1910-08-26
GENE RAJ.

GENERAL.
Census returns: Newark. N. j.. 347.-
469: Scranton. Pa. 129.S67: Schenec.
tady. N. Y. 72.s26.
The Standard Oil Company Tuesday
declared a regular quarterly dividend
Of IS per share. John D. Rockefeller's
portion is $1.620.000.
A report comes from the United
Mine Workers convention at Indianap:
oils that an attempt will be made to
depose President Thomas l.. Lewis.
The condition OF James Whitcomb
Riley. who suffered a stroke Of paraly-
SIS three weeks ago. Is improved. and
hopes Of his ultimate recovery ars
growing. though friends still fear a
second stroke Of paralysis.
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 .
curtiss bi.plane at Mineola. N. Y.
Another respite for the alleged I'LL.
uois Central conspirators. charged with
mulcting that road Of million and
half dollars. came Monday In a delay
Of forty.eight hours before filing the
informations at Chicago that will bare
the names Of the men to be arrested.
Omaha-Through a systematic ar
rangement between a number Of con.
ductors. trainmen. ticket sellers and
others, the Burlington road has been
defrauded out of probably hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars. The scheme ex-
Western system.
working model OF an automatic
machine gun which. 1t Is said, will dis
charge bullets over range Of mile
or more at the rate Of 100000 min
ute and with muzzle velocity Of more
than 5000 feet a second. and operated
by . secret mechanical power, was
demonstrated in New York by the in
ventor. Frederick E. Bangertor.
Lawyers expense accounts running
as high as 100000. single fee. al
ready paid. amounting to $750.OO0. and
contingent fees still pending that
would aggregate about $5,00O,OOO, fig
ured In the investigation Of the Okla.
homa Indian land affairs by the spe-
cial committee appointed by the House
Of Representatives.
Astounding revelations Of wholesale
jury tampering are being developed in
the attempt to get a jury In the Lee
O'Neil Browne bribery trial, Chicago.
Tuesday, when the sixth venire OF 100
men reported to Judge Kersten, over
one-half Of them declared they had
been approached regarding the case in
one way or another.
1t is reported that negotiations may
be undertaken soon to unite the Ma
tional Fraternal Congress and the AS
ISOLATED Fraternities of America.
which will hold their annual meetings
this month. The two organizations
split some years ago on the question of
adequate rates, but there are increas-
ing evidences of a possible agreement
on the question.
A Columbia University statistician
has peeH SoLlpdi ing lhe CeLSuS IlRuIeS
thus far announced at Washington
with those of the previous enumera-
ton. He figures that the average
gain thus far shown is 297 per cent.
If similar percentage applies to the
rest Of the country, the net gain for
the whole country will be about H.
100000, making the total population of
the continental United States over
93.6OO 900.
Suits for injunctions, accountings
and damages totalling millions of dol
lars and bringing into question deals
involving four railroads were filed in
Cincinnati Tuesday by Rudolph and
Leopold Kleyboite, brokers'
Chief of Police George Yeager was
put on trial before the City Council of
Des Moines Tuesday on charges of NAL
administration, brought by the Iowa
Anti-Saloon League. Chief Yeager is
accused of permitting resorts and gam
bling rooms to run and Of not enforcing
the law providing that the saloons
close at certain midnight hour,