The Ordway new era., 1910-08-19
GENE RAJ.

GENERAL.
The population of Kansas City, Mo-,
Is 248,Ss1, an increase OF S4.629, or 81 z
l'cr cent. as compared with 163,752 in
1900.
Grace and Luella Walton. aged 10
and Is years. respectively. were
drowned while bathing In Red river,
near Crookston. MINI.
Robert Treat Paine. president of the
American Peace Society and widely
known as a philanthropist. died at his
home at Waltham, Mass, Thursday
night.
The Illinois State Food Commission
demands that ice cream must be OF
not more than ! per cent gelaltine,
gum tragacanth or other harmless veg.
etabla gum. and contain not more than
100000 bacteria when melted.
Thomas G. Lee OF the dressed beef
sales department Of Armour & Co.. in.
dictcd Thursday on the charge Of per.
jury by the federal grand jury. was ar
rested and gave bail for $1,000.
Mrs. Judith Ellen Horton Foster, not.
ed throughout the country rs a temper.
nnce lecturer and writer and advocate
Of missions and philanthropy. died in
Garfield hospital. Washington, follow.
ing an operation.
A working model Of an automatic
machine gun which, 1t is said, will dis
charge bullets over range OF a mile
or more at the rate Of 100000 a min.
ate and with a muzzle velocity Of more
than 5000 feet a second. rsnd operated
by secret mechanical power, was
demonstrated In New York by the in
ventor. Frederick E. Bangertor.
That the policy OF conservation Is
being carried too far in Alaska and
that the natural resources OF the terri
tory could be developed under super.
vision OF governmental commission.
were opinions expressed by Jacob H.
Schiff. head Of the banking house OF
Kuhn. Loeb & Co.. who arrived in New
York after his recent trip to the terri.
tory.
Twenty persons were injured, nine
fatally. by the explosion OF a charge Of
dynamite In an excavation on East
.
entire neighborhood into a 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.
Mayor William J. Gayeor may be
making satisfactory progress. as his
attic nding physicians persistently main.
tain. but there is an unds-curren, OF
anxiety that runs contrary to the Off.
cinl bulletins. His surgeons say he
had satisfactory day Thursday; that
he Is cheerful and stronger and was
resting quietly. more than holding his
own against the pistol shot wound in
flicted Tuesday by James J. Gallagher.
A move was made Thursday in
behalf OF the Italian government
in the case OF Porter Charl
ton. who confessed to having
murdered his wife at Lake Como. Italy,
and is being held in Jersey City. await.
ing extradition proceedings. The hear.
ing set for Thursday went over by
agreement until Sept. 20. bu, Gustav di
Rosa. the Italian vice consul In New
York, appeared before Supreme Court
Justice Blair in Jersey City and filed
the dossier In Charlton's case. This
document contains recoN OF all the
evidence in the case gathered by the
Italian government and 1t is written
in Italian. Judge Blair ordered a
transcript to be made for the use Of
the court some time before the date
set for Charlton's examination.
The Standard OIL Company furnish.
ed a surprise for the Chicago board Of
review Friday when one of its repre-.
sentatives requested that the assess.
ment on its Chicago personal property
be raised from $150.0OO to Slsl, 900.
A second writ OF error in the case
against Fritz Augustus Heinz, who was
indicted for misappllcatlion Of the
funds Of the Mercantile National Bank
Of which he was president, was dock.
eted BY the United States Supreme
Court The case was brought by the
government under the criminal appeals
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