The Ordway new era., 1910-08-12
GEN E RAJ.

cation of the Pilgrim monument at
Provincetown. Mass. Friday.
Fifty-eight cases of infantile paraly-
sis are reported at Mason City, Iowa:
seventy.one cases at Springfield,
Mass.
A corporation has been formed by a
New York inventor to exploit a mono
plane. backed by son-in-law of John
d. Rockefeller and an officer Of the
International Harvester Company.
The strike of conductors. trainmen
and yardmen which began on the
Grand Trunk and Central Vermont
systems July IS. was officially called
eff Tuesday. Said to be an increase Of
30 per cent in wages.
Charges OF graft which defrautled
the Fraternal Order OF Eagles-a soci-
ETY. OF 800, 900 members in Canada and
the United Statcs-of thousands OF dol
lars. were made Tuesday in connection
| with a suit for recovery OF $4,000.
Secretary Ballinger has denied that
his conference with Senator Crane in
Minneapolis. MINI, related to or would
be followed by his resignation. Flo
said the matter discussed was not even
oi direct interest to him.
The Ferguson Contracting Company,
contractors for railroad construction,
went into the hands of receiver in
bankruptcy proceedings. Liabilities are
| sGG0.O00 and assets $G4O.110. besides
several large claims which are In liti-
CATION.
In the teeth OF gale blowing from
thirty to sixty miles an hour. J. C..
Mars treated 10000 persons to a short
hut sensational exhibition At the Bru-
not = island lPa.) aviation meet Mr..
Mars made his flight against the ad
| Zee of Capt. Thomas S. Baldwin and
Glenn H. Curtiss. neither of whom
would attempt to fly. owing 10 the gale.
Negotiations have been completed
for the merger OF the two largest re-
;ail drug companies in the United
States-the William b. Ri.ter & Son
Company and Heremnn & Co. 1t Is
understood that the capital OF the new
organization. which will be incorporat-
ed under the title of the Riker & Hege-
man company. would be $5.000.O0O in
preferred stock and s1O.0oO.ooO in COM
mon stock.
With Senator Thomas p Gore re-as.
serting his charge that he had been
offered a bribe of s25.OOO Or $4,000
to influence his action in Congress.
and with Jacob Hamon. accused by
the senator OF having offered the
bribe. denying he had ever done any
such thing. the investigation of the
| Oklahoma Indian land deals by COM
mittee of the House of Representa-
tives Friday simmcred down 70 a mass
Of denials.
The grand encampment of the
Knights of Pythias at Milkauwee elect
ed officers as follows: Supreme pre-
late, J. W. Spearing of Louisiana; SUI
preme vice chancellor. Thomas J. Car
ting, Macon. Ga: supreme keeper of
records and seal, Fred Z. Wheaton,
Minneapolis supreme prelate. Rev. Jo-
seph Fl. Spearing. Shreveport. La. SUI
preme master Of exchequer, Joseph D.
Mears, Wilmington, n. c.; supreme
master at arms. Edward Horton, st.
Thomas, Ont: supreme inner guard,
Harry A. Drachman. Arizona: supreme
outer guard, II. w. Wadsworth, Phla.
delphia: members OF board of control
insurance department. George A.
Bangs. Grand Forks, N. D., w. A. Du-
vail, Kansas.
The delegates attending the conven-
ton OF Knights Of Columbus in Que.
bee reelected four directors whose
terms had expired. They were Joseph
Mercier. Montreal; Victor ]. Dorr,
Augusta, Ga; John H. Reddin, Denver,
and w. D. Dwyer. ST. Paul. MINI.
War to the knife exists between
Tom L. Lewis. president of the United
Mine Workers, and the state officials
in Illinois, and in the southwest terri.
tory. which may result in a split at
the special convention which will open
at Indianapolis next week.