The Ordway new era., 1916-02-25
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The bundesrath has fixed maximum
prices for swine in stalls at from 63 to
100 marks per 100 metric pounds live
weight, according to the size of the
animals.
Japanese interests are negotiating
for the purchase from an American
lumber company of its mills ana
business in the Philippines for sum
of 81 100000.
Theodore Roosevelt arrived at
st. Thomas, d. w. L., from New
York, on the steamship Guiana. He
dined with the governors secretary
in the absence of the governor, at
ST. Croix.
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph Company from Amsterdam says
that Emperor William has announced
his decision that the marriage OF
Prince Joachim is to take place at
potsdam on March II.
The Vienna city ell has voted
to remove the copper roof of the his
toric Rathhaus and give the metal to
the military authorities. The roof
will be replaced by one of galvanized
iron.
A mutiny of Hindu troops in Egypt
is reported by the Berlin Cologne
Volkes Zeitung as quoted by the
Overseas News Agency. 1t is said an
entire regiment mutinied, killing
twelve officers, including major.
and that other Hindu troops went
over to the mutineers.
An official statement issued at
Rome. according to the Rome corre-
spondent of the Havas agency, says
that the French and Italian ministers
have come to an agreement on the
necessity for closer coordination OF
the efforts of the allies, SO as to as
| sure more perfect unity of action.
Germany has notified the Dutch
| government that the Investigation OF
| the Artemis incident has established
that the Artemis was blameless, and
that the torpedoing of this vessel was
blunder on the part of the comman.
der of the German torpedo boat. The
| government has disapproved his ac-
tion and taken necessary measures.
I
cident. tenders apologies and offers to
! pay an indemnity.
SPORTING NEWS
Sam Langford Of Boston and Sam
McVey OF California fought ten rounds
to draw at Madison Square Gardens
in New York.
Jack Dillon of Indianapolis floored
Wick Hanson of Los Angeles six
Times in the third and fourth rounds
of their eight-round bout at Memphis,
Tenn, and won an easy decision.
At Steamboat Springs, Colo, Rag
ner Omtvedt of the Norge Ski Club
of Chicago broke the worlds record
for ski jumping by a flight" of 1872
feet inches
P. J. Hanlon, president of the Sioux
City Club of the Western League, has
secured Pat Livingston, catcher,
from Indianapolis. He was purchased
from James McGill, owner of the Den
yer and Indianapolis clubs.
The name of C. J. Miles, former
mayor of Hastings. Ne3., was filed
with the secretary OF state of Neb
raska as candidate for the Republi
can gubernatorial nomination He
was president of the Nebraska State
Baseball League last season.
GENERAL
| A resolution proposing a referend-
um of woman suffrage was reported
by the Virginia House of Delegates,
90 to 4O
Whitman are New York's delegates
at-large to the Republican national
convention.
| A Valentine, Neb.. dispatch says
twenty county bridges and twelve
houses have been destroyed by the
ice and flood in the Niobrara river
A total of s3,G92,749 has been sent
to Europe for the relief of Jewish war
sufferers by the American Jewish re-
lief committee, the Central relief com
mittee and the Peoples relief commit.
tee.
A cablegram from Bueros Aires an.
nounces the birth of son to Mr. and
Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt. Mrs. Roose-
welt was Miss Belle Willard of Rich.
mond, Va, the daughter of the Amer.
lean ambassador at Madrid.
Estimates made by owners of prop.
erty and proprietors of stores in the
section of the business district of Fall
River, Mass, swept by fire indicated
that the total loss wouii be approx
mately 100000.
Sixteen years in the penitentiary