The Lamar register., 1890-10-25
BY TELEGRAPH.

-The.Atlantc coast has bt,eu suffer-
ing from { severe storm in which shipping
was damaged. J
A new flaS has been produced In
Paris and received loud applause which Is
a take-off on Boulangerism-
A Kansas City woman made seven
attempts su. hang herself, while in jail un-
der arrest for drunkenness.
The. Kansas Anti-Horss Thief Asso-
citation held its annua! meeting in lnde-
pendence, Kansas. last week.
1t is reported the murderers incar-
cerated in the Minnesota penitentiary are
allowed TO go out fishing occasionally
Speaker Reed, of Maine, and Gov
ernor Hill, of New York, are speaking for
their parties in the Upper Mississippi Val
ley.
President Adams of the Union IA
cific says that the business of that road
has increased . per cent during the sum
mer.
The population OF the entire State
of South Dakota is stated TO be Sl',sts,
which is an increase in ten years OF ~
800, or 23s.65 per cent
q Judge:vandeventer OF the Wyoming
Supreme Court has resigned, and c. n,
Potter, who was appointed TO the place oy
the Governor, has declined the honor.
As the result of an extensive police
raid in New York the other night large
number OF girls who were living in opium
dens with Cinnamon were arrested.
The engagement previously an
nounced between Miss Winnie Davis,
daughter of Jefferson Davis, and New
York man has been broken of by her.
1t is believed that there is plot in
New Orleans to kill several other officials
beside the murdered marshal. There is
much hard feeling against the Italians OF
the city.
Mr. Gladstone delivered an address
at Edinburgh on tho eisi, in which be
spoke at some length on the prospects OF
home ruio for ireland. He was warmly
received.
I The British foreign Office has for
mally recognized the Brazilian Republic
and has ordered the British ships on Tho
southeast American station 10 salute the
Brazilian nay.
During one OF the sessions of the
socialist congress which IS IN session a,
halle, Germany, delegate fell dead froua
heart disease while speaking. The meet
ings are largely attended
I The Sultan has surrendered TO Ger
many for thc,snm OF 100000 marks, his
, sovereign rights over. that portion OF the
East African coast, which is leased 10 'ihs
German East African Company,
The United States Circuit Court has
decided that the Kansas prohibi,ory law
has no effect against the original package
business. 1t must be passed again-snb-
sequent TO the passage Of the Wilson law.
There was u terrible collision near
Birmingham, Alabama, on the eaud. Two
men were killed and a Dumber seriously
wounded. The fireman, John Knlan. who
was killed, was TO have been rnnrried the
next day.
Last winter the Kansas legislature
passed a law taxing express companies e.
on every siQo received or charged for
carrying freight in the State. The United
States Circuit Court has jus; declared that
law TO be valid.
Last Monday deliberate attempt
was made>,o wreck tTSan or the Chicago,
Milwaukee * St. Paul .rosd near Kansas
City, by spreading the rails on high
trestle. A freight train ran into IT, and, al
though it did not 90 down, the fireman
was killed by jumping
Ihe Wage Workers Political ALI
ance. OF Washington, d. c., has presented
a petition to President Harrison request
ing him. to present the name OF Mrs. ElIra-
beth Cady Stanton 10 the Senate OF the
United States as an associate Justice in
the place of Justice Miller, deceased.
General Booth, Commander in Chief
Of the Salvation Army, speaking Of the
proposals set forth in his book, ''In Dark
est England for the alleviatlon OF the
masses before close ttention IS paid 10
their moral and spiritual wants, says thai
he requires EIooo,0oo 10 carry out the
scheme.
. oAhIAaA AStNi Us HhbN lhG AONh4 num-
Der OF votes cast at the recent Idaho State
election TO be is,oos The majority re-
ceived by the Republican candidates for
Congress ami Governor are as follows.
Sweet (Congress) a,l7l, Shoup Governor
p 372. Upon joint ballot the Legislature
will stand; Republicans, 10; Democrats, o.
A visionary engineer has submitted
to the Washington authorities chimerioaJ
scheme for putting lifting jacks under the
Capitol building. and forming 1t around.
When the Capitol was built it was sup
posed that the city would grow toward
the east, and the building was made to
face that way, but the city has spread
westwardly.
Secretary Window. whom Congress
authorized TO supervise some actions of
the Worlds Fair Commission, protests
against the payment of such large .s, ,sries
TO the officers. The amounts 10 ~ raid.
are as follows President of the cominis.
sion, $4,000; secretary, si0,oG; director
general, $1,000; vice chairm,hl OF execu
tive committee, $1,000; employees in offices