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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17
An Ohio Storm.

Akron. o. May iO.-The worst
storm that ever visited Northern OHIO.
and one OF the worst on record. swep;
away a part Of the city Of ASron al ave
o'clock this afternoon. Il came IN the
form OF a tornado Of the most violent form
and moved down everything IN It's path
with Irresistible fury. Buildings, trees
and fences were whisked away and their
remnants piled here and there in a shape
less mass. The path Of the storm was a
mile Ia length and hundred yards wide,
and scarcely land mark remains Of the
popu.ous part Of the city visited BY it,
The number Of buildings destroyed can.
not be estimated. but il will reach over
loo, while SLOT. 90 will not cover the money
loss The saddest aspect OF the disaster
is that it falls most heavily upon those
least able to bear IL
The ruined district was almost entirely
occupied By the houses OF poor working
men. The storm was heavy all over tho
city and the streets were so flooded with
water that il was almost impossible 10
reach the scene Of the storm for hours. II
Is the most remarkable circumstance at
tending the tornado that many were no,
killed instead Of uuiniared as was the
case
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17
eeneraI Caprivi,s speeeh.

BERLIN, May l2.-Chancellor Ca
privi made i long speech in the Reichstag
today in regard to Germany's colonial
policy. He said that regarding the bound
aries of their respective possessions in
Africa. the predominating wish of Ger
many was 10 90 hand in hand with Eng
gland and 10 cultivate the common inter
ests OF both countries Regarding slavery
the chancellor said 1--WE must found
stations, and the bullet and Bible must
act in the civilization. Without killing
of the slave-dealers you can never
abolish slavery"
The colonial movement, he said, had its
origin in the same idealism or romatic idea
of this after war, and it was directed to
ward colonizing. The movement was in
iudicious, as If one had only to raise his
hand to coujure forth Jumps of gold and
readv-made cigars-and was begun with
little practical knowledge OF prudence
An atlas was taken and half of Africa
painted blue. Laughter. Such, how
ever was the invariaole beginning of such
movements II was difficult to convert
enthusiasm into hard cash, still he cher
ished the hope that East Africa would be
come fitting sphere for the investment
of private capital.
In reference to the speech a-correspond-
emit says BY 70 days speech in the
Reichstag Won Caprivi passed with one
bound to the first rank of European states
men. The opinion universally expressed
in the Hobbies was that in comparison with
his predecessor he has nothing to fear.
His speech was an intellectual treat of the
first order. His whole bearing and es-
pecially the strength revealed by his con
eiliatory manner toward opponents showed
nobility of nature, high integrity and
.learness of purpose. The emperor and
Europe are 10 be congratulated.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17

WnKEsBARRE, Pa, May lS.-Ar-
thur Bohluiau, cook in Raiders restaur-
ant, committed suicide this morning. Two
weeks ago he received letter from Ger
many stating that the woman he was 70
marry shortly had deserted him for an
other. Bohlman became very Respondent
and threatened suicide. Ten minutes after
Bohlman's body was found hanging from
the rafters. This morning Raider re
ceived letter for him. II was opened,
and its contents read that the former let
ter received was written by a friend as a
Joke, and that Bohlman's sweetheart had
not married.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17
a PIeasant surprise.

WASHINGTON, May iO--When john
c. Fremont was lieutenant in the Fourth
cavalry. Ia California, his accounts with
the Government were left in such a state
tlat he has always been regarded as The
onieial debtor 70 the Government 10 the
amount Of $4,000. and 1t has been one Of
the ehIcf sorrows Of General Fronoai's
later years that be was unable - secure
this balance against him. The otheg dAy
General E'remont cIllei al the ofioo Of the
second Comptroller OF the Treasury, a.
nis financial circumstances arc such that
Il his salary as retired mA.or-gcnerai
were retained 10 meet this alleged short
age, he would be for some time in actuA.
want At his request the Comptroller ia
vestigated his accounts aud discovered
that instead Of General Fremont being a
debtor, the Government had actually owed
him for over forty years 81 90, and Con r.
Eress will be asked 70 pay It.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17
Stanley scolds the English.

LONDON, May 1S.-The reception to
Stanley in Guild Hall to-day was an eu-
thusiastic affair. A dense crowd througed
the approaches and the guests numbered
1000. The Lord Mayor presented to the
explorer gold casket containing an ad
dress from the corporation Of London.
Stanley, in returning thanks, said tlat
Congo might have belonged TO England had
Englishmen listened to his lectures be
tween ISIS and 1854. Belgium was reap
ing 100 per cent. England might have hal
East Africa, but her journalists see every
thing through an opaque glass. Germany
to-day had the lions share and cannot fail
to win in the long run. Wissmann never
heard of su CHI things as Quakerisn, peace
societies, anti-enterprise companies and
namby-pamby journalism, all of which are
clogs TO every hearty endeavor made by
England. He hoped the government would
remember the services Of his companions
and not chill their young souls with the
neglect which first warped poor Gordon
after his heroic achievements in China.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17
stanley % be Knirhted.

NEW YORK, May ia London
cable to the Mai and Express says:
i is stated that Queen Victoria is going
to make Mr.. Stanley a knight commander
Of the most distinguished order Of St
Michael aud 81. George. This would
make his title Sir Harry N. STANLEY, X. c.
M.C
The treaties which Stanley has made
throughout his trip from the west to the
east OF Africa with the native chiefs and
people are now lodged in the foreign ONCE
waiting ratification by the government
II his work in this bears its legitimate
fruit, the explorer will have done a grea,
service 10 England politically. and in =
general way to the whole English. speak
ing world.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17

THAT state cannot be sued is not a
new doctrine, but occ sional decisions
of courts may be needed TO keep il
before the public mind. The state of
North Carolina is the last to teacG,
creditors the danger Of trusting tho
people collectively. Its bonds issued
TO aid railroad company have paid
no interest for twenty-five years, ana
holder undertook to collect by law.
with the result Of learning on the
highest authority in the land. thai
though one by one the citizens OF i
state may be compelled to deal fairly.
10 their organic capacity they may be
iishonest with immunity.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17
General Middleton Condemned.

OTTAWA. Canada May 12.-The re-
port of the committee on the charges
agrinst Sir Frederick Middleton of looting
furs valued at s., 600 or $1,000 during the
Riel rebellion, which finds the General
ruilty. was reported in the Commons to
night, and after debate adopted, Sir John
Macdonald saying it was an error of a1dg-
meut on Middleton part. but the govern
ment could not condone the o1ense. fine
report is considered virtually Middlet MS
death warrant so far Us his future usdful
moss is concerned. He has been cnmina--
der-in -oainf Of tho canadian militia ard is
expected 70 resign u morrow.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17

The thirteenth centenary of the
election as pope of St Gregory the
Great, who sent St. Augustine to
christianize the Angio-Saxons, is to be
celebrated next September at Rome by
lisurgical congress and by fetes in
the cataconbs and churhes containing
relics of ST. Gregory.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17

The impression that adopting the
Nebraska statutes for Oklahoma made
high license in order there is errone-
Gus. The bill was amended in the
house BY inserting the section OF the
United States statutes prohibiting the
sale of liquor to Indians, modified so as
TO include all other persons.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17

The Buckeye. mentioned in1identaiiy "
our notice of the virginius, is doing Nel5
well indeed. The iron body caught u W
workings from the east shaft is daily ofsN
ing out in good shape, has an increAs'At
value in silver. and is running up in si
cess Of iron over silica Shipments ~
being continually made and to i'-
profit Meanwhile the mine is being thO'
oughly prospected for other ore anu I"
some Of the workings the outlook Tor SUI
ore is extremely favorable eddu'''
Herald Democrat.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17

An English medical commission,
actuated by desire to improve the
condition of the human race, has been
making some experiments on the sub
iect of tight lacing. Fem lie monkeys
we're used. They were put into plas-
ter of paris bands exactly resembling
in their effects the stays used by the
female of the human family, and
bandages were bound around their
waist to initiate the petticoat band.
Several of the unfortunates died sud
denly, and all OF them showed serious
effects. Women would die too, but
they are kept alive by sheer viii
power.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17
CONGRESSIONAL
THURSDAY. MAY s.

SESIrE-lt was agreed to lay The ,l,.
bill over until Monday. 's
The Senate passed without AMENDS,
the House bill providing for clas,ibrs,s.l
of worsted goods as Nvoolens. aud II ~
goes To the President for his sirns,-.s
The vote was a party ono--yeas ,c.' rsv,9 J.
The pension appropriation bill -
priating for the next fiscal year ~ sss
56i) was taken up. The amendment. )
fercd by MIR She rman and MIR. MAN
to increase the D amocr of pension 49,.
from eighteen and twenty TO ,weuts.s.''
gave rise to n long discussion, ans ~ y,
vote disclosed the stbsenca OF a puor,,,. u
Senate adjourned.
HoUsr-DurinC the day and evening -.
sious the tariff bill was taken up. h y,
speeches a great degs! OF atsentis -
paid TO the condition OF western :
Mir Dockery Of Missouri, suhIai.''s :
argument IN favor OF free wool and
>duction Of the duty on manufacturer =
ducts. In his State there were Iona,
more people than Sheep, and b-irev.s =
pie and sheep sympathy was with the =.
nile.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17

Previous TO July 6, 1875, English
money was in use in the United States.
On that date the continental congress
established the dollar, although the
exact weight was not fixed until Aug.
3. 1856. when it was made to equal
that of the old Spanish dollar.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17

KossUTH is always glad to receive
visits from Americans, and is never
tired of speaking of his visit to the
United States. His sister, who lives
with him. spent two years in az
Austrian prison, and on her release in
1851 came to this country. One o. her
sons died in Texas last year a a
major in the United States army He
distinguished himself during the civil
Uar
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17

Mr. LAToRTuE, the minister pleui-
potentiary of the Haytien republic 10
the Court of St. James, is full-blood-
ed negro, the first man OF color ever
accredited to the diplomatic corps of
the court OF Great Britlin.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17

IT is related OF John Rogers. the
sculptor, that he began his life as d
clerk in a drygoods store in Boston
and not until he was thirty one years
old, after he had run locomotive,
worked in a machine shop and been u
surveyor. did he produce his first
group, the Slave Auction"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17

THE smile is the same in all
languages" 1t varies in our land,
however. in the matter OF size, from
half finger in New Orleans to four
fingers in Boston.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17

Miss OLAF KRARER, an Esquimaux,
is the first woman OF her race to come
forward as a public lecturer. She
speaks English with remarkable accu-
racy. Her height is only three feet
four inches
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17

Two sous OF Louis Kossuth are civil
engineers, and are naturulized Italian
citizens One is director of great
foundry near Naples, and the other is
chief engineer of the government Med
iterranean Railway lines
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17

A CHICAGO man, brought up in court
as drunk and disorderly, denied that he
was drunk and offered in proof of his
assertion a certificate of membership
in the order of Good Templars-
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17

The largest library in the world is
IN Paris. 1t contains l, 400, 900 volumes.
175, 200 manuscripts, 500 900 maps and
charts and 100000 coins and medals.
L, was founded by Louis NV.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17

TRANSPORTATION is the devouring
element in every direction. Down in
Florida they complain that it takes
three quarts of strawberries to get one
to market
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17

AN Australian town has given its
streets chemical names, such as
Argent, Beryl. Cobalt, kaoliu, Iodide,
Oxide. Bromide and Sulphide.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17

The good have their troubles and
always sooner or later the wicked meet
tribulations Only the philosopher
and the fool are not worried.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17

SENATOR QuAY's son Dick will enter
politics this year. He will be candi-
date for the state legislature.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17

Siiversmiths are at work upon tn'
solid silver cup TO be presented to ei'ipe
by the Latin-American delegates to u,
American congress to be presented 'n
Washington on May IL
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17

SENATOR VOORHEES, will be the lead
ing counsel in the defense OF Mr..
Kincaid. the correspondent who killed
Taulbee.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17

The musical world has been slar'ieu
by the announcement that Gilbert anu
Sullivan, the famous operate collaooi'
Tours. had definitely parted.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17
FRIDAY. MAY Q.

SESArE.-The annual pension appr,-,i,
ton bill was taken up. the gues,ioa -
a the amendment increasing the nu-St-ss
o. pension agents, Mt a salary OF sin -
eli, -hteen 10 twenty. and agreed 10 va !
nals -, By party vote, except thst N,
| Pay nc voted aye and Aiassrs- Allison. ia
gals Plumb and Teller nay.
Tue bill was then passed. and the mil.
] tary ~ adetny bill was then taken m -
'xsscd The army appropriation v,as -.
I. en- up No quorum being present. -.
sss,. ta "a tlourncd
,T,r-.s. \ bill was passed xraa,iar i,
Ion Of opcr month TO the darss,..
y A. r,irai ' .,ss ,,,.,.
Mr. C-tawA ~ 49, ss,Ssas latFodseet
. NJ = b. priutsng % 4 49,
lhltc~ s.A. - making such org1ss /,
ni.dcnesuo- PsasN 49,. !. : .l .--.s q -
and I'M pris trssnf So -, ~ s'os oo.s
The tariff b. 80 "a ne - - -. ~ e
Ss.t- occupied the rs~s VI "~y Aaa eTss.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-17

a young man named Mosler COM
mitted suicide at Denver last Tuesday.
The deceased was a member of the gradu-
atiug class in the High School He attend
ed a meeting of the Attic Debating Society
composed of young men in the High School,
and competed in prize debate for medal
worth SOS last night. The contest is re
ported in full in another column. Although
he had studiously prepared his debate,
when he came TO speak his memory failed
and he was obliged 10 sit down covered
with modification. So great was his
dependency that he changed his evening
clothing for worn shirt and old pair OF
pants, crept cautiously down into the eel
lar of the house and shot himself.
An accident occurred in the Gcyser
mine at Silver Cliff last Thursday seven
FIVE and one-half foot holes in the south
drift had been loaded with thirty-tive
sticks of giant powder and six men had
boarded the cage at the 75O-foot station and
had given the bell signal to "hoist men.
but Just as the cage started, all of the
shots exploded, throwing huge rocks like
grape and canister at the cage, q distance
of over 2Oy feet William Shaeffer's left
leg was broken half way below the knee
and William Whyte's ankle joint was
badly frac-1red- The Others were DVuised
hgL not seriously. n sce1is that the holes
had aeaa oFcTlnaded.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-23

SHOP, 49,, ----->-
ing to get out. The horse also was uneasy
and acted as badly as the dog, so that from
that time the two were kept together.
When Rarus was exercised or trotted,
Jimmy, the dog watched him with as
much interest as his owner did. On re-
turning to the stable the horse would bend
his head to receive on his mouth the dogs
kiss.
When Rarus was led out of the stable to
be shown TO the public, Jimmy, jumping
on the hostler's shoulder, would leap on
the horses back and there stand, his head
high in the air, his tail out stiff, barking
furiously
Jimmy went with Rarus to Mr. Bonner,
in whose city stable there was bull terrier,
monarch of all he surveyed" One day
Jimmy attacked the bull terrier and his
yelps soon indicated that he had been rash.
Rarus, hearing the cry of distress, rushed
from his STALL and had he not been re-
strained, would have made short work of
MS friends foe.
Bay, another trotter, was bred on farm
where an old gray horse ran with him in
the field Such was the strong attachment
between the two that when Bay was sent
to 6 trainers he refused to eat and thrashed
around wildly in his stall. On returning
him to the farm and his old gray horse he
became as quiet as a lamb. From Chat
time the two chums were never separated,
even on the track.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-23
Discovered by Accident.

1.-THE most valuable thing about this
whole car" said an electric engineer, twas
discovered more OF less by accident. 1t
shows how difficult it is even for expert in
ventors to foresee the effects of their work.
You know heretofore the great trouble has
been to get electric motors which were
strong enough to start the arwithout los
ing an enormous amount of force. It Is
easy enough to keep car moving after it
is once started. The trouble Is the dead
weight at the beginning. The motor on
this car can be disconnected from the axles
by turning lever, so that the motor keeps
going even after the car is stopped. Accord
ingly, when the car is stopped, turn off
the electricity, and the motor keeps NOV
ing from its own momentum. It is usually
necessary 20 start the car again at once, and
so l connect the motor with the axle before
| turn on the electricity. The momentum
of the motor starts the car and gets it well
under way before it is necessary to turn
the electricity on. That's one of the most
valuable features of the whole thing, and
yet it may be classed almost as discov-
cry. New York Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-23
Mr.. Conk1inc.s Farorite Word.

A small box, with a combination lock,
was found among the effects of the late
Roscoe ConkhRg, and as no will appeared
among his papers it was suggested that
this box might contain the desired docu-
ment. The administrator did not care to
break the box, and every possible word
which Mr.. COnkling might have used in
setting the combination was used en- the
lock, but without success. At last his
daughter saifthat her father was especially
fond of words which contained the letter
pronounced with its long sound. She
said her father wo1fa frequently utter the
word Rome dwelling particularly on the
vowel. and asserting that the word was
one of the most fascinating in the language
for him to hear. She suggested that he
might have used that word in making the
condensation. That word was tried; it
proved TO be the right one, for the comb
nation yielded to it, the box was opened
and within was found the short and simple
VIII which Mr. CoUkling had written
many years before.-Chicago Herald
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-23
SILK Weights and NIeasures

The size or substances OF silk thread Is
usually estimated by deniers The ounce
troy and the ounce peis de marc OF Lyons,
by the latter ef which silk Is tested IN
France and Italy. ere equal in weight, but
are differently subdivided The ounce troy
Is divided into . penayvci gilts Of a grains
esch, making $50 grams II the ounce: the
ounce Of Lyoas, p0Is dc marc. Is divided
into - drains, which, multiplied sy p,
equals SO denie-s. Tie Cenier, l.. therefore.
one-sixth less than the grain troy. The Eng
hSh reel i SIS bouts ~ n inches aus equals
1000 yards. The French. 20 els. or 40
meters, equals SO yards. The standard Of
silk measure Is about 4-) Yards: that length
Of a single iilaInent IrSm China coccons
viii weigh deniers, and from French and
Italian -. 4 10 denier six VIII, shen. be
the cCm bired thread o. fozr or I've cccoolS
-NaE Ha-E TeLAz-2n
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-23
Robbing Country Towns.

The country towns most subject to
visitation by burglars are those which lie
on the line of several railroads, and are
thus in communication with many diff
ferent places by various routes.
The ''erackSnen'' arrive from the CRY
by the latest train at night, after the
residents are most Of them asleep. They
have four, five or six hours for their
nefarioRs work, and the earliest trains in
the morning take them away with their
plumber before the good people of the town
have fairly walked up.
Tt is also 10 be noted that towns thus
abundantly provided with railroad facilities
are likely 70 BE prosperous and therefore
attractive 20 thieves.
In all places 50 situated the police should
De particularly Eatchful al and above tins
various railway stations Indeed the in
hsbIpaats reRAr need inst IS much polics
protection as the jewellers In cur large
citieS.-Nev York Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-23

Commencing Sunday, July 1880, the
Missouri Pacific railway will run through
sleeping cars from St. Louis via Pleasant
Hill Rich Hill, Fort Scott and Wichita to
Geneseo and from thence to Pueblo. Colo
RADIO Springs and Denver. This change
was made on account of great many peo-
pie from the east going To Colorado being
DESTROYS of going via Wichita. The train
will stop here two hours, giving all a
chance to view the Peerless Princess" and
still land passengers in Colorado same
time as if they had gone via Kansas City
1t also gives the citizens of Wichita sleep
ing car service from here to Colorado. Re
turning, it gives us through sleeping car
service Wichita st. Louis, and gives the
Colorado people a chance to go east via
Wichita. This change will undoubtedly
be appreciated by the travelling public, and
especially by the citizens OF Wichita. If
you are going east or west go via the pop
ular new through route. Through chair
and sleeping car service. New route just
completed between Fort Scott and Rich
Hill goes through the finest mineral and
agricultural country in the west. Don't
forget the new short line to St. Louis or
Colorado.
City ticket office, 1877 North Main street,
Wichita, Kansas.
46-tf +. E. BLECKLEY, P. g. T. A.
Take stage at Wharton for Saltwater;
CIV SNa- ~iatl