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The Lamar register., 1891-07-04
commeneemen, a, Yale University.

The i9lst commencement OF Yale
University was observed on the asro at
senter church, New Haven Degrees.
honorary atd 10 course, were conferred
upon over 400 men. TIE degrees in course
were divided as follows: b. Al issi NJ
A, .; Bachelors of Philosophy, 50, C. b.
81; bachelors of Divinity. a; NJ D., IA;
Bachelors OF Law, 56; Master OF Laws, -
Doctor Of Civil Law ssd Bachelor OF Fine
Arts, /. The Ist.er degree was conferred
upon Miss Josephine NJ. Lewis OF New
Haven. She is the first lazy 70 have that
degree couferred upon her in the uR'ted
States snd the second In the university.
The processi6n moved from the campus
to Center church at so O'Clock Professor
Dexter, secretary Of the university, led
the procession with band ofmusic. Next
ca me the class Of ~, the faculty, corpora
alton, invited guests and alumni mem
5er, Tha exercises at the church began
with PRAYER Cy President Dwight On
the platform sat members Of tho faculty
and corpotalion and Justices Brewer and
Brown.
The philosophical orstior was delivered
by Wm n. Thatcher of Pueblo, Colorado,
on The Causes OF the Failure of Refrr-
nation in France The valediciory was
delivered by Nathan Glyckman of Chip
pewa Falls, Wisconsin. The John Addi-
son prize was won by Ray Burdette Smith
Of the senior class, academic department
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04
Crop Prospects.

The Chicago FarwlerS' RcUSe1o says
harvesting is progressing rapidly in all the
winter wheat states except Michigan and
Wisconsin. The latest reports from COR
respondents would indicate the average
yield to the acre in the various states
where harvesting is sufficiently progressed
to obtain reliable estimates to be as fol-
lows: Illinois II, Indiana 20, Ohio is to 20
Kentucky Is, Missouri 10, Kansas Is
Iowa 10 TO 90.
Tie condition Of spring wheat is uu-
changed from last week except In Wis
consin, where there is slight falling off
The condition of corr is reported ..fair to
good' in all states except Kansas and a
portion of Iowa, where the outlook is mo-,
50 fayorabls. Oats are poor in Illinois.
Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, fair in Wis
consin, Iowa, Minnesota. the Dakotas and
Michigan, and very promising in Missour
and Kansas
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04
Marriage of Mr.. ParneIl.

Charles Stewart Paruell was mar
ried on the 25th to Mrs. O'Shea, from
whom Captain O'Shea obtained a divorce
a snort time since on the ground of sdul
terry with ParnelL The only witnesses
were two servants from Mrs. O'S hear. I.
house, at Waisingham terrace, Brighton,
The registrar was strictly enioined not 10
give any information about the marriage.
and be promised TO preserve the closest
secrecy in regard TO the matter.
Parnellis marriage has caused a great
deal Of gossip. 1t IS said that there will
be no extended honeymoon. The lady's
daughters were not present at the mar
riage. When the news was carried to her
brother, General Sir Evelyn Wood, he ia
said to have expressed his pleasure at the
termination OF the scandal, having keerly
felt the injury done TO the family by mis-
sisters actions with Puruell. The Par
nellites profess confidence that the mar
riage will restore their leader To his old
position. This, however, is not generally
believed. As for social position, Parnel
never had any. because be never mixed In
society, and his marriage Will, his oppo-
ne.nts say, make no difference in the
attitude of the Irish clergy toward him,
Mrs. Parnell was seen &C Brighton on
Tuesday Dy Mr.. Porter, who says that sha
looked as charming as she ever did in her
life,
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04
a Marrow Escape for Jay Gould.

Mr.. Gould boards New York local
train every morning at the Covingion
station, to which be is always driven from
his country place, two miles away. The
other morning as a few others stepped
across the tracks at the station 10 take the
: 10 train for the city, west bound ex-
press hove in sight, coming at high rate
OF speed, as it was q few minutes behind
lime It's track was the one between the
station and the local train. Standing on
it, all oolivlous to danger, were air.
6onld and his Eellow-tEaVslers-
A station hand saw the express and gave
= sharp yeiI Of danger, Mt which all saye
Mr.. Gould turned quickly and leaped back
TO tho station platform. Ar. Gould's
thoughts were apparently miles away,
for his head was bent and he was perfectly
heedless OF his peril. The other psssea-
gers were so horriiel Bt the situation
which developed 10 less than Eve seconds,
that they were powerless to make move.
Then Bagzagemaster Barnard pushed
through them. jumping to the track and
grabbing the railroad king by the collar,
jerked him back upon the platform and
before the absent minded capitalist knew
what it all meant, the express had thuu-
dered by. BY the time most OF the spec
tstors had gathered their equauimity the
railroad maa was on hls train as cool and
collected as If nothing had happened.
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sALMACEoA's CRUELTY.
He Stands in a Perilous Position.

General Thomas Osborne. who re-
Gently returned to Chicago after resi-
dence Of many years In Chili, expresses
his opinion that the stories OF barharous
cruelty by President BaImaceds as told IN
recent dispatches, are correct
ii know the man well, and can believe
almost any story OF cruelty that is told
about him. He IS man of such deter
minatiou that ne would rather perish than
give su inch. He will never make peace
until the revolutionists cvncede every
thing, and if they don't propose to do tina,
the country will soon be devastated. He
is far in advance OF Others OF his race, as
there is Anglo Saxon blood in his veins.
But there is enough of the Indian blood
there 70 make him the most determined of
men, and At the same time one of the most
cruel. He has to take desperate measures
now. If he was 10 faiter his life would
not last twenty-four hours after he had
demonstrated his weakness.
vt is necessary for him to be perfect
demon or he is certainly lost. Balmaceda
realizes this and with mis- 81, 600 cut-tnroats
in the army willing to obey him he knows
LIB pu"Srs IAG rnnk anu NE OF the
Chilian army is made up of the most
vicious class in the republic AL the
nIurderers, horse thieves, burglars and
criminal classes OF al! kinds are soldiers.
Frequently in the last few years murderers
who had been sentenced TO death were
pardoned on the condition that they serve
the remainder of their lives in the army.
When the revolution started, the prison
doors were thrown open and the occr ANTS
forced into the service This is the chief
class Of soldiers Balmaceds has at his
command.
.'Balmaceda has turned all the churches
of Chilli into prisons. He has no respect
for religion. The majority OF men are
inEdeis, the women composing the relig-
ious element 1t is not easy to predict in
any respect how the revolution Will end
Disaster will be the result no matter what
happens, but the revolutionists will never
gain the favor and power they seek until
Bslmaceda is dead"
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04
10 g.Iens catholIeI.n in Ameriea.

A letter from Rome received at
Brussels says There ha. beeu received
In Rome memorial address 10 the car
dInals eadeavoring 70 eniist their aid in
tho scheme for eo.eaising European
priests in the uaitod States, as heretofore
described in these dispatches
It boldly asserts that the Eusooean
governments must exert Themselves to
retain theiE isauenee over their
eDigrants to the UGltsd States. III.
memorial is very lengthy, making over
a,coo words 1t traces The loss of faith by
enigrznts to:
/ Dangers 70 which their morals arc
exposed during the journey.
= The lack Of national priests to re-
oeiye and care Tor the craisranl on arrival
in the United States.
8. The pecanlary sacrifices exscted of
them in the United States for the practice
Of their religion.
:. The puhlic schools.
D. sScruL societies.
G. The lack of national elaboration.
The political character Of the movement
Is inadvertently manifested by the state
ment that the European governments can
no longer regard the matter with inditrer-
eace and il Is Of the utmost Importance 10
retain their influence over their people in
America. 1t insists for this purpose of
the preservation OF their nationa! language
and the formation Of societies among i'm
migrants in the United States.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04
FIGHT WIN ITALIANS.
Striking itaiians Raid Other workmen
and are Captured.

= special from kootenat. Washing
ton, received from the scene OF the Italian
riots along the GREAT Northern road,
brings news of fight bst~cen warrens
runge-s and . gang OF 10 Italians. Ihe
latter had -t.r.ed east along the line OF
the railroad grade for the purpose of
stopping all work They carried the
Alshs tag at the head OF lbs gang.
Thirty OF the rangers coming down ~
river in bosis were spied by the Italians,
s.hs made an attack on iheru, and short
fight ensced. in which one Italian was
killed aud TWO ircrtstly wounded. 1he
rangers, who were unSsrmed. captured
the Gag, disarmed the Italians aud placed
Gee, rader arrest. The other detsee-
ment of of.c.rs captured and disarmea
another large gang q isslisns on the same
day NJ point fifteen mics east OF me
scene Of the above battle.
In tho night the Italians at Crossport,
bearing Of tue fate OF their COMPANIONS,
Determined 70 burn the company's store
at that place, but when shcy appeared on
scene they were confronted with the
cleansing barrels OF Winchesters, IN the
hands of oGi-srs. who drove them back TO
their camp. Thres.s were also made TO
hang the officers who Eiiled the Italians,
and, fearing mischief, a posse followed
then 70 camp and disarmed them.
Il is nox teitsved that the trouble is
over, from the fact tsas the Italians have
nearly all been disarmsc. The rangers
will remain, however. until all danger of
further lawlessness is passed
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04
largest sarr, in the World.

A company has just been organized
in New York with capital Of s1,oco,co
for cultIyatiug a farm OF ii2.ooo acres In
Florida. This will be the largest farm in
the world, and on I: enough could be
raised 10 supply the city OF Ne- York with
food. The name OF the company y the
Sebastian Land Improvemaat Sugar and
Investment Conpzny. Tne farm lies be-
tween the Indian, san Sebastian and St.
John rivers, and Is drained into the St
Johns The farm has a muck soil, similar
70 tha; In the valley OF the Nile. The
company does not propose 70 raise cereals
or garden stuff. bat sugar cane and cocoa
nuts, especially the latter. Tnis will be
70 the nature Of an experiment as cocoa
nuts are rot indigenous 70 Florida The
company Is composed os New YORK and
Southern capitalists The land w.s
boagh; from a syndicate Of yolng men Of
New orleans, headed by Mr., W. W.
Wallis, who has some stock in the farm
ing enterprise and VIII be president OF u.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04
Constitution of the Peoples Party.

The constitution and bylaws as
revised and changed by Secretary Scbil-
ling OF the new peoples party. have been
made public. The articles call for the
organization and regulation of local clubs
10 De conducted under the auspices of the
national body. Stated meetings shall be
held by every club. The president shall
be elected at each meeting. Any citizen Of
the town or county may become o member
by signing the declaration of principles
and the platform Of the national body and
pledging himself unqualifedly to support
the principles as enunciated. Any men,
Der who makes motion 70 endorse q can
didate of, or 10 enter into fusion with
Any other political party, shall imms-
diatsly cease TO be mem Der of the club
and Of the new party.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04
An Earthquake in Italy.

The inhabitants Of large portion
Of the province of Verona were thrown
into state Of excitement and fear Tues
day night caused by series Of severe
earthquake shocks. The people were so
startled and alarmed that they rushed
nut OF sheir bordes in the middle OF the
uigat and ran into tue open fields, expect
ing tLar their buildings were upon the
poin. OF falling upon them.
Houses were so shaken that in several
aases the walls collapsed ana In othera
ohimneys fell through the roofs or asse
cracks appeared il the walls. In spite Of.
the damage done there was no loss of life.
bgt soma time elapsed before the terror
swayed inhabissnts would return to their
homes
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04

To DISTINGUISH between the pain
which should be instantly soothed and.
If possible. dispelled and that which
has mission of good TO work out, is a
task which, SO far, has been mainly
left for the professed philanthropist or
the resormer; but when we consider
the effects OF an ill-regalated sympathy
IN spreading greater misery than it al
leyiates. and in promoting immediate
pleasure at the expense of character
and permanent welfare. we must con-
ciude that such winnowing process is
duty obligatory upon all who value
the well-being of society.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04
Whipped by White Caps.

In the leighborhood OF Patoka
township Indiana, lives John Torh,tt.
about 10 years old and bearing bad repu.
tation, White Gaps have warned Torb,ts
TO cease drinking, quiz abusing bis family
anG to provide for them more lioerally.
He paid no attention and on the night Of
tho eth was Gained out by White Cap.
and ted TO q tree and given fifty lashes
with hickory switches. There were i've
masked men Of the White Caps. He says
he will quit the peighborhood
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04

When men and women come to- be
thoroughly interested in something out
side of sell, they forget about their own
special preferences and accept either
privacy or publicity, according to the
degree in which either can be made
subservient to the subject in hand.
There is no other cure for the self-con-
seriousness which makes one person shy
and reserved and another vain and
boast.ul- which makes one person scorn
and ignore his fellow-men and another
live only in the light of their attention
and applause.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04

He who fails to collect his dues fire.
quently fails in consequence to pay his
debts. and thus whole series OF un-
paid workers may trace bacx their
various troubles to single delinquent
Such people will say that In the end
they pay all what they owe; but this
is not SO, for they owe promptness.
Without this, justice has not been rem
dered- Tardy payment can never
atone for the injury which may have
been inflicted. No regret, no apology.
no added interest even, can ever un-
do what has been done, or restore what
by this negligence aud Indifference has
been taken away.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04

II is a good thing for the merchant
80 to buy and so to sell as to reap a
profit for his labor; but If. in so dong,
be practises fraud, betrays confidence
adulserates goods, or oppresses his
ssorsmen, it would be better for his
business to perish. 1t is right for a
lawyer to do what is best for his
clients interests; but If in the pro-
cess, he lead him into guile and hy-
pocrisy, then he inhiets a far deeper
injury upon him than the loss of TWEEN.
ty cases.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04
euriaI of Sailors Drowned a, Samoa.

The sodte= Of the nineteen sailors
who were drowned in the great
storm zt Samoa, were barred at
MGrc Island, California, on the Gth, with
imposing ceremonies. The remains Of the
nineteen IreH werc taken 70 the cemetery
seven N one hearso aud twelve on =
esissoa e5Hsisueis; Of gun carriages
The escor. consisted Of = battalion from
tae Uzifod stAses marine eorps, a CON-
pAay Of aenors froa ths Inacpendeace,
Commander Esssson, and from the French
fEigHts Bubourdieg, mem bers q FzrrASs;
Post, Ne =, G. a. Il. kezr Admiral Johs
Irving and stan and Commander WlsoE,
United States navy, 4 sarvlyOe OF the
disaster. Tee i!as was pncceded by tho
independence band, waiea played martial
music TIE entire eseg=I vas uEaes the
ouarEe CT eommandrr { E. CLARK, Uaitea
States Savy.
Al tue graves tie services weEa con-
Quoted b. Chaplain J. X. Lewis, and were
impressive. a. the conclusion parting
salute was fired over the graves, 3 nd the
last call was sounded by The szgle
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04
CRUELTY OF WHITE GAPS.
fhey Whip Young wcrar Nearly to
Death.

A dispatch from New Albany says:
There was another brutal whipping by
WLite Caps in Crawford county Sunday
ncrnihg. IN which yo1ng woman OF Is
Years was one. of the victims William
Mcclure and his ls-year-old stapdaushter
live near Leayenwortt, the county seat
of Crawford county. They We're reported
10 be living in adultery, but there was no
proof OF this csarya.
About 10 O'Clock Sunday morning two
masked White Caps, all armed with roYol
vers, went 10 the MeGnire residence
broke down the door and selling Mcclure,
who is 80 y.ars old, and the stepdanghter,
dragged them TO the woods and tied them
to trees. Then the clothing OF both vic
Tins was lowered to the hips ard the
White Caps commenced the cruel work Of
switching them on the bare backs, fsying
them from the shoulders 10 the hips.
The young woman shrieked for mercy
st every blow. but her appeals were vain
until she sank fainting from pain She
received over fifty lashes and shoulders
back and hips are friRhtfuny lacersted,
Old man McGuire was given seventy i've
lashes, he also fsinting under the savage
punishment
After the whipping the White Caps
notified their victims that if they were
found In the county twenty days later they
would De hanged W By the necks for
Ouzzaris TO pick. The infamous whipping
OF a helpless, defenssiess girl has created
the most intense excitement al LesiYen-
worth and in the neighborhoed Of that
town, and is denounced with great bitter
ness.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04
WAS there ever such conflict of

WAS there ever such conflict of
opinion as now exists as to what the
country really needs to insure prosper
ity? Many thousands of people seem
to be each equally confident that he
has in mind the panacea for all the
evils with which We contend, and quite
a large percentage of these thousands
are equally certain that the theory
offered by the other fellow" is as i'm
practicable as his is perfect The fact
of this wide diversity of opinion is in
dicative that the country is only in the
preparatory stages OF working out the
problems which have been forcing
themselves upon public attention for
many years.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04

DURING the last few years in which
women have been forging to the front
so remarkably in fields Of enterprise
aot peculiarly their own the problem
Of the woman's club has frequently
been raised The organization OF
women into societies, unions and nu-
tual-benefit associations is now so thor
sughly established that it has ceased
70 be remarked. Women have the
same right as their brothers to unite
and form alliances for the attainment
IF objects held in common.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04
Commencement a, Harvard University

The weather for commencement
at Harvard was perfect sad the time
honored obserrances OF the day were
carried out with the same spirit and pre-
eision as in former years.
The procession OF the seniors TO San
eers' theAter was headed by q brass band
and after the long double tile Of seniors
came President Eliot and the oyerseers
the governor, lieutenant governor, stan
and invited guests, the faculty and then
the alumni in the order OF their classes
Within the taeater was gathered the
brilliant audience which always assemblies
TO applaud the graduates and listen TO the
orations Of their representatives. The
exercises were as follows: Carroll n.
Brown, Latin orator, salutatory; Hugh
MeCulloch, disquisitiou on "lhe Charao-
Ter of Romso;n Harry X Gledhuli, des-
sertzIion, .sIhe Harvard Seuior;n ChAs.
L. Slattery, Grafton, "a Rcmedy for
American Phinstinism;" Charles W.
willard, Grafton, Edward Rowland HilI,"
Charles ii. G. Wright, GRAFTON, "rae
HOLY Grail;" William II. RRnd, a b, of
the lsw school, Literary Property after
Publications. Narraki KoEacki. d. b, Of
the divinity school, ~ Generous FOrms.
lion OF Christian Thought IN Japan"
Cnief Justice Fuller was cues, and the
oyerseers conferred upon him the degree
Of Doetor of Lave.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04
The Expelled Ministers Taken Care o..


The Monougahela Presbytery of the
United Presbyterian Church met al
WiIkesbnrg Tuesday, and received into
their communion the Reformed Fresby-
terisn congregations OF East Liberty and
wilkesburg. The PresbyIery also re-
moved the sentence OF suspension pro
nounced upon the Rev. o, b. h. Milligan,
restored MIR. ]. B. Burnett, and appointed
the proper committee Tor the organization
of the East Liberty Gnd Wnkesourg
Reformed presbyteria congregations Us
United Presbyterian.
The Rev. DR.. McAlester and Professor
Wilson, representing the Reformed Pres
byterian synod, were present and insisted
upon being heard in protest against the
action Of the United Pres bytsriaR presby-
terry in entertaining the application from
the East End seoeders from the reformed
Presbyterian church, unless they should
st first renounce all claim TO the church
property. Tue protests were listened to,
but produced DO visible effect beyond
giving some OF the spectators an opportun-
ITS 10 vigorously hiss DR.. McAlester's Of
fensive iusinuatious. The settlement OF
the property situation will probably be
taken 10 the eiyi. courts.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04

ALTHOUGH statistics as to the num-
Der OF divorces that have been granted
in the United States since it's history
began are not easily obtainable. data
gathered for a period of twenty years
is at hand, and is alarmingly interest
ing. During that length OF time the
record shows the granting of 325, 716
divorces, OF which 129, 1892 were
of couples with children. 1t is also q
fact of general knowledge that unity
ing OF the marriage knot is each year
becoming more common In view Of
these facts is it not time that there
was uniformity OF state laws in regard
to tho severing OF marriage contractap
AZ matters stand to-day, certain states
are seemingly vying with each other
in making divorces cheap and easy.
1t is q subject well worthy careful
study By each state iegislaturs, with
view TO harmonizing in some manner
the existing incongruities il what
should be common law on civil oon-
,ructs.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04

OssrrSAoY is a bad thing to live
with and to have TO submit to, but in
trinity OF purpose is worse. In the
former you have at least a sense OF
soiidity and persistence; with the lat
ter you are Ike a leaL not borne on
The current, but tossed about on the
loau,. and where you will be landed is
a secret to which you have net the re-
hottest clue,
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04

RECREATION is valuable only as it
nnbends us; the idle can know nothing
Of it Many people leave off business
and settle down 10 life of enjoyment,
put they generally find that they are
not nearly so happy as they were be-
lore, and they are often glad to return
80 thei-. old occupation to escape the
miseries of Incidence.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04

Captain Alexande Rogers. the
Worlds Fair commissioner to Brazil, re-
ports that the Brazilians will make mos.
extensive and elaborate exhibit at the
Worlds Fair.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04
THE REGISTER.

THE social afiectisns are the refine.s
nd softeners OF lie. the main sources
sf happiness, the chief means by which
tho beauty. the grace. and the sweet
ness OF life are developed and nonr-
ished.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-04

British Honduras and Columbia will
have very extensive exhibits at the
Worlds Fair.