The Lamar register., 1891-10-31
The WORLD AT LARGE.

A handsome mcrrtiieht TO the mem-
cry OF Aenry ". Grady was unveiled
at Atlanta on the 2lst.
Three people were killed and four
wounded by boiler explosion IN
Cleveland. Ohio, Ut She 9Th
A. Fcsiorta. Ohio. the other day
young man committed suicide by
crawling into a red-hot furnace,
The Salton lake is nov drying up.
as the Colorado river is 80 low that
40 water ioNs from it 70 the lake.
The druggist trust" in St. Louis
will be prosecuted soS violation of the
antitrust law of the United States.
United States grand Jury I'd Boston
has indicted the Louisiana lottery
officials for Illegally using the mails.
3Governo= Buchanan OF Tennessee
pardoned convict a few weeks ago
upon the evidence ~ papers that it
has been found were forgerics. ggas.ss
The continued wholesale Importation
of Chinese into British Columbia is
liable to create trouble. The Puget
Sound provinces are dverrun by them.
General beauresard and his asso-
cintes in the Louisiana Lottery Com
pany have been indicted by the United
States grand jury in South Dakota
for violating the lottery law:
The German imperial family have
ordered some costly presents to be
sent 10 the Prince OF Wales on the oc-
casion OF his jubilee. Prince Henry
will probably bring the gifts to Lon
don.
The walls of Woo-Chahg have been
covered with posters announcing that
all missionaries will shortly be put out
OF the way. The placards are the
work OF the secret society known as
the kolahut.
The Liberals OF Canada are about
to present Gladstone with finely ex-
ecuted picture OF himself. The Hon.
Wilfred Laurier. leader of the Liberal
party. will go to London FOR the pur-
pose OF making the presentation.
Merchandise exports from the Unit
ed States during September past were
valued at $50, 9S7, against S6S,
s.lS7 during September, 1890. I'm
ports during the past month were
valued at sol, sos, g66. against S75,-
9S9,7z2 during September. 1880.
A dispatch from Ealseabad. nearthe
northern frontier of British lndia.
says that the Russians are reported TO
be advancing In considerable force
toward Chinese Tnrkestau, and the
Chinese have no troops in the neigh
borhood sufficient to oppose them.
During September last 81. 7O6 immi-
grants arrived in this country against
10, 476 in September, 1890. Of the
arrivals oil last month Germany fur
nlshed 10, ,1oj. Russia. 9.1I7. England
and Wales 6,2s0. Ireland 5.2s2, Swe-
den and Norway 5.Oii. Austria-H Hun
gary /. 1913, Poland S.l9Q. Italy 2,56l,
scotland 1910.
Frank McGratn did not secure a
reelection as president OF the Kansas
Farmers Alliance. w II. BiddIe was
chosen. The Kansas Alliance will
become pars Of the gigantic National
Union Company Of New York. which
i= organized with capital OF s20.-
o0o, 900 to do business for farmers
The public exhibition of type-setting
machines in the Chicago Erening Post
building under the auspices OF the
American Newspaper Publishers As
sociation has broughtto that city news
paper men from every quarter. So
many publishers have never before
been in the city at any one time. Won
derful interests is manifested not only
in the various machines, but also In
the cold process for stereOtyping.
which is on exhibition every day.
Negotiations for the purchase OF
the renowned Calvarian library IN
Berlin, Germany, have just been closed
by capitalists of Chicago. The library
has on its shelves $50, 900 volumes and
100000 dissertations. The price paid
for this rare collection is not made
public The books will be Immediately
shipped to Chicago and placed in the
new library. H. II. Kohlsaat and NJ
II. Reiersen are stated to have sub
scribed the largest portion of the pur-
chase price of the library.
Secretary Tracy has information re-
garding the attack on American sail
ors in Valparaiso. Fhe American
sailors were without arms and defense
less. The Investigation shows that
they were sober and were in no way
guilty of misbehavior. Two OF the
seriously wounded are still in the hos
pitA. In several instances the sailors
OF the Chilian feet rendered assistance
10 the American sailors and several OF
them were arrested. Secretary Tracy
would not say whether any action in
the matter had been decided upon.
A few weeks ago robbers held up
the passenger train near Mahan.
Georgia, and robbed the express Car
Two weeks later the robbers were ar
rested. A few days ago the express
officials received anonymous letters,
threatening to tear up the road and
wreck all trains unless the men were
released. No attention was paid TO
the letters until Sunday night, when
seven of the bridges and trestles on.
the road were destroyed by fire. The
loss is very heavy and all traffic has
been blockaded.
John Mattel, wife and infant child
applied TO the authorities at Pittsburg
the other night for food. He says he
was striking miner and they had
walked from Connellville to that city,
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