The Lamar register., 1891-10-17
THE woRLo AT LARGE.

There was serious riot in Rio
Jsneiro few days ago.
Fiorida's Worlds Fair committee
has voted to false 500, ,oo0 for an ex-
hibit ut the Chicago exposition
San Franciseo's postoftice site has
been selected on the corner of Seventh
and Mission streets Cost, 81 ,o4o,-
eoo.
The United States treasury has re-
deemed Sl9, 6s7, ,450 in Al per cent
bonds, leaving s5,sl7,250 outstand-
ing.
3A large number Of lives are report
Cd lost along the shores of Long
Island in the great storms of last
week.
Boys Id Birmingham. Alabama,
saturated cat with coal oil and fired
it. The cat set two houses on fire.
Loss 5000.
The Pullman Car Company are try
ing to introduce two-story street cars
in this country such as are used in
Switzerland
The thirty-one members OF Parlia-
ment who were Parnelrs supporters
have issued a manifesto calling upon
the Irish people to support their fac
tion.
At Topeka, Kansas. Judge johnson
OF the circuit court, has decided that
an arrest made on telegram or letter
is not "due process of law snd is IT.
leSat.
August Belmont's residence in New
York was burned Thursday. Loss
about $4,000 Mrs. Belmont and
two children narrowly escaped with
their lives.
Salvador Mslo Of the City OF MESH
eo,a prominent contractor; has Started
Il Europe via New York. leaving un-
satisfied obligations amounting to
s4OO, 600.
At Hanover. Indiana, last Thursday
night, riotous students. while hazinG
freshmen, undertook TO hang one who
resisted. The young stu5ent- neck
was badly Injured:
Minnesota Farmers Alliance will
build an elevator at West Superior,
capacity 1000, 900 bushels, Capital
stock, $1,000. 600 in $40 shares, all
taken by grain growers.
Contracts frc building eight day
schools at 5000 and eight teachers
residences at 81. .935 at Pine Ridge
Indian agency have been let 10 c. $
Bates of Chadron. Nebraska
In the Methodist council at Wash
ingtcni Tuesday, the question OF wo-
mans position and work in the church
created great deal Of interest and
provoked a lively discussion,
: Near Birmingham, Alabama, six
negro laborers were sleeping in q
powder car. A spark from locomo-
tive exploded the powder. Five were
blown to atoms, one escaped.
Thomas McGfl, of Wichita. Kansas,
sues the Western Union Telegraph
for $40 900 damages. He sent tele.
gram for doctor for his sick wife
and it was not delivered. and his wife
died,
A Texas man living near Chico has
found box containing $500 in
mixed coins and paper money. The
coins are OF some foreign stamp, of
various denominations, ranging from
81 to $40. The find has created cou-
siderable excitement.
District Judge Goorich. OF Waco,
Texas, holds that the alien law passed
by the last legislature Is unconstitu-
tional and void. The law excluded
foreigners from buying or loaning
money on Texas land. and created a
severe money stringency throughout
the state.
At conference OF the representa-
tives OF the Brotherhood OF Railway
Trainmen and Order OF Railway Con-
ductors they decided TO consolidate
the organizations under the name OF
the latter, and it was decided to work
for the general federation Of all train
| service organizations.
The State Farmers Alliance of
Michigan has resolved that the
Farmers Alliance and Industrial
Union OF the State of.Michigan, heart
lily indorse the Ocala platform, and
| further declare to the oppressed
toilers of America that we are un-
yieldingly in favor Of independent po-
litical action. as Ioutlined at the Gin
cinnati conference.
The prices OF food are rapidly ris-
/ ing throughout Russia. Reports say
that the cost OF provisions has of late
been doubled. The members of the
Red Cross Society are collecting
money for fund TO relieve the dis
tress of the famishing people. They
are meeting with little response to
their appeals for charity, owing to
utter stagnation of commerce which
prevails throughout the country.
A Burnettstown, Pennsylvania. spe-
cial says: Three hostlers at the coun-
ty fair grounds found a bottle OF lio-
uor which had been secreted near one
OF the buildings by some unknown
party. The three men almost drained
the bottle OF its contents, with the re-
suit that Alexander Chapel was
| taken with convGlsions and died in
two hours. and the other two are ly-
ing at the point OF death. An analy-
sis of the liquor remaining in the bot
tie showed equal parts OF strychnine,
whisky and alcohol.
Dispatches dated September % re-
ceived from Ameri, the seaport town
OF China on the island of the same
name, province OF 70 Kien. nearly op-