The Lamar register., 1892-02-13
BY TELEGRAPH.


The town of Larned, Kansas was
nearly destroyed by fire on the ''H
loss was about sl25, ,0oo.
Hon. G.fWyman, mayor Oh Aii
sheny, Pennsylvania, is on triai i'f 'A
bezzlement and extortion-
John w. Smith, farmer 90 years
old, was killed by q freight tram near 'N
cennes, Indiana, Monday.
The grand jury of Bangor MAINE
has indicted every rumseiler in tna' cay
There are about 200 OF them.
The body of Emma Abbott having
been cremated the ashes were deposited IN
ayault at Gloucester, Massachusetts
Mr.. John Norris, editor Of the Phiia-
delphia Record, has assumed the business
III mauagement of the Now York World
President Beers of the New York
Life Insurance Company has retired from
that position on pension OF s25,oo0 year
A clerk in the war department al
Washington has been arrested for falling
in love with the daughter of Secretary
Blaine. He is crazy.
The authorities OF Chicago arc try
ing TO put stop TO the employment OF
small children in factories which IS uon'
very generally, contrary 10 law.
On Monday, the sth, Governor
Thayer voluntarily surrendered the ohiee
he has held to Governor Boyd, without
awaiting further action By the Supreme
Court.
A scheme is on foot which may re-
suit is the shipment Of grain from 81
Louis 70 Europe without trans shipment
by tie use Of the new steamers known as
''whalebacEs."
J. Pierrepont Morgan, treasurer ot
the Russian Relief Company OF New fork'
has recsiycd additional contributions to
the fuBd, which makes the amount Fe-
ceived up to date s'j1.ooo.
The jury in the locomotive eSplo-
sion case at ST. Clair, Pennsylvania, by
which 1--WE men were killed, has rendered
q verdict fixing tho responsibility on the
Reading Railroad company.
The failure OF St Paul, Minnesota.
10 secure the Democratic National Couven
ton, will not affect the building Of the
proposed auditorium, although u has
Two river men discovered a barrel
floating in tho river about two miles below
Nashville, Tennessee They towed II
ashore, broke it open aud were horrihed 70
hnd the remains OF man inside.
\ dispatch from Guatemala states
that Guatemalau military oaiccrs arc pro
volring street brawIs, and 1t j. feared that
1t is the intention Of President BarTillas to
declare state OF siege and 50 eoatinus in
power.
Rev. George w. hiidow, a student
a. the Southern Presbyterian TheoloEiezi
Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee. com
nItted suicide Monday morning ia the
presence OF his young wife By cutting his
throat with 4 razor.
1t IS reported that the directors Of
the American Live Stock Assoclatioa
which has an organization In all the prin-
cipal cattle markets In the country, Is
about 10 dissolve its present organization
fer the purpose Of reorgauizing on a uew
basis.
In Blackburn. England, thcatcr,
Saturday night fa.sc alarm OF fire caused
general stampede for the doors Benches
were smashed and many persons had their
clothes torn OF, but the musicians wcut on
with the performance aud thus averted .
disaster.
Cal Hycr. the Jersey City defaulter.
who escaped from Detective Dalton in
| Ohio, went back 10 !al At Oakland, Cali
fornia, Saturday. Two iallers who had
some conversation with him aud fanci to
detain him have beea suspended Ieudlur
investigation
A bill has been introduced in the
New Jersey senate appropriatinE $1,000 10
ward the erection OF a national monument
costing sI25, 900 at the Worlds Fair. which
shall commemorate the emancipation o,
the slaves and the part taken by colorcd
troops in the war OF the rebellion
The great lottery fight in Louisiana
is over John A Morris addressed let.
ter to the people Of Louisiana in which be
| says under no circumstances will he aud
his associates accept the charter should
the amendment be passed By ever 50 large
a vote in the coming April election.
Postmaster General Wanumaker
has caused a notice to DO sent all over the
! country in which he offers 81 900 reward
AoI NAS AIEGsA anu N0tFlCIUn OF the men
| who robbed the United States mall van.
on the ferry boat between New York CITY
and Hoboken. New Jersey, on February ,.
1t is stated that the reason why the
Louisiana Lottery Company have with
drawn their request for a renewal of their
| charter in Louisiana, is because tho srriu-
gent laws passed by congress have re-
suited in so greatly reducing their receipts
that they cannot afford 70 pay the larve
amounts agreed upon.
Professor William ]. Knapp, Phi. d.
LII. D., of Yale university. has resigned
his chair and accepted the appointment of
head professor of Roman languages and
literature in the University of ChicEeo
| Professor Knapp has been at Yale since
| 1879. He will spend a year trayelL, 9
abroad before taking his new position. en-
tering upon his duties at Chicago JuIv
lS99. His salary will be 1900 year.
In st. Mary's Polish Catholic church
at Randolph, Pennsylvania, the pastor
Rev. Father Mark Januskiwez, took pubIic
exception from the altar to a letter written
him by member, Simeon Barnowski, and
he called the later u chicken thief Tbe
| man reUlied to the priest and -. Eu,..