The Lamar register., 1893-07-22
Teiesr.phio Brevitie-

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18th.
Major Halford has been ordered on duty a,
Omaha
The amount of gold In the treasury on ~
lIth was s95 ,a2s5,6 ,61.
Father Walsh, president OF the U.il- ~
of Notre Dame /. dead
A Chicago chambcrmaid has married
wealthy Austrian nooleman.
Vice President Stevenson, with his family
is taking trip 10 the Pacific coast.
The Saeugerfest held at Cleveland iAst
week was very successful musical event
The new German army bill passed the
Reichstag on the 18th by vote Of 20l TO lso.
A union of farm hands Is to be organized In
Kansas. 1t Is the intention TO force wages
up to $40 per month and board
The third annual international convention
of the Baptist's Young Peoples Union OF
America met in indianapolis on the 18Th
There will probably be no further trouble
between Siam and France. as the recent
trouble was due TO misunderstanding OF
their orders by the French commanders
There was a terrible collision at Newburgh,
the track in the freight yard, and crashed
into freight train. -Four women and child
were killed and a large number wounded
The Kansas military board has ordered
several of the strong Republican Infantry
companies which refused to obey the COVER
Companies of cavalry Will be formed In their
place.
The National Bank of Kansas City suspend
ed on the 18th. 1t was one of the oldest banks
in that city. Its deposits during the last three
months have decreased from a 900 TO sl,-
oo0.Oo0
The Belgian chamber of deputies has voted
such a revision OF the constitution as will en-
able Belgium to acquire colonies The gov
ernment eontemplates the annexation OF the
Congo Free State
The comptroller of currency has issued his
call for report on the condition OF national
hanks at the close OF business, Wednesday,
July l2 This the comptroller says, is one of
the regular five annual calls and Is not due 10
financial conditions.
NJ. Buloz, editor of the well-known French
literary journal, the Rerus dss Dlar NoHies,
has fed from Paris. He has paid out l6,5oo,-
coo francs TO blaekmaIlers who charged him
with being criminally intimate with three
women contributors TO his paper.
The most destructive hailstorm known in
the history OF Cedar County, Nebraska oc-
CURED Sunday evening in the northern part
OF the county Crops were totally destroyed,
trees were stripped and windows and rcot.
broken The largest hailstole found meas
ured ten by twelve Inches. The storm COW
cred an area Of about 100 square miles
II is stated at the treasury department that
the adyisabllity Of Withholding from the public
the statements heretofore given out through
the press OF the amount Of bullion purchased
and the prices paid for II is under considera-
ton. Recently change has been inaugurated
IN the manner Of making the purchases pub
lie by Withholding the statement until the day
after each purchase is made.
A dispatch from Bangkok, capital OF Siam,
states that twenty Siamesc were Killed and
fourteen wounded during the exchange OF fires
between the forts al the mouth OF the Meinsm
river and the French gunboats, which forced
rf,..t .aff ha Z. a.
from the Siamese government prohibiting
them to enter the Elyer. There is good pros
pect of a war.
novel race to the Worlds Fair is being
arranged by the old men of Coggon, little
town near Cedar Rapids, Iowa. All those are
eligible to enter who have passed the three
score mark and who pay the entrance fee of
500. When all the arrangement have been
perfected those who have entered Will start to
walk to Chicago. The one first arriving al
the gateway captures the entire purse.
The latest Samoan advices, dated July 7th,
show that active hosulities have broken out
between the natives who support King Male-
toa and the adhereuts of Chief Mataafa- The
opposing factions have each formed = camp
about two mileI from Apia. the capital, and
skirmishes occasionally occur. The kings
forces are numerically stronger :han the sup
porters Of Chief Mataafa, but the latter have
the better arms.
A cyclone from the southwest struck Still
water, Minnesota on the lftD L lie eutu uA
the Atwood lumber mill was demolished and
William Anez and Sam Simonson were killed
! by flying timber. Several other workmen
were slightly injured. The buildings of the
| Saltwater brick yard were thrown down aud
| three workmen there were slightly bruised.
Other damage was done throughout the town
amounting to $4,000.
Bandits robbed the bank at NJ ound Valley,
/ Kansas, at noon on the 18th. Three men
rode to the bank, tied and gagged th e cash
| ier J. o. Wilson, and secured the money in
sight, which amounted 10 1900 Before Mr..
| Wilson could give the alarm, the 70 bbers had
made their escape and were on their way 10
the territory, twenty miles south. The rob-
bers said that they belonged to the Starr gang.
| There is little prospect Of catching them.
At mass meeting held at Des Moines reso-
lutioas demanding the free and unlimited
silver coinage were adopted A resolution
endorsing tax Of 10 per cent on all interest
bearing gold notes was also adopted. The
principal speaker was General Weaver, who
made fierce onslaught on the men who want
TO kill the Sherman law. predicting that II
| the Democratic congress repeals that law
there never will be Democratic congress
| elected again.
| By an almost unanimous vote large ma
| jority Of the Worlds Fair directors decided
last Friday night that after the 10Th the gates
| of the exposition should be closed on Sunday,
| but this action. it appears, does not finally
settle the question. A temporary injunction
/ obtained several weeks ago by Charles W.
| Clingman one Of the stockholders and tax
payer Of Chicago, compelling the gates to be
| kept open, still stands in the way. II is not
known whether 1T will be enforced or not