The Lamar register., 1893-07-15
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The paid admissions to the Worlds Fair
last Sunday were Il, ,523.
Mr.. Cleveland's rheumatic leg is reported
better and he is busy fishing.
successful train robbery was reported
from Palestine, Texas, on the 5th.
The Treasury Department purchased l0o,-
600 ounces Of silver on the 9Th At ssc.
Mr.. Cleveland had severe attack OF
rheumatism in his foot a few days ago.
cit is reported that Emperor William has
abandoned his proposed trip TO Norway.
Nicaragua has recalled Its ministers to this
and other countries on the groanu Oh eeon-
omy.
John Sontag, the outlaw, died In jail OF
the wounds which he received when he was
arrested.
Many of the Kansas coal miners are return
ing to work and the strike VIII soon be de-
clared or
The Mexican government has decided to
discontinue newspaper subsidies amounting
to 10000 annually
cyclone destroyed portion of the town
of Pomeroy Iowa on the 9Th Few details
indicate that several lives were lost
Chancellor Caprivi introduced the new army
bill Ia the Reichstag on the .th The OIL
provides for an Increase of 1000 men
The Kansas City nremen who went to Eng
land to compete in the hremens tournament
have returned with a number OF medals.
OF the las men aud boys who were en-
tombed in the Yorkshire coal mine bY sn ex-
plosion on the 3rd, only nine have been res
cued alive
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile
Agency Company of London failed on tho
10th. II had capital OF 81, ,Ooo,ooO, and the
smash is a big one.
The Spanish caravels reached Chicago on
the .th. and were given boisterous welcome
at the Fair grounds. senator sherman de-
livered the address of welcome.
Mr. Gladstone and his cohorts are forcing
the home rule bill through the House of Com
mons at good pace, despite the the streuu'
Gus objections OF the opposition
During the reception Of the Colombian min
i-ter at the Vatican few days ago, the Pope
said that America would isoon have patron
saint, as Columbus would be beatifed shortly
The French government has just authorized
the construction OF i new and powerful cruiser
which in general respects IS to be almost
duplicate of the new United states Warship
New York.
The New York Chamber OF Commerce met
on the 9th to consider the financial situation.
The repeal of the Sherman law was urged
and Congress asked to appoint commission
to make study OF the financial situation
National banks during the past two months
have increased their circulation nearly 81
ooo, coo, orders for new circulation TO the
amount of s., 2s1 900 having been received so
far this month
Affairs in Paris are In a critical condition.
President Carnot and his cabinet are de
nounced by everyone, either for their severity
in dealing with the mob or for their weakness
In backing down from their position IN
weak-kneed way.
A great number of people nj Santos. Brazil,
are dying OF yellow fever. The death rate
has reached 800 per day. Hundreds of bodies
ere ahoat in the river In all stages of decay.
The patients die more rapidly than their
bodies can be disposed Of.
C. " Mosher. president OF the defuuet
Capital National bank Of Lincoln. Nebraska,
has been sentenced to Eve years in the Sioux
Falls penitentiary by Judge Dundy of the
United States District Court. 1t il estimated
that Mosher embezzled over S20O,OcO
The idea of the officers of the Bi-Metaliic
League is TO meet at Chicago and adjourn to
Washington. There the convention viii re-
assemble at about the time when congress
eonvenes, and will probably continue in ses-
sion until after the organization OF that
body.
Seventy-ive conviets in the house OF corree-
ton at Ionia. Michigan, made desperate at
tempt to escape few days ago. They per
sisted in the attempt despite volley from the
guns of the guards, and fought desperately
| They were finally subdued, however, and four
of the leaders were badly wounded.
The Rio Grande Western railway company
| has issued an order disehargins 400 employees
| at different points over the system. One hun
| dred of that number are Salt Lake mechanics
and clerks. The reduction affects chieay the
| operating department, and the cause given is
| dull business and forced ecoLomy.
The big steamer Bethel anchored at the
| foot of Sibley street, St Paul, and used for
| the past three years lodging and board
| ing house for about 200 people, was burned to
| the waters edge at IL O'Clock Wednesday
| night. Six persons are believed to have lost
, thcir lives.
| Secretary Morton has decided that the ex-
| penses of the Bureau Of Animal Industry must
| be cut down this year % per cent. II Is un-
| derstood that the secretary Is considering
| the advisability of doing away altogether
| with the system Of meat inspection. which
| would bring about a saving of about 500 900
year.
The Hon. Z. j. Phelps OF counsel for the
| United States, finished his closing address be-
| fore the Behring Sea tribunal of arbitration
| on the sth. Mr.. Phelps closed his plea elo-
| quently before large audience. His every
word was listened to with the closest atten-
| tion. The arbitrators will now have three
months to arrive at decision.
A dispatch from Hong Kong reports an
| other fanatical outbreak in China. Tie
| dispatch says q mob of natives attacked two
| Swedish missionaries at Macheng. sixty miles
| from Hankow, and killed them. The murders
| are supposed TO have been due to the ante
| foreign p!acards that have heretofore caused
much trouble fer the foreign missionaries re-
| siding In China.
An Egyptian medical delegate to Mecca
| gives horrible account of the condition Of
| Pilgrims in that city. Deaths from cholera
are double the the number officially reported
] in the valley of Mouna. II is impossible TO
| bury the dead, the road between Mecca and
| Mouna is strewn with corpses; pilgrims are
| left to lie where they died. In Mecca the