The Lamar register., 1893-09-23
reie~r.phlc Brevitiss.

The Theosophists were in session at Chicago
on the 18TH
A fire at Pullman, ILL.,. on the 11th, de-
stroyed lumber valued at $3.50 900.
1t is estimated that the loss by fires in Wis
consin forests last week were S5,OOO.0OO.
-Four men were killed by the explosion of
thres hing machine boiler >near Gallipolis,
Ohio.
The Secretary of the Treasury purchased
900 ounces of silver the 18th at
s0.7540.
1t has been discovered that much property
has been stolen from the Kansas state insane
asylum at Topeka.
The inspection of pork has been extended
to all hogs, whether intended for home or for
eign consumption.
Six were killed near Whittier, South
Carolina, on the 18th, by the explosion OF
boiler in saw mill.
A plot was discovered few days since to
wreck railway train on which the Austrian
emperor was travelling.
The Pope is again considering the propriety
of removing to Rome as result of the hostile
attitude OF the government.
General A. j. Warner, the president of the
Bi-metallic League, has decided TO enter the
Virginia campaign on behalf of silver.
1t Is reported that in few days work VIII
be entirely suspended throughout the north
of France and in four Belgian colliery dis
tricts.
The first thing that the Democrats in the
House will do, will be to pass bill repeating
the laws providing for supervisors of federal
elections.
The New York clearing house loan COM
mittee cancelled 81 900, 600 in certificates on
the 18th, leaving the amount outstanding
s3i. .535. 600.
The Earl of Aberdeen was sworn in as gov
crnor-general of Canada at Quebec on the
18th. He and Lady Aberdeen are received
with enthusiasm.
The Lake shore " Michigan Southern
Railway Company and the United States Ex-
press Company have Jointly offered 4 reward
of &, 600 for III arrest of the kendallyille
train robbers.
as the result of demand for home rule. The
Austrian emperor has suspended several laws
allowing free speech and trial by jury. The
people are desperate
A great game of billiards opened at Chicago
on the 18th between John Roberts, OF London,
aud Frank c. Ives, of Chicago. They are
playing on an English tables and the game will
last week Ives won the first night
There ia great CONSERVATION among the
I citizens of Danyille KY over the charge of
Judge shaufiey to the grand jury. The judge
told the jury 10 indict any man or woman
whom they find playing progressive euchre
for prizes
Reports from the borders of the Cherokee
Strip on the 18th state that the heat was ter
rible and that many of the men in line were
stricken with sunstroke and several died.
| The would-be homesteaders are enduring
great hardships.
The revolution in Brazil has become very
! serious as q large p proportion of the fleet has
I turned on the government No dispatches
arc permitted to be sent out but II Is stated on
I good authority that Rio de Jaueiro was bonn
barded on the 18th.
| The situation of the boomers on the border
4 factory on the l4th The heat was less in
/ tense, and the facilities for registering were
| increased so that there is no doubt that all OF
I them will secure certificates before noon Sat
ur day.
| The distress in the minllg districts OF Eng
! land increases, and there Is no appearance ut
I present Of the strike coming to an end Be
! tween Leeds and Bradford half the mills have
stopped or will shortly stop. In the Wake
field district 1000 people are being fed by
/ charitable organizations.
The men who robbed Michigan train of
/ $15 600 now believed TO be under arrest
| One of them has confessed He made false
I statements, however, about the whereabouts
/ of the stolen money and the officers have not
/ yet recovered It. An engineer brakeman,
! al express messenger, baggage man,
4 haekman and three saloon keepers are sup
1 posed to have had u hand In the job.
Reports from Rio de Janeiro continue to
| be conflicting, but it appears that the insur-
/ gents are meeting with some success. They
I have been REINFORCED by the Repubica, an
other warship, which deserted sunday. The
! without great damage. President Photo has
withdrawn from the city. The congress is
loyal to him yet
Seven were killed and sixteen injured in a
| tall-end collision on the Big Four road near
kankakee Illinois, Monday night Inc nrst
| section of a special passenger train which left
I Chicago early In the evening stopped at Man
/ tano, for what reason is unknown, and IL
! seems that a flagman was not sent back. The
second section came on at full speed and
I crashed into the first with the result above
named.
1t was estimated on Friday that the number
ef men who would enter the Cherokee strip
would be IS, s,0O0. Twenty-Five thousand VIII
go in from Arkansas City and vicinity, l5,Ooo
from Caldwell. 5000 from kiowa, 5000 from
Hunnewell, II 900 from Orlando, 5000 from
saltwater and s. 900 from other places. Half
of the homeseekers, It is estimated, have fam
lilies, and the total population OF the strip
Saturday night will doubtless be at least
10000.
dispatch from Marshfeld, Wisconsin,
saws that place is surrounded by a sheet Of
flames in the woods and that people are nee-
ing for their lives. 1t Is said that at least
twenty-five persons have been cut on from
escape. Two children, while trying to escape
with their parents from burning home,
were lost in the dense smoke and were almost
certainly killed. Several small settlements
have already been consumed and horses, cat
tie, lumber, etc. destroyed.
The county judges of Dallas county, Mis-
souri,, following the precedent set oy their
| predecessors in their own county and py the
| st Clair county judges, refuse to issue tax
levy TO pay the bonds of the county, amount,