The Lamar register., 1893-09-30
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Michigan officers have soDtaineu <oo,ovo Vi
the money taken from the train last week
The New York bankers are gradually re-
ducinr the amount Of their clearing house
certificates.
Frederick L. Ames, the Boston millionaire,
gave none OF his money TO charities or puonc
institutions.
The French government is about 10 use
force II necessary, TO compel Siam 20 comply
at once with the conditions Of the treaty.
The fret thing that the Democrats In the
House will do, VIII be to pass bill repeating
the laws providing for supervisors of federal
elections-
The National Rolling Mn Co, which en-
ploys a large number Of men at Mckeesport,
4 Pennsylvania, positively refuses 10 re-employ
foreigners.
*. Joseph, Missouri, suffered from 81 co.,
600 fire on the 25th. and the fire department
had TO work hard TO save the business portioa
of the city.
-Four steamers of the Belgian Anti-slavery
society have been lost on Lake Tangsnyika,
Central Africa, which greatly hampers the
work of the society.
By the care!essness Of a mine foreman an
mine st Wnkesbarre, Pennsylvania, on the
2lst. In which i've were killed and SIX IN
jured.
The English yacht Nalkyrie, which comes
TO compete with our crack vessels, arrived al
New York on the 22nd after being oct thirty
storms
The anarchists at New York have been
making threats against the Fifth Avenue mil
lionaires and the latter are hiring large mum
hers OF special watchmen TO guard against
bombs.
DR.. J. NJ. Norman. OF Denver. has been
chosen secretary of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge OF odd Fellows recently meeting Al
Detroit Richard Hoe, of Wisconsin, was
made president
81.
invitation to send delegates to the meeting OF
the Pan american BimetAllic Association TO
be held at St Louis. He thinks It might do
more harm than good.
Archbishop Ireland says that the "Farl-
bault plan for partial union Of Catholic and
publie schools has not been abandoned in
Minnesota although II has been suspended in
the town OF FAribault itself.
1t is reported tha: the Haytlen war ship
Alessaudre Petlon suddenly sank near Hayu
on the 9th of September, aud that all but one
on board. numbering eighty. were lost he
cause is unknown. She was a new vessel
President Bonney, chief OF the worlds fair
congress auxiliary, has refused TO allow the
international congress OF free-thinkers the
use Of the art institute. The free-thlnkers
have secured another hall, however and VIII
meet October !.
The United States fishery steamer Albatross
arrived at Victoria, BRUSH Columbia, on the
24th She reports having made deep sea
soundings OF the coast OF Alaska, reaching
depth of 4 500 fathoms, the greatest depth
ever reached.
meeting Of the American Protestant As
sociation at Kansas City ended in fight. As
7 the members reached the street they were Al
tackled by a crowd Of Catholics. In the fight
which followed several were hurt and mum
Der of arrests made
There was severe riot in Brooklyn the
other day between Italians and Americans
working on a street railway. The large body
/ of policemen when attempted 10 disperse the
l riotors was attacked by the Italians and
/ greAt number were hurt.
I James J. Corbett, the pugilist, signed the
I formal articles Of agreement at Asbury park
| Monday morning to fight Charles Mitchell
the English champion, before the Coney Is
Z land club sometime in December. Mitchell
/ had already signed the articles.
/ dispatch from Rome says that the Vatican
Z has dispatched a note to the powers protest
Z ing against allowing Free Masons to estab-
I lIsh a grand lodge in the Borghese palace,
which formerly belonged to the pope This
installation is declared to be direct insult to
the Vatican.
The recent tfain robberies at kendallvlIle.
z Indiana, aDd Hallack, Michigan, have
I aroused the Canadian express companies TO a
I lively sense of the dangers that threaten
that side of the border. 1t has been decided
to arm crews on every express train with
/ Winchester rifles.
1 Ten more new cases of cholera, of which
] two have proven fatal, were reported at Ham
I burg on the 31th- The cases are all scattered
I about the suburbs. Six cases and i've deaths
were reported In Holland. Four new cases
and nine deaths al Palermo and nve cases and
two deaths At Leghorn.
Six robbers attempted to hold up express
train No. 3 on the Kansas CRY. st, Joe *
/ Council Bluffs road, one mile north of St
Joe at O'Clock Monday morning. The rail-
road officials had wind of 1t and sent out an
exact duplicate of train No. loaded with
/ policemen. Two robbers were killed, three
] captured and one escaped.
The statement of the New York banks for
week ending September 23ud shows the fol
/ lowing changes: Reserve. Increase. 81 COS
80; leans, decrease, s13J.200; specie, in
crease &, sos, 200; legal tender, increase, So
AL 100; deposits increase, 81, ,c13, 100; circu-
lation. increase, sss5,1O The banks now
hold slT, ,6O9, 95l in excess Of the requirements
of the 25 per cent rule.
Tne suffering OF the Cherokee Strip set
tiers from the recent drought and lack OF wa
ter was relieved Thursday night by a coplous
shower Of rain The rain will at once relieve
the water famine, lay the dust and prevent
the recurrence of the fearful sand storms OF
] the past two weeks, besides putting the
l ground in condition for the plov. The rain
began falling at O'Clock and continued for
six hours.
! Eleven cases OF smallpox were reported to
] the health officers at New York on the 2Oth
] II is the greatest number on any one day this
season. DIR. Doty, the head of the depart
I ment on contagious diseases with staff OF
/ eight physician and five police officers began
/ a thorough search of the infected districts. to
I find all concealed cases. vaccinate every per-
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