The Lamar register., 1899-05-31

and made public al once
Contractor McInivrc win be given
another elance to fnish building ths.
Denver mint. The superintendent of
I construction has issued a order not TO
enfor,se the revocation order until June
I 10th. II by that time Mcintyre intIi.
I Gates that be- can live NJ N the terms
I of the contract. cau 1ialeh the fob IN a
hurry mud ean draw the necessary
amount ~ granite each day, he viii
Z probably bc allowed 20 fnish the js,b.
The War Department has resvivs-i
I the following mcSsaEc from Geurral
! Leonard woed, in command ~ the
[ proyinss, Of Santiago. = have just ~
I turned froTa an iaspeS.yicn % sise prin-
7 eipal Interior towns on the norFh cuss;
+ Ia this department The .people 9rc n
work. iRcrr u no hunger anJ there
were no applications for perNanal AZ
si~innce during the trip. Thr pcepis-
( are absolutely qnies- There arr tlo Gu
( tan troops uader arms auySs heFe In the
province and no briEansiage.
In deciding the claim of Sarah A.
Oaks for q vessel taken BY the Confs-t.
crate government during the War %
The HetEiii0u siis supreme Court OF
the United States hsld that the arrh-
ives af the Confederate government
constitute coInpefens testimony. These
archives showed that The ye-sst IN
question was purchased 10 the coufesi-
crates These aFrhivss- aid Jg-ttcr
Gray ln decidine she rase. arr Dot the
highest authority. bat they ar rcC-prsi-
made by men ug hfEh rsanisinx nnss b.
ssrvc crs,iencs The derisiea Was ac
ccriinEiy aEainst the csaim-
1T : only question q fini-.- says
sscEcfarE Wilson. whs has f0-i r.
turned trom trip Ia the s1ufh~rn
states. when the SOUTH viii prasiuec
all the tea the Fs-opie IN tise rnii.si
state want This dsrArrHsaf tsre-
g--gs 10 push e1fscstuieuis rioslE that
line. We iufcnd Sc establish tea fHrn
IN cvsry Souihegn stnie as ss.on ~ that
cau ~ siwnc inteliissa,ly. We proisssy
10 eeg the finest yericits. ~ tea 20 i,
found 10 ths ogisut and te have the
planting done whsrr grspth rna b.
fanS,i through irrigation. - - 10 Eri
pisnty u icfsdeF rhoo;s.
The attention II the state neparts
meat has h.-cu called 10 the rreent &C.
,upation by Japan - Marcus island.
In the Pacific The acquisition 81 tiir
island by Japan has thr esf~et %
causing a change Ia thr iu-srncttons
given 70 the collier Nero. wsIeh = sur
Vsying the cable route prap-scti ts
Rear Admiral Bradford. This route
avoids Wake island whsrh was taken
l,aSecssian of hy tho xurlspat nenuine
ton In tn. nnu1e of The Iultrsi states.
TIE route rsaccmnaende,i by Read Ad-
miral bradford. and which the Nero -
surveying. contemplated iayinE q cable
between Honolulu aud Midway island
eWtszigcd 10 b. American. Wbkch
possesses , hartpr eaInah,e. With slight
Improvement. ~ accommodating Vrs.
~s.ls of eight feet drauEht The dis
tnnre between Honolulu AMI Midway
island. i i.ioo miles
Il j. BOW expected that GeEefsi go.
mex will come 10 Washington The
President has bs-eu anxlrgis that h.
should DO >a. and wheB Robert T. For
ter visited the tnsurEsut chief iass win
tor lie hare an insifatton. ,seneral go
mex lid not think Il cxpedAeng to ag-
crfs ar that iiIsae. lie bad t-eea accused
of what PrNsilent Cleveland would
Z call apernieious activity la the Inter
80 Of thu Yankesss. and Il hs came 20
wasblnzfoa he feared the Cpssan~
/ would think he bad gone over entirely
( 10 ths- Americans and he Woiiid lose his
infiuencr with them. Now. however.
matters have progressed - far that hs'
can visit tis United States wiihont l's.
I ing suspected Of seeking isgibc or iry-
/ ing 20 curry fANnf Wild tnN IfNf~4tit-tta,
I Private dispatches ffpnl Cuiia say be
may be expected within the next Few
I weeks
The annual report o. The csiicf of the
Weather Bureau shows a remsrknbie
[ Increase In the loss Of farm properly
by lightning during the last few years
! This view T. also heid by Insurance
/ companies which make . specially ~
/ taking risks against storms and cy.
1 clones. For instance. the Farmers Mu-
I fual Insurance Company of Bcddins
/ ton. New Jersey, paid So ,iSS IN losses
I by lightning during the six years from
Z 1882 10 1887. During the corresponding
L six years Of the next decade. from i-,f2
| TO 1897. II paid ST.. 1a3. The iire insur.
I ance companies OF Michigan paid 3lt
/ losses from lightning. amounting 70
S;S7. .5fs3. in iSas. and Ia 1886 they had
500 cases Of lightning stroke. amount
Ing TO si53.s4I Similar information
comes from the other states and shows
/ n remarkable increase In the number OF
storms and the extent Of destruction
Secretary Gage has taken great Inter
est la the application OF the competh
1 tive plan for the selection rf designs
for government buildings. The new
custom house in New York. which L
TO cost s2,T50,ooo, is the largest build