The Lamar register., 1899-01-04
rELEoRArHIc BREviTlEs.

- NNHi1uu satisiacilon Tor an auroul.
BY collision of engines near Lex
ington, KY, nine meE were badly In
jared.
The gunboats Buffalo and Helena
have reached the Suez canal on their
way to Manila.
There was serious riot in n suburb
or Havana the other day that was
with difficulty suppressed.
fmporiations of manufactures from
Great Britain into the United States
seem likely to show an unusually
small total in the year 1898.
Russia has successfully negotiated a
loan OF S15O.OOO00O with the Roths-
chtlds. II Is proposed 10 use one-half
OF this sum TO rearm and reorganize
the artillery branch of the service.
II is asserted TINT the French police
have seized several bundles OF letters
whose contents prove that military
plot is in thorough working order.
Burglars tackled the county jail at
New Brunswick. New Jersey, last
Tuesday night. and relieved n sleeping
sheriff. George I.itterst. OF SIoo in
cash.
Advices from Bolivia say that the
condition of affairs there IS serious.
Young men belonging to the best so
ciety are joining either side, the banks
have lost nearly all their clerks and
civil war is Inevitable.
special from Dawson City. dated
November 18th. says: Reports from all
creeks In the vicinity of Dawson City
Indicate that the winters product Of
gold viii exceed that OF last year by
more than 100 per cent.
The American National Rank OF
Lima, Ohio. was robbed last Sunday
night OF S1s.162. The money was TAX
on from the big vault. The robbery
was pcTpetrated In a skillful manner,
no damage being done TO the vault
The American Newspaper Publish
ers Association has presented 10 the
Angio-Anerican joint high commission
ers carefully prepared argument In
favor Of free paper and free pulp. They
urge II because OF the existence OF the
paper trust.
Bishop william f. McI.aren OF the
diocese OF Chicago WIN accept the mis-
sion 10 Porto Rico 10 investigate the
ueld there for promotion OF the Epis-
cUpal church interests, ns delegated TO
him by the Episcopal conference In
Washington.
News has been received from Vienna
that the committee appointed 10 decide
the disposition OF the prizes for the
most brilliant games payed in the re-
cent International tournament Mt Vi
emma. has awarded the first prize to
Pilisbury for his game ngainst Hal
prin.
The movement recently set ON foot
among Methodists to celebrate the in
coming OF the twentieth century by
raising a thank Offering fund to the
amount OF S2O.oOO,0oo Is meeting with
favor. or the proposed sum $4,000
p)o viii be devoted 20 educational pur-
poses.
General Guy v. Henry. the military
governor OF Porto Rico. reduces the
budget for next year from 100000
pesos. as under the Spanish regime. to
100000 pesos He asks for authority
TO apply the custom house revenue 10
the Improvement OF roads and the
cleaning OF cities.
Miss Mercedes Garcia. daughter of
the late Calixto Garcia. the Cuban
leader died at ThomasyIlle. Georgia,
on the 2Tth. OF consumption. The body
will be embnlmed and taken To Cuba
on the wnrshIp which the United States
has designated 10 convey the remains
OF ptntIai 'uEtid plCh tu HIS udNiNt
land.
Sir Thomas LIpton. challenger for
the America cup. has offered to come
TO The relief OF the distressed English
colony OF Barbados. He Is prepared
TO invest S5,O0oo0O in the sugar in
dustry OF that island and has named
to the English government few
easily filed conditions.
An Italian paper asserts that Ger
man syndicate has promised Don Car
los n loan of 30.OOO.000 francs In three
lnstallments-the first when he has
10000 men under arms; the second
when he has captured Bilboa, capital
OF the province of Biscay, and the
third two months after operations are
commenced.
General Merritt. in an Interview at
Chicago. said of the Philippines: THE
best we can do is TO give them a good
military government give them what
civilians are necessary to administer the
civilian functions of government, and
when they are ready to form n gov
ernment of their own. give them our
blessing and let them CO."
President Peck of the Lafayette Me-
mortal commission, acknowledging re-
ceipt of contributions from Ohio for
the Lafayette monument fund. writes
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