The Lamar register., 1900-12-26
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Washington, December 10th.
Helen Keller, the celebrated deaf,
blind and heretofore dumb student, Is
learning to speak.
Richard Croker, the Tammany politi-
clan, has bought a fine residence near
Vantage in England.
The Fowler Bicycle and Carriage
works at Chicago were burned on the
18th instant. Loss, $4,000.
A seat on the New York Stock Ex-
change was sold few days ago for
$4,000, the highest price on record.
The annual football game between
Oxford and Cambridge was won this
year by Oxford by two goals to a goal
and try.
A sneak thief put his hand into one
of the stamp windows at the Chicago
postoffice. grabbed $1,000 worth of
stamps and disappeared in the crowd.
A bill has been prepared for submis-
sion to the next Minnesota Legislature
releasing the Younger brothers from
the penitentiary of that state on parole.
The American Forestry Association,
in session at Washington, adopted a
resolution favoring purchase of a re-
serve containing the California big
trees.
Selma Schnapka, he woman who at
tempted to kill Emperor William No
vember 18th. by throwing n hatchet at
him, has been placed in an insane asy-
lum.
The corporation of Limerick has con-
ferred the freedom of the city upon
Mr.. Kruger. The two members who
opposed the proposal were howled
down.
Fire on the 18th instant almost COM
pletely destroyed the Stewart Pump
and Plow works at Carnegie, Pennsyl-
vania. Loss, $1T5,OOO. The plant will
be rebuilt.
The Senate of the United States has
agreed to give its adhesion to the con-
vention to regulate the importation of
intoxicating liquors into certain re-
gions of Africa.
hills, in British Burmah, the highest
railroad bridge in the world, has been
successfully completed by the Pennsyl-
vania Steel Company.
A dispatch to the London Daily Ex-
press from Vienna reports recent Mos
lem excesses against the Christian pop
ulation In the central provinces Of Tur-
key, where 200 Christians have been
killed.
In the House OF Commons Mr..
Chamberlain said Great Britain pro-
posed to establish cheaper postage
with the United States, but Washing
ton was not prepared to entertain the
matter.
An earthquake shock lasting nearly
minute occurred at 7:45 oil the morn
Ing of December 14th at Joplin, Mis-
souri,. The motion was from north to
south and of a quiverlng nature. No
damage is reported.
The work of purifying Paris, to
which the police are giving special at
tention, in view of the abnormal crimi-
nal conditions following the close Of
the exposition, continues and there
have been 4SO new arrests.
Commencing January 1st, the Calu-
ment & Hecla Mining Company will in
crease the wages of its 1000 employees
two and one-half per cent. Last
March the company raised the wages
of its employees ten per cent.
In the House of Commons, Powell
Williams, former financial secretary Of
the war Office. said 1S2, AGO horses and
mules had been landed in South Africa
during the war. He ignored the ques-
tion as to how many asses had been
sent there.
Hon. w. ]. Bryan, who will be the
principal speaker at the annual ban
quet at the Jacksonian Club. in Omaha,
Monday evening, January 7th, has an
nounced that he will on this occasion
talk about the future policy of the
Democratic party.
The official report of the finances of
the Paris Exposition shows loss of
1900, 900 francs. The total of expendi-
lures is 116,5OO.OOO francs. The receipts
amounted to 114,5O0,OOO francs. The
loss is less than in the case of either of
the preceding expositions.
Private letters from China received
in Berlin assert that the reason the
Empress hates Emperor Kwang Su is
that the latter has actually become n
| Christian, having been converted by
British and American missionary books
that came under his eye.
The Oregon Historical Society at its
recent annual meeting adopted resolu-
tions recommending that n northwest
ern industrial exposition be held Mt
| Portland in 1905 to commemorate the
centennial anniversary of the Lewis
and Clark expedition to the Pacific
| coast.
The vice president of the Federal
1 Council, Ernest Bremen of Bale, has
been elected president of Switzerland
| for 1901 in succession to Walter Haus-
| or of Zurich DR. T. ZemD Of T,ucarna