The Lamar register., 1901-08-14
TELEGRAPHIc eREvITIEs,


tied States.
The Mnnistee. Michigan, iron works
have been burned. Loss, $5O,OOOO. The
plant employed 300 men.
Grand Llama Ach of Thibet and his
suite are visiting Japan, and large
Buddhist celebrations are being held.
Large sales of prunes at cents per
pound and upwards are reported by
the Cured Fruit Association OF Cali
fornia.
Earthquakes were general through
out southern Italy on July 31st. The
strongest shocks occurred at AXeZzano
and Porticl.
The British Antarctic exploration
ship Discovery sailed for the Antarc-
tic regions from Cowes, Isle Of Wight,
August 9th.
The directors of the Pan-American
Exposition have decided that the mid
way at the exposition shall be closed
tight next Sunday.
Negotiations are in progress for the
Cunard line to. build record breaker
to beat the Deutschland and the Kali
ser Wilhelm der Crosse
1t is believed that the King and
Queen will visit Ireland next April,
uuu oDth thC
Exhibition which is proposed In Cork.
Emperor William has ordered that
all the German soldiers who were in
Pekin during the siege are to be pro-
NOTED to the rank of non-commisSioned
officers.
An improved winter service is sched-
uled from White Horse to Dawson as
soon as the ice is solid. New and im-'
upnbnlc Of clpfyl, nhag will
be used.
Queen Wilhelmina has ordered the
secretary Of marine Of Holland to send
a detail to the United States to exam
Inc and report on the submarine boat
Holland. l..t..
Negotiations for the consolidation of
the leading Photographic dry plate fac
tories of the United States and Eu-
rope, with n capital of S3OO0O,OO0. is
pending.
The Turkish minister of marine has
decided not to order any more wa
ships or materials from Germany, be-
cause of the attacks made upon the
Sultan In the German newspapers.
One-quarter part of the digging on
the New York rapid transit tunnel was
completed August LIST. The sub-con-
tractors probably will be through with
their work by the early spring Of 1908.
The New York Life Insurance Com
pany is said to have paid 100000
marks on policies taken out by bank
ers who committed suicide ns a result
of the recent Leipzeiger bank failure
in Germany.
Attendance Mt the an-American ex-
position during the first three months
ending at midnight on July 31st, was
2,774,90S. With the exception Of one
week the admissions have shown a
steady increase.
The dome of st. Pauls cathedral,
London, has settled SO as to cause sev-
eral large cracks. The architect lays
the blame to sewers and underground
rallways-pnrticularl to the vibra-
tons caused by the latter.
The Council of the University of
Birmingham, England, has appointed
William Jones Ashley, professor OF
economics at Harvard University. to
the first or organizing chair OF the 1u-
ture faculty Of commerce.
-Four months is the minimum time In
which the new government In Cuba
can be established under the law. The
electoral bill provides guarantees for
all citizens, native-born and naturalized
alike no discrimination being made.
Ships Of the North Atlantic squadron
have established another worlds record
in the matter of coaling ships. Fol-
lowing are the figures: Kearsarge, 210
tons Of coal in one hour; the Alabama,
222 tons, and the Massachusetts 24S
tons.
Adulterated milk and cream are to
be confiscated in future ut the receiving
depots of all railroads In Chicago. The
discovery Of formaline at the receiving
depots will result In the seizure Of the
cans and the dumping of its contents
into the nearest gutter.
Lord Cromer, British diplomatic
agent in Egypt, dealing with irrigation
projects along the upper Nile, supports
n suggestion that a railway should be
built from Khartoum to the Red sea,
rather than irrigation works.
Coastwise steamships running of
New York, including the Ward, Clyde,
Mallory, Old Dominion, Mclaughlin,
and Southern Pacific, have been noti-
fled Of the adoption of an advanced
wage schedule by the Wage Farmers
Beneficial Association.
The latest notable recipient Of dec
Grafton at the hands of Emperor Will
lam is high dignitary of Mohamme-
danism. The Order of the Crown of
the first class has been conferred on
the Aga Khan of Bombay, the spiritual
head of the Indian Mohammedan Koja
sect.
The eighty-fifth annual report Of the
American Bible Society shows that
there is n slight increase in receipts.
The total issues of the year at home
and abroad amount to 1,554, ,12S. OF
these 5SO,513 were distributed in the
United States and 073,615 in foreign
lands.