The Lamar register., 1901-05-22
rtLEeRApHIc eREvlrIEs.
Mrs. Carrie Nation has accepted bal
and left the Wichita Jail.

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| ceived concession to establish works
| in Odessa, Russia.
President Carter of William College
has rendered his resignation, to take
effect September lst
The British Parliament has granted
King Edward VII. the sum of $780,
GOO year for his private use
Princess Frederick Charles OF
Hesse youngest sister of Emperor
William has given birth to twin sons.
Grand Duke Michael. heir presump-
tive to the Russian throne, is said to
have Il keen desire to visit the United
States.
There are more Indians now in the
schools of the government than at any
other time in the last ten years. the
total being 25,SGS.
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain, an
swering question in the House OF
Commons, SAID General DeWets house
was burned hst June.
Seven counts charging James Gala
han, alleged TO he one of the kidnap-
pers of young Cudahy, with perjury
on his late trial. have been filed.
Finished lumber of all grades has
been advanced 81 n thousand by the
price list committee OF the Mississippi
Valley Lumbermen's Association.
Attorney General Harlan has decid-
ed that cock fighting is illegal, so
about the only amusement of the Por-
to Ricans is TO be taken from them.
President Maurice Hutin of the
Panama Canal Company is in this
country with an object of selling the
canal to the United States government.
The remains of Confederate dead in
the Arlington and Soldiers Home
cemeteries at Washington are to be
removed to another section of Airing
ton.
The maids Of honor and ladies in
waiting of Queen VictOria's court will
receive very small pensions, which
promises to occasion some heart burn
ing.
The Deitcrich syndicate and the
| American Window Glass Company
have formed pool to absorb all of
the large natural gas companies In In
diana.
The official count of the vote of the
Cherokee nation on the Cherokee agree
ment with the Dawes commission
shows n majority of 1023 votes for re-
| lection.
Topeka is said to be dryer now than
sade. Little liquor is being sold and
even this in rs secret n manner as
possible.
Hon. Charles Foster, ex-secretary of
| the treasury. has made application in
the United States Court as Il voluntary
bankrupt. His debts are $I4I,OO
with no assets.
At n recent trial in Paris 1t was re-
yealed that n French firm was making
more than $4,000 corscts year Tor
men. 5000 being shipped to England,
chiefly for army officers.
| According TO n dispatch from Pic
termarizburg 10 the London Mail, Lord
| Kitchener is about to try n new plan
of burning the veldt in order to conf
pei the Beers to surrender.
The board of naval officers headed
by Captain Chadwick. appointed to
make full Investigation of wireless
telegraphy, reports that it Will be a
valuable adjunct TO the navy.
n. p. Pollock, president of the Guy
ahoga Saving and Building Company OF
Cleveland, who committed suicide nt
Seattle this month, carried S65,O0O life
insurance in favor of his family.
The Farwell ranch syndicate of Chi
cago has sold to George w. Littleiicld,
president of the Austin, Texas, Ma
tional Bank, 2S4,O 600 acres of land in
Hockey and Lamb counties, Texas.
Professor David Shepard Holman.
known throughout the scientific world
ms the inventor of the Holman life
slides, which are extensively used by
microscopists, is dead, aged seventy
five years.
A parliamentary paper just issued
| ,l,o hot for
tages and novels were burned in the
| Orange River Colony and the Trans
vaal from June. 1900, TO the end OF
January, 1901.
Miss Helen Gladstone. daughter OF
the late William Il. Gladstone, has nc-
cepted the post of warden of the Wom-
ems University settlement, Southwark,
| London. Miss Gladstone will go into
residence early in September.
To take care of its increasing busi-
ness and to prepare for the worlds
| fair. the Burlington railroad is pre-
pairing an extensive system OF termi-
nails and yards in North St Louis. at
an estimated cost Of $1,OOO,OOO.
In the annual all-around athletic
| contest between the two universities
Mt New Haven on the 11th instant,
Yale defeated Harvard by score of
81 points to Al. The contests includ-
ed running, jumping, hammer throw
ing, etc.
An Italian consul in Chicago has
asked the consular agent in Kansas
City to Investigate the labor trouble
in lola, Kansas, that resulted in sever
nj Italians being driven from the town
after having been assaulted by Amcri-
can workmen.
New York City's tree planting as
sociation, composed of public-spiritcd
citizens, not only set out 2,126 shade
treeS Inst wear but secured the pass