The Lamar register., 1901-12-25
rELEeRAPAlc sRevlrIEs.

ment of the sugar Industry.
The third Sunday in January will be
set aside as Mckinley Day among
churches of Indiana.
The differences between capital and
labor are assuming aggravated proper
tons at Budapest, Hungary.
An inventory of the personal estate
of the late Pierre Lorillard shows a
valuation Of less than $2,OO0OO0.
distinct earthquake shock was felt
at Salem, Oregon, at 1880 a. IN. De-
cember 18th, but no damage resulted.
The G. A. r. executive council ad-
journed without definitely settling the
date for the next national encamp-
ment.
Seth Low took the oath of office as
mayor Of New York December 10th.
He will assume office at noon Janu-
ary LIST.
Victor Hugos only grandson, Georges
Hugo, has applied for permission to
put the prefix Victor" before his fam
lily name.
Three thousand bales of cotton have
been sold at Mckinney, Texas, for
shipment to St Petersburg, Russia,
and Rotterdam, Holland.
The Mergenthaler Linotype Company
has declared the regular quarterly div
idend of 2lA per cent. and an extra
dividend of 31a per cent.
John Swinton, for many years an
editorial writer on New York daily pa
pers, died at his home in Brooklyn De-
cember 18th, aged seventy.
During the recent cold weather
deaths from freezing were reported
from Wisconsin, Alabama, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Ohio and New York.
A Paris paper asserts that Command
ant General Botha has reported to Mr..
Kruger that he has "a 900 armed men,
10000 being Cape Colony recruits.
The transport Warren sailed from
Manila December 18th with 756 short
term enlisted men and Generals Rob
ert p. Hughes and Frederick Funs-
ton.
At Portland, Oregon, n great exposi-
tion will be held in 1905 in commemo-
ration of the work accomplished and
made possible by the Lewis and Clark
expedition.
The transport Hancock sailed from
San Francisco December 10th for Ma
Mia with twenty-one officers and 653
men of the Fifteenth cavalry, seven
officers and 3GO recruits.
Earthquakes were felt on the night
of December 10Th in the province of
Catania, Sicily, and in the southern
Italian provinces of Calabria and
Lecce.
The engagement is announced of
Captain Richmond z. Hobson, U. S.
N, and Miss Eleanor Ludlow of
Springfield, Ohio, Il niece Of ex-Gov-
ernor Bushnell. The marriage will be
in February.
DIR. William Rainey Harper, presi-
dent of the University of Chicago, has
decided that he cannot accept the post
of director of International congresses
Of the worlds fair.
Jasper Tulley, NJ. p, for Leitrim,
and John O'Donnolly. member of par
lament for South Mayo, will be prose-
cuted under the crimes act for making
intimidating speeches.
Sir Thomas Lipton's cup challenger,
Shamrock H., narrowly escaped being
destroyed by fire ut Brooklyn on the
night of December 18th. AS it was
she was badly scorched on one side. e
1t is announced that the total cost of
the Yerkes system of electrification of
London for both systems is estimated
at S1O,OOO,OOO. Mr.. Yerkes proposes to
build the biggest generating station in
b the world.
Rear Admirals Evans and Glass, Cap
tains Cooper, Harrington and Thomas,
Lieutenant Commander Stoney, Sur
geon Blackwell and Captain ]. f.
Myers of the Tilley court-martinl. have
returned from Samoa.
The st. Petersburg Gazette an
nounces that a modified state of siege
has been proclaimed in n score of
| towns throughout Russia. Strikers
and students riots are responsible for
the action taken by the authorities.
The Messagero, of Rome, says that
Father Gushing, the American priest
who had difficulty here with the Rt
| Rev Nicholas G. MatZ, bishop of Colo
RADIO, has commenced legal proceedings
against Bishop Matz for illegal arrest
Eight prominent cattlemen were ar
rested n few days ago by order of the
| Oklahoma Live Stock Sanitary Com
mission on the charge that they at
tempted to drive diseased cattle across
| the territorial and federal quarantine
| lines.
Including all the telephone compan-
les in the United States there are 4,311
exchanges in operation with 2,27S,717
telephones in use. The total capital
invested is nearly S50O,OOO,OOO. One
company employs $1,000 persons and
handles two billion calls per year.
The Lincoln avenue car barns of the
Chicago Traction Company were burn
ed on the morning of December 10th.
More than 16O cars were destroyed, in
Guiding nearly all the grip cars and
trailers used on the Lincoln avenue
line. The loss is estimated at $4,000.
A protocol has been signed for a
| treaty with Nicaragua, Salvador and
Costa Rica which provides for the ad-