The Lamar register., 1901-03-20
TELEGRAPHIc sREvirIEs,

Seattle has 1927 wooden buildings,
and only 4G7 of brick.
The city of Berlin is about to con-
struct an underground railway.
The Texas senate has passed n bill
making kidnapping a capital oifense.
Count Leo Tostoi has been excom-
municated by the orthodox church of
Russia.
The Democrats of Chicago have nom-
mated Carter IL. Harrison for mayor
for the third time.
The jury in the case of Mrs. Nation
ut Wichita, Kansas. failed to agree,
and were discharged.
The Dominion government has de-
cided to reduce the royalty on gold
from ten to five per cent.
The Republican nominees in Topeka
for city officers are all pledged to fully
enforce the prohibition law.
1t Is found that agricultural machin-
cry Is not affected by the recent appli-
cation of the Russian tariff law.
Nelson Morris, the millionaire pack
er, is planning the erection of n ST.
OOO,OOO packing house ut Honolulu.
There was n severe rain and hail
storm in Kansas on the 9th instant,
covering nearly all parts of the state.
Exceptionally cold weather is report
ed in the Klondlke, and there have
been n number Of deaths by freezing.
The Thirtieth U. s. volunteer infan-
try arrived at San Francisco, on its
way home from Manila, March 18th.
The building of the Shamrock II.
Mt Glasgow is advancing SO rapidly
Al hos Iat .l,i ingr iss c
ed for April Goth.
The Terre Haute, Indiana, Gazette
has adopted n plan under which all
regular employees can obtain an inter
est in the business.
The estate of Sir Francis Cook, the
husband of Tennessee Claflin, who
died in London, February 18th, was
sworn at $S,Ooo,00O.
The House of Representatives of
Missouri has adopted II resolution IA
voring the election of United States
senators by the people.
Mrs. Nation has again given bonds,
and was released from the Topeka
jail. Her boudsmen are j. B. Moore,
who is her brother, and J. B. Elroy.
1t is reported that Joaquin Miller.
the poet, has just bought 100 acres of
and will make his future home there.
Advices from Algeria state that the
Moroccan tribes in proximity to French
territory are in full revolt, and rein
forcements have been sent forward.
John l.. Dubois, Il wealthy lumber
man and mine owner of Dubois, Penn
sylvnnia, has given S1,OOO,OOO to the
Dunham Medical Institute Mt Chicago.
q, Ia -ir T
Farr, eighty years of age and the IA
ther Of thirty children, was married to
blushing bride only forty-two years
old.
A bill prohibiting the use of artificial
swectening, such as saccharine. except
when used for reasons of health, hns
been submitted by the federal council
in Berlin.
Emperor William has pretty nearly
recovered from the injury occasioned
by the piece of iron thrown ut him by
an insane man, but he was hurt much
worse than was ut first supposed.
In letter of just six lines Andrew
Carnegie gives Davenport, Iowa, S15,-
900 for public library building. The
city is required to make an appropria-
ton of 81 500 year for its support.
Rear Admiral Schley has been order
ed home from the South Atlantic sta
ton. He will be succeeded by Rear Ad-
miral Il. j. Cromwell. Schley's new
assignment has not been announced.
In 1900 the total output of lumber in
Michigan-pine. hcmlock and hard
wood-was 2,293, ,O51,91S feet. The
highest production ever reached was
in 1883, when the output was 3,202,-
1s9,914 feet.
In February the New York custom
house made appraisement of importn-.
tions of precious stones and pearls to
the value of $1,77G,073. Rich people
are devoting an increasing amount of
money to personal adornmcnt
The jobbers' association has given
the American Window Glass Company
Mt Pittsburg an order for 10000 boxes
and the price to be paid the highest in
the history of the window glass indus
try. The order amounts to S3,4Oo,ooO.
At the Yale observatory it is reported
that the new star recently discovered
in the constellation Perscus has dimin-
ished in brilliancy to the third magni-
tude. one observer thinks the star Is
slightly rcdder in color than hereto
fore.
Andrew Carnegie has offered to give
$4,000 for a public library building for
Vancouver. B. c., the only condition
being that the city furnish n suitable
site and agree to contribute $1,000 an
nually for the maintenance of the IL
brary.
Andrew Carnegie has given the fol-
lowing sums to Indiana towns for
libraries: Muncie, $4,000; Wabash,
$4,000: Peru, $25,000; Elkhart, $780,
900. Ia each case the city must pro-
vide site and sufficient sum for main
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