The Lamar register., 1902-07-30
SHORT TElEGRAMS.


The Transmississippi Congress will
meet at Minneapolis August lind.
The apple crop is likely to be poor in
the Ohio valley and middle Atlantic
states.
After August LIST all unused printed
postal cards will be redeemed at 40
cents a hundred
The Rev. DR.. w. II. Milburn, the
venerable blind chaplain of the Senate,
is nearly eighty years old.
Late dispatches state that Count Tol-
stoi has so far recovered that lie is able
to write two hours daily.
One of the public Fairgrounds In
Kansas City is to be fitted with
shower bath for children.
A heavy corn crop is predicted in Ne
braska, Kansas and the greater por-
ton of Missouri and Illinois.
The censorship over kilograms has
been a bolished at Cape Town except in
the case of press dispatches.
The mausoleum in which the body OF
John w. Mackay will be placed was
completed two years ago ut cost OF
about 100000.
Should the Pope live till 1908 he will
celebrate his diamond jubilee as
bishop, his golden jubilee as cardi-
nal and his silver jubilee as Il pope.
Hamud Bin Mohamed Said, Sultan
of Zanzibar, died July 18th. The Sui
tan has ruled since 1896, in which year
he was placed on the throne by Great
Britain.
Sir Arthur Lawley. governor of west
ern Australia, has accepted the lieu
tenant govcrnorship of the Transvaal
colony. He will start for South Africa
August 9th.
The War Department has been ad-
vscd of the sailing of transport Crook
from Manila July 18th with 3Go en-
listed men of the Twcnty-iifth infant
ry and ten prisoners.
Full returns from the congressional
elections in the new federal Congress
of Mexico show that n large proportion
of the former members of both houses
have been reelected.
Bolivia has decided to request the
good offices OF the United States to set
tie the Acre question, says Rio de
Janciro dispatch. This decision Is
much criticised there.
Applications amounting to more than
100000 marks have been made for the
2O,OOO, 900 marks bond issue authorized
construction of II second Atlantic ca
Bile.
Emperor william has bought Fran
els b. Biggs' thirty-foot yacht, Uncle
Sam, winner of the Kaiser's gold cup.
His majesty intends to sail her in the
1903 regattas without competing for
prizes.
Good rains are reported all through
mt I, A triz
have come just in time to prevent fur
ther losses to cattlcmen. The loss al
ready will reach many thousands of
dollars.
At Il recent meeting of the Saddlery
Mems convention, In Cleveland, the
list of those who can buy goods from
the manufacturers were made out.
The list includes about seventeen
names.
Andrew Carnegie has promised to
give Clark University Sl0o,0D toward
the S25O.pOO needed To secure a bequest
of $500 600 under the will of the late
Jonas q. Clark of Worcester, Massa-
chusctts.
1t is stated that the Asphalt Com
pany of America and the National
Asphalt Company both of which are
now in the hands of receivers. Will be
merged and reorgnnized with capital
of S31 100000.
A commission appointed 10 reappor-
ton Oklahoma has announced the to-
tai population of the territory to be
100000. with one representative Tor
every 22,O0O people and one senator
for every $4,000.
This seasons salmon pack on the Co
lumbia river so far amounts TO about
115,OOO cases. The total catch of sal
mon in the Columbia river to date this
year is estimated 10 be the equivalent
of 10000 eases.
The leading members Of the Polish
aristocracy resident in Berlin are qui-
etly organizing with the object of re
fIsing all court invitations on account
of Emperor Williams anti-Polish
speech at Marienburg.
A severe typhoon swept over the
southern Philippine islands June 18th
and 18TH The customs steamer Shear
water was lost of the island of Marin
duuue. Nineteen of her crew, includ-
ing three Americans, were drowned.
An attempt of the Law and Order
League nt Nebraska City, Nebraska,
on July Goth to stop Il Sunday baseball
game resulted in Il riot, during which
c. NJ. Shcpperd II Methodist minister,
was hit and knocked down by rock.
The survivors Of the German steam
ship primus of Hamburg, which, with
1SJ passengers on board, was cut in
two and sunk by the tug Hansa, say
that ninety-siX of those who were ON
board that vessel at the time Of the
disaster are missing.
Charles Sturms, a plumber, who is
unable to get into the Master Plumb
ers' Association of Kansas, or to buy
goods without being a member of the
association. has filed suit at Fort Scott
preparatory to Il prosecution oil It's OIL
cors ,,uI.r he anti i-trllst law.