The Lamar register., 1902-10-08
SHORT TELEGRAMS.

change was sold feW uaSS aSo iof
$50, 1000, the highest price on record.
John d. Long, eX-secrctary OF the
navy, has been chosen president or the
board of overseers Of Harvard Uni
versity.
The Bolivian foreign minister and the
Peruvian plenipotenhary have slSheua
treaty settling the boundary question
between their respective countries.
An official report issued by the min
lister of agriculture at Buenos Ayres
says the recent rains in the Argentine
Republic have destroyed the crops.
A fire at Stockton, Cal, September
2Sth, destroyed the agricultural pavil-
ion and several other buildings, causing
a loss Of about half million dollars.
1t is now stated that the bequest to
Princeton of Miss Mary j. winthrop OF
New York, which formerly was report
ed to be $5OO,OOO, will amount to ST.
100000.
AT n wedding celebration in a barn
Mt Werba, near Moscow, fire was
started by a cigarette and over 100 OF
the guests were suffocated or burned
to death.
A lone highwayman held up the
Sutes-Grangeville stage in Idaho coun-
ty, Idaho, few days ago and robbed
six passengers Of $3.50 in money anu
some jewelry.
Newspapers in Rome announce that
the grand master of the Italian Free
Masons has instructed all the lmllan
lodges to open subscriptions In behalf
of the destitute Beers.
The autopsy on the remains OF Emile
Zola resulted in an official declaration
that he died from asPhyxiation caused
by carbonic oxide fumes. This puts at
rest the theory of suicide.
Henry Phipps of New York City was
the donor of the 100000 gift to the
Boer fund recently announced by Gen
er.il Botha, and which was at first
credited by mistake to another party.
Milk has been advanced one-half cent
n quart at wholesale in New York
This is the third advance from sum
mer prices, the first having been made
on August /, and the second on SepteH-
Der l.
Frederick Wellington Ruckstuhl OF
st. Louis has been appointed chief or
sculpture of the worlds fair. He VIII
have active direction of the modelling
of all sculptural effects at the expo
sition.
A life size statue of Louis kossuth
was unveiled In Cleveland on Septem-
Der 2Sth in the presence of 10000 peo-
ple There was street parade OF
5000 members of allied Hungarian so
cleties.
The ratifications of the treaty (defin-
ing boundaries and limiting nrmaments
and naval construction) between Chile
and the Argentine Republic, were eX-
changed at Santiago on Tuesday, Sep
tember 23rd.
The Circuit Court at Deadwood,
! South Dakota. has sustained the acton
of the Pluma school board in refusing
to comply with an order of the Board
of Public Health to enforce vaccinh-
ton in the public schools.
| There will be no strike of the en-
| ployxs of the -four mills of Minneapolis,
| for, beginning October 13, the mills OF
1 Minneapolis will be operated on an
eight-hour schedule, and on wage ba-
sis satisfactory TO the men.
| The summOning of an automobile
chauffeur in the employ of Premier BAL
four in London before the magistrate
of st. Neocs, for driving n car faster
than twenty-five miles an hour, result
ed in the imposition of a fine or $50.
The London Chronicle gives currency
TO n rumor that n movement is on foot
to make President Roosevelt colonel
in n British line regiment. The paper
believes that the matter of precedent
for such action is being inquired into.
1t is reported that the totals of chol-
era cases in the Philippine islands TINS
season up to September Both are 7O,2222
cases and 4S,4O2 deaths. But the act
ual total of cases is estimated to DE
about 100000, with deaths in proper
ton.
Secretary Hay has sent urgent In
structions to all the United States dip
lomatic officers abroad to do everything
within their power to secure dlsphys
Mt the worlds exposition at st. Louis
from the countries to which they are
accredited.
Datent has been secured, says
London dispatch to the New YORK
Tribune, covering Il novel engine Tor
marine propulsion, which John Wits,
the inventor, asserts will reduce the
crossing of the Atlantic to at least
three days journey.
According to an announcement by Of
ficlals of the Canadian Pacific railway
the first fast steamer OF the New allaI'
line service from St Johns, N. b., IN
connection with that road was to san
from Liverpool on November u. Sail
ings will be weekly.
There were 1,O71 strikes during 1901
in Germany, involving 141 ,22O persons,
as against / ,4G2 strikes of 29S,s19 per-
sons in 1900. In 200 cases in 1901 the
strikers were successful, in 2S5 cases
they were partially successful and in
571 cases they failed.
For the first time in several years q
case OF leprosy was discovered in Belle
yue hospital, New York, recently, the
putient being a Chinaman who has
been in the United States seven years.