The Lamar register., 1903-04-15
SHORT TELEGRAMS.


Coffee sold at cents pound in New
York April 3rd, being the lowest price
on record in this country.
Mrs. HorG g Porter. wife Of the an
bassador to France, died in Paris April
9Th of a congestivc chill.
A cableGram from Sweden acknowl-
edges the receipt OF S9iO sent from
Denver for the famine relief fund.
B. F. Brown of Redlands, California.
was arrested on the 9TH inst on the
charge of having made threats against
the President
The Yosemite Club of San Francisco
has arranged for fight between James
j. Jcfries and James j. Corbett some
time next August.
Since the strike in Holland all the
trains of the Netherlands railroad car
ry detachmcnts of militia and are thus
enabled to maintain restricted ser
vice.
immigration agents at Chicago de-
clare tlat the present year will see all
records for immigration and settlement
in the Northwest broken by large
majority.
The Ellis island immigration burca.
reports that during March G5,376 aliens
entered the port of New York, an in
crease of 7,7lO over the same months
OF last year,
The United Railways Company OF
Baltimore has increased the wages o!
its $500 conductors and motormcn.
The advance will average from ten to
twenty per cent.
A dispatch was received at the Navy
Department April 18th from Key West.
announcing the death of Rear Admiral
George + Belknap. u. 5. N, retired.
Death occurred from apopieXy.
BY n vote of 1O3 to As. the Canadian
House declared its opinion that III on
der to save the youth of the country
the manufacture. sale and importation
OF cigarettes should be prohibited.
The semi-oGicial announcement is
rlade in the Paris Tempes that King
Edward will arrive in Paris May 2nd.
where he will be received by President
Ioubet. He will remain two or three
days.
Caught in wheel making 100 rcvo-
iutions Il minute, Michael Deyaaney,
an oiler employed in the Brooklyn IRON
works, was whirled around the circle
for perhaps two minutes, but rot scri-
ousiy hurt.
1t is expected that more than 2CO
shingle factories in Washington. en-
ploying . 500 hands. will be temporarily
closed, owing to concerted action of the
owners. in order to reduce production
and stifren prices.
AS result of long crusade the
Board OF Commissioners OF the District
of Colurabia has adopted n resolution
forbidding cxpectorating on thc side
walks. making violation thereof sub
ject to fine of 81.
On the night of April Is the moat
severe hailstorm ever experienced in
La Crosse. Wisconsin. caused great
iamage to all greenhouses and con-
:ervatories in the city. The hailstones.
which were an in diameter, came down
thickly for fifteen minutes
In the Fair estate suit, now on trial
| In New York Lucien Mass Of Paris tcs-
| titled that lie witnessed the accident
and that when he reached the scene
| Mr.. Fair was absolutely lifelcss," but
Mrs Fair was breathing. He noticed
a nervous contraction of her face and
| hands.
Sheriff Morrison Of Kiowa county
! Thompson of Caddo. Porter OF Garfield
md Bottom of Washta surrounded
ranch near Cordele. Oklahoma terrific
ry. and captured six of the remaining
outlaws of the Bert Casey gang, sup
posed to have robbed the Ledger bank
| Of $1,000.
The American indoor and the West
ern outdoor records for the mile run
were broken at an athletic meet at
Ann Arbor. March 2Sth, by Nelson A.
Kellogg, a literary student in the Uni
1ersly of Michigan. from Battle Creek.
He covered the mile in minutes, 80
2-5 seconds.
Rumors are current among the Ger
man Emperor's suite and in Danish
court circles that the German crown
prince, Frederick William. is to be be-
trothed to Duchess Cecile. sister of the
Grand Duke of Mecklenberg-Schwer
whose sister. Alexandrine. is the wife
of Prince Christian. the grandson of
the King of Denmark.
According to an agency dispatch
from Constantinople. advices bad been
received there from Monastr that the
Macedonian revolutionary committee
will proclaim a general insurrection in
the European provinces of Turkey
about April Goth. when there will be
more than 100000 men armed with ri
aes and dynamite bombs in the field.
The United States has received a
specific promise from Russia that the
open Goor in MaEchuria shall be main
tained. The provision in the new
treaty now under negotiation with
China declaring Mukden and its port
Takushan. at the mouth of the Ya-tu
river. open to foreign trade affords the
opportunity for testing these promises.
A Vienna dispatch says that the re-
port that Professor I.orenz had re-
ceiYed an invitation from J. Ogden Ar
mour to go to Chicago and visit his
child Lolita. who has not completely
recovered from the operation per-
formed upon her by Professor Lorenz