The Lamar register., 1903-12-02
SHORT TELEGRAMs.

Henry Seton Merriman (Hugh Stow
ell ScotD. the novelist, died in London.
November 18th
r. M. Drake ex-governor of Iowa and
founder OF Drake University, died at
Centerville. Iowa, November goth
Nearly 10000 operatives are affected
by the ten per cent cut in wages In the
great cotton mills at Fall River. Massa-
chusetts.
Ex-Congressman Moody of Oregon.
charged with securing and withholding
a letter addressed to Mrs. Margaret l..
Conroy, was acquitted on trial
Hart P. Dank, composer of the old
time popular song, silver Threads
Among the Gold" died at Philadelphia.
November. Goth, at the age of seventy
nine.
DR.. Mary E. Jackson of Hammond,
Indiana is testing the Finsen rays in
cases of tuberculosis. and is said to
have cured the disease in three pa
tients.
A heavy shock of earthquake was felt
in eastern Sic''y November 21st. The
disturbance IS believed to be result
of the recent eruption of the Strombolt
volcano.
The Columbia, the sailing boat, nine
braun left Boston August 11th. alone
for Marseilles, arrived at Gibraltar No
yember 10th.
st. Thomas church at Braddock,
PENNSYLVANIA, the gift of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles NJ. Schwab to the Catholics OF
that city, was dedicated November
22nd. 1t cost S125,000-
The Berlin Bourse was closed No
vember 18th. that being the annual day
for meditation and prayer. Any one
working except for the necessities OF
life can be fined $50.
The steamer Discovery. which left
Nome October 14th with thirty-one
passengers. has not been sighted since
October 2Sth and shipping men believe
she will never reach port
The hearing in the United States
Ship Building case has been postponed
until December cath. Counsel for the
complainants declares that no negotia-
tions for settlement are in progress.
In the recent election in Ohio the
vote cast was S77,2O3. Mynon T. Her
rick's plurality over Tom l.. johnson
for governor was 113.S12. the highest
ever given a gubernatorial candidate in
Ohio.
Three hundred men employed N
making steel tank cars at the works OF
the Standard Oil company at Whiting,
Indiana. have been discharged Cur
tailment of expenses Is given as the
cause.
Judge Joseph E Gary recently cele-
brated the conclusion OF his fortieth
year OF service on the Chicago benc-.
Though eighty-two years old he retains
his vigorous mind and firmness of de-
cision.
A special from Dawson says the office
of the Yukon Sun was wrecked by an
explosion of gasoline in the basement
on the night of November 18th. Fire
destroyed building and plant. Loss.
$25 900.
Pietro Saccardo the architect who
restored st. Marks at Venice. died No
yemher 10Th. His death is said to be
due to the shock caused by the collapse
of the campanile of St. Marks on June
IA. 1902.
The correspondent OF the London
Mail at Sydney. N. S. W.. says that
Professor Hussey of the Lick observa-
tory. who has been camping for sew.
eral weeks at Canoblas, has discovered
ten new double stars. Professor Hus-
sey regards the discovery as OF the
greatest Importance.
The steel mast of the Americas cup
challenger Shamrock III. has been pre-
sented to the town of Cape May, New
Jersey, to be used as flag pole. 1t is
15s feet long. The gift was made by
Captain Barr, skipper of the defending
yacht, Reliance, he having bought the
challenger for the materials it con-
tanned
Officials of District No. s, Interna-
tional Association of Machinists, Chi
cago, recently discovered what they be-
lieye to be an extensive system OF SELL
ing trade union secrets to employers.
AS result they revoked the charter
OF Local No. 43 and gave new charter
to seven men picked from the member
ship of 200.
Ten men were killed by an explosion
in the Ferguson coal mine at Connells-
Vile. Pennsylvania, November 2lst. 1t
is believed by mining experts that the
fire which has ragged in the Hill Farm
mine since the disaster of 1880. broke
through the walls which had been
erected between the Hill Farm mine
and the Ferguson.
Mrs Phoebe Clifford. the oldest min
lister in the Society of Friends in the
world. died at Providence. Rhode Is
land, November 23rd. aged 100 years
and five months. When she celebrated
her Tooth birthday, last June she re-
ceived kilograms /, of congratulation
from all parts of the world. as her
work in connection with the mission
ary labors of the Quaker is historical.
At Fort Worth. Texas. November
Goth. the National Live Stock Exchange
elected George w. Shannon OF Chica-
go, president, and voted to hold the
convention of 1904 at st. Louis. 1t was
recommended that local live stock ex-
changes composing the membership OF
the national body, adopt rules abolish
ing solicitors for commission men and
abolishing the paying of shippers tele-
grams.
Marks Nathan, the scrap iron king
whose will has just been filed in Chi
cago, left provision for the erection of
a synagogue in Jerusalem. He also left
instructions that lanG be purchased in
the Holy City and dwellings erected for
the free housing of families of poor
and deserving Jews. Out of total for
tune of O.O0O-made in the buying