The Lamar register., 1904-05-11
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to go.
The National Conference of Chari-
ties and Corrections will hold its thir-
ty-first annual meeting at Portland,
Maine, June 18th to 22d.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
had great popular ovation in the
streets OF Dublin while on their way to
lay the foundation of the Royal Col
lege of Science.
The Nebraska Supreme Court has
decided that breweries cannot take out
saloon licenses except in their own
names. The ruling is likely to have
far-reaching effect.
A serious drouth in the panhandle
of Texas. that has lasted nearly a year
has been broken by heavy fall OF
rain that in some places amounted to
from four to six inches.
The business portion of the town of
Fernie. British Columbia. was almost
entirely burned April 29th, the loss be-
ing estimated at about 100000. The
town has 5000 inhabitants.
The farm house of Peter Schmitt at
Bessie Oklahoma, was struck by light
ming May Sd and four children, aged
eight, six, four and two years, who
were sleeping upstairs, were killed.
Among the successful candidates at
the recent examinations for admission
as midshipmen IN the Naval Academy
at Annapolis were ID. C. Cordiner and
F. H. Fowler of Wyoming. and ]. +.
Shafroth. Jr., of Colorado.
The new cruiser California. Just
launched at San Francisco will cost
when completed 100000. She will
have engines of $4,000 horse power.
capable of developing a speed OF
twenty-five knots an hour.
King Victor Emanuel visited Rear
Admiral Evans on the battleship Ken
lucky at Naples. expressing pleasure at
having an American warship present
at the naval review and saying many
gracious things' OF his American
friends.
The Cumberland Telephone and Tel
egraph Company, which controls most
of the telephone lines in the South.
has been ordered out of Tennessee on
the ground that 1t has violated the
statutes in its attempts to suppress
competition.
Mr. Allen. United States minister to
Korea, has rabled the State Depart
ment very reassuring message
touching the condition of the Ameri-
can missionaries in that country. He
says they are in no danger and will
not be so long as present conditions
continue.
The annual convention of the Ma
tional Association of Retail Grocers In
San Francisco received reports from
delegates representing nearly all the
states in the Union. All indicated that
the association was doing much to
maintain harmonious relations among
members of the trade.
f,;z tra1
unprecedented in the Chicago suburb.
people of Oak Park in n union meeting
lasting until after midnight. have sub
scribed a fund of $4,000 to wipe out
the debt on their $4,000 Y. NJ. G. A.
building. The meeting was character
lied by remarkable outburst of re-
ligious fervor.
Roman Catholic priest has been
assigned to service as n chaplain with
the Russian army and others will be
appointed to serve in the Far East. 1t
is estimated that there are 10000 no
man Catholics among the troops. Mem
bers of other creeds, including Moham-
medans, will also have their own spir-
itua advisers.
The Board of Appeals of the Amer
lean Tro,ting Association, at recent
meeting in Chicago. refused to recog-
a.
have been made by Cresceus on the
Wichita Fair grounds last fall. 1t is
declared that the performance was not
conducted according to the rules of the
association.
The court OF inquiry in the case OF
the explosions of the cruiser Missouri
finds that no blame attaches to either
officers or crew, who are highly COM
mended for their bravery. The court
finds the explosion was due to a flare
back" caused by an inexplicable com
bination of oxygen with certain usual
ly latent gases in smokeless powder.
Thirty-five thousand loaves OF bread
were received in Chicago May Sd from
Pittsburg to relieve the famine threat
ened by the strike of bakers. Milwau-
kee and St. Louis bakeries were ap-
pealed to for a portion OF the citys
requirements but refused to respond,
fearing that a sympathetic strike in
their own establishments might fol-
low.
All the Eskimos living in the Mac
kenzie basin except ten families have
been killed by the ravages of measles.
says the Dawson News. Before the
epidemic there were forty or fifty fami-
lies with a total of $50 to 200 or more
persons. The great ravages of tt3 dis
ease and the awful results are told by
by Bishop Breynai. who has just
reached Dawson by long and tedious
1ourneying from the south of Macken-
zie.
The armored cruiser California was
successfully launched at the shipyards
of the United States Iron Works In
San Francisco April 2Sth. The electric
button which started the vessel on her