The Lamar register., 1904-06-15
CONDENSED TELEGRAns

competed on tne "a Alst.
Nineteen persons were injured by
tornado at Tekamah, Nebraska. June
1st. Twenty houses were destroyed.
A tornado In the Kiowa and Co
manche country, Oklahoma, on the 4th
inst, destroyed nearly 200 houses and
injured many people.
Dominic ]. Murphy, commissioner
of pensions under Cleveland. has been
elected by the Panama canal commits
sioners as secretary of that body.
The music cure" has been taken
up by Boston society, and its devo-
tees are said to be numbered by hun
dreds. 1t is claimed to relieve many
ills. especially those of nervous origin.
George F. Phillips, who won renown
as engineer of the Collier Merrimac.
sunk by Hobson at the mouth of San
tiago harbor, died on the 9th inst. at
his home in Cambridgeport. Massa-
chusetts.
An agreement has been reached in
the Plant will case allowing the re-
moval to New York of the assets of
the slG,000000 estate of Henry Brad
ley Plant, over which there mas been
long litigation.
Supreme Master Workman w. III.
Miller of the Ancient Order of United
Workmen died at Battle Greek, Michi-
gan, June Sd of disease of the kid
neys He had been under treatment
at the sanitarium.
Potatoes in New York City are sell
ing at the highest prices on record,
and housekeepers are told there Is no
immediate prospect that they VIII be
cheaper. New potatoes are selling on
the dock for s6.25 barrel, so cents
above any previous record. Retailers
are obtaining nearly twice the prices
charged in ordinary years.
The Worcester Spy, one Of the old
est newspapers in the country, has
suspended publication on account OF
financial troubles. The Spy was found
ed in 1870, the first issue appearing in
Boston. Soon afterward it was driven
from the city on account of its utter
ances in Iavor of independence and its
publisher located in Worcester
large sum of money will be donat-
ed in the near future to Columbia Uni
versity. New York, by Adolph Levi
sohn, the well-known capitalist. The
exact sum is not yet known, but 1t has
been learned that the fund is to be
used for the education of those with
which they have shown themselves
fitted.
Mrs. A. NJ. Woodward. wife of the
president of the South Side State
bank. at Minneapolis, died from inju-
ries caused by the closing up of n
folding bed. Mr.. and Mrs. Woodward
were held as in trap for several
hours Finally MIR. Woodward con-
triyed to get one arm out of the bed
and pound on the floor until help
came.
Gold and Jewels to the value of s3.-
900 have been stolen from the German
colonial exhibit section of the palace
of agriculture at the Worlds Fair. A
reward of 5000 was promptly offered
by the German imperial commissioner
for the return of all the jewels or tho
arrest and conviction of the thieves.
In all III pieces OF jewelry were
stolen.
Professor Schron, the discoverer of
life in crystals. recently gave public
demonstration at Naples that he had
found a new microbe which causes
phthisis, microbe quite different
from that causing tuberculosis. Pro
fessor Schron affrms that this discov-
cry explains why DR.. Koch's serum
not only did not cure phthisis, but ag-
gravated it.
The currency question has nearly
been settled by the new Panama re-
public on the following basis: The
gold standard will be adopted and the
Colombian silver now in use Will be
exchanged at 110 per cent. To prevent
fluctuations in the value of the new
silver coins. the government Will guar
antee their face value by making de-
posit of gold to their full value.
Mrs. Samuel NJ. Clemens. the wife
of Mark Twain, died of syhcope at
Florence. Italy, on the 9th inst. Half
an hour before her death she had con
versed cheerfully with her husband.
The remains will be sent to the United
States for interment. Mrs. Clemens
was married in 1870. Ter maiden
name was Olivia l.. Langdon. She
was born in Elmira, New York.
Only FIVE airships have been enter
ed to date for the aerial contests in
the early part of July, although eighty
contestants have applied for admission
The Ave to pay the $3.50 necessary to
enter are Edward Hutchinbon, Chi
cago, Charles Stivin, New York, S. M.
Williams, San Francisco, Emery Cur
tis and George Davis Gillespie, New
York, and Santos Dumont of France.
The Vatican authorities have given
the strictest notice to those who rec
ommend people for audiences of the
Pope, that they must guarantee that
such persons will conform to Vatican
etiquette in kneeling eHd kissing the
hand OF the Pope. This notification
was issued as a result of the conduct
of some Americans. a few weeks ago,
who refused to kneel when the Pope
appeared.
After lying thnty-six hours in her
coffin, Mabel Fearing. the 5-year-old
daughter of G. NJ. Fearing. of Center.