The Lamar register., 1905-05-03
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS


destroyed by fire April goth.
The death of Joseph Jefferson is the
occasion for the publication in London
newspapers of lengthy tributes to the
American actor.
Governor Vardaman of Mississippi
has announced that he will be a can
didate for the United States Senate in
the event of Senator Moneys retire
ment.
Governor Pennypacker of Pennsyl-
vania has signed the Greater Pittsburg
bill, which provides for the consolida-
tion of the cities OF Pittsburg and Allie
cheney City.
Legislature has passed unanimously
the Bland antitrust bill. said to be the
most sweeping antitrust measure ever
passed in this country.
With an appropriation made by Con-
gress for the suppression of counter
feiting. a branch of the United States
secret service will soon be established
in the Hawaiian islands.
Governor Higgins of New York has
signed the stock transfer bill imposing
a stamp tax of 2 cents on each 800
of par value of all corporation stock
securities sold or transferred.
w. w. b. McInnes, member of the
British Columbia Legislature for AL
berni, has been appointed governor of
the Yukon Territory. with residence at
Dawson. at salary of $4,000 per year.
w. S. Sands, former secretary Of ,e.
cation at Korea and adviser to the
King. has been appointed secretary of
the American legation at Panama to
r. I W harnmaG n
general there.
Secretary Taft has received the ac-
ceptance by Alfred Noble of his ap-
pointment as one of the board of con
sulting engineers OF the Panama canal
commission. Mr.. Noble constructed
the 500" canal.
1t has been decided by the Greater
New York executive board of the bak-
ers' union. in consequence of the de-
cision of the United States Supreme
Court declaring the ten-hour law un-
constitutional, to enforce the demand
through their own efforts. if possible.
Judge Hunt in the United States
Court at Helena. Montana, decided the
noted Indian tax case from Missoula
county. holding that the county could
not tax the property of Indians living
on reservations. The decision means a
difference of 100000 in the revenues
of the state.
Amos Madden Thayer. United States
circuit judge of the Eighth judicial dis
trict. died at his home in st. Louis.
Missouri, April cath. after an illness
of four months, aged sixty-four years.
He wrote the opinion of the United
States Court of Appeals in the North
ern Securities case.
During the Good Friday services in
the Milan cathedral. Italy. the March
ioness Maria Pallavicini. Viscountess
of Trent. Austria. committed suicide
by shooting herself through the head
in the presence of congregation of
$4,000 people. Domestic unhappiness
is given as the cause.
The effort to get artesian water in
Santa Fe. New Mexico. at the United
States Indian Industrial School has
proven a failure. the well drillers hav-
ing completed their contract to sink
1000 feet, exhausting the appropria-
ton of $1,000. Congress will be asked
to make another appropriation.
Announcement is made at the Navy
Department that there existed twenty
nine vacancies in the grade of assis-
tant paymaster in the navy. the only
grade of pay corps to which appoint
ments are made from civil life. The
examination for candidates for this
grade has been set for June 18th.
Receiving the marshal Of the nobil-
ity OF KostrOma recently, Emperor
Nicholas ordered him to communicate
the following message to the nobIes:
my will regarding the convocation of
representatives of the people is un-
swerving. and the minister of the inte
rior is devoting all his efforts to its
prompt execution"
lon Perdicaris. who was held for
several months by the Moroccan bri-
gand Rassuli. recently arrived in New
York City. Mr.. Perdicaris, who is
Greek American, is now more than
seventy years old. He is in feeble
health and intends TO go to his old
home in Trenton, New Jersey. and
there spend the rest of his day.
Advance sheets OF the Red Book for
1904 published at the State Depart
ment contain reports from the Ameri-
can legation at Athens showing that,
as result of Secretary Hays note to
the powers in behalf of the Roumanian
Jews. their condition has greatly i'm
proved. and no further anti-Jewish
laws have been proposed in Roumania.
The lieutenant governor of the Pun
jab, in the course of a public address
on behalf of the earthquake fund
stated that he hoped the deaths by
the earthquake had not exceeded
5000, but within the affected area,
700 square miles, with a population of
$50. 1000. nearly every building has col
lapsed or been rendered uninhabitable.
Because the American government
refused to permit its diplomatic and
consular agents in Peru to issue GER
tificates of celibacy to American citi
zens, required by Peruvian law as a
condition precedent to marriage with a
Peruvian. and because the London gov
ernment took similar position, the
Lima government has indefinitely sus-
pended the law.
King Victor Emmanuel received in
private audience J. P1erpont Morgan
who thanked the King warmly for the |
grand Gordon of Saints Maurice and |
Lazarus which he wore. The King ex
pressed his personal qualification at |
the generous act OF Mr.. Morgan in re-