The Lamar register., 1905-04-05
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS

tne Unlteu states senate Dy lue Lt6-
islature of Tennessee.
DR.. J. B. Whiting, surgeon general of
the Grand Army of the Republic, died
at GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin, March 27th.
The Chicago Bureau of Identified
ton has adopted the thumb print
method of identifying criminals as an
adjunct to the Bertillion measurement
system.
The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed
a ruling OF lower court upholding the
validity of an ordinance of the city of
Chicago prohibiting the giving away
of cigarette papers with tobacco.
benefit at the Metropolitan Opera
house, New York. for Joseph Holland.
the actor. who, on account of illness,
probably will never be able to appear
on the stage again, netted $4,000.
Miss Mildred Lee. youngest daugh-
ter of Gen. Robert E. Lee, died at New
Orleans March 27th at the residence
of Mrs. William Preston Johnson,
while on visit. Her death was due to
apoplexy.
The adjutant general of Texas
shipped a carload of tents, iron bed
steads and other camping outfit to Burl,
Texas, near San Antonio, to be used by
President Roosevelt and party on their
big hunt.
Many thousands of ordinary letters.
all of the second-class mail matter, and
all OF the registered mail matter was
destroyed by fire and water in the
Great Northern train wreck in Idaho
March Gath.
A great landslide occurred at Sem
lin, Hungary, March Goth. A squadron
of soldiers, who went to the rescue of
buried woman, suffered severely,
eight of their number being killed and
nineteen injured.
The Fore River Shipbuilding Com
pany of Quincy Massachusetts. has
signed contract to construct in eight
cen months four submarine torpedo
boats of the Holland type for the
United States government.
Governor General Wright has issued
a proclamation announcing that the
census of the Philippine islands had
been completed, and that in two years.
provided peace prevails, an election
would be called for general assembly.
In the United States Court at Phila-
delphia receiver has been appointed
for the Provident Investment Com
pany, which made an assignment
March 21st, with estimated liabilities
of $1.000.00O and practically no assets.
Governor Koch of Kansas intends
to have the battlcship Kansas. which
will be launched next July. christened
by breaking a bottle of Kansas crude
oil over the prov. thus casting oil on
the troubled waters of prohibition pro-
test.
The Vatican has been Informed that
the Russian government has communi-
Gated to the Roman Catholic bishops
in that country that it will require
three months in which to consider
their memorial concerning liberty OF
religion.
The jury in the second trial OF
Henry Lundberg, former assistant In
spector of steamboat hulls. charged
with criminal neglect of duty leading
to manslaughter in the General Slo-
cum disaster, failed to agree and were
dismissed.
A son has been born to Mrs. Ian
Malcolm, wife of a well-known mem
ber of Parliament from Scotland and
daughter of Mrs. Lily Langtry. 1t is
said that Mrs. Langtry and her daugh-
ter have been estranged since the lat
ter's marriage.
While working over washtub Mrs.
Anne Ellsworth Werner. wife of
Cincinnati contractor, dropped dead
from heart trouble. add in preparing
the body for burial $4,000 in bonds and
S151 in cash were found in the hustle
she wore at the time.
Senior Don Manuel De Azpiroz, Mex
ico's first ambassador to the United
States. died at Washington March Gath.
Senior De AzpiroZ suffered from gas
tritis, which was aggravated by ex-
posure on inauguration day. He was
sixty years of age.
The Manchester ship canal. after
long period of discouragement, is at
length beginning to see prosperous
days. Its traffic increases largely each
year and earnings suffice to meet fixed
charges and leave a surplus for repay
ment to the city of Manchester.
The spring rush of immigration has
almost swamped the government Off.
cials at Ellis island. Reports received
from abroad indicate that the rush
will continue to increase In April and
MAY, and 1t is feared that Ellis island
will be taxed beyond its capacity.
The splendid New York mansion
built by Governor Tilden in Twentieth
street, overlooking Gramercy park, is
soon to become the home of the Ma
tional Arts Club. The house is per-
fectly adapted to the use of the 1900
artists holding membership in the club.
Hospital ships for habitual drunk
ards. to be anchored in safely iso-
lated part of the harbor. is the scheme
proposed by DIR. c. l.. Mix. expert in
the treatment of alcoholic patients. in
a lecture before the social science
class in the Fine Arts building at Chi
cago.
A gift of $3.50 900 has been made 10
Northwestern University by Milton II.
Wilson. resident of Evanston and one
of the trustees of the institution. 1t
is said that this is the first Of series
of gifts to the university to be an
nounced soon. which will aggregate
81 100000.
A movement has been started in
New York to erect an art building at
a cost Of $200G.000, in which will be
annually held an international salon.
Two wealthy citizens are said to have
already pledged themselves to sub
scribe the greater part of the $1,000
900 required.
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