The Lamar register., 1905-02-15
CONDENSED 1ELEeRAMs


not take possession Of the Santo Do
mingo custom house rs was reported.
By a vote of As to 10 the California
Assembly passed bill re-ceding the
Yosemite valley to the federal govern
ment.
The New Mexico Legislature has
passed a bill prohibiting roplng con-
tests. 1t was backed by most of the
cattlemon.
A strong fight is being waged In
Kansas by the Standard Oil Company
against the proposed state refinery.
Charges of bribery are freely made.
The Sultan of Zanzibar recently ar
rived In Paris. He refused to ride In
a carriage, saying he preferred the or
dinary omnibus conveyance to his no
Tel.
II Is now expected that the famous
Simplon tunnel under the Alps in
Switzerland will be completed and
opened for traffic on the Both of April
next.
There will be indoor trotting races
at the annual horse fair to be held at
the Madison Square Garden In New
York City during the last week In
April.
Twenty Porto Rico girls. who were
brought over and employed by a st.
Louis manufacturing company. have
just departed for home. They got
homesick.
A Joint resolution indorsing Presi-
dent Roosevelt's stand on railroad leg
islation was unanimously adopted by
the Illinois Senate after having passed
the House.
On February 5th President DiaZ for
mally opened the new hospital In the
City of Mexico In the presence OF
great and brilliant company. including
many physicians.
The State Senate OF Missouri. which
Is Democratic. adopted the resolution
previously passed by the House indors-
ing President Roosevelt's stand on
railroad Legislation.
At Palm Beach, Florida. on the 4th
inst. the Challenger lowered the
worlds motor boat record by running
a mile in 2:O5 40 against the wind and
2:0fs with the wind.
The insurrection in the province of
Cordoba in Argentina appears to be
suppressed. Vice President Alcorta
and other prisoners held by the insur-
gents have been released
Henry l.. Wilson. for some time min
lister to Chill, is at his own request to
be transferred and probably will be
given a European mission. His sue
cessor has not been appointed.
John ID. Rockefeller Is to present the
Young Mems Christian Association
OF Brooklyn with 100000 II the asso-
citation raises an additional sum of
100000 before January /, 1906.
For the first time In the memory of
man, Vineyard Haven. the sheltered
harbor of the island of Martha's Vine
yard. on the Massachusetts coast. was
completely frozen over on the 4th inst.
The President has declined to
grant the application for pardon filed
in behalf of Diller b. and Samuel A.
Croft. convicted of conspiracy to de
fraud the government in connection
with the postofllce cases.
On the steamer Shinano Maru,
which recently arrived at Victoria.
b. c.. from Yokohama, were three Jap
anese naval officers en- route to Lon
don to superintend the construction of
16.00O-ton battleship being built in
England.
The proposition to authorize the In
terstate Commerce Commission to fix
railroad rates was opposed by the re-
port of the committee on internal trade
and improvements made to the New
York Chamber Of Commerce, the re-
port being adopted.
General Matsumara, according to the
Toxic correspondent Of the London
Daily Telegraph, recently died at the
front from congestion of the brain. He
commanded the operations at 2O3-Me-
ter hill and was decorated and pro
NOTED for heroism.
The London Telegraph correspond
ent states that 1i0 OF the persons ar.
rested on January I'D started for ST.
IBERIA on Monday. Others Will follow.
1t is reported that 100000 trans-Cau-
casian non-conformlsts intend to emf
crate to California.
A corps of automobile owners has
been organized for the German army.
the members of which. with their ma
chimes. are liable to be called out for
war duty. They will wear an olive
green uniform. not unlike that OF
United States army officers.
According to statistics gathered by
q New York insurance Company. she
sum OF $IO,OO0,000 was embezzled In
the United States In 1904. New York
state headed the list with embezzle'
ments amounting to $l.S51,5S5. Cali.
fornia was next with u total of 81 ,05S.-
S25.
A great religious revival is in prog
ress in London. II was opened on the
4th inst. by Reuben A. Torrey and
Charles NJ. Alexander. the American
evangelists, who addressed an audi
ence that filled Royal Albert hall. the
largest auditorium in the city. holding
IL 900 people.
The wife of Maxim Gorky. the Rus
sian euthor, has been permitted to visit
him in the fortress of SITS. Peter and
Paul. Gorky is suffering from slight
indisposition due to imprisonment. He
is receiving every attention. high
officer having been specially detailed
to look after him.
Following the complaint of Anthony
Comstock of New York. concerning de
moralizing French pictures being re-
ceived in America through the French
mails. the State Department at Wash
ington is seeking the cooperation Of
the French government to prevent the
mailing OF Objectionable photographs