The Lamar register., 1906-08-29
miscellaneous.


The Pulajane insurrection in the
island of Samar, PHILIPPINE islands, is
about stamped out, according to Col.
Williams, commanding that depart
ment.
The election day proclamation for
Oklahoma and Indian territory max
ing November the date for electing
delegates to the constitutional conven-
tion and November 30 the date for
holding the convention, has been
issued
j. Il. Wade. treasurer of Cloud coun-
ty, Kansas, went to the Minneapolis
G. a. r. reunion and failed to return.
Instead he sent letter to the county
commissioners acknowledging a short
age of 5000.
The commercial club of Lincoln
Neb., has entered a complaint with
the Interstate commerce commission
to the effect that present freight
schedules discriminate in favor of
Omaha.
The police of France have arrested
an Italian anarchist on suspicion OF
his being in a plot to assassinate Pres
ident Fallieres.
Three men are dead. two in seri-
Gus condition and nine others were
rendered unconscious by gas eX-
plosion in the Jones & Laughlin blast
furnace at Pittsburg, Pa, recently.
The Illinois republican state conven-
tion at Springfield enthusiastically in
dorsed Speaker Joseph G. Cannon as
their candidate for president of the
United States in 1908.
An attempt was made at Arkansas
City. Kan. recently to assassinate II.
S. Hines and Solomon l.. Long. two
lawyers who have been prominent in
prosecuting violations of the prohibi-
tion law.
AS the result of an attack by ne
gro near Atlanta. Ga. recently. Miss
Ethel Lawrence, Of London, England,
is in a dying condition.
The prolonged deadlock in 'he
Thirty-seventh Iowa senatorial dis
trict republican convention has been
broken by the nomination of c. f.
Peterson. In all 3,699 ballots were
taken.
EPITOME-Augu 25.-CRABTREE
The dry dock Dewey WAS utilized at
Olongapo. Manila Bay. for the first
time when the transport Meade was
docked there recently.
The insurance commissioners Of the
various states. in session at st. Paul.
have agreed to recommend a law for
passage by the legislatures requiring
an annual apportiunment and account
ing of the surplus by the life insur-
ance companies.
The Chilean senate has appropriated
S4.0O0,OO0 for the relief of the dis
tressed inhabitants of Valparaiso and
vicinity.
\ dozen freight cars on the Rock
Island Were recently burned following
a collision with fast passenger train.
No fatalities resulted.
The brokerage firm of NJ J. Sage
& Co. of New York. has failed with
liabilities OF 100000 and assets OF SIG
600.
The insuGrection in Cuba is becom-
ing more serious daily. The rebels
have captured San Luis. a city of TO-
600 population in Pinar del Rio pro-
vince, after hard fight in which sew
oral men were killed or wounded on
both sides.
The government printing Office has
been acquitted Of the charge OF undue
delay in sending final proofs OF hills
10 congress.
The socialists of Cincinnati have
sent an Invitation to William j. Bryan
TO debate the question OF socialism in
that city on September ..
The republicans of the Sixth Ne
braska district have renominated NJ.
p. Kinkaid for congress. The conven-
tion was in session just "a minutes.
Oklahoma City, Ok. has had ten
incendiary fires in ten days recently.
Two suspects have been arrested.
Late reports from Valparaiso give
the number Of dead as more than o.
600, and the property damage from
s25.OOo,ooO to s5O,ooo.Yo.
A movement is on7foot. in Valpar-
also to organize compsny to facili-
tate the raising of the money neces-
sary to reconstruct the city