The Lamar register., 1906-08-15

Salisbury, N. c., and lynched them
| Mrs. Denslow, demented woman
at South Bend. Ind, poured gaso
| line on the carpet and applied
match. She was burned to death and
| four other persons who came to heI
assistance were seriously burned.
A leave of absence of not exceed
ing ten days has been granted to
postmasters of second and third class
offices by Acting Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock to enable them to at
tend the conventions of the Nation.
al Association of Postmasters to be
held in Detroit August %, 23 and "a
Heavy hains in Oklahoma are
damaging the wheat which has not
been threshed by causing it to sprout
in the shock.
The Milwaukee Avenue State bank
of Chicago, one of the largest outside
the downtown district with deposits
amounting to over $3,oOo,O0O has
failed
DR.. Julian p. Thomas, of New
York and Roy Knakenshue, a
fessional aeronaut, made one of
the most successful balloon trips yet
taken in this country when they
sailed 225 miles from New York to
Brant Rock, Mass, consuming nearly
IL hours on the trip.
The attorney general has rendered
an opinion to the effect that the
eight hour law does not apply to
vessels under construction for the
navy by contract with private estab-
lishments.
The Transatlantic Fire Insurance
company of Hamburg. Germany, has
refused to pay San Francisco insur-
ance claims approximating si,000.-
000
The idaho state democratic conven-
ton has adopted a strong anti-Mor-
mon plank in their platform which
if enacted into law would disfran-
chise all faithful Mormons.
Edward Bateman, n negro, was re-
Gently hung at Springfield, Mo-, for
assaulting a white woman at Aurora,
last February.
Owing to the recent hot wave sew
eral factories in Paterson. N. j., were
compelled to shut down. Several
deaths and many prostrations were re-
ported.
The heaviest rain in several years
visited Joplin, Mo-, recently. wash
ing out many streets and flooding bus
mess houses. The foundation for the
new 100000 hotel. now under con-
truction. was wrecked.
Western Central Texas was recent
ly visited by torrential rains. Crops
were damaged and railroad traffic
badly crippled. No casualties were
reported.
Ernest Steinheart, whisky sales
man for Kentucky house, COM
mitted suicide in st. Louis giving as
reason that he would rather be
dead than to continue selling liquor.
The third annual conference of the
International League of Women Suf-
fragists met recently at Copenhagen,
Denmark, with Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait presiding.
The federal grand jury at Chicago
recently returned an indictment
against the Standard Oil company for
receiving rebates from the Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern railway
company. Bond was required In the
sum of $25,OoO. The indictment con-
tanned 10 counts.
Henry w. Herring. cashier of the de-
funct Milwaukee Avenue State bank,
of Chicago, was arrested recently in
connection with the disappearance of
nearly s1.OO0.000 of the banks funds.
The bug known as the "sharpshoot-
err" which destroys growing cotton
plants. has been discovered in the
fields of Oklahoma.
A well-dressed girl about is years
old was killed by the premature ex-
plosion of bomb near the residence
of Gen. Kaulbars in Odessa, Russia,
recently.
1t has been announced by the
United States treasury department
that the purchase If silver bullion for
the subsidiary coinage would be re-
sumed Immediately About 100000
ounces week will be needed at
present.
Justice Giegerich of New York, has
ordered the Mutual Life Insurance
company to furnish correct list of
its polioyholders to the International
Policyholders' committee and to lille
similar list with the state insur-
ance department at Albany within ten
days.
George Hall, one of the lynchsrs
of the three negroes at Salisbury, n
c.. recently. has been convicted and
sentenced to the penitentiary for IL
years. This is the first instance or
record of the conviction of lynchel
in North Carolina.
Forged notes aggregating s500.00t
have ben discovered in the private
vault of President Stensland. of the
wrecked Milwaukee Avenue State
bank of Chicago.
Gems. Andre and Negrier. of the
French army recently fought blood
less duel in Paris. Gen. Andre free
and missed and Gen. Negrier declined
to fire.
! A photograph of the new islant
recently formed in Alaskan water:
near Dutch Harbor, has been receive,