The Lamar register., 1906-07-18

anti-rebate laws alleged to have been
committed by various prominent rail-
roads and the Standard Oil company.
The cement sidewalk and floor layers
OF Chicago, who have been receiving
~ cents per hour, have gone on :
strike demanding an increase OF
cents an hour.
The war department has received
word that the transport Thomas has
been pulled off the rocks near Guam
without serious injury to the vessel,
and that its journey to Manila has
been resumed.
Employees of grain elevators IN
South Chicago have struck, demanc-
ing an increase to % cents an hour.
The drydock Dewey has arrived
at Olongapo.
By authority of The United States
senate the interstate commerce COM
mission is to investigate the rela-
tons existing between she railroads.
elevators and grain buying interests
Of the country. to determine what IN
iuence special favors granted by the
roads have had on the market and
what injury has been done to pro-
ducers.
Jonah Williams. his wife Mineiv Va
and son Wesley. Of Evansville. Ind,
have been sentenced 10 prison for life
for the murder Of James Leigh
]. B. Sloan, ir, chief of the presi-
dents secret service corps, has been
fined $40 for assaulting a photographer
An advance of per cent in wages
/ in cotton mills in 80 or more cities,
towns and villages in southern Massa-
ehusetts and Rhode Island has been
granted
The civil service commission has
decided to recommend the inclusion
of the Internal revenue service in the
classified service and it is expected
that an order carving the plan into
effect Will be issued soon.
Justice Brewer. of the United States
supreme court. has signed writ of
error transferring he contempt case
of Mayor W. W Rose. of Kansas City.
Kan. from the Kansas supreme court
to the federal body
Turkey is making strenuous efforts
to dissuade the United States from
elevating the legation at Constanti-
nople to an embassy.
Rev. J. l.. Ray. pastor Of the Chris
tian church at Magnum, Ok. recently
shot and killed ". H. Stephenson, Of
that place. and then took his own
life before he could be captured.
The court martial at Cronstadt has
rendered a verdict acquittlnS Admiral
Roiestvensky of the charge of sur
rendering his vessel 10 the Japanese
at the battle of the Sea Of Japan.
Four subordinate officers were con-
victed and sentenced to death by
shooting with a rerommendation to
the emperor for mercy.
Charles w. Mile. attorney general
cf Indiana. declares that he has plenty
Of evidence to prove that children
were allowed IN gamble at the resorts
at French Lick Springs.
In the United States district court
at Chicago the Alton Railroad COM
pany was fined an aggregate of si0.-
900. and John Faithorn and Fred A.
Wann, former OFFICIALS OF the road,
were fined $4,000 Zach for giving re-
bates to the schwarzschnd & Sulzber-
! ger Packing company on freight ship
ments from Kansas City.
The supreme court Of France has
annulled the condemnation of Capt.
Alfred Dreyfus. the Hebrew officer of
| the French army. who. u years ago,
was convicted Of high treason. and
| degraded and sentenced to exile on
DEVILS Island. French Guinea. The
decision restores the officer to his
rank in the army ~ though he had
never been accused.
a cloudburst accompanied by a
landslide washed away part of the
Mexican city Of Oceampo, Chihuahua.
Ten persons were iiIled and many
injured.
At Cedar RaIids. la, seven little
children who went wadins at a pic
mic got beyond their depth and were
drowned.
A runaway motor omnibus in Lon
don recently overturned killing eight
passengers and iniuring score Of
others.
Lynnyiile, Ind. a town of 1000
population. was recently practically
destroyed by fire. supposed TO be Of
| incendiary origin.
At the second annual conference Of
/ luf f~fIol lhfH hungarian
at Phoenixvilie. Pa. $4,000 was ap-
propriated to erect monument to
George Washington. at Budapest,
| Hungary
The suit Of the state Of Kansas
against Treasurer r. T. Kelly to re-
cover s10,575.S7 for missing interest
coupons from school bonds, has re-
suited in the discovery that Mr.. Kelly
had overpaid this account in the sum
Of $40.
A new paper. the Oklahoma Con-
i stitntion. official organ of the democ-
racy Of Eastern oklahoma. has been
launched at Tulsa. /. T. 1t is semi
weekly now but expects to soon enter
the daily field.
The District Of Columbia grand jury
has returned indictments against the
officials of the various ice companies
doing business in the national cap
ital for combining in restraint Of
trade.
Vice Admiral Chouknin. commander