The Lamar register., 1906-01-03
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS

cember oath.
Edward Wilder, treasurer of the At
Gibson, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad
since 1876. died at Topeka, Kansas De-
cember goth.
The directors of the Cleveland Elec-
trio railway have raised the wages OF
more than 1000 motormen and conduc-
tors 1 cent an hour
The Mexican Central railway has ar
ranged for 5000 Japanese laborers,
who will be set to work on the exten-
sion to Colima and Manzanillo.
The main building of the Boys Re
form School of the District of Column
bia was burned December 18th, the
loss being estimated at 100000.
The Van Nuys Broadway hotel at
Los Angeles was practically ruined by
fire on the morning of December 24th,
and several firemen were injured.
Lieutenant General Chaffee promptly
declined the appointment to be police
commissioner of New York, which was
rendered him by Mayor Mcclellan.
The government report places the
total freight tonnage of the 500 canal
for the year at 44,270,GS0 tons, an in
crease over last year of over forty per
cent.
Two masked men held up and
robbed an electric car near Pasadena,
California, on the night of December
cath, robbing the conductor and fifteen
passengers.
The application Of Lieutenant Gen
eraI Miles to be relieved from duty as
military adviser of the governor OF
! Massachusetts, has been granted by the
secretary of war.
Richard Robert Cherry and Redmon
/ Barry. members of the Irish bar, have
| been appointed attorney general Tor
| Ireland and solicitor general for Ire
land respectively.
The musicians of Philadelphia have
| decided to treat dinner invitations
where their services are expected, as
professional engagements. and 10
charge accordingly
royal decree has been published at
Berlin changing the names OF ninety
seven places in Prussian Poland TO
German names as afurther step toward
.he Germanization OF the province.
A seat on the New York Stock Ex-
change was recently sold for the record
price of 391, 900. w. II. Granbery, the
seller, has been member since is'E'
Later sale is reported at $s3'ooo'
A private bill has been introduced
in Parliament for sanction to buiid
the first road in England to be devoted
axc,uaive,y TO motor vehicles. 1t is
proposed to run the road from London
to Brighton.
The Swiss government has notined
the Italian government that it will be
represented in the international cham'
her of agriculture created by King VIC
tor Emmanuel at the suggestion OF Da'
vid Lubin Of California.
Joseph II. Neave. multi-miliion'
aire. has been decided on for superin
tendent Of the Cincinnati street cieah
ing department. Mr.. Neave SAID ne
desired the office in order to give Cin
cinnati the cleanest streets possible
The correspondent of the London
Daily Mail at Shanghai says disqulet
ing news has been received from the
interior and that the Anglican mission
aries at Soochow, Huchow and Hang
chow have been recalled to Shanghai
Application will be made at the mex
session of the Canadian Parliament by
the Grand Trunk Pacihc Ieieerapi
Company to conduct a telegraph busi
ness in Canada. Power to do cable
and wireless telegraph business VII
be sought.
Viceroy Yuan Shi Kai has obtained
imperial sanction to appoint German
military officer either from the German
force in north China or Germany al
head instructor Of the Chinese military
college instead of a japanese instruc
tor, as previously intended.
The managing director of the Mar
conf Telegraph Company has been ap
preached by several newspapers IN the
north of England with the suggestion
of the forming of an agency for the
transmission of news to them by wire
less teIegraphy from London.
Thousands of gallons of beer werf
used in fighting flames at the hre al
the plant of the Oklahoma Ice d Brew
ing Company at Oklahoma City, the
water works plant being unable to fur
nish pressure. owing to n breakdown
The damage was about $4,000.
Herbert H. D. Peirce, third assistant
secretary of state. has been selected by
the President as the first American
minister to Norway. Charles DENLY
chief clerk of the department, has been
determined upon as successor TO Mt
Peirce in the State Department.
Reports of the existence of bubonie
plague have led federal quarantine ofh'
GERS to announce new regulation uh'
der which all packages of freight OF
express leaving Honolulu for the coast
will have to be fumlgated. Inc oruei
is to satisfy San Francisco health au
thorities.
Admiral Togo now president Of the
general staff of the navy, in his fare.
well address TO the officers and men oil
the combined Japanese fleet, warned
them to be in constant readiness Tor
emergencies. He concluded with the
words: "victors, tie your helmet
strings tighter"
Mrs. Druisalla Hall Johnson, the
daughter of a soldier of the American
Revolution, died at her home in North
ampton. Massachusetts,, December
oath. aged 100 years. Her father
Aaron Hall, was taken prisoner by the
British during the struggle for inde'
pendence and carried to England.
T.; Representative Brownlow of Tennes
see holds the record so far for intro
ducing bills at the present session of
Congress. In thirteen days he intro
duced 374 bills. The total number oi
bills introduced in the House in the
thirteen days was 1861, as against
total of 192O9 for all sessions of the
last Congress.