The Lamar register., 1906-10-03

were fired upon from ambush by ne
groes and two of them killed and an
, other injured. Negroes also killed
two men in the suburbs.
DR.. l.. d. Brown, territorial veter-
marian, stated that there is an cpl
! demic of CHAMBERS at McLoud, Ok,
where four horses have died of the
disease and four more were killed by
Dr. Brown.
A tropical hurricane recently caused
great damage along the gulf coast
from New Orleans to Florida. Wires
are down and details are lacking.
Pensacola reports the wors: storm in
many years. every house being dam
aged TO some extent.
Attorney General Hadley. of Mis-
souri,, has secured from II. Clay
Pierce an admission on the witness
stand that the majority stock of the
Waters-Plerce Oil company is owned
by the Standard Oil company.
President Palma and Vice President
Capote, of Cuba. have resigned. Prac-
tically the Cuban government has
ceased to exist and all that prevents
absolute anarchy is the fear of the
strong arm of the United States.
A decision has been reached by the
department of justice that the new
meat inspection law does not apply
to foreign meat products shipped
into. this country.
A salute of IL guns in honor OF
Brig. Gen. Zebulon Pike was recently
fired from the summit of Pixies Peak
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tablet commemorative the event was
also unveiled
AS n result of recent Investigations
of the insane asylum at Norfolk, Neb..
three former attendants have been ar
rested charged with assault upon pa
tients.
Orders have been issued by the
navy department for the Glacier to
stop at Joppa while en- route from
the Philippines in order to allow the
crew to visit the Holy Land This
is considered an unusual privilege.
The strike of the boilermakers. ma
chinists and blacksmiths of the Wa
bash railroad has been ended by the
company granting an increase in
wages.
a monument to Zebulon Pike. the
discoverer of the peak which bears
his name. was unveiled recently at
Colorado Springs with fitting cere-
mony.
A general order has been promul-
gated by the war department pronibit-
ing the soliciting of pension or other
claims against the government on
military reservations or at military
posts.
The government is experiencing
great difficulty in securing horses
and mules for the army. Cavalry
horses are now quoted at s1iO and
mules at $3.50 per head
President Roosevelt has sent 500
to Admiral Thomas to be used to
/ help pay the costs of the suit insti-
! tuted in Newport, r. l.. to deter.
mine whether man may be exclud-
ed from a place of amusement be-
cause he is wearing the uniform OF
the United States army or navy.
Fifty Representatives of lumber
, companies of Missouri. Texas. Ala
bama. Louisiana and Mississippi re-
Gently met in St. Louis and formed
an association. A capital of several
million dollars was represented.
Three persons were killed and 81
injured in the wreck of a Wabash
fast passenger train at Catlin. Ill.
The train ran into an open switch
and all the passenger cars but one
turned over and We're burned.
In ba faiarai
Kan. tie Boyce Cattle company
pleaded guilty to fencing government
land and was fined $3.50 by judge
Pollock.
/ Paul o. Stensland. SELF confessed
embezzler and wre,ker of the Milwau-
] kee Avenue Stale bank of Chicago,
N Ices than six hours after his arrival
taken to the Joliet penitentiary to
s"rve an indeterminate sentence. the
maximum length of witch is II years
TIE Cuban CONGRESS- in special ses-
SIGN failH1 10 act on the designations
- Presid NJ Palna AMI his cabinet
re"nuse Of i-at i'iiv TO secure a quo
rum. thus allowing the government of
the republic to die by default The
United States marines We're immedi-
ately landed at Havana to protect the
tire Sury.
The recent gulf storm devastated
Mobile. Ala, damaging 5000 houses
and causing loss of life variously
estimated at from five to so The
storm RACED for sc hours the wind
at one time reaching velocity of
80 miles an hour The wholesale
business district was inundated to a
de-rh of seven feet.
The 5Oth anniversary of the found
ing Of Lawrence. Kansas. was recent
" celebrated in that city Gen.
Hugh Cameron. the Kansas Hermit
who is the sole survivor of the first
party 10 locate there. was present.
Kans's City and Los Angeles have
hren added to the list of post Offices
in which authority has been given
IN discontinue the back stamping Of
mail
Kansas farmers are now asking
for hep 20 husk the LARGEST corn crop
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