The Lamar register., 1906-06-27

The protected cruiser Charleston
Will carry Secretary of State Root and
party on their trip to Rio Janeiro and
other South American cities.
| A clam fisher at Red Wing. Mimi
has found a pearl weighing S5 grains
and said to be the largest fresh water
pearl in existence.
| The New York News Letter publish
ed by the New York Life Insurance
company has suspended publication.
Two thousand Kentuckians. led by
Henry Watterson, ten trainloads from
Missouri and delegations from 1S other
states. are to attend the great Bryan
reception in New York.
| Fl. M. Haug, postmaster at Arcadia
Ok, has been arrested charged with
embezzlement of office funds.
Leading Jews of London are agitat-
ing the question of bringing interna-
tional pressure to bear against Russia
to compel the government to prevent
the slaughter of Jewish population
| such as occurred at Bialystok.
Stockholders of the Equitable Life
Assurance company by q vote OF 667
to so adopted the formal resolution
| authorizing the amended charter which
provides for the naturalization of the
society.
Within the last four weeks there
were returned from the carriers to
the general delivery section OF the
| San Francisco postoffice, 100000 let
| ters the carriers being unable to find
| the persons to whom they were ad-
dressed.
Boston celebrated the 131st anniver.
sary of the battle of Bunker Hill in
| more than usually enthusiastic man
ner with professions and fireworks.
The board of supervisors of San
Francisco has passed an ordinances
fixing the saloon licenses at $4,000 per
annum. Saloons will be permitted to re-
sumo business on July 8.
The supreme court of Missouri has
denied rehearing in the cases OF
Aggie Myers and Frank Hoffman, con
demned to death for the murder of
Mrs. Myers husband at Kansas City
two years ago.
movement has been inaugurated
among the former colleagues of J. II
Burton in the senate to ask the presi
dent to set aside that part of the
courts sentence which calls for the
Kansan's incarceration in a Missouri
jail for six months.
After the acquitta at Macon, Mo.
of T. Z. Albright, of St Louis on a
charge of perjury. Circuit Attorney
Sager dismissed the charge OF bribery
The accused was formerly a member
of the st. Louis house of delegates.
Exasperated because he caught but
three small fish after an all-day effort
recently, Joseph Bueahlein returned to
his home in st. Louis and committed
suicide.
Exports of meats and meat products
from the United States for the II
months of the present fiscal year
| aggregated more than $4,000 900. the
largest on record for a corresponding
period.
Oklahoma City recently celebrated
the passage of the statehood bill in
grand style. Gov. Hoch, of Kansas
made the principal address.
| The interstate commerce commission
| has concluded its hearing for the
present in connection with its investi-
CATION into the relations of the rail-
| roads with the coal and oil traffic.
The hearing will be resumed in the
! fall.
In the United States court at Kan
sas City Judge Smith Mcpherson SEN
| fenced George l.. Thomas. a freight
broker to pay fine of $4,000 and four
months Imprisonment; L. B. Taggart,
| his clerk, to three months imprison
ment and fine of $4,000. The Bur-
lineton railroad and the Armour,
Swift, Cudahy and Nelson Morris
| Packing companies were each fined
$4,000 for giving and accepting re-
| bates. The cases will all be appealed
| The coronation of King Haakon and
Queen Maud. the new rulers of Nor
way. took place at Trondhjem recently
with elaborate ceremonies. and was
| attended by representatives of nearly
| all the civilized nations of the world.
Richard Ivens was hanged at Chi
| cago recently for the murder of Mrs
Bessie Hollister, wife of the head of
a large printing establishment of
| that city. The crime which was COM
| mitted last January, was one of the
most revolving in the police annals
| of Chicago.