The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings Of tie
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from All
parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the
cenent of Our Readers.


| Mrs. Aggie Myers under sentence to
be hanged for the murder OF her nus
band in Kansas City has been granted
another appeal to the supreme court
and Gov. Folk has granted 80 days
respite to Frank Hoffman, her alleged
accomplice
George B. Cortelyou has announced
his retirement from the craftsmanship
of the republican national committe.
Harry s. New will become acting
chairman
ID. r. Francis president of the st.
Louis worlds fair company has gone
to Mexico to present to President
Diaz gold medal awarded him in
recognition of his services to the ex-
position company.
David Overmyer, one Of the most
prominent democrats in the west,
and candidate of his party for attor'
ney general of Kansas at the last
election, died. rather suddenly at his
home in Topeka recently Of acute
pneumonia.
| F. E. Warren, OF Wyoming, has
been reelected as United States sem
ator from his state.
King Peter of Servia. denies that
he has any intention of resigning or
permanently leaving the country.
| Edward Harry Hurst. cartoonist,
dramatic critic and playwright, of
Ariz.
| Gen. r. F. Patterson. formerly Of
the Fourth Iowa cavalry and Twen-
ty-fifth Iowa infantry and more re-
Gently consul general at Calcutta. In
dia, died recently at st. GATHERINGS.
Ont.
Ellen Terry, the English actress,
has sailed for the United States to
make a farewell tour Of America.
| Sir Thomas Upton has offered a
cup for yacht race in Hampton
Roads during the jamestown expo
sition.
Col. Patko Andrieff chief of the
gendarmes of the LODI district in
Russian Poland, was recently shot
and killed on the streets of LODI.
Capt. John T. Lyle, general man.
ager and secretary of the Texas Cat
tie Raisers' association, is dead in
San Antonio.
Congregational.
Secretary Taft has submitted to
| congress an estimate of the def
cheney in the war department for the
current year, which amounts to S.
274,7S Cuban Intervention was the
principal cause of the deficit.
| The congressional committee who
/ haua haap In tho work pp 10
isthmian canal have returned to
Washington much pleased with the
progress made.
A lively scene was enacted in the
house recently when Represents
tives Mahon, of Pennsylvania, and
Gaines. of Tennessee. passed the
| lie The men were only prevented
from coming to blows by the inter
ference of other members.
The senate committee has re.
, fused to recommend the proposed
increase in salaries of cabinet mem
bers. president of the senate, speak.
err of the house and representatives
| Congressman William Alden Smith
of Grand Rapids. Mich, has been
nominated by the republican caucus
to succeed Russell A. Alger as Uni
ted States senator.
The La Toilette bill providing that
railway employees engaged in hand
ling trains shall not work more than
16 consecutive hours has been
passed by the senate by a vote OF
20 to !.
The house recently passed CPS pen
sion bills in 95 minutes.
The senate recently passed the
McCumber service pension bill with
out a division.
| NiscelIaneoas.
An agreement has been reached by
which the questions in dispute be
tween the Southern Pacific railway
and its firemen will be submitted tc
arbitration and the men have returned
to work.
A committee has been appointed by
the Oklahoma constitutional conven
ton to investigate the extent ant
value of the segregated coal lands a.
a first step toward their punches by
the new state.
The shah of Persia is dead at TIE
| neran, the capital. alter lingering
illness. He will be succeeded by hi!
son who has been acting as regent fol
some time.
Lieut.. Gen. vladimir Pavloff Rus
sian military procurator, known "a
"Hangman" Pavloff, was recent,
shot to death by a revolutionist il
St. Petersburg. The assassin wa;
captured after long chase.
Fire at Almena, Kan, destroyed 81:
buildings and damaged others.
Secretary Taft has ordered Brig
Gen. McCaskey, commanding the
department of Texas, to try at one,
by court martial Corporal Knowles
of the Twenty-fifth infantry, for tn
murderous assault on Capt. Macklil
At Fort Reno.
Unknown persons blew open tn
safe containing the records of defa1
cations of N. c. Dougherty, ex-sur
erintendent of Peoria, ILL.,, schools
now in the penitentiary, and burne
them. The loss of the records affect
the liability of bondsmen and pre-
vents future indictments.