The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-05-22
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C. II. Kimball. an attorney and poll
tician of Parsons. Kan. died suddenly
81 his home there.
Frank H Butler. who was charged
with the murder of the Marvin boy al
Dovei. Del. has been released from
custody. for want of sufficient evil
tence against him.
A E Stlwell and a party of go
capitalists who took a trip over the
lines OF the Orient railroad in Mexico
have returned
| The board of regents of the state
university of Iowa have elected Prof
G. F Kay. of Kansas university to the
chair OF economics, geology and
petrology.
J. C. Horton. a prominent retired
business man of Kansas City. who was
a survivor of the Quzntrell raid of
Lawrence, Kan. is dead
Mrs Russell Sage has been chosen
president of the foundation to which
she recently gave 100000. The
object of the organization is TO better
the condition of the poor Of the coun-
try.
/
leader in the British parliament, is
| dead.
benjamin Ide Wheeler. president
of the University of California, has
been Offered the presidency of the
Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology-
Lyndon B. Pnifer. 10 years old. of
l fai n
bronze medal and $1,000 by the Car
negie Hero Fund commission
DR.. Klopsch, editor of the Christian
Herald. has been decorated with the
Order of the Rising Sun by the En-
peror OF Japan. for his efforts to re-
lieve famine sufferers in that country
last year.
T. ]. Moore. owner of the Pittsburg
Headlight. has been elected chairman
of the Kansas republican state COM
mittee.
| Judge Thomas Ryan. of Kansas,
assistant secretary of the interior. has
had relapse and = again confined
to his home in Washington.
| Rev. William II. Roberts. of Phil
adelphia, was elected moderator of
the 18th general assembly of the
Presbyterian church at Columbus. o..
Edwin Conger. former minister 60
China is critically Ill at his home in
Pasadena. Cal.
B. H. Fulton, of Marysville, has
been elected grand commander of the
/ Kansas KNIGHTS Templar
Admiral Dewey presided at a ban
quet given in honor of Gen. Kuroki
at the Hotel Aston in New York re-
Gently.
Alonzo B. Jones. a retired yachts
man OF New York. was Killed recently
by falling from bed.
C. r. Sprague, of Wichita, has been
elected president of the Kansas
Eagles. The next state convention
will be held at Galena
| MiseeiIsneous.
| The Kansas attorney general has
filed custer suits in the supreme court
against four more brewing companies.
A portion of the report of Attorneys
Kellogg and Severance TO the Inter
state Commerce commission regard
ing the Hartman railroad deals has
been published in New York. The
attorneys declare that the Sherman
antitrust act has been violated and
advise the annulment of the various
agreements.
Abraham Ruef. the former political
boss of San Francisco. created a
sensation in Judge Dunn's court by
pleading guilty to an indictment for
extortion. Sentence was deferred for
two weeks.
The Illinois legislature has taken a
recess until October next
An explosion of powder in a rail-
road camp at the foot of Lookout
mountain in Tennessee. killed three
trainmen. injured several others and
caused considerable damage to sur
rounding property.
The Interstate Commerce commits
sion has made a ruling that railroads
shipping supplies over lines not
owned by themselves must pay the
full legal freight tariff the same as a
private citizen.
The recent fair at the Metropolitan
opera house in New York realized
$4,000 for the Actors fund.
Northwest Texas was visited by a
storm of wind and rain which assumed
the proportions of tornado in places
doing damage to buildings and crops.
The last of the IL men who are to
try Abraham Ruef. the San Francisco
political boss has been secured and
the jury is now complete.
The Val Blatz Brewing Company
has commenced suit in the Kansas
supreme court to regain possession
of its property now in the possession
of the receivers, alleging that papers
were not served on any authorized
agent of the company.
The Booth anniversary of the land
ing of the first permanent English set.
Element at jamestown island was
deliberately celebrated at the spot
where the landing was made.
Fire des,rnyed s,0 00O v-or+b n,