The Lamar register., 1907-05-15
NEWS OF The WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from All
parts of the World Condemned
Into Small Space for tho
Benent of Our Readers.


pioyeS VI tnct oHeiDy otoei upc Vim
pany charged with conspiracy to de-
fraud the United States in connection
with furnishing tubes for war YES
sells, has turned state evidence and
entered plea of guilty.
William d. Haywood is being tried
at Boise. Idaho. on the charge OF
having murdered former Governor
SteunenberS.
Felix Rodriguez, a Mexican Indian,
died recently at San Antonio. Tex. at
the age of 119 years. He was present
at the battle of the Alamo.
Frank II. Butler, who was charged
with the murder of the Marvin boy at
Dover. Del, has been released from
custody, for want of sufficient evil
dence against him.
A. e. Stilwell and party of 90
capitalists who took trip over the
lines of the Orient railroad in Mexico.
have returned.
Miss Harriet Haskell. principal OF
the famous Monticello, ILL.,. Seminary
for the past 40 years. is dead aged Y.
A. C. Tally. former secretary of the
hiE5ouIl BoPuiiot
and for several years part owner and
editor of the Columbia Statesman. is
dead of pneumonia.
! Secretary of the Interior Garfield
has accepted the resignation of Tams
Bixby commissioner of the Five Civil
lied tribes in Indian territory.
DIR. NJ. P. Creel, of Centerville. Kan.
nl@ nf he pina
idents of the National Association Of
Pension Examining Surgeons.
Francis NJ. Brown, democrat, was
recently elected mayor of Lincoln.
Neb., by a majority of 81 votes.
Ex-United States Senator Edmund
G. Ross, of Kansas, whose vote saved
President Andrew Johnson from i'm
parchment. is dead at Albuquerque,
New Mexico
DR.. Frank Billings. OF Chicago. has
been elected president of the Nation
al tuberculosis association.
Mrs. Eustace Brown. OF Olathe has
been chosen president of the Kan
sas Federation of Womens clubs.
Gen. Kuroki and suite were the
guests OF Secretary Taft at dinner
In Washington recently.
Senator Thomas c. Plat. of New
York. announces tina, he will retire
from public life at the end of his
present term.
Miscellaneous.
Secretary of Agriculture James Will
son has issued statement in which
he states that while the seeding of
spring wheat in the northwest is some
what backward there is plenty Of time
yet In which to mature crop.
The motion for a bill of particulars
filed by w. D. Haywood, on trial at
Boise. Idaho. for completely in the
murder of former Gov. Stuenenberg.
was denied by Judge Fremont Wood.
The Wyoming Woolgrowers' asso-
citation accuse the eastern buyers with
conspiracy to force down the price of
wood regardless of the demand Of the
manufacturers.
There were no less than ten lorna
does reported in Northern Texas in
one day recently. The property loss
is enormous but the loss of life is
comparatively small.
AS a precautionary measure, street
speaking and preaching has been
stopped in Bots. Idaho. during the
trials Of the Western Federation of
Miners officials.
A bill providing for the establish
ment and functions of an administra-
tive council at Dublin has been intro
duced in the British house of COM
mons.
A. r. Chisholm, former paying teller
in a Birmingham, Ala. bank, has been
sentenced to six years Imprisonment
for embezzling 100000 OF the banks
funds.
The North Coast Limited the crack
train on the Northern Pacific, was re-
Gently held up by bandits who killed
the engineer and wounded the fire
man. They were frightened away be-
fore getting any money.
The Anheuser-B Brewing COM
pany has filed its answer In the sii-
preme court of Kansas confessing
judgment in custer. offering to pay all
costs and withdraw from the state.
federal grand jury in New York
has returned indictments against
several western railroads for granting
rebates to the American Sugar Re-
filming company.
The state department at Washington
has received information that diplo-
matte relations between Mexico and
Guatemala have been terminated.
six-story building in Omaha occu-
pied by the Parlin. Orendorff & Co.,
dealers in farm implements, collapsed
recently. No one was killed
Eleven OF the Italians, who have
been on trial at Wilkesbarre, Pa.
have been found guilty of having
perpetrated BLACK hand crimes.
The Illinois legislature has passed
the local option bill by decisive
vote.
Walter c. Davis, a carpenter, in ;
fit of insanity shot and killed family
of six persons with whom he boarded
in San Francisco.
On account of the longshorenen's
strike at New York. several Atlantic
liners have been compelled to sail witt
only partial cargoes of freight
The coal miners strike in the Cana