The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from All
parts of the World Condemned
lato Small spas,e fer the
BeneAt of osr Readers.


Robert Hall, the young man who Is
thought to have murdered Mary Glass
in a school house near ElDorados
Kan, has died without making any
| statement.
Gov. John S. Little OF Arkansas suf-
fered a physical collapse and his ply
| sicians say he cannot resume his Of
| fetal duties for several weeks.
E. A. Sterling, formerly assistant
forester in the department of agricul-
| ture, has been appointed forester for
the Pennsylvania Railroad company.
Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, the
last of the children of Rev. Lyman
Beecher, died recently in Hartford.
Conn.
Theodore p. Shonts, chairman OF
the Isthmian Canal commission was the
guest of honor at the January dinner
of the Kansas City Knife and Fork
club.
John Mitchell has been reelected
president of the United Mine Work.
ers of America, receiving II, 900 votes.
Congressman Charles Curtis has
been formally elected United States
senator from Kansas, receiving the
entire vote of the republicans in the
legislature. The democrats cast
their votes for Col. w. A. Harris.
The legislature of South Carolina
has elected Benjamin r. Tillman as
| United States senator.
| Robert l.. Taylor has been elected
/ United States senator from Ten
nessee.
Charles d. Wolcott, director OF
the geological survey. has been
elected secretary of the Smithsonian
| Institute.
Chief Justice Fitzpatrick, of the
supreme court of Canada. and Mrs.
Fitzpatrick were among the guests at
"a White house dinner given in honor
of the United States supreme court.
| Joseph w. Bailey has been reflect
ed United States Senator by a vote
of 1O8 to As in the Texas legislature.
| United States Senator Shelby M.
Cullum. of Illinois. has been elected
for his fifth term by the state legis-
lature.
United States Senator Russell A. AL
ger, of Michigan, died suddenly of
heart disease recently at his residence
in Washington. Both houses of con-
gress adjourned for the day as a mark
OF respect.
Congregational.
The senate has passed the compro-
mise resolution authorizing the COM
mittee on military affairs to inves-
tigate the facts of the affray ut
Brownsville, Tex, last August.
| The president has approved the
Joint resolution authorizing tempo
rary leaves of absence for homestead
settlers.
Senator Culberson has introduced
q bill prohibiting the sending of any
information regarding dealings in
cotton futures over interstate tele-
graph lines or through the mails.
| Senator Tillman adopted the role
| of humorist in the senate and held
his colleagues up to ridicule so sue
cessfully that the senate went into
executive session and ordered his re-
marks expunged from the records.
| The president has sent a message
to congress urging the desirability
of legislation to help American ship
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A bill has been introduced in the
house providing for the election Of
United States supreme court judged
by direct vote of the people.
| An appropriation of $95, GOO, 600 is
provided for in the naval appropria-
ton bill recently agreed upon by the
house.
| The bouse has adopted an amend
mont IN the pension bill abolishing
all nension agencies I'm the United
states save one and fixing that one
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