The Lamar register., 1907-02-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings ct the
Past Seven Days.
interesting Items Gathered from All
parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the
Benent of Our Readers.


tlesville, l. T.
w. F. Martin, Jr., Has convicted at
Muskogee, I. T., of stealing a Creek
Indian roll and sentenced to serve
one year in the fedora. Prison and pay
a fine of $4,000.
Charles L. Stevens, grand master OF
the Michigan grand lodge of Masons'
dropped dead recently in Detroit.
Byron Webster, former editor of the
Marshalltown, Ia. Statesman. and the
original Cleveland for president man,
is dead in that city.
Henry ]. Allen, of Ottawa. has pur-
chased the Wichita. Kan, Daily Bea-
con. The consideration was 100000
Harry Alien, who was prominent In
the movement to make Kansas free
state, died recently at the Soldiers
home in Leavenworih, Kan. In the
early days he was member of the
leg stature.
Rev. Bird, an old preacher OF Pond
Creek. Ok. recently dropped dead
while delivering sermon near Enid
George Burnham. jr., former general
counsel for the Mutual Life Insurance
company, has been put to work In the
printing shop in Sing Sing prison.
Otis Eddy, 1902 years old believed 10
be the Oldest Mason in the country. is
dead at Rockford. Ill.
Ex-Congressman Charles G. Bur
ton, of Nevada, Mo-. will succeed
Charles w. Roberts as collector OF In
ternal revenue for the Western MIS-
souri, district on April l.
The president has appointed J. b.
Ross, as postmaster for Springfield
Mo.
Mai. Austin Cushman, organizer
and first department commander oil
the G. A. r. in Mas. achusetts, and
private secretary of President NIL
lard Fillmore, died recently while at
tending a social function in Boston
He WIS 50 years of age.
Grover Cleveland has been elected
chairman of the Association OF Lie
Inspectors. an organization or heads
of life Insurance companies. The p-o'
sition pays $4,000 year.
George H. Meyers. of New Orleans
died suddenly at Yankton. S. ID. IN
his pocket wss found Standard oiI
stock val ed at s1.000.000-
Henry Magruder, son of the Confeder
ate general, John Bankhead Magruder
diel recently in Rome.
Edward P Nipple a brother of The
late Frank A. Nipple. whose suicidt
in Philadelphia caused sensation
last summer. killed himself recent,
in that city.
congregational.
The president has approved the bill
authorizing an investigation of the
social, Industrial. moral. educationa
and physical condition of women and
children workers in the United States
Senator Curtis. of Kansas, has beer
made chairman of the committee or
Indian depredations.
Charles Curtis has been sworn In NJ
United States senator firm Kansas.
In spite of protests the house has
voted to continue the free distributor
of seeds as in the past.
The s-arlet fever and dir htheria cpl
denies which have been raging IL
Chicago have broken out with renewed
violence. All records were broken re-
Gently when 407 new cases were re-
ported in one day.
The senate has agreed to vote on
the resolution declaring Senator
Smoot not entitled to his seat on Feb
ruary 20.
Representative John Sharp vii
liams has introduced bill in the
house for an Investigation of the so
called paper trust by the department
of commerce and labor.
The house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce has decided tt
favorably report resolution for th'
investigation of the cotton exchanges
of the country.
A bill has been favorably reported
in the house providing that ten cents
worth of postage stamps of any de
nomination may be used instead of g
special delivery stamp when the wor
Special Delivery" are written en- the
envelope.
MIsc-IInn~ou..
The recent meeting of the Kansas
State Bar association at Topeka was
addressed by Attorney General Hadley
of Missouri, on the subject OF
Larceny"
Eighty-four inmates of the military
prison at Fort Leavenwurtb, KAN
were released in one day. being the
largest number ever freed ar one time
The grand jury at New York has
returned an indictment against the
so-calIed theatrical trust charging con-
spiracy and restraint of trade.