The Lamar register., 1907-03-20
NEWS OF TEE WEEK
Host Important Happenings Of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from All
parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for tho
Bcueat of Our Readers.
Personal.

M. Pitkoff, the premier and minis
ter of the interior of Bulgaria. was
assassinated recently.
1t is now stated that Frank Stein
har. who, it was announced, had re-
signed as consul general at Havana
will retain his position until July l,
at least.
BY order of the president about
rs, 1000 900 acres of coal land will be
Immediately opened to entry as rap
idly as the geological survey can
make proper examination.
Joseph e. McJimsey, father of E.
E. e. McJimsey, editor Of the Spring
field, Mo-, Republican, died recently
at his home in Chillicothe, Mo.
Rev. Henry Coe Culbertson, of lola,
Kan, has accepted the presidency of
the College of Emporia.
Charles Gordon Knox, secretary of
the st. Louis Commercial club. died
of TYPHOID fever while returning from
a visit to Panama recently.
Stuyvesant Fish, former president
of the Illinois Central railroad, has
been elected director in tie Mis-
souri, Pacific.
Lieut. Frank Lahm, Sixth cavalry,
U. S. A., has been detailed as in
structor of ballooming at Fort
Leavenworth. He won the James
Gordon Bennett cup in the inter
national balloon race at Paris last
September.
Judge Pollock, in the federal dis
trict court has denied the application
of ex-Capt. Kirkman for a writ OF
habeas corpus The former army Of
ficer must serve seven more months
in the prison at Fort Lcavenworth.
A fire in Borsano, Italy destroyed
the greater part of the village and
rendered 1000 persons homeless.
Joe. Ullman, the well known book
maker and sporting man, has broken
down mentally and has been placed
in a private sanitarium in California.
The funeral of John Alexander
Dowie was held in quiet and unos-
tentatious manner at Zion City re-
Gently.
Maurice Grau, the wel-known i'm
pressario, is dead In Paris.
Mrs. S. N. Castle. an early mission
airy In the Hawaiian islands died re-
Gently at Honolulu. She was 90 years
of age.
J.. X. Burnham, of the Burnham.
Hanna, Munger Dry Goods company.
of Kansas City, and president of the
National Wholesale Dry Goods asso-
citation, died recently of pneumonia at
his home in Kansas City,
William J. oliver. of Knoxville.
Tenn. whose bid for the construction
of the Panama canal was recently re-
jected. has been elected vice presi-
dent of the newly organized United
States Trust company Of Washing
ton.
J. l.. Benton. of Monticello. Ca. is
to be sent abroad by the government
to investigate the market for cotton
seed products.
Miscellaneous.
The Nicaraguan government has
issued decree recognizing the pro-
visional government organized by the
revolutionists of Honduras and de-
claring its members to be allies of
Nicaragua.
1t is estimated that the loss by
the recent flood in Pittsburg. Pa, and
the immediate vicinity will amount
to $1O,OOO,OOO. Ten square miles OF
the city was submerged.
The most sensational decline In
prices for several years occurred in
the Wall street stock market recent
ly. Conditions were decidedly
panicky for several hours.
Secretary Metcalf has left Wash
ington for a cruise of inspection In
Cuban and Porto Rican waters.
The prosecution in the Thaw case
gained a point recently when Justice
Fitzgerald decided to admit the evil
dence of ]. C. Smith, brother-in-law
of Stanford White. regarding CONVEX
sations with the defendant at the
Madison Square garden on the night
of the tragedy.
Serious roiting occurred in Louis
vile, KY, when the street railway
company attempted to run cars with
strike breakers. A mob of more than
i 900 persons fought off the police and
tore five of the cars to pieces. Many
persons were injured.
The greatest flood ever experienced
by Pittsburg. Pa, recently swept
down upon the city catching the peo-
pie unprepared. Several lives were lost
and much property was damaged.
The town of Majorsville. near
Wheeling, w. Va. consisting of GO
houses was entirely swept away in a
recent flood and every house destroyed
Twenty-four Greek laborers started
across the Sacramento river at Pitt,
Calf, when the boat capsized and %
of the men were drowned.
The legislature of Pennsylvania
has commenced an inquiry into the
charges of extra a1gance con -ec.' d
with the building Of the new state
capitol in which si.O00.0O0 was spent
for the building and 100000 for fur
nishing and equipment.
Fred w. Baker a second cousin
of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy and DR..
e. ]. Foster-Eddy. Mrs Eddy's adopt
ed son, have become additional part.
les plaintiff to the bill in equity
brought to secure an accounting OF
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