The Lamar register., 1907-05-29

CeleSateS Oh lne Oulteu SotSo " AhS
Hague conference.
The United States supreme court
has held that regular Ipriny officer
holding volunteer commission is reg
gular officer and not volunteer.
1t is believed by the wat department
this will invalidate the decision OF
many court martials.
A police census just COZ pleted gives
the population of the Dt frict of Col
umbia as 329,59l, of whd pa 96,1SS ara
negroes.
There is serious elk of farm
hands in the Northwest,v according t.,
reports received by the Great North
ern railroad. Farmers are offering
s35 and $40 month for help.
Six men alleged to be the leaders
of the mob that lynched a negro at
Sterrett, l. T., March 81. have been ar
rested by United States marshals and
held on charge of murder.
At Claxton, Ga, two negroes were
lynched, one white man and two ne
groes were killed and seven other per-
sons were injured as the result of an
attempt to capture a negro who had
criminally assaulted a white woman.
Five white men were killed and
four fatally injured in an explosion of
molten metal in a blast furnace at
Pittsburg, Pa.
Ten indictments have been re
turned against President lIeggeman,
OF sthe Metropolitan Life Insurance
company by the New York grand
jury on a charge of forgery and per-
] jury.
Parties presumed to be strikers
short circuted the trolley wire on
some of the San Francisco car lines
and caused an explosion in the power
| house which burned out the switch
board putting out OF commission all
lines north of. Market street.
The Lake Mohonk conference ON in
ternational arbitration is holding its
| 18th annual session. DR.. Nicholas
| Murray Butler was chosen president
The court of appeals of Kentucky
has handed down a decision declaring
the last city election in Louisville
void and ordering a new election in
= November next. The governor is
given power to fill the vacant offices
| According to "a recent census
bulletin the United States leads in
the manufacture of shoes,
+ The live stock commission men at
the various packing centers are re
senting a recent order OF the pack
ers regarding inspection of cows and
heifers. Resolutions have been
adopted to refuse to sell under the
proposed rule; and shippers were
notified to hold cows and hcifers on
the farm for the present
A. T. Pigg, charged with bribing d
juror in Topeka. was recently. re-
! turned from California to stand trial.
A tornado OF small proportions re-
Gently visited Snyder. Ok, causing
considerable damage to property. No
fatalities were reported.
Commissioner r. A. Anthony. who
/ took the testimony in the custer suit
of the state of Missouri against the Re,
! public. Standard and Waters Pierce
Oil companies. has filed his report
! He sustains every allegation of At
torney General Hadley's petition and
recommends that the companies be
ousted from the state.
President Figuero. of Salvador. has
cabled the Associated press that the
report that a revolution had broken
out there was entirely false.
The failure OF the State bank OF
Manitou, Ok. with a capital OF $l0.'
900, has been announced.
Corporal E. l.. Knowles of the
! Twenty-fifth infantry was convicted
/ by the court martial recently held
| at San Antonio, Texas, Of assaultine
with intent to kill Capt. Macklin at
/ Ell Reno. Ok. He was sentenced to
SO years at hard labor in the Peni.
! Tertiary at Fort Leavenworth.
| Foreign diplomats have complained
to the state department at Washing
1 ton that they are annoyed by local
officials in Maryland who seek tc
enforce the laws regarding fast rid
ing in automobiles. f
The Red Cross announces that nc
more contributions are needed for the
famine sufferers In China. the
famine having been broken by the
. spring crops.
Two heat prostrations were re-
ported in St Louis recently.
1t is announced in Washington
that the president Will make only
three stops on his tripl down the
mississippi river this fall, st. Louis,
Cairo. H., and Memphis are the
lucky ones.
The fifth international Sunday
school convention, recently in ses-
sion at Rome, has adjourned.
An explosion of powder in 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. = y y
The National Association of Manu-
facturers have gone on record as fav-
oring revision of the tariff at the
earliest opportunity. ~.
The Kansas grand lodge of Ply
thians at Wichita elected. Sam Gar