The Lamar register., 1907-12-18

President Roosevelt has been form
ally notified that the battleship feet
assembled in Hampton Roads is ready
to proceed on its long cruise to the
Pacific.
The coroner's jury has returned a
verdict that the recent mine disaster
at Fayette City. Pa, in which 3S men
lost their lives was caused by INSULT
cient ventilation.
Gen. Funston has reported to Wash
ington that the conditions at Gold
field, New, were worse than he ex.
pected, but martial law will not be de-
clared until an outbreak occurs.
The Nebraska university won the
annual oratorical contest with the
Iowa university recently held at Lin
coin.
A small china teapot that once be-
longed to Edmund Burke was re-
Gently sold in London for $1,000.
The republican state central com.
mittee of Kansas will meet in Topeka
December 20 to fix date and place Of
meeting of the state convention.
At Allentown, Pa, the cries OF an
infant saved the lives OF eight per.
sons, but not before the baby's faith
er and brother had been asphyxiated
by coal gas.
In an affidavit filed at Chicago,
Stuyvesant Fish declared that II he
could get a majority of proxies in the
Illinois Central Railroad company, he
would depose E. H. Hartman from
the directorate OF the company.
! Vii nd
general manager of the New York
Central railroad. has been placed on
trial on a charge OF manslaughter
| growing out of wreck on that road.
John G. Jenkins. formerly president
of the First National bank of Brook
| Ign, and his three sons have been In
dicted by the Kings county grand jury
for conspiracy and forgery.
| For the third time the Missouri SUI
preme court has reversed and re
manded the case of John NJ. Speyer
who killed his little boy at Kansas
City several years ago A fourth
trial will be given him in January.
The supreme court has advanced
the hearing of the cases against the
Armour, Swift and other packing com
panies accused of accepting rebates
to January 20.
The supreme court of Missouri has
reversed and remanded the case oil
Cashier Mispagel of St Louis, Mo.
who was convicted OF embeZzlement
and sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary.
In the recent municipal election In
Boston the republican ticket was
elected by a plurality of 1000 votes
The Texas court of appeals has
affirmed the decision OF the trial court
in the states custer suit against the
Waters. Pierce OIL company. Every
contention of the state is upheld.
The city civil service commission
of Chicago recently discovered that
LOO laborers hired to remove snow
after the great storm two years ago
were still on the city's payroll. They
were dropped.
federal grand jury to investigate
the murder of Joseph A Walker, a
government secret service agent, neal
Durango, Col, has been impanelled al
Denver.
The secretary OF War has decided
that the provisions of the eight-houl
law do not apply to the employees o.
the military prison at Fort Leaven
worth.
Assistant Secretary Murray OF the
department of commerce and labor
Charles p. Neill. commissioner OF la
Dor, and Herbert Knox Smith. com
missioner of corporations. have gone
to Goldfield, New, to investigate the
mining troubles.
In the Pettibone trial at Boise, Ida
no, Harry Orchard was the first wit
ness on the stand for the prosecution
He repeated the essential part of his
story told in the Haywood trial somt
months ago.
F. Ottway Saldier. manager of
branch of the failed California SAFE
Deposit and Trust company. killed
himself in his Office at San Fran
cisco recently.
The Interstate Commerce commits
sion has ordered the Santa Fe and 9th
er carriers to reduce rates on coal ship
ments from Colorado to points II
Kansas.