The Lamar register., 1907-04-03

energetic efforts WAS the uest'u S''oA
of the entire bridge, which is mile
in length, avoided.
Justice Morgan j. O'Brfen, chair
man of the Thaw commission In iun-
acy, has resigned on account of pre-
vious engagements and David NC
Clure, u well-known attorney, has
been appointed to succeed him.
An important conference was re-
Gently held at the White house re-
garding the railroad situation gener-
ally. 1t was said plan was outlined
for the federal regulation of railroads
which is to be submitted at the next
session of congress-
The Spanish government has issued
an official note expressing its concur
renee in the French occupation Of
| Moroccan city.
The conference at Chicago between
trainmen and general managers OF
Western railroads in an endeavor to
| avert the threatened strike was
failure. The managers declare they
will demand arbitration by the gov
| eminent.
Capt. Hooker, of the subsistence
department, U. S. A. stationed at
Omaha, has been authorized to pur-
chase 3,746.0OO pounds of corn meal
| for immediate shipment to China.
Ripe peaches were recently gathered
| in louisiana months ahead of the
usual time.
A wind storm recently. swept over
western Indian territory to the Texas
border, doing considerable damage at
Rolf and Marietta. No lives were
lost
Three men who had robbed store
at Leominster, Mass, were found dead
on top of freight car at Summer
Vile. 1t is thought they were struck
by low bridge.
| The Brewers of st. Louis have gone
on strike for an increase of wages
| An examination of the accounts OF
| Frank Jones, teller of the Charlotte.
N. c., National bank shows short
age of s6S.OO0. Jones has disappeared.
| Mexico has been requested by the
republic of Salvador to intervene. and
use her best efforts to bring about
peace in Central America.
The first witness before the Thaw
lunacy commission was the defend
ant himself, who for two hours an
swered running fire of questions by
the commissioners. The examination
was held in private.
w. II Hearst has filed five suits
for 100000 each against the Chicago
Tribune, alleging libel as a basis for
his action.
The miners union of Butte. Mont.
has accepted sliding scale of wages
and has signed five year agreements
with the operators.
The supreme court of Minnesota
has handed down decision uphold
ing the right of the Great Northern
railroad to issue the $65,000,0OO of
4 stock authorized by the directors
some months ago.
Representative Charles +. Scott, of
lola, Kan, who recently returned
from the Isthmus, delivered an ad-
dress at Kansas City on the situation
in Panama" He was enthusiastic
over the progress of the work on the
canal
Chairman Knapp of the Interstate
: Commerce commission. and commits
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Chicago in an endeavor to settle the
trouble between the tralnmen and
the various railroads of the West.
Twenty-six persons were killed and
100 injured in a disastrous wreck on
the Southern Pacific railroad at
Cotton, Cal, recently. The train ran
into an open switch while going at
: the rate OF 40 miles an hour.
The population of the United States,
inclusive of Alaska and the insular
possessions, in 1906 was 93.lS2,2iO.
The executive officials of the rail-
roads operating in Missouri and
Arkansas have agreed on plan 10
contest the two cent fare laws re-
Gently passed by the legislatures OF
the two states,
Justice Fitzgerald has appointed a
commission in lunacy to inquire into
the present mental condition of Harry
X. Thaw. Two lawyers and doctor
compose the body. The murder trial
will be postponed pending the report
of the commission.
The United States court of appeals
at St. Louis has decided that the
refusal of passenger to pay rare on
railroad train makes him subject
to ejectment regardless of whether
he later changes his mind.
The president has completed the I'm
migration commission authorized by
the last congress by the appointment
of Labor Commissioner NELL, Prof.
jerks, of Cornell, and w. n. Wheeler,
of Oakland. Cal. There are also three
senators and three representatives on
the commission.
The great gas well recently brought
in near Sapulpa, l. T. has become
ignited and 5O,OOo,oOo cubic feet of
gas is being wasted daily.
The railroad committee of the Ne
passage bill cutting sleeping car
rates SO 1-3 per cent and express
charges 20 per cent.
Attorney for Abraham Ruef of San
Francisco have dismissed the habeas
corpus proceedings in the United States
supreme court and the case will go