The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-04-24

The National Publicity Law asso-
clan held a special meeting in New
York recently at which William }.
Bryan and Samuel Gompers were
among the prominent speakers.
The supreme court of the United
States has granted leave to the state
OF Kansas to file an answer and cross
bill to the suits brought against 1t
by the state of Missouri to settle a
boundary dispute.
The Usage Indian boarding school
for boys situated in Oklahoma, near
Arkansas City, Kan, was recently
destroyed by fire. All the inmates
escaped. The loss is $4,000.
Secretary Wilson threatens to
publish a list of manufacturers who
deceive the public by misrepresenta-
ton regarding their products unless
there is an immediate change in their
tactics
The United States court of appeals
has affirmed the conviction of the
Chicago & Alton railroad and John
NJ. Fathom and Fred A. Wann.
former officials of the road, for grant
ing rebates.
| A colony of newspaper men is to
be established in Routt county, Colo
RADIO, on land thrown open to settle
ment by the state. The plan is to
make the colony an up-to-date farm
ing community.
The supreme court of Illinois has
dismissed the suit of the state against
the Illinois Central railroad for an &C.
| counting and recovery of share OF
the gross receipts of the road.
Roy Sing Stevens. of Shell City,
Mo-, has been acquitted of the charge
of killing Dora Bright in rooming
house at Wichita. Kan.
TIL red hat was conferred upon six
| of the seven cardinals recently Gre
ated at public consistory held in
st. Peters at Rome. The pope con-
ferred the emblems of their office
tupon the candidates.
Henry Ach. counsel for Abraham
court room at San Francisco with
ptomaine poisoning. He will recover.
Gov. Haggerman, OF New Mexico,
has resigned and the president has
appointed Capt. Geo &c Curry. now
governor of Samar province. Philip
pine islands, to succeed him.
During the year which has passed
since the great disaster Gan Francisco
has expended SIS, 900, 900 in the work
of rebuilding and permits have been
granted for new fire proof buildings
to cost $5O.O00.0OO more.
District Attorney jerome has be-
gun an investigation Of the report
that members OF the Thaw jury had
been approached" while the trial
WIS in progress.
In speech at the banquet
in Buffalo. N. Y, w. c. Brown.
vice president of the New York Gen.
trail railroad, declared that the people
had a right to regulate the railroads.
The New York a sembly has passed
bill providing for a two cent rate
on railroads in the state
The defendants in the suit for an
accounting of the property of Mrs.
Mary Baker G. Eddy have filed their
answer in court making a general de-
| Nal of all the allegations In the COM
plants.
Regis H. Post has been inaugurated
governor af Porto Rico in succession
to Beekman Winthrop, who becomes
Washington.
With 81 of the delegates present
and not voting the constitution for
he proposed new state of Oklahoma
as framed by the convention was
| finally adopted.
Arrangements are being made for
the celebration in. 1903 at Geneva of
the fourth centennial of the birth of
John Calvin.
A fast mail train on the Illinois
Central railroad ran down hand car
re.r Ellis, Ia. and killed five Aus
trian employees of the road.
Robbers recently dynamited the
curing several thou and dollars in cur
renoy f
Great loss and mucn suffering is
being caused in Jamaica by the
| drought which has prevailed for some
time
The government bureau of stats
| tics reports that the international
commerce of the world now exceeds
s26 1000 100000 annually.
The city of llo.lo. capital of the Is
ard of Panly. and the second port in
Importance in the Phi ippines, was
recently destroyed by fire.
In the Unitei States district court
| at Topeka Judge J. C Pollock has
granted the petition of the complain
ing stockholders o. the Uncle Sam Oil
| company for receiver. II. II. Tuck
err, jr.. secretary-treasurer of the
company. was recently indicted for
using the mails to defraud.
The Gath annual boat race between
Oxford and Cambridge was won by
the latter
The body of George W. Roosevelt
the American counsel general who
| died ut Brussels, has been embalmed
.