The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-01-22

The American battleship feet at Rio
Janeiro has been Joined by the tor
pedo boat fiotilla. The flotilla will
only remain long enough to coal and
will then proceed to Buenos Ayres.
In response to a request from the
Nevada legislature the president has
decided to allow the troops to remain
/ at Goldfield until that body can formu-
late some plan to organize force to
perform the police functions of the
state.
| Mrs. Herbert NJ. Sears. wife of re-
tired broker of Boston, during a fit
of temporary insanity. leaped from
the window of her room on the 18th
floor of the St. Regis hotel in New
York and was dashed to death on the
roof of an adjoining building.
The Masonic temple at Baltimore.
Md. was recently entirely destroyed
by fire.
bill has been introduced in the
Kansas legislature providing for the
shutting of of natural gas to non-resi-
dents whenever there is a shortage
in the supply.
While attending G. A. r. banquet
at Carrollton, ILL.,, DIR. J. B. Hayes. a
veteran, was stricken while making
an address, and died almost immedi-
ately.
Secretary Taft in a letter to the
president transmitting the report of
Gov. Magoon. has committed the gov
eminent to a plan to withdraw COM
pletely from Cuba in the spring of
1903
The supreme court of the United
States has upheld the constitutionality
of the Kansas prohibitory law in the
cases appealed by Topeka jointists
from decisions of the state supreme
court.
A portion of the Union depot build
ing at Kansas City. known as the
Annex, wherein was handled the mail
and express business, was burned.
causing loss of 100000 in addition
to a large amount of valuable regis
tered mail.
Secretary Taft has recommended
that the Panama canal locks be built
10 feet wide in price of 100 feet as
originally planned. The change will
increase the cost $5.000.O0O.
A tank in a moving picture ma
chine exploded in a crowded theater
in Boyertown, Pa, and in the result
ing panic nearly 100 people were
killed and as many injured.
Count Won Kanitze, conservative
member of the German reichstag. in
speech before that body, declared
that President Roosevelt's threats
against trusts were responsible for the
present financial troubles throughout
the world.
The Lester Vehicle and Implement
company of Fort Smith, Ark, has gone
into voluntary liquidation with obli-
cations amounting to $4,000.
A petition filed with the Interstate
commerce commission charges that
the Pullman company is SO rich and
powerful as to control the sleeping
car business and so arrogant that it
defies the government to inquire into
its business and asks a reduction of
Its rates.
The democratic state convention of
Nebraska will be held at Omaha on
March 5.
DIR. p. X. Dahl, a prominent physi-
clan of Mason City. Iowa. has been ar
rested on an Indictment charging man
slaughter in causing the death of a
woman by n criminal operation.
" The Second Congregational church.
of Dorchester. Mass. which recently
celebrated its Tooth anniversary. was
nearly destroyed recently by an incen-
diary fire.
NJ. A. Waits & Co.. clothing dealers
at Durant, Ok, have failed with assets
of 81, 900. and liabilities of s37 900.
Gen. Stephen ID. Lee. commander-in-
chief of the confederate veterans, OBJ
jects to the proposed reunion of the
blue and Gray" at Washington in
1909 because he fears some imprudent
act might take place that would in
terfere with the present good feeling.
Republicans IN all the districts of
Indiana have passed resolutions in
dorsing C. w. Fairbanks for president.
The five.story factory of the Car
uthers-Jones Shoe company of st.
Louis, was recently destroyed by fire.
Personal.
The pope is again confined to his
bed by an attack of govt.
Ex-Gov. Boise of Iowa has entirely
recovered from an attack of pneu-
monia at Ell Paso. Tex. and has gone
to Los Angeles to spend the remainder
of the winter.
C. J. Carlow has been elected presi-
. dent of the Nebraska Independent
Telephone association.
Samuel V. Proudfit, of Iowa, has
been appointed assistant commission
err of the general land office.
Secretary Cortelyou has returned to
, bis desk after four weeks siege of
the grip. He denies emphatically that
he has any >thought of resigning at
the present time.
The president has nominated Will
, liam C. Edwards as postmaster at
Wichita, Kan, to succeed the late NJ.
NJ. Murdoch.
George AIDE, the author and play
wright, has withdrawn as a candidate
for delegate to the national republican
! convention from, Indiana