The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-15

/ Industrial. sociological and poiitiezl
problems Of the tine we're discussed
At the annual session Of the Ameri
can Academy Of Political and Social
Science. racearly bed al Philadelphia
BIZ prominent men IN various walks o!
life
The police Of Paris have captured
three widely known anarchists togeth-
: e- nth cart loaded with dynamite
which the prisoners had in their pos
session A plot has been discovered
whereby z series OF bomb outrages
had been planned for May ! With the
object Of creating reign Of terror
in Paris
Ten men lost their lives in col
liery al Sonerse,shire. England re-
Gently. a. the result of an explosion
of coal gas
The Great Northern Railroad com
pzny has been convicted Of granting
/ rebates 10 the sugar trust in the fed
eral court in NeE York
a wage reduction averaging 10 per
cent has taken place in cotton mills
of New England. affecting 125.oo0 peo-
pie
The marine hospital and public
health service has issued an order es-
tablishing q quarantine against Cuba
with the exception of Havana
On her speed trial of four hours the
arnored cruiser Montana developed a
speed of 222s knots. exceeding her
contract requirements &c knots
At meeting of the Clearing House
association of Philadelphia commit
tee was appointed to draft resolutions
opposing the passage of the Aldrich
bili
The local option elections in Illinois
resulted in the elimination of ! 500 of
the 1000 saloons in the territory con-
cerned.
Before the California railroad com
mission an official of the Santa Fe
Railroad company has admitted that
his road paid rebates on oil shipments
as late as 1907.
The vote on the antfrace track
gambling bills resulted in a tie in the
New York senate thus defeating the
measure for the present at least
The directors in the VI. K & T. Rail-
road company at their annual meeting
at Parsons. Kan, declared the regular
semi-innual dividend of two per cent
on the preferred capital stock
petition has been filed in the su-
prene court of Missouri to test the
constitut!onality of the state primary
Law.
In the opinion of Secretary of State
Denton of Kansas. the Populist party
has no right under the laws of that
state to a place on the official ballot
for the names nf its candidates as 1t
did not cast sufficient votes at the last
general election TO entitle 1t to that
privilege
A plan for tie exchange Of teachers
and Prussia under the supervision Of
the Prussian imperial department of
instruction and the Carnegie founda-
ton for the advancement OF teaching
is announced
Major Reynolds. the government
agent on the Crow Indian reservation
in Montana, has testified before the
senate committee on Indian affairs
deying the charges made by Mrs.
Helen Pierce Grey of iIl-treatment Of
the Indians.
A car on the South Chicago Elevat-
ed railroad In which were so passen-
gers jumped the track at Indiana ave-
nue. and landed in the back yard OF
residence. Every passenger was more
or less injured and several are not
expected to survive their injuries.
deal has recently been consum-
mated whereby The Standard Oh In
terests gain control of all the gas.
electric light and power companies
in central and northern California.
The amount of money involved is 49,
900, 900.