The Lamar register., 1910-06-15
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was discovered in the Missouri peni-
Tertiary by Federal inspectors.
The 1900 miners Of the Pennsyl-
vania Coal Company voted to return
to work Wednesday.
The latest move to secure more rev.
enue for the railroads is a plan to
charge an excess fare for all passen-
gers riding in Pullman and parlor cars.
Charles X. Heike. the white-haired
secretary of the American Sugar Re
filming Company. was convicted Friday
night on an Indictment charging con-
spiracy to defraud the government of
customs due on sugar.
One of the features of the opening
session of the annual convention of the
North Carolina Press Association
"Wednesday was the launching of a
movement to erect a substantial me-
mortal to the late "Bin" Nye. the hum
orist-
With statistics showing 1000 per-
sons drowned In the United States
every year. the authorities of the Chi
cago Y. NJ. C. A. and the Chicago pub
lie schools have united in movement
to teach every school child in Chicago
to swim
Returning from a funeral, the We
hicle of a party of five was caught
on the track OF the West Shore at
Hayerstraw. n. Y. and all occupants
killed by freight train. Among them
was the pastor who OBLIGATED at tho
funeral.
York died from apoplexy. according to
the report OF the coroner at Chicago
Thursday. Mrs. Stelle died suddenly
at hotel, and the investigation was
begun after 1t had been learned that
Mrs. Stelle had bequeathed $4,000 to
Edgar r. Acceta. an attorney of New
York.
Patent baby foods cause nine out OF
ten deaths of infants in the summer
time. declared DIR. l.. p. Royster of
Norfolk. Va. before the American
Louis Friday. Mothers" he said.
don't realize that fresh air is the best
medicine for the little ones" DR.. w.
A. Evans Of Chicago said hot school
rooms caused immortality OF children.
Taxes to the amount of $4,000. 900
which the city Of St. Louis Is trying to
collect on stock in foreign corpora
tons. held by 81. Louis residents. were
held to be Illegal Friday. The court
held the stock at issue could not be as
sessed because 1t was assessed in
states where the company is incorpor-
ated.
Four hundred and fifty miles out in
the Atlantic ocean. girl led ten men
in three days battle for life against
a tempest and high seas and won
Mrs. Elizabeth Erickson, her father.
Capt. p. A. Erickson, with nine men
composing the crew of the barkentine
Good News. Of Philadelphia, spent the
three days In two open boats. strug-
Cling to keep afloat, all the time
cheered by the captains daughter. I'M
til they. were rescued by the British
steamer Metis and taken to Norfolk,
Va.
With semi-official returns in from
every county in Iowa, both the PRO
gressives" and "standpatters" are
claiming control of the state conven-
| tioh <hu6uot DdhOld Wv
ernor vesey. progressive" claims re-
nomination. The Wisconsin state Re-
publican convention at Milwaukee en-
dorsed the Taft administration.
II. II. Morton, a travelling salesman
for an Omaha grocery firm, was
served with formaIdehyde by mistake
for mineral water in a drug store at
Atlantic. Iowa. and died Immediately.
Edwin Pell. pilot of the river packet
City of Saltillo. which was wrecked
May II in the Mississippi river at
Glen Park. NO., was on Thursday
found guilty of carelessness in connec-
tion with the sinking of the boat His
license was revoked.
In the presence of 10000 Knights OF
Pythias of Illinois. the home for aged
Pythians and orphans was dedicated
at Decatur. ILL.,. Thursday. by Grand
Chancellor Albert Watson of Mount
Vernon. The home cost 100000 and
will accommodate $50 persons.