The Lamar register., 1910-10-12
GEN ERAL.

st. Patrick's cathedral OF New York.
the most magnificent religious edifice
in the country, has been formally con-
secrated.
VIM. McAbee. believed to be the old
es veteran of the Civil War, died at
the age Of 107 years at the United
States naval home.
The South gave Theodore Roose-
welt hearty welcome on his trip.
Throughout the first day. which took
him across Virginia and a part OF
Tennessee, he received many honors.
Deluged by the heaviest continuous
rainfall. in some places for forty years.
a wide strip of country extending from
Eastern Texas across the northern
portion of Louisiana and Mississippi
and over sections of Arkansas. Ten.
nessee, Kentucky, southern Indiana
and Ohio. almost to Pittsburg is a yeri.
table inland sea.
The house of deputies of the Protes.
tant Episcopal church In Cincinnati,
Thursday passed an amendment to the
constitution providing for suffragan
bishops throughout the church. The
debate brought out the fact that the
object of the suffragan bishops was
not only to look after the people OF a
particular nationality or race. but also
to assist bishops who preside over
large dioceses.
The Standard OIL company through
its official publicity representative. J.
l. c. Clarke. has announced that the
company has inaugurated cam
paign to increase the worlds con.
sumption OF refined OIL" and is lower
ing prices Of kerosene in Europe and
the far east. This action follows that
OF August last. when the Standard OIL
company reduced refined oil in bar
rels l cent a gallon from OK to 50.
cents at the refinery. and refined oil
in tanks from Gis to 5k cents a gal.
lon In part the statement reads ::
THE Standard on company has inar.
gurated campaign to increase the
worlds consumption of refined oil.
The level of prices for refined oil to-
day in the United States is lower than
at any time during recent years. and
as a direct result of these prices the
consumption of refined oil in this
country is increasing The same pol
icy is now being actively pursued
abroad"
DIR. J. Il. Murphy. president of. the
American Medical Association, is on
the eve OF an announcement Of what
physicians says is one of the most i'm
portant discoveries in the history OF
surgery. The discovery is to the eff.
feet that ankylosis. or stiffening OF the
Joints. from any cause except tubercu.
losis is preventable. and that where
joints have become stiffened through
Inflammation. they may be cut open
and new pliable joints made.
Mr.. Josiah w. Thompson of Union.
town. Pa. has Just closed a deal by
which he transfers to the Standard
Oil Company $4,000 acres of coal
land. located in Washington and
Greene counties, Pennsylvania, and ir
six West Virginia counties. The deal
involved about 100000, 900. and Is
without parallel for magnitude. The
Greene coal land involved in the trans
action amounts to about 10000 acres
while the Washington county block
contains 100000 acres. The remainin.,
277.000 acres are located in Ohio
Marshall. Wetzell. Lewis. Harrison
and Monogahela counties in West
Virginia.
The furry of uneasiness over the
possibility of the entrance of cholera
z.rr lx.tz ,r~s*l
surfing statements from both state and
federal health officers and the release
to the G15 cabin passengers detained
at quarantine.
De. Harry Thurston Peck, one
of the foremost Latin scholars
of the world, named defendant In
100000 breach of promise suit
brought by Esther Quinn of Boston
was dismissed as professor of Latin
and literature by the trustees of Co
lumbia university Tuesday.
At Galveston John Wilson, fire.
man on the Southedn Pacific railroad
suffered fracture of the skull in G
re ght train ccident three rveeks age
and underwent an operation. Wher
the operation was over his memory
was clear and he recalled that his
name was Albert GARRISON, formerly
OF Crockett county, Tex, and learned
that for ten years a brother has been
advertising for him to notify him that
he was heir to half interest in ar
estate valued at more than $500. 900 in
lands in Crockett and Sutton counties