The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-11-02
GENERAL.

The savings bank Of the GranJ
Fountain of the Order of True Reform
ers at Richmond. Va. the largest ne
gro organization. is in the hands of re-
ceivers.
Mrs. II. W. Bomar OF Liberty, Miss,
lost her suit for $4,000 damages
against the woodmen of the World,
whom she blamed for the death OF
her husband.
Zion City rs soon TO be governed by
the same strict blue laws under the
same secret espionage tnat dis
tinguished IL during the reign Of JONI.
Alexander Dowie. its founder.
II. o. Blaisdell won the profession
al typewriter speed championship of
the world" Friday in New York. He
mad an average OF 1903 words a minute
In a thirty-minute test against his
former record of 95 words. In a single
minute contest Rose Fritz. former
record holder. wrote 1874 words.
new enemy has arisen ct last to
do battle with the Standard oil Com
pany-a competitor declared to be
backed by almost unlimited capital.
with the resources OF the Texas oil
fields and the advantage of Chicago's
railroad and water shipping facilities.
The Standard Oil concerns new COM
petitor is the Texas company. which
filed its certificate Of Incorporation
under that name in Joliet. ILL. Friday.
Snow many days ahead of its
average date of appearance has
fallen as far south as the north
sections of the Gulf states and
throughout the entire country. I'm
seasonably cold weather prevailed.
Snow fell at Anniston. Ala. and at
Atlanta. where the temperature went
TO IS. Snow in the Lake Superior. re-
gion was heavy and killing frosts pre-
vailed in the interior sections of the
country.
Alan II. Hawley and Augustus Post.
the aeronauts of the balloon America
H.. for whom search had been prose-
cuted in the Canadian wilds. are safe
and have established a new worlds
record for sustained flight. They
travelled approximately 1850 miles.
and came TO earth in Chicoutimi coun-
=. Quebec. Wednesday. October 18th.
but were not heard from until Wednes-
day. October &c. when kilograms seat
from St. Ambrose. Quebec. reached
New York. The balloonists started
from St. Louis. with nine other con-
testants. in the international contest,
Monday, October 18th. All the other
balloons have been reported.
New Yorks Chinatown is to be
cleaned up as 1t has never been
cleaned before. This is the decision
of the new police administration. The
police have already been instructed
TO order all white persons from the
district.
When dusk began to settle on the
aviation field at Belmont park. Long
Island. Wednesday there were twelve
aeroplanes in the air, two after dark
ness closed down. Lighted by the
stars finally the two aviators. Hoxsey
and tombstone. winged their way bacl,
to earth safely.
A simultaneous crusade against
traffickers in women is to be COM
menced by United States district at
torneys throughout the country.
Too late for census but earnestly
doing her share in Clevel3nd's re-
markab'e growth, Mrs. William G..
Clarke. Lakeside avenue matron,
Friday became the mother OF her
third set of triplets. Busy at her
usual Homework, she show ed the
family Bible. which displayed the fact
that she is also the mother of four
pairs of twins and that she herself is
the only sister Of twenty brothers.