The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-08-17
GEN ERAL.

The population OF Kansas City, Mo-.
Is 24S,3s1, an increase OF 81 .629, or ST.
Der cent, as compared with 1882 in
1900.
Grace and Luella Walton. aged 10
and Is years. respectively. were
crowned while bathing in Red river,
near Crookston. Mimi
Robert Treat Paine, president of the
American Peace Society and widely
known as a philanthropist. died at his
home at waltham. Mass, Thursday
night.
The Illinois State Food Commission
demands that ice cream must be of
not more than 1 per cent gelaltine
gum tragacanth or other harmless veg
etable gum. and contain not more than
100000 bacteria when melted.
Thomas G. Lee OF the dressed beef
sales department of Armour & Co, In
dicted Thursday on the charge OF per
jury by the federal grand jury. was ar
rested and gave bail for $1,000.
Mrs. Judith Ellen Horton Foster. not.
ed throughout the country as a temper
once lecturer and writer and advocate
OF missions and philanthropy. died in
Garfield hospital. Washington, follow
ing an operation.
A working model OF an automatic
machine gun which. 1t Is said. will dis.
charge bullets over a range OF a mile
or more at the rate of 100000 a min.
ute and with muzzle velocity Of more
than 5000 feet a second. and operated
by \ secret mechanical power. was
demonstrated In New York by the in
ventor. Frederick E. Bangertor.
That the policy of conservation Ia
being carried too far In Alaska and
that the natural resources OF the terri
tory could be developed under super
vision Of a governmental commission
were opinions expressed by Jacob IL
Schiff. head Of the banking house OF
Kuhn. Loeb & Co.. who arrived in New
York after his recent trip to the terri
tory.
Twenty persons were injured. nine
fatally. by the explosion OF a charge OF
dynamite in an excavation on Bssi
Thirty-seconI street, which threw the
entire neighborhood into a panic and
800 H'H'y haha6t " PioPKity ths
vicinity. Hundreds OF windows were
broken and roofs of houses nearby
were crushed under the weight Of roci
and sand which was hurled high b,
the blast.
Mayor William J. Gaynor may b.
making satisfactory progress. as hi
attending physicians persistently main
tain. but there is an under current o.
anxiety that runs contrary to the Off
cial bulletins. His surgeons say h,
had satisfactory day Thursday; tina
he is cheerful and stronger and wal
resting quietly. more than holding his
own against the pistol shot wound In
flicted Tuesday by James J. Gallagher
A move was made Thursday II
behalf of the Italian government
in the case of Porter Charl
ton. who confessed to havinl
murdered his wife at Lake Como. Italy
and is being held in Jersey City. await
, ing extradition proceedings. The hear
ing set for Thursday went over b.
agreement until Sept 20. but Gustav d
Rosa. the Italian vice consul in New
York. appeared before Supreme Cour
Justice Blair In Jersey City and file,
the dossier in Charlton's case. Thii
document contains a record of all tn,
evidence in the case gathered by tn,
! Italian government and 1t is writer
in Italian. Judge Blair ordered I
transcript to be made for the use O
the court some time before the dat,
set for Charlton's examination.
The Standard Oil Company furnish
ed a surprise for the Chicago board o
review Friday when one Of its repre-
sentatives requested that the assess
ment on its Chicago personal propert,
be raised from s150.0OO to $1s1.O
A second writ OF error in the cas-,
against Fritz Augustus Heinz. who wa
indicted for misapplicatlion of tn,
funds Of the Mercantile National Banl
of which he was president. was dock
eted by the United States Suprem,
Court. The case was brought by tn,
government under the criminal appeal.
act.
Thirty-five out of 140 members O
J the Columbus (O.) night police force
rebelled Friday night when called upor
by Mayor Marshall to board street cars
in an effort to catch persons attacking
cars with stones. bricks and bullets.
The Knights Templar Conclave ir
Chicago elected William B. Melish Of
Cincinnati. grand commander; Arthur
Macarthur Of Troy. N. Y. deputy
grand commander; w. F. Pierce Of
San Francisco. grand generalissimo
Denver was selected for the 1913 tri
ennial conclalve.