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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1901
Page
5
Reports circulated from New York claim plans to form a single company under New Jersey law to control major U.S. railways while preserving their identities. Prominent financiers like Morgan and Rockefeller are named, with early steps allegedly involving Chicago Burlington & Quinque, Great Northern, and Northern Pacific.
Washington reports a Russian communication on Manchuria that reassures the United States and aligns Moscow with other powers. The note emphasizes Russia’s plan to keep Manchuria as part of China and to withdraw troops as safe, signaling a major easing of East Asian tensions.
Wichita April 6 The Eagle prints an extended interview with Congressman Chester I Long of Kansas about Frederick Funston and a brigadier generalship in the regular army Corbin doubts Funston’s warrant yet Long argues his daring war act merits promotion Corbin says the army needs teachers not leaders and the President would not appoint Funston on Corbin’s recommendation
Cheyenne Business Men's Association decides to hold Frontier Day in August likely mid month. Two 5 events will be included for the big show this year and organizers aim to surpass past celebrations.
In Madison county near White Hall General Cassius M. Clay fought a sheriff's posse sent to serve papers in a civil suit filed by his daughter Mrs. Mary B. Clay. Gunfire erupted across the grounds as Clay barricaded himself in his mansion den with loyal servants guarding him. No surgeon has entered the house, and the conflict ties to his long troubled domestic life.
Topeka Kan April 6 Colonel J F Hughes Republican candidate for mayor is elected by nine votes after the canvass of city election returns. Democratic candidate A W Parker will file contest proceedings with the council tonight.
The Daily Mail in London argues the United States faces no escape from trusts except free trade and claims J Pierpont Morgan has earmarked 200000000 to crush American independents. It warns the trust may prompt European tariff action and will strengthen British steel and iron trades for a tougher fight against the American trust.
A digest of brief items from 1900s news. Olga Nethersole is dying in London. Strikes in San Francisco and Cincinnati for shorter hours. French premier M Waldeck-Rousseau ill. Capetown plague concerns officials. Oxford beats Cambridge in boat race. Wheat and oat crops in Texas threatened by pests. US Rubber cuts prices since 1900. Callahan trial for abduction to start April 22 in Omaha. Lord Salisbury health denial. Richmond hotel fire costs and insurance. Naval Medical Director Hord dies at 70. US Steel capital rises to 1.1 billion. New Jersey fee income 220000. Lipton eyes America for Shamrock II. Nebraska governor may resign to become senator. US geologists study Cuba. New Iowa oil discovery at Greenville. Navajos trouble linked to white miners. Two tons of flags to Porto Rico schools. Diaz health denial from Mexico Gazette. US dairy experts to Japan China and Caribbean. Tom Johnson to push street railways and 3-cent fare. Patrick on trial in Rice death case. Lund reappears in Canada. McClure retires from Philadelphia Times. R. L. Pease dies at 64. Impeachment vote failure in North Carolina. Kansas City packing plant fire losses. United Mine Workers seek union-only employment. Navy orders Remey to Australia for Parliament opening ceremonies. Potential stops by New York or Oregon.
Francis Frederick Washburn of Allegheny Pa says a lamp accident triggered a sudden return to a hospital past, erasing 17 years of life as he now recalls a new identity. Doctors classify his condition as mania and note it mirrors a rare amnesia case, with Washburn retaining his own name but forgetting family and prior life.
Census data show central provinces falling 8.62 percent 1891 to 1901 while native states lose 4.34 percent overall. British territory gains 4.44 percent. national population stands at 294 266 000, with complex estimates of growth. Indians remain vast in number compared with the Americas and Africa.
Telegrams from Berlin and Pekin report pressure to speed withdrawals and negotiations over Manchurian convention. Russian troop numbers in Manchuria reach 300,000 with possible moves toward Corea, while China’s fortifications and armed posts along the Pekin sea route are debated. General Chaffee awaits instructions as evacuation plans advance. Prince Tuan’s status and Dara decisions complicate Russia and China relations.
In Belfast on April 4 the White Star steamer Cel, the largest vessel yet built, was successfully launched before a large gathering. The ship measures 680.9 feet in length with 75 foot beam and 44.1 foot depth, gross 20850 tons, net 13650 tons, displacement about 38000 tons and carries 1700 emigrants. It has nine decks, capacity for 2859 passengers, crew of 335, and outranks Oceanic and Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse in tonnage and displacement. The christening was by the Marchioness of Dufferin with attendance by Countess Cadogan, Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, and Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury. The vessel slid from the ways and was pulled up by anchors amid cheers and sirens.
Leadville report states Mrs. H A W Tabor failed to redeem the Matchless mine as redemption period expired. Judgment creditors take ownership by James W Newell and Warren P Page, mining men of Leadville. Mrs Tabor sought investors with little success and experts found no large mineral deposits. A potential shaft project would need 25 000 to 30 000 dollars. A telegram notes Mrs Tabor paid the late H A W Tabor's funeral bill and declined fundraising for expenses. funds were given to charity.
Leadville Colorado April 4 United States Court of Appeals decision in St Louis in a suit by Keene Five Cent Savings Bank against Lake County to collect coupons on 1882 funding bonds. County argues debt exceeded constitutional limits. $9,000 dispute now under appeal or further suits pending. bonds total with interest over $1.5 million.
The New York & Texas Steamship Company launched the steamship Denver from the Harkin & Hollingsworth yard in Wilmington Delaware. Miss Mary I Mallory christened the vessel by releasing doves from a box, adopting the Japanese custom. The ship will operate between New York and Galveston using fixed chain snubbing for the first time in the United States.
Al Cowan, accused Capitol bill thug, was dismissed in Justice Rice's court after arrest for sanity inquiry. Drs Pershing Eskridge to assess. Monday hearing set for 7 30 p.m. Cowan confined to county hospital insane ward. Captain Armstrong holds strong conviction of insanity.
The President appointed Navy officers to high rank by brevet for gallantry at the battle of Tien Tsin China. Robert L Meade becomes brigadier general by brevet. William G Powell captains by brevet. Joseph Hemphill Abraham B H Lillie Henry N Manney William wine Lurne named captains. Edward M Mughes Samuel P Conley commanders. Roy C Smith Robert 8 Griffin lieutenant commanders. Emory Winship ranked four numbers in rank among lieutenants junior grade for eminent conduct in battle.
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