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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1903
Page
2
A collage of wry notes and social jests from The Register of Lamar Colorado. The items lampoon political figures, social uprisings, royalty, misers, and everyday quirks, from Castro and Lipton to the King of Spain and a St. Vincent Island ordinance. The humor skewers wealth, culture, and manners with brief jokes and pointed one liners.
A wry reflection notes that a man who foretells the next century is safe in life since few dispute him, and after death few challenge his prophecies when his predictions outlast him.
Adjutant General Sherman Bell promotes Thomas E. McClelland to second lieutenant in K company. J. M. Woodward names Fred A. Gordon chief deputy in district No. 3 surrounding Glenwood. State Board of Pardons recommends parole for John C. Campbell, illicit cattle larceny convict, while 14 others are denied. Governor Peabody denies plans for new Denver city boards and signals no extra session despite heavy deadline pressure on appropriations. House and Senate wrangle over the long appropriation bill as clerks race to enroll and sign bills. 30 already signed, nearly 100 awaiting signature. Extra session unlikely, per governor. Humane Society gains stockman support to protect livestock. agents named from Saguache and North Park associations. Reports say the Fourteenth General Assembly may not set records but fills statutes, with 804 bills introduced and 195 passing both houses.
A summary of principal bills enacted in the recently concluded session includes new city registration, a $100,000 World's Fair appropriation, Torrens land registration, property exemptions from attachments, a constitutional amendment to consolidate appellate courts and set seven ten year justices, probate codification, creation of a state supervisor of printing, a mineral land inspector, tight state lands control, granting Gunnison tunnel title to the government, Adams county division, protection for employees from age-based discharge, delinquency courts and compulsory education, and mandatory convict-made goods labels. Several measures urged failed: civil service, eight hour workday, initiative clause, smelter charge regulation, railroad assessment by county officials, pure food, anti trust, local option, and various irrigation and mining bills.
W H Montgomery of Denver is appointed state labor commissioner by Secretary of State Cowie. Ralph W Smith of Denver joins the State Board of Pardons, and other Colorado briefs note a Fort Logan transfer for Fifth cavalry, Rifle incorporation votes, a Denver packing house rumor, and various local civic actions and events across the state.
A coroner's jury verdict links Perry Tuttle, George S. Tuttle, Frank Irwin, Elmer Shanks and Clinton Danshill to the April 8 killing of Joseph Meenan in Washington county. All five were arrested and to be jailed in Denver as sensational trial preparations begin with Stuart and Murray representing the defense.
Anaconda Mont April 12 Special reports President Roosevelt hunting morning lions near Slough creek with Major Pitcher and soldiers from Fort Yellowstone. He travels from Yancey’s toward Lower Falls, Death Gulch nearby, encountering heavy new snow and cold weather. Roosevelt plans return to Fort Yellowstone Tuesday, potentially completing a park tour even if it requires skiing portions of the route.
Manila reports Captain Pershing's force captured Bacolod on Mindanao after surrounding and assaulting the fort. One hundred Moros killed and many wounded. three Americans wounded. Pershing's troops, Shaw and Kilpatrick units, destroyed the fort and advanced toward Parangue. Hostility had persisted with local Bacolod leaders opposing Americans.
The Rio Grande railroad reached a wage settlement with engineers and firemen in Denver on April 12 after final talks between Manager Edson and the engineers’ committee. Engineers on ordinary engines receive five percent and those on compound engines seven and a half percent. The men had demanded fifteen and twenty percent respectively, but the officials argued current wages were high compared to other workers. Negotiations followed weeks of discussion and prior settlements with conductors and brakemen.
Bristol April 12 with an American eagle bow and Miss Cora Iselin christening the Reliance a silver hammer. Three thousand spectators witness the launch as the yacht carries Iselin colors and NYYC ensign. A trial spin is planned in about ten days followed by races against Constitution and Columbia. If victorious, she will face Shamrock III on August 21.
In Topeka Kansas on April 12 the Supreme Court ruled the Topeka Board of Education may maintain separate white and Negro schools and can compel Negro children to attend the Negro school. The case began when a colored man tried to enroll his son at the white school and was refused admittance prompting mandamus actions to force admission.
In Topeka on April 12 the Kansas Supreme Court rules the Utopian Association illegal in an appeal by a Brown County lodgekeeper. The court says the group is a whisky saloon in disguise and closes over 200 lodges with about 65,000 members statewide.
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