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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1902
Page
3
The Lamar Register notes a parade of glossy observations from the era. Jokes touch on Prince Henry’s home return, Carnegie libraries, rising insurance, Italian suppressions, and monorail schemes. It lampoons fashion, wealth, and crime with sharp wit and period voice.
A compilation notes a Panama earthquake on April 6, Paderewski at a White House concert, Texas building cane sugar mill by convicts, Topeka to host Populist state convention June 24, and a Riverside Park memorial for soldiers and sailors in New York. It lists imperial visits, battles, legal shifts, and various economic, social, and political items across nations and states.
The House pensions committee approved a bill granting a pension of 5000 dollars per year to the widow of the late President McKinley. Roosevelt signed a bill repealing war revenue taxes, and the signed pen was given to Representative Bartholdt of Missouri. The latest postal receipts for the quarter to January 1 totaled 52,005,621 with expenditures at 30,047,131 and a surplus of 1,058,400.
Major Lyttleton W. Waller of the marine corps argued in his court martial that his actions in Samar were justified by martial law and cited precedents from Santiago Egypt and China. He insisted executions occurred across nations and that he believed his conduct was approved by American and other forces. Captain Arthur Marix contended the acts were lawful under martial law and defended Waller’s decisions, while observers expected an acquittal as Major Kingsbury would present the prosecution reply.
In Washington on April 12 the Cuban reciprocity bill sparked debate as A R Long of Kansas and Mr Shafroth of Colorado spoke for and against the measure. House leaders breathed easier when Mr Watson of Indiana, acting Republican whip, said the chair would be sustained against an attempt to overrule it to amend to abolish the refined sugar differential. Opponents, while hopeful, faced claims that sugar trust influence crafted concessions to Cuban sugar, with Shafroth citing Lexow and Industrial Commission testimony to allege methods to crush beet sugar rivals.
President elect Tomas Estrada Palma of Cuba called at the White House last night for an hour. He was accompanied by Mr. Quesada, Cuba’s special commissioner, and met Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Alice Roosevelt in a social call. Palma will tour Cuba for twenty days visiting Giba Holguin Bayamo Manzanillo Agudo de Cuba and Batabano en route to the May 10 arrival in Havana.
April 12 Mayor Wright reports I W Woodbury of the public library trustees is in New York to consult with Andrew Carnegie about a proposed $200,000 gift for a library building. A personal interview with Carnegie is promised within a few days as efforts continue.
Colorado Governor Orman names Pater H Mulligan to replace the late George Elsner as Elbert County Commissioner. He also honors extradition papers from Tennessee for F T Deaver, now held in Colorado Springs on false pretenses and grand larceny charges. The Florence Oil suit against Orman and others is decided for the defendants.
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