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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1901
Page
7
Governor Orman of Colorado vetoed House Bill 166, narrowing liability for fire insurance to full policy value on real estate. He calls the bill incendiary class legislation and cites higher rates and unfair advantage to real property owners, arguing it would force premiums and delay claims, with personal property left unprotected.
Manila reports Aguinaldo addressing Filipino insurgents calling for peace under US sovereignty. He cites desire to end bloodshed and supports peaceful terms with the United States, while urging armed groups to lay down arms. General MacArthur orders release of one thousand insurgent prisoners after oath of allegiance.
Denver April 20 The News describes the Denver Candlelight Mob dinner at the Brown Palace hotel with many college leaders and educators. Presidents Patton Dartmouth Tucker Princeton Colorado College and others spoke on The Modern University and Its Relation to American Citizenship.
New York dispatch reports George Coppell senior partner of Faitland Coppell Co and president of the Wisconsin Central Railroad Company died at his New York home. He was fifty four and chaired the Denver Rio Grande board, with Mines interests across Colorado and frequent Colorado visits.
Detroit reports final plans for a cross border steel and iron plant at Sault Ste Marie on the Canadian side. It will employ about 10 000 workers with 50 million dollars in capital linked to the power canal project by F H Clergue and associates. The project envisions mills on both sides of the Soo canal and a 600 000 ton annual capacity. An International Steel Tron and Pipe Company will be formed to run the mills. A Detroit blast furnace with 1 000 tons daily capacity and 1 000 workers is also anticipated. The venture aims to rival the US steel combine.
The World reports United States Steel Corp signs a 20,000 ton steel plate contract with Head & Wolff Ship Building of Belfast Ireland. It is the largest contract to date for American steel plates as Clyde shipyards secure supplies ahead of possible price increases by United States Steel.
News reports from April reveal wholesale deaths by freezing along the coast. Two hundred persons died from exposure before mid January at various coastal points.
Telegraphed from Washington on April 20 the administration believes Aguinaldo's manifesto will aid pacification in the Philippines and soothe critics in the United States. It endorses American rule and is meant to support peace seekers and ease wartime policy debates, with Taft commission guiding administration aims. Boers Will Continue to Fight says Montague White dispatch from Grand Rapids reports Kruger and Wolmarans oppose surrender and warn the war will last longer, with Botha and others optimistic only for a settlement, while Boer leaders prepare and conserve supplies.
The Journal and Advertiser reports Standard Oil will issue a twenty percent dividend around May 1 on its $100 million capital and likely raise capital to $400 million. Four old shares will exchange for one new share as part of an adjustment, with the stock currently quoted at 805 and new shares valuing about $200 each in the market.
A snowslide at the Alta mine near Telluride Colorado swept away the bank and boarding houses at 4 45 pm yesterday killing Richard Pendergast the cook He was over sixty and had resided in Telluride for years His daughter lives in town Had the slide come fifteen minutes later eight or ten men would have been in the mine
A St Petersburg dispatch reports Kaluga seminary students near Moscow rioted injuring no one and shooting at the bishop and the rector. Fifteen students were taken into custody as authorities moved to quell the unrest.
William E. Curti argues in the Record-Herald that Georgia Senator Bacon aims to organize a congressional voyage to the Philippines with army transport passage funded by the War Department. He calls such trips educational for lawmakers and criticizes limited geographic experience among many congressmen, urging awareness of broader U.S. regions.
Despite last summer's drought, river of immigrants to the Northwest surges as planners compare today’s movement to the 1880s trek that forged Dakota statehood. The ongoing migration aims to turn territorial growth into full state status for the region.
Cattle receipts January 1 to April 17 total 31 head, down from 35 895 last year. April 1 to April 17 arrivals 4 707, lower than last year. Beef steers prices range 4.50 to 5.00 per pound for cornfed. other beef categories and stockers listed with varied bids. Hog receipts January total 7 326 head, up from 7 155 last year. April 1 to April 17 hogs total 6 579 head, up 1 274 from last year. Sheep receipts January total 82 542 head, up 13 461 from last year. April 1 to April 17 6 465 head, up 3 005 from last year. Mutton and lamb figures noted with price ranges.
Local market notes list grain and hay prices in bulk and sack forms for wheat rye oats corn and bran with per 100 lb or per ton rates. In Colorado Springs H W Atkinson and A L Hampton report gold-bearing rock in basements near East Castilla with assays from 2 to 38 dollars per ton and potential for a mineralized dyke extending several miles.
New York reports the week ending April 19 as the most remarkable in the stock market since McKinley’s election. Brokers cite gains by Morgan, Rockefeller, Gould, Stillman, and others, with estimates of millions earned since January 1. Clearings hit a record, and New York surpasses national totals in weekly clearings.
At Frances near Ward the snowslide buried two locomotives and a snow plow, killing three crewmen and injuring others. Bodies of Hannan, Fitzgerald, and Milner recovered. Oliver Sellers severely injured. Rescue efforts ongoing under cold, clear conditions with miners assisting through the night.
In London Sir William Vernon Harcourt denounced the war budget as disastrous, urging that borrowing £127 million more risks financial ruin. The House of Commons crowded as taxation plans for 1901-02 were outlined, with total war charges totalling £187,602,000 and a net deficit of £53,207,000 for 1900-01.
A fierce gale hit the region from 2 to 6 am causing extensive property damage near Chattanooga Tennessee with two suburban churches wrecked and Lookout Inn partly unroofed. Telegraph lines and railroad wires suffered. damage echoed at Bridgeport Alabama and Selma. The river steamer City of Charleston sank near Bridgeport but there were no fatalities.
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