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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1896
Page
2
Prof Hortet of Lyons reports experiments with guinea pigs showing Roentgen rays prevent bacilli development in tuberculosis. He says the method could stop consumption progression and urges further testing and verification.
Two former Ohio state senators were sentenced to two years each in prison. One admitted soliciting the house clerk to alter a bill’s passage record, the other to soliciting funds to help a different bill pass.
Delphi residents were scandalized as heiress Miss Carrie West married married man W T Harris of Hammond after mortgaging a business block to fund Harris divorce. The ceremony was performed by Squire Coster and the couple departed for their honeymoon in a rare leap year event.
Mrs Mary Caton wife of a Lansing Michigan stock farm owner sailed from New York with nine trotting horses to lead the European circuit. She is trusted as the sole caretaker manager of the stable during the entire European tour due to her horse handling knowledge and her husband’s detainment by business.
A Louisville woman went to a hotel to meet her son after years. He did not arrive but left a letter announcing he was in the pen itentiary. She fainted for three hours before learning from the rest of the note that he held a good job with the penitentiary contractors and could not come.
Although patriotic regret lingers over Yale’s Henley loss, the Yale crew’s humiliation is erased by a generous banquet at the Sports Club in London. The Leanders praised the Americans and strove to make them feel welcome, a stark contrast to last year’s Cornell aftermath.
German papers credit Captain Ingraham with first using the phrase in 1859 during the British Chinese war, not Admiral Tatnal. The article cites Ingraham's actions at Smyrna over Martin Koszta, noting his ship shielded Koszta’s demands, and Austria yielding. Emperor William recently used the phrase toward England as a goodwill gesture.
William J Bryan drew a huge crowd in Chicago on Aug 9 as thousands packed the Clifton House balcony and Wabash avenue steps to hear his remarks. Police opened the way for the carriage, and the reception continued inside the hotel before the Bryans visited a Presbyterian church service.
The World’s Washington special reports Secretary Hoke Smith plans to resign from the cabinet and the interior department. A close friend says the resignation was sent to the president at Gray Gables on Saturday. He pledged to follow the Chicago convention and asked to avoid remaining in the cabinet.
Richand P. Bland and his wife depart Chicago for a journey toward the Pennsylvania limit last evening and expect to join party members later.
General A. J. Warner arrived from Ohio to join the Bryan party at Alliance and travel with them to New York for a ratification meeting. Warner left Washington to meet Bryan in Pittsburgh while delaying at a house to see him and commented that free silver sentiment was weakening according to his view.
Randall withdraws his candidacy in Cheyenne as the Wyoming Populists discuss uniting with Democrats. He states Bryan will gain near unanimous support in the state and McKinley ticket is unlikely. He urges Populists to withdraw and fuse with Democrats.
A Bridgeton New Jersey merchant family suffered exposure after consuming suspected poison. Jervmisi ster and wife were seriously affected, with their children Mia, Harry, Hazel, and Maggie rendered unconscious or in critical condition.
A brief note from Ashland Pennsylvania in August records Cast Meester’s result tied to the Logan colliery breaker of the Valley Coal and Iron Company. The item notes the event at the mine site and the associated company.
London report notes the death of Lady Nyson widow of Longfellow inspired poet at her residence after a brief illness due to congestive failure.
A river excursion near Berlin on the Spree ended in tragedy as a steamer collided with a boat, sinking it and drowning sixteen people mostly young men. Rescue attempts failed. only four survivors were reported.
In Muncie Indiana Aug 10 12 iron works and the mi works revived operations after weeks with full force. Puddling and finishing mill work to start with full turns and the bolt works department to begin Wednesday morning at the Midland steelworks. Officials say business prospects are very uncertain and they do not know how long the revival will last.
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