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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1903
Page
2
A collage of wry observations and satirical asides on Russia, Jews, editors, celebs, and everyday life. Jabs at international politics, moralizing, and social norms mix with jokes about bicycles, knighting, and a maverick London buyer. Notable lines reference Russia and Persia, comets, and tobacco studies with sharp wit and pointed humor.
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company rejects land fraud allegations tied to Routt county and coal lands. Judge Beaman says the firm never owned coal lands. most lands entered long ago, some homesteads or preemptions. Company asserts all entries were lawful and that disputes stem from misinformed reports and shifting newspaper coverage.
Attorney General WN Miller stated yesterday he read the August 8 morning paper interview about the Kansas Colorado water case. He noted the article on the first page and underscored the publication of interviews related to the litigation.
State Auditor Holmberg has apportioned the general appropriation bill funds into designated funds for auditor use as provided by law. A total of 176067.13 dollars from the short appropriation bill were omitted from this apportionment.
Auditor Holmberg projects that most state schools and many charitable institutions will receive no funds this year under the new appropriation bill. Revenue losses exceed 150000 due to property tax cuts and a 2000000 excess appropriation from the extra session. The world’s fair grant is unlikely to be paid, though Gov Peabody reportedly guarantees funds. Warden Cleghorn may pursue execution of Harry King, pending court challenges to the death penalty.
Cripple Creek Colorado August 15 Work on the drainage tunnel was suspended yesterday afternoon as miners who refused to walk out Wednesday heeded the union command yesterday Operators plans to finish the tunnel by August 25 remain undisclosed but it is certain that men will be secured for continued work
Greeley protests Sunday baseball bans and seeks action. Notable items include a Morrison Golden road damage from a August cloudburst, Loveland corn roast revival on September 15, and civic notes from Denver and Pueblo.
M R Brystone of Sterling died August 10 when struck by lightning while driving from a stone quarry near Spring Dale Lake. A horse was killed, wagon burned, and Brystone badly burned. He came from Shelby County Illinois fifteen years ago, lived in Sterling eight years, aged fifty four. He leaves three daughters and two sons, the eldest a University of Boulder student.
William E Dodge dies at fat Harbor Maine August 9. Andrew Carnegie offers Dublin 140000 for a free public library. John A Bookwalter Springfield Ohio to run for US senator to succeed Hanna. Fifty thieves sentenced after Mindanao raids. Willie Edmonds 6 shot dead by Charles Newman 7 at Kamloops. Treasury buys 70000 ounces silver for Philippine coinage at 55 1 2 cents. Kilauea resumes activity after lava slide. Cracow riots kill sixty since August 5. General Miles elected president of Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association. Co operative Union laundry fails after Chicago strike. Eaton Stone theater rider dies at Nutley New Jersey aged 86. Italian naval ministry keeps squadron ready for East. Brigadier General Woodson dies at Paola Kansas. Turkish troops in Macedonia reportedly desert for pay. Moscow strike in Russia grows, half a million affected. Dowie becomes US citizen in Chicago. American firm to supply Russian flour mills at Pekin. Lisbon rocked by 2 second earthquake, no fatalities. President offers McClelland Board of General Appraisers. Pekin floods drown 700 people at Che Foo. Kieff strikers fire on rioters. three killed, twenty four wounded. Princess Radziwill freed from prison. Carthage windstorm damages orchards and properties. Photographers plan a national salon at Winona. Rail acts and actinic light unit decisions delay. $2 million award for terminal work by B&O. Chattanooga freight rates to Pacific states rise September 1. Indian wheat crop outlook good. monsoon weak in parts. Homestead steel mills suspend parts, 500 jobs affected. Carnegie Company mills to close for repairs.
James J. Jeffries, world heavyweight champion, defeated Jim Corbett after nine and a half rounds to a stoppage in the tenth. Corbett's seconds signaled referee Graney to halt the bout to prevent further punishment. Jeffries showed speed, skill, and power, outpointing Corbett early and delivering decisive blows before the stoppage.
Victor Colorado August 15 The Western Federation of Miners District Union No 1 releases a formal reply to the Mine Owners Association accusing it of dividend greed and scheming, denounces scab tactics, and affirms miners stand with union leadership to secure fair living conditions in mines mills and smelters.
London August 15 Parliament closed its session after the King read the speech proroguing Parliament until November 2. Balfour blamed Christian dissensions for Macedonia troubles while noting Austro Russian efforts to reform administration. The Irish land bill aims to keep landowners resident and improve life in poorer districts.
London, Aug. 15. The House of Lords approved the Irish land bill as finalized by the House of Commons. The Commons accepted all amendments except two minor ones. the measure now awaits royal assent to become law.
Washington August fifteenth discussion by the Woman's International Auxiliary to the Typographical Union on funding provision for aged and infirm wives of printers admitted to the Printers' Home at Colorado Springs met with broad sympathy but delegates felt the auxiliary was too young to launch a costly movement.
Major William Cooke Daniels of Daniels & Fisher in Denver plans a six month Papua expedition with 200 armed guides. The team, organized in London, will sail from Sydney on a $20,000 brig to study ethnology geology botany hydrography and more. They aim to test Papua as the birthplace of leprosy and cancer germs.
A formal invitation to the next grand encampment of the G A R in Denver was forwarded by the Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco. The package includes letters from the governor, the Denver mayor, and leaders from other Colorado cities and commercial bodies.
Fourteen masked men seized a sheep camp herder from Joe Sturgeon’s camp in Dupuyer on Wednesday night. They tied him to a tree in the mountains and whipped him to death while warning sheepmen to leave. The attackers shot many sheep and drove the rest away. The victim’s name is not learned. Sheriff Taylor leads a heavy posse in pursuit, with horses identified by brands.
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