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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1903
Page
3
Bar Harbor society awaits a Navy court martial for Lieut Edie charged with insulting Mrs. Hugh Tevis a California widow. The case traces to a Malvern call on Mrs Tevis and her sister Miss Baxter then a dinner at Kebo Valley club and a quarrel over a remark by Wiltsee prompting talk of a fist fight and possible duel.
A 17 year old white slave girl arrived in Chicago after a two decade life of forced labor on a South Dakota ranch near Highmore. John Mayer, an uncle in Chicago, organized her escape aided by a nearby ranchman. She described long, brutal days milking cows, tending cattle, and hard field work, with rare rest and little education until learning of relatives two months earlier.
William E. Dodge, 71, millionaire and philanthropist, died last week at his Stanwood summer home in Bar Harbor Missouri after months of poor health. Survived by a widow and three daughters. He belonged to Metropolitan Museum of Art Sherman Statute committee Hewitt Memorial committee Union League club New York Academy of Sciences Linnean Society American Historical Society. He was a member of Metropolitan City Century Downtown Riding Reform Presbyterian Country and Commonwealth clubs and the New England Society.
Cornelius P Shea, 35, of Boston, was elected president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Helpers at Niagara Falls. He serves as general business agent of the General Teamsters Union of Boston and is midway through his second term as president of the Teamsters Joint Union of Boston. Under his leadership Boston teamsters won the eight hour day and a $2 weekly wage increase with weekly pay days. He helped unite the two factions, leading meetings toward national unity.
Astronomers say Borelli's comet poses no earth danger and would merely create a spectacular light show if it collides with the planet. A quoted expert notes the event would be an instantaneous ignition and dissipation of meteoric particles in space.
Charles and Morey Watts, fish weir owners near Pond Cove Island, Ma chias, Me, killed a 16 foot shark intruding at Rogue Bluffs after a difficult struggle. The shark’s stomach held a sea lion about 300 pounds, swallowed in three pieces.
St Paul plans a semi centennial celebration with key dates March 4 1854 when the city incorporation bill was signed by Gov Gorman April 11 when the city government began operating and April 18 the first mayor David Olmsted was inaugurated The notes reflect a historical commemoration plan and city milestones In Teneriffe Canary Islands five thousand women produce drawn work valued at two hundred fifty thousand dollars annually for English and German buyers It highlights a sizable textile industry in that locale and the earnings generated by workers there
Plans call major improvements along the Waterloo field area with a widened avenue from the Lion of Waterloo to Mont St. Jean and to Treves, transforming the highway into a broad thoroughfare. Additional enhancements on the Brussels Namur road between Tervueren and provincial limits are under consideration.
Frederick Charles Digby-Roberts mayor of Abilene Texas has completed a genealogical tree tracing direct paternal descent to AD 1016 and maternal lines back fifty years further He says he is a direct descendant of William the Conqueror He came to the United States from England twenty years ago and has resided in Abilene since He is married to an American woman and has one child.
Ibsen recovers from a serious illness and plans a summer excursion to St Petersburg and Finland to observe Russia’s suppression of Finnish rights. Also noted is the eighty third birthday celebration of composer J O Emerson in Boston for songs like A Life on the Ocean Wave and The Ivy Green.
The article argues for possible Christian presence in Pompeii before AD 79, citing St Pauls landing at Puteoli and a 1882 fresco possibly depicting the Judgment of Solomon, plus Pompeii’s abundant religious life. It notes Pompeii’s artifacts, houses, temples, and art provide insight into ancient beliefs and daily life, while reflecting on how biblical narratives may have influenced or reached the city.
Will Jones and Will Hudson died by hanging in the Birmingham jail yard for highway robbery. Hudson smoked a cigar on the scaffold and claimed months earlier he shot at a police helmet. He boasted of twenty one killings and said he would tell his murders to his Master after death.
Newspaper man Jean A Crone of Augusta Maine plans a 21000 mile journey to visit all U S state capitals in three years six months. He has covered 2194 miles since April 1 walking with a wheelbarrow device carrying clothing tent food and supplies on a five thousand dollar wager. He travels under the title Troyette and aims to complete the trek by wrapping up the return to Maine.
In England a lordship butler died leaving an estate of 150000 dollars prompting talk that wealth among butlers is common through salaries and generous tips. London weekly cites a conservatively paid ex butler who built a hotel business for fifteen years and profited greatly from sale. Also, John Carver Winans, a true 49er, died in San Francisco after sailing from New York in 1849 with nine others aboard the venture that led to mining and later manufacturing fortunes. Only three of the original 100 survive today.
After a marriage two months ago Grand Duchess Carolina of Saxe Weimar challenges court etiquette and bureaucratic restraint. High courtiers resist her bid for household autonomy, provoking notable friction and sending the duchess to Switzerland for peace. Promoting Annexation Sentiment Man speaks on intermarriage of Americans and Canadians, recalling a southern Irish joke on secession.
Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, retiring Aug 3 at age 64, issues a general order bidding farewell to the army. The message praises discipline, patriotism, and the army as guardian of liberty, urging activity within lawful limits and ongoing warfare against armed enemies. Resentment grows in London over American women’s social prominence, led by the duchess of Portland, who accuses aristocrats of accepting money for court presentations.
Benjamin Wright of Richland Oregon and his brother Daniel Wright of Trenton Missouri meet in Trenton after a fifty year separation. Benjamin left for California in 1892, was captured near St. Joseph with his team and freight, escaped days later, and continued west with nothing. Now 77 and visiting Missouri for the first time since then.
Sir Tatton Sykes ranks among England's wealthiest baronets with a rent roll near 400000 dollars yearly. His eccentricity matches his riches, often wearing four coats and sometimes a dozen in winter. Dr. Maurice Bloomfield of Johns Hopkins studies a glossary of Veda Babylonia terms during his scholar's vacation.
A Derby Connecticut young man was made very sick by smoking his first cigar the other night and had to be helped home by friends. The article contrasts American and British industry noting U S manufactories are now three times as valuable as those in Great Britain.
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