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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1902
Page
2
A miscellany notes society quirks and global quirks from a blue rose in London to Sara Bernhardt’s melancholia, Rockefeller aspirations, and a Kansas grocer with the shortest name. Anecdotes touch markets, travel, and humor with sharp quips about industry, wine labels, and political schemes.
Cincinnati dispatch reports the International Typographical Union's close vote to hold the next convention in Washington at the national capital for better access to favorable legislation. The Milwaukee and Denver letters surfaced discusses affiliations across unions and several internal rule changes were adopted including limits on foremen’s talent pools and prohibitions on interchanging type and engravings between rival firms. The annual convention of stereotypers and electrotypers set to meet in Washington next August.
Denver reports a Colorado man likely to claim a share of the Fair estate left by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fair who died in a Paris auto accident. C J Smith of Boulder, brother of a Fair, is in Denver and may pursue the inheritance if Mrs Fair died after or before her husband.
Grand Lodge of Elks bans street fairs and carnivals as lodge fundraisers effective January 1. Law also sets July 21 1903 Baltimore reunion date. Denver lodge wins prize drill with 250 dollars. Butte and San Francisco bands place second and third.
Santos-Dumont sails for France on La Touraine after public prize issues thwart a 25000 dollar flight offer in New York. He plans to return for the St. Louis exposition airship contest and to prepare a new craft while noting the Brighton Beach machine has been sold.
Washington notes report G A R encampment in October. Secretary Shaw questions Cuban loan jurisdiction. Forwood says Philippines cholera under control with rainy season relief anticipated. Navy to visit Wake and Midway Islands after Japanese contact. Carriage wagon output rises. central states attract industry. Cuban fortresses policy reviewed as U S forces aid Cuban troops. Army staffing shifts for adjutant general and War Department. Internal Revenue targets banks profits tax with possible court test. Fort Sill land use for Apache prisoners considered. White House renovations near completion. Roosevelt aims active social season. Justice Holmes to join Supreme Court. Justice Gray resigns after stroke. Guam legal system under Navy supervision. inquiries into native trials and appeal limits underway.
The State Board of Capitol Managers will seek bids for gilding the capitol dome and interior decoration. The State Land Board plans a 25 percent rent reduction and one year extension for leases in Rio Grande Saguache Concos and Castillo counties to aid drought hit farmers. The Victor Fuel Company agrees to a new 10 year coal lease with $100 yearly rent and $2,000 annual royalty. A relief map for the St. Louis World’s Fair is under study with an estimated $600 cost locally. A Denver brass bell for the cruiser is contracted, plus a silver punch bowl from remaining funds.
The state legal adviser weighs in on a clash between Ferris of the State Historical Society and Game Warden Harris over seized song birds. The issue questions possession and sale of protected birds and scientific taking with permits, noting Ferris has no permit and was charged with law violation.
Pueblo mayor Brown appoints Howard M. Shoup to succeed Chief McCafferty as head of the police department. The city notes a busy period with other officials and ongoing local developments across Colorado.
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