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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1896
Page
2
Secretary Hoke Smith is said to be forming a quiet personal revolt while counsel admonishes not to ask nonessential questions. A New York mother claims her son killed his older brother in anger but insists it was an accident.
A clipped reminiscence discusses liberty and celebration with scattered images of peaches, ice cream, and a boarding house fee, implying the strength of freedom has waned since a notable birth of freedom. The phrasing remains fragmentary and stylistic.
New Harem Connecticut plans a public campaign to force Yale University to pay taxes on properties yielding more than $6,000 annually. Town Counsel Goodhart spoke on June 30 advising the board of assessors. Yale authorities say they will resist tax payment in court, marking the first nationwide effort to tax a university.
The passage notes a dispute over succession within the Vanderbilt family as to who should inherit and lead the house. It describes strong determination on both sides, with youthful enthusiasm seen as a potential decisive factor despite concerns about misinheritance.
The bounder Rawson, expelled from the Thirteen club for forging a membership letter from H R H the Prince, obtained several letters from a woman under false pretenses. He published them and a purported letter to the editor in a New York paper. She sues for $2060.
A London Times correspondent notes narcissus farming has overtaken early potatoes as Scilly Islands main industry. Narcissus bulbs now fetch £1–£2 per 1900, 400,000 bulbs per acre, about 400 acres grown, yielding roughly £40,000 yearly. Potatoes and most vegetables are now imported. after narcissus forcing, homes house tomato plants.
New York reports 469 funerals on Sunday and over 3 in Brooklyn as undertakers struggle with coffin and hearse shortages. Across cemeteries, 1,510 deaths last week yielded unprecedented burials and delayed services, with costs rising about 20 percent and many bodies stored in receiving vaults.
In Belfast on August 17 serious rioting broke out during national demonstrations for amnesty to Irish political prisoners. Processions merged into a large show of bandsmen armed with spears, stone-throwing followed, bandsmen attacked crowds, many injured, police charged with batons, several arrests made as order was restored amid threats of renewed marches.
Police deploy strong presence across Belfast streets to deter further rioting while signaling readiness to call in military aid if riots escalate and order cannot be restored by local constabulary.
Dispatch states Mexican authorities will deploy two garrisons at Nogales to halt further Indian raids as mounted troops pursue bands crossing into Mexico to intercept them.
Aug 1 report says Fusca of Populist and silver factions who left the Republican party formed the People’s party in Washington. The party will nominate Democrats for congressional seats after a Populist convention decision. Other officers were allotted to the Democrats.
A dynamite explosion at a company summer kitchen killed Frank Hammond of Harrisburg and George Crossman of Steelton, injuring others and wrecking adjacent buildings. Cannon was inside the kitchen. fate of the cause remains uncertain as he survived.
Major McKinley and Chairman Hanna met in Cleveland and discussed campaign status. Hanna said the western situation is improving daily and education work is yielding good results. More than 15,000,000 documents have been mailed from Chicago in the past two weeks.
Fragments report Mr Hanna and Major McKinley amid East campaign tours. The text hints at upcoming elections and unread lectern remarks amid a busy schedule, with limited contextual clarity about events or dates.
The continuing strike has cut 4000 from the exchequer and halted work in 136 shops. About 1200 tallers and 700 women remain off the job as contractors hire extra help. Thousands of workers, many Italians, await solvency reviews and bond guarantees.
In Kentucky a government plan faced formal adoption as representatives urged fair footing for coal operators. The move seeks certificates per ton of coal to place operators on a government footing amid statewide debates on mineral control.
A council meeting in Atlantic City unanimously adopts a resolution urging Pennsylvania bankers to adopt New York Philadelphia and Chicago examples by depositing large holdings into the Unite exchange for legal tender. The measure aims to support the government in gold reserve withdrawals.
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