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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1890
Page
2
A column of varied notes discusses wartime strength, social roles, and the evolution of science in civilization. It cites Britain’s legal standards for mines, New York’s nobility influx, and advances in inoculation against Texas fever. It also touts safer lion taming with electricity and critiques the newspaper profession.
State notes report Florence will host a fine new opera house. Towns and projects spread across Colorado include incorporation at Green Mountain Falls, a new schoolhouse at Grand Junction, enhanced Canon City electric plant, and major rail and mining activity.
A violent cyclone hit Wirxessarre Pennsylvania at 7 PM causing widespread devastation. Trees toppled, hundreds of houses damaged, and key facilities like trains and wires were destroyed. Death toll stood at twelve with dozens more feared dead. Names and details remained unclear amid ongoing reports.
A catastrophic Old Colony railroad crash near Boston on the Woods Hall express kills fifteen, injures many, and recalls the Wollaston disaster. The locomotive left the track near President's Bridge after passing Quincy at 12 57 pm, plunging into a twelve-foot embankment. car No 236 and the Pullman were torn apart, with about fifty passengers in the wrecked coach and eleven bodies recovered. Engineer Babcock and Fireman John Ryan were aboard the engine.
August 19 New York Central Vice President Webb stated that the company will spend 2 000 000 to avert a strike by securing a new force of firemen within 48 hours If needed he will halt all freight traffic and close yards until replacements arrive backed by stockholders The Knights of Labor Federation of Labor Trainmen's Association and other unions are present for talks with Mesrs Powderly Hayes Sargent Wilkinson Howard Sweeney among them
Reports from about 1500 correspondents in Chicago indicate spring wheat yield for 1890 will be slightly below last year, with total production down by roughly 3 million bushels. Quality and yield are better than expected given adverse growing conditions. Nebraska and the Dakotas likely to match last year’s output. Iowa coal losses around 2 million bushels. Minnesota about 1 million. Harvested area down 2-5 percent in most states, except Minnesota up about 10 percent from 1889.
A Western city resident, described as a refined young woman, declares she is not engaged and prays for her future husband. She asks for deliverance from temptation, steadfastness in health, and success in business, adding a wish to be brought together soon.
A letter from V Powderly questions recent dismissals of New York Central workers linked to Knights of Labor and urges arbitration to resolve the strike. Webb replies that discharges were for cause, not union membership, and rejects arbitration as a policy.
The Union Works of San Francisco has completed a 10-stamp silver mill touted as the largest and finest stamp mill yet built. Made for Huachuca de Holivia, a Parisian Bolivian capitalists’ company, it serves Bolivia’s vast mines 14,000 feet up. The machine weighs 2000 tons with 1200 tons aboard a bark and the remainder due in thirty days.
Telegraphic dispatches report Parliament prorogation and visits by Emperor William to the Czar, while a wide array of demographic, political, and economic items follow. Population counts for New Mexico and Washington, various strikes, financial moves on silver, and regional events in Santa Fe, Las Vegas, and Missouri are noted, along with scientific, political, and public-interest items across the nation.
Seven men raided the Kansas City passenger express near Robbers Cut thirteen miles from Sedalia Missouri Pacific line. They overpowered the engineer and fireman, forced Messenger Avery to surrender cash, and escaped within minutes. Authorities pursued but had not caught suspects by 8 p.m. The loss is estimated at about $30,000.
The State Board of Land Commissioners met with Governor Cooper Secretary Rice and Attorney General Jones. They approved a 100 foot right of way for the proposed Pacific Short Line through section 16 township north range 7S west, narrowly limiting any single rival route. The project, likely Burlington system linked, has work already begun in Left Hand Canon and details remain unsettled about ownership. A committee was also appointed to study the Bob Creek ditch crossing state lines.
Aug reports from Southern and Central Minnesota indicate threshing yields range from fifteen to twenty bushels per acre in some areas, with timber districts particularly heavy. Overall state average likely around thirteen bushels, totaling about 43 million bushels, down from 48 million last year, while South Dakota and other regions show varied results.
Senate debated West amending tin plate duties with a 28 to 30 vote, Plumb’s counterproposals, and a 1 cent bounty plan. House adjourned after noting quorum and continued river and harbor funding discussions. The period also featured a Louisiana lottery fight, a defective land bill debate, and routine rules changes as Congress pressed toward adjournment.
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