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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1895
Page
2
The city shows a poised attitude as it expects the national conventions to be hosted there, implying Chicago believes no other city can compete for such events. The remark underscores confidence in Chicago as a premier convention venue and the absence of viable challengers.
New York papers urge fresh men for the police, while others accuse those papers of libeling Roosevelt by portraying him as insufficiently experienced.
Mike Schingowitz left Hankinson last week and, in Neenah, Wisconsin, met, wooed, and wed Sadie Thornton all in one day. The brewer may soon regret how quickly the marriage was arranged.
The St. Louis party joined the New York and Chicago delegations at a rally, being treated as insiders rather than outsiders. The Star-Sayings notes the contrast, highlighting their acceptance and unity within the event.
George Harris, the historical basis for Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom, is in destitute circumstances near Lexington Kentucky. His income and expenses are described as a 5-cent piece for some time while many touring Uncle Tom actors profit from the role.
Mrs Nellie Louise Durant Johnson known for gowns for Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt now Duchess of Marlborough and the Goulds was arrested last week on arson charges. Police found kerosene soaked bags in her flat as evidence and say they have a clear case.
A Texas item recalls a Jest Book anecdote about a horse with a seven foot back. The horse was taken for a ride and at a calling place was handed to a "caller" to place in a stable. The caller later reported one end in the stable and the other end still outside in the yard.
Edison proposes building air ships that sail and tack like yachts. Gas stored in sails would provide lifting power and propulsion, making gas bags the active propulsion rather than an obstacle.
In his annual report President An d r e w s of Brown University argues football is safer than rowing yachting gunning and running hounds and baseball and even tennis are riskier, noting rowing is many times more fatal.
A wife sold for ten dollars and a boy bringing fourteen bundles of corn stalks suggest the human market in Michigan is in low spirits. An ordinary English duke reportedly brought seven million nine thousand dollars in New York.
A compendium of brief items reports Levi P Mortoo as a presidential candidate while Dr George Fraker is released on bail. It notes disputes from Seattle Hawaii sugar refinery talks to a New Soundland gale and a Mersey collision.
A Mine explosion at Cusnneck mine six miles west of Raleigh killed an estimated forty three miners. Of sixty seven men sent down that day, twenty four returned severely wounded while one mule and two men died on slope No 2. Rescue efforts were hampered by damp and ongoing threats of more deaths. Families gathered all day as bodies were recovered amid wreckage and debris.
A boiler room explosion on the American Line steamer St Paul at Fulton Street dock New York killed seven men and injured five. The main three foot diameter steam pipe exploded, shattering a stop valve and sending clouds of steam over the vessel as preparations were made to sail. No passengers aboard at the time, but the blast rattled the area.
In Lake View district, Gilpin Gold Company workers John Stevens and Thomas Fiyon, both in their twenties, were overcome by toxic air at the 400 foot level of a mine. Stevens was found dead at a ladder doorway after a delay in rescue, Flynn is believed to have died near the shaft. Local authorities note no gas was detected after, but the air system valve may have failed. Peak tensions arise as investigators search for the cause and warn of volatile air in mines.
James H. Smith sues 519 for damages in Bridgeport Connecticut claiming a local G A B commander from the Forty York volunteers stated the defense was for all who served in the Civil War. The incident relates to Bridgeport harbor during the era of potential conflict with England.
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