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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1895
Page
7
A trolley car fell through an open draw on a Milwaukee bridge into the icy river. Three passengers were rescued after the car plunged through the water as brakes failed and the vehicle slipped toward the yawning gap. Strong arms and quick action saved several, with one woman and others pulling a passenger from the water.
Judge Grosscup ousts J B Greenhut from control of the whisky trust and appoints Receiver Lawrence to stay as oil rep and General John et to act as receiver in chief for New York stockholders. The ruling, though lengthy, upholds the receivership framework amid factional tensions.
An explosion and fire in a Saone et Loire coal mine killed multiple miners and trapped others. A rescue party recovered several bodies and many injured as failures to reach survivors continued.
General Superintendent Dunaway ordered Chief Engineer Bissell in Trinidad to restart Gulf road construction toward Pueblo. Receiver Trumbull in New York indicated negotiations with Rio Grande failed. Contractors were instructed to start immediately and the track gap will be closed soon.
In Mexico City a planned jail escape was thwarted by warden Colonel Simon Santaella. A tunnel near the night school doorway stretched 40 yards and bored through the gallery foundation, meant to undermine prison walls and reach all wards, potentially releasing hundreds of inmates.
A 300 person party of Africans arrived on the Queen and Crescent in New Orleans tonight. They traveled by a special train from Birmingham and expect many more in the coming months en route to Mexico to work on coffee plantations under the Mexican Colonization company with concessions on the Menapina river.
In Chicago on February 3 1903 leaders of the Order of Railway Conductors debated the split with the American Railway Union. A near unanimous vote urged the biennial convention to exclude members who remain loyal to the A R U claiming two masters cannot serve in rival unions.
In Mexico City on February 3 negotiations progress toward a pacific settlement. Guatemala's envoy De Leon and Foreign Minister Mariscal push for peace, while Mexican authorities mobilize, and judges and lawyers form a national guard amid foreign war talk abroad.
Foreign Minister Mariscal and Guatemalan Envoy De Leon have completed studying government notes. The coming week is expected to bring a decision on the matter.
Denver February report from the public meeting committee notes difficulty securing an auditorium and recommends buying a rent able space for 5000 seats at $2,500. The plan proceeds with local finance review as delegates forecast large national attendance and requests for reserved quarters.
The legislative council approved restoring the territory capitol to Santa Fe by 9 to 3. The bill, awaiting the governor's signature, authorizes $75,000 in 6 percent bonds over 30 years to rebuild the capitol, with existing materials and labor to complete the project. Local business leaders anticipate a 25 percent rise in real estate values due to the project.
Paris Feb 3 Ribot in the Chamber of Deputies said stopping silver coinage would be regrettable and only an international agreement could settle the crisis. He noted a growing movement in England for bimetallism and pledged to push France toward it despite domestic opposition.
Paris dispatch reports that Chinese envoys believed they had full power to seek peace. Opening credentials showed no authority to conclude or sign any treaty. Count Ito Hochobumi stated Japan was ready to reopen negotiations with a properly empowered embassy.
A secret gathering at the Hotel Argon on Thursday aimed to form a Georgia Alabama syndicate to collaborate with Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi holdings. The plan foresees a trust to control the Southern pine lumber market, with mills in the region composing most longleaf pine output.
Chinese envoys sent to negotiate peace with Japan will leave Hiroshima for Nagasaki tomorrow after an examination showed they lacked plenary powers. They were told to return to China.
Eastern Republicans flood senators with letters urging reconciliation with the President to support a sound currency bill. A Senate canvass finds 47 for free coinage of silver and 39 against, with Wilson of Washington and Clark of Wyoming pushing free silver to 49 votes.
Mrs Helen Meyers of Chicago visited Keokuk Iowa and told how her nervous malady and headaches nearly drove her to distraction. After a 15 year shock and invalidating worries she found relief with Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, buying them in Keokuk to restore health and color. She credits the pills with renewed vitality and spirits.
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