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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1892
Page
2
A snapshot of late 19th century chatter: Denver corruption revelations, mining booms from Creede to Colorado, and the national political stir around Palmer money schemes Hill versus anti-Hill factions. Mention of Chicago World’s Fair bonds, a Paris trip, aurora displays, and debates over public hospital care and tax policy.
A Palo Alto County Iowa town teeters under mob rule as saloon keepers recapture seized liquor. Deputies cannot identify assailants and fear retaliation as the grand jury stalls on indictments amid organized, violent threats against anyone who interferes with saloon business.
Police in Magdeburg, near Berlin, investigate a murder spree linked to a man named Fritzerbee and his fiancée Dorothy Buntrock. They recruited victims by ads for companionship to a wealthy woman, lured girls to a wood, where Fitzerbee killed them, stripped their belongings, and hid the bodies. Buntrock has described the killings. Public indignation runs high.
Charles T Wills won a $52,216 judgment against Dr Talmage's Brooklyn tabernacle, signed by Judge Pratt, to be sold in one parcel at public auction. The tabernacle cost over $500,000. trustees failed to raise funds, and a long struggle to cover running expenses followed. The article also notes Michigan Supreme Court rulings on saloon adjacents and reports a fast Majestic steamship voyage, plus the Indianapolis streetcar strike where police refuse to intervene and the company plans lawsuits.
A Moscow dispatch to the London Standard reports Count Tolstoi, who has aided famine relief, has been ordered by the government to return to his estate following a letter about the famine published in London. Countess Tolstoi denies he authored the letter. A New French Cabinet is to be formed with M. Rouvier as premier and finance minister.
Dispatches describe fierce gales along the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland causing numerous maritime casualties. Life savers have been kept busy rescuing sailors from the watery graves as wrecks pile up from the storm.
An American banker, Edward Parker Deacon from Boston, returned to the Hotel Splendid in Cannes and shot the Frenchman Emile Abille after finding him with his wife, Mrs. Deacon. The confrontation turned fatal for Abille while the wife fainted and bystanders gathered. Deacon reportedly vowed further vengeance against his wife as she faced the tragedy.
The Steamship Indiana departed Philadelphia with twenty nine thousand sacks of flour and donated provisions for famine struck Russia. The vessel carries varied relief items and is crowded with spectators at Washington street wharf. Clergy from multiple denominations offered prayers as Captain Sargent aims for Libau, weather permitting, by March 8.
A digest of Senate and House activity from February through early March, noting constitutional amendments, tributes to Senator Plumb, passage of the ten year Chinese immigration bill, various committee actions, and appointments. It covers pensions, Indian appropriation, labor investigations, West Point visits, and presidential and treasury statements on immigration, sanitation, and World’s Fair funding. It also mentions Mrs. Harrison’s Daughters of the Revolution presidency and naval cadet appointments.
A night fire in New Orleans on the 17th swept away A Schwartz & Sons dry goods and several adjoining businesses. Flames engulfed Kraus Brothers, Cleverius Drugs, Werlin Pianos, and other shops along Bourbon street near Canal. Fire crews struggled as roofs collapsed, total loss near two million dollars.
France faced a cabinet crisis as the entire ministry submitted resignations to President Carnot following the Chamber of Deputies debate on a religious associations bill. The chamber rejected both the urgency motion and the cabinet’s continuation of Republican policy, prompting ministers to resign. Carnot urged them to stay, and they left the chamber.
Commissioner Carter rules the original survey used magnetic north, not true north, causing misdescription. The patent remains valid as a description of the site on the ground, and claimants may surrender old patents for cancellation to receive a new patent reflecting the amended survey approved June 13, 1800.
A man near the Rio Grande depot awoke to a hard knock and found a week old baby boy on his doorstep. He plans to adopt the infant, believing it an act of kindness from a mysterious giver.
In Colorado and Western states bold claims emerge from Sports Afield as 15 year old Dennis Livesey of Roan Creek reportedly surpasses a grizzly killer by slaying two mountain sons in one day and four lions in a week, while other items note a mine accident at Leo near Oro and a Rio Grande Telegraphers conference averting a strike. Also reported are Denver University moves, Colorado Central rates pending, and Denver market prices for eggs butter wheat and cattle.
Brief notes detail a fireman’s death in Baltimore, a Missouri man fatally shooting his step-brother over a will dispute, and a Vincennes woman awarded 86000 from a madman’s estate. Other items report famine aid to Russia, police hunting for dynamite in Paris, a textile strike settlement, a Guatemalan revolution suppression, a dynamite incident at a Tennessee saloon, and a Missouri quarrel explosion. Washington birthday celebrations at Wabash College ended with dynamite blasts, and the Fifth International Navigation Congress opens July 2 in Paris with U.S. delegates invited. Nicaragua grants a perpetual Louisiana Lottery charter, with Greytown as principal office and branches across Central America. Internal revenue for seven months rises by 1699109, with gains in spirits and oleomargarine but losses in tobacco and miscellaneous. A Montana dispatch notes a meteor event near Hamilton with a 200 foot impact and a 100 foot plume near Marcus Daly’s ranch.
A Denver letter irks a Western Farm Company investigation, alleging mortgage defaults and mismanagement. The writer claims the company has been morally and financially rotten, with mortgages foreclosed for taxes and property overvalued, while investors are left unpaid. Officials consider taking action after reviewing the letter and related communications.
The preliminary hearing for I Hartman on alleged threats to Mrs Betts occurred before Justice Ports. Hartman faced a charge of manipulation and harm, with Mrs Betts claiming three months of coercion and that Hartman planned the killing of Mr Betts. Mrs Betts wept as she testified, Hartman bound over to appear next term. A separate note reports a Creede land survey dispute and proposed retrial, highlighting W H Cockrill Rio Grande County, W W Allen's questioned survey work, and potential confusion from rapid claims filings.
Rumors of misused school funds in District No 2 at Lake ex Ling circulate. County Superintendent Dr Crook confirms an expert review of eight years data from 158% to May 1891 finding thousands diverted without board approval. He will present findings and seek formal investigation. A creamery plan at Gunpire advances with a $5500 capital, site purchase, buildings, and equipment, needing milk from 1200 cows to operate.
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