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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1902
Page
2
A mosaic of society notes from The Register covers figures from Mr Carnegie to Miss Stone and Crown Prince Wilhelmina. It jokes about famine in Japan plans, yellow fever in Cuba, and the mood of politics in New England while noting aging performers and famous names. It teases Lord Kitchener, Gen Buller, and Colonel Lynch as well as Harvard clubs and Mexico’s navy.
Mrs Ormsby of Chicago sues for a divorce, noting a lengthy marriage marked by fourteen children. The article suggests the union failed more from bad luck with the flour barrel than from the marriage itself.
The piece notes readers mourn fewer swashbuckling heroes as modern stories invite updated romance for 1902. It comments on changing gender dynamics in fiction, a shift from swords to golf sticks and cars, and mentions Anneke Jans heirs pursuing vast Trinity Church assets. It also reports a Philadelphia meeting raising 2.68 dollars for legal help and remarks on Italy’s, and Europe’s, finances showing a surplus.
A Victor mine manager, Martin G. Gleason, lured to an abandoned Kalamazoo shaft house was murdered. His body, found at the shaft bottom, shows a fatal head wound and gunshot. a dump hook bearing blood suggests it was used before the shot. Authorities offer rewards to capture the killers.
Washington reports German warships near Venezuela spark fears of a blockade to starve the nation into submission. Venezuela, with La Guayra and Maracaibo as likely targets, relies on foreign port investment and American presence to deter conflict.
Chicago reports the new federal constitution of the Methodist Episcopal Church approved by a three quarters majority. Women win the right to sit as delegates in the general conference while male delegates gain authority to vote on constitutional questions. The amendment lowers the amendment threshold from three quarters to two thirds.
Fort Worth, December 28. Secretary J C Loving of the Texas Live Stock Association announced the program for the next convention to be held in El Paso on January 15 and 16. Papers cover beef animal standards, eliminating prejudices against the Texas steer, Texas feed products for fattening cattle, revival of the horse industry, and sheep and goat industries. Governor Joseph Sayers will address the gathering. The twelfth annual convention will be held in Fort Worth.
Buenos Ayres reports progress toward peace between Argentina and Chile. A protocol word was changed before public release in Santiago. Argentine minister Portela protested the alteration, and the Chilean foreign minister ordered a correction.
Colorado news summary reports Dr. W W Grant elected vice president of the Western Surgical and Gynecological Association after a Chicago meeting. It lists eight new State Humane Society agents, plus reports from the Soldiers Home at Monte Vista, state house flag tribute, Christmas gifts to state officials, and the Pueblo Insane Asylum crowding. It covers Timber Appraiser Wells coal-lease audits, Denver Park Commission 1901 finances, and Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company collapse. It ends with Soldiers' and Sailors' Home finances and inmate statistics.
Denver begins the twenty seventh annual Colorado State Teachers Association convention with 386 teachers present and expected enrollment to reach 450. President C S Palmer presided as Dr E I Lancaster of Colorado College spoke on Nervous and Defective Children noting parental over solicitude as a major cause and urging early training and less baby talk.
In Washington reports Panama may win the canal battle as Congress nears reconvening. The Panama Canal Company threatens a $40 million offer to sell its property, aiming to shift support from Nicaragua. Senate leanings grow, while the Isthmian commission could reverse its Nicaragua endorsement if conditions change.
Denver dispatch reports the Laramie Hahn's Peak & Pacific Railroad plans about 600 miles of line built independently. The first 100 miles on a common stock basis, no debt after completion, graders near Little Laramie, with routes to Rambler mine, Gold Hill, Campment and Battle Lake areas, then into Platte valley and North Park. Cushioned by coal deposits and the Interstate Townsite Co preparing a headquarters building in Laramie for occupancy by April 1.
London dispatch reports The Times editorial challenges continental papers claims that Russia alone kept Europe from intervening in the Hispano American war. The paper says Britain’s stance should be documented to dispel the legend of British inaction and prevent repetition of past myths.
Governor John H. Rogers died at 8 oclock after a brief pneumonia illness in Olympia. His successor will be Henry G. McBride who was the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor and elected. Rogers was a Populist elected on the fusion ticket, and McBride will assume the governorship.
United States Minister reports Nobel prize awards made December 10 in Stockholm and Christiana. Alfred Nobel left most of his fortune for humanity, prizes exceed 40 000 dollars each. Physics to Roentgen, chemistry to van Hoff, medicine to Behring, literature to Sully Prudhomme, peace prizes to Passy and Dunant. Diplomas awarded by crown prince at Stockholm. Norwegian Storthing presided at Christiana. Sully Prudhomme ill and absent.
A London editorial on William T. Sad's The Americanization of the World notes the US has largely surpassed Britain as a premier power but rejects Anglo American federation. It cites Britain's cast love and Cobden era aristocracy, acknowledges US influence on colonies, and posits Ireland would back federation. It also ponders US shifts on protectionism and offers of market access to Jamaica, Canada, or Australia in exchange for reciprocity.
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