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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1897
Page
2
A Boston Indiana peddler allegedly broke his neck from a theatrical sneeze. The piece argues Hoosier health and coal supply myths, urging sanitation measures over sentimental images. It notes coal areas expanding and old ones lingering, and comments on schooling and health plans shaping future literature.
Readers note Venus glows in the west as Mars rises in the east after sunset. The pair appear to “squint” at each other and joke about onlookers, a charming celestial display that invites quiet stargazing from a warm nest before midnight.
Two and a half years pass since the church murders of two young women in San Francisco. Durrant, the Sunday school assistant superintendent, was tried and convicted but his sentence has repeatedly been delayed on technical grounds. The family is said to have only a small fortune left for legal costs.
Since March the Cape Colony government fights a deadly cattle plague identified as rinderpest. The disease progresses rapidly with deaths typically within thirty six hours of first symptoms. Natives demand compensation for herds slaughtered on suspicion, while efforts to contain it have failed.
The Rev William Justin Martha of the Second Collegiate Reformed Church in Harlem cites M Courbet and the Prince of Monaco to argue a whale can swallow large creatures. He notes the February 1981 report of James Bartley swallowed by a whale and later rescued alive.
At Fort Leavenworth Kansas twenty three privates of the United States army underwent examination for commissions and only three failed to pass. Of the three failure occurred in history and all were in history. This marks the best record ever achieved by a group of privates seeking commissions.
Samuel Kellar of Eureka Springs Arkansas shows a fine orange crop on exhibit and notes a second crop of strawberries and cherries is being picked in his orchards.
A Birmingham Mineral passenger train No. 40 derailed at Cababa river bridge twenty seven miles from Birmingham at 7 50 this morning. One account says twenty one lives were lost with nine survivors. bodies burned beyond recognition line the riverbank. Train wreckers blamed in unverified report.
The Security Mortgage Trust of Dallas passed into the hands of receiver Harry P. Hobler by creditor petition. The filing presents liabilities of 1 11 e055 plus 25 000 interest and 650 000 quit sale mortgages with assets totaling about 2 314 000. Substitutes include Building Association and Farm Lab companies. Hard times and poor collections cited as causes.
General Andrade and General Storrow docked from the Red Line steamer Caracas at quarantine. Andrade declined to discuss arbitration but indicated plans to go to Washington that night. Delfine noted that the arbitration treaty pleased the people and likely would be accepted by the government.
Washington dispatch reports friends of the conference movement expect Senate discussion after holidays with a caucus draft prepared by Senator Wolcott. The plan would let the president select conference delegates and determine the number, with an appropriation to fund the act and discretion on initiating the conference.
The committee believes Mex will secure means to advance the Republican platform and push for an international conference. A senator notes Europe’s mood, with France seen as proactive and Germany cordial, while warn that practical business pressure could accelerate debt settlements and public support for peace efforts.
In Princeton Indiana an explosion of fire damp at the Maule Coal Company mine 3230 PM kills twelve or more workers and injures four. Names include Robert Maule James Riley John Riley Ernest Theodore Faber and James Ponylite. Mine superintendent Maule absent during the blast as gas ignited by an open lamp.
In Lincoln Nebraska on December 26 the McBee bureau contract transfer was discussed. Five lectures have taken place with more planned but the total number remains uncertain. Speaker Briggs & Co. of Greenville South Carolina are involved, with further work on hand that may affect additional lectures this season.
Fragmentary remark reflects on human tendencies to miss and correct mistakes. The quoted line hints at self awareness of errors and judgment of others as prudent or foolish. No concrete event, date, or named entities present.
Chicago casts 46 535 votes more than New York, a margin noted against Gotham. The count implies New York trailing by a significant lead as Gotham had registrations.
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