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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1899
Page
3
The Colorado Legislature debates railroad fencing with damages for livestock killed or injured, counties rail lines, and animal schedules. Also considered are reapportioned congressional districts, capital fund loan repayment, and committee investigations into election records and the Asylum.
A Gloucester company’s Clifton Arizona copper claims collapse after years of disputes and weak assessments. Only three of nine claims were kept by payments, the others lapsed or were jumped by Arizona miners, wiping out about $250,000 in stock. The mines were said to be profitable if worked, with discord cited as the collapse’s cause.
Reports from Hong Kong describe large numbers of displaced Filipinos fleeing Manila amid calls by Aguinaldo’s forces to attack General Otis. Filipino troops around Manila claim they will not accept terms but seek full independence. Thousands depart, markets lack provisions, and the First California regiment arrives near Choilo as Otis may shift forces to defend Manila. Manila reports the situation remains unchanged.
Ten Klondike Yukon and Copper River Company stockholders file suit in Chicago seeking a receiver and injunction to halt asset disposal and dissolve the insolvent firm. They allege Frank Burlington Vrooman, the president and son-in-law of ex U S attorney General John C Black, diverted over 40000 dollars from stock funds. Henry M Wallace leads the suit asserting a conspiracy by minor stockholders to seize valuable Alaska fields.
Constantinople reports a major Yemen battle as Turkish forces storm Shanel on November 30. About 4,000 insurgents and 2,000 Turks were killed or wounded, with rebels holding key positions near Sasbeh while Turkish troops report setbacks between Hodeida and Sana. The Yemen uprising spreads through Hadramut and surrounding districts amid desertions.
Chauncey M. Depew was unanimously selected by a joint Republican caucus in the Albany assembly chamber as candidate for United States senator. A near full attendance of both houses attended. The election will occur next Tuesday with a joint session Wednesday to declare the result.
Saturated coverage notes six months of steel mill work in Pueblo, four murders in Butte, a Denver hold up shooting, and a push to curb women saloon licenses. Also reports on James Doyle in Denver Supreme Court, school fund apportionment totaling about 44000, Duchesne Railway filings, postmistress deposed in Goldfield, alleged embezzlement, and rail extensions from La Cuz to Salado. Mentions legal cases, mining explosions, and a forecast of substantial snowpack aiding irrigation. Includes Utah Oregon Short Line stock exchange plan, Supreme Court ruling on Arizona bonds, and a bold civic critique by John F. Campion at the Denver Chamber of Commerce.
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