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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1903
Page
2
An eclectic column in The Register of Lamar surveys global politics, science and society with wry wit. It riffs on the Czar of Russia, Prince of Wales, and Nord of Hayti, jokes about journalism scope, baldness, and a 130 year old bachelor, ending with Joseph Chamberlain’s South Africa visit.
Prayers in a New York church sought the speedy recovery or happy death of Cornelius Vanderbilt, with members hoping to cover all outcomes and ensure divine favor in either result.
Denver January 14 Governor Peabody delivered his inaugural before the House and Senate and a large crowd. He urges careful scrutiny of bills, defends Colorado funds and debts, calls for reform in courts, public printing, and state institutions, and proposes a convict labor plan and expanded canal projects.
Denver January 14 trustees report the University of Denver debt of about 153000 as of January 1 1902 has been pledged and subscriptions are payable. The last 23000 was pledged January 6 by trustees who will secure or cover their names. Mortgages to be canceled once subscriptions paid.
Denver January 14 four Republican candidates Morgan McGill Lowell and Naugle say they will not take seats as lawmakers while the eleven other Republican Arapahoe contestants are blocked. They allege a deal between Democratic and Republican members to seat some float contestants.
The work house board in Toledo Ohio on January 14 issued an order releasing all prisoners held for stealing coal from railway yards and tracks. The board directs the superintendent to receive no new prisoners from courts for petty coal thefts. No prosecutions for coal thefts will be recognized during the coal famine.
On January 9 pension bills passed in the House and a widow of General Franz Sigel was granted a $100 monthly pension. Nominations were sent to the Senate for Frank A. Hadsell and Timothy F. Burke. Proposals included expanding lighthouse districts, Alaska salmon funding, eminent domain powers, and farm range rehabilitation. Senate actions covered Cuban reciprocity, postmaster cases, and Philippine governance. The House passed a one year coal import duty rebate.
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