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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1891
Page
2
In this column from LaMam Colorado a discussion on social reform, women’s organized groups, and the ethics of sympathy. It notes the rise of women in business, argues for balanced philanthropy, and stresses promptness in paying debts. It then surveys public debate on national prosperity and cites rising divorce figures and calls for harmonized state laws.
Loveland to host grand Fourth celebration. A Manitou woman burned to death last week. Judge Elwell sentences W H Davis to hang in Pueblo. Trinidad butcher run over by a wagon. Pike's Peak cog road finishes its first work. Trinidad Advertiser sued for $10 damages. Lightning hits a Denver powder house with no injuries. Eastern crops damaged by hail. Denver man to open ice cream and air resort atop an eight story building. Runaway horse in Colorado Springs disrupts Salvation Army procession, one death and injuries. Professor Walter J Quick elected agriculture professor at State Agricultural College. Montrose Fair offers 2000 in premiums for October exhibits. Citizens hospital fund in Aspen reaches 15422.23. US Express theft in Pueblo involving $1500. Mesa County to have largest orchard. A B Johnson plans 1200 acres for fruit and nursery by May. Denver bicyclists ride Pike’s Peak via Cascade toll road. Unknown child found dead in Leadville cemetery aged about five days. Denver rainstorm with hailstones over two inches. Four year old girl found after train search near Lamar. Five days after absence, train derails on Ponds Pass. several cars ditched. cattle killed. Madame Philo escapes Denver bonds by flight to Chicago then detaining. Federal Land Court opens in Denver July 1 with staff appointed. first sitting November 15. W B Slocomb brings six foot ten inch bearded wheat stool. extensive growth on first-year soil. Grand Junction notes 1889 limestone industry: 15 quarries, lime output 138,091 dollars. 146,737 barrels lime. other lime products and employment numbers. Total capital investment listed at 183,370 dollars.
The postoffice department announces third class Colorado postmaster salaries for the new year starting July 1 based on office business. Increases range from 20 to 100 dollars with several offices showing higher totals, while many remain unchanged. Captain Alexander Rogers says Brazil will stage an extensive exhibit at the World’s Fair.
A Treasury Bureau of Statistics report outlines immigration from 1520 to 1890 with totals by nationality. Germany Ireland England Italy Hungary Russia Poland China and others are tabulated, noting rising Hungary Russia Poland arrivals and a drop in certain reading countries. The ten year decade shows 61.1 percent male and 33.9 percent female among arrivals, with most females from Ireland and Italians and Hungarians least represented.
General Thomas Osborne returning to Chicago from Chill reports Balmaceda as a determined tyrant likely to exact harsh measures. He claims Balmaceda commands a brutal army of 30 000 cut throats and has turned Chilean churches into prisons, predicting disaster regardless of revolution outcomes.
A vast influx of water has erupted from an artesian well and a mine in the Colorado Desert region of Arizona. The resulting flood covers about ten square miles to depths of three to eight feet, threatening Salton sink as overflow reaches the basin through a sand bank. Indian Wells lies thirty miles south, with water reaching four feet deep and spreading toward the laguna region.
Italian residents of a large Verona province district fled into open fields Tuesday night after a sequence of severe shocks. Homes loosened walls, chimney falls, and large cracks appeared, yet no lives were lost as fear gradually subsided and residents returned home.
A New Albany dispatch reports masked White Caps in Crawford county whipped William McGuire, 50, and his 15 year old stepdaughter, binding them to trees and beating them with revolvers. The woman received over fifty lashes, the man seventy five, as they were warned of future hanging if found within twenty days. The attack sparked intense local outrage in Leavenworth and surrounding areas.
The Monongahela Presbytery met at Wilkesburg and received the East Liberty and Wilkesburg Reformed Presbyterians into their communion. It lifted suspensions on Rev. O K Milligan, restored Mr. J B Burnett, and formed committees to organize the congregations as United Presbyterian. Protests by Reformed Presbyterian representatives were heard but had no effect. civil court action on property is anticipated.
Former senator Ingalls spoke at Glencoe National Chautauqua on Problems of Our Second Century. He criticized wealth concentration, argued per capita shares would not erase inequality, but forecast broader liberty and opportunity from the struggle. He called himself a statesman out of a job, eliciting laughter.
A St. Petersburg correspondent warns Russia faces the worst harvest on record amid drought and frost. Prices for cereals rise hourly as famine appears among peasants in Kostroma and Jewish Kolon Kovnopol. Reports note meal mixed with bark used for food and widespread distress.
The Chicago Farmers Reviews notes rapid harvests in winter wheat states except Michigan and Wisconsin. Reported average yields per acre include Illinois 17, Indiana 0, Ohio 15 to 20, Kentucky 15, Missouri 19, Kansas 19 to 20, Iowa 19 to 20. Corn is fair to good nationwide except Kansas and parts of Iowa. oats vary from poor in several states to very promising in Missouri and Kansas.
Yale University observed its 191st commencement on the 2nd at Center Church in New Haven. More than 400 men received degrees in course including B A and LLB, with Miss Josephine M. Lewis the first woman to earn the Bachelor of Fine Arts in the United States, second in Yale.
Perfect weather marked Harvard University's commencement with a formal procession led by a brass band. President Biot and officials attended as guests. the program featured Latin oration, dissertations, and several orations by seniors. Chief Justice Fuller attended as a guest and received an honorary Doctor of Laws.
Jay Gould narrowly escaped disaster when an oncoming westbound express fast approached a local train at Covington station. A station hand warned passengers as Gould stood on the tracks lost in thought. Baggage Master Barnard leaped onto the track, seized him by the collar, and pulled him to safety just before the train thundered past.
Charles Stewart Parnell married Mrs O'Shea at Brighton with two servants as witnesses. The registrar kept the secrecy, tradesmen and social circles discuss rising gossip. Mrs Parnell seen by Mr Porter looking as charming as ever. General Sir Evelyn Wood expressed pleasure at the scandal's end.
During an afternoon performance in Chicago a fourteen foot python attacked snake charmer Miss Uno as she prepared to lift another snake. Attendants freed her after the jaw was pried open and a physician cauterized the wound. The tent was crowded and several spectators fainted as the incident triggered intense excitement.
A report from Kootena Washington describes Warren's rangers clashing with a band of about 10 Italians who attacked rangers along the railroad grade. In the ensuing fighting one Italian was killed and two wounded. the Italians were captured or dispersed, with additional detachments nearby disarming other Italians. Night threats and confrontations at Crossport led to arrests and a forceful response with Winchesters. Authorities claim the trouble subsided as most Italians were disarmed.
A New York organized company with capital of 81 000 000 plans a 112 000 acre Florida farm to grow sugar cane and cocoa nuts. The Sebastian Land Improvement Sugar and Investment Company will drain into the St Johns river between Indias and San Sebastian. The project aims to supply New York City with food and features Nile like muck soil. W W Wallis of New Orleans heads the syndicate selling land to the venture.
Nineteen sailors drowned in the Samoa storm were buried at Mare Island California. The service featured a Marine escort from the Independence and gun carriage caissons, with Farragut Post members, Rear Admiral Irving and Commander Wilson present. Chaplain J K Lewis led rites as martial music and a final bugle call marked the salute.
A Rome received memorial address urges European governments to keep influence over emigrants to America by organizing national priesthoods and immigrant societies. The 4,000 word document cites dangers to faith, morals, and the role of public schools, secret societies, and national language preservation.
The constitution and by laws of the new Peoples' Party are made public. Local clubs operate under the national body. Stated meetings occur with president elected each time. Any citizen may join by signing principles and platform and pledging support. Any member proposing alliance with other parties is removed.
In Patoka township Igdisna neighborhood John Torpitt about 40 with bad reputation was publicly whipped by five masked White Caps after warnings to stop drinking abuse his family and provide for them. He was tied to a tree and given fifty lashes with hickory switches and says he will quit the neighborhood.
A wide array of reports from across the United States includes a Jersey City locomotive blast killing four, gasolines causing yard explosions in Cloquet, armory fires, and notable academic appointments. Other items cover railroad taxation, airship ventures, jury dissolutions, weather-bound ships, and labor strikes.
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