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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1893
Page
2
The register notes diverse travel to the world’s fair from horseback to balloon expeditions while palace cars remain the easy choice. It discusses refugees, fugitive slave law anxieties, French armor technology, and universal peace talk, then muses on weather, education, and the character of rural ambition.
The American boundary commission plans a summer survey to fix the demarcation line between Alaska and adjacent Canadian territory. The disputed area near the Yukon headwaters holds valuable minerals and can only be developed after the boundary is defined. Photographic survey methods will be used where feasible.
An article argues attaching an electric motor to bicycles could reduce labor and ease Irish riders' objection about walking. It urges price cuts as the key improvement, noting bicycles cost more than most vehicles despite competition lowering carriage prices.
The piece muses that a male murderer would evoke stronger public anger in Massachusetts than a young woman does in New York. It notes scant bouquets for a female suspect and only the pastor’s small gesture, implying if a woman murders she should act like a man to face punishment.
A widow on the witness stand disputed the length of a key moment in her husband’s murder. The lawyer showed the event could span four seconds, highlighting the difficulty of interpreting phrases like a quarter of a second. The remark underscores the tension in describing time during a dramatic courtroom episode.
Ex President Harrison spoke cautiously at the Fifth Avenue hotel on New York. He supported Cleveland’s move to call an extra session if the country needs it, criticizing slow action and urging timely use of the remedy to relieve the monetary strain. He blamed the Sherman act and silver policy for current tensions and warned against postponing decisive steps.
Pittsburg and Midway Coal Company manager Ed Brown says no early settlement is possible as proposals are rejected. He cites wage figures from company books showing fourteen top miners averaged 3.40 dollars daily in six months before the strike, with overall miner wages at 2.72 dollars per day. Brown offered a 10 cent per ton raise and arbitration, which were rejected. strikers claim only one dollar per day.
Sixty physicians from all schools polled today on the Amick Cure for consumption. Thirty-two agree the bacillus is produced by the disease, twenty-eight accept Amick's treatment as the only successful one, and some align with Koch that the bacillus causes the disease. Dr. Amick vows to continue testing medicines until all see success.
A Tripoli dispatch states that the Victoria’s catastrophe did not result from machinery failure but from a misjudgment in ordering a change of columns as veescia were too close, with the error apparently resting with admiral Tryon.
Colorado reports include a militia appropriation of 3456 dollars, bank failure at Chaffee County Bank of William E Robertson, and outlaw captures of Henry Starr and Kid Wilson in Colorado Springs. Coal mining advances near Louisville and Williamsburg, a fatal bear attack at Ute Creek, and a Denver market update on ores are included.
The president signs an order creating the Department of Colorado by merging Arizona New Mexico Utah and Colorado with Denver as headquarters. California is restored to its department. Annual cost about 1.2 million dollars with twelve forts supplying region including Fort Apache Fort Bayard Fort Bowie Fort Douglas Fort Grant Fort Logan Fort Wingate and others. Brigadier General McCook will bring staff to Denver.
Lincoln delegates finalize a plan for a union of northern and southern railroads with state organized committees. Texas delegates back Defuling proposal to use state school funds to finance rails from Lasco through Brazos valley to the Canadian line. Next convention set for Topeka in December.
New Orleans dispatch reports sudden floodwaters tearing through the crevance and sweeping the New River basin. Tuesday night destruction traps residents in houses and roofs, with hunger and lack of cooking facilities amid exposure fears. Ten lives reported lost include a white girl, three colored men, a colored woman, and five unnamed colored children.
Cyclist H H Write completed a New York to Chicago run at 12 39 p m at Randolph Street Chicago claiming a time of 10 days 8 hours 39 minutes. He rode 1008 miles in 10 days earning the title American long distance road champion after a rough start and a detour through Momence Indiana.
The Omaha smeltingworks, arguably the world's largest, may shut down due to plummeting silver. Treasurer E. W. Nash says silver purchases halted, stock reduced by half to around 1,000,000 ounces, and only one shrinking contract remains, with weeks to wind off overflow from Denver mills. He warns hard times could reshape the West.
A mass meeting is called at Den July lith to form a silver party and instruct representatives in Congress to support silver legislation. A general conference from July 17 will finalize plans and delegates are urged to attend.
A call from the American Bi-metal league requests a national convention in Chicago to oppose the gold standard and defend the constitution. The notice urges all league members and aligned organizations to attend and asks governors and legislators to appoint delegates. The event aims to rally producing classes and economic groups against monetary shifts.
Ex Governor James 3 Grant discusses a plan to monetize silver with a set ratio and pricing aiming to stabilize production and avoid inflation. He cites past silver markets, mentions Australian and Mexican influence, and suggests keeping ore contracts until new terms are known.
New York World report on Jal Western and Northwestern Ita slope areas shows wheat below average while corn and other grains may reach record sizes. Hay and fruit crops vary. overall agricultural sections show excellent conditions and farmer prospects.
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