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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1893
Page
2
A column surveys a mix of remarks by Robert Buchanan on Whitman and Spencer, a satirical Quaker quip, an ex-assistant pastor missing with suspected funds, a note on pastoral duties, an anarchist bombing threat, and New York’s joint map project as a long delayed state effort.
Count Honore Mexcier former premier of Quebec delivers a severe address to French Canadians on Montreal’s 250th anniversary, denouncing the English with strong rhetoric. The remarks, though sharp, are described as largely true by observers.
Croquet is said to be coming into fashion again. This is good news for lovers of that old fashioned game. Croquet requires easy but not violent exercise and a steady hand and clear head. It offers a better chance for innocent flirtations than lawn tennis.
The passage argues a coming era when the world will feel cramped for humanity. It suggests the navy's new submarine boats and a New England inventor’s lying machine could relieve pressure, leaving space between ocean depths and the sky for all.
The Boston Globe fails to grasp why residents stay when strong enough to move. It wonders if a cyclone survivor would ever choose to uproot and relocate, seeing it as an act beyond duty.
Walter Besant, an English novelist of considerable stature, declares he will not write the country down as Dickens and others did. He notes prior tourists failed to give sufficient notice in advance to allow the people to reconstruct themselves on a British model before their arrival.
John J. Haggerty, Esq., leaped from the Brooklyn bridge in a drunken bid to obtain a pint of beer. He was uninjured and police intervened before he could obtain the drink, a fact that casts a melancholy tone over the incident.
A London literary gentleman named Astor is denounced for Anglomania and urged to travel to the world fair not as a spectator but as an exhibit. He is noted as a unique specimen compared with his grandpa, a peddler of coon skins, who showed no such signs.
The piece argues that peace leads to more naval losses than war, as ships become useless through aging and rapid tech advances. It notes constant and enormous expenses are required for maintaining a navy, with today’s warships becoming obsolete in twenty years.
A long listing of events and figures from politics, finance, crime, and disasters. Notables include Justice Blatchford's death, silver prices, a Palestine train robbery, coal strikes, emissions from the Mexican subsidy cut, a Pomeroy Iowa cyclone, Reichstag military bill, and yellow fever in Santos Brazil.
General Warner declares the Sherman act cannot be repealed without a satisfactory substitute for silver. He cites a nationwide canvass of silver forces showing renewed confidence and argues cloture in the Senate would block repeal while House forces remain ready to press repeal. The piece notes Democratic alliances and past uses of talking legislation to death in the Senate.
In Thornhill England a mine explosion trapped 130 miners and possible 145 missing after a muffled blast. Rescue efforts persisted as gas cleared, with many bodies recovered and 110 believed killed. The under manager died from severe burns.
A Helena conference of the friends of silver drew 500 delegates from mining mercantile and banking interests. Marcus Daly was elected chairman and later Montana Free Coinage Association president while ex Governor Hauser led an executive committee empowered to push free coinage and liaison with the Bimetallic League and Washington. The resolutions uphold silver’s full coinage value relative to gold.
A fierce wind and rainstorm hit Chicago last Sunday evening causing four drownings on Lake Michigan as boats capsized. The Chesapeake sailing yacht incident left nine in the water with four bodies unrecovered. World’s Fair balloon passengers escaped before a balcony collapse shattered the silk canopy and damaged exhibits, with total losses around 45000 dollars.
London warns bi metalists protest India's mint closure to silver coinage. Bombay Calcutta reports say export trade nearly halted, banking and business fear the future. Only 80 000 rupees of 500 000 offered found buyers at 15 pence, opium exports fell with price, risking opium revenue and budget stability.
A catastrophic fire in a cold storage warehouse at the Chicago World's Fair claims about twenty firefighter lives and leaves many missing. Firemen ascended the burning building to reach the tower as flames cut off escape, ladders burned, and the roof collapsed trapping them in the inferno. Reports list ten known deaths, ten missing believed dead, plus an electrician and four guards among the fatalities and injuries.
A band of stories from Denver Pueblo and Cripple Creek details forest fires near Ouray and a powder explosion in Manchester. Bank failures ripple through Pueblo with Western and American banks closing then re opening. Mining, rail, and legal cases move toward resolution as officials assess assets debts and forthcoming trials.
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