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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1896
Page
2
A curiously phrased commentary contrasts Russian prestige with domestic sentiment. It notes Colonial Secretary Chamberlain’s evident feeling for the South African crisis and reports a St Louis Pullman car conductor engaged to a wealthy widow, highlighting class and marriage expectations.
Watt Reed of Platte City was imprisoned for shooting a neighbor after a dispute over a four dollar hog. He has been allowed to remain in prison for the rest of his life and reportedly wishes he had shot the hog instead.
A Missouri court holds that a bicycle is not a vehicle but a trunk, altering how wheelmen may travel on roads. Previously cyclists operated under the notion that their wheels were road wagons and now seek railway assistance to carry machines as baggage.
The entrance of China into the Universal Postal Union would bring all regularly organized governments under one treaty except the Orange Free State. China would join the global system, replacing its crude private letter handling with formal postal channels and enabling regular worldwide communication.
A unique ceremony united Miss Rosaria Porroni and Guiseppe Rossi in Cincinnati with Carto Ricci as best man and Sig. J W Coppola handling the notarial papers. The bridegroom swore an oath, papers were sealed in an envelope, and a steamship and railroad ticket accompanied them for a nine day trip to Porkopolis. Rossi age 30, the bride 24. They were schoolmates and had loved one another for years.
The article outlines regional forest species by area with Pacific coast hardwoods rare and the West dominated by conifers. It notes southern pine and cypress, northern hardwoods with intermingled conifers, and Maine New Hampshire Adirondack spruce forests. It estimates annual fire losses at about 25 million dollars, highlighting the vast regional differences and the heavy fire damage in the West.
Two young theosophists married in New York last Sunday recall an original marriage in Egypt 5,000 years ago. They warn of apalling possibilities if they attempt to realize on 100 overdue golden weddings.
Washington reports that President Cleveland and several cabinet members will back McKinley instead of a free silver Democratic candidate. The administration weighs whether to stay neutral or vote Republican, aiming to unite sound money forces under a gold standard plank at St Louis or Chicago. Cleveland favors a sharp, clear issue with no barriers to a majority at Chicago. The White House would back the Republican ticket only with an explicit gold standard declaration at St Louis.
A Bee dispatch from St Paul Nebraska estimates $100000 in Howard county losses after yesterdays floods. Two large North Loup river bridges were swept away and many smaller ones. Livestock drowned and farmers lost buildings as rainfall reached twelve to fourteen inches in some areas. Union Pacific line near Columbus washed out for hours. ONeill reports Lynch town in Boyd county wiped out by a tornado with no lives lost.
The gavel for the permanent chairman of the Republican national convention arrived at the local committee headquarters. Senator Berry of Illinois will present it. It is a finely carved piece by W H L Bartels of Carthage Illinois, quarried from a hickory log cabin once used by President Lincoln in Salem in 1882, with gold and silver inlays.
Advices from Canea Crete report insurgents defeated Turkish troops on Saturday taking four guns and 200 Martini-Henri rifles. Both sides suffered heavy losses in the engagements.
Georgia report shows Silver forces winning most counties in Democratic primaries across 157 counties. Charles F. Crisp leads, with Fleming G. Doubington backing administration. Atlanta appears resistant to secretary Hoke Smith’s appeals, while state convention in Macon plans to send silver delegation to Chicago.
Chicago reports that twenty three local Democratic leaders from outside counties in the goldbug movement met at a Wellington hotel Saturday night and rejected bolting a state convention or contesting delegation until after the national convention. W R Morrison's envoy urged a free silver stance. A resolution created honest money leagues to ready "representatives" for the national convention while maintaining wary inaction.
Egyptian troops seized Firket at dawn after a night march under secrecy. The outpost, held to block Nile advance, fell as cavalry flanked the dervish camp, causing heavy dervish casualties and many prisoners. Hammeda and Hamuda, key dagh, were among the dead or captured.
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