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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1898
Page
6
The Register claims Secretary Long supports Baltimore and says the defense is justified though the Dens deem it wrong. The piece argues the Salvation Army incident at the Omaha exposition should be paid for by exhibitors rather than prosecuted.
A Cincinnati street railway company bans any employee from starting duty within 24 hours after eating onions. The author praises the courtesy measure as long overdue and muses that public civility may improve with such ordinances, comparing it to spitting prohibitions on public conveyances.
A North Carolina hilltop house struck by fear of lightning was abandoned and ruined. A Pittsburg man bought the site for little, then in under six weeks found an apparently inexhaustible iron deposit. For twelve years, annual yields paid for the plant four times over, a payoff seen as smart Yankee gumption.
The article depicts the looming split between Sir Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Terry, noting their long shared stage careers and broad public devotion. It warns of Irving losing public support and rivals courting Terry, signaling a shift in theater fortunes and Fame’s changing favor.
New York correspondents report Nicola Tesla on the eve of a startling breakthrough. He claims his oscillator can do more than telegraph messages, now capable of destroying an enemy ship at any distance. The device’s power, he says, transcends traditional distance limitations.
An investigation in a city examined why equally capable children rank unevenly in school. In one class of 55, 13 boys were out on the streets until 9:30 p.m. none reached top 30. In another class of 55, 8 boys out in evenings none reached top 40. A third class of 35 found six out at night, all had years of repeating grades. Eighty-five percent of girls stayed at home reading while about a third of boys read at all.
Chicago dispatch reports General Shafter’s Santiago expedition will land regular army troops plus Roosevelt’s Rough Riders. Selected regiments include Seventy-fifth New York Second Massachusetts and eight companies, chosen for drill, equipment, and climate suitability. The plan includes Nueva Salamanca near Balguiri with a rock pier for ore cargoes, built for Sparrow Point Iron works, with Rockefeller principal stockholder. The coastal defense, river mouth Jaragua, and Altar fortifications are noted, while pilots accompany ships and the local populace favors the United States.
Eugene V. Debs leads a faction to establish a new party after splitting from the Social Democracy. Jesse Cox temporary chair, William Maille secretary, and a five member executive committee with Debs as national organizer. New party pledges ballot action, public ownership, initiative and referendum, and other labor reforms. Main Social Democracy continues meeting amid vacancies. mining colony plan approved for Green Mountain Falls, Colorado.
San Francisco reports the second expedition to the Philippines nearly ready to sail. Utah battery field guns and ammunition are loaded aboard Zealandia while rest of supplies go on China and Colon. China, Colon and Zealandia to load more ammunition. Morgan City may be dry docked and added to other vessels if detoured.
The report states the cruiser Charles ton will halt at the Ladrone Islands during its voyage to the Philippines to seize strategic objectives and project naval strength in the region.
A New York report from off Guantanamo describes American marines landing on the eastern harbor side after a brief engagement with Spanish forces. The force established Crest Heights, prepared defenses, and reported heavy fighting through the night with several killed, including Assistant Surgeon John Blair Gibbs, and multiple wounded as ships patrolled the bay and searchlights swept the jungle.
The report notes 40 rides of provisions and 6000 rounds of ammunition for insurgents at Assera do. Spanish cavalry disrupted work and Vixens shells caused heavy damage. A Yankee ship at Port Antonio says quiet at Santiago de Cuba with no bombardment activity by Admiral Sampson. Spaniards reportedly fear another attack and rumors of wreck tampering are denied. Six hundred refugees reach Montego Bay from Manzanillo as the fleet awaits troop arrivals.
The report lists Colonel Torrey’s Nevada cavalry ordered to San Francisco, Major Parkhill to Chicamanuga, J Warren Keifer named major general, Gobin promoted brigadier, a Tennessee regiment passing Colorado, and 900 marines aboard the Panther landing near Guan tanamo driving out Spaniards with four killed. It notes the St Louis capturing the English collier Twickenham with 5200 tons coal, Paraguay warning Temerario to disarm, and multiple transports to carry 12,706 troops for two expeditions with plans to send 20,000 to the Philippines and need for more transports.
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