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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1892
Page
2
A collection of reflections urging compassion for the erring and self examination, urging lifelong striving toward noble aims, promoting brotherhood, literacy for citizenship, planned urban growth, respect for children, and the value of physical vigor through community sports and shared labor.
In Berlin on the 25th a clash between police and about six thousand unemployed workmen erupted after a failed deputation to the burgomaster. Rioters formed a procession along Unter den Linden singing the Marseillaise, fought hand to hand with police near the castle, and 100 arrests were made. The emperor watched from a window but did not intervene. The military stayed in garrison as police and crowds dispersed through the city, with many wounded and prisoners held under guard.
A snow slide near Telluride buried sixteen burros. Crested Butte coal mines shut down for now. Governor Routt and others bought mines at Creede. A young couple held up and robbed in Raton. Sale of Creede school land passed amid quarrels. 575 lots sold for $250,000. Denver market prices for eggs butter cattle hogs and more. February Sports Afield issue noted with several sketches. Mrs Bertha Elfers shot by bartender John Sangers. he killed himself after jealousy. she died next day.
Berlin affairs are quiet Governor Boyd removed the Omaha fire and police board. A fire in Topeka destroys a cotton mill building with $30,000 loss no insurance. Two girls die in a house fire at Mariana Arkansas. Public sentiment favors harsh action in the Cannes murder case. A Brooklyn fire injures firefighters and destroys property worth a million dollars. The Calcutta Bengal chamber supports free coinage of silver. Stephen B Elkins residence in New York sold for 62500 to Edward Ney Kearney. The Vienna editor jailed for aiding the unemployed. Keener of Denver pays debts of his son. McLeod of Reading proposes coal price raising plan. Liberal MPs pass a minor bill in the British House. One million thirty thousand dollars in gold shipped to Europe. Three hundred eighty thousand dollars ordered since February. Mexico receives 150000 bushels of corn for Durango. Cuba may be ripe for revolution with 8000 patriots in the U S. relics found from 2000 years ago in Illinois. Two men survive a shaft explosion in Montana. Thousands of out of work due to McKinley laws across many trades in Vienna. Berlin riot aftermath causes police strain. Kaiser cheered by crowd. Indianapolis streetcar clash ends with workers prevailing. Southern Minnesota winter wheat near total failure. 50 percent in Winona area likely plowed. Crookston NP office robbed of 500 express package. two California tickets stolen. night operator Denton missing. James Spurgeon takes provisional duties at Metropolitan Tabernacle. Pierson eyed as pastor but remains Baptist-compatible.
A blaze at the Indiana State Woman's Prison and Reform School in Indianapolis on the 1st destroyed the building. Firefighters, aided by the engine room and guards, fought flames that reappeared after a hose burst. 157 reform inmates and 53 prison inmates were accounted for with no escape attempts. Loss estimated over 300000 dollars with 51000 dollars insured.
The March 1 public debt statement from the Treasury shows February debt decreases of 2,497,140 and a 793,845 rise in surplus. It notes a 400 increase in interest bearing debt, a 1,703,503 drop in non-interest debt, and provides detailed cash balance, gold reserve, and certificate figures.
At 9 o'clock on the 2nd 600 men and boys and 250 women walked out from Seiz Schwab Co in Chicago. No one remained to hammer or drive. Some had struck earlier but returned after settlements. Seven new men were hired, refused to dismiss them, and the strike resumed. On Monday 300 sympathizers planned to strike Tuesday.
Delegates at the state league convention, chanting Hur rah Hurrah, left this morning crying Shame Shame after Senator John J. Ingalls delivered the closing speech. He reviewed his career, boasted Republican loyalty, and recounted perceived slights in 1890 including Plumb's funeral procession exclusion. The address reportedly boosted his popularity in Kansas.
Unemployed workers in Hanover marched to canal works demanding discharge of Polish laborers. Refusals led to clashes injuring several. Police dispersed rioters and arrested many. In Leipzig a thousand jobless tried to march but were dispersed. Cologne Gazette faces prosecution for condemning imperial advisers and urging citizen action.
The Colorado penitentiary is at peak crowding with 617 convicts. Officials consider transferring nonviolent criminal cases to county jails temporarily to relieve the overcrowding.
Last Saturday Berlin police ordered citizens off the streets with one exception in Rosenthalstrasse. A starving carpenter begged to be arrested so his family could eat, a truth confirmed by inquiry. Officials, led by Herr Forkenbeck, have relied on repression over relief, driving the poor toward tramp colonies. an agitator urged marching on the Kaiser for work and bread as winter misery deepens.
The Supreme Court unanimously sustained a congressional rule allowing the Speaker to count a quorum when members refuse to vote. Justice Brewer delivered the opinion in Baldwin, Joseph & Co. v United States, upholding the worsted classification act and reversing the lower court. The court held the act valid and duties on worsted cloths as set by 1553 act on woolens. The judgment was reversed and remanded.
A new platform on taxation is signed by influential figures advocating a single tax on land value. It argues taxation should be simple, fair, and non harming production, with labor needing land for employment and public uses funded by land value only. The document notes many well known single tax proponents have signed.
The Territorial association of wool growers met in Salt Lake on the 27th to oppose a bill, claiming it would banish a $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 industry. The measure would prohibit grazing within one mile of streams used for town water, blocking sheep movement through canyons and canons where streams flow into settlements. Petitions for and against the bill flood the governor’s office.
A Galena ore body opened at the 190 foot level of the La Plata mine promises new activity in the district after a dormant boom last fall. Drifts show a 5 foot lens of galena grading 3 ounces silver and 70 percent lead, richer than prior finds. The discovery suggests renewed mining interest and potential production.
Justice Brewer announced the court decision in Iron Siver Mining Co. vs Mike and Starr Gold and Silver Mining Co. and John S. Sullivan vs Iron Silver Mining Co. to Colorado appeals. The issue was whether parties may work a known lode under a placer mining patent. The court held that belief in a lode’s existence in a locality does not equal knowledge under the statutes. The Mike and Starr patents were sustained and the lower court reversed. Justices Fields and Brown dissented in the first two cases but agreed with the later outcome.
The Supreme Court unanimously refused the appeal by Marshall Field and others challenging the McKinley tariff as invalid claiming a conference omission. The Chicago Anarchists Case Fielden Schwab denied relief on technical grounds urged by attorney Bea Butler.
Chief Justice Reed of the Private Land Claims Court informs the attorney general that the court will have jurisdiction in Colorado Wyoming Nevada and the territories of Arizona New Mexico and Utah but few if any cases will arise in Wyoming or Utah and doubtful in Nevada. Most claims will come from Arizona and New Mexico with up to thirty million acres claimed under Mexican grants in New Mexico alone.
A new natural gas strike near Salt Lake City was found in a well near the hot springs, three miles from downtown and nine miles closer than lake shore wells. The Salt Lake Improvement and Natural Gas Company drilled to 170 feet. flow could fuel a 50 horsepower boiler and suggests gas exists over a broad area adjacent to the city.
The cabinet formed Saturday night by Loubet includes Cavaignac as marine minister and Ricard as justice minister. Presentations to President Carnot occurred Saturday evening, but public confidence in its stability remains low as it lacks a broad factional majority for passage in the chambers. Separate note reports miners Darwin Ray Karl Leslie and James Williams narrowly escaped a deadly shaft fire at the Bimetallic mine in Caribou, escaping through the blaze with burns.
A wedding feast two miles east of Nunda Illinois saw revelers serenade the couple Miss Mary Booman and Joseph Kroeger. A stone shattered a window striking a child, causing a stampede that brought the floor down sending guests and a hot water boiler into the cellar. Many injured but expected to recover.
Truant officers report most truants are boys lacking proper clothing for school. The Woman's Club of Aurora held a special meeting and arranged to clothe the children, with rooms secured for sewing and cutting garments.
Judge F Carroll Brewster of Philadelphia, returning from the West Indies, reports an authentic source says Gideon W Marsh, former Keystone National Bank president, is in Buenos Aires. Marsh operates under an assumed name but his identity is widely known, and he makes little effort to conceal it while pursuing business and reportedly doing well.
An article on a Special Class in Short-hand notes methods for rapid dictation and writing. It recounts incidents of students and a few youngsters misusing fortune telling while praising the usefulness of shorthand for study and routine tasks. It mentions a notable incident with a supposed scriptural message and underscores the class’s value for discipline and practical skills.
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