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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1901
Page
2
A Hereford cow sold for 3700 dollars at the Kansas City stock yards, the highest price on record. Oregon issued war warrants totaling over 100000 dollars in a year for predator bounties.
A pest-house in South Omaha burned to the ground after 200 armed masked men fired and stood off guards and police. The plan was to serve as an emergency hospital for smallpox patients and was to open the next day within city limits. Also a note on Oklahoma’s meaning disputes a Choctaw origin claiming red people.
A tender-hearted Boston physician visits a poor family and prescribes medicine then gives five dollars. A second visit reveals another doctor has been paid two dollars. Some of the remaining three dollars were spent on beer a domino box and a pack of cards.
The North Carolina experimental Station found egg flavor hinges on feed. Two weeks of chopped onions made eggs disagreeable to taste. Wheat shorts cotton seed meat and skim milk raised egg output but worsened flavor. Cracked corn and corn dough reduced production but yielded larger eggs with better flavor.
Signor Pacelli, 103, celebrated in Rome, remains fully alert and mentally sharp. He played a notable role in Italian public life, once directing the Pontifical customs, recalls Napoleonic campaigns, and witnessed the removal of Pope Pius VII from the Quirinal in 1809.
In Coleraine Ireland a doctor faced damages after treating a valuable horse. He admitted giving twelve grains of a powerful drug, claiming eight had been given before with four more. The judge quipped that twelve might kill the devil, and the doctor replied he never had him as a patient, noting the devil remains alive.
The Italian king refused Lieutenant Bresci’s resignation after Bresci, brother of Humbert’s assassin, faced suspicion due to the crime. The king promoted him to captain and gave command of a fort on the Austrian frontier as a sign of confidence and generosity in a gallant officer.
The Michigan governor in his inaugural address urges legislative action to ban cigarette sales within the state. He grounds the stance in physiology and ethics, claiming smoking harms intellect and leads to depravity. The note mentions stringent rules to curb tuberculosis in cattle as a parallel public health measure.
Washington March 2 The Fifty sixth Congress adjourns sine die with McKinley due for a second term. Pettigrew Lentz and other Filipino sympathizers exit amid a withering partisan tone as the senate and house push through a busy session. The piece singles out Pettigrew as the principal nuisance and notes several other retiring or outgoing lawmakers from both chambers.
The Colorado Senate, under orders from Patterson, passes the Rush bill merging part of Arapahoe County with Denver. Critics call it bad medicine, while Senator Parks promotes a rival plan to appoint city officials and reduce gubernatorial influence, arguing it would restore true democracy and curb city boss power.
A reflective piece compares current congressional inertia to past missteps. It notes the Spooner amendment mirrors earlier Democratic actions, cites Jefferson in 1808 and Monroe after annexation, and laments the era’s drift from liberty. Teller’s tearful critique questions public acceptance of such policy.
Denver reports detail the Golden Carpenter smelter work, new hotel plans by George H Adams, military moves from Manila, park expansion in Colorado Springs, a Denver police incident, and civic measures. Also noted are trout stocking plans, a Pike’s Peak crime and court cases, and mining disasters near Golden and Aspen.
Governor Adams signed emergency funds for the insane asylum and bills fixing Capitol expenses. Senate bills cover education appeals, capital building costs, and district court terms. The capital punishment fate remains unsettled while Denver city articles and night session rules dominate debate. The state board aims to curb political hiring at the Capitol and coal strike talk shows rising mine averages amid employer scrutiny. Senate bills address electric power rights and Denver school district consolidations with budgeting and open meetings rules. The constitution and legislative pay reforms aim to curb extra sessions, while taxation and franchise limits face review and a major denials of lobbying charges are issued by former Speaker Smith.
A memorial signed by forty six Denver ministers urges passage of House bill 88 and Senate bill 20 to allow precinct option. They argue saloons affect morality and property values and should be decided by local residents, protesting amendments that would strip neighborhood power to exclude saloons.
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