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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1891
Page
2
A survey of chatter in The Register includes remarks on beliefs about goats and consumption, wealthy figures in Europe, prizefights, anarchists, and trust aversion. Siamese students to Philadelphia loom, and the princess of Wales is noted as youthful looking. The piece also touches on winter fiends, farming virtue, a surge of public offices, and Quaker education and hospitality.
The dispatch reports high Mississippi waters and a wide array of topics. Prince Jerome Napoleon is ill in Rome while Pope Leo XIII marked his eightieth birthday. Senator Hearst dies in Washington and Jay Gould faces a $250 fine for jury refusal. Congress passes the direct tax bill and Burlington Vermont elects a Democratic mayor.
Frank McGrath Kansas Farmers' Alliance president outlines a proposed alliance trust including Nebraska Kansas Missouri and Iowa. District Alliances will hold grain and cattle inventories with fixed prices, no speculative trading, and centralized agents to regulate supply and demand across markets.
Deluded migrants from Eastern Texas flood Famesville en route to Oklahoma claiming easy farms and town lots. About 800 destitute Black travelers, lacking money clothing and provisions, are seeking sustenance and shelter as they head toward new lands. A white Oklahoma promoter allegedly sold inflated town lots said to be worth 200 to each buyer.
Mr. Harry Harrison MP for Middle Tipperary raided the Belfast branch of the National League taking money and documents. A heated clash followed with supporters, rivals, and police intervening as factions demanded loyalty to Dublin Central League and Mr. Parnell.
The Marquis de Breteuil and Miss Lita Garner wed Tuesday in Pau with Basque nobility in attendance. Civil vows were at the town hall and the ceremony continued at St Martin and Trinity chapel. They honeymoon at Tarbes.
Italians charged with Chief of Police Hennessy murder are on trial in New Orleans. Polletz has confessed complicity and implicates many others while prosecutors seek remaining conspirators. The testimony aims to convict the entire gang despite lingering doubts.
A statue honoring John Wesley was unveiled before City Road chapel with a large crowd and remarks by Rev. Farrar archdeacon of Westminster. Sir William Fowler MP addressed the gathering praising Wesley’s virtues. The archdeacon lamented historic church divisions and urged Christian tolerance and unity.
News from Newport tonight reports a terrible gate last Thursday night on the James River area. A large sloop capsized at Warwick River mouth with fourteen crew lost. A yacht near Waiters Creek sank taking seven lives. Two canoeists are missing. The death toll may rise beyond twenty three as reports come in.
Civil Engineer Robert E Peary of the United States navy will take eighteen months leave to attempt a dog and foot crossing to the North Pole. He aims to start from St Johns Newfoundland in May and be carried by a whaling steamer to Whale Sound Greenland before striking inland with a small party and minimal baggage.
In Birmingham Alabama on February 28 a bold diamond heist at Rosenthal’s jewelry store shattered a glass front. A robber threw a rock through the window, grabbed a tray of diamonds, and fled amid pursuit and gunfire. four diamonds and cartridges were recovered in an alley. The thief, a white man, escaped despite injuries to a store owner.
A four member Staten Island Schutzen Corps committee carried out Henry Meyer’s request to scatter his ashes from the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe’s Island. At the crown, the urn was opened and four bags carried the ashes as the men recited a farewell and scattered them to the four winds before champagne was opened in memory of Meyer.
Pat Gorman, convicted of manslaughter in the third degree for the November killing of Sullivan, faced a mining offer for his Vermillion range claim. His counsel investigated and valued the iron claim between 100000 and 8100000, prompting a stay of proceedings due to alleged mental condition.
The Senate clock scene closes with Vice President delivering farewell remarks as the Fifty first Congress ends. In the House, Speaker Reed presides over a final session with Mills noting the partisan vote on Reed’s conduct. Barrundia seeks one million dollars from the United States for General Barrundia’s surrender and death.
The legislature advanced several measures including the Australian ballot and a public parks bill while many others were shelved or defeated. Key actions included debates on school flagging, tax rates, and court witness rules, with committee referrals and emergency clauses noted.
The president transmitted a message opposing a bill to create a war department record and pension office, arguing Congress cannot nominate a specific person for a legally created office. House and Senate actions included amendments on school lands and rail construction through Indian Territory, with a shipping bill vote at 6 o'clock resulting in passage 140 to 120.
The House and Senate advance various measures including timber culture reform, Indian appropriations, post office funding, and a public building project at Boise City Idaho. Senators discuss tariff provisions and navy artillery reorganization while leaders push pension and cataloged relief bills amid conference reports and adjournment sine die.
The Longmont creamery processed several hundred pounds of butter daily. State legislators planned a trip to Boulder on the 27th to inspect the university. Farmer Henry Adamson of near Rocky Ford lost an arm in a hog machine the other day.
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