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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1899
Page
3
Iuor Merriam of Minnesota points to and confirms the sunken dollar figures and bills for the isthmus and a Pan American exposition. The text records naval promotions, army reorganization, and votes on officers, budgets, and bills with references to Dewey Otis Wheeler and others, noting adjournment and presidential approvals.
Toulon March 5 A massive blast at the La Goubran powder magazine between La Seyne and Toulon devastates a two mile radius. At least 60 killed and many injured as 50 000 kilograms of black powder detonates. Sentries and soldiers among the dead. damage extensive with buildings razed and vehicles destroyed. Authorities report no foul play and relief funds are launched.
Heavy rainfall across south and east of the Ohio River has flooded Charleston West Virginia where two thirds of the city is underwater. The river neared 42 feet, with engineers predicting 42 feet two-fifths as the worst rise. Streams north of the Ohio are high but less dangerous, while the Kanawha and Kentucky rivers pour into record floods prompting danger signals to Point Pleasant Catlettsburg and Portsmouth.
Admiral George Dewey take rank aboard the Olympia and was saluted by forts, foreign warships including the Narcissus and Kaiserin Augusta, and American ships. Early daylight, General Wheaton’s outpost engaged rebels crossing the river to reinforce Guadaloupe. a gunboat under heavy fire shelled positions, scattering the enemy with heavy losses.
In Rome on March 5 the Pope, in excellent spirits after a quiet night, asked attendants to attend Mass in his room. A 1 a.m. bulletin reported he slept several hours, vital signs normal, and no wound re-examination needed. no bulletin planned for the evening.
The Board of Police Commissioners order requiring all saloons to close at midnight Saturday and stay closed until midnight Sunday was fully enforced in St Louis on March 5.
Havana March 3 The United States armored cruiser Brooklyn received orders to sail immediately for Hampton Roads to transport Rear Admiral Schley to Europe.
In Denver March 3 the Republican reports H R Wolcott sold the Colorado Smelting and Mining Company's plant at Butte Montana and all its mines to a New York company for two and a half million dollars. Denver stockholders include N P Hill H R Wolcott BE O Wolcott Richard Pearce Henry Hanington. The sale, organized 1883, follows twenty years of profitable operations, with $25 earned for each original dollar invested. Wolcott negotiates in New York. expected home soon.
Santiago de Cuba reports a budget crisis as February estimates shrink from 70000 to 30000 pesos and 80000 pesos spent last month are disallowed by Havana. General Leonard Wood says exact forecasts are impossible, proposes monthly transfers with reserve, and warns March spending must stay under 10000. Over 700 workers will lose jobs tomorrow, raising public safety concerns and potential need for extra police and regiments.
The National Reform party held its general conference in Cincinnati on March 2, completing plans to nominate an Independent presidential ticket next year. A proposed amalgamation with Populists Socialists Labor party National Liberty and others failed. Only 14 delegates from 15 states attended. Key reformers who spoke yesterday did not attend today, drawing disappointment.
A Mobile and Ohio train carrying the second battalion of the Second Missouri volunteers from Atlanta to Tupelo, Mississippi, derailed two miles south of Tupelo. Four cars left the track, plunging down a twenty-foot embankment. Twenty soldiers were injured but no fatalities occurred.
Madrid March 2 General Toral who led Spanish forces at Santiago de Cuba has been arrested and imprisoned awaiting trial by court martial on a charge connected to the July 1 incident near General Shaft place.
Milwaukee readers recall Sonny Yates, famous as a six foot daredevil high roller who squandered about 4 million dollars in four years. He died in Nice at 27 from heart disease after a life of Europe and America thrills, weddings, and scandal including a New York divorce action and a European marriage during a Paris tour. His widow Leila Yates, once of Milwaukee, plans to return east as affairs settle.
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