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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1895
Page
2
A man recounts a night of suspended animation and awakening fears. The piece blends personal ordeal with a dense roll of state senate and house actions including bills on finance, usury, road overseers, miners safety, bounty on wildlife, and school taxes.
Interesting relics of old days the gimmal ring used for betrothal and marriage consisted of two or three hoops. Each lover wore a hoop during betrothal and the completed ring united at marriage. In northern Europe the center opened to accommodate aging fingers, with engraved workmanship. The gimmal rings likely originated from the idea of a couple sharing a coin.
Excavations on Salamis reveal a hundred ancient tombs arranged in five parallel rows. A large cemetery with Mycenaean characteristics is identified. The narrow sepulchers are unhewn stone structures. Fifty Mycenaean vases and bronze and gold objects including rings and buckles are found.
The fifty sixth day of the Senate saw a defeat of a motion to lengthen working hours while Leddy's bill cutting salaries for the state engineer his assistant and related clerks advanced. Other measures included fixes to salaries for court clerks and various state officers and a defeated Pueblo charter bill in the House. Nominations for adjutant general health board and several doctors were confirmed. The eight hour law faced constitutional questions in a Supreme Court opinion.
Senate actions include amendments on railroads liability for accidents and tax list printing, with bills on local option liquor regulation, bank money safety, and miners wages reform. House passes several measures including land disposal, local option whisky sale limits, miners wages security, and indexing reforms.
Favorable action was taken on several bills including H. B. 388 which fixes commissions for judges across counties, Campbell's Bill 349 to empower agents to collect 100000 for government expenses in the White River trouble, H. B. 526 on sale of worn out state property, H. B. 12 promoting mineral land development, and H. B. 524 setting tax limits for special and ordinary purposes in first class cities. The session adjourned or paused on several measures.
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