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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1895
Page
6
A World dispatch from Tokio dated March 10 reports China informed in general terms of Japan’s conditions for peace, Japan notified China is ready to sign. The agreement was reached via U S ministers Edwin Dunn in Tokyo and Charles Denby in Beijing.
Yokohama reports Japanese troops captured the coast forts near Yin Kow, the port for New Chwang, after Yin Kow fell. The first division then attacked 10,000 Chinese under General Sung in a four hour battle, with 2,000 Chinese killed or wounded and about ninety Japanese casualties. General Nodzu has been promoted.
Secretary Smith bans further patents for lands within the Union and Central Pacific grants until the government’s debt is settled. Commissioner Lamereaux suspended listings, and Congress failed to pass a mandamus resolution. Patenting may resume only after court action clears the way, affecting lands from Omaha to Sacramento and possibly the Oregon & California line.
Eight miners are believed dead after a fire broke out at the Old Abe coal mine near White Oaks New Mexico. Only one man G E Wilkinson escaped as flames swept through the shaft house and workings. The miners were trapped in rear chambers with only the shaft as exit.
Fire traps several miners as heat prevents entry, rescuers work at the site with hopes to reach them by tomorrow morning. Dispatches do not reveal how the fire started.
In London club circles this week the blackballing of Hon. Cecil Rhodes at the Travelers' club and the resignations of the prince of Wales, the duke of Fife, his son‑in‑law, and Earl Gray from the same club have harmed its prestige. The Marlborough club, favored by the Prince of Wales, faces no new nominees before his approval. Mr Belt, proposed by the Duke of Fife, was also blackballed, and the prince offered re nomination, which Belt declined.
The Canal company nearly completes a $100000 land sale to German Baptist settlers from Nebraska and Wisconsin. Agents visited the area Friday and Saturday. Five to six miles northeast of Monte Vista will host the new farmers who arrive with first installments ready for spring crops and good water supply.
Cairo report shows not a single American merchant ship entered the Suez canal last year while many cargoes bound for the United States passed on British vessels. Total canal traffic reached 8,350 ships, earning nearly $15 million, a dramatic increase from 1,204 twenty years earlier, illustrating the canal’s impact on Far East Europe trade.
A 75 foot old whale was slain off Nahant by experienced Nahant whalers. It bore a rusted harpoon inscribed Hiram K. Swain Nantucket 1555, fueling local rivalry with Swainscott crews.
An active eruption at Orizaba in Vera Cruz Mexico threatens Córdoba Kalapa and nearby villages. Volcanic activity includes gas, smoke, and glowing crater rim with tremors felt within 100 miles. Governor to appoint a scientific commission to study and protect residents.
Salt Lake City celebrates the completion of the first connection bringing natural gas fourteen miles from the well. An English company supplies the gas to the local mains with low rates to replace coal for domestic and industrial use. Wells yield 20 million feet daily, and current supply covers city demand with surplus for manufacturers. A formal celebration will be held soon under the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce.
Secretary Carlisle issues order directing all compensation for mail and other services by Union Pacific non-aided or leased lines to be paid to the receivers of the respective companies. The change follows court decisions and evidence that these roads are not under Union Pacific control, and that retaining compensation is illegal.
The first direct mail pouch from the ill fated steamer Elbe arrived in Chicago last night. It carried books newspapers and about 500 letters to Chicagoans and residents of the West. Salt water damaged the books and some addresses were illegible.
Ex president Harrison, at Indianapolis on March 11, is reported in satisfactory condition. He gained strength enough to join his family at breakfast. Dr Jameson says he is out of danger and expects no serious complications from pleurodynial trouble. He may soon resume his business.
An advertisement extols Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for blood poisons and consumption in early stages. It claims to cleanse the blood, strengthen organs, and boost energy, urging readers to request a free World’s Dispensary catalog from Buffalo, NY, along with a two-page medical treatise for six cents.
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