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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1898
Page
3
The Register humorously weighs global tensions and domestic quirks. It notes China’s trouble prospects, McKinley’s stakes with Spain, and satire on marriage reform, marine conductors, and a Roumanian piano boasting six mile reach amid Chicago’s loud beginner pianos.
Rev. E. A. Rawden declares Philadelphia city water unfit to drink or bathe in and urges citizens to oppose the professional politicians responsible. He notes some cannot drink beer and many avoid bathing in the water.
In Madison Wisconsin a stir erupts as hundred young women who joined the athletic carnival wore knee length bloomers. Society women condemn the short dress while the men approve of the sight. The contrast between motives and fashion draws loud chatter.
The author argues that students taught to read write spell and acquire arithmetic geography are better prepared for university than those trained in a broad array of so called higher studies in common schools. The piece emphasizes grounding in core subjects over elaborate elocution and ism driven curricula.
The athletic committee of Harvard's board of overseers scrutinizes reforms to restore college sports to a simpler, less objectionable form. Officials seek to rescue athletics from professional exhibition and money-making to serve the all around development of students.
Students study a drastic fall in contract wheat in the northwestern markets from 24,900,000 two years ago to under 5,000,000 today with only 2,000,000 as contrast wheat. Experts say there is not enough wheat to satisfy mills and seed demand as Armour and Leiter own most of the remaining supply, hinting at high prices before the new crop is harvested.
Ben Atwater arrived from Circle City and Dawson with 100 pounds of mail. He reports food in the Yukon to last two years and predicts mine output around 8 million dollars while noting promising claims on several creeks. Other updates cover health at Dawson, gambling crackdowns, tail- end of a longshoremen strike, and a springlike thaw affecting trails.
Washington mourns Hon Blanche K Bruce former United States senator and Treasury official dies at 76 57 years old born a slave in Virginia He rose to prominence serving on Mississippi levee board sheriff and superintendent of education later as U S senator from 1869 to 1881 and held several treasury and district posts He died after a long illness and his funeral is set for Monday at the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal church colored His son aged 18 arrived from Exeter New Hampshire for Harvard prep studies.
Berlin March 17 Senor Sandoval the Spanish agent is negotiating to purchase several old slow steamers from the North German Lloyd Steamship Company as part of a possible fleet refresh.
March 21 report notes strong approval across classes for an Anglo American entente. British observers hail as evidence of friendly spirit and hope past differences vanish. Diplomats say such a union could ensure world peace and extend liberty, with Britain and the United States as mutual allies.
Havana reports Miss Clara Barton seeks General Blanco's permission to set large farms for reconcentrados, offering tools to support families. Spain denounces the plan as annexationist, while local papers accuse her of conspiracy. A gunboat officer Joaquin Rivero was stabbed leaving a theater, with political overtones amid rising hostility to Americans.
A Washington report notes nearly half of the $50 million national defense appropriation has been allocated or spent. The Navy has expended about 75 percent, with the Bureau of Ordnance and Bureau of Equipment receiving the largest shares, totaling around $7 million for shells, powders, torpedo tubes, and related operating expenses.
Taxpayers in Franklin county raise funds to hire experts to inspect county records. At the courthouse John W. Coons and A. E. Johnson were denied access to the books, prompting threats of force to regain possession.
Department of State notes from Ottawa that Klondike bound goods face Canadian duties like any other region. Travelers may pass wearing apparel, toilet articles, and personal items free if actually used for the journey, with limits including one watch, jewelry, one fur robe, blankets, and changes of clothes. Miners' gold pans remain free under tariff item No. 515.
News from Casas Grandes Mexico reports Mormon settlements hunted down and killed nine Black Jack gang members after a February 23 murder. Avenging angels pursued the band for days, locating their camp 100 miles from Casas Grandes and opening fire at dawn, ending the gang’s terror in the Sierra Madre region. A party of American prospectors later discovered the massacre.
Northern Pacific Victoria reports British fleets in Chinese waters buying all coal for warships from Suez to Siberia. Purser McDonald notes 35 to 40 British warships on the China station, with the vessel Powerful among the latest arrivals.
Paris march 19 horse breeders from Brittany Normandy and the southwest protest that rising US horse imports depress prices. They demand a 200 franc duty per horse plus quarantine and branding to protect prices and industry.
A jumble of vintage medical and patent medicine ads appears with claims for No To, Great Nerve Restorer, Cascarets and other tonics. The piece mocks sham cures and includes sample offers, addresses in Philadelphia and Chicago, and boilerplate refunds.
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