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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1896
Page
2
The column notes Cuban patriots lacking ships but holding firm resolve. It cites Spain sending 80,000 more troops to Cuba and criticizes roads as needing action beyond resolutions. It mentions Fiji donations to missions, a Chicago dime museum fire, and Ex-Governor Waite's map remark.
The article notes that opponents question a further pension for the Duke of Cambridge while the English public currently contributes only about 70,000 dollars annually.
Citizens speculate on a ghostly presence at the Statue of Liberty in New York. The piece notes that some locals feel the so called spirit may be all that remains of the landmark in their view.
The measure as passed by the House includes direct appropriations of 10,330,560 and authorizes contracts totaling 51,721,210 to complete new projects. The bill exceeds 62,000,000 overall, with implications for re election prospects of likely supporters. Reynolds Guerin of Columbus was to wed Miss Lucas of St. Louis last week but delayed amid questions about her family finances.
After seventeen years the secret service captured Jim the Penman, a master counterfeiter who forged high value U S notes entirely by hand. Chief Hazen calls his work the most dangerous counterfeit of any country. the genius evaded detection for seventeen years.
Cripple Creek Colorado reports relief efforts steady with supplies replenished though tents and bedding scarce. City bans temporary wooden structures, shifts to brick building and street cleanup plans. Real estate prices rise. business center remains likely on Bennett Second and Third streets. Portland hotel corner valued at $20,000 cash amid rebuilding debates. Municipal leaders pursue work-for-hobos policy.
Ward Colorado May 4 For months there has been talk of building a railroad to Ward. M F Leech of Boulder leads the project with Eastern capitalists ready to fund it. A Pennsylvania syndicate was late. The 28 inch line will run from Boulder along Gulf rights of way with sidings to mines. Ore rate set at one dollar a ton to Boulder to revive idle mines. Surveyors to begin work next week and locomotives ordered.
Work on laying the track will commence and it is confidently expected that the road will be completed with trains running by September 1.
Early today a Burlington fast freight hit a washout two miles east of Liberty Neb. Engine Tom Brennan was killed instantly when crushed between engine and tender. Conductor Dowgas was fatally mangled and died moments later. Fireman escaped serious injury.
May 3 report from The Baines Law New York notes minimal shifts on the first Sunday under the state board. Saloons are mostly closed while liquor sales focus on hotel licensees. Police identify hotel class venues selling without meals and uncover upstairs rooms used for beer violations.
Ed-Din Marsa Wallab, second son of the late shah and designated successor, was enthroned Saturday morning at Tabriz as Shah-In-Shah. Nazr-Pd-Ding's body has been embalmed for interment in Keom after the new shah's arrival. The grand vizier's prompt action maintains perfect order across the region.
Brigadier Robert Perry announced that just before Commander Booth Tucker left for California the Salvation Army in the United States received all property formerly held by Ballington Booth. The Fourteenth Street headquarters and every item registered in Booth’s name are now owned by the Salvation Army with no objections recorded.
Boston April 30 The House debated a bill to ban oleomargarine colored to imitate butter. Mr Stevens of Somerville proposed an alternate bill allowing manufacture and sale of oleomargarine in clearly marked packages. He argued the commonwealth is the greatest isolator of the law.
Valparaiso reports show army staff statistics with uncertain figures after late enrollment. Dr. Vidello elected president of the house of deputies with Lex Moanes as vice president and named minister to Ecuador. Government holds daily conferences on the saltpeter crisis and may seek a 30 million peso mortgage at five percent. Autifagasta storm warnings rise as the mole is foedet.
Denver May 4 The Rocky Mountain News reports Chairman Coppell announced extensive improvements for the Rio Grande system. Articles of incorporation show two branches the Rio Grande Durango Southwest and the Rio Grande Delta with projected expenditures of 1.5 to 2 million dollars.
May 3 Te Notid reports M. E. Arnot of the Chemung Canal Bank plans to form a manufacturing town twelve miles from New York City between Orange Jersey and Elizabeth New Jersey. The project aims to house 60 000 inhabitants and resembles the construction of a large industrial town in Illinois.
The Jurg iq Jones mint case in Carson City Nev ended with a guilty verdict yesterday afternoon. He faces sentencing Monday morning. The defendant, an assistant refiner, was accused of stealing bullion from the Carson mint in a noted fraud case.
A Naples dispatch reports rumors of an anarchist targeting King Humbert that has been obscured in London by ongoing coverage. The claim centers on alleged plans against Humbert and the lack of confirmation in other outlets.
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