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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1901
Page
2
The Register notes an excess of magazines as it cites figures such as General Delgado named governor of Iloilo with a $3000 annual salary, the Chinese emperor’s tobacco habit, a wagered seventy-horsepower car by M Canello, and Gov Beckham’s genealogical-political family record.
Paris Gibson once led Minneapolis woolen mill efforts before the 1877 panic left him owing about $10,000 to his employer. He later moved to Montana, then returned to Minneapolis around a decade later and settled the debt with 7 percent interest.
Fifteen bushels of flax from Argentina were sown in North Dakota as an experimental crop last year and yielded excellent results. This year 6,000 bushels will be sown on about 12,000 acres. The Argentine flax is larger and plumper with more oil than native flax and the seed traces back to Russia.
Mrs. John King van Rensselaer gave the New York Historical Society a marble slab once marking the Weehawken duel site where Alexander Hamilton fell. Removed about 1815 to curb dueling, it resurfaced in 1850 in a New York saloon. The West Shore railway now crosses the site.
Physicians note a curiously local malady among southern Italian peasants linked to eating beans. In predisposed individuals the scent of flowering bean plants can trigger intoxication like symptoms when passing a bean field.
A Parisian woman named Barbiere invited her numerous creditors to her home. Twenty attended and found Madame Barbiere dead by hanging from a gas bracket with a note on her breast stating she had hanged herself in full settlement of all debts.
The schooner W. J. Patterson arrived from Grays Harbor with the captain's wife in charge after Capt Weltkmat fell gravely ill three days out. The first and second mates proved unable navigators, but Mrs Weitkmat, trained with her husband, took observation duty and commanded the ship while tending her ill husband.
A Philadelphia man wears a small pin as a watch charm marked 1900 with an English alphabet ring around its head. Engraver August Starcke labored a year to craft each character in order. Separate note on King Edward’s Riviera visits: no villa purchase, but possible spring royal stays on the Riviera including Cannes or Cimiez.
The Treasury Department completed 774 applications for national bank charters from March 14, 1900, to April 27, 1901, with 529 banks organized and total capital nearing 27.4 million. Small banks accounted for 369 with 9.7 million capital, while larger banks numbered 160 with 17.7 million. Total active banks reached 4,008 with authorized capital 643.2 million. Despite capital, circulation remains modest relative to deposits, as bonds deposited cover only the required minimum. The article notes abundant gold and strong money supply boosting exchange efficiency via banks and clearing houses.
President McKinley and Mexican President Diaz allies praised the friendship between the United States and Mexico at El Paso. McKinley stressed arbitration over war, denying imperialism and militarism in U S policy, and urging unity, prosperity, and loyal patriotism.
Alabama moves toward a constitutional amendment to disfranchise Black voters, mirroring Mississippi and South Carolina. The Alabama plan, openly targeting African Americans, clashes with the Fifteenth Amendment and could trigger proportional reductions in congressional representation under the Fourteenth Amendment. Colorado Springs Evening Mail reports on the political stakes and national legal implications.
The Colorado Springs Gazette notes President McKinley brings a new era in U S policy with Pacific expansion. California gains from growing Pacific trade as the first sitting U S president to visit the West coast, promising further influence for the region and nation.
Hill and Bryan turn down the presidential nomination in a move recalled by the Syracuse Post-Standard. The article frames the decision as a notable refrain about refusing political backing, highlighting the ongoing debate over leadership and suitability.
Ex Senator Hill dismisses talk of presidential possibilities three years from now as betting on ticket speculation. The New York Mail and Express notes the remark. Vice President Roosevelt engages cautiously while guarding political fences and plans to open the Minnesota state fair at St Paul on September 2.
Washington May 13 A general strike potentially affecting 150000 machinists directly and 500000 in metal trades may start May 20 if no settlement is reached. OConnell says demands include a nine hour day and ten hours pay for nine, with some employers resisting national wage arbitration.
President McKinley arrives in San Francisco ahead of schedule as Mrs McKinley’s sudden illness prompts an immediate move from Del Monte to Henry T Scott’s home for rest. A special train carries the couple and aides while Cortelyou reports no alarm but notes possible changes to the president’s itinerary.
Dr. D. K. Pearsons returns to Chicago after a West tour and announces he will confine future gifts to the West. He draws a chalk north south line through Chicago and declares no money will go east of it, planning to give away a million or two in the next year. He has retired from business and will devote time to gardening and traveling near Hinsdale.
Assistant Commissioner W A Rich of the general land office will go to Oklahoma to survey boundaries and organize five proposed counties in the Iowa Comanche and Wichita lands. Lands will be allotted to settlers starting September 1 to avoid a land rush with Indians receiving initial allotments and best lands. Much of the remainder will be grazing land, none as valuable as settlement lands opened before.
Hamilton Fish arrived from Europe and stated that nations there are jealous of the United States and its development. He noted a pro-Spanish sentiment abroad while praising President McKinley as a great man.
General De Wet has resumed operations and reportedly crossed into the Transvaal with 2,000 men, according to a Mail dispatch from Pretoria dated May 13. The report details a new raid by the South African rebel commander.
Denver announces the Rocky Mountain Chautauqua at Glen Park Palmer Lake opening June 1 with added special numbers and a week of Bible study and association worker conferences. The Sunday school Normal Institute will train teachers for Sunday schools and youth work, led by officers including President F M Priestley and Superintendent Robert Coltman.
In Indianapolis William Phelps of Richmond Kentucky and James Staplebury of Indianapolis were cleaning a boiler at Cerealine mills when steam leaked from an unsecured cock. Staplebury escaped with minor burns while Phelps sacrificed himself urging his friend to go first and died two hours later. Both men are Black.
The Independence Belge publishes affidavits signed by Count Ferdinand Walsing Esterhazy before the French consul in London. They acknowledge authorship of the Dreyfus bordereaux and claim it was written with the connivance of Colonel Sandheri, former head of the secret intelligence bureau.
Denver letter carriers switch to shirt waist attire for summer. Pueblo teacher Mrs. Mertie Burger remains missing. Real estate auction in Denver yields only two lots below value. Unitarian representatives to Boston meeting. Oil-boring plans under Denver basin studied by Real Estate Exchange. John C. Henry linked to overhead trolley invention. Flag Day set for June 17. DAR to stage school program in City park. Sheep Mountain snow slide fatal for Amos Frazer. Loveland beet sugar workers to be supplied by Parson Uzzell's church. Denver Rio Grande railroad tracks face rock slides. high river levels. Steel rails orders keep Bessemer mill busy. eighty five-pound rails for Santa Fe. Central City census shows 1115 students, elevates district status. Jesse A. Moore sentenced to life, first Shumate trial. Colorado College science building expands museum space. McKinley committee names still pending. Fremont county forecasts bumper fruit crop despite oil interest. Reduced rail fares for various Colorado events. Denver & Rio Grande finances show substantial gains. Oil-boring underway in Pueblo County Williams ranch area. American Eagle Oil Co forecasts 1000-foot reach. Colorado Human Society lists agents statewide. State Sunday School Assn elects officers at Colorado Springs.
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