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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1903
Page
2
A scatter of social blips and wry observations from The Register notes Carl Carnegie gifts, theater glories, and animal feats. It mocks fashion, politics, and finance while lampooning moguls such as Reggie Vanderbilt and J Pierpont Morgan. It cites imperial talk and local quips without a single coherent story.
A summary of multiple Denver area notes including ore lease income near Cameron in Cripple Creek district, a Washington Post memo allowing A M McMurray to join the Civic charter convention, Glen F. Kearns named secretary to the State Board of Arbitration, and Governor Peabody's Memorial Day plans with all National Guard units in Denver to participate. Also coverage of ditch control by the park commission, beekeepers seeking fair exhibit, Adjutant General Bell denying guard resignations, and changes in property assessment methods by the State Board of Equalization.
Governor Peabody proclaims Saturday June 13, 1903 as Flag Day urging statewide observances and school participation to teach patriotism. Included are calls for displaying the flag in homes and businesses and honoring Old Glory as emblem of the nation’s strength and righteousness.
In an interview with The News State Game and Fish Commissioner J. M. Woodard outlines new hatchery leadership and rapid progress. He cites W. S. Kincaid as general superintendent, Charles Dowdell at Denver, W. E. Patrick at Durango, and S. E. Land at Gunnison. Eggs and fish totals show 1,850,000 eggs collected, 950,000 and 900,000 eggs sent to Gunnison and Denver, with thousands of pounds of fish and rising egg yields. The effort aims to distribute trout to public waters, highlighting a potential $6,725 monthly value in state fish culture.
New Orleans May 24 General DP Lee presided at the opening session of the Confederate Reunion. The credentials report showed 1 523 camps represented and 2 423 delegates accredited. General Evans read the Battle Abbey report as General Wheeler entered to a cheer and thanked the gathering. Wheeler urged support for aged soldiers and the fund for the Abbey stood at 204 471 dollars. The monument fund was declared secure and the roster project to be copied by the War Department was approved. All officers were re elected and the gathering adjourned sine die.
Denver May 23 A 21 year old, Boyd Irvine, was arrested by city detectives after attempting to blackmail Walter S. Cheesman, president of the Denver Union Water Company, for 10000 dollars. Irvine confessed, claiming he needed the money. Cheesman received a threatening letter with a miniature sword and a demand to place the money at a stump near Tenth and Lincoln avenues before a supposed blast on his new building.
Kansas towns Bala and Mulvane reportedly swept away by tornadoes with two deaths in Bala. Dickinson County legislator H Harvey injured fatally according to reports. Extensive farm and village damage from tornadoes and hail. Nearby Bloomington Nebraska also suffered loss of life and extensive property destruction.
Senator W A Clark of Montana and president of the Salt Lake San Pedro and Los Angeles railroad has arrived in California after inspecting his Jerome Arizona mines and visiting his son in San Mateo He says construction on his new road is being rushed and expected to be finished within two years with current calculations guiding the schedule.
Washington May 23 Congress will be asked at the opening of the next session to appropriate funds to cover deficiencies in both regular and rural free delivery of the Post Office Department. Postmaster General Payne reports a total deficit of 227,300 dollars, including 105,300 in the rural free delivery branch, and criticizes A W Machen while suspending rural map work.
Denver, May 23. After thirty six hours of deliberation, a jury found Fred Watts, Frank Bishop, and Thomas Phillips guilty on eleven of twenty one counts alleging negligence in office. A motion for a new trial was requested and granted. Penalties include a $200 fine per count and removal from office. Watts currently serves as Adams County commissioner. Additional trials of H. Brown Cannon and Charles Berdel are pending.
Postmaster General Payne told Senator Millard that July 1 rural delivery headquarters will be relocated from Denver to Omaha. Fine quarters costing 8000 dollars have been prepared for rural officials in the Omaha public building.
New York May 23 Reliance defeated Columbia by a wide margin on a twenty five mile course off Glen Cove. Official time showed Reliance four teen minutes and forty three seconds ahead. The win reflected both luck and the yacht's superior sailing qualities though Columbia's ill fortune limited her.
Havana reports the United States and Cuba signed a permanent treaty incorporating all Platt Amendment provisions. The document formalizes long standing terms and aligns bilateral relations with established constraints. Authorities stated the agreement remains in effect through mutual consent and ratification processes.
W J Hill of 40 South Union Street Concord North Carolina a hardware and harness store proprietor justice of the peace and respected citizen endorses Deans Kidney Pills as an effective remedy for disordered kidneys and backache. He reports improved kidney secretions stronger back health and urges others to try the treatment. A free trial is offered by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY with price 60 cents per box available through druggists.
Snow plows in Canada require maintaining over 600 units each winter. A quirky ad and poetic quip fragment touch on defiance starch, tobacco make up, and a critic line about poetry and blank verse, ending with a note on a nightmare as a dark horse.
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