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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1900
Page
6
The piece discusses wasteful spending versus prudent recreation, a husband at a bargain sale as comic low, a coming presidential campaign likely triggering another natural gas boom, Chicago robbers masquerading as constables, thugs taking money after a dice loss, and Senate debates on armor plate with zero impact on senators’ skulls.
Mount Lassen near Red Bluff in California is described as rumbling ominously as observers speculate a vice-presidential possibility may be there. Lord Roberts reports a cheery telegram from Col. Baden-Powell, defender of Mafeking, while a beleaguered town serves mule ragout with fried cat for breakfast.
Over the past week strikes grew to nearly 100000 workers, mostly orderly in their push for fewer hours. Violence has appeared only where participants lack full American citizenship, underscoring the disciplined stance of American labor.
The Sahara shows dark colored horses absorb heat less poorly than light ones, a fact echoed in India. The Nature writer notes tropical animals tend to have darker coats, and the darkest human races often inhabit warmer regions.
A city employment bureau matron notes eight boys seeking kitchen and housekeeping work. Each chooses tasks clearly and completes them faster than many adults. The era's new boy can cook, clean, and manage a bachelor home while maintaining school standing and peer respect.
The board of geographic names favors Puerto Rico while Congress and government documents use Porto Rico, creating a legal naming conflict. The president accepted the board’s spelling, but legal status remains tied to Porto Rico in law.
German astronomer Dr J Halm offers a theory that earth axis wobble results from sun magnetic influence. He compares sun spot activity with irregular north pole motion, noting coincidences where magnetic effects peak and diminish after sunspot maxima.
The Colorado Springs Gazette argues Boer commissioners seek independence for the Orange Free State and Transvaal but face a doomed mission. It warns American party politics will skew responses, as Britain will not concede independence without war and European powers may side with Britain.
Fire broke out at the twentieth level in No 2 shaft of the Calumet and Hecla Hecla branch mine in Houghton Michigan. The workers escaped but a rescue party diving from an adjacent shaft barely saved themselves. One man died after reaching the surface and five others were hospitalized from gas exposure.
A Utah band of outlaws gunned down Sheriff Tyler of Grand County and cattle owner Sam Jenkins near Hill Creek about fifty miles north of Thompson. Deputy Day escaped to warn Sheriff Preece and a posse, as a manhunt launched with rewards offered. Cattlemen vow to exterminate the gang, Gry Currie was killed earlier resisting a posse.
The diplomatic corps asks the Chinese foreign office to define measures against the Boxers. The government struggles to curb the movement while native Christians seek protection. Reports from Shanghai say He k in is critical after a government defeat, with foreign troops likely to be sent to protect legations and missionaries urged to leave interior areas amid near anarchy in Pe Chi Li Shan Tung and Shan Li provinces.
Chicago reports an overnight assault by thirteen men calling themselves the District of Lake Michigan. The episode near Lincoln Park left one boy shot in the leg and a horse killed, with Captain George W. Streeter organizing but not joining the raid. Five leaders were arrested as others escaped. Streeter, a squatter, has long claimed made land along the Illinois shore as public domain, sparking ongoing litigation.
James Fitzharris alias Skin the Ghost and Joseph Mullett, Irish invincibles released from Irish prison for Phoenix Park murders, were ordered excluded and deported by the board of special inquiry at the immigration station under laws barring admission for felons or crimes of moral turpitude. They had been pardoned by Earl Cadogan and arrived in New York as steerage passengers aboard the Lucania last Saturday.
Returns show Donnelly defeated by Lynch for president in the International Typographical Union. First vice president outcome awaits official count with a close race between Hayes and Hawkes.
The Senate weighs STEM adjournment by June end with McClellan backed by key congressmen as Boer delegates plan a lengthy tour from Baltimore to Denver while emphasizing nonpartisan aims. Debates focus on naval fuel policy, treasury withdrawals, and Alaska and Philippine bills.
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