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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1890
Page
2
A column from The Register mixes readers’ curiosities and rants, touching on tomato leaves as medicine, census misses, reform rhetoric, slave prices, and language fears. It critiques political principles, English language expansion, public duty, coal controls, barber hygiene, Russia’s diplomacy, and the rise of physical training, ending with reflections on frankness and rapid communication advances.
State and regional items report two men killed by a mine explosion near Aspen on Monday. Other stories include the 27th anniversary of German colonization celebrated in Denver, a Denver streetcar robbery by a novice thief, Delta hose team victories at Montrose fair, a near-drowning coal oil burn in Eastonville, and several regional accidents.
Birchall, a Canadian charged with luring a young Englishman to Canada and killing him, has been found guilty and sentenced. The court imposed a lengthy term to be carried out starting in November.
A Boston edition of the American Institute of Sacred Literature is organized with ministers and laymen. A winter school and possibly a summer session will be held at the YMCA building. Old Testament lectures start Oct 28 with Prof. Harper. New Testament courses begin later with Prof. Ryder and Buell.
Judge Tyner of the post office department nears final guidance to postmasters on enforcing the anti lottery law. He plans to consult Judge Taft before issuing instructions while noting the law's breadth extends to raffles and church fairs. A Texas newspaper prize guessing scheme and a Pennsylvania interior paper’s Mexican lottery ad prompt questions and jokes about瓜 enforcement and editorials.
A committee in Curiaco Illinois met with BE F Brown of Colorado to discuss a 200 by 125 foot surface plot and a shaft 144 by 54 feet deep to 500 feet. The shaft would hold eight compartments with six elevators and a bottom elliptical corridor from which West mine replicas would extend. Brown seeks 5 percent of gross receipts, offers to donate excavated material, and projects 40 000 to 50 000 daily visitors with admission free. Estimated cost about 500 000 plus 100 000 for contingencies, leaving 275 000 for a reserve.
The Dockmen's Congress opened in London on the 30th with sixty delegates present. Thomas Mann presided as union leaders reported wage gains of seven shillings weekly for 50 percent of members and three shillings sixpence for the rest, plus abolition of contract work in most dock groups and end of sweating. The meeting considered expanding dock labor into cooperative work, a Saturday half holiday, a 48 hour week, state supervised factories, and federation of unions. A board of arbitra tion formation was discussed.
An appeal to Americans asks for immediate aid to Ireland as drought and potato failure threaten a new famine. The American Committee for the Relief of Famine in Ireland, led by James Grant Wilson, coordinates nationwide donations of money provisions and clothing to North and South America.
Washington investigates Indians traveling with wild west shows in Europe. Report says recalled to reservations and no further departures for show purposes. General O Briene and others pressed the issue, receiving a response from Secretary Nourse directing the prohibition.
The first meeting of the commission tasked with evaluating the consolidation of New York, Brooklyn, the harbor islands, and adjacent towns in Kings, Queens, and Westchester counties was held at Andrew H. Green's office. Green outlined the law, duties, and calm, thorough approach, noting no haste and that the panel would gather trustworthy statistics before reporting back.
In Syracuse on September 30, James Owen O'Connor faced chaos during Hamlet after tomatoes potatoes and other thrown objects erupted. Mayor Cowie attended inciting audience boos while O'Connor urged respect or a kiss. The curtain rose repeatedly but tomatoes beans and franks kept actors busy as seats broke and lights went out.
Students from the Freshman and Sophomore classes clashed after prayers, turning the Cane Rush into a near riot at Northern University in Evarston. The mellee caused extensive injuries and many torn clothes, with the town alarmed by the disturbance.
Silver recovers from 1.10 as debt for September falls by 4.53 million. Australian port strikes threaten trade while the Count of Paris visits the U.S. A London St Pauls service shockingly ends with a man’s suicide. Memphis Democrats reach a 3,051st ballot for Col. Patterson’s Congressional nomination. Farwell & Co. plans a 85 million capital Chicago incorporation with no public stock. World’s Columbian Exposition head purges politics by resigning from the Republican Committee. Congress passes major appropriations and a set of varied measures. New York installs eight brass tablets marking Manhattan history funded by the Holland Society. A daughter of General Barrundia arrives in Oaxaca with documents on her father’s murder. Rome reports J. L. Chappelle’s elevation to bishopric for Santa Fe. An elderly man near St Joseph is killed by a freight train while freeing a cow. Canada grants government land to large families, totaling 200,000 acres and 15,000 people. A South Dakota youth returns stolen wood to the Yankton reservation after guidance from officials. Armenian frontier tensions surge with 72,000 Russian troops massed. Turks reinforce to deter smuggling. An Apache raid near Comerica, Mexico, ends with a wagon train recovered after a clash. Congress passes silver purchase, anti-trust, meat inspection, land grant, and naval expansion measures. Goa unrest in India reports indiscriminate killings, palace guards’ bayonets, and dynamite attacks. up to 20 killed or wounded.
A large blaze at Fowler Brothers packing house in Chicago destroys vast meat stocks and lard tanks. Flames erupt from the packing or engine room, with 32 lard tanks exploding and hog carcasses burning in the cooling room. Water fails to halt the inferno as hundreds of firemen fight amid toxic fumes from saltpetre. roof collapses, and the fire rages for hours, with extinguishment unlikely for two days.
A wreck on the Baltimore & Ohio near Pleasant Valley Ohio killed nine men after two trains collided on a sharp curve. Engines and about twenty five freight cars piled high. operator Keelty warned of danger but failed to clear the eastbound train. Track cleared by morning. A separate Barnesville Hill collision caused no injuries.
President Harrison will attend the Kansas old soldiers reunion in Topeka on October 10, in response to Governor Humphrey and state officers invitation conveyed by Senator Plumb. It will be his first West trip since inauguration, with special trains from across the state for a momentous gathering.
An assassination plot aimed at the Czar on the 27th involved blocking a railway near St Petersburg to Warsaw. Five sleepers were wedged to form a barricade as a train bound for the Czar supposedly struck the obstruction and left the track. No arrests or details have been reported.
The New York customs house expects a huge duty intake this week, far above the usual 1.09 million, possibly near 5 million, as traders rush to clear goods before the new tariff takes effect October 6. Importers seek funds to pay duties on late arrivals with a November 1 deadline for older goods, creating brisk demand for cash through the end of next week.
Senate and House actions on immigration law tariff measures post offices and land issues. Amendments on forestry, education for professionals, and moral acts. Debates include reciprocity, sugar duties, and distribution of printing. Other items cover pensions, drought relief payments, and dissemination of official reports.
A late session in Washington featured a committee to notify the President that Congress was near adjournment, a veto on a bill banning book-making in the District, and resolutions praising Vice President Morton and President. The House approved appointments and a postmaster vacancy, with Spooner reporting on accounts. The session adjourned after addressing routine measures and reshuffling post office duties.
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