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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1899
Page
6
A collection of wry aphorisms and social commentary from The Register. The piece notes how advice is easy to give yet easy to forget, and warns against overlong stump speeches. It jokes about heroes, valet relationships, and the piling up of familiar social phenomena.
The Krupp firm completes many paper cannon and plans armor for ships from the same material. The idea would end the romance of naval battle and the poet who wrote songs of ships of steel now faces the challenge of rhyming about ships of paper.
European demand for American apples is strong with an estimated 1 217 767 barrels more than last year. The U S home crop is forecast smaller by one half to three quarters, pushing prices up. New York farmers receive 75 cents to $1 25 a barrel under the trees for Baldwin shipments. The 12 437 barrels shipped since Aug 1 averaged near $3 to $4 per barrel.
A famous Englishman warns that letting a brazen liar into daily home life mirrors how a newspaper indifferent to truth becomes a master. The piece cautions against self-serving press that disregards individual rights and public morals, likening it to inviting an evil spirit.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr is disinherited under his father’s will for marrying Grace Wilson. The will divides the $105 million estate with $10 million to Cornelius’s siblings including Gertrude and Reginald Vanderbilt, sizable gifts to Yale Columbia and Vanderbilt, and the remainder to Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. Trustees are William K. Vanderbilt and Cornelius’s widow.
From Manila reports criticize General Otis for abandoning captured territory in the north and south to insurgents. Military leaders argue holding ports and interior towns is essential, while shortages of medical staff and hospital space worsen conditions for wounded and ill troops.
William Jennings Bryan concluded a remarkable campaigning week with over fifty speeches in six days across Kentucky and Ohio. He traveled by special train, spoke from platforms and rear carriages, and added many brief talks at stations. He heads next to Chicago en route to Nebraska, planning two more weeks of campaigning in his home state.
Oakland California October 7 General Funston accepts a return to the Philippines after a telegram from Adjutant General Corbin asking him to lead troops there once the Kansas regiment is mustered out. He plans to wire acceptance tomorrow and may be accompanied by his wife. He expects to report to Washington after muster out and reenter the volunteer service at brigadier general, likely heading to the Philippines by November 15.
New York October 2 The sloop Columbia defeated the British challenger Shamrock by six minutes sixteen seconds actual time and six minutes thirty four seconds corrected time to win the America's Cup series. The race featured a fierce northeast wind and rough seas with two fair races previously noted and one accident to Shamrock. Sir Thomas says he was beaten by the better boat. The conditions were severe with frost and a chilling gale.
The transport Yorkshire carries the first troops of the special army corps for South Africa and sails at 2 PM with other transports following at intervals. Public access to docks was barred, but vast crowds outside cheered and sang farewell as trains moved away. General Lord Garnet Wolseley and staff observed, with US naval attaché Lt. Colwell among spectators.
New York Oct 20 Judge Lacombe of the United States Circuit Court denied the habeas corpus writ for former Captain Oberlin M Carter already serving five years for conspiracy to defraud the government in contracts The court martial findings are upheld in a lengthy opinion and Carter remains imprisoned.
An afternoon clash at Naco on the border between American cowboys and Mexican guards ends with four Mexican guards dead, one American killed, and multiple injuries. The incident follows a previous cross border disturbance and arises from a dispute on the Mexican side of the line as guards opened fire while pursuing Americans, sparking a fifteen minute battle with over fifty shots. A cowboy named Joe Rhodes is jailed on the Mexican side as a posse forms to aid his rescue. Montgomery and Ryan are among the missing and killed.
George F. Harding and others filed a bill against American Glucose Company alleging a trust had formed to unlawfully regulate glucose prices and that a Peoria property transfer was tied to this scheme. The Supreme Court reviews the testimony, finding possible conspiracy to defraud under the 1891 act and remands to set aside the sale deed.
Announcement of the engagement between Miss Cevella Miles, daughter of General and Mrs Miles, and Captain Samuel Reber US Army. No wedding date set. likely next season. Captain Reber served as colonel of volunteers in the Spanish American War and is on General Miles staff.
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