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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1896
Page
2
The Register notes Tolstoi calling English and Zulus the two most brutal nations. It also comments on Warrensburg Maine’s unusual rapid transit, and mentions a cur being run over a street car line monthly to preserve a charter.
A Massachusetts court refused to admit X ray pictures as evidence while noting a federal Supreme Court justice recently used an X ray unofficially to assess a knee condition. The test reportedly satisfied the examiner and may benefit Justice Field in future care.
A New York couple welcomed a boy and two girls named Grover Ruth and Esther from a Sunday birth. The husband, prompted by a sense of duty, set out for the neighboring Catholic church to present his family, underscoring the enduring principle of familial devotion.
A fifteen year old girl in Holland studies international and constitutional government while her mother governs as queen regent. Though a princess in name, she is being groomed for service and may be known as the Good Queen, a status valued by supporters of democratic ideals.
The United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America endorses a gradual switch to English in all services. It cites necessity to reach younger Americans of Scandinavian descent, arguing the church must modernize to prosper while remaining faithful to its principles.
A well known swindler freed from a Maryland jail after an eight year bunco sentence. Sensational reports claimed he would cash in on 100000 savings, but critics doubt he saved anything. The piece argues such fiction fuels crime and notes criminals rarely prosper.
Leadville mine owners shut down the Bon Air and Penrose pumps under Eben Storch order draining a rich district. Flooding halts operations at Welden Bobn Coronado Sixth Street Bison Northern mines, risking thousands of jobs and altering strike dynamics as officials cite futile attempts to secure funding.
Denver dispatch reports a Colorado Springs inspection party near Pike's Peak faced a wild runaway after their locomotive tore up the track for a mile. The unbridled engine, part of a one-car train, blew its whistle as it sped uncontrolled toward Manitou, prompting a rapid response to avert disaster.
Cripple Creek Colorado Aug 31 A subcommittee of the Municipal Reform League reports it has proof of higher gambling licenses than Marshal Jim Marshall recorded. They say 62 tables paid licenses in June, not 44, leaving 18 dollars unaccounted for. Agent Jack Sewart, jailed by Marshall, allegedly provided new information to the committee.
Li Hung Chang was the guest of honor at a Waldorf banquet in New York hosted by former U S ministers to China. General J E Ward escorted him in, Rockhill represented the state department, and Li spoke graciously while enjoying a brief meal amid toasts to friends and the emperor. Mayor Strong met him earlier for a civic discussion on American government and city affairs.
Brooklyn news reports the Kings County Elevated Railway company with a capital of 4 750 000 goes into hands of a receiver in the late 19th century upheaval. The event marks a major setback for the Brooklyn elevated rail system and local transit plans.
Fragmentary text indicates a corporate receiver appointed this morning with Genery Jourdan as president of the team. Mentions consent of parties, bond and debenture actions, and injuries to business from Wiley care, but details are unclear.
Mra W J Bryan and her husband cycled through Jamestown Chautauqua and nearby towns Aug 20 amid a busy schedule of speeches and church visits. The tour planned visits to Ripley Cleveland and Brooklyn with stops by train and carriage, as Bryan prepares for a final leg of campaigning.
A yacht race is proposed between Heligot with the event to follow the year’s end under Queen Victoria’s reign. The race, open to British yachts of forty tons and up, will be drawn up by a committee including Lonsdale Sir John Burns Grant Dixon Kemp and other noted yachtmen.
Delegates from Equor and various districts meet in Cleveland on August 31 to form a national organization. The agenda includes aims of the gathering, the creation of a national body, and discussion of the loose credit system and market conditions.
A dispatch from London reports Russian foreign affairs figure Lebanoff Rostovsky died suddenly while traveling from Vienna to London. He was with the czar at the time, and the cause of death remains unspecified in the telegram.
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