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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1896
Page
7
In New York an audience heckled Rev. Thomas Dixon Jr during a sermon on The Political Crisis. Shouts of liar and pro Bryan caused a hasty exodus while fire brigades and rescue teams aided in the collapsing wall and freeing trapped attendees.
A Benton Harbor fire in Michigan at noon claimed eleven lives including a volunteer firefighter. The blaze gutted a building from basement to fourth floor, with heavy smoke preventing early water response while a local talent show was wrapping up.
Denver report says Bohn property halted tonight as Miners Union orders engineer and fireman off the top. Water pumping halted. police guard maintained. Union officials vow all members will abstain, while Behn managers plan morning restart. Seaboard Airline issues sweeping rate cuts to several southern cities with new fares effective September 9.
Chicago dispatch reports the Spring Wheat Millers' Combine of the Northwest has collapsed after failing to steady prices. Most mills joined the trust, agreeing to a one cent per barrel levy, but dissension and price cutting by large mills led to its dissolution at a Minneapolis meeting.
London September 5 The Chronicle prints an interview with Grace Kimball Witneed regarding the Constantinople riots. The piece notes Armenian casualties and the unrest troubling the city as observers seek details.
Grace Kimball M D, a Bangor Maine missionary, arrived in London describing eyewitness accounts of massacres in Constantinople and Bebek. She cites Turkish origin of the atrocities and notes a strong but brutal Turkish suppression movement, while the Rome Chronicle notes Italian victims and rumors of a sultan's massacre order.
An address from foreign delegates to the Irish at home and abroad endorses the Irish National Convention as representative and urges all to support majority rule. It appeals for unity for home rule and promises to convey the convention’s sense of majority support and the unflagging backing of the parliamentary party until self government is won for Ireland.
Word reached Wolcott will address the McKinley Republicans in the Coliseum on September 14. A 2,000-strong procession and varied banners will meet the senator on arrival, with organizers aiming to surpass the reception given to Senator Teller.
Jubrie Oklahoma September 5 The Supreme court decided Indian reservation tax cases after two years of territorial court litigation The last legislature taxed all cattle ranches houses and other personal property of white men in the Indian reservations The court says general territorial purposes and court expenses tax stands but the county and school tax is illegal The decision saves cattlemen over $50 000 a year
The interior department notified the Wyoming board of arid land commissioners that fees paid by the state for Carey land act selections would be refunded. No future charges will be assessed on such selections. The total refunds charged previously amount to 1263 dollars.
The Bank Statement from New York on Sept 5 reports decreases in reserves by 607,650 and in loans by 2,720,100, with increases in specie by 1,851,200 and circulation by 924,000. Deposits fell 4,863,000 while legal tenders declined 3,674,600. banks hold 226,550 above legal requirements.
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