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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1900
Page
3
President McKinley issues his acceptance letter dated September 8 1900 endorsing the Republican platform. He argues for gold standard anti imperialist policy citing Cuba Puerto Rico the Philippines and a canal. He condemns tariff abuses monopolies and calls for strong national sovereignty and self rule.
Clayton New Mexico Sept 10 In the trial of Black for train robbery at Clayton the jury found him guilty as charged under New Mexico law which prescribes death by hanging for train robbery. Defense counsel moved for a new trial set for hearing next Monday. Ketchum was greatly affected yet restrained himself.
Santiago builds an electric railway in Cuba. The sultan of Turkey marks 25 years on the throne. European buyers order American coal. Lord Roberts annexes the Transvaal. Mud volcanoes erupt in Mendocino. 216 million eggs stored by Swift and Armour. Expositions face setbacks. Liege and Brussels fairs uncertain. Akron riots lead to 19 arrests and grand jury. Minneapolis mills hit new records. Spellman Seminary in Atlanta receives $180,000 from Rockefeller. German troops seize a hill in Peking. more troops reach Taku. Thirtieth Louisiana flag returned at Columbus reunion. Mrs. Meisner killed by lightning. house wrecked. Cable from Shanghai to Chee Foo begun. completion expected in a week. $20,000 stolen from Wells Fargo in Treveno, recovered en route. Cleveland mills reopen with wage cuts up to 23 percent. McKinley invited Cleveland to Hague commission. Cleveland hints conditions. Harrison to serve as commissioner. Doyle v Burns trial to span town term. Vermont GOP vote drops 20 percent due to local option. Democrats gain. Alaska’s Laplanders return. Dr. Sheldon Jackson advances schools with 8,000 reindeer herd existing.
Desperate mutiny at Bilidad prison in Manila region results in four dead and fifteen wounded. Native convicts overwhelm guards with a bolo attack, gain gates, until American troops under Major Rogers quell the uprising. News notes Warren transport to Nagasaki with Ninth Cavalry and recruits aboard and Aztec bringing horses to Kobe for the Third Cavalry.
The 1900s Abruzzi Arctic voyage sailed Nightingale Sound and the British Canal reaching far north but found no wintering harbor. It returned to Tiplitz Bay near Crown Prince Rudolph land where Stella Polare lay. Cold rose to 52 degrees Celsius with renewed advance March 11. ten men set out north, three returned to the ship, later two groups followed with failures from hunger and exposure.
Washington Sept 8 The post office department issued a fraud order against The American and L D Buss y manager of a large scheme that swindled Colorado teachers via a Denver branch.Applicants paid two dollars to have their names posted and were told of vacancies that did not exist, with Buss marketing widely through multiple branches. In 175 investigated cases teachers denied any help from Bass and many replies indicated no real openings. The scheme aimed to collect fees for non existent positions.
At a Manchester meeting of cotton spinners four fifths of employers represented voted against purchasing American spot cotton in September. The move, driven by a U S shortage, may force many mills to close for weeks as Liverpool docks hold only about 150000 bales, with roughly half usable. Lancashire mills consume about 58000 bales weekly.
A new volcano erupted thirty miles southeast of Colima in Guadalajara Mexico on September 7. Locals fled briefly as the fire mountain appeared suddenly but soon calmed, and scientists expect the volcano to be small and fade away soon.
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