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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1890
Page
2
The piece surveys schools and teachers shortages, public intrusion into education, and critique of book driven science. It notes Mecca travel, Mecca neutrality, and tells a castle story. It argues for suppressing immoral publications and discusses birth trends after wars. It ends by linking civilization to longevity and self restraint.
Prisoner escapes at Leadville jail and a fatal collision on the Rio Grande near Florence with eight dead. Greeley potato prices at $1.70 per hundred. Denver bank clearings at five million dollars. Grand Junction opens a push for a canning factory. Utes restless about moving to Utah. West Point appointments for Bret Dickenson and Delos Holden. Asphalt vein found in Routt County with 40 percent purity. Denver tests ongoing. Pueblo streetcar strike response and an accident near Tennessee Pass leaves traveler injured. Colorado Springs opens the sixteenth year of the state Institute for the Deaf and Blind with a remodeled campus and new facilities.
Five thousand people from nearby towns including Pueblo and Denver attended Melon Day in Rocky Ford on the fourth. A large stack of melons weighing forty to fifty pounds were served free, with other farm produce on display. Afternoon speeches by Judges Kerr and Gerry, Lieutenant Governor Smith, J. D. Dillenback, and Father Dyer highlighted town pride and Arkansas Valley progress.
A premature explosion at a Spokane Falls rock cut for new freight yards killed many men and left over a dozen dead with others missing. Foremen C McPherson and a tamping worker were among those affected as 20 00 cubic feet of rock and earth hurled into the cut. Over 100 men labored at the scene through the night to recover bodies while remaining workers tended the wounded.
George Bb. Buyer two years six months old of Long Island City vanished Friday afternoon. Parents and friends searched all night and resumed at dawn with two hunting parties. An apron odor led dogs to a swamp where the child stood in water neck-deep. He was carried home exhausted but expected to recover.
The New York Tribune editorial notes the silver act reduced public apprehension as silver prices rose and the London market relied on New York prices. It cites a narrowing gold to silver gap, limited evidence of increased silver production, and ongoing U S purchases supporting bullion prices while warning future harm remains possible.
In Pittstown Pennsylvania on September 5 a group of major corporations including Westinghouse Yale Lock Colt Arms and Pullman interests formed an alliance against strikes. They agree that during a strike all work will cease at associated factories and workers who quit will not be rehired by federated plants.
In Wasutxeron D C Sept 8 a bill by Senator Ingalls and Representative Thompson seeks to fix a defect in Alaska civil government law. It would allow British sealing vessel owners condemned by the Sitka court to press their cases to the Supreme Court, with actions pursued in both houses before adjournment. The move aims to have the December term hear the pending case and decide government jurisdiction in the Bering Sea.
In Hampton England on September 9 thousands of dock laborers clashed with police. The rioters blocked docks and trains, fought with troops who bayoneted horses and wounded riders. Infantry later cleared crowds as many rioters fell back and fled the streets. Further trouble was feared as the city remained tense.
The plan calls for two batteries in Winthrop North End. Grover's Point would host fourteen Grange guns guarding Inside Bay, with a concealed battery near Cherry Street station using two electric mortar batteries. A Nathan lookout signals mortars. Deer Island battery also proposed, but Winthrop comes first. About twenty three acres land would be used.
The General Land Office adopts a proviso limiting the land patent grants after August 20 1890 west of the 100th meridian to 220 acres, and reserves a right of way for ditches or canals. The mining states fear the move may be illegal, with possible congressional action and a pending attorney general opinion. Senator Teller and others urge reconsideration.
A medium sized man claiming to be Succi arrives from London at the Windsor Hotel with an interpreter, intending to fast forty five days to surpass Dr Tanner’s record. He presents hundreds of physician signatures and trophies, cites prior fasts in Lisbon Brussels and London, and plans a committee to observe his fast as a ball is chosen.
Sept 8 in Drs Moines reports a dramatic gas find on J L Door farm Crocker Township. John H West, a colored man, was drilling when rock gave way and gas burst forth igniting and lighting the surrounding countryside. If gas continues, plans may be formed to confine and use it near the city line.
Telegraph notes report multiple items including a Missouri man finding petrified baby, Ireland famine forecast by John Dillon, Mount McGregor flag raised near Grant’s death site, Maine election results favoring Reed and Burleigh, Philadelphia police cracking Chinese dens, and a series of international incidents from Salonica to Dahomey.
A rear end collision on the Denver & Rio Grande near Florence last Saturday at 4 45 a m killed five laborers, injured thirty two seriously and left three dying. Conductor Mobley is blamed for failing to flag the second section of train 61.
A severe wreck at the Wilson Avenue crossing on the New York Chicago and St. Louis line near Cieveann Ohio injures many and at least one person dies. A locomotive from behind a freight train collided with an electric streetcar as it crossed. Victims are rushed to nearby hospitals.
A noon lightning bolt struck the Pennsylvania Railroad offices at Eleventh Avenue and Twelfth Street, gutting the brick block and damaging papers, with fire and water damage delaying operations. Several hundred clerks were displaced, and bystanders were injured while Mrs. Margaret Otto was knocked unconscious.
In New Orleans a double Chinese American wedding was held at St. Louis Cathedral this evening. Officiating was Father Mengondl, vicar general, with both couples adopting Catholicism for the ceremony. The cathedral drew many spectators and an 80 reception followed hosted by the groom.
The Senate and House discuss tariff provisions with amendments on tea and sugar duties. Breckenridge contest and election seat resolution proceed amid floor speeches and committee steps. Reports cover harbor, river bills, and a Chattanooga defense resolution, plus a fatal electric shock incident and local market and salt works notes.
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