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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1902
Page
2
A jumble of observations on world affairs hatched with wry wit. Notes touch czar abdication rumors, Africa’s world fair, Sei-Yu-Kai in Japan, border fences, kinetoscope privileges, and a playful jab at American interests. Also funnies about theater, apples, racing cars, and a mosquito burn scare.
The Democrats of Wisconsin nominated David R. Rose of Milwaukee for governor. The report lists other notes including the Samoa liquor ban and various international and domestic items from the era.
multimillionaire W S Stratton dies at his Colorado Springs home after long illness of diabetes and related complications. He built Cheyenne Park and a 1 000 mining exchange with vast Cripple Creek holdings valued at several million dollars. He left behind family connections across California and Missouri and a sizable business legacy in Wyoming incorporated mining ventures.
A Longmont special reports Pumpkin Pie Day events will feature record purses and a polished program. Sergeant Baldwin the aviator will give a balloon ascent and parachute jump on day one, with balloon and parachute races on day two. Shorthorn cattle are fed for roasting on the 24th and service of barbecue beef pumpkin pie and coffee follows on the 25th, notes manager R. J. Catlin who once served in the Civil War.
President Roosevelt removes William Vaughan as U S district attorney for the Northern District of Alabama and names John P Debolt to Honolulu bench. Reports cover Manila transport census, coal shortages, Miles and Powell travel, a St Louis Exposition fund, and naval redeployments to the Isthmus of Panama including Wisconsin and Cincinnati to reinforce American interests.
Manila reports Captain Bilo a Ladrones leader in Bulacan killed by native constabulary after refusal to surrender. The pursuit of the Rios band in Tayabas province leaves eighteen killed and twenty five captured with no casualties to the force. Col. Rafferty of the Fifth Cavalry dies in San Felipe from injuries after a fall a week earlier.
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