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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1890
Page
2
The piece argues most people accept the social order over violent change, notes capital flowing west for investment, and cites costs at Chicago and Northwestern. It critiques ego, defines balance in society, laments unlimited property accumulation, and highlights varied liquor laws. It discusses Cuba’s potential for sugar and coffee, the value of handshakes, and contrasts temperance with tobacco and alcohol usage.
State news item reports Denver planning thirteen new mail routes. Other notes cover Masonic Grand Lodge meeting, Del Norte water works decision, a Leadville murder, a tie camp shooting near Tennessee Pass, a blown murder tale from Yellow Creek, Indian rights policy remarks by Commissioner Morgan, Colorado Midland acquisition talks, census data aiding crime detection, a proposed Denver auditorium, and Prohibition party ticket filings in Pueblo with calls for Australian ballots and liquor prohibition.
Alexander Gullett of Gunnison County was chosen as temporary chairman as the Republican State Convention opened at Coliseum Hall in Denver with over six hundred delegates and thousands of spectators. Byron L. Carr and Abe Roberts led for temporary secretary, and a credentials committee was appointed before a long adjournment with reports delayed to Thursday morning.
St Louis reporters laud the Colorado Mineral Palace at the 1890 Exposition. The north nave hosts a vast panorama of ores, minerals, crops, and curiosities from 12 counties including San Juan, Lake, Summit, Boulder and Mesa, with 500000 pounds of mineral specimens and a 37 foot miniature mountain. Over 15000 visitors on opening night. The display features ores from Leadville, marble from Gunnison, lithograph stone from El Paso, and a central cone of grain and grasses, plus live birds, relics, and ancient curiosities from Mancos ruins. The exhibit showcases agricultural products, seeds, grasses, and stone from Pueblo and Larimer counties, with plans for post September fruit displays and broader state promotion. The Bureau of Immigration and Statistics leads the effort, aiming to attract capitalists and visitors to Colorado.
Miss Lizzie Bennett, 19, elopes with George Voorhees on Thursday, upending plans for her wedding to Frederick Monroe at Crawford Corner between Keyport and Holmdel, New Jersey. Monroe discovers the wedding just as the ceremony was to begin. the pair, now married by Rev Dr Wheeler, are believed headed for New York.
Berne reports Ticino rebels establish provisional government and call general elections while federal troops are sent in. The revolt collapses as workers control telegraph offices and a vote on constitutional revision is planned. In London cavalry maneuvers feature attempted swimming of horses across the Thames with mixed results and rescues.
In Crocker township, near Des Moines, John H. West bore a well on J. L. Door’s farm to about 25 feet when natural gas erupted violently from rock. The ignited flow lit up the surrounding countryside, drawing observers from nearby areas and prompting requests for assistance as plans to confine and utilize the gas are considered.
The census bureau publicized the Second district counts by counties. State population reached 410 975 with a decade gain of 216 045 or 111.49 percent since 1830. Leadville fell to 11 159 amid a 3 001 drop while Pueblo rose to 28 123 up 24 911 or 774.35 percent. The Second Supervisor's district lists numerous counties including Archuleta Bent Chaffee Delta Dolores Gunnison Hinsdale Huerfano Kiowa La Plata Las Animas Mesa Montezuma Montrose Montrose etc. Route and other county figures appear in the return.
A co operative shop by cloakmakers, Solidarity Watch Case Co of Brooklyn, started in 1885 with sixty United Watch Case Makers members. It formed a stock company with capital of £0,000, began with nine workers, and rapidly expanded to ninety five by year five while paying competitive wages and sharing profits.
In Lisbon on September 15 the Cortes reassembled to debate the Anglo-Portuguese treaty causing citywide excitement. Security was tight as Senor Ribeiro tried to read government modifications but was silenced amid hostile hissing. A scuffle broke out when Major Serpa Pinto urged the Progressists to quiet, followed by an assault by a priest Branda, ending with the president dismissing the session.
Guthrie O T September 16 In the council the bill placing the capital at Oklahoma passed by one vote amid heated debate and riot threats. The sergeant at arms cleared the house but the order failed. A brief clash between members preceded a calmer session as the bill moved toward House concurrence and governor action remained uncertain.
The World's Fair Commission session in CubicaGo on Sept 17 selected an executive committee to name the director general. The 26 named members include McDonald California and Harris Virginia among 13 Democrats and 13 Republicans. Salaries listed include President Gent at 619000 and secretary at 1000.
Snows in northern states. Fire at Alhambra palace ruins in Spain. Pennsylvania colliery blast kills one miner. Wyoming election swing to Republicans. New York strikers confess on a railroad wreck. Mohawk Valley corn by boat due to floods. Havre stevedore sheds burned with $80,000 mutton losses. London dealer charged with fake old violins. O'Shea divorce case witnesses John Dillon. Armenian patriarch resigns amid protest against Ottoman reforms. French warships bombard Society Islands villages. Blue and Gray reunion at Pea Ridge Missouri. Massachusetts patent suit yields six cents verdict. Czar grants conscription exemptions for widowed mothers. Cincinnati cops crack down on underage cigarette sales. Two brothers die in Prairie chicken hunt accident. Elk Creek train collision kills two in South Dakota. Marshall Missouri tramp incident ends with shots. Windom sells $16 million bonds at premium. Baltimore returns Ericsson body from New York to Stockholm. German slave trade notice at Bagomoyo incites Arab dealers. J H Lewis sealing schooner faces ex-Russian gunboat, conflict ends with American flag. Miss White in Pulham feeds 100 workers poisoned. three die. Tea depot poisoning traced to underhandled Vena leaves.
Disjointed proceedings recount Senate and House actions on land grants, tariffs, and amendments. Key figures Morgan, Sanders, Hearst, and Quay are cited amid adjournments, calendar changes, and a focus on mineral land policy, mining value, and congressional representation debates. The session notes include governor and executive moves, adjournments, and references to Salvadoran events and Ezeta's provisional government.
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