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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1910
Page
6
A Chicago Rock Island and Pacific train derailed near Green Mountain Iowa killing many and injuring dozens on Tuesday morning. The crash involved three cars including a smoker and day coach with passengers crushed and decapitated bodies recovered as rescuers reached the scene.
The condition of United States Senator Daniel of Virginia has improved after days of near death. Sunday afternoon the senator was nearly conscious for about an hour as attending physicians report progress.
Bulletin notes slightly improved condition with more consciousness and a small movement in the paralyzed arm. Vital signs are favorable, kidneys and bowels sound, and nourishment intake satisfactory.
Washington reports booming activity on the Panama canal with larger February outputs than any prior year. The Culebra cut yielded 1,259,419 cubic yards for the month, averaging 64,767 daily.
Prospects for an early settlement of the Leather Workers strike, which began Monday across the United States except the Host, are uncertain. Pensions to presidents widows are under discussion as the Senate committee agreed to report favorable bills to grant aid, with Washington noted as the meeting point for framing proposals.
Forty Wellington avalanche victims identified. Weston arrives in Topeka ten days early. Rapid City records eighty one degree temperature. West to Utah Wyoming freight rate cut announced. Cherokee Seminary main building destroyed at Talequah Oklahoma. Killing in Pittsburg Kansas from wine explosion. Jeffries Johnson fight seats priced five to fifty dollars. Oklahoma Governor Haskell rests amid 42 postponed bills. Walsh family moves to Washington. his health described serious by some, not by others. Southwest Shippers meet Interstate Commission in Kansas City. Nerve specialist downplays Walsh danger. Judge Rice issues injunction against union miners. Missouri river bottoms flood damages estimated at one hundred thousand dollars. Three families stranded in untracked area. First National Bank of Rhyolite suspended pending liquidation. Debts two hundred thousand. assets four million cash and 122000 convertible. Two year federal penality and thousand dollar fine for Maybray et al in Kansas. Rock Island train wreck near Green Mountain kills forty five, injures thirty eight. Creston Clarke dies at Ashville age forty four. Chicago council balks at regulating women hatping length. Geological Survey notes 1909 silver production of 55,845,000 fine ounces valued at 28,010,100. up in ounces but down in value from 1908. US Steel employment 195,500 in 1909 vs 166,211 in 1908. Salaries paid 191,663,394 in 1909 vs 120,810,829 in 1908.
David Lloyd George travels to Brighton to rest after six months of work. Colonel Roosevelt plans a Rome arrival in early April and a London-bound voyage on the Toth. Rear Admiral Gielon predicts future Dreadnaughts will be fifty percent larger. A Portuguese ship carrying emigrants from Horta is lost near Tejo Island with forty dead and twenty-three saved. The Duke of Orléans declares republics corrupt and signals readiness to return to Paris if the regime falls, urging timely action.
The article notes Jack Johnson Wild will start training in April. It also mentions various 1900s era events including political, labor, and industry items such as indictments of Pittsburg councilmen, a mill fire in New Ulm, Taft's university visit, and Panama Canal excavations.
Washington notes report a boundary protocol between Costa Rica and Panama, Taft declares France under Payne Aldrich tariff, and a Maine wreck appropriation of 600000. Navy moves take over new battleships Delaware and North Dakota, with launches set for Norfolk and Boston. Protests mount over Rockefeller foundation incorporation and a suit by Agnes Gerard against Mrs. Scott.
Chicago reports Floyd E B Jennison seeks a receiver and accounting for the North Laramie Land Company to block a claimed scheme. General Frederick Smith to command the Missouri Department from Fort Russell, effective around April 1. Union Pacific starts telephonic dispatches between Cheyenne and Sidney, phasing out telegraph use. State sheep inspectors to audit half a million sheep on Carbon County range. Owl Creek Telegram line to Embar with Bell connection. possible extension to Anchor. Casper Tribune editor Mohler announces Wyoming Press Association meeting at Shoshoni in June with Casper extending invitation.
The Laramie Literary Club met to plan permanent marking of the old Overland trail through the county. The trail faces imminent obliteration from large irrigation projects. A committee was named to handle the matter.
Land office receives an application for 1760 miles of coal land along the Buffalo to Clearmont railroad corridor. Applicants include BH Langworthy and wife J W Todd T J Gatchell H M White HH T Diors M O Hibbard and C G Norval. Land runs along Clear Creek and is heavily underlaid with coal.
Residents of Jackson Hole convened to prevent elk losses. Officials from the state game warden and the governor are examining relief options as elk numbers risk declining without intervention.
Beulah assistant game warden Smith reports about 600 deer near his ranch feeding on hillsides and oaks. He says the animals are very tame and in poor weak condition, appearing domesticated due to their malnutrition and illness.
Hartville seeks a bank. Cheyenne merchants organize. Laramie cathedral improvements and free express delivery due April first. Pine Bluffs hosts steam plow. Riverton to get a 60000 capacity brick factory. Bosler hosts all day farmers institute on the 20th.
Prospective tenant notes several inches of water in the cellar. Landlord refutes leaks, insisting water has been present for two months with no drops escaping.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for skin scalp and hair care. It claims antiseptic emollient properties and claims relief from irritation and clogged pores with free Cuticura Book upon request.
Tommy asks about hope as Pop explains a poker move breaking a pall to draw to a flush in a brief Philadelphia Record column. The exchange frames a gambler’s intuition and the game’s psychology in concise, period voice.
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