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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1913
Page
2
A devastating storm sweeps through five states leaving 240 dead and about 1,000 injured as responders race to reach affected communities. Officials warn of continuing peril as recovery operations continue.
Reports from March 25 describe a Rio Grande style storm sweeping Nebraska Iowa Indiana Missouri with at least 240 dead and hundreds injured. Omaha alone losses exceed 200 dead and 400 injured as hundreds of homes and 450 houses are destroyed and a fire follows debris. Property damage nears 19 million while relief efforts begin for homeless residents led by Morehead of Nebraska.
Summary of diverse reports: Bryan banquet in Lincoln on his fifty‑third birthday, Washington capital punishment debated as treason, seven men burned in a mine explosion in Indiana, Nevada boxing law signed for ten‑round fights, 17,000 cattle lost in Nebraska and Kansas, Omaha tornado causes deaths and destruction, Topeka jury split in a poisoning case, Chicago nude art controversy and a Los Angeles police shooting outcome, Utah minimum wage law for women, a three‑headed birth in Wisconsin with poor prognosis.
A garbled report notes Willis L. Moore, chief of the weather bureau since 1905, has been restored. It mentions nominations, political shifts, a cotton crop figure, a coinage profit, and various federal actions amid a jumble of names and dates.
Orville Wrinkt returns from Europe aboard the George Washington and discusses an improved hydroplane. A boxing match tragedy in Pittsburgh results in the death of Tommy Lavelio, while Hin holwan suffers a fracture. The Federal Baseball League plans a six-city summer schedule starting May 6 with matchups in Covington, Louisville, and St Louis, and a major college showdown looms in Southern California. W. Bradley wins in the hiyard dash, and high profile horses Nala Lady Dilham and Megathon are sold by Joseph W. Herriman to Edward McLean for 160000, after a heralded run at the American Home show.
A sweeping cyclone devastates across England while political upheavals loom in France Mexico Nicaragua and Alaska. Executions follow in Jimenes as Greek funeral rites unfold in London. A brutal tornado devastates Lower Peach Tree Alabama as spring storms arrive across the central U S.
Prices paid by Denver jobbers show cattle and hog quotes with corn, wheat, oats, and hay values. Readable lines list beef types and grain prices across Colorado and Nebraska upland, South Park, San Luis Valley, and Gunnison Valley, ending with packing stock notes.
Market notes list Chicago grain prices for Wheat No 2 red and various grades, No 2 hard to No 4 white, and related commodities. Omaha live stock section reports cattle, calves, and Texas steer prices, with cattle and hogs trading ranges. Cotton futures quoted for New Orleans alongside sparse wool and other commodities.
The government charges Wilberfores Sully and others with conspiracy to defraud the federal government of coal lands worth about 2 million dollars. The defendants appeared before Judge J A Riner in Cheyenne Wyoming, after the Supreme Court ruled they could be moved from New York for trial. Indicted May 21 1909, the group includes Samuel W Gebo George W Daily John Nelson John J Wright Rafael Ireland Thomas F McDonald and Frank T Wella.
Harold R Stabler, 17, fled Cheyenne on the 22nd after an apparent accident involving six year old Charles Bristol. Authorities fear exposure as he travels on foot miles from town in thin clothing. A report in Sidney, Ned, says a boy claimed to have killed someone, offering a glimmer of hope for his relatives.
Wyoming fared well in the last public buildings bill with appropriations for Buffalo Cody Bas ia and Newcastle despite House committee rules that require 16 000 population or 100 in postal receipts. The measure includes 62500 for a building at Buffalo 66000 for Cody 66000 for Bas ia and 5000 for a building at Newcastle.
Carrie J. David mother of Men J. M. Carey, wife of Governor Carey, died at her son Caranbas B. David's home. She was eighty, a Cheyenne pioneer who settled here with her husband, the late William David, more than forty years ago.
Laramles Harry McCroken, who arrived years ago as private secretary to director Koight of the experimentation, has been appointed official stenographer of Judge Winter of the new Sith district, composed of Converse, Natrona and Fremont counties.
Joseph Anselmi died in this city after four days of cerebromeningitis. He was born in Brea Austria forty nine years ago and came to this country in lag. Meta Honored by Members of Gar Hasin Complimentary to Judge W Mets. The Hedge Press Association will meet in June. Wyoming newspaper men will meet at Lander on June 19 for the regular meet of the Wyoming Press Association.
The city plans to improve Sheridan Park bluffs overlooking Pioneer Park with reforestation. One thousand evergreen trees will be cut out under the direction of Park Superintendent M.A. Loueke. Additional county corrections actions were noted in Casper.
A roundup of Wyoming events reports deaths of W. J. Emvith of Rawline and John M. Elliott of Rock Springs. Kemmerer considers a Woodmen camp while Sheridan builds residences and repairs a Lower Prairie Dog creek bridge. Burns gains Rev. R MacFayden. Cheyenne and Douglas crown high school champs. Goshen plans a county courthouse. Agitation for a new high school, a federal caretaker exam, dairy farm plans near Cody, and oil merger rumors surface.
A Kansas City Independent report describes a driver who refuses to speed down the hill, claiming he stops to enjoy the view while bystanders fear an escaped passenger is at large in the automobile. Officials are alerted.
The article notes silage can be made from alfalfa, clover, oats and peas, rye, sorghum, kaffir corn, millet and milo maize, with corn as principal. It explains using alternate crops to refill silos after wet seasons and highlights rising hay prices making forage from silage costly but profitable for stock keepers.
A fragmentary dialogue shows Mr. Meekton pressuring his wife to join a protest march and to refuse to comply with a demand to do 60, revealing underlying dissimulation in the marital dispute.
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