Grand Jury Indicts in State House Case
A grand jury has indicted individuals in connection with activity at the state house. Details remain limited as officials confirm charges and pending court actions.
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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1911
Page
2
A grand jury has indicted individuals in connection with activity at the state house. Details remain limited as officials confirm charges and pending court actions.
A damning committee report to the District Court indicts Governor and officials from Auditor Kenehan to the Seventeenth General Assembly for overappropriations and lax compliance. It cites a state museum land deal and widespread violation of the law, describing the Shafroth era as the harshest administration in memory.
Wisconsin Senator La Follette argues for direct popular vote to elect delegates to national conventions. He contends Wall Street already selects presidential nominees and urges voters to organize to pass a primary law ensuring direct delegate election by vote.
Federal agents have intensified a crackdown on alleged brokerage houses in Denver, following a December Chicago operation. The raid aimed to corral suspects toward the Pacific coast, with authorities noting multiple establishments cleared in the city over the past weeks.
Fragmented text lists numbers and place names including Washington Decatur and Wheaton with population figures and ratios. Details are unclear due to OCR errors but indicate a census related record with multiple locations and numeric data.
The misquoted remark from President Teri at a formal military dinner drew attention as analysts debated the implications for Philippine policy and U.S. defense posture, noting unclear phrasing and potential misinterpretation.
A Cheyenne convention hosts the Wyoming Tenement Association while Laramie growers prepare a special train to Denver. Temperatures reach 17 degrees below zero in Laramie as storms, fires, and accidents birth local headlines from Arvada to Manville and beyond.
A ragged late-news roundup cites a Wichita fire causing $100000 loss, a saloon robbery with fatal shooting, a frozen body in a Sal Lake pit identified as Allan MacGregor, and a El Paso slag dump body fragment from a tunnel wreck. The piece also notes gun violence, a hotel robbery in El Tao, miners saved from a preservation event, and various indictments in Los Angeles and San Francisco connected to crime and dynastic plots.
A compilation of 190? era items details tariff and freight rate moves under the Commerce Commission, Senate actions on Lorimer and Taft nominations, a failed peonage case with Harlan, sports and business moves, and a devastating fire in Arkansas destroying 42 blocks of business property with multi‑million losses.
Cheyenne reports Conductor Fred Hubbell of Sidney Nebraska died after both arms were severed by a Union Pacific engine. The piece notes ongoing growth and investments in rail and road infrastructure, including extensive railroad track and machinery totals across the state.
The G. H Chane Company is organized here to develop extensive lime and gypsum deposits near Thermopolis. It will be capitalized for 200000 dollars with 50000 dollars in cash reserved for erecting a plaster mill.
The Wyoming Consistory No. 1 gathers in Cheyenne on January 4 with masons from all sections attending. A class of twenty six candidates is elected for the Scottish Rite degree.
Governor Carey will appoint RK Preston of Rock Springs as attorney general 8 G Hopkins of Wheatland as land commissioner A J Parahall of Cheyenne as engineer Dr B F Davis of Douglas as veterinarian and William C Irvine of Douglas as commissioner for the state cabinet selections in Cheyenne.
Cowboys on snowshoes press into the Snider basin to reach a cattle herd stranded by deep snow near Weston. The herd is described as in a desperate condition and likely to perish within a short time if help does not arrive.
Hamlett Brow, a surveyor from this city, completed the eastern and southern boundary survey of Yellowstone National Park. The General Land Office accepted the work, noted as among the most difficult in Wyoming. The boundary runs a straight line over mountains and the highest peaks surveyed to date.
A plan to segregate at least six townships in Carbon County and add them to Albany County is being prepared for introduction early in the coming legislative session. The target area includes Morgan and Arlington to boost the irrigation project. Blueprints exist and the Madison county delegation intends to push the bill further. Townships Now 17 18 and 18 in range Th and townships Now 17 18 and 19 in lm range No 79 are specified.
The Caspe r-Rawling railroad promised a year ago is now described as an assured project. It would connect Casper to Rawlins via Carbon and Natrona counties, run along the Snake River valley to Baggs and Dixon, then extend toward Colorado or Wyoming to join a trunk line. Planned to boost coal, stone quarries, and mineral claims, it would open undeveloped mineral and agricultural regions for export.
The Thermopalia firm G. B. Chase company prepares incorporation to manufacture lime stucco and cement with capital stock set at $200,000 of which $10,000 is paid in. The filing outlines in process of forming a new industrial venture.
A caller asks where the daughter is going and she says she will watch Marie fix their mother’s hair. The caller notes they cannot see the mother and the daughter directs him to the drawing room where she will be.
In Stray Stories Mrs Faraway teases Professor Faraway about wedding anniversaries. A wry reflection follows on marriage, pride, and temper. The speaker notes a common vice in men who boast of piety while harboring ill will.
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