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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1909
Page
6
A compact, era-voiced column surveys topics from sultanate trivia and war fans to peaches in Georgia, industrial growth in New England, and U S expansion. It notes Japanese immigrant counts, Porto Rico prospects, and a plan for aerial mail links between the United States and Europe, ending with a speculative note on airship travel.
The Supreme Court of California sustains a new direct primary law. The American Woman Suffrage Association plans a New York national headquarters. Omaha saloons comply with daylight closing, with lunch service ended. California perjury case sentences William B. Bradbury to one year. Seattle robbery targets Harry Watson in an auto hold up. A mysterious stranger’s effects suggest Sir Arthur Carl Stepney, a London baronet, died in Yuma. Western rail officials discuss baggage checks for travelers. Seattle boats win the Vancouver to Seattle race led by the Soya with Hunset second. Impeachment articles against Washington Insurance Commissioner Shiveley progress in Olympia. Lincoln federal court issues a banking act injunction. Downieville stage robbed. $90 taken. Denver Mint suspends coinage for a month. strong gold and silver turnover. Socialist Fred Warren jailed for mailing a kidnapping reward offer. United Mine Workers and operators agree on September wage scales in Wyoming. The Ruslan Senate indicts Theodore Nikitin for forest plunder. Bribery cases and transit thefts widen in Brooklyn. A Swiss train tunnel cave-in rescues a young woman after ten days. Pennsylvania rate case raises passenger fares. Cuba’s government budget crisis prompts presidential decree funding. Taft warns Yale graduates on party reform. Militant suffragettes’ audience attempt ends in mass arrests.
Edward T. Jeffery of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad rejects rumors he will resign. In Chicago, Mary Elizabeth Tucker, daughter of the late General John A. Logan, obtains a divorce from Col William F. Tucker US Army, retired. General Butin, Warsaw gendarmie chief, is ambushed and killed along with his accompanying daughter. a pursuing patrol loses one member and one mortally wounded.
Washington dispatches report Lincoln cent release from Philadelphia Mint on August 1. Senate defeats Tillman tea duty amendment 10 cents per pound by 18 to 55. Post office adds fourteen Denver clerks after request. Guggenheim asks survey on oil near De Beque and Rifle. Census rule requires state domicile a year prior. Colorado faction notes many so-called locals hold federal posts. Interior restores land to public domain near White River. settlement allowed after Sept 3 1908 with entry barred until Oct 1909. National depositories to return about 25 million to treasury. 9 million July 16 and 16 million August 15. Census appraisals by competitive exam. exceptions for supervisors and operators. Only one family member admitted under new policy.
Wind River superintendent H E Wadsworth arrives in Denver to attend the NBA convention and praise Robert Valentine as future Indian affairs chief. He describes Wind River wealth via coal oil and 60,000 acres irrigated land to be opened to the public. notes dividends of over 40,000 this year and rail lines advancing through the reservation. Also covers Episcopal convocation in Laramie, Cheyenne railroad fr5anchise debate, and a spate of local incidents including murder over a dog and various legal notices.
Snow remains in northern mountains after a long winter, with reports of higher accumulations than typical. A Cheyenne dispatch notes Payton, former Common Sense manager, confined for insanity after multiple asylum stays, incurring high transport and maintenance costs. A teamster George Herron survived a near fatal ford on Big Goose Creek as flood currents rose from melting snow.
The Colorado and Southern Railway advertises a round trip Homeseekers ticket to many destinations in New Mexico and Texas at one fare plus 2.00 for the round trip. Final limit twenty five days with liberal stopovers. For details contact the railroad agent or Geneva Passenger Agent T. E. Fisher in Denver Colorado.
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