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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1910
Page
2
Gov Hughes accepts appointment as associate justice of the U S Supreme Court. The announcement confirms his move from state to federal high court, signaling a landmark transition in the nation's judiciary.
President Taft accepts Gov. Charles B. Hughes New York appointment as associate justice. Senate will learn of the nomination Tuesday after adjournment. Hughes expected to serve as New York governor until October and take oath with fall term. Taft aims to secure the best man and is elated by the tender.
Two dead convicts lie in the morgue and two others are wounded in the hospital after an attempted break at the Canon City penitentiary at 8:20 p m Monday. One of the wounded is believed fatally injured as a result of the escape attempt.
Imperial Highness Prince Taal Ton travels through Cheyenne on Monday morning bound for Washington. He is accompanied by a large party described as distinguished Chinamen.
A Jersey cow named Colorado Bossy from Windsor dairy farm near Denver will represent Colorado at a White House event. The famed cow has gained local attention for her status as a state symbol.
The Senate judiciary committee will hold a thorough examination into third degree methods used to extract confessions from crime suspects. The inquiry aims to determine legality and safeguards against coercive interrogation practices.
The Supreme Court of the United States again failed to announce a decision in the corporation fax cases, leaving the issue unresolved and awaiting ruling.
A frost event devastates millions of acres of young cotton across the South, harming farmers and regional economies as the Civil War era challenges persist and crop losses mount.
A compact weekly digest highlights the week's major topics and developments from telegraphic reports. It covers politics economy culture and international affairs with emphasis on what readers deem most newsworthy.
Reports from Western cities recount an earthquake quiver in Butte and other towns. Obituaries note Dr. William F. Barbatt’s suicide in San Francisco and Mark Twain’s death in Connecticut. Other items cover escapes from prison, a northern oil fire near San Pablo controlled, and a Northwestern University riot ending with injuries.
A patchwork item notes Albert Walter’s murder conviction in New York and Ruth Wheeler’s case. J J Keon of Grafton Illinois voices reluctance to pay a poll tax. Census whispers place Chicago as a world city. Bryan returns from South America while Depew re election rumors swirl in New York. A Mulga Alabama mine explosion midweek leaves forty dead. New York’s Thirty second district backs a Democratic congressman. Cook County Court fixes Marshall Field estate at about 53000000. An Amsterdam Ohio mine disaster leaves eighteen dead. New York Central rail workers seek arbitration. Pittsburg coal operators post new wage scale notices. Missouri Governor Volk reportedly enters the race. The source also references a mine incident from last autumn.
Colonel Roosevelt toured Europe visiting Napoleon's tomb in Paris and attending services with Ambassador Bacon in the Rue de Berri. He received a warm Parisian welcome while London theaters plan to eject women who refuse to remove data. A China cable warns of fake cotton bills and rising threats against foreigners as riots burn villages. Edmund Heller announces a new sable antelope species from the Mombasa region named for the Roosevelt.
Ruelbach nears return as St. Louis Browns cut Jackson to Dallas. Walter Logan will captain Yale’s nine the rest of the season. Also noted are Terre Haute track abandonment and Papke vs Thomas set for May 14 at the Colma Club. Johnson halts training due to weather. Cleveland opens new park to large crowd. Armour insures all Toledo Americans. Ohio governor criticizes the Anderson Sunday baseball bill. Denver edges Lincoln 3 1 in a Sunday finish with Kelly driving in three runs.
Washington reports the Atlantic fleet will be reorganized in May or June. Senator Warren invited President Taft to Frontier Day. The House passed the McCall campaign publicity bill while Mondell proposed a 200000 rescue-station appropriation. Dixon amendment frontier policy and forest reserve homesteading plans noted. Overtime pay bills for letter carriers advance. Colorado beneficiaries total 838 dollars.
A roundup of Wyoming items: new postmasters at Keeline Carpenter Boulder and Walsh Sheridan County. Cheyenne theater Sundays. Basin and Bosler projects. schools, ferries, and dam bids. flood of civic developments in Riverton, Albany, and Cody. Notable deaths include Ed McNally Hanna and Tex Rheep Johnson County. Brig Gen Hoyt arrives at Fort D.A. Russell. trial of William Trumpeter progresses. statewide gambling crackdown. Shoshone reservoir irrigation expected by July. census notes on Wind River.
The State Board of Charities and Reform returned to Cheyenne after tours of inspection in the northern part of the state and found conditions at all inspected institutions satisfactory. In Shoshoni, about 175000 sheep are to be shorn this season with fleeces averaging nine pounds, totaling roughly 1500000 pounds. In Rawlins the state penitentiary is at full capacity with 265 convicts, exceeding its 260 cell capacity, and the hospital area now used for cells.
Thomas A. Lewis of Platteville Colorado lost both legs below the knee Saturday while attempting to board a freight train caboose in Walcott. He was taken to a Cheyenne hospital. He is 62 and father of T A Lewisa a Pullman conductor between Cheyenne and Denver.
E A Buck, chief engineer for the Denver Laramie Northwest ern Railroad, is transferred to Seattle for two years while the company builds a roadway through Fish Creek canyon. Judge Milliken says the line should reach Laramie this year.
Forty three strikebreakers from Chicago replaced Burlington Sheridan shops workers on Saturday. Police met the non union men at the depot and escorted them to the shops as the strikers protested. They claimed they did not intend violence.
The Grand Commandery of Utah Knights Templars was instituted in Ogden on Tuesday. Jesse Converse and Frank M. Koote, past grand commanders of Wyoming, led the ceremony with assistance from Otto Gramm Fr A Miller and F A Holliday of Laramie.
Jose Valdez a Wagon Mound New Mexico sheep herder stabbed Leo Wilson timekeeper for the Cougriff Bros shearing pen after a quarrel over earnings. He was arrested and while awaiting transport to Rawlins jail he threw himself under a switching train and was ground to pieces.
The semi annual Wyoming Presbytery meeting in Rawlins elected Rev Harold Ford of Saratoga as pastor evangelist. H B Henderson of Cheyenne became chairman of the Home Missionary Society and Rev H W Batnton was named Sunday school missionary. Mrs M C Brown of Laramie was chosen president of the Woman's Missionary Society.
Sheridan business leader J B Cougriff president of the National Wool Warehouse Company tells the Sheridan County Wool Growers Association that his firm will eliminate all middlemen profits in wool handling. He says the move is gaining favor with large wool buyers despite dealer resistance.
The State Board of Sheep Commissioners issues Dippling order No. 80 calling flock masters to dip sheep exposed to lip and leg ulceration. The order removes quarantine for the eastern Wind River area and regions north of the North Platte, Sweetwater and Laramie rivers. No quarantine against sheep now exists in Wyoming.
The Laramie firm Halena Peak & Pacific awards D. D. Morgan the contract to grade two miles of road at Hebron Colorado, marking the last segment of the Plaine Line. Work begins immediately with plans to finish this year after more grading west of Foxpark, Wyoming.
Evanstone Sam Sarafield pleads guilty to killing his brother in law. Judge Craig sentences him to 20 to 26 years in the penitentiary. The wife’s death following the shock to her after the plea is noted as a surrounding tragedy.
Casper reports the Bryaulphat Mining Company of Casper has filed incorporation papers with a capitalization of five hundred thousand dollars. The new firm aims to explore and mine regional mineral resources under local charter provisions.
Mia of Ottawa Ontario reports nine months of persistent backache and headache improved by Peruna. She states the medicine relieved her miserable condition and left her feeling much better than other remedies she tried.
Solomon and Moses spot a canal notice offering five shillings to rescue a drowning man. They stage the rescue between themselves, Sol sinks deeper than expected, and Moses balks, citing a higher payout for a dead body. The plan collapses into comic irony.
They recall meeting two years earlier at Bluepoint over dinner. He reminisces how she frightened herself in three feet of water and he saved her from a watery grave. He jokes about their watery start and orders wine.
A mother testimonial praises Postum for nursing mothers and its effect on her husband and child. She notes improved strength and nourishment for the mother and child, with benefits seen when the drink is properly boiled, and recommends following preparation directions. The ad ends with a teaser about a story and the slogan There’s a Reason.
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