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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1910
Page
2
President Taft alludes to Theodore Roosevelt and his advisory addresses to the public, signaling political contrast as he discusses guidance offered to citizens and the role of presidential counsel in shaping public discourse.
In St Paul and at the Minnesota State fair Taft urged adherence to constitutional limits and states’ rights while addressing conservation. He praised Roosevelt, urged congress to tackle specifics, and left water power questions to federal decision making.
At a British Association meeting Dr Kissell and Dr Hutchinson reported the discovery of a micro-organism that destroys the bacteria causing soil infertility. The find promises the most significant agricultural advance in fifty years.
A recent outbreak at Radersburg caused two deaths and multiple illnesses with paralysis. Helena physicians identify the illness as poliomeritis, marking the first such Northwest outbreak.
The Durango Morning Democrat reports a printers lockout after owner D F Day refused to sign a union contract. It is understood Day is willing to employ union men.
A man forced his way to the platform at Island Park in Fargo calling ex President Roosevelt a liar, creating a bad scare for the crowd. Roosevelt helped eject him from the platform.
Abe Attel defeated Dilly Lauder by knockout in the seventh round to claim the lightweight championship of Canada at Calgary on Monday. Attel’s victory confirms him as Canada’s lightweight champion.
To the vengeance of the Black Hand Society in New York is ascribed the revolting murder early Monday of Policeman Rovolino his wife and five children in the Little village of Hellaro Reggio Italy and over seas outlet reported with caution.
A compact wrap of diverse happenings from Hollister California mine tragedy to El Paso burglary waves. Reports on Theodore Roosevelt’s West tour, Pecos cattle losses from heat, Martin Beckins cruelty case, Fairbanks flood, Barker Browne expedition, Black Hills fires, Taft land openings, civil service exams, Willamette meteor, Spokane port refusal, Porter chiropractic ad removal, Deneen anti bipartisan pull, conservation congress, Idaho primary, Griscom Roosevelt plank push.
California horseman Richard Dwyer leases Ogden half mile track and plans a twenty day meeting starting Sept 23. A $1,000 purse is raised at Grand Junction Colorado for a match race between Saul Halyve and a top rival, while Arthur Mitchell aims to beat Armstrong’s ten mile record with a 9 3 1 5 second ride. Washington notes Chicago’s population, U S Treasury debt changes, and MacVeagh’s emergency currency ruling widening bank circulation to $500 million for commercial paper.
A summary of international notes reports fresh wine shortages due to European grape crop failures, rising meat prices sparking protests in German cities, and demographic comparisons noting London surpassing New York. It mentions German naval designers planning a fast light battleship akin to a Monitor and the Grand Trunk Pacific marking five years since construction began between Winnipeg and Superior Junction. It also covers the Italian Supreme Court allowing the Holy See to sell property without government authorization, a looming bill to curb art sales, botany study in Chile and Panama Canal travels by James Bryce and Mrs Bryce, who praise the canal as a monumental natural improvement.
Four bronze tablets unveiled by the John P. Altgeld Memorial Association honor former governor John P. Altgeld as the First Insurgent in Chicago. Professor William James, recently deceased, sought to communicate posthumously with spiritualist Dr. Wiggin. St. Louis man Franx Stahoff, 40, electrocuted by a downed power line during a Saturday night storm. Storm damage and more injured reported. Mrs Andrew Brandenberger, 60, swam unaided across the Mississippi from the Eads Bridge after the storm, reaching the Century Club landing.
A new hotel at Daniel and a $20,000 Episcopal hospital in Lander loom in county plans. Riverton votes 63 to 6 on a water bond. Builders learn of depot deals. Burns completes a new depot. Frost and snow touch many statewide areas as mail service resumes between Lost Cabin and Nowood September 19.
Laramie county fair at Wheatland September 14 to 16 and Johnson county fair at Buffalo September 11. Republican state convention at Rawlins September 20 to 22. Carbon county fair at Saratoga September 21 to 23 and Albany county fair at Laramie September 27 to 20. Wyoming state fair at Cheyenne September 20. Democratic state convention at Sheridan November 24. Postmaster appointments announced in Claverly, Hamilton, and Johnson counties. I O O F Grand Lodge meetings in Laramie October 11, 12 and 13 with rail fare set. Nineteen fires along the Laramie Plains line from locomotive sparks. all quickly extinguished. New hot spring work halted in Saratoga due to inability to contain 160 degree water. steel jacket needed to control flow.
Cheyenne celebrated Labor Day with a monster parade through the business district ending at Pioneer Park. The event featured a military band from Fort Russell, a principal oration by T. P. Fahey of the United Mine Workers, and a large crowd witnessed athletic games and baseball.
Judge Joseph M. Carey informs the public in Cheyenne that he will run for governor of Wyoming in the coming election regardless of convention support. He promises a forthcoming statement of principles and asks for the approval of Wyoming’s thinking people.
The Laramie Hahns Peak & Pacific Railway Company held its annual stockholders meeting at the company offices. The old board of directors was re elected, with no other business disposed of. Directors Gramm Bell and Superintendent R D Stewart attended, representing President Fred A Miller. Stock was largely present by proxy.
Laramie county attorney C. L. Rigdon, a reelection candidate, arrived in Cheyenne Wednesday to handle the defense of C. G. Yeager on a murder charge linked to the fatal shooting of Officer Johnson on June 12 in the Easter Blitel area of Laramie. Meanwhile carpenter Chris Lundgren, working on a residence for Mrs. M. B. Simpson at Ninth and University, fell fifteen feet from a scaffold Wednesday afternoon, fracturing his skull. his condition is serious as no one witnessed the fall and exact cause remains unknown.
Ed Hartman a prominent stockman and butcher was arrested after opening a headgate on an irrigation ditch closed by the water commissioner. The case centers on the state engineer's authority to order water diversions from irrigation to domestic use and the legality of interfering with irrigation canals.
An old advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief during the Change of Life. It praises natural roots and herbs, claims decades of success, and invites readers to write confidential inquiries to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice.
A brief dialogue shows Mr Wise praising a machine but needing a dedicated repairman while an auto agent argues steady work for a single employee makes it a superior auto compared to others that need extra hands.
A traveler recalls an old negro preacher's lengthy discourse ending with a flourish about seeing the Almighty hand in the untrodden paths of time and the footprints of the Almighty hand, timed near the preacher's twenty third and last ly moment.
A Yonkers Statesman quip notes bees were unknown to Native Americans. The cartoonish exchange recalls traders allegedly stingingly asserting the fact while discussing local lore and commerce.
A fragment from Life presents a cryptic exchange, noting a dream of illness and a vented insult. The dialogue centers on a night vision of the mother’s ailment and a harsh laugh heard in sleep, suggesting strained relations or dark humor typical of the column.
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