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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1908
Page
8
The Cheyenne Leader catalogues its editor Bartlett and publication details with postal earners and post office date of September 5, 1907. Subscription rates are listed in brief, typical of early 20th century newspaper notices.
Eastern financiers push confidence as Georgia enforces a new prohibition against carrying guns. Objections rise to billiard tables in a YMCA deemed a school of crime. Submarine scandal funds spark talk, Booker Washington counsels patience with debt, cattlemen press the Burkett bill, and editorials critique university governance.
The Sheridan Enterprise notes an open winter with mild storms and ample feed, forecasting strong livestock demand and high quality stock for the coming market season. The lack of losses and readiness for spring grass bodes well for the range business.
President Tisdel calls alumni and Wyoming residents to rescue the state school from political influence and dictation. He argues only a bi partizan board and greater presidential power will restore confidence and support, and says reform must come quickly for the university to prosper.
The Encampment Herald notes that the Republican convention at Lander will elect and instruct delegates for the Chicago gathering. Federal office holders have declared Taft the nominee, and attendees are urged to accept the result despite some protests.
A collage of quips from Chicago papers mocks gadgets and propriety. An onion without angels, circus acrobats in hard times, a drunken visitor in prohibition Georgia, a witty heiress and debts, and a 70 year old streetcar conductor all surface as brief humor bits.
A Coxey era flashback in Cheyenne headlines claims unemployed men captured a freight train and drove it into town. The Rawlins Journal notes the piece urges fear of a Democratic victory fueling Republican power and tariff supremacy.
The Big Horn News carries Dr. Tisdel’s open letter asserting the university is influenced more by politicians than by educators. He frames this as a charge from a friend of the university and urges citizen attention.
A motivational excerpt from Success Magazine emphasizes taking immediate action. It urges dropping postponement, choosing a purpose, and pursuing it with determination. The piece promotes a single right way to work now and begin duties without delay.
A judge earning 17500 cannot afford the bench. Russell Riley, aged artist and recluse, died in St. Louis after forty years in retirement and served as assistant secretary of the Confederate Navy. He was linked with General Lee and reputedly received a sword from him. Roosevelt drew praise from London crimes for his steadfast policy, hailed as a major personal victory in public life.
Mrs. Ed. Jones, a prominent white resident of Montgomery Alabama, shot and killed a black burglar at her home early today during a struggle with her elderly father Harney Rhodey. The intruder was grappling with Rhodey and trying to escape through a window where a second black man is said to have waited.
Naples April 6. Gol Fatara a semi extinguished volcano near Pozzuoli has opened a new crater 250 feet from the old one and is emitting a large column of sulphurous gases. Activity of Gol Fatara is tied to Vesuvius inactivity.
Halifax April 6 A Hamburg American liner Preto ria capt Schotter from Hamburg and Boulogne bound for New York arrived short of coal after heavy gales. The ship met high seas but suffered no major damage. A German girl leaped from the second cabin to the deck and into the sea in full view of passengers. rescue efforts failed.
In police court yesterday Stella Wheeler was fined 65 dollars for selling liquor without a license and Clary Otto was fined 25 dollars for immoral practices. Both women paid their fines and were released.
Deputy Wilson Neglemere delivered two prisoners to county jail Saturday evening charged with breaking into a Colorado and Southern section house near Wheatland.
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