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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1908
Page
1
Melbourne reports two trains from Mea and Bendigo collided near Ser Junction late last night killing forty one people and injuring sixty. Wreckage caught fire and burned. many bodies were unrecognizable. Rescue delayed as doctors and nurses arrived, causing intense suffering among the injured.
Poughkeepsie April 20 The initial move to transfer Harry K Thaw from Matteawan asylum to pursue a writ of habeas corpus was approved. James C Graham of Newburg asked Justice Morehauser White Plains for an order enabling Thaw to sign the formal petition for release. A hearing on Thaw's insanity is likely after the application.
Rome reports the Italy Turkey dispute cooling with no Italian naval demonstrations. Turkey grants Italy permission to set up post offices in Turkish cities and addresses meat trade demands among the disputed issues.
Albany announced a labor department bulletin showing nearly one in three union members idle at the end of 1907. In New York City the rate stood at 34.2 percent, higher than 32.7 percent for the rest of the state.
Union Pacific plans a 250000 dollar program at Evanston to build a forty three stall roundhouse expand the shops and make division point improvements. Evanston will be the permanent headquarters for the new Utah division with temporary offices at Ogden.
The Cheyenne Tennis club will meet in the Stockgrowers National Bank directors’ room on Wednesday at 8 p.m. to arrange games for the coming season. The club seeks enough players to justify a second court next to the Elks Home, with vines planted around the old court for display this summer.
Portland reports show Henry M. Cake leading Charles W. Fulton for the Republican U S Senate nomination by about 2500 votes after Friday's primary. Cake maintains the statewide edge as early returns solidify the result.
Pensacola, April 20. Governor Broward ordered all state troops deployed to preserve order during the street railway strike to return to their homes at once.
Emile Cardidal his wife and child drowned while crossing the Athabasca river during a journey to Peach river country. They were traveling with a hog train when the party broke through and were swept away.
William J. Bryan spoke to two large gatherings of men in Ulles New York on April 19 and 20 at the First Presbyterian church, presenting his famed lecture The Prince of Peace. He urged unity and reform during the lengthy addresses.
Senate debate centers on Borah speech condemning Brownsville racial tensions while approving drainage funds. In the House, party lines hold Cannon’s adjournment as a privilege, with Williams and Cannon clashing over parliamentary conduct. The Currency Commission bill moves to favor a Wright-Dirksen style plan.
April 20 indicates Lieutenant General Ine viteh once chief of the Manchurian army is in pneumonia with doctors giving little hope of recovery. The aide de camp to the emperor Nikolai is noted for his former high command.
Abe Attell featherweight champion of the world defeated Eddie Kelly of Buffalo at Sound Beach Seattle April 20. Attell floored Kelly twice in the eighth round and the referee John Reid stopped the bout giving the victory to Attell.
Boston April 20 Harry Lewis of Philadelphia defeated Honey Mellody of Charleston in the fourth round of a scheduled twelve round bout. Lewis knocked Mellody down in the first round and dominated with a sharp left jab keeping Mellody from mounting an offense.
H N Konrad jewelry merchant is dead after a high speed car streetcar crash in Kansas City. Two women, including his wife, were fatally or seriously injured and died after hospital treatment failed. The victims were found thirty feet from the wreck on the pavement.
In Warrensburg Missouri April 20 chief of police Jameachyan and farmer J B Hall’s son Bryan Hall were killed while officers James E Basham and Robert Pollock were seriously wounded in a pistol duel in the hotel corridor.
Manila April 20 Professor Starr of Chicago University says Negritos of Central Luzon share key physical traits with Central African pygmies. He notes no linguistic similarity and assigns them to the same race based on body measurements and skull features.
King Edward and Queen Alexandria departed London today for a royal visit to Copenhagen Stockholm and Christiania to be guests of the respective royal families at the capitals.
Local forecast notes showers Tuesday with fair conditions in the south and cooler temperatures in the southeast. Forecast for Wednesday calls for continued variable weather. 24 hour data shows a mean temperature around 66 and a low near 36 with no wind or notable variations.
Washington notes recount clashes with President Roosevelt over battleship requests and a jail sentence in a pure food case. It covers campaign finance bills, anti race track measures, rule changes, and DC home rule debates amid sharp parliamentary commentary.
In Washington on April 20 the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs reported the naval appropriation bill. The measure carries 111,546.49 dollars, an increase of 7,579,091 over the House version, with no change to the provision for the two battleships in the battleship construction program.
In San Francisco on April 20 friends of Charles C. MacCleverty, longtime manager of the marine branch at Standard Oil, report his disappearance while in Lower California. He left over four months ago to join the fleet at Magdalena Bay and was last seen at La Paz.
Reports from St. Petersburg indicate foreign newspapers published word of a plot to blow up the Russian emperor and imperial family. An official statement yesterday dismissed the rumors as without foundation.
New York police report arresting Thomas Brink of Yonkers on suspicion linked to Julius T. Rogenheimer slaying at his Pelham Manor home last June. Frank Monaco, arrested in Huntington, Ind, has implicated Brink.
The Buford docked in Manila and San Francisco routes after a thirty three day voyage via Ne and Honolulu. It carries five companies of the second Infantry en route to Fort Thomas Kentucky.
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