Untitled fragment on prices and town affairs
Incomplete text notes taxes and pricing issues in a town, referencing treasurer and priorities. The readable bits suggest a discussion of costs, goods, and municipal decisions impacting residents.
18 Dec 1904
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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1904
Page
1
Incomplete text notes taxes and pricing issues in a town, referencing treasurer and priorities. The readable bits suggest a discussion of costs, goods, and municipal decisions impacting residents.
Famous borrower Chadwick is arraigned before a Cleveland federal court on a plea and set for further proceedings. The case involves alleged financial crimes and awaits next actions by the court.
Mrs. Chadwick pleaded not guilty to all charges and was remanded to jail without bail. President Beckwith and Cashier Spear of Oberlin’s Citizens National Bank were bondable at 25 000 each, higher than before. Sheriff Barry barred Emil Hoover and nurse Freda Swanstrom from visiting per sheriff policy.
The battleship Missouri sailed from Charleston to participate in winter maneuvers in the Caribbean after repairs on a cracked cylinder. The battleship Maine will be delayed by materials shortage, likely not sailing for at least a month, with naval officers worried by dense smoke from Maine and other new vessels that hinders fleet signalling. Authorities plan inspections and corrective steps to reduce smoke.
A two week exhibition at Madison Square Garden in New York opens with foreign displays from France Italy Germany Japan Austria and others. Highlights include the Visayan village Filipino orchestra Arizona snake dancing Indians Wiskima and Haki villages Morocco dancers and athletic contests plus a replication of the Pike basement exhibit.
Influential church leaders are noted as taking the witness stand on the Senate Committee hearing. The stakes involve public reception of Mormonism and its role in political affairs. The article frames the testimony as a key moment in ongoing religious and political scrutiny.
Washington witnesses including Charles H. Jackson John Nicholson and Chas W Penrose detailed temple marriage records and multiple books of sealings as the Smoot investigation pressed on. Penrose admitted polygamy at the time of his apostleship and the Senate sought the other book recording sealings outside the church.
Portland attention grows for the Lewis and Clark Centennial athletic contests. H B Conibear of the University of Montana writes that his school will send ten athletes to participate in all events. Likely entrants include the universities of Oregon California Washington Idaho Montana Utah Wyoming Nevada and the Whitman College along with agricultural colleges from several states.
A four hour meeting in Fall River between cotton manufacturers and striking workers failed to produce an agreement. Strikers proposed a temporary wage cut and three month return to work, but manufacturers rejected the plan. The union leaders offered arbitration through the executive board of the national civic federation if all else fails.
San Francisco reports both Batting Nelson and Jimmy Britt have nearly reached the 132 pound limit for their upcoming Tuesday night bout. Advance ticket sales indicate strong public interest and a likely large crowd. Munich dispatch notes Frau Hagen of Trostberg Bavaria has borne six children in the past year including two sets of triplets, a possible birth record.
Portland reports 800 immigration agents from Union Pacific and Northern Pacific Railroad companies will promote the Lewis and Clark Centen nial across the western United States. They interact with tourists and homeseekers monthly and aim to bring several hundred visitors to Portland next summer.
Tommy Murphy the New York featherweight will fight Danny Dougherty the ex bantamweight champion before the National Athletic club of Philadelphia tonight. Dougherty recently shows a new lease in his fighting and is backed to whip the New Yorker.
The first regular list of contributions by large buildings in New York City for Elevator Men's association and messengers opens today. Despite gifts slated for Christmas, total donations likely fall short of previous years due to current Street conditions.
Denver December 17 The supreme court granted a motion by Attorney Waldron for the Republicans asking the court to order the elections commission to certify all names and votes for all judicial executive and legislative candidates to the state canvassing board. Experts will report Monday on the ballot boxes in precinct 3 ward 4 opened today.
Mrs W F Cody asks the court to require her husband to amend his divorce petition naming specific indignities. She seeks dates and times when visitors were denied access to the Cody home and when Colonel Cody's friends were driven away. She urges striking from the records the conduct alleged around their daughter's death.
Paris reports Admiral Charles H. Davis arrived to represent the United States on the International Commission to inquire into the firing on British ships. He was met by Lt Cmdr Roy C. Smith naval attaché and accompanied by Lt W. F. Bricker as secretary.
Washington reports the goods roads bill promoted by Senator Latimer of South Carolina is dead for the session. Supporters cited economy and opposition to extravagance as the main obstacles, and revival chances are considered unlikely.
Pueblo report says Kid Erlenborn of Denver defeated Kid Texas of Pueblo in a 118 pound bantamweight bout for the Colorado title. Texas withstood punishment to last the distance, but Erlenborn earned the decision.
Paris officials ready the city for the convening of the arbitration committee. Plans focus on procedural steps and expected discussions during the session.
Paris reports a high level international commission session opening next Tuesday to investigate the North Sea incident. The gathering includes leading naval and legal figures from five major maritime powers and may set precedents on belligerent and neutral rights in wartime amid the Anglo Russian crisis.
In Long Island Sound the Stalin line steamer Glen Island burned with nine deaths among thirty one aboard. Of twenty two rescued, eight were passengers. Two unidentified victims are listed, a New Haven resident woman and a presumed New Yorker man. The blaze spared most due to crew courage and swift action.
Tokio reports the battleship Sevastopol was torpedoed ten times and is aground and evidently disabled after advices from Port Arthur.
Captain Peyton C March of the general staff says reports claiming General Kuroki was killed on October 5 are false. He confirms he was with Kuroki at the front through November 30 and only learned of the rumor after returning to port aboard the Mongolia.
Mass meetings of farmers are being held today in every county in cotton states east of the Mississippi. President Harvie Jordan urges farmers to tie up between two and three million bales until prices rise to 10 cents per pound.
The nude body of a woman about 30, five foot six, 140 pounds, with light brown hair was found on Mount Cutler between North and South Cheyenne Canons. An arson attempt to destroy features was found nearby. Coroner Law will empanel a murder jury Monday.
A flurry of visits and returns moves through Casper and surrounding areas. Notables include Alex T Butler returning to Casper, Mrs E B Connett visiting Creston Iowa, Prof Elwood Mead back in Washington, Jack Boyle Chalk Bluffs bowler in town, Mayor M P Keefe back to Omaha on government work, Isaac Greentree returning from Wheatland and Albany county, Senator Clark Evanston en route from Washington, Ida May Gilland home from Colorado Springs, George Milne and wife from Ava visiting Judge Samuel Becker, T B Taliaferro, former Democratic congressional candidate, in the city on his way to Rock Springs.
J. D. Fish, a night clerk at the Inter Ocean hotel, becomes a father as a son arrives home last night. Mrs. Fish, formerly Miss Edna Phillips, and the baby are reported progressing satisfactorily.
A Fort Russell soldier was severely beaten on the head with a public safety item during a street fight at the corner of Eighteenth and Bent streets last night around 11. The assailant, a Black man, fled but is in police custody. The injured soldier was hospitalized with four scalp gashes treated.
A boy hid in the gallery of Kitzmiller bowling alley and tapped the till for 5.85 during closing. He was unable to exit and was found by the morning porter. The money was recovered and he was released.
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