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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1908
Page
1
In Boyertown Pennsylvania on January 13 a fire at Rhoade's opera house during a St John Lutheran Sunday school benefit killed between fifty and seventy five people. An exploding tank toppled coal footlights igniting the oil fed blaze as 700 flooded for exits. Many died from trampling burns and families were wiped out.
W H Leavitt, son in law of William Jennings Bryan, calls reports of his wife seeking a divorce absurd. He says Mrs Leavitt and their children, who are with Mrs Bryan, will spend the winter in Cairo for the children’s health and reunite with Leavitt in Paris in spring.
In New York on January 13 clerks and stenographers report being approached by swindlers selling pamphlets about the murder of Stanford White and Harry Thaw. The pamphlets claim a defense fund for Thaw, are about a quarter, and some are in verse. No arrests yet. Thaw’s friends have alerted police.
Washington D C January 18 forecast for Wyoming calls for fall tonight and partly cloudy Tuesday. Weather data for the 24 hours ending at 6 p m shows a maximum temperature of 27 degrees and a minimum of 6 degrees with precipitation noted. Palm eton director
The US circuit court of appeals issued a decree allowing the American Smelting and Refining Co to operate its Murray lead smelter at 1,500 tons daily. It requires an elaborate system of flues and bag houses to collect sulfur and arsenic, protecting Salt Lake valley crops after farm smelter negotiations.
In Chicago on January 13, Benjamin Ackley and Ellen A Milwood, once married in Minneapolis in 1871 and divorced after a quarrel in New York, reunited by chance. Mrs. Ackley encountered her former husband in Minneapolis, sent a letter, and the couple renewed their vows, now enjoying a second honeymoon.
Reported that Roosevelt censured Governor Sparks for asking federal aid as troops to withdraw soon incites Goldfield excitement. Local mine operators appear unfazed by the rumor amid unsettled district conditions.
Colorado congressman at large Geo W Cook blasts the administration for prosecuting alleged land law infringements. He says Colorado businessmen are branded criminals by overzealous prosecutors and points to Federal Judge Robert B Lewis of Denver who quashed indictments against thirty citizens.
In Red Lodge Montana on January 13 a surgeon reported two pieces of rubber tubing four and five inches long and a rusted safety pin in the chest cavity of Charles Joakinen a young Finnish miner. The foreign objects were left in the wound during a previous operation by New York surgeons and the patient was recovering.
A telegram reports El Oro, a major gold mining camp in Mexico, being destroyed by a large fire. Principal hotels and key business buildings have burned. the town is threatened. No further word was available as communications were interrupted.
New York reports reveal F Augustus Heinze formerly of Metropol itan National bank lent Garret L Linderman five hundred thousand dollars. Linderman notes totaling more than two hundred fifty thousand have been protested nationwide. The claim was supported by George Treary Proctor who was jailed for two years for selling bogus mining stock.
Eugene Lae molng, a 17 year old student at the local school in Worre Baggs Wyoming, was badly burned when an ink bottle thawed on a stove exploded. The blast shattered the bottle and spray injured his face, costing him sight in one eye.
New York January 13 The Thaw trial resumes with defense attorney Martin Littleton pledging sensational new evidence to prove Harry K Thaw insane at the time of the Stanford White killing He promises testimony from physicians nurses and childhood teachers and seeks to exclude Evelyn Nesbit testimony from Paris 1903 and other sensational details as District Attorney Jerome objects to some lines of argument
Greeley Colorado January 13 estimate 560000 sheep fed for market in northern Colorado and 500000 in southern Colorado of which 90 percent are lambs. Northern stockmen buy Montana and Wyoming lambs while southern stock lambs mostly from New Mexico. Between Greeley and Ault 125000 lambs fattening. first shipment Tuesday with daily shipments through May. Dry winter ideal for feeding mutton from beet pulp syrup stock beets grain and alfalfa.
The State Department refuses to publish progress in negotiations with Japan on emigration, noting the issue is being used as a political campaign focal point and aims to avoid embarrassment to the Salomai ministry and potential upheaval before the election.
Washington Jan 13 The senate debated the treasury bond issue aimed at easing stringency. Tillman Aldrich Tillman Bailey spoke on bids and allocations raising questions why banks bought Panama bonds at lower prices while citizens were denied. A statement from Cortelyou was awaited. Washington Jan 13 in the house a state rights defense amid civil rights and elections disputes aroused debate on penal code with votes along party lines as Democrats pressed limits on federal power.
Rock Springs Wyoming January 13 From the kick of a mule Jack Lewis stable boss in Mine No 2 of the Union Pacific Coal company was blinded in one eye and badly damaged the other. Doctors hope to save the remaining sight but a final determination is awaited.
Daniel Williams of Washington has applied to the adjutant general for a 1906 act medal. He enlisted at Beverly at age 11 years 5 months and 16 days and served as a drummer through the rebellion, re enlisting twice in Philadelphia. He may receive the jersey medal with added recognition for youthful patriotism.
Mrs Elizabeth Custer widow of General Custer intends to erect a home for aged literary women and a memorial to her husband. She has bought sixteen lots in Bronxville Westchester County and will build the dwelling there. She has written several books and long supported literary women.
Cripple Creek Colorado January 14 Freddie Weeks the featherweight pugilist left today for Perigo Guyin county where he has accepted a position with a mining company Since his defeat by Attoll and return from California Weeks has been steadily engaged in mining He has gained weight and if he returns to the ring will be in the lightweight division.
At a Butte Miners Union meeting on January 12 resolutions urged President Roosevelt to pardon Joseph Shannon chief of the Montana State Union of the Western Federation of Miners. Shannon is jailed in Helena after being found in contempt for violating an injunction by Judge Hunt against interfering with Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Co. employees and received a 90 day sentence.
Chicago faces a severe flu outbreak with nearly 650000 affected according to the city health department weekly bulletin. The report notes the mortality toll is high and compares the current season to the 1898-99 epidemic, marking a record weekly death rate.
In a remote Jan incident a blaze engulfed a cabin killing and injuring several men. John W. Tineger is named among those affected as two others entered the flames to save a miner but failed. No bodies were recovered from the wreck, and the fire halted rescue efforts.
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