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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1909
Page
8
The Cheyenne Leader announces its status as the official paper of county, with publication daily except Monday. It lists subscription rates, delivery details, and contact information for readers lodging complaints about irregular delivery.
A partisan tirade attacks a county reform board in Laramie County praising its doctrine of prudent spending and humane care at the poor farm. It claims graft is rooted out and inmates are well treated, while a hostile critic pitches it as petty and biased doggerel.
State Immigration Commissioner Williams announces a new issue of The State of Wyoming to be the most comprehensive and fair yet. Critics warn past editions favored northern resources and caused regional tensions, but Williams aims for balanced coverage across all sections of the state.
The Dutch queen Wilhelmina gives birth ending a long wait for maternity. The event is celebrated in a tone that blends national pride and royal sentiment as Holland’s future steadiness is linked to the new baby’s arrival. The piece notes global congratulations and the queen’s personal joy amid a historic moment for the House of Orange.
The Senate finance committee reported a substitute for the Payne bill replacing the maximum and minimum provisions. It imposes after March 31, 1910 an additional 25 percent ad valorem on all rates and lets the president apply minimum rates by proclamation. It authorizes a tariff commission to gather information.
Chicago April 30 Georgia Caine the actress will retire Sunday night after a jealous dispute over a stage kiss. Ming Caine had married William Hudson a wealthy New York broker three years earlier. Hudson objected to the kiss in The Prince of Tonight prompting Caine to resign though she agreed to stay until a replacement was found.
J W Fowler receiver for First National Bank of Carroll Iowa sues the estate of late W F Culbertson president who died by his own hand for 264202 dollars. The amount covers bank funds misused overdrafts notes from May to October 6 and charged items including loans to the El Dorado ditch in Oregon the Pearl mine in Colorado the Utah Mining Center print and the Boynton Land and Lumber Co in Missouri. The case lists inventory at 179 dollars.
Roy Edwards aged 17 and Fred Peterson 15 from Darien Conn died after a gun display in Western belt style. They allegedly took $4,000 from Edwards' father and arrived in the city recently. A Dead Sea water evaporation fact is noted about salt yield.
Dispatches describe a string of tornadoes and a blizzard across Michigan Wisconsin and surrounding areas. Vessels reported sunk near White Fish Bay the penitentiary wall blown down in Michigan militia called from South Mead to deter prisoner escapes. La Crosse and Superior report traffic nearly halted from the storm.
Mic k Nellie M Davis was called before Judge Hutton in Los A Cal on April 30 in a suit to compel her to honor an assignment of life insurance policies worth 17 600. Carlyle C Davis, her father, had the policies assigned to his former wife who left them to Nellie. Nellie claims coercion and fear, while detailing how her father was influenced by his second wife who came into the home as a nurse.
In San Jon a 7 year old, Carl Haworth, died after a 6 year old playmate fired a 22 caliber rifle. The boys had been handling the gun while their fathers were near a grindstone. The Haworth boy died in his father's arms before reaching home.
A Kansas State pen convict at Lan sing writes Governor Stubbs claiming he is the sole guilty man among inmates. He says he cannot plead innocence or write poetry and asks to be expelled to avoid corrupting others. The governor is considering the letter.
Residents along Linden avenue between Ocean and First streets report a snail infestation advancing across sidewalks and building walls. Local authorities or residents say the pests persist despite destruction, blamed on snails introduced by a Frenchman who cultivated them for his table.
In St Louis on April 20 A B Benbow founder of Benbow City leaves a will aiming to perpetuate his hate toward the Standard of Imijfe. The will forbids heirs grantees and devisees from selling any Benbow City property and adjacent tracts, complicating mayoralty dispute.
London reports the liberal government budget slashing deficits with taxes on wealth property sales and liquor. A 20 percent wealth tax, higher tobacco and petrol taxes, and 3 pence per pound on liquor sales in clubs draw criticism from Banbury and Chamberlain while Redmond warns Ireland faces a new burden from the whiskey tax.
News from Chinook Montana reports John Kerchweng killed his wife and two sons aged six and seven at a Clear Creek ranch in Bear Paw mountains and then shot himself. The bodies were found when the Ross family returned. Kerchweng had a troubled history including two prior asylum admissions.
Justice Stafford of the District of Columbia Supreme Court refused to issue mandamus orders against Secretary Wilson to halt June prosecutions of flour lecturers and dealers. The ruling did not decide if the bleaching process violates the pure food law, only whether Alsop Process Co of St Louis can compel a change of opinion on peroxide use in flour bleaching.
The body of Mrs. Margaret Crippen, 63, was found in her Winnebago village home after being beaten to death. Police report the motive unclear with suspects: Den Lew Wallace and an unnamed assailant, details sparse.
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