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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1912
Page
9
The Industrial Club committee in Cheyenne seeks names of farmers in Laramie county needing seed for spring planting. Funds are being raised to supply seed at market price with notes payable after harvest. About $700 has been raised. aim is $2,000 to help numerous settlers. responses encouraged in coming days.
Walter J. Snyder editor of The Sports of the Times was killed with a pair of scissors in his suite at Historic Hall, 980 St Nicholas Avenue, New York. A woman claiming to be Mrs Snyder is jailed for homicide after confessing the accident occurred Sunday afternoon and that she attacked him during a dispute over bathing and personal anger. Coroner’s physician says Snyder had been dead for hours, and the affidavit notes the couple had been awake late the night before. He said the wound bled little, and she described washing the blood from his underwear before placing it to dry. The Industrial Club appeals for seed fund contributions to C N Potter for relief.
Washington April 8 special reports Wilson's sweeping Wisconsin win signals him the choice of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. North Dakota endorsed Burke as first choice with Wilson second, while Harmon forces shifted to Clark. Observers deem Wilson’s Wisconsin victory a decisive nominating strength for the New Jersey governor.
Two reports by special committees of Investigation condemned four legislators for accepting bribes related to the senatorial election. One report favored by the majority passed the House while Representative Padilla withdrew his name to join the other report accusing the defendants.
Monroe Bryant, convicted of killing Geo Herrera a Mexican in Cheyenne in 1910, asks the State Board of Pardons for a pardon this week. He arrived in Cheyenne June 10 1910 after a quarrel and a later fatal shooting in a saloon. Bryant was tried in 1910 with his lawyers claiming temporary insanity and a short sentence.
A hearing was held yesterday at the federal building before Special Commissioner Lyon of the Interstate Commerce Commission on four cases brought by the Trans Missouri Traffic Association for Idleman Bros. and three Colorado farmers.
The reclamation service will open the fourth unit of the Shoshone Irrigation project in Wyoming on April 22. This area lies north and west of Powell where about 500 homesteaders have built homes, schools, and churches on the first three units. Farms of 80 acres each will yield alfalfa sugar beets and grain.
Washington April 8 rumors of a large US army assembly on the Mexican boundary resurfaced after plans to distribute returning Philippine troops were publicized. General Staff officials cited War Department statements from last year detailing sailing dates for six regiments due to end service in the Philippines in 2012.
A Mississippi Valley flood crisis looms with dikes at Arkansas Mississippi and North Louisiana under pressure. Refugees flooded into Memphis after marooned towns like Waynoke Arkansas. Churches report refugees sheltered. pews used as scaffolding to stay above rising water.
The House passed a bill granting women full suffrage and sent it to the Senate. Public hearings are planned before any further action.
Washington dispatch reports tariff rhetoric shifts as protectionists tout protecting American labor while Democrats push a wool bill. The Lawrence strike revelations expose wage misery. speakers warn of factory closures if tariffs fall, urging voters to back the tariff as a consumer safeguard.
Mrs. Frank Foss of Chugwater died from injuries after a shawl on her clothing was drawn into a speeder’s machinery during a trip to the Diamond ranch. Her husband Min Foss was injured. funeral set in Wheatland with widespread mourning among Cheyenne groups.
Eight hundred American conductors and weight writers on the National Railway of Mexico will strike starting April 15 after management rejected their demands. The action follows a vote by the workers to strike if conditions remained unfavorable.
Denver and Cheyenne are positioned to become western distributing hubs for Wyoming oil as Wyoming links connect to the Gulf of Mexico and Puget Sound. Col. Powers notes Casper refinery and Reed Company pipeline lift oil values, with extensive new wells and a 12 mile transport to Lander.
Cheyenne mayor issues a 20 day city wide cleanup from April 10 to May 1 1912 urging residents to clear yards vacant lots and barns. Citizens and women’s clubs are urged to cooperate to remove rubbish and manure piles and maintain beauty and health of Cheyenne.
Ad Wolgast and Joe Rivers agreed to a twenty round bout at the Ventoroon arena on July 4 for the lightweight world championship. Sydney, N. W. reports Luneford defeated Bam McVea in twenty rounds in California.
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