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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1911
Page
10
B Altman & Co announces that Catalogue No 103 for the spring and summer seasons will be mailed on request. Address lines indicate New York locations at Ninth Avenue 34th and 35th Streets.
Relatives of Chester P. Norton and Thomas Davis, found dead near the Union Pacific tracks at Thayer Junction, offer a $1,000 reward for Norton’s murderers. Sheriff McCourt pursues a murder theory as coroner’s verdict cites Norton killed by a train and Davis fatally injured. The case raises questions about motive and timing amid sparse clues. Mining town Superior incorporates, elects officials to govern, plans South Superior section with mine area. Mayor August Paulson and council members named. police marshal and town clerk to be appointed.
Charles Mackey, jailed on felonious assault charges against John W. Dean, postmaster of Sunshine, was released after Park County authorities declined to intervene in the Mackey Dean affair. While jailed here Mrs Dean pressed to share an adjoining cell. no charge stood against her. On the first night gunfire at Mackey failed to hit, bullets missing. The shooter’s identity remains unknown.
Riverton February 6 A small fire damaged a bakery run by J. K. Woodson of this place. The blaze caused light damage but no injuries. The incident follows the town's recent organization efforts.
Riverton fire department showed prompt turnout and effective scene arrival in recent blazes. At the last city council meeting Chief Lorimier requested additional equipment, with council members inclined to approve to bolster local fire protection.
Deonidas LaCroix, who shot Jules Cortez during a citizens committee incident, was spared state prison after Judge Parmalee granted clemency and parole on a $1,000 bond due to the defendant’s youth. Cortez’s arm wound required rib amputation. additional prosecutions are expected.
Buffalo residents report St Luke's Cathedral plans an elegant pariah house addition funded by the Ladies' Auxiliary. The project honors H. A. Onderdonk, longtime rector and physician who served thirteen years without pay, and the community expects strong support for the memorial building.
Rock Springs reports the arrest of Philip Romero for shoplifting who is identified as the fugitive Francisco Gallade wanted for murder in Pioche Nevada. Romero denies the charge but cannot contest extradition as Sheriff McCourt awaits Pioche’s order. telegraph to Pioche sent, no reply yet.
At the annual stockholders meeting in Rock Springs the existing officers were re-elected. A resolution pledges county showmen to support the warehouse for 1911. Attendees from outside include Janea Congriff and T. W. Boyer of Salt Lake City Utah.
Edge mont authorities seek two tramps after a Burlington freight brakeman, Frita Burling ton, was shot in the left lip and badly wounded while ejecting hoboes from a box car. The attack occurred yesterday. the assailants fled before help could reach him.
Everett Fennell a former Denver and Rio Grande engineer who believes he holds a divine commission to convert sinners has a brain injury causing monomania. He was admitted to the state asylum at Evanston for treatment after a failed operation left him rational on other matters.
Wile Slayer Repeats Lander February first report says J Simpson Chandler who killed his former wife and wounded Pat Kane regrets his crimes after learning the state limits pauper counsel pay to fifty dollars. He has not been arraigned for preliminary hearing.
A brush soaked with gasoline used to clean woolen clothing ignited a flame that damaged a workshop in Basin Fob. It severely burned tailor Charles Woning, who remains confined to his room for days, though his injuries are not considered life threatening.
While manager A. B. Dally was away from the city a fire destroyed furniture and papers in his private office at the Rock Springs exchange. The blaze, discovered at midnight, endangered the building but the origin remains unknown.
Denver lists week end Wyoming visitors including Mr. and Mrs. John Mahoney and son and Mrs. Nellie Tierney from Rawlins at the Brown Palace. At the Albany are John Engstrom and John W. Cook from Laramie and Lander, T. A. Powers from Sheridan, John W. Young from Glenrock.
Harry Kelley sues William McGannon for 16400 damages claiming an attendant at the McGannon sanitarium rough handling caused a broken right leg. Kelley names Peter J. Paim as the incident participant.
During an altercation at the Union Pacific roundhouse in Rock Springs Gordon Bennett was struck on the head by a hammer wielded by Fred Tebeau and received serious injuries. Both men were employed at the facility.
Buffalo oil company reports discovery of paying quantities of high grade oil in a well near the outskirts of Buffalo. Management says large quantities found, with plans to drill further and continue operations to harvest the oil.
The itemized squibs report housing, crime, births, and civic events from towns including Tebenu Basin Upton Afton Rock Springs Lander Osage and Evanston. Highlights include a hospital operation and arrest release Tebenu, doubled hotel capacity at Markham’s, a fire follow-up school bond vote, a burglar incident in Hyrum Blacker’s home, census growth at Rock Springs, Fremont County marriage and divorce tallies, a fatal infant death en route home after Jerome entertainment, a warehouse burglary at Ogden Mercantile, and births listed for Aston and Guyor families.
The item lists several birth announcements and marriages including a boy for Mr and Mrs T Call, a son for Mr and Mrs Michael, a girl for Mr and Mrs Mek, a marriage entry for Attetin, and a marriage at Rock Springs with Manda Payton and Clara Hams noted among attendees.
Princeton New Jersey February 6. Dean Andrew F. West announced to the Princeton Club that the new graduate college near four million dollars will be completed by September 1912. Construction on the Thompson graduate college Proctor Memorial dining hall and Grover Cleveland Memorial tower will begin soon with completed architect plans. Buildings will rise on the present golf links in Collegiate Gothic style using steel gray stone and silvery gray trim.
A vintage advertisement claims Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee. The box bears Druggist acceptance and E. W. Grove's signature, priced at 2 cents.
In Wanamie near Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on February 6 Charley Reese ten years old and David Phillips 12 years old plunged into icy Wanamie reservoir to rescue Russell Vandermark who had broken through the ice. Vandermark was unconscious and Reese nearly fainted as the two youths were pulled out by two young men who arrived at the scene.
Hugo Naphtali died January 13 leaving an estate valued at $900 to his widow Theresa Naphtali and two daughters. In the will he asks forgiveness for not providing more and expresses regret that foul forces prevented greater wealth.
San Francisco February 6. News of the Panama Pacific exposition prompts eastern railroads to plan uniform rates to attract eastern travelers to the Pacific coast in 1915. Officials hold consultations to fix the new fare and implement travel plans.
A proposed rate of thirty dollars for first class passage from coast to coast is under consideration. Private intelligence from the east reports strong prospects that this rate will be adopted.
Harvard college plans a group of chemistry laboratories with the first building to rise this spring. About 1 200 000 dollars will be needed for all projects and 100 000 dollars already raised will fund the initial building.
Everett Washington Feb 6 Mrs Mary Kings wife of a carpenter has learned by the will of J S White of Duluth Minnesota that she inherits property worth several thousand dollars White recently died in Duluth Years ago in Detroit Mrs Kings gave up her seat in a street car to White who carried one of his children He later obtained her name and address and promised repayment for her act
Le Martin a French aviator carried seven passengers in a five minute flight in Pau France setting a world record. Captain Bellenger of the French aviation corps completed a two hour final lap from Paris to Pau arriving at 4 56. The total trip from Paris to Pau covered about 604 miles.
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