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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1911
Page
2
B Altman and Company states Catalogue No 103 for the spring and summer seasons will be mailed on request. Location noted at Fifth Avenue and 34th 35th Streets New York.
Relatives of Chester P. Norton and Thomas Davis suspect murder after their bodies were found near Union Pacific rails at Thayer Junction. Norton’s kin offer $1,000 reward. Sheriff McCourt pursues murder theory with limited progress. Coroner’s jury says Norton was run over. Davis died from skull fractures. Norton’s movements link Cheyenne, Salt Lake City, and unknown目的. Mining town Superior, Wyoming Incorporates with two sections forming a town government. South Superior planned. Mayor August Paulson leads slate alongside councilmen.
Charles Mackey arrested for felonious assault on John W. Dean Sunshine postmaster after eloping with Mrs Dean. Released at Wherty as Park county declined to intervene. Mrs Dean occupied an adjacent cell amid unclear motive. One night shots were fired. bullets missed Mackey and shooter remains unidentified.
Riverton on February 6 reports a small blaze that lightly damaged a bakery run by J. K. Woodson. The incident followed the establishment’s recent organization, with neighbors noting swift response from local volunteers.
The Riverton fire department arranged a prompt turnout for fighting a blaze and earned praise for coordinating quickly. At the last city council meeting Chief Lorimier requested additional equipment, likely to be approved to improve fire protection for the small city.
Basin Feb 6 Deonidas LaCroix who shot Jules Cortez during a town conduct has been granted clemency by Judge Parmalee and paroled under $1,000 bond instead of serving five years in state prison. The arm wound required rib amputation. additional prosecutions are expected.
Buffalo February 6. St Luke's Cathedral plans an elegant parlor house addition funded by the Ladies' Auxiliary who will raise the funds. The structure will honor the late H A Onderdonk, who served thirteen years as rector and as a physician without pay. The project is viewed with strong support and near certainty of success.
Rock Springs reports the arrest of Philip Romero for shoplifting who may face murder charges in Pioche Nevada after identification by photo as the fugitive Francisco Gallade. He denies being the Pioche suspect but cannot fight extradition. Sheriff McCourt sent a telegram to Pioche authorities awaiting word.
At the annual meeting in Rock Springs stock holders re-elected the same officers and adopted a resolution pledging county showmen to support the warehouse during 1911. Out-of-town attendees included Janea Congriff and T. W. Boyer of Salt Lake City.
Edgemont authorities issue lookout for two hoboes after they shot and wounded brakeman Burlington at Edgemont while ejecting them from a box car. The attack left him with a dangerous left lip wound.
Everett Pennell once an engineer with the Denver Rio Grande after a brain operation failed to cure his belief he has a divine commission to convert sinners. The man, injured a year ago, is now at Evanston state asylum for treatment and is rational in all other matters. The oil find at a depth of 1200 feet is noted in the report.
Wile Slayer Repeats, Lander, Feb. 1. J. Simpson Chandler, who killed his former wife and seriously wounded Pat Kane, laments his course after learning the state limits pauper counsel to 50 dollars for criminal charges. He has not yet been arraigned for preliminary hearing.
A blast and blaze at Wallor Iv Burned’s workshop were caused by a gasoline-soaked brush used on woolen clothes. Tailor Charles Woning suffered burns and remains confined to his room for days while Iv Burned recovers. the fire damaged the shop.
Fire damaged Manager A B Dally's private office during a city absence. The blaze destroyed furniture and papers, started at midnight, with the origin undetermined, threatening the building housing the exchange.
Denver list reports Wyoming guests for the weekend. At the Brown Palace were Mr and Mrs John Mahoney and son and Mrs Nellie Tierney Rawlins Wil lam Dawson Chugwater. At the Albany John Engstrom Laramie John W Cook Lander T A Powers Sheridan John W Young Glenrock.
Harry Kelley sues William McGannon for 16400 dollars alleging an attendant at the sanitarium injured him by rough handling, breaking his right leg. Kelley claims Peter J. Paim aided or caused the injury.
In Rock Springs a complaint reports an accident at the Union Pacific round house where Gordon Bennett was struck on the head by a hammer wielded by Fred Tebeau. Bennett sustained a serious injury while both men worked at the facility.
The Buffalo Oil and Gas company announces oil in paying quantities and high grade in a well sunk on the outskirts of Buffalo. Large quantities were found, but the company plans to cap the well and continue drilling nearby for gas.
Circa 1910 notes report arrests and releases in Tebenu and theft in Upton. Markham plans to double the Markham hotel capacity with an addition. Afton notes a burglary where four dollars were stolen from a bed side pocket. Rock Springs census puts population at 6778 with disputed figures. Fremont County marriages and divorces show 64 marriages and 12 divorces in 1910. Osage infant dies en route after an outing. Ogden Mercantile warehouse robbers steal goods worth hundreds. Births listed include an infant daughter for Mr. and Mrs. H W Guyor and a girl for Mr. and Mrs. Fred Aston.
A series of birth and marriage notices list individuals including Lalatien son to Mr and Mrs Call, Michael son to Mr and Mrs Sheridan, a girl named Mek to Me vod, and Marriagen reported for Attetin. Also noted are Manda Pay ton to Johin vers and leader Misa Clara Hams to Wale ter H. Ferry in Rock Springs and Sheridan.
Princeton New Jersey February 6 Dean Andrew F West announced at the Princeton club the new graduate college near 4 million dollars will be completed by September 1912. Construction will begin soon on the Thompson graduate college Proctor Memorial dining hall and Grover Cleveland Memorial tower with Collegiate Gothic design and steel gray stone trim.
Advertisement notes a patent medicine claiming to cure a cold in one day with laxative bromide peroxide tablets. It promises money back if it fails and features E. W. Grove's signature on each box. The copy urges purchase from druggists for 2 cents.
In Wanamie near Wilkes Barre, Charley Reese aged 10 and David Phillips aged 12 plunged into icy water to save Russell Vandermark, 12, who had broken through the Wanamie reservoir ice while skating. Vandermark was unconscious. Reese and Phillips nearly drowned before two young men pulled them all to safety.
The New York death notice reports Hugo Naphtali who died January 13 left $900 to widow Theresa Naphtali and two daughters. He asks forgiveness for not providing more and explains his efforts to support his family despite obstacles.
San Francisco February 6 officials of eastern railroads discuss plans and rates to attract eastern travelers to the Panama-Pacific exposition on the Pacific coast in 1915. Rail executives are consulting on a proposed coast-to-coast fare of thirty dollars.
The document cites a proposed rate of 30 dollars for first class passage from coast to coast and notes private eastern news indicating strong likelihood the rate will be adopted.
Harvard College plans a group of chemistry laboratories with the first building set for spring construction. Total cost for all buildings is about 1.2 million dollars, with roughly 100 thousand dollars already raised for the initial structure.
Mary Kings of Everett Washington learned she is bequeathed property worth thousands from J S White of Duluth Minnesota who died recently in Duluth The gift stems from her act years ago in Detroit when she gave up her street car seat to White who held one of his children and promised future repayment
Le Martin, French aviator, sets a world record by carrying seven passengers in a monoplane for five minutes. Captain Bellenger of the French aviation corps completed a long flight from Paris to Pau in roughly six and a half hours, covering about 604 miles.
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