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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1910
Page
1
At least sixty workers were plunged into the Mississippi when a false span of the McKinley bridge under construction collapsed during an ice jam. Capt. John Short’s tugbers rescued forty men from floes, with twenty more believed saved reaching the shore. the disaster could total a quarter of a million dollars in losses.
Cheyenne welcomes the new year with loud bells guns and sirens signaling 1910 at midnight. Banks and government offices close for the holiday while barber shops stay open and theaters offer vaudeville and shows at Atlas Capitol Avenue Orpheum and Lyric venues.
In Slinlons Sur Marne France on January 1 1909 Henry Farman piloted an aeroplane carrying a prize of 4000. The flight covered 144 miles in four hours and seventeen minutes as the rival aeronauts vied for the Michelin cup. They failed to beat the 1903 Wright brothers record.
County grand jury today indicted three officers and several members of a fruit and produce trust in Missouri. The case involves allegations of misappropriating butter eggs and other foodstuffs from a warehouse. One company had withdrawn from the stock partnership days earlier as Armour lines up actions.
A new railway venture in New World city aims to link the Milway line to the Okynagan lake region. The project will support commercial wireation activities and establish a connection with Duklene warrants as part of the broader development.
London's suffragette Jessie Kennedy disguises as a messenger boy to confront Prime Minister Asquith about women’s rights. Guards thwarted the attempt. Kennedy fled by cab but later posed for a photographer, drawing wide attention alongside Mrs. Pankhurst.
Reports from St Paul and Chicago describe unions voting on a general strike and wage disputes. The government mediation board meets in Washington to resolve the switchmen's strike as Taft awaits action. Chicago rail managers demand arbitration before any pay increase, citing economic hardship and uncertain traffic.
Five men planned to rob three banks and the Harrah post office in Oklahoma. A posse led by Federal Marshal Jack Abernathy pursued them. two bandits were killed, one jailed, and two suspects captured. Frank Quigg died in flight. Frank Carpenter later died of wounds.
The Santa Clara grand jury issued a report criticizing city and county governments for failing to safeguard youth morals. It states that broad indictments of high officials for malfeasance were deterred by conviction difficulties.
Zelaya, in Mexico City, insists he has paid a $50,000 claim and claims U S interference in Nicaraguan affairs. He denies plots to arrest or assassinate him while rumors of a secret plot circulate. A Mexican official denies he is a prisoner and says Zelaya may live freely in Mexico if he wishes.
The forty second annual New Year masquerade ball by Durant Fire Company No. 1 at the Eagles Hall in Cheyenne drew a large crowd. Twenty two dances filled the program and the event lasted into the morning with various committees handling arrangements, reception, cloak room, box office, and intermission refreshments.
A Brussels report states King Albert has dismissed the governor general of the Belgian Congo and the entire civil and military staff following the abdication of King Leopold.
New York report says Captain Edward EB Bigelow his wife and child and the crew of the Eigen Borda were Picked up at sea in a starving condition and brought to port. They are recovering rapidly after fears of death. The account forms a dramatic sea narrative.
A Rock Island California Special wrecked two miles south of Trenton Missouri at 8 10 am killing three and wounding at least 43. Fire followed the derailment as passengers aided the injured. Coroner's inquest planned with identified victims fireman O P Linger and Mrs Gertrude Barnes among the dead.
Spencer Trask head of a banking firm and former fiscal agent for Queen Victoria was crushed to death when his private car, at the rear of the Montreal Express, was struck by a southbound freight that ignored block signals near Cronton. One other passenger injured. Trask, born 1844 in New York, Princeton graduate, and a director of multiple companies, died instantly in the Saratoga to New York route wreck.
A letter to the Tribune from a writer signing C Hodges threatens to blow up the United States Senate with nitroglycerin and then kill himself. Federal authorities were alerted and a city-wide search was launched as District Attorney Sims and inspector Stuart assessed immediate action.
Montreal December 31 More than a score injured in a gas tank explosion aboard a Quebec railway train at Place Virger station. The blast toppled platform sections and raised fears of a large death toll as investigators determine the gas plant on the Quebec train caused the blast.
At midnight an employee at the Naval Observatory triggered an electric spark that encircled the globe. New York received the message as both coasts learned of the event within seconds after Washington.
M de Lai Grange piloting a Bleriot monoplanes or crammed channel type aircraft beat all records for speed at Jaytsy aerodrome. He flew 200 kilometers 124 miles in two hours thirty two minutes, averaging 78.9 kilometers per hour 49.0 miles per hour.
A large l el derailed roof injury occurred at the Clarendon hotel in Cripple Creek. Eight year old Eugene Pats suffered a severe head wound and internal injuries and was taken to Blatera hospital for treatment.
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