09 Jul 1910
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1910
Page
1
Jeffries arrives at his alfalfa ranch in Burbank after the San Francisco trip. Kippert says Jeffries is partly blind from a blow to the optic nerve in the second round and dismisses doping rumors as rot. He has not read about the fight and believes betting messages affected his chances.
Complaint filed after a bold hold up targeting M. C. Albert of the Bennett-Thomas Manufacturing Co Chicago. A gunman on Fifteenth Street between Carey and Capitol robbed him at 9 pm near the Becker brothers new building, taking a $600 diamond and $15 in cash while lighting made identification easy. Continued on page 4.
Chicago reports Johnson accusing George Little of a $100000 gold bag scheme to buy Johnson’s cooperation in the Jeffries fight. Daly notes Tex Rickard describes pre signed contracts and promoters being sidelined in the Johnson Jeffries match making with Berger and Gleason details.
Former Interior Secretary Ballinger asserts that President Theodore Roosevelt ally Justice Garfield and Chief Forester Pinchot conspired to discredit him. He claims a deliberate scheme undermined his policies and integrity within national governance.
Secretary Ballinger accused former secretary Pinchot and L. H. Gravis of corrupting his stenographer during an internal controversy. He named E C Finney as an ally and said the attack aimed at the administration, not the individual, with malice and mercenary motives.
President Taft proclaims 210 acre Shoshone Cavern area on Cedar Mountain near Cody as a new national reserve. The Denver forestry office received a copy of the proclamation. The preserve is noted for its scenic value and rare geological formations attracting geologists.
In Atlantic City on July 8 Glen Curtiss in his own plane and Walter Brookins in a Wright biplane raced along the beach above sand and yachts. Curtiss outpaced Brookins and then performed daring arcs over the ocean and million dollar pier as cheering crowds watched before landing.
Rheims July 8 Carotess de La Roche a famed French woman aviator was fatally injured when her Voisin bi plane plunged from about 150 feet during an aviation meet. She suffered internal injuries and fractures as crowds watched in horror.
After hours of rioting, a mob stormed the Licking County Jail and lynched Carl Etherington, a 22 year old alleged anti saloon raider who had confessed to killing William Howard, proprietor of the Last Chance restaurant and former police chief. Detectors had raided Newark as anti saloon sentiment flared across the dry county.
Chicago report details a White man named Richard Mc Guirek from St. Louis who allegedly attempted to kill Johnson. The fragment mentions a loss of $25 and an incident connected to an interrupted event labeled Invaded Jack. Further specifics are unclear due to damaged text.
A fire near Visalia California threatens Maripoms Big Tree area with a blaze sparked by powder. Local workers report rising flames and concern over spreading to nearby timber stands as firefighting efforts ramp up.
Walter Wellman and Melvin Vaniman plan a transatlantic airship voyage this fall in the America from Atlantic City to Europe. The craft will carry six crew and sixteen hundred gallons of gasoline with provisions for the crossing.
La Junta beat Cheyenne 5 to 4 in the Intertribal game as Whelan starred for the visitors and Indians head to Trinidad for a three game series starting tomorrow. Local fans call the Cheyenne team the fastest seen here and remain hopeful of victory.
The body of Melville Weston Fuller chief Justice of the Supreme court lay beside his wife at Graceland cemetery after funeral services at St James. Governor Hughes and Justices Luton Holmes White McKenna and Day attended with other court and legal officials. Flags flew half mast and a seventeen gun salute marked the ceremony. Delegations from Chicago bar and legal associations attended.
Washington reports Mexico is drafting an international aerial treaty to cover all ships carrying freight from Arizona to Mexico. Several foreign governments have signaled interest in seeing the agreement.
Congress man Walter Preston Brownlow of Tennessee died in Johnson City at age. He had been ill for several months and had been treated for Brights disease.
Two men died and two were injured when a twenty foot wall collapsed at the Peet Bros. old plant near Second Street and Osage Avenue in Kansas City. Victims were James Brady and William Rotenbarger Jr. Others identified as Phothe ar dusten and Jesse Snyder sustained minor injuries.
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