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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1910
Page
9
James J Jeffries arrived at his alfalfa ranch in Burbank with his wife after the San Francisco fight. Jack Kipper said Jeffries is partly blind from a punch to the optic nerve and dismisses doping rumors as rot while noting the flood of messages from bettors before the bout.
Complaint filed with police recounts one of the boldest city robberies. M. C. Albert of the Bennett-Thomas Manufacturing Co of Chicago says a man halted him on Fifteenth Street near Carey and Capitol, robbed him of a $600 diamond and $15 cash, near a new Becker brothers building around 9 o clock. He provided a clear description before the report continued.
Chicago dispatch reports Jack Johnson accusing George Little of offering a bag of gold to influence him before the Jeffries fight. Johnson alleges Little pressed a $100000 bag and a later inducement with war stories from Promoter Mitty. Tex Rickard confirms pre‑arranged signatures and promoter double crossing in the century’s big boxing match.
Ballinger asserts Garfield and Pinchot conspired to damage his reputation by orchestrating a plaid plot. The claim centers on political rivalry within the trust-busting era and seeks to frame the two men as colluding to discredit Ballinger’s tenure as secretary of the interior.
Secretary Ballinger in Chicago interview names Gif ford Pinchot ex secretary L H Gravis and ex aide E C Finney in a scheme to corrupt his stenographer and attack his administration. He says the assault aims to weaken the administration though policy remains steadfast.
President Taft proclaims Shoshone Cavern as a 210 acre national reserve on Cedar Mountain near Cody Wyoming. The preserve ranks as a major scenic point and holds notable geological formations of interest to scientists.
A spectator event in Atlantic City features a dramatic air race between Glen Curtiss in his own airplane and Walter Brookins in a Wright biplane. Curtiss wins with superior speed and daring maneuvers along the beach and over the million-dollar pier drawing cheers from crowds.
Rheims July 8. Carotess de La Roche, first French woman to fly solo, crashed in a Voisin bi plane during an aviation meet. The machine plunged 160 feet, she suffered skull and limb fractures and internal injuries, and died at the field hospital. The accident marked the second fatality at the Rheims meeting after a prior death last Friday.
In Licking county Ohio a mob stormed the Newark jail and lynched Carl Etherington after he confessed killing William Howard, owner of the Last Chance restaurant and former police chief. Troops were mobilized as rioting followed a day of anti-saloon activity.
A Chicago report describes a White man, Richard Mc Guirek of St. Louis, attempting to murder a person named Johnson after a dispute over $25 tied to an Invaded Jack event. The attacker was armed with a weapon and the incident occurred on July 8.
In Visalia California a powder-triggered blaze rekindled near a large tree labeled Maripoma. Fire crews battle spreading flames threatening property and prompting evacuations. Citizen reports cite windy conditions and dense brush complicating containment efforts.
Walter Wellman and Melvin Vanimian plan a sea crossing in the airship America from Atlantic City to a European point this fall. The craft will carry six crew members and sixteen hundred gallons of gasoline with provisions for the voyage.
The Cheyenne Indians beat La Junta 5 to 4 in a prep game, with strong hitting from both sides and notable play by Whelan for the visitors. Local fans expect the Indians to win the three game set at Trinidad starting tomorrow despite being banged up.
In Chicago on July 8 the body of Melville Weston Fuller chief Justice of the Supreme Court lay in state then funeral services were held at St James. Governor Hughes and Justices Luton Holmes White McKenna and Day attended from Boston and Chicago legal groups sent delegations. Flags were at half mast and a seventeen gun salute marked the service at the lake front.
Washington July 8 The first International aerial treaty is being prepared by Mexico and will be submitted to the United States. It covers all ships transporting freight from Arizona to Mexico. Several foreign governments have expressed interest in reviewing a copy of the agreement.
Congressman Walter Preston Brownlow of Tennessee died here tonight from Bright's disease after months of illness. The 18 deceased line is a misprint in the telegraph report. Brownlow had been ill for some months and died in Johnson City.
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 Missouri this morning. The deceased were James Brady and William Rotenbarger Jr. Frank Ar Dusten and Jesse Snyder sustained slight injuries.
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