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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1909
Page
9
Washington notes say the Payne Aldrich tariff bill was revised after Taft’s push to lower lumber and glove rates and remove free hides. Conferees finalised rates to match Taft’s demands, with minor changes to appease dissenting senators as the bill heads to the House and Senate next week.
Three women Mrs Maggie Maley Mrs Mary Sarfano and Mrs Florence Whee were trapped for five hours when the earth swallowed them into an abandoned coal mine near Latrobe. Farm workers rescued them after they fought snakes and struggled from a 85 foot fall into shallow water. Two women are in serious condition. State officials report BE Burke in Laramie on business.
The John Posey Ryan murder trial opened with twelve jurors sought for three weeks as lawyers test veniremen. The defendant appeared with attorney J Donzelman, while relatives of the deceased Mary E Ryan faced the case, amid rumors of spicy evidence and a lengthy process ahead.
Carl and Nellie Smith purchased a seven-passenger Thomas touring car in Denver and brought it home with C Branson, arriving in about six hours. The vehicle, praised as one of the best in the city, rode in good condition though the road near Brighton showed rain damage. The purchase marks a business venture and personal use for the Smith brothers, drawing attention in the streets.
Madrid reports two main fears the fate of the army in Morocco and unrest in Mediterranean provinces. Moorish forces surge toward Melilla with 5000 tribesmen, while Barcelona faces revolutionary upheaval with possible government collapse and calls for 75 000 troops. Madrid warns of widespread unrest and battles in Catalonia as authorities claim gains against revolutionaries.
A yard engine pushing a string of boxcars near the roundhouse north of Pioneer park hit a cow on a bridge, sending five empties into a ditch below. No one was found trapped, and wrecking crews cleared the track quickly with the passenger train delayed two hours at Orin Junction.
Chicago July 24. W J Bryan arrived and denied reports he would move to Texas. He said he may make a winter home there on his farm but has no intention of leaving Lincoln or Nebraska.
Brigadier General Frederick A I announces a schedule of parades and concerts at Fort Russell weather permitting. Parades include battalion parades Monday Tuesday and Wednesday and regimental parades Thursdays at 6 30 p m. Concerts run every evening except Saturday and Sunday at 7 45 p m. A full garrison review is set on the ground north of the Capital corps barracks at 6 00 a m tomorrow.
Havana reports a cabinet crisis climax with all ministers and the presidential secretary resigning to show loyalty to the president and spare him the embarrassment of making removals.
Fire alarm box No. 2 at Ninth and Evans is out of commission for several days, the only box on the South Side, hindering quick alerts in case of fire. Assistant Fire Chief Joe Cahill says repairs will take time but will be rushed. residents are urged to use telephones and report fires to Central.
Jerome finished his inquisition of Mary Thaw in White Plains on July 20. He pressed Thaw for ten hours yesterday and today, and tomorrow may extend similarly. Thaw assisted his attorney in reviewing exhibits found in his Tombs cell, including notes and drawings, as Jerome prepares to use them in court.
Armstrong and Smith remodel the upper part to create a fine work room and a storage area. C B Weeks will install a first class machine shop in the rear. One vulcanizing plant in the west has been so walled.
Cheyenne's Frontier Days publicity expands nationwide ahead of the wild western show and auto race. Posters and billboards blanket Wyoming and neighboring states, with extended campaigns in Omaha Des Moines Kansas City Chicago and through Pacific and Sunset magazines. Entries for the wild western events accumulate as Cheyenne readers see features in regional papers and magazines.
Denver motorists are invited to a 115 mile trip to Cheyenne on August 17 hosted by the Cheyenne Motor Club. Departure at 7:00 AM aims to reach by noon for lunch and races. The event features a 200-mile free for all gasoline car race with six to seven Denver entrants starting at 2 PM, plus a 25-mile out of town car race and a 10-mile exhibition by George Hering in a Stanley steamer.
Art Cole a Union Pacific machinist sustained a badly mashed finger yesterday afternoon while using a cold chisel. His hand was struck by a hammer during the work incident.
J. T. Bell returned from Denver with a new forty horsepower Midland car. The high class vehicle was purchased via Cheyenne Automobile and Supply, the local Midland agents.
Somerset, Pa July 20. A Private F Bricker of the Eighteenth Regiment P N G attempted suicide at summer camp by slashing his throat with a bayonet. He was rushed to a hospital where the wound was treated. Bricker had shown odd behavior since relatives visited last Sunday.
Beverly Mass July 29 Paul Drake pastor of the Beverly Universalist church defends Sunday amusements for workers, arguing ministers need not play ball but laboring men have only Sundays for rest and recreation. He says enjoying legitimate recreation on Sunday is not wrong and questions the push for temperance on the day.
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