Cheyenne News Briefs Ramp Up City Activity
Cheyenne reports a busy period with numerous items. Residents hear travel notices, court actions, and public business updates as local officials and citizens engage in daily affairs.
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1913
Page
5
Cheyenne reports a busy period with numerous items. Residents hear travel notices, court actions, and public business updates as local officials and citizens engage in daily affairs.
John Gatness who swallowed 28 grains of bichloride mercury a week ago at St Johns hospital defies death as doctors say he has more than an even chance for life. The incident coincides with his wife delivering a baby girl on Sunday, one week after the poisoning.
Members of the high school cadet corps marched from their campus toward Camp John Harrington for a ten day training stay. Sergeant Cardwell served as director with William Smeating as battalion sergeant major and Robert Kimesworth and Howard Chambers as chief student officers.
Mrs Erdmathe W. Ott and her daughter Martha Ott were hurt in Union Pacific yards on Sunday when they leapt from a moving train to say farewell. Mrs Ott suffered a severe scalp wound. Martha Ott received painful bruises as a switch engine began to move the train.
A long roster lists visitors and arrivals such as Fred McTygue Buford William Warner Wauneta L C Carson Rawlins Hd Thompson Dixon G Montgomery Iron Mountain Thomas Woods Chugwater Elsie Drake Casper F L Woods and wife Douglas Ben Steiner and Robert Ashburn Iron Mountain Ben Covington J D Roberts and A J Covington Sunrise G D Edwards Lusk Roy Gilliam E H Roberts Careyhurst Mrs Sadie Dempsey Horse Creek Jong Metill Laramie George B Johnson WW E Tisch J W Jamison C W Goodrich Frank Windom Wheatland H C Anderson Douglas Marlon Brown Coal Creek ranch John Ley and wife Fritz Ley and wife Miss Anna Ley Islay.
E. W. Sherman of the Plains hotel is the subject of a poem in the current Colorado Tourist and Hotel Reporter. He was long with the Albany hotel in Denver and a charter member of the hotel clerks’ organization.
Colorado Springs will host the National Press Association meeting starting tomorrow with editors from across the country in attendance. After the official opening two prominent women editors will speak on Laws That Club the Press and A Woman's Experience in Journalism.
Henry T. Oxnard known as the father of the beet industry testified for hours about watered stock in the American Beet Sugar company. He said New York bankers helped form a 20 million dollar firm with 15 million in watered stock and that he and his brothers profited about a million from their shares. He warned about underwood tariffs and a potential sugar trust while noting his $10,000 annual official table salary was not for legislative work.
President Wilson backed a plan to authorize immediate construction of government railroads. Senator Chamberlain and Alwyn discussed revised Alaska provisions, shifting control to the president and dropping a coal fields commission. The bill would fund railroad development with 40 million dollars and include Panama canal machinery use in construction work.
Lady Churston once Denise Orme, a famed singer and actress, is missing from London. Scotland Yard is asked to locate her. She married Hon. John Yarde-Buller in 1997 when he served as captain in the Scots Guards and heir to the second Baron Churston.
About 1700 inmates at the Joliet state penitentiary observed a religious service for Deputy Warden Henry Sims who died last Saturday. They sang "Farewell" a piece composed by an inmate in his memory, honoring Sims as the prison disciplinarian and a guiding figure.
Moertha J. Mayers of Fort Collins, aged 16, testified she lied about being over 18 to obtain a marriage license. She said a paper with 18 was hidden in her shoe to prove truthfulness, while her grandmother allegedly advised the scheme. Cain, arrested for perjury, is held.
A fragmented historical line notes that wise men act as they wish with their spouses and hints at male contentment. The wording appears jumbled, reflecting OCR noise from an old page.
A messy OCR of hotel guest names and origins appears, listing arrivals in cities like Denver Salt Lake City San Diego and Dooper Hore Martridge and others. The fragmentary file includes multiple spellings and truncated surnames, suggesting a society or travel column transcribed poorly.
A June 16 listing includes Jim Stook and wife of Denver, Mr Doyle and wife of Denver, HW Ammon and wife of Denver, Mire W. A. Baird of Denver, Norman Hell row of Denver, R. W. Coad and wife of LaGrange Wyoming, I A, Renville, and many others across Denver, Omaha, Philadelphia, Chicago, and surrounding areas with numerous individuals and spouses named. The column records multiple names and locations without stated actions or events.
A long OCR fragment lists numerous individuals and places including Dune Omala Lilla Batley Cooper M J Trewery Chicago D Miller and wife Carpenter Ray Wilson Londer May Richardson Wheatland Alice Moulding Wheat Bess BF Dodge Newton Mabek Dodee Ta J Neeid Fort Collins Paul B Nelson Carpenter J Madden Buffalo Bill's Show Joe Vauch Buffalo Bill's C McQueen Kansas City A Goold smith Denver J A Romsa Golden Prairies Jotuntusk Golden Prairie George Bochler Islay Elmer Hendricks Egbert Nash Killedale KR Markley Hillsdale Hoko suw Denver A W Nelson Omaha G V Davis Omaha J M Hoover Carlisle Ltd UU Oliver Denver Mabel Knadler Laramie Ida Nansen Laramie W Hammond Galt Colo Guy A Davis Omaha A B R Carpenter Hillsdale Fred Harvey Salt Lake City D M Wilt Laramie G Davis Omaha J W Jones Chicago Charles Cook Pine Bluffs Nowld Fort Collina B A Griffith Hillsdale P H Sutherland Hillsdale Clara McElroy Mort Collins D H W Vane Greeles A Goldenith Denver I M Dillard Kansas City J M Wil Hames Denver J G Cannon Carpenter BH W Dwight Kansas City J Armstrong Shenandoah D M Leatherman Denver Charles Bartholomeu Thomas FP Newband Fort Collins O W Christensen Salt Lake City Mrs J C Nash Hillsdale Mrs John F Sehre Hillsdale Mr and Mrs J Taneyhill New York City C A Margain Denver George Cochran Pittsburgh F G Piper Hereford John Hegenberger Sterling J W Wall Chicago R P Taylor Cheyenne J J Kulkeeney Kansas City J B Walker York J S and Mrs Kerrie Denver
A fragmented OCR listing numerous individuals and cities including Denver Des Moines Chicago St. Paul Newcastle Beatrice Hoehmer Des Moines and others. The text reads like a directory snippet with names such as J. W. Jacobmeir Rawle George A. Ribes A1 W Brooks R W Wilcox J R Elliott M McKenna K Chambers and Jessie Rae Taylor linked to various places.
A long list of individuals and spouses from many U S cities appears in an OCR fragment. Names include W Queary Denver George P Heina W H Noiters John H W Upton Donners A C Minkert Virginia Miew Torrent Clara Ulakhenbee Kangaa City and others across Denver Oklahoma City Omaha New York Boston Chicago and more. The fragment lacks context or a clear event.
John P. White chief of the Culted Mine Workers is indicted by a federal grand jury in West Virginia for conspiracy under the Sherman Act. This marks one of the first labor leader indictments under the act, previously used against trusts and employer groups. The case comes ahead of a Senate inquiry into the West Virginia strike situation urged by Senator John P. Kern of Indiana.
Victoria June 16. The old whaler Karluk will be loaded today to carry Dr Vilhjalmur Stefansson's Arctic expedition and sail tomorrow. In Victoria Nome Alaska will be the Karluk's next port of call as Premier Sir Richard McBride and Speaker LD Mo Ebert visit and are received by Stefansson.
After nine hours of deliberation the jury failed to agree on a treasure trove case and was locked in at midnight. Observers termed the result a hung jury as the trial neared a week of proceedings. If no agreement by five this afternoon the judge may order continued sessions or discharge the jurors.
A fragmentary note reflects parental pride in a daughter's graduation achievement while the broader context remains unclear. The text hints at an actor and an unusual phrase about frost or ice, but details and names are unreadable.
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