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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1909
Page
3
A report notes ten motorists from Laramie and Cheyenne plan to travel to the Gem City in a convoy of thirty or more machines heading over Hill to the city.
Cheyenne Motor Club votes liberal prizes for a four mile track auto meet on Frontier Days Aug 17. A club run Sunday will train and shine, with twenty to thirty cars expected from Cheyenne and nearby towns. Road signs will be posted within fifty miles and racing committee to announce prize distribution soon.
New York report states Augusta Roberta of Columbia Connecticut was unearthed from north Tarrytown cemetery after burial on June 7. Autopsy revealed two large head bruises. Her husband, jailed in Brooklyn for intoxication, hanged himself in his cell after quarreling with her before death.
Independent senators Borah Bristow Cummins LaFollette and Clapp met to weigh the income tax amendment in the tariff bill. They found Taft's plan inconsistent with their demand for an income tax and may seek harmony. They expect finance committee leaders to back Taft’s plan and intend to press for the amendment’s passage.
W H Clark a conspirator pleads guilty and testifies about the plan to smuggle Chinamen from Mexico. He describes talks with dining car cooks on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe line and payments from John Hosteel, another confessed conspirator.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a dip product linked to the Red, White and Blue label. It references no coal tar or tobacco ingredients and notes dilution for J eg and ip whors tions, with distributor Ghermen Co Cheyenne.
Fred Hawking eleven son of Sergeant Hawking and Bud Collins Mawkina ranch employee escaped serious harm during Wednesday's storm while hauling water from Proctor ranch. A lightning bolt struck the hydrant grip in Hawking’s hand tearing it free and knocking him down though he recovered with minor injuries. The same bolt shattered cement at Proctor home and injured Collins by a fall from the wagon. The strike damaged the house roof stove pipes and caused further damage inside.
Ralph C Brandreth heir to a large fortune married Edith Armstrong in a Monroe New York hospital after a car crash en route to New York City. Both were seriously injured. the pair wed despite the accident and a postponed ceremony.
Boston June 17 Jack Johnson heavyweight champion of the world issues a formal challenge to James J Jeffries to meet in the ring within two months for at least 30 600 to the winner and 10 000 side bets with a 5000 forfeit posted if Jeffries accepts within ten days Johnson demands immediate acceptance and payment of the forfeit as proof of intent The note ends with a stray line about vaccination in Oriental countries.
Greeley plans to divert Union Pacific passenger service to run via Greeley with La Salle freight options. A street car route and Seventh Avenue graveling start soon, with completion targeted by August. City officials named to present the proposal to Union Pacific, aiming to raise Greeley to a major railway division. Burlington also may announce a Greeley link before month end.
Los Angeles reports Henry Heinell found singing sands and speaking stones in the Santa Monica mountains during a prospecting trip. He describes the sounds as resembling a melodeon or pipe organ at times and like bells or harp strings at others, attributed to hollow grains of sand when stepped on or rubbed together.
Barnett of the Barnett Mere tantile departed yesterday morning with a party of friends in his Olds automobile for a trip to Laramie. He will be back today. All the news is the Leader.
The Eighth Cavalry troopers departed Ft. Russell two days ago for Ft. Robinson and are halted near Iron Mountain due to implanable roads. Recent storms have left routes in poor condition making travel dangerous.
Governor James H. Brady of Idaho urged the navy to send the battleship Idaho to Seattle for Idaho Day at the fair. Idaho officials contend that at least 26,000 Idahoans would travel to Seattle to view the ship and join the celebration, with support from Pacific coast senators and representatives.
In New York on June 17 F Augustus Heinze his brother Arthur P Heinze and Carlos Warfield former United Copper director were arraigned to plead to federal indictments. District Attorney Wise said a trial date may be set for Saturday. The defendants entered not guilty pleas and were held on $2500 bail each with leave to withdraw or demur by Friday afternoon.
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