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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1911
Page
9
President Taft holds a friendly talk with Baron Uchida in Washington. Officials say relations between the nations are unusually peaceful and deny troop movements to the Mexican border. The Japanese trade stake and treaty are cited as crucial to lasting peace amid war rumors.
Provisional boards named to organize two new counties Niobrara and Hot Springs under Governor Carey Niobrara ownership. Commissioners Thomas Thompson Kirkley Bert Rochelle Lugh Eugene Willison and Charles B Blonde Nate Po and Charles Anderson named to lead setup. Boards oversee organization and all special elections in their counties and determine county seat location and division outcomes.
Six defendants in the Maybray dwindling cases pleaded guilty to using the United States muffler to promote fake sporting events and were sentenced by Judge Smith Pheonon in Council Bluffs. Each received five months in county jail and a $1,000 fine. jail terms to be set by the US marshal with noted disapproval of housing prisoners in Council Bluffs jail.
The U S Geological Survey says western coal lands totaling over 7 million acres are gov ernment owned. Prices now reach up to 600 per acre or more with decile valued at 687.6 million, yielding a gain of about 420 million versus old sale methods. Proceeds go to the irrigation reclamation fund.
A Washington error listed Justice Charles E. Hughes as buying a White House site. The item claimed a New York jurist announced candidacy to succeed Taft and misidentified a corner at Sixteenth and G streets. Hughes reportedly bought a lot at Sixteenth and V streets north from Senator Henderson and planned to build there.
Local American Express office advised to receive three live Hik shipped from the west. The destination and recipients are not stated. The animals are being sent to an eastbound train No. 66 which is several hours late.
New 1o. Mar, 22. The men de ching the strike aepaiuse the Welle-Fargo and Adame aprees companies Wwolghi.
Reports from El Paso on March 22 describe a worsening war zone from Chihuahua to the border as insurgents control towns and supplies. Refugees warn of famine for civilians while an American mining man predicts relief trains may be needed. Madero’s forces reportedly number 1500 and a crossing guard was attacked. Washington says Mexican revolutionists refuse to negotiate and demand representation in government and cabinet before disarming.
Judge Carpen ter of the United States district court refused to quash indictments against ten Chicago packers. The ruling limits the immunity granted in 1906 and allows the facts behind it to be used to prove a conspiracy in violation of antitrust laws.
Albany March 22 Democratic legislators vote to hold another caucus Monday to pick a candidate for the United States Senate. It is unclear if Sheehan will withdraw or if insurgents will attend, though they joined the conference where the caucus was approved.
Denvey Mar 12 Lewis Weehter shot and killed W Clifford Burrows in a cafe. Found guilty of first degree murder the jury recommended the death penalty. Two women proprietors captured Weehler after the shooting. He said the sentence would take three minutes to serve.
George Olvon, a cook at the Albany Hotel, was arrested on complaint by hotel management for disturbance and will appear before Police Judge Weluits to answer the charge.
An anthropological team from the University of California led by Professor Kroeber reports remnants of an apparently extinct California tribe, the Kombos, near the Sacramento River headwaters. About twenty remain, identified by arrowheads. locals refuse contact. The university plans to round up the group for study, amid reports of sheep killings by arrows in Tehama County.
Old timers recall Jim Kid, later James Willis, a bold rider in a Miller brothers wild west show at the 101 ranch. A tale from West Seventeen Street days tells of a bucking broncho dropping into an open cellar at the Overland pool hall, with both horse and rider escaping unharmed amid a startled scramble to remove the beast.
In Los Angeles Roosevelt addressed a large audience, urging recall of the judiciary and endorsing a shorter ballot. He denounced the Senate for Lorimer’s seating and warned that reform spasms may lead to instability.
Limantour warns Mexico is in a crisis worse than expected with no peace plan beyond continued operations against Insurrectos. He cites reforms, notably new section laws, and says election laws should limit literate voters while Congress will fund the war in April. He notes waning loyalty since his return. Insurrectos hold Ojinaga siege as US troops intercept supplies and examine lines near river.
In New Orleans on March 22 the Bee reports editor Armand Capdieville will duel with swords with Wasp editor M. De Buaroncelli. Capdieville demands a meeting after criticizing the Wasp and the Bee's French grammar.
Benjamin D. Green and John F. Gaynor, once jailed for four years over Savannah harbor frauds, were freed after taking the pauper oath in Atlanta. Opponents argued Green could pay a large share of the four million dollar fine. Gaynor’s release remains pending.
Springfield report says D W Holtelaw testified in the John S Broderick bribery case that he visited Broderick twice and received money both times. Broderick faced a thorough cross examination lasting about a half hour before the senate investigation committee.
Three women charged as street walkers were arrested at different times that night by police. One of the accused, an older woman, appeared before Judge Welits at the police station and was fined $15. The other two, who family ties to local residents, were taken in just before midnight and sent home after a night of questioning.
Timothy Martin, 42, at St Johns Hospital Long Island City undergoes final stage of plastic surgery to gain a new nose crafted from the little finger of his left hand. He previously lost his entire face after a 1910 accident at Sunnyelde yard. The operation allows him to eat and speak again.
Dr Charles J Fauver of London and his secretary Percy Cowderoy arrive in Casper to push legislation that would allow oil promoters to acquire lands with clean titles. A favorable law could trigger English investment, a new Casper hotel, and rapid oil development in Natrona County with capital flowing into Wyoming.
Obie Etheridge former editor of the Guernacy Gazette now jailed in the county was arraigned before Justice Edwards on an arson attempt charge. The trial was postponed to this afternoon with defense by General John Chartee Th and a bond set at 5000.
A fireman on a Cheyenne bound freight engine died after being scalded by steam and burned by inhaled gases when engine 217 exploded near Corlett, Wyoming. Another crew member, the engineer, was uninjured. a Board of Investigation will determine the cause of the accident.
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