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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1909
Page
2
In New York the Richters explore Adirondacks seeking gold rumored at a famed site. The expedition targets a fabulously rich find and involves men pursuing mineral wealth amid rugged terrain and local lore.
Lake Placid New York May 13 reports say Henry Allen and attorney F A Isham travel to Albany with samples claiming a gold bearing vein near here. Tests in New York reportedly assayed up to 70 000 per ton, sparking excitement and plans to file a state claim and seek backing from Guggenheims and a major New York bank.
New York reports Miss Cora Sinclair of 125 West 54th Street who has a suit pending in the supreme court against Samuel Laird, a shoe manufacturer, for breach of promise. The plaintiff says she dated Laird from 1900 to 1907 and he later married another woman. Laird’s lawyer says no promise to marry was ever made.
In Bocorro near Botorro on May 18, F G Fulghum a noted stockman was shot and fatally wounded by a Mexican ranch hand after a dispute over Fulghum’s wife. The assailant fled, the victim died from the wound, and the case is tied to local ranch circles and Capt. M. Cooney’s force.
Prince de Bearn of Paris denies he accepted only one hundred thousand dollars from his wife’s estate and claims he was misled in negotiations by Rose Winans and Ferdinand Latrobe. He seeks control of two hundred thousand dollars remaining in the estate, while his father-in-law asserts a prior settlement and guardian appointment were proper. The dispute arose after the wife’s death and subsequent settlement.
London May 28 The War Office accepts Charles Stuart Rolla offer to loan a Weight aeroplane due to slow delivery. Tests will be conducted with the aircraft at Aldershot.
A West Virginia insurance department issue grants the Consolidated Casualty company a license to write life and life related policies. Robert Armstrong, ex assistant secretary of the treasury, leads the firm backed by Chicago capital. The move seeks to curb the flow of premiums from Chicago to the East and Europe and reforge regional insurance finance networks.
A fragmented notice lists Footer Burns & Co of Chicago and Sherman C Cheyenne as distributors for a geminga product. The text references adulterators and ratators with phrases about sale and refusal sellers, but specifics are unclear.
Washington attorney John C. Davis and his brother Martin T. Davis faced grand jury charges over alleged defalcation at Potomac Building and Loan Association. Bonds set at 40000 and 5000 respectively. conspiracy charged against John only. Receivership petition granted as creditors seek recovery of funds.
A Southern admirer grows infatuated with a Paris picture and traces the original photograph back to New York, revealing a tale of art and provenance.
In New York a romance sparked when Jules J. Hennebique, visiting Paris, saw a photograph of Miss Aimee Baffrey. He married her in St. Patrick's Cathedral with Father Hughes officiating, and the couple plan a wedding journey through the West Indies and France before settling in Mobile. The photograph that began the romance was a rare image of Miss Baffrey.
Ithaca N Y May 13 Hiram Averill mathematics teacher Cascadilla Preparatory school and George White nineteen of Monu Clemens Mich junior at the school are missing and presumed drowned after a canoe trip on Cayuga Lake. They were last seen at Taghannock Falls House as a storm struck and the overturned craft was found on the shore hours later. Authorities believe White may be drowned and search continues.
A Brooklyn boy's reenactment of an Indian attack led to Mary Levy 6 of East New York falling into a bonfire. She tripped on a path stone and the flimsy clothing ignited. She was hospitalized in a precarious condition and police report no arrests.
At the Pennsylvania depot in Columbus Ohio a woman named Emma Lyon Drake was killed after rushing to greet her son Ralph Drake who had just been paroled from Indiana prison where he served a life term for murder. Drake, overcome with grief, also killed a woman he was infatuated with in a separate incident. The report notes the incident occurred near the depot and mentions a sale at Coderwear and the Wm Myers Dry Goods Co.
In Albany on May 2 the New York Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal of the complaint in the action brought by John A. Locke and others against the American Tobacco Company the Metropolitan Tobacco Company Adolphius Bonheim and Arthur Stern.
A legal men syndicate led by Vernon McKelvey bought a section of land two and a half miles from Gill, California, for 15,000 dollars. They plan to grow cabbages onions and potatoes on the expensive tract.
A damaged historic report describes a collision between two ships. The account notes the forward area and overhang tearing through rails and joining sections on the port side during the encounter. Crew actions and vessel alignment are described in limited readable detail.
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