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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1909
Page
2
The House minority leader ridicules Chaunce Depen and accuses New York senators of poor understanding. He asserts officials lack knowledge on the issue and questions the accuracy of statements.
In Washington on May 27 Senator Depew defended Alexander Hamilton as originator of the tariff system, countering Champ Clark and criticizing historians. The exchange cites Gibbon and McCarthy, notes Britain’s 1845 repudiation, and argues tariffs spread globally, with Depew predicting Hamiltonian ideas triumph over Britain’s free-trade stance.
Philadelphia May 27 reports that Mrs Patton won an absolute divorce in Colorado two weeks ago. Professor Simon Nelson Patton of the University of Pennsylvania acknowledged the decree and blamed his theories on marital relations for part of the trouble. He argued both spouses should be breadwinners while he supported shared home duties.
In Waanbington Indiana on May 15 a minister of a local Christian church married Miss Laura Mum Plark daughter of the former mayor. Judge Houghton of the circuit court upheld the union ruling the self pronouncement ceremony legal. The minister and the bride were present with the father and the ceremony occurred publicly before Davidevn disappeared.
Union Pacific expands branches as several roads in the territory south of Cheyenne and Greely surge in activity. The development signals the area’s rise as an important railroad center.
Greeley Colorado May 27 Indications point to the town becoming a key railroad hub as Union Pacific advances three spurs and surveys to expand east and south toward Grover and to connect with Denver coal fields. Burlington and Colorado Southern push into the area while a mass meeting seeks funds for the D L N W line from Hillsboro country.
St Louis May 27 Holla Perkison a carpenter was injured while building when a hammer mallet he drove struck his hand pinning it to the wall and the ladder slipped leaving him dangling until the mallet pulled free and he fell to the door.
Senator Clark of Wyoming has submitted an amendment to the tariff bill covering coal. The proposal sets duties of 67 cents per ton on bituminous coal and shale and 16 cents per ton on coal slack or culm passing a half inch screen. It preserves a 1 cent per ton slack rate for locally produced and screened slack. The amendment removes the Payne bill reciprocity clause and defines stack as mine coal, barring import at the slack rate.
In Christiania on May 27 James Small of Maine a fireman on the Russian bark Lochee was examined after being arrested on arrival for an alleged confession about murders on the Guinness farm near Laporte Indiana last year. Small denied the confession stating he fabricated details to be discharged. The judge believes he is insane and will be sent to the United States rather than prosecuted. Captain Stilston says Small claimed $500 and named Campbell and Davidson as co‑defendants.
In Independence Kansas the long running city feud is traced to a dispute over gender in French nouns. The tale centers on bank wives Mrs. George T Guernsey and Mrs. Adolph C Stieh who traveled to Paris twelve years ago. An exchanged correction about feminine la and masculine le baggage sparked a quarrel that has troubled the town socially and financially for over a decade.
Miss Mollie Lineheart, twenty years after sending Lige Felden to prison for stealing her ring, plans to marry the man whose innocence was recently proven. A farmer named Joshua Bowels found the missing ring in an old spring, prompting a reception in Fielden’s honor and an upcoming wedding announcement.
Union Pacific officials say regular passenger trains will run into Boulder before the new 16 mile cutoff is opened, placing the line in direct competition with the Colorado & Southern for Denver passenger traffic. The route will be short enough for efficient service despite curves and light grades, with potential electrified trains under consideration.
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