19 Oct 1910
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1910
Page
1
John A Dix, from a long Democratic lineage, is mounting a strong bid in New York to win the governorship sought by Colonel Roosevelt and his Stimson ticket. Indications favor Dix as he leads the Democratic effort for the first time in many years.
Jacksonville reports a ferocious hurricane sweeping Florida causing multi million losses. The peninsula south of St. Augustine and Tampa cut off from communications for over a day. Wind up to 70 mph, Mayport houses wrecked by 90 mph gusts, St. Augustine flooded.
The piece warns Wyoming residents of a vast conspiracy to seize ceded Indian lands and water rights through the Wyoming Central Irrigation company. It accuses state officials of complicity and urges action to prevent the alleged land grab. The narrative calls for every Wyomingite to read the presented facts.
The Eliza Island cutter Immigrant carrying President Taft and other notables narrowly missed a collision with the Erie ferryboat Goshen in the North River off Franklin Street. Captain Page ordered reverse and a veer to starboard, passing within a few feet. Also aboard were Secretary Nagel Otto T. Barnard and Prof. W C Osborne as Taft visited Ellis Island to inspect immigrants and conditions.
A mad bulldog ran through a St. Bridget's parochial school room in Chicago injuring none as forty children fled onto desks. Sister Josephine faced the animal and forced it under her desk where it hid until every student escaped.
Dr H H Crippen pleads not guilty to the murder of his wife Belle Elmore Crippen as the famous Britten murder trial opens in Old Bailey Lord Chief Justice Alverstone presides Miss Lenove absent charged as accessory after the fact Crown prosecutor Muir opens with a scathing address and William Long testifies about purchasing Miss Lenove clothing used in the flight
Meager details from wire dispatches say Wellman was forced to throw overboard nearly all fuel to reach land. A lifeboat was lowered and the crew rescued by Trent steamer boats. they head to New York tomorrow. The America, relieved of weight, rose and moved offshore as repairs continue. A new attempt in the Atlantic is planned next year per Engineer Vanman via wireless.
The Cheyenne area recorded its first snowstorm of fall 1940 with a brief 8 to 8:20 PM flurry that cooled the city then warmed. by 9 PM the temperature rose from 98 to 40 degrees and a sharp drop returned near 11 PM as heavy snow threatened to continue before abating.
After approving a railroad bill creating three commissioners with $4,000 salaries and authority over rate fairness and freight and passenger service, the Denver special session adjourned. The package also includes reciprocal demurrage, and the session cost the state nearly $100,000 while failing to pass the headless ballot and bank guarantee measures.
Washington reports a withdrawal of thirty thousand acres of coal lands in Wyoming from entry on October 18. The action tightens access to mineral resources and could affect local development and mining priorities.
About seventy five office holders and candidates joined as hosts to residents of Fort Russell at Keefe hall for a smoker and entertainment under the Young Men's Republican club. Speeches were made by Meregary Mentzer Pierce Deming Land Taylor Kennedy Chatterton and Kelley of Cheyenne and Wilson of Fort D. A. Russell.
Los Angeles reports Adolph Busch the St. Louis brewer has spent 500000 to reproduce Banbury Cross and its surroundings on the Pasadena estate. The project aims to delight his grandchildren with the nursery rhyme motif featuring a cock horse and an old woman on a white horse.
Early reports say seven of ten balloons in the James Gordon Bennett voyage are afloat after a start yesterday from St. Louis. Six are traced near Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, with others over Canada or near Hegon area as the flight continues tonight.
A historical account details the Wind River valley in Fremont County. It recounts native land cession after 1804 treaties and the 1904 act guiding homestead and mineral land sales at set prices, highlighting greed and public trust betrayals tied to opening agricultural potential.
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