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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1907
Page
2
The Old Familiar Roar of the Homestake mill continues as engineers report the fire confined to a small area. Gases threaten shafts and stopes while ore is hauled from safe sections of the mine to mills. Work persists with no change in the fire situation and no immediate disruption to ore supply.
Washington reports the first fruits of the pure food law include a likely 15 cent increase in ice cream soda prices as real cream requirements and inspectors raise costs. Boarding school girls seek Dr. Wiley rumored to influence the policy while critics lament paternalism and higher prices.
In Amherst Massachusetts four Amherst college students were expelled for presenting a burlesque on the Thaw trial at a Holyoke theater. Names were withheld by the faculty and manager Murray received a request from the students to stage an original skit on amateur night. The act featured impersonations and blunt questioning that prompted women in the audience to leave before the manager expelled the collegians.
Washington officials move to mediate between Western railroad employees and general managers as tensions rise from ongoing disputes and labor unrest.
Martin A. Knapp chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission and Charles P. Neil Commissioner of Labor will intervene in the Chicago conference on behalf of the government. Their role underscores federal oversight during the proceedings and signals official support for the discussions.
Judge Wood overruled the motion for change of venue in the Moyer Haywood Pettibone case and gave the defense the option to try the case in Boise or Canyon county Boise was chosen after counsel consultation with the date to be fixed when court opens next Monday in Caldwell Boise Idaho March 28.
The White House reports Theodore Roosevelt Jr. returns from Harvard Easter break unsure about his college path. He is modest yet surrounded by publicity and exclusive clubs, while reporters chase every personal moment. He fears being labeled as the president’s son and longs for anonymity, fearing misread quotes and misrepresented exploits.
McCook Nebraska March 2. A Burlington oil house ignited during a high wind and flames swept through the city. The fire destroyed a large livery barn several residences stables and outbuildings. Only heroic effort saved the residence portion from destruction.
Thirty six sacks of gold ore valued at ten thousand dollars were stolen from Rhyolite Nevada mines and shipped into Pueblo by high graders. The ore was seized today at Wells Fargo Express office by Deputy U S Marshal I I Frank, with ore sent into Pueblo one sack at a time.
VIENNA March 30 Revolt in Roumania peaks as a republic is proclaimed in Fenesti with mobs killing land owners and looting estates. Proclamations cheer the secession, riots spread to Braila Papulesca and Galatz as troops clash with peasants. Fear of wheat shortages looms amid ongoing shelling and arrests.
Czernowitz report says Wallachia deteriorates with daily killings rising. Three hundred peasants die in a clash with soldiers at Stareskie and two bloody battles occur at Nastanesti. Peasants reportedly mutilate a lieutenant, while villages in Dimbrovitza and Dolji burn.
General Manager Walters announced the Northwestern will ballast 100 miles of track between Long Pine and Chadron at an estimated cost of 150000 dollars. Gravel from a new pit west of Long Pine will be used. One hundred laborers from Omaha will depart to begin the work.
Report notes Wednesday night progress with efforts to complete work promptly. No further details on project scope or location provided.
Tommy Webster, 38 year old son of Ralph J. and Mrs. Webster of Cheyenne Wyoming, fell from a Union Pacific passenger train window near Lawrence Kansas while the train traveled 45 mph. He escaped serious injury with scratches and bruises after passengers halted the train and found him sitting in weeds 20 feet from the track.
William Williams English barber who settled in Volin was killed at the state asylum when he plunged into a revolving flywheel. The incident occurred as he walked into the engine room and was instantly fatally mangled. He had recently shown improvement in the asylum and earlier helped drive out a gang of hoboes terrorizing Volin. He leaves a mother and brother in England and is to be buried in Volin.
Omaha dispatch reports Special Assistant Attorney General S R Bush and Assistant Attorney General planning a sweeping mineral land fraud investigation in Colorado and Wyoming. They promise big fish will be caught, with Nelson Bartlett Fairchilds and W G Comstock cited as Nebraska precedents. An official says the crackdown will be far more extensive than prior cases and backed by Attorney General Bonaparte and the President.
Olin Bryan former president and Walter Mason former treasurer and director of United Surety Co were indicted for conspiring to defraud the Munich Fire Co of 49960. Bail set at 5000 each. Mason allied with banks and bank examiner roles amid a sweeping inquiry led by Attorney General Bonaparte and Roosevelt administration officials. An earlier bank collapse and unsecured paper losses loom in the background.
Goldfield Nevada is the center of a growing dispute as mine owners reportedly plan to reopen without the Western Federation of Miners or the Industrial Workers. Miners fear being forced out and consider forming an independent union while rumors spread of nonunion crews entering from Arizona, Montana, and Colorado. A packed meeting pressed to discuss the crisis, with bets that mines may reopen within ten days.
Fifteen lawsuits filed in St Joseph circuit court by U S district attorney A S Vanvalkenburg against Burlington Santa Fe and Rock Island railways allege violations of the rule barring cattle from trains more than 28 hours without feed water or rest. Shipments originated in Nebraska Oklahoma and Texas. Further suits expected. Penalties range from 1 to 600 dollars per car for each offending car.
Gladstone Mich March 30 Young men in Escanaba public schools are barred from education if they use tobacco or intoxicants or frequent pool rooms or saloons. The school board acted after complaints that scholarship standards were being impaired.
The Overland from New Orleans to San Francisco plunged through an open switch at Colton, killing about thirty passengers and wounding around a hundred. The Shuman family of Calloway Nebraska suffered multiple injuries including severe head wounds and lacerations among Mr. and Mrs. D. Shuman and children Ida Nellie and Alice.
Hearst files five suits against the Chicago Tribune for libel. Each suit seeks $5,000, based on five articles published Tuesday that excerpt Elihu Root's Utica speech from November 1, 1906.
Washington announced government aid to the money market triggering a rapid bear market rebound in New York. Prices surged across most stocks with gains of one to six points as bulls covered positions. Copper weakness fluctuated but London reports kept sentiment buoyant amid brief profit taking.
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