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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1907
Page
6
High winds across Colorado, strongest south of Denver, caused extensive damage including burned signs, toppled telegraph wires, and fires in Pueblo. Walsenburg saw six boxcars derailed and the courthouse roof blown off. Colorado Springs reported a $10,000 loss and a 78 mph gust. No deaths reported.
Colorado Springs faced a prairie fire six miles southeast of the city as winds roared at seventy-eight miles per hour. The blaze threatened large business blocks including the Colorado Bank building at Huerfano and Tejon streets, with several windows blown in and estimated damages near ten thousand dollars. Trees uprooted, wires down, and dirt piling at street corners marked the scene of fear and quick roof-protection efforts.
Seven fires of mysterious origin broke out in different parts of Pueblo between 1 and 6 pm on Tuesday as a 61 mph gale raged. The wind blew down billboards signs and fences and shattered skylights and windows in several offices. A small iron storage building at Iron City Manufacturing collapsed.
Night Sergeant McCorkit must pay two percent and serve five days in jail for a duck hunt that netted four dollars worth of ducks. The judge held him in contempt after he was absent during the trial of George Younger, who was convicted of assaulting Miss Myrtle Furlong. A subpoena had been issued for McCorkit.
Negotiations are in progress between Secretary Garfield and the Union Pacific Railroad to settle issues related to state coal lands in Washington D C. The discussions aim to reach terms on leases rights and development.
Sixteen cars of homeseekers passed through Sioux City en route to South Dakota on March 29. Most settlers came from northeastern Nebraska and will file claims in Lyman and Stanley counties. The party, conducted by Winnebrener and Mullen real estate brokers from Randolph and Presho, moved west after a brief stop, the largest train yet to seek free homesteads across the border.
Dyar H Campbell died at his Brookings home after a ten year struggle with Brights disease. He retired as sheriff on January 1 and after a brief rally fell ill again, dying last week. A prominent I C O F member, he served as grand master and was well known in the Black Hills for his Odd Fellows involvement.
J J Hill president of Great Northern Railway returns from the west and warns there is a recession in business not a panic. He notes credit impairment at about 5 percent of commerce and says luxuries like autos and diamonds will fall, while essentials like wheat coal iron and lumber will persist.
The Postal Telegraph company announced wage increases for chief operators and clerks. Increases will be graded by length of service efficiency and responsibility, effective yesterday, in addition to a 10 percent raise already given March 1 to operators traffic chiefs wire chiefs assistant chief operators and managers.
Reports from Lead describe a new dangerous gas developing in the Homestake Mine as fire continues below the 500 foot level. Fire fighters and cage crews face increasing exposure and illness while engineers install piping and seek to control the air. A chemist investigates air near the fire as the gas shifts, suggesting oxidation may halt the blaze if oxygen is limited.
In Nashville on April 2 Republican members of the legislature held a joint caucus and unanimously adopted resolutions appealing to party members nationwide to renominate Theodore Roosevelt for another term. The resolutions state that the renomination would not be for a third term but for a second term as recognition of duty performed.
Patrick Mulligan, an inmate at the Douglas County Poor Farm, leaves one hundred thousand dollars in his uncle’s will to establish a home for old men in Omaha. The fund is earmarked for building and sustaining the home, fulfilling the donor’s wishes.
Secretary Garfield issued an order demanding strict enforcement of the law prohibiting fencing of public domain lands. The directive addresses federal lands in Washington D C and sets penalties for violations, signaling a federal push to uphold public land access.
Encampment Wyoming April 1 The Penn Wyoming Copper company reports its new smelter was blown in March 24 and currently employs 180 workers with plans to grow to about 400. Experts have been sourced from Michigan Colorado and Lead South Dakota to oversee erection and operation. The plant will be among the most equipped for copper and gold bearing ores with full plant running on electricity. Key experts include R Lindeman H C Ralston J E Hardy and Robert E Gram.
Basin Wyoming April 1 Basin high school closed last week amid the mysterious disappearance of Principal W W Webber Friends reported he was seen in Lovell and inspecting Big Horn county schools He left without trustee notice and O R Irwin a University of Town graduate was appointed his successor
Casper report tells how Robert Darrel, a Pathfinder laborer, arrived from the dam scantily clothed claiming an earthquake destroyed the works. Investigators found he was intoxicated and imagining events. earlier he stripped naked, swam the Platte river five times, then hid in the hills for two days and nights before being jailed.
A severe windstorm in Crook county cuts telegraph and telephone lines across all sections. Ranch property sustains damage but no fatalities reported. Sundance Telephone company lines survive, the only ones standing in the county.
Captain William Gough, formerly with the Salvation Army in Central City, Colorado, and now state agent for the Wyoming Humane society, left Cheyenne on April 1 to tour central and northern Wyoming. He will investigate numerous charges of cruelty to children and animals, marking the bureau’s start of active operations.
Rock River Wyoming April 1 The Diamond Cattle company is breaking 2000 acres of land in the vicinity of this place. The land will be irrigated with water from Rock River and more acreage will be added annually.
Cheyenne Wyoming reports a late March snowstorm that brought about two inches of snow. The entire fall melted today.
James Parker, near President McKinley during the Buffalo assassination attempt, acted to intervene when Leon Czolgosz drew his pistol. Parker was seized with mania days earlier and is jailed pending a sanity inquiry, potentially to be committed to an asylum.
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Robt Cook Jake Plummer and Red Baxter visited from Bear Lodge on Wednesday and noted last week’s strong wind and varied dust. Mr Sheldon, J S Sheldon’s father, returned from Wisconsin and other eastern points then left for the ranch. Harry Stevens with wife and daughter came from Iowa and left with W C Jones for Rabbit Creek to seek permanent residence in Butte county. R F Walter, Belle Fourche project engineer, bought portable houses for the south side canal construction and moved them to the ditch for use as work advances. Presbyterian church service led by Rev Erskine. Interment Bear Butte cemetery.
E L Carl shipped a load of cattle to Omaha last Monday including three steers weighing 1820, 1970 and 2230 pounds totaling 6020 pounds. A 12 year old Tilford boy shot off his big toe with a 22 rifle on 1st Saturday. Chas Handlin, 38, died at his home near rereford after years of poor health. funeral held yesterday at 2:30 PM with family present.
Keystone will resume operations around May 1 as management stated. The Keystone Holy Terror Gold Mining company won its circuit court suit against W. F. Collins, who must surrender company property. Attorneys for the company include Wm. A. Babson, Martin & Mason, and A. K. Gardner. C. L. Woods represented Collins. A stockholders meeting will be held in Wyoming within thirty days, after which pumping will begin and the mine aims to rejoin major West mining camps.
Professor B. Sadtler of Denver author of Economic Mineralogy died suddenly in El Paso on April 2 from heart disease. He was a leading authority on mines and mining worldwide.
Great pressure mounts on President Roosevelt to issue an early public statement clarifying the administration's stance toward railroad and financial interests to ease the current uncertainty and unrest. The demand underscores urgent calls from supporters and critics alike for clear government policy.
Jewelry valued at eighteen thousand dollars was stolen from Charles Morgan, president of Keystone Holy Terror Gold Mining Co., at his Orange New Jersey home. Items include a four thousand dollar diamond bracelet and two necklaces worth two thousand dollars each. The Chicago Daily Tribune mentions the incident in a Sunday column.
San Francisco April 2 Rudolph Spreckles backed the graft investigation with funds and urged citizens to subscribe to a 100000 dollar fund. He pledged to cover any deficit beyond 100000 and vowed no suspension of the probe until all rot is exposed, pursuing every bribe giver and any higher ups.
Secretary Garfield informs Governor Frantz of Oklahoma that no exemption will be made in the April removal order for public lands. He previously told Governor Brooks of Wyoming the same. The communication was delivered on Thursday, continuing the strict enforcement across states.
A balloon trip from Washington to Port Leavenworth Kansas is being planned by the army signal corps.
Welling ham Washington—a model town with 700 to 400 hoyees will be built at Kendall by Northwestern Portland Cement Co to house its employees. Farina purchased for this purpose is being staked off into acre tracts and construction probably will begin early next summer or by fall.
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