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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1908
Page
9
Three hundred men demanding work marched to Chicago city hall. Police ordered them off. a mob formed and later dispersed when fifty officers arrived. Leader H. Ramadi told the sergeant they would endure beatings or death to avoid starvation. Reports say about two thousand more were forming to demand work.
In Aberdeen South Dakota on April 9 George Tyler was arrested for bigamy after his Racine Wisconsin wife claimed he abandoned her months earlier. Tyler and Ethel Head’s marriage six weeks prior followed a suicide attempt by both. he was brought back to stand trial as an officer from Racine heads to retrieve him.
New York April 8 Great Northern Railway convicted of granting rebates to American Sugar Refining before Judge Holt in the United States circuit court and fined five thousand dollars. The case covered rebates on sugar shipped from New York to Sioux City Iowa in 1902. Counsel for the company gave notice of appeal. The rebating indictments against the Northern Steamship company were dismissed. The trial lasted only two days.
Governor Johnson and 45 aides depart St Paul tonight on the Pioneer Limited for Shiloh battlefield. He will deliver the principal address at the unveiling of the Minnesota memorial monument in the park on April 10 after arriving in Danville, Kentucky, April 9 and traveling by boat to Shiloh.
Monday Frank McEneny led a crew to the Black Hills Traction ditch to build five cottages for Charlie Graham and family. F B Wilcox returns from Hot Springs with Mrs Wilcox after tumor operation, convalescing. Mr and Mrs C I Ernest move to Jelbert ranch at Spearfish valley, inheriting a refined home with extensive fruit trees. Delegates meet Wednesday afternoon.
The Gamps of Modern Woodmen of America in Lawrence county met in Spearfish for their triennial convention. Jane Russ of Lead was named chairman A J Mossman of Deadwood named secretary Fred Harris of Lead elected state camp delegate. J H Gardner Beulah lumberman visited Spearfish for business and acquaintances.
A WCTU pamphlet presents a pictorial list of doors closed to cigarette users by business, education, and public services, arguing tobacco drains bodies and morals. It cites Chicago costs from drinking and national spending on tobacco and liquor, urging temperance action.
A delegation of Sioux from Cheyenne and Standing Rock urged the president to open at least half of each reservation for settlement. If enacted, about 4,200,000 acres would become available to settlers.
The House, under suspension of the rules, passed a bill amending the interstate commerce law to allow passes to furloughed and pensioned employees, the disabled, and former workers traveling to enter service with common carriers, plus their families.
In Biarritz April 9 Premier Asquith met King Edward for an all morning session then departed for Paris arriving at noon. He will head to London tonight and plans immediate cabinet changes without delay.
Governor Hughes urges passage of anti gambling bills in a special message to the New York legislature. Senator Raines moves to table the race track clause alongside the Agnew section. Senator Grady denounces the governor as a common scold. Senator McCarren calls the message an insult to the legislature.
Admiral Evans reports from Magdalena Bay on target practice showing swells cause rolling that expose the lower armor belt even in smooth seas. He urges keeping the low limit of the armor belt unchanged and directs a detailed follow up from battleship commanders.
In Seville authorities arrest Anarchist Molina and Francisca Herrera after fragments reveal skeletons of infants. A mob threatens to kill the couple, stopped only by police and troops. An inquest uncovers a small cemetery in the couple’s cellar. they had twenty two children born while living together.
Chicago financier L D Knee, a wealthy stock broker, committed suicide by shooting himself in his fashionable 4992 fake Avenue home. He suffered incurable heart trouble. His wife, in an adjoining room, heard the shot and found him dying, never regaining consciousness.
Hayes Brothers and Company of Janesville Wisconsin awarded the contract to complete the Belle Vourche Irrigation ditch project. The work remains about 7000000 dollars short of completion and bondsmen face April 10 deadline to arrange continuance or forfeit.
The article notes new contractors will begin work within days under time limits. Prices paid to Orman and Crook remain undisclosed and questioned as potentially too low. Bondholders may absorb losses to avoid forfeiture, while bids open Saturday April 18 for $30,000 in lateral work.
In Petersville part of Butler County the Reformed church faced no services after an oil well gusher struck the church lot fifty feet from the building. The Cabbage Patch district oil strike flooded the site and workers stayed through Sunday to manage the flow. The congregation, in debt and owed pastor back salary, hopes the well will clear debts and fund future expenses.
Pierre South Dakota April 8 L A Munson filed the first state nomination petition for secretary of state in the republican party noting no specific faction within the party.
Andrus E. Jalemdar of Fort Pierre, South Dakota, died by his own action yesterday when he hanged himself with a small cord. He was found with his feet just off the ground. Old age and financial and family troubles are cited as possible causes.
Chicago April 8 Albert Mc Intosh pleaded guilty to counterfeiting and was sentenced by Judge Botha to eight years in Leavenworth prison. Roscoe Tobias and August Rothe received five years each for their roles.
Paris reports Lisbon under martial law with strict censorship on all correspondence. About a thousand arrests have been made since the riots began last Sunday, as authorities restore order in the capital.
Representative Hill of Connecticut, a member of the currency committee, told President Roosevelt a poll shows a majority of House members favor forming a commission to study the financial issue in all aspects before the next Congress convenes.
Six men dynamited the state bank at Eluron in Topeka this morning and escaped with about 6000 dollars. The bank building was badly wrecked and the thieves fled on handcars.
The White Star liner Teutonic won a swift trans Atlantic race against Cunard’s Coronia by 1 hour 26 minutes. The ships remained in sight through the voyage, covering about six days and more than twenty hours at sea.
The Mouse committee on millinery affairs reported favorably the secretary of war to deliver a condemned cannon to the University of South Dakota at Vermilion. The action aims to put the relic to use on campus for educational purposes.
A merchant recounts a Atlantic liner incident where the captain moved to recover money won in a game. The man chose a nonviolent method, writing a blunt note to the large winner and instructing the steward to deliver the amount. The scheme succeeded without arousing suspicion aboard.
An old man sick for months clings to life while his two daughters care for him and work. They speak of his condition with blunt poverty strained honesty. The moment is grim as the dying man mutters about making taste with no call to die.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat reports that Austrian women are not imprisoned but confined in open convents as probationary terms. Inmates sew and knit for pay, with release upon demonstrated reform, resulting in few repeat offenses.
During the alt daca of Mweton there were several dowd get i the tery Woe applied to ite tal itera when The druts and a rival sought to carry off the bride. The Scandinavian war rior avoided courting the maiden by force and waited until she was set to wed another man. When the attempt to abduct succeeded it tested the custom that preserves the groom’s honor today.
Topeka Kansas April 0 The populist party in Kansas will not be able to get representation on the pri-
Text notes that ballot decisions for the next general election rest with the state canvassing board, as aligned with the secretary of state and attorney general. The statement emphasizes official stance on ballot issues and the governance process.
Count Ornielli, Italian ambassador to France and head of the Paris diplomatic corps, died in Paris. He suffered a cerebral congestion earlier that week while awaiting the arrival of David Hille whom he had invited to lunch.
In Muscatine on April 10 a juvenile court case drew attention as Judge Jackson sentenced two 12 year olds to reform school. Six boys organized a criminal ring, prowling houses at night to steal goods. Leader Eddie Valett, also 12, warned members who failed.
Miss May Robinson was sentenced to four years imprisonment for perjury in the Druce case. Her counsel questions her sanity and she claims to be the daughter of an ex Virginia planter who lost his fortune in the Civil War.
The Springfield min vers and operators joint scale committee met briefly and sent disputed questions to a sub committee. The group plans to report tomorrow. Key issues are pay for shot firers and timbering mine entries.
Mr May declines re election as mayor citing a clean administration and outside interests. friends urge him to run for state senate but he believes another citizen should take on the mayoral burden.
In the hottest municipal fight Watertown chose reform candidate John W. Martin over D. C. Thomas. Martin won by 78 votes after nearly 1,400 ballots were cast in the April election.
In Colorado yesterday thirty five towns voted on local option. Nineteen towns chose the no license stance while sixteen favored license saloons.
Geddes SD April 10 The city remains dry by default after saloon keepers failed to present a timely petition to the council seeking a vote on licensing the town. The fate of granting licenses hinges on the legal delay and next steps for restoration of a beverage license.
Missouri Pacific and other lines face possible indictments as the federal grand jury in Little Rock continues investigations into rebates granted during traffic disputes. The probe centers on railroad pricing practices and antitrust concerns.
The citizens ticket was elected at the Blk Point election held on April 10. The slate swept the vote, returning a complete civic ticket for ELK POINT.
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