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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1908
Page
5
Word from Belle Fourche reports Messick Perry found dead in his cell by the jailer who opened the door. Perry, arrested overnight, appeared normal aside from intoxication. Authorities suspect morphine and chloral overdose as the cause, with relatives arranging burial in Lead.
The South Dakota Supreme Court ruled the state primary elections law generally constitutional but struck down county committees selecting delegates to the state convention and the fee filing provision. It also invalidated the state convention representation clause. A district needs fifty voters to gain a delegate. one voter suffices if present. The mandamus by the Prohibition Party is denied. they must file under the primary law.
The Minneapolis to Seattle Electric Railway company, a South Dakota firm with $500 million capital, is barred from the mails over a fraud scheme run by Samuel A. Phillips, David Phillips, and William C. Webber. Pro moters claimed a bogus 1650 mile route and 30 hour rail service with 8.5 million profit, while surveys were minimal and contracts funneled through connected offices in St. Paul.
New York April 4 The conference of railroad presidents reached a consensus that freight rates should be increased. Details on timetable and scope were not released.
A meeting of eastern trunk line officials led by George F. Bear of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad considered the need to raise revenues to fund extensions and improvements. Freight-rate studies support increases varying by class and commodity, with roads to study final actions individually.
Paris reports say Duke De Chaulnes died in his bed from heart disease after a recent marriage to Theodore Shonts's daughter. His wife woke to find him lifeless at the Langham hotel while the Shonts family awaits confirmation and a possible Paris voyage. Some doubt a death and fear a possible ruse.
In Springfield on April 23 a group led by Bobby Burke Judge Prentiss and nine others forming the Simon Pure Bryan Democrats of Cook County held a downtown convention. They plan a protest against the state gathering and will name twenty two Cook County delegates to the Denver convention. The move did not affect the statewide Bryan endorsement and Governor Johnson supporters oppose the Bryan resolution seeking Jefferson as second choice.
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the local option law is constitutional. The court held the legislature had power to create anti saloon territories and rejected the liquor interests challenge against municipal local option votes.
Judge Rice opened the Meade County circuit term at Sturgis. The calendar includes civil suits with jury trials, no criminal cases. Vrank Ducharme pleaded guilty to assault and battery after beating a woman in a Sturgis dance hall. he paid $100 and costs. Jury trials begin next Monday and continue for about a week to ten days.
In Pikeyville UK on April 24 the Ruhbter grocery store safe was blown open with nitro glycerine by unseen professionals. About $2,000 in cash notes and checks were stolen. The safe was pushed into the alley and the rear building damaged.
More than 2,000 theater related cases against actors and others in Kansas City playhouses were dismissed by Jackson county prosecutor I B Kimbrell after Judge William H Wallace transferred Sunday closing cases to Judge Porterfields division. About 3,000 cases have been started in the last three weeks and trials are expected to take the summer.
Yesterday's heavy rain and high winds soaked residents in Lead and surrounding hills. Over 24 hours, six inches of water fell locally, with December through March totals rising to near 9.92 inches in March and 34 inches for 1906. The storm brought grass growth and caused damage to foundations and walls, though overall benefits were noted. In Oacoma, Alva Dulaney, 4, died after a match lit his clothing, despite parental attempts to extinguish the blaze.
A Victorian era account explains how a “magic painting” used luminous paint to shift a cow from standing to lying down in darkness. It describes a Dresden chemist method using zinc sulfide and calcium sulfide to create white luminous paint and other chemistry for glowing marbles and flowers. It also outlines luminous inks and glowing water through phosphorus and ether, with notes on simple lighting tricks for entertainment.
Diamonds worth 2500 dollars were stolen last night from A. A. Wish a wealthy diamond broker while he dined at the Delorado hotel Chicago. A well dressed young man seen loitering in the lobby is suspected. police issued a description and are pursuing him.
Hiram B. Turner a 46 year old city janitor living in the east part of town attempted suicide Wednesday afternoon by swallowing chloroform after buying it at a local drug store. He has a history of several prior attempts and is noted to have a wife and five children enduring his actions.
A Baltimore County conveyance from Liber W. G. records dated to 1700 describes tracts of land once owned by Joshua Stevenson and Gettings Ove. The document lists farm names such as My Sweet Girl My Friend nui Mitcher and The Unexpected Discovery with acreage figures and notes a twenty acre pasture and a Baltimore Run among the holdings.
In Washington on April 23 Senator Rayner of Maryland outlined a democratic platform and rejected several provisions. He urged tariff reform by enemies, enforcement of federal law, one term for presidents, and no patronage promises to successors. He warned against treasonous constitutional inserts and illegal international alignments.
Patchy item notes burglary activity in Rapid City with unclear details about burglars and location as described in the readable fragment. No full names or addresses are confirmed in the text.
Robbers gained entry by breaking rear window and unfastening the back door at Matteson drug store. They reportedly sat inside and ate ice cream before taking twelve boxes of cigars five dollars from the register and a dollar fifty from the gum machine. One man was arrested and jailed on suspicion.
The Cincinnati board of education will install a school basement restaurant at Jackson School on Filth and Mound Streets within two weeks. It will serve sandwiches and soup for 1 and 2 cents to hungry children, an experiment to be extended to downtown schools if successful. Principals say hungry pupils fall behind and the program aims to raise standards by feeding at cost.
John Felt in Deadwood says his watch was stolen Sunday night leading to a warrant for Jack Coyle of Galena. Coyle pleads not guilty with bond set at 200 dollars and examination scheduled. In a separate note, Mesars Sister, Bowman and Peterson report rich ore on Hanson ground at Squaw Creek with a 200 foot tunnel yielding values from 28 to 36 dollars per ton. The Cleopatra claim also reports extensive ore discovery and future processing at the company mill.
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