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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
3
Brussels reports King Leopold III’s condition critical with doctors preparing for a hernia operation. Officials fear the monarch’s death could impact the economy while the public expresses restrained grief and concern over the country’s future.
In Chicago a sensational grain market session saw December advance four cents to 63 2 4 cents amid heavy buying caused by rain damage. Wheat also rose two cents to 11 3 4, reflecting market volatility and strong demand.
Official notice details the C and N W line extending west from Dallas across Tripp county with town lots set for sale December 16 16 and 17 at new towns Winona Winner Jordan and Carter. Sales offer half cash or bankable paper with half due in one year at seven percent and promise railroad construction to Mellette county by next fall subject to weather and transportation provisions.
Marcus Mackey, a Yankton county farmer, was dragged beneath a freight train and his rig wrecked. He was removed under the train but pronounced uninjured by a doctor, with only a minor eye injury. He recalls nothing of the event and recalls nothing about why the team was on the tracks.
Wallace Hopking, the broker convicted a week earlier of using the mails to defraud investors of $800,000, received the maximum sentence of four years and three months in a federal penitentiary from Judge Landis. Former Senator William E. Mason pleaded for a new trial but was denied.
Citizens in Detroit started a reward fund for the capture of the murderer of Helen Brown on December 13. Prosecutor Vanzale weighed asking county authorities to issue an official reward. Police pledged personal sacrifices to aid the manhunt.
United States District Attorney Simms says the white slave traffic will end if Congress pauses Congressman Mann's Illinois bill. The measure would jail or fine anyone who transports a woman for immoral purposes, with harsher penalties for under 18. President Taft has approved the bill.
The state auditor reports counties are financially sound overall with some debtier cases. Fifteen counties have warrants under one thousand dollars, and twenty-five carry bonded debt ranging from two thousand to over four hundred thousand dollars. Lyman and Gregory counties show no bonded debt but hold heavy warrant debts. Delinquent state taxes rose by ninety thousand dollars to 592 672, with over half deemed uncollectible and to be removed from tax rolls when legally feasible.
Governor Vea sey granted four pardons on the recommendation of the state pardon board. The beneficiaries are Charlea Vantling from Custer county, Frank Fitzpatrick and James Moyen from Spink county, and Frank Matejovsky from Stanley county. He also pardoned Roy Lennerville from Butte county without board action.
Parents of Anna Kellner report she was kidnaped in Louisville and is being held. Police say a former Kellner servant acts as an emissary for the kidnappers and a demand may be delivered today.
New York reporters state Dee Plee and Hepir are declared out after an accident that fractured Plee’s skull and broke his collarbone. At 2 o'clock leaders had completed 2,106 miles in two laps of the six day race.
The Conway stock was sold at auction last Thursday to Chas Krause of Deadwood for 6700 dollars after a disputed sale with Mrs. J H Conway claiming a 750 dollar exemption. Purchaser plans to ship goods to merchants in the Belle Fourche tributary region and oversee resale personally.
Two large freighters ran aground in Lake St Clair today as a tug boat aiding them also grounded. The Canadian ferry Ashtabula meanwhile faces peril from a reef with wind shifts possible. Coal laden tug Schenk from Detroit and Mon arch from Ashtabula work to pull craft from reef.
Ninety percent of Big Four railway telegraph operators who mailed ballots support a strike over pay. They seek a twenty percent raise and want telephone operators interlocking towermen and station agents on their shift schedule. General Manager Van Winkle rejects the demand and calls the scheduling plan impractical.
President Taft nominated Judge Horace H. Lurton of Nashville to be associate justice on the United States Supreme Court, to succeed the late Justice Peckham. The move, opposed by organized labor, follows Taft also sending Judge George A. Carpenter’s Chicago federal court nomination to the Senate.
Stockholders of the Maine corporation meet to wind up the company amid falling oil prices and exhausted production in its territory, disposing of holdings and entering liquidation.
Christmas tree vendors in New York expect a rich harvest with prices lower than in years past. The first consignment of about 12 500 trees arrived from Winslow Mills Missouri and the trade projects a large supply from Canada and Maine. The city requires nearly 1 000 carloads to meet demand as the market grows despite old fashioned holiday traditions.
David Mackenzie 26 years old was shot and killed by Bud Stevefiaon during a dispute at a building on the Matador Land and Cattle company pasture across the river. He was the son of Murdo Mackenzie the Trinidad, Colorado rancher linked to the town Murdo South Dakota and the station sign bearing Murdo Mackenzie.
Fourteen survivors were brought to Buffalo today after the steamer W. C. Richardson sank in a gale on Lake Erie. Five men perished in the disaster.
Brussels observes King Leopold's forty fifth year on the throne with flag displays and royal salutes. The official ceremony marks the anniversary of his accession after King Leopold I's death in 1865, but there are no large popular celebrations.
The Black Hille Teamsters' Union met at Lead to vote a strike against Homestake and its Hearst Mercantile unit. A mass meeting urged solidarity with miners, but no resolutions were made. Reports claim most Spearfish canyon workers have quit, with indirect visits to the camp and limited information on non union signups.
New York December 10 Dillon Wallace the Labrador explorer claims Dunkle’s statements form part of an organized plot. He says Dunkle sought introduction to Dr Cook and offered funds for fifty percent of the expedition but Wallace refused. Wallace alleges a scheme to climb Mt McKinley and erase Cook’s records.
Baltimore American reports a New York chauffeur crushed a woman as her clothes entangled in a machine. The near fatal incident sparks calls for harsher punishment for speeding and stricter laws. Public sentiment fears cars threaten life and limb on city streets.
A Missoulian columnist writes a rhymed verse about a cold evening by the hearth and a coal bin near empty, noting the clever style and homely scenes from the bungalow to the woodshed.
A fragmented remark likens Zelaya to someone acting as an agent who cannot secure a clear path forward. The tense quote suggests frustration over stalled prospects and an unclear endorsement or backing.
Senator Raymer of Maryland urged a Taft backed resolution to authorize efforts to capture Nicaragua’s Zelaya and bring him to trial for murder. He said the killing of prisoners of war by Canon and Grace was a crime that harms the United States and must be punished.
A cablegram from Estrada sent to the Latin American colony in New Orleans urges protests against a Mexican backed plan for a Central American federation. Estrada says Zelaya would favor it and that Mexico’s special ambassador is in Washington to push the move.
A Wade Hampton nephew, a Civil War fame figure’s relative, died recently in Spearfish after a illness. Lacking identifiable relatives, he was buried in Spearfish cemetery. He had lived near Beulah Wyoming. If kin are found, his remains may be moved to the Hampton family burial ground.
In Le Beau a divorce was granted to Mrs. Bear after her husband Harvey Left Handed Bear attacked her causing a severance of hair and social humiliation. The court awarded her the divorce and custody of three cub Rearg and farm property following a negotiated agreement.
Minneapolis December 10 The Minnesota supreme court decides that the local option law controlling liquor traffic does not apply to cities in the state.
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