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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1909
Page
9
In New York a tenement fire overwhelmed nineteen firefighters with gas from a leaking main. One firefighter is thought fatally overcome while heroic crews saved two hundred residents from the blaze.
Assistant U. S. District Attorney J. C. Sweet notes South Dakota trails states tightening voting eligibility for immigrants. He cites frontier rules allowing aliens to vote after declaring intent, while natives wait 21 years, and discusses possible Black Hills citizenship inspector and proposed budget increases for the justice department.
Delegates arrive in Jacksonville for the State Anti-Saloon League convention with plans to push Florida toward state-wide prohibition. Speakers include Dr. I A Baker and Seaborn Wright as sessions are set, signaling a possible legislative fight despite strong liquor interests.
Pierre February 10. A bill by May defines the state flag with a blue field a blazing gun at the center and an arc over the sun bearing the words Sunshine State. The flag is to be one and one third times as long as wide. exhibit samples look showy. The house debated creating a state commission with discussion resuming Wednesday. sentiment remains unfavorable.
House committee backs a separate immigration department bill amid opposition to new expenses. A new gasoline bill mirrors prior oil amendments, aiming to ease access to Kansas and Oklahoma crude and lower state gasoline prices. Black Hills members plan home visit for Lincoln's Birthday break, staying through Saturday.
In western South Dakota between the Missouri River and the Black Hills a once scarcely touched land belt now sees settlers and dealers pricing improved homesteads at 15 to 25 dollars an acre. Railroads spurred rapid settlement and government land sales previously drew no buyers at all.
The Senate and House met in a joint session in Washington to ratify Taft’s presidential election and Sherman’s vice presidential election. The tally showed 321 electoral votes for Taft and Sherman and 162 for Bryan and Kern. Vice-President Fairbanks presided with Speaker Cannon present.
New management led by Edward M. Deane company of Grand Rapids will overhaul the Whitewood gulch gas plant between here and Deadwood. About twenty two thousand dollars will be spent under a gas engineer’s direction to ensure a steady quality gas supply. Mr. I. A. Hooper will lead the plant’s operations as repairs extend over time.
Engineer W Baldwin of the San Bernardino local on the Santa Fe kept his locomotive moving across the failed Avenue 35 bridge on the Arroyo Seco after his fireman jumped saving over 100 lives. The flood waters undermined multiple bridges and riverfront structures as the arroyo ripped away banks and debris.
Joseph F. Kahout a Democratic leader in Chicago's city council and notable local politician died by his own hand in his home at 78 Douglas Boulevard. Family heard a pistol shot from the basement where he had gone on an ostensible errand. he was 50, married with two children, and the motive remains unknown.
New Orleans reports large preparations to greet President elect Taft on his return from Panama with a three o'clock arrival Thursday. Towns along the route from New Orleans to Cincinnati request Taft stop and speak on his way through.
Frank Thomson, recently divorced from his eighteen year old wife, shot her as she left a house in Waverly Iowa and then killed himself. The couple, once prominent residents, had married a year ago and been in Denver with accusations of attempted coercion into a life of shame.
Funeral services for Mrs. Joseph Treweek who died from injuries received in an accident will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 30 from the Episcopal church with Rev M F Montgomery officiating. Interment will be at West Lead cemetery.
Sacramento reports the California legislature resumed consideration of a bill to provide separate schools for Japanese children. Many attempts to withdraw the measure have failed to stop the bill's progress.
The Rochford Wyoming Oil Company pushes field work with three drilling machines in place and two standard rigs en route near Beulah Crook County. Samples shown at the state fair drew attention and oil production may soon become a major industry boosting local prosperity.
Devils Lake North Dakota February 10 Mary Wright was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury for the death of her stepdaughter in August. The verdict was returned this morning signaling the end of the trial.
In Hodgenville Kentucky President Roosevelt headed a thousand Americans at the dedication of Abraham Lincoln birthplace site. Prominent southerners and Washington officials attended as veterans and civilians mingled, illustrating unity between former adversaries and union supporters.
President elect Taft spoke in New Orleans offering strong support for a canal across the isthmus and left amid cheering crowds. He telegraphed Senator Hale to remove doubt about Knox’s eligibility to become Secretary of State.
The South Dakota senate debated the Highmore inebriate asylum bill with limited discussion. A motion by Wales to substitute Dell Rapids for Highmore failed and the bill passed the senate by a vote of 29 to 14 amid remarks about Lieutenant Governor Shober and campaign articles.
A fierce storm swept the Midwest, halting telephone and telegraph lines and blocking traffic as it moved into Illinois and Michigan. Chicago experienced winds of forty miles per hour and plummeting temperatures, intensifying hardship for the poor.
Prominent figures from the American Federation of Labor and other groups convene in Washington at the invitation of government officials for a Department of Commerce and Labor council to discuss unemployment, immigration, industrial peace prizes, and expanded labor information services.
In Hastings Nebraska a boy’s bank is stolen and porter Nick Darkadale is arrested after admitting loss of 17 dollars. A gang of about ten to eleven year old boys is tied to repeated thefts, with 25 dollars found hidden in a barn. The children come from good families and prosecution is unlikely.
Louisville veteran editor Henry Watterson announces he will never appear in public life again, citing the deaths of his son and daughter as the reason for his withdrawal from public duty.
A noon fire in a building opposite the time keeper's office caused heavy interior damage, likely from overheated steam pipes. Firefighters battled flames that spread through the change room and upper storage, with two hundred dollars likely to cover losses and several workers narrowly escaping injury.
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