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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1909
Page
3
In London on February 18 militant suffragists failed to force a march after Parliament rejection. Police sealed major streets and twenty protesters were arrested and jailed after clashes with officers. The disorder subsided when leaders addressed a gathered crowd in a hall.
Washington reporting Walter Wellman, who twice tried to reach the north pole by airship, now prepares for a third attempt aimed for August. He communicates with his Paris agent about preparations and believes success is possible with favorable conditions. He seeks to return with his flag, not to perish as a future relic. The Zeppelin’s size inspires him, noting his Am A craft about 60 percent smaller.
Stella Hunter aged 2 daughter of O C Hunter depot agent at Van Metre Milwaukee Railroad died after falling from the depot platform onto a brick walk. Her mother rushed to help and she died about an hour later from injuries believed to have damaged brain or spine.
The tenth annual Chicago Whist Association carnival opened its first session this morning with a special women’s contest and a progressive pair event. Tomorrow at 2 PM the men’s special contest begins, attracting notable players including President Cooper of Tennessee and M Uhlfelder of Albany, among others, promising a national tournament flavor and heightened local interest.
Secretary John T. Burns of the Third Trans Missouri Dry Farming Congress chairs a three day Cheyenne session beginning February 23. G H Carroll of Miller Hand County advocates dry farming noting Hand County spans about 1 000 000 acres of dry land with one fourth cultivated by arid methods. He says another 700 000 acres could be developed with diligent application of dry farming and intensive cultivation. The ten year rainfall average is twenty inches with much potential remaining untapped.
Mr. Carroll reports five month precipitation from April to August. Wheat ranges 20 bushels per acre for ordinary, 10 to 30 for durum, 20 to 40 for spelts. Oats 15 to 50, barley 15 to 40, corn up to 50. Potatoes yield 25 to 160. Land values rise from 10 to 50 dollars per acre. He advises alternate corn and small grains and plow deep in spring then plant corn and following year seed wheat oats or barley.
The Missouri Pacific passenger train from Omaha to Union wrecked near Union Nebraska at 10 20 am injuring several passengers. Thomas Barnum of Union was killed instantly and M E Thomas of Omaha was badly injured. Frank Heavrin Gus King and Amos McNamee suffered cuts and bruises with varying degrees of injury. Barnum a prominent Cass County farmer and stockman died from a fractured skull as the train failed to stop after the crash.
In Galveston two Lepers, brothers aged about 12 and 18, are kept hidden by their parents Mr. and Mrs. James Younger who for years shielded them from public view. Financial strain has driven the family to near bankruptcy as the homestead faces tax sale. Authorities face a dilemma since Texas has no leprosy facilities, though several cases exist statewide. The parents now seek institutional care for their sons.
Memorial services honored the eleven men killed on the battleship Maine in Havana harbor eleven years ago. Government, military, and civic bodies joined in Washington to mark the anniversary.
A platform collapse in a hall in Vadnela Spain during a draw for conscription killed one person and left seventy eight injured. Police and emergency services reported the accident and began investigations into the cause.
A New York dispatch recalls the Yankton 1874 crime when Mrs. McCook widow of Gen Edwin Stanton McCook was killed in a hotel hallway by John Wintermute. The trial history featured a heated bond dispute, a divided jury, and Wintermute’s acquittal before his death a year later.
The interior secretary approves cash sale of about 50,000 acres in Gregory county at not less than 1 per acre, in tracts up to 640 acres. Auctions start March 25 at the Gregory land office, continuing daily until finished. Part of the Rosebud Indian reservation opened in 1864, previously offered at 2.50 per acre.
Reports from Teheran Feb 17 say six thousand killed in the earthquake region. Sixty towns and villages are reported wiped out and the death list continues to grow with each new dispatch.
Feb 18 meeting in Louisville will ratify pledges from Burley tobacco growers in Kentucky Indiana and Wisconsin by a joint committee of tobacco associations. Agents of the new Union Tobacco society will review districts in the central association to recruit growers for the federation for 1909. The society pools Burley tobacco interests rather than uniting all tobacco groups.
Fr. P Hooper arrives from Grand Rapids Michigan to take charge as permanent manager. He brings wide experience in the gas business and plans extensive improvements to provide better gas and service for patrons, aiming for complete satisfaction.
Pierre Feb 17 The legislature rushes to finish as many bills as possible. The Senate bill to elect county commissioners by districts passed the House today after earlier Senate passage, facing opposition from the Lawrence county delegation.
Burglars entered Delta Delta Delta and Delta Gamma houses at Iowa University in the pre dawn hours. They took jewelry and money from Edna Harper and Alice Clark of Burlington and frightened Marjorie Mac Vicar before fleeing as the matron Mrs. Josephine Lewis awakened. No arrests reported.
Granville Jones addresses Lead Daily Call group at the Commercial Club outlining the state federation of clubs plan, praising advertising, collaboration, and Deadwood’s example. He notes freight-rate discrimination harming the Hills region and urges concerted action to promote Lead and Black Hills.
Mr. Jones praises the Hills for mining potential and publicity. He envisions Lead as a center for mining and calls for united advertising to attract health and summer visitors, plus strong social clubs and a Woman's Auxiliary to beautify and improve sanitation. He predicts Lead could become the state’s best town.
Mr. and Mrs. George Dutton returned last night from a three month visit in the middle states. They visited relatives in Wisconsin and northern Illinois around Elgin and say the Hills is a good place to be. Mr. and Mrs. Spicer stayed east and may return next week. Mr. Spicer plans Alaska travel by March. A January rainstorm struck three town buildings with lightning, a freak weather record for the area.
Lisbon reports King Manuel of Portugal will wed Princess Beatrice, niece of King Edward of England. The announcement confirms a high level alliance between the two royal houses and British royalty.
In Reading Pennsylvania on February 17, George E. Krout twenty shot and killed Stella Tashel eighteen riding with him in a taxicab and then killed himself. He ordered the chauffeur to drive to the hospital before the shooting.
Kansas City police say C Garnett attempted to extort seven thousand dollars from Lawrence Tones, a wealthy merchant, using a dynamite bomb. they suspect two Omaha women as accomplices and are watching them closely.
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