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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1907
Page
10
A Jamaica cablegram reports Kingston leveled by a severe earthquake that caused heavy loss of life and property. A massive tidal wave accompanied the tremor, lasting about three minutes, with many killed by collapsing buildings and fires. The British government will aid the stricken island.
Pierre South Dakota January 16 The senate committee on railroads reviewed Byrne anti pass bill. Law would forbid exchanges of advertising for railway mileage and may affect contracts already signed. Opinion holds mileage contracts dated January 1 remain valid though few days remain before enactment.
Senator Jenkins of the senate railroad committee asks to recall the fellow servant bill and to convene a joint senate and house meeting so railroad representatives may present their side of contention on proposed legislation. The aim is to give all interests a square deal and a fair hearing.
Members of the Terry Peak Miners union received relief funds raised by the Western Federation of Miners after a demand for an eight hour day led to a job strike. Distribution was based on family size with weekly payments starting immediately, ranging from five dollars for a single man to seven dollars forty cents for a married man with no children and up to four dollars ten cents per additional child, with a cap.
The report notes continuing extreme cold across the northwest with no relief expected. Temperatures drop to 55 below zero at Browning and no point between Grand Forks and Spokane rises above 28 above zero. Great Northern workers fight snow drifts ranging up to 90 feet as western snowfall becomes unprecedented.
Morrin Brown is elected attorney general and Norris Brown becomes Nebraska’s United States senator in a Lincoln vote result reported from Nub. Ja. 16. The official outcome marks a key shift in state politics with Brown figures highlighted.
The editorial urges a return to old fashioned honesty as Governor Crawford sets the pace for reform. It argues public conscience, not material growth, drives true progress and calls officials to candor courage and fair dealing while resisting selfish influence.
Governor Cummins proposes a 2 cent passenger fare on Iowa railways and ends freight rate discrimination. He also backs limiting labor movement curs for train employees and advocates passage of an anti pass law to curb rail labor.
Jan 16 report details Evelyn Nesbit Thaw’s mother Mrs. Charles J. Holman resisting efforts to save Harry Thaw. Letters and testimony could influence the case, with revelations of past Paris disputes and ties to Stanford White.
Washington reports sensational graft charges against Herbert H. J. Peirce US minister to Norway and former third assistant secretary of state. Prof Elliott alleged Peirce acted for vessel owners in a piracy case before The Hague tribunal and sued in DC court to secure fees from awards.
In 1907 South Dakota rail improvements aim to connect Rapid City with eastern cities by June. The Milwaukee and Northwestern lines will allow Black Hills travelers to reach Pierre in a few hours. Wealthier residents may build homes in the Hills and visit for recreation in summer, with Sioux City poised to gain as a major beneficiary of shorter routes to the Midwest.
The President sent a special message to Congress with exhibits from Brownsville, including maps, shells, bullets, and clothing. He states that some of the colored troops were involved, that others knew of the deed, and that the orders barring civil employment are invalid but that dismissed troops are barred from re-enlisting.
Prof Hansen of the agriculture college returns from a six month tour through northern Europe and Asia. He gathered hardy alfalfa varieties and potatoes for cold dry plains and tested fruit and cereals for U.S. crops. He traced alfalfa distribution in Siberia and collected new plant material at multiple stops from England to Japan.
Telegraphic brief notes eight dead and several seriously injured after a blast in Clin on Indiana. It mentions State Senator R R Adams from Arkansas being forced to resign amid graft investigations. It cites Adams' testimony leading to Senator Butt's bribery conviction and penitentiary sentence. An oil trust faced indictments totaling 930 and potential fines up to 58 million if found liable.
Washington January 15 The new mobilization rules for the national guard, crafted by Assistant Secretary of War Oliver, require state authorities to maintain a fixed minimum strength with trained, equipped units. States will fund arms clothing and subsistence, with recruits fed and transported to central depots, enabling rapid federal mobilization by calling governors to levy troops for centralized reception.
President Roosevelt ordered the Department of Justice to start an investigation into the American Smelting and Refining Company and its ties to railroads. Attorneys General Moody and Bonaparte supported the move as miners in the West pressed for relief from alleged rebates and anti competitive practices by the trust.
Mrs. W. J. Grant was attacked while walking to the main road near Broken Bow Nebraska. Birney Mohat grabbed her in a field. her screams drew help from Mohat’s brothers. A deputy captured Mohat and jailed him as Grant was taken in an exhausted condition to town.
Three hundred locomotive engineers on the Mexican Central railroad and its ranches decide to demand from authorities an increase in wages to bring pay in line with United States standards.
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