Fire Claims Two at Monmouth City Hotel
A hotel fire in Monmouth destroyed the city hotel early yesterday morning. Two people died John Jacobs proprietor of the hotel and Bud Miller. Several others were injured in the blaze.
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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1910
Page
11
A hotel fire in Monmouth destroyed the city hotel early yesterday morning. Two people died John Jacobs proprietor of the hotel and Bud Miller. Several others were injured in the blaze.
Glen H Curtis will start Thursday morning to fly a 145 mile route from Albany to New York City to compete for the New York world prize of 10000 dollars. He plans one stop for fuel. Clarence Jones, ex local editor, now publisher of the Democrats at Ainsworth, cites Deadwood club bylaws. House caucus on postal savings bank bill to be lively as insurgents face party action in conference.
Sioux Falls S D May 25 The federal government may remove George Grigsby son of Col Melvon Grigsby and former South Dakota attorney general from the U S attorney for the district of Alaska He has gone to Washington where the attorney general granted a hearing Grigsby is said to have antagonized Guggenheim interests tied to Alaska water rights and mineral lands a perjury indictment was brought against a Guggenheim representative Grigsby was told to resign but refused and was removed by telegraph later granted a hearing and traveled to Washington to present his side no national press word has appeared on the case yet
Fighting throughout the night the Estrada army repelled Madriz forces as reinforcements landed by the steamer Venus. American machine gunners helped defend the city while Grey Town supplied further aid, and locals expected surrender at any time.
New York May 25 The wedding of Miss Mary Harriman daughter of the late railroad magnate to Charles Carey Rumsey of Buffalo New York noted artist and sculptor will be held tomorrow at the Arden Episcopal church. The ceremony will be quiet as the family is in mourning.
Port Michigan May 25 The wrecking tug went to PaintAux Marc eeques to investigate the steamer Frank Goodyear wreck in forty fathoms of water. There is no hope for the eight crew members reported drowned.
In St Paul on May 25 thirty persons were injured when a southbound street car crashed into the rear of an interurban. Defective brakes were blamed for the accident.
Austin May 26 L E Highley of Hot Springs retires from the race citing business reasons and N B Tubbs of Custer is chosen by Republicans in Custer and Fill River counties to run for state senator Tubbs previously served in the lower house representing Custer County
A Keystone special reports an old Rockerville bill of fare from 1876 found by The Recorder. Prices include bean soup 1.00 roast beef with one potato 1.25 baked beans 0.75 two peeled potatoes 0.75 bacon and hash 0.75 rise pudding 0.75, with a 3.00 square meal. The note ends with payable in advance gold scales on end of bar and credits hotel owner R. N. McNown.
A bedtime tale recounts Little Tad gaining new legs after a tall, footless start. Frog siblings Jack and Jill discuss Tad's growth and future playmates as Willie Treetoad remembers old times. The father narrator and children share humorous, fantastical dialogue about Tad’s changes.
Reports from London dated May 26 say anti fascist demonstrations in China are rising and may trigger a broad outbreak before autumn. Missionary leaders consider abandoning remote stations as Chinese troops join rioters.
New York May 25 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will return to the United States June 18 with a national non political welcome. Vanderbilt chair of the committee invites all in good standing to join the line of march and apply to Captain A F Cosby at 146 Broadway. The flotilla will greet the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria at quarantine at 9 am then proceed to the battery and up Broadway to Fifty ninth Street decorated in national colors. Reservations urged as hotels fill.
Washington May 25 Senator Coe I Crawford of South Dakota will urge the governor to appoint a state delegation to attend Col Theodore Roosevelt’s June 18 New York reception. He says Roosevelt is a unifying, democratic leader and the event should be non partisan with Democrats and Republicans united in welcoming him.
In St Louis on May 27 W. W. Freeman of Brooklyn was chosen president of the National Electric Light Association and F. M. Tait was elected vice president at the convention held today in St Louis Missouri.
In Chicago a woman fleeing her husband was killed by a train while in Newmarket Ireland a riot between United Irish league followers of William O'Brien and Irish Nationalists led to a fatal clash. One man died and many others injured as police fled. More trouble was feared.
Near Logan Iowa May 27 two young women Lulu Wright 23 and Flossie Newman 23 are dead. Will Snyder 30 is dying and another woman is seriously injured in the wreck. Both victims are Logan residents.
President Taft writes a sharp reply to Representative Tawney denying the claim that southern residents paid his board during a tour in the South. Taft defends his own conduct and criticizes the Tawney speech as unfounded.
Stray topics recount a gala of curiosities from New York and Brooklyn. A princess uses a private elevator with her dog and servants provoking duchess complaints. A Brooklyn lieutenant books his son for disorderly conduct and records the entry. A midget performer sues a tall manager in municipal court. A New Jersey veteran preps grave decorations and a metal coffin for Memorial Day.
A royal romance tale recounts George V's early life and his morganatic marriage to a non royal, the 1893 Tyrrone incident sinking the Victoria with 430 sailors aboard, and lingering claims of blame on Queen Victoria. It notes George's melancholic temperament and his alleged love for his first wife who reportedly lives in Montreal.
Berlin report states the kaiser is suffering from a malignant abscess on his right hand that will require an operation. This development comes amid ongoing health concerns affecting the imperial household.
Jesse Overstreet, longtime Indiana congressman and chairman of the National Monetary Commission, died in Indianapolis after a three month illness caused by a complication of diseases. He served eight years in Congress.
Fifteen men drowned when the British bark Swanhilda was wrecked off Staten Island near Punta Arenas Chile. No further details were provided.
At St. Louis on May 27 Dr L A Hartman testified in the Doxey murder trial that an autopsy on Erder showed the death was not caused by disease.
May records reveal charges that the Morgas-Gugelm group influenced appointments and sought control of Alaska affairs. Judge James Wickersham alleges the syndicate aimed to manipulate federal offices, naming officials such as Judge T. R. Lyons United States District Attorney John Rustgard and others before the Senate judiciary subcommittees.
Parishioners emptied Sunday offerings to wipe out debt but a later inspection revealed mostly junk. A jeweler valued the bundle at about 150 dollars, with a single ten dollar gold piece as the only valuable contribution from a congregation including many wealthy families.
Marine experts in Salais France report the submarine Pluvoise cannot be lifted before tomorrow. The crew of 27 is presumed dead after water flooded the vessel and divers hear hammering from inside.
Gus Haedt rushed his eight year old son after a rattlesnake bit him in a field. He cut the wound and let it bleed, then carried the boy to town where Dr. Waldron treated the bite. The child remained under observation at an aunt’s home as danger signs faded.
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