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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1909
Page
2
Moroccan tribesmen close in on Melilla as artillery reaches within two miles of the town center. Reports say the Spanish position remains serious as heavy guns reportedly reach the area. Attacks began Sunday and continue with heavy cannon.
New York October twentieth a jury ordered the court to grant divorce to Mrs Francis Work Burke Roche Batonyi from the Hungarian horseman society whip.
About a thousand inmates at Cook County jail staged a protest after the Williams execution. They chanted Up with Dineen and Hang him as guards tried to quell the disturbance following the hanging of Andrew Williams, a colored man convicted of murder.
President Taft visits Gregory Texas to witness an old fashioned roundup of branded steers near the Rincon and Taft ranches. Officers guard approach routes to the Taft house with a three mile exclusion zone led by ranch manager John Green to maintain security.
The Roosevelt party reassembled at Naivasha on October 20 after internal divisions during their Keala country expedition. Roosevelt appears strongest. others show mild fevers. The group plans a few days of hunting along Lake Naivasha shores.
The Wright brothers in New York on October 20 filed for a federal injunction to stop Ralph Saulinier from using the French aeroplane model duplicating Bleriot’s channel crossing. They seek destruction of the machine planned for exhibition flights here. The brothers allege patent infringement covering all heavier than air machines.
Tyrus Cobb, star batter for the Detroit Ameri cans, surrendered to the sheriff in Cleveland this morning. He was arraigned on the charge of stabbing night watchman Geo Stanfield at the Euclid Hotel. Trial set for November 22. he was released on $500 bail.
Belle Fourche October 20 1909 shipments of cattle and sheep from this point will exceed last year by about 40 percent. Rail officials estimate 1850 cars total for the season with 200 to 260 sheep cars. So far this year 157 sheep cars have gone east. last year totals were 154 sheep cars and 850 cattle cars.
The history of Fort Benton, the first settlement in present Montana, is published by former State Historical Society librarian W. S. Bell and dedicated to the Daughters of the American Revolution. It details adobe walls, a 32 inch thick enclosure, a river gate, local landmarks, and a 1860 Christmas ball that led to the fort being renamed for Thomas H. Benton. A movement to restore the fort is under way with DAR backing, including 1907 state funds and ongoing grants for ground, trees, and paths.
Washington reports the National Geographic Society board will review Beary's data supporting a pole discovery and will request Cook's data. three specialists including Henry Gannett, Chester, and Tittman will judge only whether Peary reached the pole. Examination starts soon and lasts about three months. Copenhagen faculty resists giving America first exam on Cook's data.
Wakanda reports game warden Mount arresting Waldemar Jensen and Lafford Schooley for using a seine net in violation of fish laws. They pleaded guilty and were fined $25 each. Sioux Falls covers hearings in the 2-cent and 2 1/2-cent fare cases as railroads challenge state fare laws and court injunctions.
In Fort Pierre on October 22 La Reine Helen Baker spoke in the circuit court room to a large audience of men and women about equal suffrage. The remarks drew enthusiastic acceptance from attendees.
Exhausted tribesmen report widespread destruction in northeastern Baluchistan and western Hungary after a major earthquake. Hundreds dead in villages such as Miti, Mankanbela, Tanio, Kanda, and Kuran with many remote valleys buried or damaged. Rumors claim Kehlat and Bagat, each with 10 000 inhabitants, wiped out. news from affected areas is scarce.
Adolph Russell age ten was killed and Roland Whitefeather injured in an explosion at the federal Indian school in Rapid City. The blast occurred in the basement heating a hot water tank. Russell’s body was found in the cellar after a late afternoon search.
Farman completed a flight of 47 miles and 1,184 yards in one hour 32 minutes and 1,845 seconds at Black Pool England on October 20.
Pierre Oct. 23 Judge Boucher of the Sixth district begins a Stanley county term with eighty two cases on the calendar. Forty two are criminal charges from murder to petty offenses, many involving livestock rustling. Short pleas and continuances will trim some cases, but trials will occupy several days.
Madrid via Hendaye Oct 22 The new premier Moret and his liberal cabinet began considering a plan to modify the government of Barcelona and Gerona. Repression may be tightened only as needed to pacify the country with a short-lived cabinet aiming to conciliate factions.
Pierre Oct 20 The people of Philip will vote on October 26 whether to adopt city government for the town. Growth is rapid and residents believe municipal improvements can be better secured under city governance.
Pierre October 20 a reception was held at Governor Vesseys home for suffragist Mrs La Reine Helen Baker of Spokane. Baker spoke as Governor Vessey introduced her and endorsed suffrage. Sioux Falls October 20 Captain Evan EB Young son of General Young of the state industrial coal at Plankinton has temporarily left his post as United States minister to Salonika Turkey.
Jubilant Oacoma residents report the Milwaukee Oacoma and Denver extension surveyed toward the Nebraska line crossing the Keyapaha river near its source. Rumors place a White river storehouse near the Finstad farm for river shipments and a possible parallel route from Mobridge to Sioux City and beyond toward Manila.
President Taft arrived in Corpus Christi aboard a revenue cutter at La Quinta, greeted by the mayor, and addressed the inland waterways convention pledging support. He lunched, played golf at his brother's ranch, and planned to resume his journey at 8:20 this evening. Earlier, Paducah, Ky reported a minor earthquake shock at 1:06 this morning with no damage.
Dispatches from Maceo report a fierce typhoon sweeping the Chinese coast. hundreds killed and much shipping destroyed. Communication cut off and interior damage unknown as several small coastal towns were totally destroyed.
A prairie fire started by locomotive sparks near Owdle reportedly burned along the Milwaukee and Minnesota and St. Louis tracks up to twenty miles south. Telegraph service was cut by burning poles, delaying details as the heavily settled area fears large losses.
Jim Jeffries, 232 pounds, arrives in New York aboard the Lusitania after eight weeks abroad. He says he can reach perfect shape within two months and is prepared to fight Johnson immediately if the negro consents.
De Lara, a Mexican guide to the American Magazine writer, issued a statement from Los Angeles jail where he is held on anarchy charges at Mexico's request. He says he is persecuted and denies being an anarchist, accusing Mexico of using American police to hunt political refugees.
J H Keith formerly of Omaha and J B Phillips of Oldham are sending a large steam breaking outfit to Oelrichs. The gear includes a powerful engine with ten 14 inch plows a drag scour water tanks a sleeping and cooking car and a blacksmith shop. Multiple outfits may arrive to handle extensive fall and spring breaking as homeseekers rush into the region.
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