Cheyenne record., 1919-10-23
condemned REcoRD OF THE
PRooREss OF EVENTS At
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FROM ALL SOURCES
eAYiNes, DoiN q ., ACHIEVE.
MEhTs, suFFERiNos. HoPEs
AND FEARs OF MANKIND.
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WESTERN

murdered janet WllklnSOn, hkeu u, mus
been hanged in Chicago. He said he
killed her because she screamed when
he took her into his room to give her
candy.
All the buildings and recreational
equipment of the Knights of Columbus
at Fort Davis, Nome, Alaska, have
been turned over to 1000 Indian chill
dren, whose parents were victims OF
the Influenza epidemic last year. A
large quantity of supplies intended for
the soldiers, who have been Withdrawn
for the winter months, has also been
turned over to the children.
Walker d. Hines, director Of rail
roads, has held series of confer
ences with the heads of western roads
and officials Of the United States
Grain Corporation at which plans were
discussed for the movement of the
large wheat crop from the southwest
to the market of the east. Mr.. Hines
announced that wheat would have to
be handled as emergency freight ana
given preference over other traffic un-
til normal conditions are restored.
A lone highwayman who attempted to
hold up l.. V. Stanley OF Sioux City. Ia,
was shot to death when Stanley, in
carrying out command to throw up
his hands shot the robbcr between the
eyes Stanley, in carrying out com
mand to throw up his hands shot the
robber between the eyes. Stanley
raised his left hand so as to hide pis-
tol In his right, and when he had the
gun on level with the highwayman's
head he fired
Mayor Wallace NJ. Short of Sioux
City, Iowa, announced he had secured
backing to enable him to start opera
tiOn of n dairy company to combat
high milk prices. The fight Is aimed
particularly at the Roberts Sanitary
Dairy Company, which increased its
prices to 16 cents IL quart for milk in
quart bottles and 10 cents for pints.
The Roberts Company has a monop-
oily of the city's milk business. The
mayors company will use an aban-
doned police station as it's main dis
tributing station.
Sale has been announced in San
Francisco of the historic Richmond
and Eureka silver and lead mines of
Eureka, New, which were opened in
1869 and were said to have yielded
more than $50, 2,OOO,OOO prior to 1910.
John W. Mackay OF ComstOck fame
was one OF the investors in the mines
at a time when they paid dividends
Of SO "A share monthly. The sale price
was given ns S9.5OO.OOO. The Rich
mond- Eureka Mining Company of
Maine was the seller and the f. A.
Hotter and VI. p Henderson syndicate
of New York city the purchaser.
WASHINGTON
Secretary Glass recommended to Con-
gress an appropriation Of SO, O,OO0,OOO to
enable the federal board for vocational
training to carry out the purpose of the
vocational training act.
THE peace treaty will actually he
effective when the former kaiser Of
Germany Is placed on trial." says Pre-
mier Clemenceau's newspaper, L1lom-
me Libre, I'VE must be unwuvcring in
his punishment"
Pressure from administration sources
legislation may block the tentative
plans of congressional leaders for ad-
journment of the extraordinary ses-
sion about Nov. 10.
A number of persons. including sev-
Pral women clerks We're rescued by
firemen from the American Forestry
Associations building in Washington,
I.h lur Inv
oman was overcome by smoke and
the records of the association We're
damaged both by fire and water.
Ambassador BonilaS, who has just
returned from Mexico, where he con
ferred with President Curranza re-
gardng the relations between the
United States and Mexico, said that
the Mexican President is most opti-
mistic as 70 the future and expressed
the confident hope that the United
States would not intervene in Mexico
because of the troubles that country
IL now having as result of ten years
of revolution. President Carranza was
said by the ambassador to be conf
dent also that by the time the rest of
the world has regained its composure
Mexico also will be peaceful and on
the road to prosperity.
Giuseppe Brambilla, counsellor OF the
Italian embassy in London, has been
Washington. His Wife is daughter of
the late George Won l.. Meyer of Bos-
ton, who at various times held the post
of secretary of the American navy,
postmaster general and ambassador to
Russia.
Two men were shot and injured by
one member of posse Of citizens fol
lowing an alleged attempt to rob gen
cad merchandise store ut Louisville,
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