Bryan Loses Leadership After Tough Test Vote
A hard fought ballot ends Bryan’s leadership as opponents rally for a test vote. The result dethrones him amid ongoing political fray and questions about future leadership in the region.
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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1910
Page
2
Regulars Win In Ohio Senator Dick Administration Contested
In Columbus Ohio a test vote at the Democratic State convention favored eliminating platform planks with speeches. Smyth announced 465 against 394 in favor. The result eased fear Bryan might gain leadership influence at the Nebraska gathering and reshaped the convention's direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Island
Nev
Smyth
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
G. M. Hitchcock
Committee On
Bryan
Columbus
Ohio
Boautful
Nad
Wag
Opium Depot Discovered in Kansas City Opium Ring
Revenue officers found a Chinese id a store in Kansas City housing an opium still and distributing house. They recovered opium valued at 26700 dollars and 25000 dollars in gold silver and paper money hidden in trunks boxes sacks and under mattresses. Authorities believe Southwest supply originated here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Honolulu Wet Vote Narrowly Passes Local Referendum
In Honolulu a special election ordered by Congress to decide if the Hawaiian Islands shall be dry and ban liquor imports, the wets won 3,833 to 915. Results from other islands were awaited to bolster the drys margin. Taft endorsed Cannon condemned in Nebraska party convention with platform backing the Taft administration and county option on the liquor question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Honolwu
Hawaiian Islands
Taft Ia
Lincoln
Neb
The
Republica Party of Nebraska
Taft
Congress
Powder Explosion Kills Eleven in Quebec Tunnel Work
Eleven men were killed at La Tuque on Tuesday when an explosion occurred as a man opened a powder can with an ox. The blast started a fire and a train of powder rushed toward a tunnel where fifteen men were at work on the new trans continental railway line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
la Tuque
Pioneer of Washington bequeaths 15000 to Seattle Humane Society
George EB. Fhe pi oneer of Washington who blew his head off with dynamite last week left 15000 to the Seattle Humane Society to be used for improving conditions of working horses as a charitable bequest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
George EB. Fhe
Washington
Local voters endorse will despite poverty fears
A fragmented OCR excerpt shows a town debate over property and favored endorsements. Community members support a will while concerns about poverty and interests loom. A tense scene hints at property stakes and political alignment.
Record of important Western events condenses recent year trends
A weekly Western bulletin notes Governor Haskell moving Oklahoma's capital, Wadsworth fire losses, a fatal auto collision near Grand Junction, a shooting in Walsh, extreme heat readings from Wichita to Denver, and rail and river news including the Western Pacific Toyo Kisen deal and Imperial Valley concerns. It also covers a flood tragedy on Cheyenne River, Pueblo population gains, and ant i boycott litigation potential against Homestake Mining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Haskell
Oklahoma
Guihie
Wadsworth
Heno
Nev
Grand Junction
Colo
Fletcher Johnson
South Tacoma
Walsh
Frank Hall
Hall
Western Pacific Railroad Company
Toyo Kisen Kaisho
Western
Denver & Rio Grande
Gould Railroads
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Census Bureau
Pueblo
Pueblo County
Colorado
House of Representatives
Taft
Interior Department
J. A. Ockerson
St. Louia
Imperial ‘Valley
California
Congress
Western Federation of Miners
Homestake Mining Company
South Dakota
Moyer
Homestake Company
Smiley
United States
Justice Department sues sixteen firms over enameled ware
The Department of Justice filed a Sherman anti trust case in Baltimore against sixteen manufacturers of sanitary enameled ware and their associates across nine states. The action seeks equity and sets a legal challenge to business practices in the sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meera
Orvere
Department of Justice
Fm Equity
Baltimore
Norway
State Department
New Orleans
Niedragua
Bluefields
Rhode Island
Congress
Asate
Departments of the Interior and Agriculture
General Land Office
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of the Interior
Boxer's marriage noted after NL game time change
National league games will not be set for fixed times to allow teams to catch trains. Middleweight Billy Papke wed Edna Pulver of Hamilton Ontario in Buffalo at Niagara Square Congregational Church officiated by Rev. Ethan Curtis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Papke
Ethan Curtis
Niagara Square Congregational Church
Buffalo
N. Y
Migs Edna E. Pulver
Hamilton
Heat records, strikes, and legal blows marked a tumultuous day
A heat wave peaked at 91 degrees in New York with 19 sunstroke deaths as unions staged a major strike at Yonkers Federal Sugar Refinery and Chicago began a comprehensive building trades workforce alignment. The era saw a federal graft inquiry, bank embezzlement pursuit, and labor tensions shaping public work and finance policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Yonkers
N. Y
E. H. Harriman
Chicago
Chicago Building Trades Council
Order of Hibernians
Portland
Ore
James J.regan
St. Paul
Col
Robert M. Thompson
James
A. Patton
United ‘States
Stields
United States
Canada
Ernest Wider
Russo Chinese Bank
Wider
Spitigneroia
Arto
Eberhart
St. Louia
Late Wyoming Evn TNT Laying Mixed Marital
George Moriguchi a Japanese man of Greeley Cole and M Jean Hall a 19 year old white girl of Denver were married here Saturday with written consent from the bride's mother Mrs H Roberts of Cheyenne. Maneuvers on Crow Creek Reserve Cheyenne report good weather and maneuvers progressing satisfactorily with the Wyoming National Guard taking a prominent part. Unknown shooter wounds ranch hand Gus Young at Two Bar ranch Wheatland shot through the body. he was rushed to town and may recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marrled Jap
Laramie
George Moriguchi
Greeley
Cole
M. Jean Hall
Denver
H. Roberts
Cheyenne
Crow Creek Reserve
Crow Creek Maneuver Reserve
Wyoming National Guard
Wheatland
Gus Young
Two Bar
Alex. Wagstaff
Upton
Mall
Express la
Thermopolis
Great Western Sugar Company
Basin
Colorado Puel and Iron Company
Collins
Horton
Kelsen
Soldier Creek
Peeereiens
Wyola
Forest Fire Rages in Big Horn Reserve Near Sheridan
Rangers rushed to Columbus creek area as a large forest fire in the Big Horn forest reserve threatens timber. Remoteness limits progress reports, but extensive smoke indicates a widespread blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Horn Forest Reserve
Sheridan
Columbus Creek
Plymell to Seek Pardon in Cheyenne
Leslie Plymell the policeman recently convicted of Manslaughter for causing a soldier prisoner death will appeal for pardon at the next meeting of the State Board of Pardons. The jury recommended mercy and the court gave the minimum sentence of one year in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymell
Cheyenne
Leslie Plymell
State Board of Pardons
Austrian Feud Ends In Wyoming Fight Loots Coal Camp
Steve Karpela was believed dying from knife wounds after a clash at the Uttlg coal camp in Kearney where he and Mike Laziaris fought. Laziaris fled to Clearmont but was captured. The feud, rooted in Austria years ago, resumed and ended with Karpela gravely hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Steve Karpela
Mike Laziaris
Pall
Austria
Uttlg
Kearney
Karpe
Lazlar
Clearmont
Basin Buys Light Plant Shaping Wyoming Municipalities
Basin purchases the Wyoming Electric Light and Power plant for 18000 dollars using bond funds approved by taxpayers. This makes Basin the first Wyoming municipality to own a lighting plant and will be watched by other towns that already own water works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basin
Wyoming Electric Light & Power Company
Wyoming
Danue
Wyoming Dry Farmers organize in Cheyenne
The Wyoming State Dry Farming Association was formed Thursday with members from all regions suitable for semiarid farming. Resolutions praise President Taft on agricultural policy and honor Mondell for altering the 120 acre homestead bill. Officers include President J. R. Carpenter of Carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming Dry Farmers
Cheyanne
Wyoming State Dry Farming Association
Taft
Tommy Warren
Deleffarge
Jom
Con WW. Mondell
J. R. Carpenter
J. R. Carpenter of Carpenpaste
Travel Route From Fox Park to Steamboat Springs Amid Plains Line Affair
The voyage begins at Fox Park Wyoming and proceeds via Walden to Steamboat Springs Colorado. Mola Hag and Van Horne travel by rail from here to Fox Park and then by automobile to Steamboat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox Park
Wyoming
Walden
Steamboat Springs
Colo
Mola Hag
van Horne
Wyoming News Roundup Highlights Local Growth and Dangers
Wyoming towns report new creameries and post offices, road and street projects, and electric upgrades. Colliery expansion, bank conventions, and a mine rescue station planned. Weather, livestock losses from lightning, beet handling facilities, and community gatherings noted across Rock Springs, Douglas, Sheridan, Basin, Worland, and Lander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baggs
Upper Hanover Canal
Worland
Guy Buckles
Johnny Glisey
Sheridan
Hulett Globe
Beaver Creek
Wyoming
Douglas
Sheridan Street
Alfred Ayala
Rawlins
Shoshoni
Lander
Rock Springs
Big Sandy
Federal Bureau of Mines
Teachers’ Institute
Weston County
Newcastle
Albany County
Intermountain
Laramie
TAFE Club Faces Disbandment Over Time Limits
The Wise-Why club proposes disbandment due to a two hour speaking limit per member on any topic. Sharpe notes the majority adopted a resolution enforcing the constraint to manage meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharpe
Epidemic Itch Reported in Welsh Village
A 1909 letter from Thomas Hugh of Chicago recounts an outbreak in Dowlals South Wales fifteen years earlier. He describes severe itching overwhelming families, failed remedies, and a local druggist’s cures. The writer credits Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent with complete recovery for himself and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowlals
South Wales
Thomas Hugh
Weat
Huron St
Chicago
Prodigal Son Tale Sparks Cowboy Reflection
Judge Ben B Lindwey of the Denver juvenile court cites a charity address about the prodigal son. A cowboy listener jokes that if the prodigal returned he would shoot the boy and ruin the calf. This exchange illustrates harsh attitudes toward reform and mercy in frontier culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben B. Lindwey
Denver
Detroit Free Press
The Deacons Parable in a Pulpit Moment
A self-conscious young clergyman asks a deacon for feedback after a Sunday sermon. The deacon answers with a rough parable about a hunter and a sniffing dog, using muddled memories to critique the minister’s performance in plain, blunt terms.
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Eens
William E. Mullen
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Plaine Line Affaire
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J. M. Wilson
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