Senate passes homestead reform and other bills
Washington scene details varied votes as the Senate approved the agricultural appropriation bill totaling 12 142 146 dollars and increased forest road funding to 1 million dollars. It passed a homestead land entry change to 20 acres and defeated Idaho Wyoming reclamation expansion. A court inquiry into Colonel Stewart was proposed and a conference on emergency currency was endorsed by Republicans.
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Select Committee
Lutherans to settle in Canada in special train exodus
A large migration of German Lutherans from Nebraska Iowa and Kansas plans to move to Saskatchewan’s Tramping Lake district. Supported by church leaders and a 30000 acre land purchase the expedition will travel by Pullman style railway cars with coordinated arrival from Hastings and other towns.
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Chicago
Great American Desert
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United States
Saskatchewan
German Lutheran Association
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Hudson's Bay
Liverpool
Illinois Democrats charter auto train to Denver convention
Chicago May 11 interest grows as a train of four touring cars and a baggage coach is chartered to carry Illinois Democratic delegates to the Denver convention. Roger C Sullivan, Democratic committeeman, has reserved the entire train for congressmen and prominent Democrats, with limited cars due to trip length.
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Illinois
Denver
Roger C. Sullivan
Housewarming at the Cheyenne Industrial Club
The Cheyenne Industrial Club hosts a 8:30 p.m. housewarming for new members in a railroad smoker style surprise. The club plans a transformed reading room stage and lunch counter with music and varied edibles. attendance is limited and details remain secret until the event. Clarence H. Mackay pledges further gifts to Nevada including funds for the Mackay School of Mines and campus improvements.
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Nev
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John W. Mackay
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School of Mines
Opening of Oregon Basin Land Opening Draws 1000 Prospects
The Oregon Basin project near Wiley Wyoming opens land for 260000 acres reclaimed by the Big Horn Basin Development Co under the Carey arid land act. About 1000 eastern and several hundred western prospectors attend the drawing supervised by State Land Commissioner R P Fuller. Water limits prompt state hold on payments until delivery, militia patrol ensures order, and the plan imposes a $40 water right per acre plus 60 cents per acre land fee with eventual transfer of irrigation control to settlers.
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R. P. Fuller
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Tornadoes devastate seven Oklahoma towns near Woodward
A line of tornadoes swept through northwest Oklahoma from Woodward area, destroying seven small towns Grand Arnett Vici Mutual Estelle Cooley Richmond. Casualties include several killed and many injured as wires fail and details remain scarce. The path covered about seventy five miles across four counties with heavy rain following the storms.
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Grand
Arnett
Vici
Mutual
Estelle
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Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Millionaire Murdock and family speed homeward on continental trip
J M Murdock, a Pennsylvania lumber magnate, traveling in a Packard touring car with four family members, arrived in Cheyenne en route from Los Angeles to Johnstown. They left April 24 and are averaging travel faster than the international race leaders, with Murdock driving his own car. The party previously toured Europe in the same vehicle last summer.
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Europe
Thermopolis Club Invites Staff to Join Elegant Club
The Leader received an invitation to its staff to enjoy the hospitality of the Thermopolis Club, now established in the Richarde block in Thermopolis. Officers include J. C. Porterfield as president, J. M. Hench as vice president, J. L. Fenner as secretary, and John McGrath as treasurer.
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Big Horn Basin
J. C. Porterfield
IJ. M. Hench
J. L. Fenner
John McGrath
Weather Report for Wyoming in May 1908
Forecast for Wyoming calls for fair conditions in the south and showers in the north for Tuesday and Wednesday. Local data show 24 hour maximum 60 and minimum 34 with no precipitation. W. B. Palmer, Section Director.
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D. C
Wyoming
Palmer
Roosevelt to Campaign for Taft if Needed
President Roosevelt weighs taking a star role in Taft's campaign amid concerns over Taft's appeal. He believes Bryan could loom strongest for Democrats and notes Roosevelt's appeal to common voters, as observers stress elections hinge on the plain people.
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America
Guinness Developments Stalled by Rain at Ruins
In Laporte Indiana May 11 heavy rain halted excavation at the Guinness home site where at least fourteen people died. Sheriff Smutzer and Louis Schultz continued work on ash and cinder sluicing apparatus with plans to resume tomorrow. Reports from across the country describe missing men lured by Mrs Guinness matrimonial ads, including Olaf Johnson from Christiana Norway who vanished two years ago.
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Guinness
Excellett
Sheriff Smutzer
Louis Schultz
Schultz
First Observance of Labor Memorial Day Held
Labor Memorial Day observance took place at the Presbyterian church with ministers including Rev. Leon C. Hills and Rev. EB Jordan delivering addresses on Workingmen topics. A quartet and musicians provided interludes as a large congregation attended this inaugural ceremony.
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Eb, C. Jordan
Robert L. Harris
Wm. Fitzgerald
Frank L. Moore
Thornton and
Barger
Wm. Jones
Thomas Benson
Cahill
Raymond Jones
Typhoid Epidemic Raging in Kiev City Prison
A severe exanthematous typhoid outbreak in Kiev’s city prison has killed over 200 inmates and left most prisoners infected and hospitalized.
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Kiev
Fighting Bob Evans greeting crowds in Rawlins speech
Special to The Leader from Rawlins Wyoming May 11 Fighting Bob Evans an east bound passenger on Fast Mall No 10 was greeted by a band and citizens He spoke from his Sunset car thanking the crowd for the welcome and said I have always done my duty I am willing to do more for my country
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Rawlins
Wyo
Bob” Evans
Camp Crook Destroyed by Fire Leaving Few Buildings
Camp Crook on the Little Missouri River, a trading point with about 400 residents, was wiped out by a fire two days earlier. The blaze unknown in origin swept the town, destroying most structures and leaving only a few standing. News reached Deadwood via Belle Fourche courier, with losses estimated under 200000 dollars.
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