Speer Wins Denver Mayoral Race After Bitter Campaign
In Denver, Robert W. Speer is reelected mayor by an estimated 2,000 to 3,600 over Horace Phelps. Voters turnout exceeds 95 percent of 70,000, with women casting large numbers, church-backed opposition citing graft. Speer’s ticket also wins most city offices amid fraud-prevention efforts.
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Colorado
Denver
Colo
Robert W. Speer
Horace Phelps
Phelps
Municipal Ownership League
Davoren
Democratic Central Committee
Ministerial Alliance
Business Men's League
Congress Adjournment Near As Senate Acts On Bills
Washington May 1912 Congress nears adjournment this week after approving conference reports on the legislative and agricultural appropriation bills. A $1,500,000 appropriation for the Tokio exposition and two omnibus public land and territory measures were passed. A Panama canal zone public lease bill was postponed until tomorrow. Senator Taylor of Tennessee delivered a campaign speech focusing on tariff and currency policy. The agricultural bill conference report favoring $11,672,106 was agreed to in the Senate.
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United States
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Panama Canal Zone
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Tennessee
After New Suspects for 35000 Dollar Robbery
East Las Vegas New Mexico May 19 Ben Williams chief of special officers for the Santa Fe was summoned by Superintendent Kurn to investigate two men who were here and left with knowledge of the French robbery. Authorities doubt their story and suspect they know more than told Bud Farmer freed after arrest as accomplice is a Daw son deputy sheriff and sheriff nominee. The southern posse seeking Nigger Arkansas returned empty handed.
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N. M
Ben Williams
The
Santa Fe
Kurn
French
Bud Farmer
Farmer
Dawson
Fron Folsom
Arkansas
Prelate buried in Santa Fe after death in Mercy hospital
Archbishop Peter Bourgade of Santa Fe New Mexico died Sunday at Mercy hospital. A funeral and burial arrangements are reported, with details of services expected in the southwestern region where he served for many years.
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Chicago
Peter Bourgade
Banta Ie
N. M
Mercy Hospital
Will
Loeb and Wynne Charged With Theft
The New York hearing into Senator Thomas C. Platts letters includes a signed statement alleging high officials Loeb and Wynne conspired to possess the letters of the senator and Miss Mae C. Wood. The statement, bearing a Miller signature, claims they sought to use the letters as leverage. Both men denied knowledge of the matter.
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Washington
United States
Thomas C. Platt
Mae C. Wood
Miss Wood
J. Martin Miller
William H. Loeb
Roosevelt
Robert J. Wynne
London
Loeb
Wynne
Train wreck injures dozen in Ohio incident
A Norfolk and Western passenger coach on the Sardinia to Hillsboro branch derailed as rails spread near Sardinia Ohio. Fifteen to twenty passengers rode the single coach and ten to twelve were injured when it turned over in the May 19 wreck.
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Norfolk & Western
Sardinia
Hillsboro
Brother's quick act saves man after 2400 volt shock
A. Hulett of Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power endured a 2400 volt electric shock while repairing a downed line near Twenty first and Ferguson. His brother C H Hulett cut the live wire instantly, stopping the deadly flow and sparing his life as he returned to duty.
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Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power Company
C. H. Hulett
Hulett
Electric Light Company
Twenty-first
Ferguson Streets
Uinta County Plans Major Green River Irrigation Project
Hon G M Winkleman returned from a Denver hospital after wrist surgery and was elected mayor of Encampment. He has organized a company to develop a Green River irrigation venture in the Big Piney district reclaiming 80000 acres with work set to begin in July. The project aims to spur development and settlement in Uinta county and western Wyoming.
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Encampment
Green River
Big Piney
Uinta County
Wyoming
Dallas Murder Claims Dick Beall in Shooting
Dallas police report Dick Beall, brother of Congressman Jack Beall, was shot and killed yesterday while Tom Kent, a bartender, surrendered to authorities.
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Tex
Dick Beall
Jack Beall
Tom Kent
Wyoming Weather Forecast and Local Conditions
Forecast for Wyoming calls for showers Wednesday and cooler southeastern areas, then Thursday brings fair skies. Local data show 24 hour high of 1 degree and low of 45 degrees with no precipitation.
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Washington
D. C
Wyoming
Palmer
Mrs Guinness Confirmed Dead in Fire at Laporte Home
Investigations by relatives reveal Mrs Bella Guinness died in the April 28 blaze after upper and lower dental bridges were found among ruins and identified by the builder dentist. Coroner plans to rule the body Mrs Guinness. Relatives claim two men unknown to her were lured to the home and murdered for money, as they vanished after selling assets.
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Laporte
Ind
Bella Guinness
Guinness
Fort Collins Celebrates G A R Encampment Activities
Fort Collins Colorado decorates for the G A R encampment with cannons torpedoes and firecrackers as students celebrate the Aggies victory. City Hall and court house show bunting flags and streamers while Veterans, fire company, and Sons of Veterans muster for the event. Old soldiers from across the department begin arriving for the encampment.
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State University
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Sons of Veterans Camp
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Denver
Colorado
Department
Japanese liquor classified as wine by court ruling
The United States circuit court of appeals ruled that sake should be taxed as wine rather than beer. The decision involved a $500,000 duty dispute with customs officials who had taxed it as wine while importers argued for beer classification.
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San Francisco
Cal
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Bond Issue Declared Illegal By Buyers In Cheyenne
The Harris Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago says Cheyenne voters were misled in 1907 when $160000 waterworks extension bonds were authorized. Purchasers refuse the bonds due to lack of a specified interest rate. a six percent rate may be required if legal. The council debated the letter and adjourned.
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Harris Trust and Savings Bank Company of
Chicago
Harris Company
State Supreme Court
Harris Trust and Savings Bank Company
n@t
Courtis
Pushing Ahead on New Railroad into Wyoming
Denver reports rapid progress on the Denver Larami e Northwestern railway line with three camps along the right of way at Argo and Utah Junction. Contractors Orman and Crook began work on a 160 acre terminal tract and a full yardage of tracks and switches. The first four miles are level with drainage ditches and pass through fertile fields near Clear Creek. Eastern investors toured the grade in automobiles and praised the pace of construction.
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Colo
Utah Junction
Denver, Laramie & Northwestern Railway
Argo
Orman & Crook
Clear Creek
Cannon Explodes Killing Gunner at Salute Event
At Centerville Beach Eureka California May 19 an antique four inch cannon used to salute the Atlantic fleet exploded. Davis the gunner was instantly killed. One man died and several others including three women and a boy were seriously injured with many more lightly hurt. Crowd injuries from flying fragments.
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Eureka
Cal
Centerville Beach
Davis
Private Wilvate Buwalda Trial Concludes in San Francisco
The court martial for Private Wilvate Buwalda of the Twenty-second Infantry, stationed at the iron hill, concluded yesterday. He faced charges of offering sympathy to an analyzer while in uniform as a member of the United States Army, with alleged incidents tied to a meeting held by Emma Geldman in the city.
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San Francisco
Cal
Wilvate Buwalda
Twenty-second Infantry
Iron Ihio
Buwalda
Emma Geldman
Rawhide Jack Davis Seeks Escape From Wealth
Reno reports Rawhide Jack Davis who struck first free gold at Rawhide and earned 250000 this week is burdened by wealth. He plans a cross continent drive to San Francisco with wife and two chauffeurs hoping to set a new fourteen day record while spending large sums to pass the time.
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Reno
Rawhide
Jack Davis
San Francisco
Davis
Ruef Bribery Case Now in Jury’s Hands
San Francisco report says Abraham Ruef former political boss of San Francisco faces bribery charges. Jury received the case tonight with a verdict not expected to be reached on May Day in the California court.
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Cal
Abraham Ruef
Say
Fran"ifico
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