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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1908
Page
8
Advertisement lists subscription options for the Che Cheyenne Leader daily paper with terms for one year six months and three months and notes post office entry as second class matter dated September 6 1907 in Cheyenne Wyoming.
The piece reflects a 61 era celebration at Fort Collins with references to Roosevelt, Bryan, and public life. It notes the Army, an economic angle on tariffs, and a Washington Herald quip about money and luck, weaving wartime nostalgia with political satire.
The En campment Herald notes no victory yet, urging Republicans to prepare. The Buffalo Bulletin reports the 1907 08 state university catalog shows 223 total students, with 145 residents in Laramie and 78 out of state, plus summer, music, and correspondence enrollments.
A cautious editorial examines Roosevelt's conference with governors in Washington and questions the value and impact of federal executive calls on state officers. The piece suggests the gathering may blend federal authority with state governance, prompting concern over its potentially mischievous possibilities.
The New York Sun notes a proposed meeting of state representatives to discuss expanding federal power. If the plan succeeds, governors may unknowingly fuel centralization, raising public interest in state boundary questions and topics Roosevelt calls important to all states.
The Tribune has criticized Leader dispatches and AP reports, praises censorship of headlines, and thanks the Tribune for printing in its news columns a Washington dispatch deemed excellent Democratic campaign material.
Washington may 18 the sixtieth congress is poised to end its first session with total appropriations around 1 000 026 000 dollars for the fiscal year starting July 1 1908. Revenue is uncertain but committee members estimate 800 000 000 to 900 000 000. Potential deficit projected at 125 000 000 to 175 000 000 with Tawney warning of 150 000 000.
Missouri undertakers push a term change from funeral director to mortician. NY street railway bond proceeds of 34 million dollars remain unaccounted as a receiver probes missing funds. Atlantic City church blends holy smoke with vaudeville to stay current. Cardinal Logue critiques American slang after a playful tour. Pennsylvania bank directors face a 1 million dollar shortfall urged by receiver to cover or face jail. Cleveland Plain Dealer plans a five story granite building with restrained skyline and sculptural details.
John Hamilton, who claimed to be a U S army lieutenant, was arrested in Chicago on charges of obtaining money by false pretenses. He is said to be wanted by Cincinnati police for bilking women through newspaper advertisements.
Los Angeles May 18. The first Japanese women to be deported under the U S Japan agreement relating to Japanese residents left Los Angeles for Japan this week. The action marks a milestone in implementing the wartime policy and signals further removals under the accord.
Reports from eastern wool markets show the 1908 clip movement slowed as Wyoming growers and Omaha capitalists aim to hold prices. Shipments to Boston for the year trail last year, with reduced weekly totals and buyers delaying purchases as producers store wool awaiting better terms.
Railroads reduce block signal usage to cut costs. The move mainly affects branch lines and night mainline service, spreading across eastern western and northwest routes. Officials warn an explosion of discontent may follow public disclosure.
Baltimore May 19 report from a high authority that the committee on the episcopacy will urge the election of ten bishops at the Methodist Episcopal conference, reversing prior belief that eight would be chosen. The committee on the state of the church also voted to keep the amusements paragraph unchanged.
Directors of the National Rivers and Harbors congress hosted a dinner at the Hotel Astor in New York for newspaper and magazine men to promote a national policy on river and harbor improvements.
Marriage licenses were issued to Harry Hoffman of Cheyenne and Mirian H. Jones of Hampden Mase. Carrol Benton Berry and Blair Annette Fulton, both of Guernsey Wyoming.
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