Congress Ends Session Noted as Currency Bill Moves Ahead
Washington May 28 Congress nears adjournment with the currency bill in the Senate showing limited obstruction. Aldrich predicts disposition tomorrow while Culberson Bacon sparring over anti injunction and campaign publicity bills. Teller Owens and Newlands oppose the currency measure. House passes local bills as Senate delays currency action and schedules further session adjournment tomorrow.
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Aldrich
House
Culberson
Texas
Bacon
Georgia
Teller
Owens
Newlands
Senate
Congress
Wyoming Woman Fined for Illegal Fencing
Mrs Jen nie Wallace of The Siding Wyoming became the first woman indicted in Colorado and jailed by federal authorities for illegal fencing of land. She pleaded guilty and was fined 100 dollars plus costs by Judge Lewis and ordered to file an affidavit within days proving removal of fences on government land.
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Denver
Colo
Jennie Wallace
Siding
Wyo
Colorado
Lewis
Wallace
Colorado Line
Taft Managers Talk With Roosevelt in Washington
Arthur S. Vorys and Frank H. Hitchcock, Taft campaign managers, met with President Roosevelt in Washington D C for nearly an hour to discuss Taft program details from the Chicago convention. No decision was reached on selecting a man to nominate the secretary, with several names under consideration including Senator Dolliver of Iowa and Representative Burton of Ohio.
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Washington, D D. C
Arthur S. Vorys
Frank H. Hitchcock
Taft
Roosevelt
Chicago
Dolliver
Iowa
Burton
Ohio
Costa Rica President Visits Des Moines After Court Opening
Washington May 28 An interesting incident at the opening of the Central American court of justice at Cartago Costa Rica was the visit of the Costa Rican president his cabinet and other officers to the cruiser Des Moines. The ship carried Creel the Mexican and the American ambassador Buchanan to Port Limon.
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Gosta Rica
Washington, D. C
Central American Court of Justice
Cartaga
Costa Rica
Des Moines
Messrs. Creel
Buchanan
Port Limon
Santa Fe cuts work at Topeka shops affecting thousand men
In Topeka Kansas on May 28 a Santa Fe order suspended work in several departments at local shops leaving about 1,000 men unemployed. A similar order was issued at the Newton shops.
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Topeka
Kan
The
Santa Fe
Newton
Texas Statesman Dead in San Antonio Bishop Brooks Dies
Moses Lycurgus Brooks, formerly of Beaumont, died in San Antonio after lingering illness. He served in the Texas legislature representing Augustine County of his birth and one term in Congress from the Second District.
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San Antonio
Tex
Moses Lycurgus Brooks
Beaumont
Aingering Ilness
Augustine County
Congréve
Clairiot
Subterranean Hot Water Lake Evidence Grows
Special to The Leader Thermopolis Wyoming May 28. The Thermopolis district is underlain by a vast hot water lake. New evidence appears at Gaylor ranch where hot water started at 59 feet and has continued to warm as the bore deepens. The Gaylor well lies a mile from the Herald well where hot water was first found.
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Thermopolis
Wyo
G. B. Gaylor
Gaylor
Herald
Typhoon Disaster Strikes Chinese Rivers Killing Thousands
The Shinono Maru brings word of a sudden Hong Kong typhoon that swept the Kan river killing about 1000 people and wrecking hundreds of junks and steamers. Many river craft were driven ashore or broken from moorings and crowds of river residents lined the shores.
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Victoria
B. C
Kan
Police capture Yaqut murderer in New Mexico
A telegraphic dispatch from Tularosa says territorial mounted police captured four Apache Indians from the Menaero reservation in Otero county who were wanted for the wanton murder of a ranchman named Detalla. The details of the crime remain unclear.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Tularosa
Otero County
Territorial Mounted
Menalero Apache
Detalla
Man Stolen $150 From Wife Found With Diamonds
Clarence Scott, a Black man, was arrested in Greeley after reportedly stealing $150 from his wife in Cheyenne and fleeing to Denver. Police say investigators found $297, several rings, and two diamonds on him, fueling suspicions of ties to recent local safe robberies.
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Clarence Scott
Mary Scott
Denver
Greeley
Sheriff's Office
Scott
Marie Evans
West
Cheyenne
Concrete Reinforcement Must Follow Building Code Says Fire Officials
Chicago May 28 At the National Fire Protective association session the reinforced concrete committee urged strict use of the national building code rules. Fires have shown concrete surfaces crack exposing steel and compromising fire resisting qualities of the mass.
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Chicago
National Fire Protective Association
Committee
President Roosevelt Signs Pension Increase for Charles Edwards
A Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt signed a special pension bill raising Charles H Edwards of Cheyenne to 30 dollars per month. Edwards died last Saturday, two days before the bill passed. Judge W P Carroll, who had recently died, was granted 30 dollars a month but had not received the first payment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charles H. Edwards
Cheyenne
Edwards
W. P. Carroll
Bankruptcy petition filed against MacMullen and Evans stockbrokers
Involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed in the U S court late yesterday afternoon against George W MacMullen and Sanford B Evans doing business as George W MacMullen Co stockbrokers The filing occurred near closing time and was not widely known until this morning.
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Pittsburg
United States
George W. MacMullen
Sanford B. Evans
George W. MacMullen & Co
Portland Banker J Thorburn Ross Fined and Imprisoned
In Salem Oregon Judge Burdett imprisoned Portland banker J Thorburn Ross for five years and ordered a fine of 476,004 after his conviction for wrongful conversion of state school funds while serving as president of the Tithe Guarantee and Trust Company.
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Salem
Ore
Burdett
J. Thorburn Ross
Portland
Ross
Tithe Guarantee & Trust Company
Weather Forecast for Wyoming in May 28 1908
Washington D C May 28 Forecast for Wyoming fair Friday and Saturday Local weather data for the 24 hours ending 6 p m May 28 1908 Maximum temperature 4 degrees minimum 36 degrees precipitation 012 of an inch W B Palmer Section Director
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Washington, D. C
Wyoming
Palmer
Blanket Price Mystery and Coal Land Frauds To Be Argued
A government blanket purchase by John Parker leads to county jail as Scott pleads guilty to buying a War Department blanket. Judge Riner sets September 28 for United States vs Central Coal & Coke in a dispute over coal land patents obtained by alleged fraudulent means. Five men, including Chaves Fields White Owl Spoon Hunter and Wanstall, are jailed and fined for selling whiskey to Indians. Tom Watkins trial for attempted homicide proceeds, with Pred Musselman’s sheep theft case to follow.
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Scott
Fort Russell
United States Grand Jury
War Department
Riner
United States
Central Coal & Coke Company
Diamandsville
Uinta County
Evanston
Clyde M. Watts
Joe Chaves
Joseph Fields
Walter White Owl
Roy Spoon Hunter
Ed. Wanstall
Watkins
Tom Watkins
Tornadoes and Floods Sweep the Southwest
Turbulent weather from May 28 devastates Jewell county Kansas killing one man and injuring twenty two. Destruction spans Cloud Clay and Nodaway counties with extensive crop and home damage. Missouri floods threaten dykes while St Joseph area reports widespread inundation. Tornado damage continues near Hennessey and Cashion Oklahoma with no confirmed fatalities. Seward faces cloudburst and rising Cottonwood river.
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Topeka
Kan
Jewell County
Guthrie
Okla
Hennesy
Here
Cashion
Kingfisher
West Logan
Seward
Cottonwood
Desperado Opens Fire in Ambrose Bar Shootout
An outlaw known as Dutch rode into a blind pig in Ambrose North Dakota and fired on the crowd. He wounded editor J. A. Lipphardt in the hand and tried to kill attorney L. S. Todd. Citizens joined a gunfight, about 30 to 40 shots exchanged, and the desperado was killed by a shot to the head.
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Ambrose
N. D
J. A. Lipphardt
L. 8. Todd
Aall
Electric Plant For Big Horn County Towns
May 28 in Cowley Wyoming reports B E Slusser finances a project to furnish Lovell Cowley and Byron with electric light and power from a central plant on the Shoshone river midway between the towns. Mormon leaders show interest and will become stockholders.
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Cowley
Wyo
B. E. Slusser
Lovell
Byron
Shoshone
Death of Gen Stephen D Lee in Vicksburg Miss
Vicksburg Miss May 28 General Stephen D Lee commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans is dead at his home He was the last surviving lieutenant general of the Confederacy and the senior commander of the United Confederate Veterans association He was the most popular man in the southern section
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Vicksburg, Miss
Stephen D. Lee
United Confederate Veterans
United Confederate Veterans Association
Tie
General James Parke Postles Dies From Injuries
General James Parké Postles, a Civil War veteran and morocco leather manufacturer, died after injuries from a fall down a hospital stair. He had received a special Congress medal for bravery at Gettysburg.
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Wilmington
Del
James Parké Postles
Postles
Congress
Cholera Strikes Pangasinan As Dagupan Affected
Cholera has taken a serious footing in Pangasinan province with four cities including Dagupan affected. The bureau of health is sending additional inspectors to stamp out the disease.
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Manila
Pangasinan
Dagupan
Bureau of Health
Mrs Guinness Sightings Reported After Fire
Ray Lamphere’s lawyers say a postal card hints Mrs Guinness may be in New York. A Kansas lumber dealer notes a woman resembling Mrs Guinness sought funds for an orphan home. Detectives say a Chicago contact “S H” claimed to have seen her in Ogden Utah days after the fire and described a letter she allegedly wrote.
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Mount Groves
Lamphere
Chicago
S.H
Loss at Power Works Dam Near Port Arthur
A flood after midnighthit Currant River dam near Port Arthur Manitoba swept away the power house Canadian Pacific railway bridge and a park pavilion. The Canadian Pacific track fell into a lake and several families nearby are missing. Rescue tugs are sent as trade on the line is disrupted and losses are estimated at 800000.
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Winnipes
Man
Tilgh
Current River
Port Arthur
Lme
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific
Mey
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Niselea
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
George Hahn
Frank Crites
Durant
Cloud
Clay
St. Joseph
Marysville
Oregon
Tarkio
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Hlwood
South St. Joseph
Desperado
Big Horn County
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Lee
Vicksbury
Philippines
Mrs. Guinness
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