Murderer of Sheriff Bath Still At Large in Wyoming
Special to The Leader reports G A Sommers, a 23 year old cook, who killed Sheriff Alfred H. Bath of Laramie Wyoming near Wood s Landing, fled on Bath s horse then on foot through rugged country. Posse efforts mounted, including 60 armed men led by Judge Carpenter and contingents from Colorado to surround the fugitive. Bath, 45, left his office after news of the ambush arrived. his death followed a night of drinking with Stephens who was assaulted by Sommers earlier.
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Laramie
Wyo
Wood's Landing
G. A. Sommers
Alfred H. Bath
Liberty
Sommers
Judge Carpenter
Kimball
Larimer County
Colo
Marshal Davis
Waldron
Wyoming
Sormers
Centennial
Sheriff Bath
Waldron Road
Bath
Woods
Jelm
Stephens
Park Hotel
Wyoming Line
Little Laramie River
Matthewson Wins Denver Motor Car Race
H Linn Matthewson won the Rocky Mountain endurance stock car race over the Sand Creek course north of Denver. He covered 320 miles in 8 hours 25 minutes 39 seconds as all other cars were disabled, including De Gaston who was flagged before finish. About 20 000 spectators witnessed the event with no injuries reported.
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Denver
Colo
H. Linn Matthewson
Rocky Mountain
Sand Creek
DeGaston
Matthewson
Cornell Wins Intercollegiate Track Championship
Cornell claimed the intercollegiate championship at Franklin Field in Philadelphia under extreme weather. The team scored 34 points to Pennsylvanias 20 and Yale 22, with Harvard 17, Dartmouth 17, Michigan and Swarthmore six each, and Columbia and Princeton four each. No records fell though times were strong given conditions.
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Philadelphia
Cornell
Franklin Field
Pennsylvania
Yale
Harvard
Dartmouth Aorth
Michigan
S Wathmore
Columbia
Princeton
Syracuse
Conditio
Bryan Begins Nebraska South Dakota Tour With Speeches
William J. Bryan started his tour in Nebraska and South Dakota with two speeches in Norfolk, then traveled by special train to Bone Steel for further remarks. He spoke briefly from the train platform en route, and a Tammany Hall statement about his convention role elicited a firm denial.
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Norfolk
Neb
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
South Dakota
Bonesteel
Bryan
Tammany Hall
Judge Parker
Denver
Monument Dedication Opens Cheyenne Memorial Day Observance
A Memorial Day event in Cheyenne featured the dedication of a Grand Army of the Republic monument in the Catholic cemetery. Commander T A Castle led services with Mayor Cook and Rev Father Duffey delivering addresses as a long parade including Fort Russell units and veterans marched to the cemeteries. Several thousand people attended a pleasant day with salutes at the graves.
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Cheyenne
T. A. Castle
J. F. Reynolds
Cook
Father Duffey
St. Mary's Cathedral
Fort Russell
B. B. Brooks
Wyoming National Guard
Nash
Grand Army Veterans
Army and Navy Union
Sons of Veterans
Cheyenne Fire Department
W. O. W. Band
Cheyenne Canton No. 1
Knights of Pythias
Woodmen of the World
Modern Woodmen
Royal Highlanders
Cotton King Indicted in Cotton Leakage Case
Theodore H. Price once called the Cotton King and ex president of Eagle Fire Insurance was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States and bribery of government officials. Three co defendants named. Price surrendered at the Federal Building and pleaded not guilty with a June 19 preliminary hearing set.
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New York
Theodore H. Price
Eagle Fire Insurance Company
Federal Grand Jury
Price
United States
Federal
Rockefeller's University of New York Receives $500000 Gift
John D. Rockefeller announced an additional gift of 500000 to the Rockefeller Institute for a new building. The donation brings total Rockefeller support to 4600000.
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Rockefeller’s
University of New York
Rockefeller Institute
John D. Rockefeller
Institute
Rockefeller
Weather Forecast for Wyoming May 30 1908
Showers expected Sunday and Monday with a cooler Monday. Local data show the 24 hours ending 6 pm May 30 1908: max 66, min 42, precipitation trace. Palmer signed the bulletin.
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Washington
D. C
Wyoming
Trace
Palmer
Rail contest for county farm land on Colorado route
The Union Pacific and the Denver Laramie Northwestern race to acquire Farm No 1 eighteen acres and Farm No 2 ten acres on the county poor farm lands. Union Pacific offers 6100 but commissioners reject it as too small while the newer line pushes ahead and both routes vie for access from Denver toward northern Colorado.
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Denver
Colo
Union Pacific Railroad
Denver, Laramie & Northwestern
Colorado
Union Pacific
Fort Colling
Cheyenne Knights of Columbus Aid Laramie Initiation
Seventy five representatives from the Cheyenne council of the Knights of Columbus travel to Laramie to assist in initiating a large class of candidates. The Cheyenne knights will exemplify the third degree.
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Cheyenne Council of the Knights of Columbus
Laramie
Cheyenne Knights
Lander Man Drowns Self in Barrel of Water
George E. Thompson a laborer from Lander Wyoming committed suicide by drowning himself in a barrel of water after losing his savings to gambling. His body was recovered head downward in the barrel.
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Lander
Wyo
George E. Thompson
Harvard Defeats Cornell in Varsity Eight Race
In heavy rain and gusting wind Harvard beat Cornell by ten lengths in the fourth annual varsity eight race on the Charles River. Harvard time 10 47. Cornell 9 24.
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Harvard
Cornell
Boston
Mass
Charles Rivern
Old Man Kills Another at County Poor Farm
In Colorado Springs on May 30 William Marshall 67 was stabbed to death by fellow inmate J C Custer 70 at the county poor farm. A pocket knife was used and Custer said he did not go to do it after arrest.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
William Marshall
J. C. Custer
Custer
Unknown steamer ashore at Nausett Beach near Chatham
An unknown steamer went ashore on Nausett beach near Chatham Massachusetts just before 11 tonight. A southeast gale and high sea worsened the danger of the vessel's position.
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Chatham
Mass
Nausett Beach
Currency Bill Ends Congress With Adjournment
Washington May 30 The Sixtieth Congress adjourned at noon after a session marked by party songs and formal goodbyes. The Senate passed the Aldrich-Vreeland currency bill 43 to 22 and approved the general deficiency bill. The House voted 128 to 7 to adjourn sine die as President Wilson signed the currency measure and prepared the pen for Representative Wilson.
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Senate
Washington, D. C
House
Cannon
William J. Bryan
la Follette
Stone
Gore
Capitol
White House
Congress
Cortelyou
Secretary of the Treasury
Department of the Life Saving Service
Representative Wilson
Chicago
Keene's Colin Wins the Belmont Stakes in Rain
Colin the unbeaten son of Command won the Belmont Stakes for 3 year olds in a downpour at New York. Belmont Fair Play placed second and King James took third as Robert Cooper also ran under heavy rain and poor visibility. Colin's earnings rise to about $100000 from fourteen starts.
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New York
Colin
Son of
Command
Keene
Aig
Belmont
Fair Play
J. E. Madden
King James
Robert Cooper
Posse closing in on outlaws camp
A gang that held up a local general merchandise store is tracked to Sand Springs in the desert eight miles south of New York and eighty four miles north of Rock Springs. Three posses move to surround the band with daylight expected for a possible pitched battle.
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Pinedale
Wyo
Sand Springs
New York
Rock Springs
Sublet Meadows
Contests Planned for 229 Seats at G O P Convention
Chicago May 80 Two hundred twenty nine seats to the Republican national convention will be contested before the national committee next week Elmer Dover secretary to the committee announced a list of contested seats The slate shows four delegates at large from eleven states two territorial delegates at large from Arizona and Alaska and 181 district delegates from sixteen states Hearings begin before the committee on June 4.
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Chicago
Natonal Committee
Elmer Dover
Tooleht
Dover
Arizona
Alaska
Baseball scores from morning and afternoon games
National League results show St Louis defeating Chicago 10 to 2 and Brooklyn beating New York 6 to 6 in a double header with Pittsburg 0 Cincinnati 0 and Pittsburg 4 Cincinnati 1. American League games include Washington routing Boston 6 to 0 and Detroit defeating Chicago 9 to 5 with other city matchups. Western League scores list Denver sweeping Omaha and Pueblo with Lincoln in close scores.
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Boston
St. Louis
Chicago
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
New York
Californians Lobe to University of Utah Track Meet
Stanford track team en route to Chicago for the Western Athletic meet loaned to the University of Utah today in Salt Lake City, Utah, winning 64 to 0. Five state records were broken as the Californians proceed to Boulder, Colorado for a Tuesday meet with the University of Colorado.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Stanford University
Chicago
University of Utah
Boulder
Colo
University of Colorado
Tom Watkins Convicted in Federal Court Jury Trial
The jury in the Tom Watkins case tried in the United States district court for felonious assault on George Perring of Hudson found him guilty of assault with intent to kill. In the Fred Muselikan case for alleged sheep theft in the Bh fe reservation the jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
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Tom Watking
United States
George Perring
Hudson
Vnotent
Fred Mugselikan
Bh Fe
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Parker
Willian J. Bryan
Grand Army
Cotton King
Weather Report
Northwestern
New Denver
Cheyenne Knights OF
Columbus
Fairbanks
Currency Commission
Roosevelt
Aldrich
Allison
Burrows
Hale
Knox
Daniel
Teller
Money Bailey
National League
Tom Watkins
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