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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1908
Page
1
In a blunt jailhouse statement, T Jenkins Hains accuses his sister in law’s husband and others of orchestrating a murder. He portrays General Hains as distressed by the events surrounding Annis’s death and describes family turmoil, alibi efforts, and alleged attempts to smear him.
Mrs. William Astor, long seen as the social leader of New York, died at her Fifth Avenue home of heart disease at age 82 after a long illness. She had retreated from public life for several weeks, largely to her famous 400 circle. The death ends a thirty year prominence in New York society.
Partial and garbled OCR text from Mi Paso Texas hints at an event involving Grapevine Texas and a night occurrence. The readable fragment references adventure or dramatic incident and regional location but lacks clear names, dates, or outcomes to form a precise summary.
In Bowling Green Ohio on October 30 William J Bryan urged voters to back Taft with broad support from 50 000 Democrats rather than rely on a few wealthy magnates. He cited Rockefeller and Carnegie publicly backing Taft and warned against those contributions influencing the White House.
In Cleveland on October 30 Wm J Bryan denounced John D Rockefeller Andrew Carnegie Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft for ties to trusts. He stressed platform pledges on deposits public funding of campaigns and trust reform while criticizing Secretary Root as out of step with the public.
Weather report notes showers in western portions for Saturday with fall back to showers or snow Sunday. The twenty four hour period ending 6:00 pm October 30 1908 shows a minimum temperature of 35 degrees and no precipitation. Palmer section director.
Jersey City report states Theo Whitmore was found not guilty after a two hour jury deliberation in the murder case of his wife whose battered body was found near Harrison New Jersey last December 26. The defense rested on an alibi supported by witnesses who testified to seeing him in New York at the time of the crime.
Asmus Fransen widely known as the Rock River hay king is in the city on route to his Albany county ranch from Fort Collins where two tons of high grade hay sold for 22 dollars a ton. Fransen is one of Wyoming’s largest hay growers.
In Washington the district supreme court postponed until November 10 the case against Samuel Gompers president John Mitchell and Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor. Justice Wright denied immediate decision before the general election. Gompers urged labor groups to boost activity and support for the cause through a special AF of L issue and widespread telegrams.
J P F Wheeler of Delphi Indiana, living in Longmont Colorado for the summer, was asked to return to Indiana to vote for Taft. He demanded expenses, received a $64.65 draft from an Indiana committee, cashed it, and departed by train to vote.
Reno Nevada October indictment returns two counts against C A Rogers who claims to be nephew of vice president of Standard Oil. He faces charges connected to alleged billy Soursass ti] Monday.
Sworn affidavits state the article Democracy's Duty was authored six weeks after Cleveland died. Miss L M Bacon and Miss Madeline Fearon furnished pen and ink at Miss Bacon's desk and read aloud for transcription. Brandenburg’s nervousness and a gleam in his eye were noted during the drafting.
One of the finest elk heads seen in Cheyenne in several years arrived by express last night. The head came from a big game area where Sam Lawson secured the elk.
Howard Gould after separating from his wife proposed four terms to her including return home under conditions and a separation while denying a divorce. Proposals included she avoid management of Castle Gould and abstain from intoxicants. Elijah Sells testified she is a fine refined woman and denied any improper conduct with Dustin Farnum or Colonel William Cody.
A Cheyenne select audience attended the Capitol Avenue theatre last evening to see Parallal the great religious drama. The capable cast and stage settings matched the grand theme as the curtain rose at 7 45 and did not fall until after the final scene.
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