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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1910
Page
13
The court convicted first sraf ter after a complex trial involving multiple defendants. The judge sentenced the defendant for severe crimes and a defense motion for a new trial was noted. Attorney for the state reported plans to pursue further action. the proceedings included testimony from a physician and remarks from local legal counsel.
A city meeting approved renaming Ferguson Street to Carey Avenue in honor of Judge JM Carey. An ordinance allowing extended hours for places of amusement passed, and the telephone franchise issue was deferred to an April 26 adjourned session. Police were instructed to notify property owners about street platform alterations affecting Capitol Avenue.
Arthur P Frederick longtime Wyoming post office inspector died suddenly after a hearty meal at age 65. He retrieved 24000 in stolen cash from a registered mail pouch once hidden in a Cheyenne chicken coop and the clerk served time in the Wyoming penitentiary. Frederick’s widow had ties to Colorado railways and he was a Mason and Eastern Star member. His remains will be laid to rest in Denver today with funeral arrangements in charge.
The Nath Cavalry band under Chief Musician Wade Er Hammond conducts an outdoor concert at the fort this afternoon at 4 o'clock. The program includes Marcel, Tannhauser Overture, Wagner selections, The Red Mill, Herbert Suite, Peer Gynt, Grieg, Hall of the Mountain King Overture, William Tell, Rosini Portrait, Rubinstein.
The wedding of Anthony J. Drexel to his 18 year old bride featured pink decor at the Gould mansion and a luncheon preceding the ceremony. Vivian Gould and Edith Gould served as bridesmaids with Armstrong Drexel as best man. Bishop Spartorough assisted, with Dr Seelehton Parks rector of St Bartholomew s involved in the ceremony.
The piece warns that a Roosevelt re election would yield one man power with extended tenure and diminished checks by Congress and courts. It argues a strong personality could threaten democratic traditions and the balance of federal authority.
Sheridan, April 9. Guy Garrard, prominent local craftsman, was shot by his wife during a domestic quarrel this morning. He lies in a silica suturation and doctors fear for his life as the couple’s dispute over family matters remains unclear.
Reports from Washington detail guilty pleas and sentences for several individuals. Herbert W. Tiers saw his five-year term commuted by President Taft. other defendants received prison terms or commutations for crimes including fund misappropriation and coin production.
Riting in Pekin reports the riding at Changsha has ceased and a new governor heads there. Political complications from attacks on foreign property loom, with the American legation in Pekin believing several Americans fled toward Min.
In Tacoma Washington April 10 the Northern Pacific railroad filed a defense in the Lafarett case seeking 31 985 for the death of its son. It claims the youth wed the day after the accident and that he was not as careful as he should have been. The young man worked for the railroad and was crushed between an engine tender and a pile of wood.
The city plans to install Keep off the Grass signs in thirty parks this April. Mayor Gaynor’s park commission endorses the effort to keep children off the lawns and maintain lawns with new signs reading Come Onto the Grass.
President Taft met with members of the senate committee on territories to push approval of statehood for New Mexico and Arizona. The river and harbor bill, containing 52 million 500 thousand dollars in appropriations, was advanced by the Senate.
A fragmentary archival note from Spokane Washington dated April 19 reports a site visit to Laasen's Art Store and mentions UTET Capitolare and ARAN DONA PULPIT TT EVTRN POLATIOS in an unclear line about art work.
A fragmented note indicates a candidate for Congress from the Third District of Washtogbim has abandoned the pulpit to enter national politics. The brief reference frames a shift from religious duties to public office as part of a political campaign period.
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