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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1912
Page
9
A Wyoming senator's four-session record is analyzed to show voting alignment with traditional interests and reactionaries rather than progressive aims. The piece notes votes against labor amendments, opposition to direct senatorial elections, and support for rail interests and Lorimer seating.
In Los Angeles the defense faces code telegrams as evidence in the Darrow bribery case. Assistant District Attorney Ford produced messages from Lee Rappaport and a telegram from Darrow to Rappaport. Darrow admits authorship of one message and receipt of another after translation by Blackford. The case goes to the jury.
The senate over Taft's veto passed a measure to reimburse laborers and suppliers on the Corbett Tunnell Shoshone irrigation project in Wyoming for 42000 dollars. Democratic and western Progressive and Regular Republicans supported the act.
The record shows Warren's stance with the Old Guard in early sessions and against it in many roll calls, with multiple votes not voting on certain measures. Noted instances include ship subsidies, Oklahoma statehood amendments, and the 1907 railroad workers’ hours bill. May 1909 references appear, with overall Republicans and Old Guard alignment detailed.
Governor Carey and party toured the Wyoming National Guard encampment at Pole Mountain. They praised the condition of the camp, reported no hospital patients, and noted larger attendance. Adjutant General Barkwell to pay troops Saturday. Officers praised the maneuver grounds as among the best in the United States.
U S troops at Fort C P Russell finish field maneuvers at Pole Mountain and break camp August 8. They will march back to the post over two days and receive June and July pay upon arrival, helped by a new congressional appropriation for the year. Frontier Days will follow pay, boosting local activity.
John Rogers dubbed human locomotive, ran along Colorado and Southern tracks in a crazy dash. Officers stopped him near the North city, took him to the station after he claimed he was simply making up lost time and joked about repairs.
Indianapolis Ind July 31 Every member of the Indianapolis American association baseball team is watched by detectives after Sol Meyer became owner. Charlie O Leary resigned as manager and Charley O Day was appointed in his place. O Leary resisted the changes but Meyer forced them. Detectives report any player out of bed after training hours or heavily drinking. Meyer's order led to some new players as regulars refused to play under the new rules.
A crowd near Keefe Hall witnessed a prank when a dummy dressed as a person dropped from the third floor around 9:30 PM. Spectators screamed as the "body" hit the pavement, revealed to be a lifelike dummy created by boys for a joke.
Reports from Mexico describe two Americans hanged near Cananea Sonora within 48 hours. The governor of Sonora orders an investigation as rebels alleged to precipitate U.S. intervention. General Orozco refuses to recognize the U.S. government. Refugees from American settlements in Casas Grandes arrive in El Paso amid ongoing unrest along the Northwestern railroad.
The Harrimans, led by Alice Harriman widow of E. H. Harriman, travel by special train including the Arden and Ashland cars. They halted in Cheyenne for over an hour en route from New York to Yellowstone Park where they will tour for weeks. Roland Harriman joined the engine cab and pulled the throttle on departure.
Mr and Mrs Robert A Walsh left Cheyenne for Sidney Nebraska where they are said to remarry after a recent marriage here Their divorce in Colorado Springs and social prominence in Denver and Colorado Springs add to the sensational case Authorities in Laramie County reportedly will not prosecute as they claim ignorance of Wyoming law and the couple acted unintentionally. a banker from Sheridan is their known husband.
Gust Kadas of Cheyenne a Union Pacific section laborer died after losing balance on a hand car returning to Laramie. He struck a rail breaking his neck and died in a Laramie hospital. He had a Greece-based wife and young son.
Mutt and Jeff travel from New York to Cheyenne to perform in Wyoming, boasting about frontier entertainment. They humor a sharp exchange with Jeff and joke about meeting cowgirls, while a companion named George Gould is aboard with drinks. The duo aims to arrive in Chicago later today.
In Kentfield California a burglar entered Mrs. Theodore Hardee home. Five women rushed to aid, armed with broomsticks and mop handles, cornering him as he knelt to tie a cloth on his foot. He fled through a window screen after a blow to the head.
Isadore Cousino died in Erie Michigan after a Lake Shore collision near Toledo killed six of his relatives and injured three others. He left 31 direct descendants including six children thirty seven grandchildren and fifty great grandchildren. The funeral was held in Erie today.
The Weather section reports showers on Thursday followed by warmer conditions on Friday. Skies remain unsettled in northern regions with variable wind and afternoon temperatures near seasonal averages.
Mayor L Bresnahen and several city officials inspected watersheds northwest of the city and Pole Mountain maneuver grounds yesterday. They reported no sheep or grazing within the sheds and praised the sheds for sanitary, excellent condition despite the missing flock. Colonel Williams joined Fort C. A. Thvewell commander in touring the area.
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