04 Aug 1910
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1910
Page
1
A terse political report notes that stand-patters faced decisive opposition from Dolliver and Cummins followers. The piece highlights organized support and repeated defeats in votes, signaling shifts in party dynamics and leadership influences within the campaign.
Des Moines convention shows uproar amid insurgent push for steamroller tactics and demands on resolutions. Cummins Dolliver and other Iowa insurgents push for progressivism while Taft is lukewarmly endorsed and Roosevelt cheered. Oklahoma and Kansas results mix with nomination shifts and policy votes.
Mary Samantha Sarah Lavian Nancy Lucretia Henrietta Parthenia Arizona Tabitha Dollie Jones Hall Wilding paid her taxes today to Tax Collector G G White. She is 28 years old and described as mother of thirteen children. Her birth inspired eleven sisters to name her after them. She married at 12 and now supports a large family.
Hrusgens August 3 reports Nicholas Kinet, a Belgian aviator, was instantly killed when a wire stay wrapped around the engine stopped the motor. His aeroplane plunged seven hundred feet and crushed him upon impact.
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania Roosevelt investigates a farcical Black Hand prank in which a prankster team steals a colonel’s shoes and hides them by midnight. Fr Lawrence Curran John Mitchell and Lawrence Abbott back the plot as the colonel wakes at 530 to find missing footwear.
In Bonifay Florida Aug 3 a reign of terror erupts after the murder of 14 year old white girl Bessie Morrison. Two admitting killers were lynched with four more negroes lynched as whites hunt fugitives and sever lines to Dudley in the northwest Holmes County unrest.
The Los Angeles Electric Company and power firm have decided to test a city ordinance that fixes the rate at 7 cents per kilowatt hour instead of 9. Two workers jailed for bond defaults related to alleged violations were reported as the company considers legal action to challenge the law.
In northern Spain Catholic activists rally against Vatican policy. Organizers insist demonstrations target government cabines and the church’s authority, asserting aim to reveal official permission processes. Unknown dates and locations are cited as context for the unfolding dispute.
Senator T P Gore says he and a House member were offered 25000 to oppose approval of McMurray contracts that would shift coal and asphalt land revenues from Chickasaw and Choctaw lands. He will name dates, persons and specifics and cites 12 lawyers needed for fee alterations. An investigation by a congressional panel includes J N Stephens and Cecil Lyon among others.
Last evening the four year old son of Mr and Mrs William Graham of East Seventh street died from summer complaint. Funeral services will be at Early chapel on West Sixteenth Street at 3 this afternoon with Key W M Nelson of the Methodist church officiating. Only last Monday the eighteen month old daughter of the Grahams was buried after dying from the same illness.
Colorado & Southern President A F Parker arrives in Casper with government engineers sent from Washington to inspect Wyoming reclamation works. He reports progress in Cheyenne and confirms plans to build the Wellington Cheyenne line as officials tour his special car. The party tours the city before Parker’s train departs for Denver.
Inspector Dew says Crippen gave a full confession of his wife murder to him though details were not disclosed Crippen slept well and showed moderate spirits at 6 am Miss Le Neve remains in prison infirmary under guard Crippen has only $18 while Miss Le Neve carries $600 Crippen cables to London solicitor Arthur Newton accepting his services and secrecy
The Wyoming Democratic committee met at Sheridan to fix the date September 20 for the state convention. The gathering also formed a committee to prepare resolutions and improve party organization ahead of the convention.
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