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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1910
Page
9
Readers report that Al the i Al the i Stand-patters faced decisive defeats as Dolliver and Cummins factions rallied supporters. The article depicts a sharp political clash with strong figures leading organized opposition factions.
Des Moines reports show insurgents dominating the Republican convention with cheers for Roosevelt and sharp jeers for Taft. Cummins and Dolliver led insurgent factions while the steamroller tactic was debated and then dropped under pressure. In Oklahoma and Kansas results no surprise shifts yet, with close races and confirmations awaiting official counts.
Mrs Mary Samantha Sarah Lavian Nancy Lucretia Henrietta Parthenia Arizona Tabitha Dollie Jones Hall Wilding paid taxes to Tax Collector G G White today. She is 28 and mother of thirteen, born with eleven sisters who asked she be named after them. She married at 12 and has thirteen children.
Nicholas Kinet, a Belgian aviator, was killed when a wire stay wrapped around the engine halted the plane. The aeroplane fell seven hundred feet, crushing him after the motor stopped.
Roosevelt travels through the Wyoming valley meeting many social ranks as prankish events unfold at a colonel’s house. Fr Lawrence and Rev Curran stage a shoes theft plot that fails when the colonel awakens and discovers the missing footwear. The morning continues with a party of locals visiting the scene.
In Bonifay Florida on August 3 a terror wave follows the murder of 14 year old Bessie Morrison. Two confessed killers were lynched, and four more African Americans were killed as whites hunt others, cut telephone lines, and try to prevent further vengeance in Holmes County near Dudley.
The Los Angeles electric light and power company plans to challenge a recently enacted city ordinance setting the rate at 7 cents per kilowatt hour instead of 9. Two workers were jailed for bond default in a related case as attorneys prepared to test the measure in court.
Vague unrest grows among northern Spanish Catholics as a planned protest gathers against Vatican stance. Organizers claim broad support for a demonstration near Madrid and protest actions target political authorities. The movement centers on church leaders and calls for alignment with Vatican policy.
Senator T P Gore announces he will disclose full details and names about a bribery scheme offering 25000 to withdraw opposition to McMurray contracts affecting Chickasaw and Choctaw lands. The contracts involved altering fees and prosecutors say attorneys earned 10 percent from lands sold for 30 to 60 million dollars.
Last evening the four year old son of Mr and Mrs William Graham of East Seventh Street succumbed to summer complaint. The funeral will be held at Early Chapel on West Sixteenth Street at 3 this afternoon with Rev W M Nelson of the Methodist church officiating. Earlier the eight month old baby girl of Mr and Mrs Graham, who died Saturday, was buried from the same home.
Colorado and Southern Railroad President A F Parker meets Washington engineers in Casper and Guernsey during a Cheyenne visit. He confirms the Wellsington Cheyenne line will be built, praises local progress, and plans to continue inspections before the special train departs for Denver.
Inspector Dew said Crippen privately confessed to the murder of his wife in London and declined to discuss details. Crippen slept well, read and walked in the prison corridor, while Miss Le Neve remained in the infirmary for safety and nerves. The page reports Crippen’s funds and a charity buy for Miss Le Neve, plus Crippen seeking London counsel and a local attorney offering free services.
The Democratic state committee met in an enthusiastic session chaired by K. N. Stickney to set the date September 20 for the state convention at Sheridan. Delegates discussed appointing a committee to prepare resolutions and to supervise reform efforts ahead of the convention, with authority to solicit contributions and manage organization work.
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