Johnson Named Roosevelt Era Running Mate At Bull Moose Conference
Chicago August 5 The Bull Moose convention advanced plans for a Roosevelt led ticket with Governor Hiram Johnson of California as vice president and Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver as permanent chairman. Beveridge emerged as temporary chairman and Roosevelt endorsed Lindsey while leaving the VP choice to the convention. Roosevelt to speak tomorrow as delegates filled the Coliseum in a celebratory session.
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Gov. Johnson
Teddy
T.R
Chicago
Roosevelt
Lindsey
Denver
Beveridge
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Ben Lindsey
Johnson
Committee On Permanent Organization
Ift
Republi
Ed Taft
Hunter's Body Found in Snow in Elk Country
Casper Wyoming reports C C Moore telegraphed from Jackson Hole that he located a corpse in a snowdrift in the Elk country. The body likely is the husband of Mrs. H Allen who hunted elk last fall. The body is buried in snow and will remain until Mrs. Allen is contacted. Mrs. Allen's brother assists in the search.
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Casper
Wyo
C. C. Moore
Jackson Hole
H. Allen
Crane Offered Democratic National Committee Treasurership
Chicago financier Charles R. Crane, long a major donor to Republican campaigns, was offered the treasurership of the Democratic national committee. If he accepts, he would raise funds to back Woodrow Wilson’s presidential bid. Governor Wilson and Party Chairman McCombs discussed Crane at a New Jersey conference.
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New York
Charles R. Crane
Chicago
Democratic National Committee
la Follette
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
McCombs
National Committee
Grane
Family Feud Turns Violent Over Prospect Case
An argument between Sixteenth and Waddy street merchants spills into a clash as Gilinski allegedly strikes Mrs. Wax with an iron rod amid a dispute over a prospective customer. Both families are jailed as the case goes before a police judge.
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Sam Gilinski
O'Brien
Gilbert Schoels
Gilinski
Louis Wax
Sixteenth and
Waddystreom
Wax
Gilinskia
Haye
Mrs. Wax
Union Pacific Secret Service Agent Sparr Assassinated
L. J. Sparr of the Union Pacific railroad secret service was killed in the freight yards near the roundhouse at 2 am on Sunday. Police report several suspects questioned but likely to be released, with officials pursuing tramps as possible culprits. body found two days later by a night crew foreman.
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Union Pacific Secret Service
Sparr
IK Yards
L. J. Sparr
Union Pacific Railroad Secret Service Department
Bigdog
J. B. Jordan
Yath
Schoola
Roach
Eral
Bia
Tramps
Loy Union
el Mei
State Bankers Arrive for Annual Wyoming Convention
Forty bankers handling over 10 000 000 of state wealth gather in Cheyenne for the Wyoming Bankers association annual convention. They plan to discuss banking and finance, business outlook, and the crop situation. The meeting is expected at Carnegie library with Gorge Abbott A L Marble and Charles Thomas organizing visitor needs. Officers to be elected include H B Henderson president C H Townsend vice president H Van Deusen secretary and T C Rowley treasurer.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming Bankers’ Association
Carnegie Library
Gorge Abbott
A. L. Marble
Charles Thomas
Tle
H. B. Henderson
C. H. Townsend
Casper
H. van Deusen
Rock Springs
T. C. Rowley
Douglas
Tio
Woman Struck by Lightning at Hillsdale Farmhouse
Mrs. J. C. Nash and Miss Julia Christensen were knocked to the floor when a lightning bolt struck the house near Hillsdale Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Nash recovered after a period of unconsciousness, while Christensen was near her at the moment of the strike.
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J. C. Nash
Hillsdale
Julia Christensen
Lehtning
Nash
Miss Christensen
Soldier Hurt in Mimic Battle at Pole Mountain
Militant film set scene for The Charge of the Light Brigade ends in accident. Signal Corps soldier Hmil Busch was dragged over rough ground and struck by a galloping horse after bombs exploded to heighten realism. He was unconscious and suffers contusions to head and shoulders.
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Hmil Busch
Signal Corps
Pole Mountain
Edimon Motion Picture Company
Light Brigade
Busch
Bloomers Quit Over Suffrage Preference In Baseball Row
R W H Livingston Chicago owner of the Boston Bloomer reports general dissatisfaction and suffrage disputes led to disbanding the team. He cites daily expenses over 200 dollars and road travel costs as drivers of the crisis. Mrs Livingston says she cannot understand her husband’s financial strains and the team’s struggle to pay salaries. Two players reportedly fainted or grew ill as tensions rose during the conflict.
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R. WH. Livingston
Chicago
Boston Bloomer
Chayenne
Livingston
Mra. Livingston
Chilcago
Aipe
Sto A
Post Officers Affected by Vital Changes
A series of officer transfers and assignments altering duties at Fort Riley Fort Leavenworth and Port Snelling Minn including First Lieutenant Henry Kilbourne Jr and William McCleave to Mounted Service School Fort Riley Second Lieutenants William Erwin and Paul Raberg 8th Cavalry to training at Fort Riley Captain Ernest M Wheeler to Chicago and later Fort Riley to Bakers and Cooks training Captain John S S E Young to rejoin his regiment after leave Captain Charles W Castle assigned temporarily to 25th Infantry at Port Snelling Captain Thomas J Merrill assigned to 4th Field Artillery on leave Major Harry R Lee packing for War College in Washington with wife and child Josophine Captain C G Stodter granted seven year leave for a motor trip
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Henry 8. Kilbourne, Jr
William McCleave
4Th Field Artillery
William W. Erwin
Paul ©. Raberg
8Th Cavalry
Mounted Service School
Fort Riley
Kan
Ernest M. Wheeler
Fourt Field Artillery
Ft. Russell
Chicago
John S&s. E. Young
9Th Cavalry
Charles W. Castle
11Th Infantry
25Th Infantry
Port Snelling
Minn
Thomas J. Merrill
General Staff
Manila
P. 1
Permieston
United States
Suez Canal
Harry R. Lee
School of the Line
Fort Leavenworth
Electric Methods By Pictures Thursday Show
Moving pictures demonstrating the glow of electricity will be shown at the Capitol Avenue Theater on Thursday after the door opens. The program will follow the ACSI's regular schedule.
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Capitol Avenueg Theater
ACSI
Republicans Going Over 10 Wilson in National Campaign
Hundreds of thousands of Republicans vow to vote Democratic this fall as Independents align with Wilson and Marshall. The split in the Republican Party between Taft and Roosevelt strengthens Democratic hopes, with a New York Press poll cited as evidence of GOP drift toward Wilson and Marshall.
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Josephus Daniels
New York
Wilson
Marshall
Indianapolis
Baltimore
Sea Girt
Chairtin McCombs
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Taft
Roosevelt
White House
New York Press
Ranedom
New Vicbe
Toosevelt
Appe 4
Obe
Weather Forecast for Wyoming and D C
The weather section reports fair conditions for Wyoming with possible showers on Tuesday. Wednesday looks for continued fair skies in the hotthwaat region.
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Washington, D. C
Ang. L
Wyoming
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Elk Country
Crane
Democratic
Llege
David Nimmo
Stesnahan
Nimmo
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Paniy
Amprica
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Stodter
Leavenworth
New Jersey
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