Former Denver firefighter arrested for murder of miserliness
Albert Yoder, 28, formerly of the Denver fire department, identified as the man who killed Brighton jeweler John Zabransky. Blood-stained clothing tied to Yoder, who has given three conflicting accounts, is found with other loot from the crime. Police chief says Yoder will be charged as detectives search for gold coins.
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Denver
Colo
Albert Yoder
John Zabransky
Brighton
Zabransky
Shack
Yoder
Felix O'Neil
Roosevelt Agrees to Testify Before Senate Committee
Roosevelt announced from Oyster Bay that he wishes to testify at the earliest moment before the Senate committee probing campaign contributions. He telegrammed Senator Clapp requesting to appear Monday, noting the hearing's postponement would inconvenience him and others. The committee in Washington planned an 8:30 meeting to decide if Monday hearings proceed and to secure a Democratic member to question Roosevelt.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Senate
Clapp
Washington, D. C
Oliver
Pennsylvania
New Army Bread Promises Longer Lasting Loaf
The War Department introduces a two pound loaf baked at the arsenal in Washington that lasts longer than wheat from tomb excavations and old sepulcher cakes. The crust forms a thick brown envelope preventing germs and mold, making it a delectable military comestible.
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Washington, P. C
War Department
Arsenal
Rebel Orozco Still in Federal Trap
Juarez dispatch says General Orozco remains ensnared by Federal troops. The commander reports Orozco is trapped amid surrounding forces and uncertain whether any federals are among those nearby.
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Orozco
Juarez
Mexico
Alderman Bound Over in Detroit Bribery Case Tie
Detroit August 24 Alderman Thomas E Glinnan president of the common council and alleged receiver of bribe money was bound over to the recorders court on $1000 bail after examination. Alderman Pravid Rosenthal charged with agreeing to accept a bribe. Detective Brennan testified about the boodle trap that led to Glinnans arrest and to charges against seventeen aldermen and clerk Edward Schreiter. Brennan said he received 3100 from Andrew Green to distribute to aldermen for a street closing ordinance benefiting the Wabash railroad.
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Detroit, Mich
Thomas E. Glinnan
Common Council
Recorder's Court
Pravid Rosenthal
Walter J. Brennan
Glinnan
Council
Edward Schrelter
Seventh Street
Wabash
Brennan
Andrew Green
Messer
Edwards
Mortiing
South
Walter Barthrop
Barthrop
Lisé Carey Ave
Park Addition
Barthrope
Laramie County Teachers Institute Session Opens in Cheyenne
The twenty fifth annual Laramie County Teachers Institute begins in Cheyenne and runs through the week. Mrs Mamie Hefferon supervises the schedule with enrollment, songs, several lectures and demonstrations from county educators including Miss Christine I Tingling Miss Bess Eleanor Mosher and Miss Alpha M Hogan. Evening sessions feature music readings and an informal reception.
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Laramie County
Teachers’ Institute
Cheyenne
Mamie &. Hefferon
J. J. Duffy
Fee
Our Institute
M. K. Shuck
Recesa
Christine I. Tingling
Bess Eleanor Mosher
Muale
F. HH
Arnold
Deas Wleanor Foster
WD. Bhuck
Alpha M. Hogan
Dectare
Gupt
M. B. Bhuck
Alpha
Hogan
J E Stimson Injured in Auto Crash Near Bordeaux Wyoming
Local photographer J E Stimpson was injured yesterday when his car hit a mud hole near Bordeaux. He suffered a broken term and was taken to Wheatland hospital. Dr Church of Wheatland was bruised but escorted Stimpson to hospital after the accident.
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J. E. Stimpson
Dr. Church
Wheatland
Bordeaux
Wyo
Stimpson
S“Brinpson
Wheatland Hospital
Robbed Mail Bags to Pay for His Home
Howard J. Golliwag a 63 year old post office employee with twenty seven years service was arrested on charges of robbing United States mail bags. He allegedly turned to theft to fund payments on a Harrison home he bought recently. He faced $1500 bail and awaits examination next Tuesday. Collina formerly foreman at Grand Central Station handled New England mail bags and had risen from fourth class clerk earning 600 to 1300 dollars annually. The case outlines his financial pressures and procurement of the home.
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New York
Howard J. Golliwag
Post Office Department
United States
Harrison
Gilchrist
Collina
Grand Central Station
New England
Armored Cruisers Ordered to Nicaragua From Puget Yard
Orders directed the Colorado to sail at once to Corinto Nicaragua to join the fleet under Rear Admiral Sutherland. The Cleveland to be commissioned and prepared to follow, with the Cleveland ready Tuesday after refitting in San Francisco. The Colorado carries 800 men including marines. the Cleveland 320 men.
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Seattle
Wash
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Colorado
Corinto
Nicaragua
Sutherlan
Orcera
Cleveland
San Francisco
Senate Deficiency Bill Delays Amid Campaign Testimony Clash
Washington Aug. 26 reports say at 3 AM the clock in the house was turned back half an hour. In the senate the adjournment resolution sits on the table while the conference report on the deficiency bill lingers. LaFollette stays in the cloak room pressing for an immediate vote on campaign contribution testimony hearings.
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Washington
D. C
House
Senate
LaFollette
Congress
Rats Rolling in Money Found by Stable Worker
In Atlantic City on August 24 a boy named Jon Penrose found gnawed currency fragments in a rat nest inside an Indiana avenue stable. He recovered two ten dollar bills and one and two dollar bills along with wallet pieces. The boy plans to mail the fragments to Washington for exchange, suggesting the purse was dragged in from the street by rats after being lost by a passerby.
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Atlantic City
Jon
Penrose
Indiana Avenue
Washington
Taft Signs Army Bill With $89 Million Appropriation
President Taft signed the army appropriation bill late tonight. The measure provides about 89 million dollars and includes reforms in the war department organization.
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Washington
Taft
War Department
Astor Titanic Heroism Not Mentioned at Divorce Convention
At the uniform divorce national convention in Milwaukee on August 24, speakers noted the Astor tragedy without naming John Jacob Astor or his family. The discussion lasted three hours, but tribute to his Titanic heroism was withheld as an “arrant noble Eastern case.”
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Milwaukese
John Jacob Astor
Cheyenne Business Men Planned Farm District Excursion
Cheyenne business men will tour the farming district in Laramie county next Wednesday. About thirty miles southeast, the trip aims to view harvesting and threshing, with accommodations offered by locals for those without cars. A meeting of B W Stone William Dather J Ross Carpenter and Tribune Leader editors will finalize route and provide details in Monday and Tuesday papers. A photographer and a rear car mechanic may accompany the party to document crops and handle any car trouble.
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Cheyenne
Laramie County
B. W. Stone
William Dather
J. Ross Carpenter
The
Tribune and Leader
Mentzer Nominated For Judge By Republican Ticket
Telegram advices show W. C. Mentzer nominated for judge on the Republican ticket in the First junior district by a majority of 113 votes. He carried Converse Niobrara counties 165 total and Goshen county 4x votes. Watts won Laramie 19 and Clark 49. Mentzer confirmed by phone early this morning.
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W. C. Mentzer
Mentzer
Con Verse
Niobrara
Goshen County
Watts
Laramle County
Clark County
Thousands of Workmen Pass Booth Bier in London
No fewer than 24000 workmen filed past General William Booth's bier between 0:30 and 9:00 this morning. They marched bareheaded through Congress Hall, many with tool bags, while a heavy rain fell. Mrs Booth Gilbert, head of the Salvation Army in Denmark, joined the scene with her family and sang a consecration hymn.
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London
William Booth
Congress Hall
Booth Tlilbert
Salvation Army
Denmark
Catafalque
Wilson Favored in New York Betting Odds
New York reports show Governor Woodrow Wilson as the odds on favorite in state betting. Brokers note little Taft Roosevelt money, with Wilson at 2 to 1 and others seeking to wager on Roosevelt or Wilson’s defeat. A Wilson broker challenges a Roosevelt bet, while a Bull Moose broker declines.
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New York
Woodrow Wilson
Waintreet
Taft
Roosevelt
Aight
Wilson
Wise
Theodore Roosevelt
Willie
Taft Signs Panama Canal Bill and Post Office Measure
President Taft signed the Panama Canal bill and the post office and post roads bill. He sent Congress a memorandum stating the canal measure did not violate the treaty provisions and the post office bill carries about 266 million dollars in appropriations.
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Taft
Washington, D. C
Congress
Alan
Gov Wilson Gives Triplets Five Dollars Each
Savannah dispatch reports three baby girls born to Mr and Mrs Charles Almand in Vidik…memed? Receive five dollars each in gold from Governor Wilson to start a savings account. The triplets named Margaret Eleanor and Jessie are said to be doing well and all three are expected to live.
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Savannah
Charles Almand
Margaret
Eleanor
Jessie
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Fire disrupts London telegraph network at General Post Office
London tonight was cut off from telegraphic communication with the rear of the country and the transatlantic link to America briefly severed as flames damaged the General Post Office central telegraph office. Escapes were reported with no known deaths.
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London
America
General Sumner Dies at 77 in San Francisco
Brigadier General RE Sumner VI A retired dies at Presidio Hospital in San Francisco at age 77. Born in Carlisle Pennsylvania he served through the Civil War and in the Indian wars in the West. He is survived by a brother and two daughters.
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San Francisco
RE. V. Sumner
Presidio Hospital
Carlisle
Sumner
Sumner Ie
Soldiers arrested for annoying four girls on Ninteen Street
Two soldiers from Battery F 4th Field Artillery, Robert and G W Thomas, were arrested at 10 30 pm on Nineteenth Street between Carey and Capitol avenues for annoying four young girls as they walked home. They denied addressing the girls and will be turned over to post authorities after investigation.
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Robert
G. W. Thomas
4Th Flelsl Artillery
Christensen
Ninteenth Street
Carey
Capitol Avenues
Neareal House
Henry Schoel
Miley
Seventeenth
Misa Hazel Webber
Cheyenne Power Plant Threatened by Major Fire
A defect in stack No 6 sparked a fire that threatened Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power’s central power plant for about fifteen minutes after 7 pm. Firefighters, led by Chief Taylor and engineers Purvis, Brownlee, Davis, and Walter Shade, fought the flames amid smoke, risking electric shock as water-fed hoses drenched the room and a flooded floor near energised equipment.
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Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power Company
Sparka
I. Purvis
Taylor
Histonia
Purvis
W. A. Brownlee
M. E. Davis
Walter Shade
Union Pacific Expands Capacity Across Passenger and Freight
Union Pacific reports strong capacity growth in both passenger and freight divisions. Westbound passenger trains see heavy Pacific coast traffic. freight runs at capacity, with California fruit shipments setting records and overflow traffic handed to Santa Fe. Colonist rate service to the Pacific coast begins late next month from Omaha and Missouri River points with multiple tourism trains Sept 26 27 28 and Oct 8 9 10 11 including smoking cars and scheduled meals at Cheyenne Rawlins and Lara mie.
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Union Pacific
Pacific Coast
California
Cheyenne
Union Pibitic
Omaha
Missouri River
Laramie
Rawlins
Congress adjourns as Taft urged deadline with 12:20 session
The house and senate reached a late agreement to adjourn at midnight delaying the general deficiency bill to December. Ward sent word to President Taft and he planned to reach the capital shortly before 11. By 12:20 the Senate remained in session due to La Follette’s demand for a vote on the Penrose campaign fund resolution, and a quorum could not be secured.
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Washington
D. C
House
Senate
Congress
Ward
Taft
LaFollette
Penrosé Campaign Fund
Union Pacific Forms Safety Bureau in Rail Line
The Union Pacific Railroad establishes a Bureau of Safety with a national scope, creating division and crafts committees to study operation hazards and reduce casualties. The Cheyenne meeting inaugurates monthly reviews, with full pay for crafts representatives and expenses covered by the bureau.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Safety Bureau
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Kor Safety
Come Puy Piys
Supt
Jeffers
July Lat
Boda
Bureau of Safety
Matety
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Miser Zabransky
Laramie County Teachers Institute
J. E. Stimson
U. 5
Bulletin
Col. Astor
Gov. Wilson
V. Sumner
Wyoming
W. J L. Kemper
Inter-Ocean Hotel
Port Russell
Kemper
Northern Colorado Power Company
Chicago & Northwestern
Mannger
Manger
Hin
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