26 Aug 1910
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1910
Page
1
A former president draws large crowds as he travels toward Cheyenne. Spectators cheer and signal support while security and local officials coordinate the stop along the route during the Square Deal for All tour.
Theodore Roosevelt is welcomed by large crowds as his special train travels from Cleveland toward Cheyenne and Denver. He emphasizes a square deal for all and justice for every man, condemning corruption while pledging action against wrongdoers.
Denver's population reached 243,881, up from 188,859 ten years earlier. The rise, 69.4 percent, exceeds city projections and may affect congressional representation as census figures from Denver and Pueblo suggest broader state growth. Senator Charles J Hughes Jr weighs in on Colorado gaining another U.S. representative.
In Durand Michigan a Grand Trunk Montreal Express rear section crashed into the front sleeper last night. Six confirmed dead with estimates ranging up to a dozen more. eight seriously injured. Eighteen slept in the rear car. fire trapped most, leaving few survivors and identifying items like a blackened watch and a diamond-studded crucifix.
Reports from St Joseph describe vast losses along Big Creek with more than two hundred dead in Idaho. Italian and Austrian workers perished, American laborers numbered twenty seven, and many forest employees remain unnamed among the found bodies. Fire spread during the weekend and crews race to locate the missing.
Grand Junction Colorado August 25 announces formation of an eight week racing circuit to assure quality fall events. Cities on the circuit include Grand Junction Montrose Delta Glenwood Springs Canon City and Ogden Utah participate.
Two young women described as daughters of Northwest mine promoters were confined at Central police station in Pittsburg after being nabbed by detectives in a local store for stealing wallets. Anna McLaughlin claimed birth in Juneau Alaska and a Nome father. Hilda Cornell said to have lived in Seattle and studied in Oregon before touring as vaudeville performers with the Butler Brothers Carnival. Both reportedly fled a private Oregon school and later toured the country as entertainers.
Washington reports no government pensions for widows and orphans of men killed fighting northwest forest fires. Forest Service officials say no legislation exists to repair the cut in pay, noting no way to face the fact that many served.
In New Orleans police face a grave crisis described as a man killing epidemic blamed on disgruntled girls. The case follows the acquittal of a suspect in a high society business killing, fueling renewed hope of acquittal among the young group involved.
A Denver case reports Frank LeMaster, an accused fraudster, swindling Kansas millers of over 20000 from flour consignments. After returning to Denver and breaking with Edith Hoffman, he was traced by the housemate via a disguised phone call. Police arrested him following pursuit by officers and a nearby courier.
Crowd roars as three riders fall in the world championship rough riding prelims. Verte Eliott, first to ride, rises after a hard spill and earns cheers despite injury. Bil Wallace and Miller Kid endure tough rides while others tumble, as McCarty retains title in a chaotic arena amid hospital and ambulance arrivals.
In Denver a 49-year-old man, William Rubenstein, was shot three times by his wife Rose, 34, after a night of domestic discord. The couple’s four children, ages from eight months to school age, witnessed the attack as Rubenstein died later in county hospital.
Mrs. China Cowin Cudahy, ex-wife of John P. Cudahy, returned to Kansas City after leaving four children in Chicago with their grandparents. She said she would pursue a life free of matrimony and divorce while denying plans to remarry. The children accompanied by relatives headed to Mackinac to join their father.
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