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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1909
Page
1
President Taft, with Aldrich and Payne, held a White House conference that produced a harmonious outlook on tariff reform. Cummins of Iowa signaled support for reductions on both manufactured goods and raw materials, after two hours of talks with Taft.
Rioters shot three strikers at Allen Sons tannery in Kenosha Wisconsin as deputies with riot guns secured the plant tonight. Authorities expect further violence as tensions rise the day after the clash.
Paris report states Aristide Briand a noted Socialist was asked to reconstruct the Clemenceau cabinet. He plans to respond tomorrow and would seek unity of Republican groups. Conservatives fear a Briand ministry would be short lived and unpopular with the monarchist faction.
A High Island to Sabine Pass trip ended in tragedy as thirteen relatives including three brothers their wives and seven children are reported missing after a storm. Searchers later recovered the wagon team bodies in the wreckage.
In Galveston Texas on July 22 rescuers pulled five of the ten tarpon pier wreck victims from upper Galveston Bay. The survivors clung to timbers and were found exhausted, while the fate of the remaining five is uncertain amid the Mexican gale and storm damage running into hundreds of thousands.
Cambridge July 23 Harvard president emeritus Charles W Hilot spoke at the summer school of theology predicting a new religion. It will be practical not dogmatic and rely on natural laws and cooperative action rather than supernatural beliefs. The focus will be on joy and life rather than sorrow and death.
Butler Pa July 22 The back bone of the strike by the Standard Steel Car Butler Forged Steel Wheel and the standard Wheel companies is broken according to officers of the companies tonight It is believed that Saturday a large majority of the foreigners who struck in sympathy with the employer of the Pressed Steel Car company of McKee s Rocks will return to work
Chicago july 2 women urged to learn common honesty before political suffrage at breakfast of the international council of women returning to toronto from a western tour. Mrs Elizabeth B Grannis a New York delegate challenged the idea saying woman will never vote until they tell the truth and faulted past suffrage progress.
New York reports efforts to locate other survivors from the Monitor crew have stalled after identifying Joshua Nathaniel Webber, held at Ballora sanitarium on Staten Island. The lone survivor's memory of the Merrimac battle remains vivid though no further confirmations emerge of additional sailors from the famed clash.
Annapolis July 22 A court of Inquiry hears contradictory evidence on the location of the bullet wound that killed Lieutenant James N Sutton. Surgeon Pickrell testifies to a wound on top of the skull while Colonel Doyen reports a right side wound behind the toe. Other witnesses describe the struggle but cannot confirm the fate of Suttons guns.
In Hot Springs Arkansas an unidentified burglar shot and killed Mrs. BE P Dorrence of Helena Montana while her husband watched unable to help. Dorrence staggered to catch his wife after the shot and then collapsed. Three suspects were arrested.
Survivors of the Pritchard and Newman feud in Meadville pledge peace as they leave hospital. Four were killed in the latest clash including Sam and Ernest Newman. G A Pritchard leader of the Pritchard faction signs to halt hostilities. A Franklin county election for successors to the official killed will be set after the pact.
Harry Orchard, confessed murderer of former Idaho Governor Steunenberg, was baptized at the penitentiary by a Seventh Day Adventist minister Hitler Steward. Steward said Orchard is a devout convert and has been forgiven, claiming Orchard will accept death by his own actions if required, and finds consolation in faith while awaiting execution.
Omaha dispatches recount a tale where a mule associated with the Bryan pledge causes humor and trouble. The animal allegedly brayed at Fairview, balked at farm work, and proved a political oddity tied to a temperance pledge.
Chicago dispatch reports Mrs. Gertrude Hinkley a wealthy widow wounded by her daughter Mrs. Marie Mayfield in a quarrel over mining stock. Police seek Mayfield whose husband is a mining man in Mexico. Hinkley’s condition described as dangerous and she claims the shooting was accidental.
A Berlin based group forms a company to erect a large airship garage with landing and testing grounds. The board includes Maj von Tachudi Capt von Kehler and Capt von Pustau. The firm plans to lease about 1,600 acres near Berlin for sheds repair shops and fuel reserves.
Sheridan Wyoming July 22 A. L. Putnam deputy state bank examiner reveals the county clerk's office accounts have not been examined for five years. The discovery prompts a mystery and a full under investigation.
In San Diego California George Glee Orr aged 22 a four week married bridegroom was drowned near the wharf in the evening after joining the surf and strong brew. The accident occurred within yards of his bride. The details remain unclear as authorities investigate.
Official papers reveal the Commonwealth accepted Pratt & Whitney of the United States for a small arms factory in Australia. British bidders were outclassed on price and time, with one English tender at 500 000 dollars versus 440 000 by the Americans and a three year build compared to a one year plan. The Americans claim British rifle factories are two decades behind modern continental arsenals.
Lovelock November reports Mrs Howard W. Cherry, wife of the Lovelock Review editor, killed herself by drinking carburetted ether here. Married five years, she faced opposition to her late marriage and access to her home, disownment by her sister, and personal crisis.
In Barcelona a battalion mutinied as troops were to embark for Melilla. Officers were threatened but disarmed after rapid countermeasures. General Merina warned of Moorish resistance and a long campaign. In Madrid police clashed with soldiers’ families at Malaga station, swords and revolvers used, with many wounded and arrests. King Alfonso canceled engagements due to unrest.
Troops from Spain clashed with Moors near Malima. In yesterday’s fighting Moors penetrated to about 800 yards from the town before retiring. Reported casualties total 104 dead on the field.
Report from Algerciras on July 22 states natives from the Souk region in Morocco preach a holy war and plan to join Moors in the Melilla front.
Paris youths Eugene Viery aged 13 and Ernest Caput aged 12 were arrested at Cherbourg while heading to America to fight Indians. They carried revolvers dirks burglary tools and 207 francs. They hoped to imitate Buffalo Bill and Nick Carter after reading dime novels and were sent home for discipline.
Cordova July 22 George W Perkins J P Morgan associate announced support for the proposed corporate tax plan in a statement from the Alaska business circle. He argued the measure would streamline taxation for local firms and attract investment.
Washington July 22 Gifford Pinchot chief of the forestry bureau and Secretary Ballinger head of Interior clash over authority to withdraw administrative forestry sites. Congress had barred new reservations in several states. Pinchot persuaded Garfield to withdraw sites, Ballinger says such actions violate the law. Controversy referred to the attorney general. Ballinger also accuses Pinchot of nullifying Congress will and personalizing the dispute with the president.
President Taft visited a Ninth street five cent theatre and watched a film featuring himself. He laughed at the spectacle as a fat possum was shown on screen, then the scene shifted to a live possum family and a mother possum with her young, under a large framed photo of Taft.
New York July 22 Chong Sing, alleged accomplice of Leon Ling in the Elsie Sigel murder, faces third degree questioning. Police resort to ghostly intervention schemes to elicit a confession, claiming supernatural visitations and groans haunted the scene as Sing denied involvement.
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