26 Jul 1910
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1910
Page
1
Supporters of Mullen for Governor push a fresh issue in the factional dispute. The move signals renewed competition among rival groups and underscores ongoing tensions within the campaign environment.
In Chenidan Wyoming on July 25 a faction of Republicans backs repealing the last session’s anti liquor law, aiming to defeat Judge Carey for the Republican nomination. Church and civic groups oppose the move, warning repeal would worsen law and order in country towns. The dispute shocks party leaders and reshapes the governor race dynamics.
In Cleveland on July 24 29 female workers at the American Obtole plant struck for higher pay rising from 1.00 to 1.26 a day after a wage offer was rejected. They went to a nearby pavilion to dance and discuss the dispute as the plant superintendent announced reassignments.
Rome dispatches report fully 100 killed and 1,000 injured with vast homelessness and massive property losses across northern Italy. Officials fear deaths and damage will rise as reports from country districts come in with possible double figures. Troops and supplies were deployed to aid the afflicted region.
In Missouri at Chain Docks on the Mississippi River near Troy, Brice Wommack and Mrs. Mollie Anderson leaped from a boat with chains and rope. James Landers saved Anderson after she cried for help, while Wommack drowned.
Sheridan, July 25. J C Weltner reports the body of Nathan A Lindsay found on Mount Big Horns after he disappeared May 14 1910. The remains were found with parts of two horses and a live horse nearby. Lindsay had left Cedar Creek two miles away with a mail letter to his wife and died of exposure. A faithful pup survived two months after the search.
Chicago Building Trades council split over a planned sympathy strike by 18 100 construction mechanics set to begin next Wednesday. The secret meeting aimed to compel the Oya Elevator company to reinstate the striking elevator constructors.
Fragmentary report describes a forest fire in a Montana region with shifting winds and ash. The account mentions firefighters, a retreat from the blaze, and rising danger to nearby woodland, with weather complicating suppression efforts.
Wireless reports from warships off the Korean coast confirm the sinking of the Tatsurai Maru with at least 200 lives lost. Only forty survived from the Saturday night wreck between Kobe and Daten, as rescue efforts continue with inquiries into the catastrophe.
Lincoln July 26 William Jennings Bryan three times a presidential candidate faces likely rebuff by Nebraska Democrats over his county option plank at the state convention in Grand Island tomorrow. Delegates from all ninety counties show Bryan propagandists doomed as many former supporters now oppose him.
Rawlins Wyoming July 25 six W Persons who recently shot and killed Robert Temple a prominent elder of Baggs will remain in county jail until trial a charge of murder in the first degree has been filed under Wyoming law Friends of the prisoner had hoped for a second degree charge that would permit bond.
New York police issued a general alert for Erwin Wider the missing cashier of the Russo-Chinese bank. Officials say the defalcation rivals Wall Street scandals and that 4900 of the bank’s funds were traced to brokers and customers. Wider is described as an exemplary man possibly under stronger influence.
State Chairman Ward of the Democratic committee announced a joint legislative committee formed by Senators Thomas McCue and Tully Ccott and Representatives Thomas Wenceshaw and William McCaskill. The panel will solicit Democratic views on platform measures and report to a caucus before the extra session.
Across cities from Guthrie to New York, heat waves push temperatures to the nineties and hundreds. New York records nine deaths and widespread prostrations in a single day as hospitals overflow. Chicago reports 102 on the street and several fatalities. Philadelphia records five heat deaths with 92 degrees noted. Kansas City sees 100 as the hottest day yet. Southwest notes crop damage from hot winds.
Chicago reports mile long saga of coroner inquest and alleged conspiracy tied to the Rawn shooting. Illinois Central officials say 1.9 million was offered to drop suits while jurors near Rowe face murder verdict pressures. Rawn is described as deeply entangled and near ruin, with opaque conspirators and a million dollar payoff in play.
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