City considers steam roller purchase for Cheyenne streets
Mayor Cook urged buying a $3500 steam roller to improve Cheyenne streets as council audits sewer and sidewalk contracts. Wet weather hinders work while growing traffic and revenues from autos spur demand for better roads. discussion notes past funding via taxation. Continued on Page Hight.
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Cook
City Board of Equalization
Fred Bacon
J.T. Wright
Cheyenne
Husband Dragged Over Cliff by Wife in California
In Pasadena California Mrs A B Wilson of Los Angeles slipped on Santa Anita rail on Mount Wilson. She grabbed her husband’s arm in a desperate move and both fell down the slope. Both were found unconscious and taken to a nearby ranch house. Mrs Wilson was reported dying and her husband seriously injured. A third man’s body with initials S B W was found buried in rocks, likely there for weeks.
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Pasadens
Cal
Jane
Santa Anita
Mount Wilson
Wilson
Los Angeles
Wilsons
B. W
Naval War College Opens Summer Session With Merrell
Washington reports the Naval War College opens its summer session at Newport Rhode Island with Rear Admiral John P. Merrell serving as the presiding officer.
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Naval War College
Washington
John P. Merrell
Naval War Chico
Newport
R. I
Panama Libel Trial Moves In For Editors Of Indianapolis News
Indianapolis editors Telavan Smith and Charles Williams successfully halted removal to the District of Columbia in a criminal libel case stemming from articles alleging graft in the Panama canal purchase. Judge Anderson ruled that malice standards differ for criminal cases and required express malice. Reporter Louis Howland testified he wrote editorials as part of coverage of what he called the campaign’s biggest issue.
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Indianapolis
Telavan Smith
Charles Williams
Indianapolis News
Today
District of Columbia
Anderson
Louis Howland
Ernest J. Lewis
A Stair
Meen Seeneaaiata
DL Lysis
Frontier Days in Cheyenne Boosts Purses and Events
Cheyenne plans five days of Frontier Days with $500 purses for rodeo events including bucking, steer roping, and wild horse races. Prizes range from $5 participation to $500 total, with events on August 17, 18, 20, and 21 and a final on Saturday.
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Cheyenne
Frontier Committee
Industrial Club
Union Pacific
Night sessions to hurry tariff bill begin tomorrow
Washington reports night sessions for the tariff bill to start tomorrow after Chairman Aldrich announced the plan in the senate. The cotton cloth schedule, once skipped, was taken up with Smoot and Lodge as the main speakers. Smoot spoke technically while Lodge argued the party aims to revise the tariff to shield American factories from cheap foreign labor.
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Washington
Aldrich
Senate
Smoot
Lodge
Wealthy man ends life at Turtle Lake club
Jemne Fletcher, a 60 year old wealthy retiree from Todianapolis Indiana, killed himself last night at the Turtle Lake club eighty miles southwest of Alpena Michigan, after a period of ill health.
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C Lab
Alpena
Mich
Jemne Fletcher
Todianapolis
Ind
Turtle Lake Club
Princess Alice Strands On Rocks at Fort Wadsworth
The Princess Alice of the North German Lloyd line ran aground near Fort Wadsworth while bound for Plymouth Cherbourg and Bremen with American tourists aboard. Eight tugs plus a Seneca, Larkspur, and General Meigs attempted to pull her off at high tide, and the liner was later freed after the bow was lightened. Army observers noted this as the first German vessel to enter the U S military reservation.
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New York
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Bremen
Lloyd Line
Fort Wadeworth
Government Landing
Woman's Ignorance May Cost Two Lives
Portland, Ore June 1 Mrs Henry E Bisler lost control driving around a corner in Walla Walla Wash when she failed to cut power off causing her car to overturn trapping and badly injuring her husband and another occupant both not expected to live the car kiltered into a somersault leaving the pair under the wreckage
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Portland
Ore
Walla Walla
Wash
Henry E. Bisler
Lergell
Dandelions Collected by Cheyenne Youths for Civic League Bounty
Tens of thousands of dandelions gathered by children under the Woman's Civic League and Industrial Club in Cheyenne. Volunteers paid pennies at 10 cents per gallon, with totals between ten and fifteen dollars. Children worked after school and in rain, delivering blossoms to the club building for burning as fuel for city projects.
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Civic League
Woman's Civic League
Industrial Club
Children of Cheyenne
Gibson Clark
League
Frank Barrow
Mian Dich M. Band
Cheyenne
Myrtore
Earnest O
Barrow
Chy Park
Gome Dandemons
Tiley
Clark
Robbery at Chinatown Laundry Ends Currency Theft
Robbers forced entry to a Chinese laundry at 104 West Sixteenth Street and stole about 15 dollars with the proprietor coerced to reveal the hidden cash. A later hold-up produced arrests, but the suspects were released due to lack of evidence as police describe the robbers.
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Tnt
Ahem
Opts
San Wp
Samcoe
Liberty
West Sixteenth Street
Under Law Police Cannot Carry Guns in West Virginia
Elkins June 1 The Johnson pistol law takes effect soon requiring police to post a 3600 bond many cannot meet Bond refusals endangering officers who must abandon their service pistols and rely on night sticks in Clarksburg as officers are left at criminals mercyبت
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Elkins
W. Va
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Mrs Belmont to Aid the Suffragettes
New York reports Rev Dr Anna Shaw arriving from Europe on the Minnetonka. Shaw says Mrs C H P Belmont has become a devoted suffrage supporter and will provide substantial financial aid upon returning to the United States.
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Mrs. Belmont
New York
Anna Shaw
Woman's Suffrage Alliance
Europe
Minnetonka
C. H. P. Belmont
W. K. Vanderbilt
Duchess of Marlborough
Finnish diet reconvenes after February dissolution
In St Petersburg on June 1 the new Finnish diet meets following the legislative body dissolved in February amid criticism of Emperor Nicholas II policies.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas Beeauge
Aunt Becky Burns Dies at 115 in Bellfontain Ohio
Rebecca Burns known as Aunt Becky aged 115 dies at home in Bear Bellfontain Ohio. She attributed longevity to eating onions twice daily and credited simple living and cheerful disposition for long life.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Rebecca Burns
Champaign County
Becky
Bear Bell
Fontaine
Grocers Oppose New Wright Law In Portland Meeting
Portland grocers announce opposition to a proposed net law affecting trading practices. The National Retail Grocers Association delegates arrived to organize a national effort to defeat the measure, citing impact on fair play and road commerce.
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Portland
Ore
Taft Opens Seattle Exposition in Full Swing
Seattle June 1 The Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition opened at noon with ceremony and parade. President Taft’s signal started the machinery amid cheers as James J Hill received a lengthy introduction. Japanese sailors on the Aso and Soya drew applause during the parade. The grounds showcase 7 000 worth Alaska Yukon gold duet and a pan for gold. Old Faithful from Yellowstone is re created with a 150 foot spray lit at night. The Hawaiian exhibit features prominent displays.
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Seattle
Taft
James J.hill
Aso
Soya
New York
Lake Washington
Chicago
Midway
St. Louis
Seattle Hall
Nellowstone Park
Jean
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