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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1910
Page
1
White champion Gorbett and rival Jeff display strong speed and timing, signaling readiness for a major title bid. Both athletes clock quick laps and showcase conditioning that suggests imminent near-title contention.
At Ben Lomond on June 10 Corbett and Jeff Johnson staged a swift bout with Corbett demonstrating a testing jab and fast exchanges while Johnson defended well. Ref Kiddie Smith noted Jeff looked markedly improved since his retirement. Jeff later completed a four mile run to camp in 26 minutes before tomorrow’s scheduled events.
In San Francisco on June 10 Johnson spent the day overseeing auto repairs after morning road work. The weekend program promises heavy workload. Promoters warn against paying Johnson before the former manager’s 25 percent claim is settled and Johnson vows to win. A waterman patrol at the camp adds to security as Cal McVey, former Reds catcher, oversees the job on site.
The article notes leading Republicans Beveridge, Cum ing, Townsend, Smith and other senators and representatives identified in the party’s internal struggles. It predicts the old party will face intense factional conflict, with a possible four-way crisis within a decade.
Ad Wolgast, defending lightweight champion, injured his left forearm in the seventh round of a ten round no decision bout with Jack Redmond of Milwaukee. Despite the injury he led early and remained slightly ahead, but the arm fracture limited him from the seventh round onward.
Joseph Robb a 29 year old colored porter at the Driving club in Colorado Springs killed himself at his home this morning with a gun. The event is noted as the first recorded suicide by a colored person in El Paso county history.
Elizabeth Erickson led the eight shipwreck survivors from the Good News after the barquentine foundered in a Atlantic storm. The rescued crew were picked up by the Métis and brought to safety in Norfolk. The captain and mates praised Erickson for her bravery during three days and nights of peril.
Political refugee L de Lara testified to the House rules committee about forced flight from Mexico and alleged persecution by Mexican and U S officers. He claimed multiple arrests in Los Angeles, long jail terms, and mistreatment, calling Diaz a dirty despot who seized power by force and caused many deaths.
Theodore Roosevelt left Southampton for home after a yearlong trek through two continents. Crowds lined the harbor as bands played and sirens blared while he bade farewell to England and expressed gratitude for royal and public hospitality. He joined his family at the docks, then sailed aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, receiving a warm ovation on departure.
A mutilated American woman, identified as Mary Scott Castle, was found dead in Moltrasio Italy near Lake Como. The case involves a New York connection with reports of a shooting and an arrest in progress, detailing a turbulent personal history and scattered leads.
New York June 10 a $100 000 000 combination aims to form a bath tub trust already ordering price increases from 20 to 30 percent and threatening to push out small robbers. Sixteen companies control sanitary enamel products and a broader price rise would tax households nationwide. The deal involves about five percent of total output and portends limited options for consumers as rival jobbers face pressure.
Philadelphia reports a 12-year-old boy John Smith of 443 North Felton Street discharged from West Philadelphia Homeopathic Hospital after eight weeks. He was near death when admitted. The cure used magnesium sulfate injections with antitoxin, first proposed by a German physician months ago.
Washington reports Attorney General Wickersham and conferees near a tentative deal on the railroad bill. A final agreement may come Monday or Tuesday with key changes: the long and short haul provisions merged, the stocks and bonds clause dropped, and physical valuation not required. Taft’s one suggestion favored preserving the stocks and bonds amendment with others adopting a six month rate-suspension period and immediate effect of the rate-increase section. Senator Foster resigned and Senator Newlands named in the conferees.
Laramie reports Sr. Stockwell, superintendent of Cheyenne public schools, arriving to secure a summer home and teach the summer session at the State University. He will also instruct at Albany County Teachers Institute in Laramie next week.
Joe Beecher knocked out Jimmy Sullivan of the Hamilton club in the third round at the Longacre Athletic Club last night. Beecher dominated early and finished the bout with a decisive stoppage in the third.
Chicago judge Peter S. Grosscup spoke at Augustana College and Theological Seminary urging that the United States face major economic questions with intellectual honesty. He warned that without public-spirited effort the nation risks disaster and stressed accountability of public opinion and leaders.
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