Closing Day of Wyoming Labor Federation Convention
Cheyenne hosted the Wyoming State Federation of Labor closing session with Sheridan and Rock Springs as contenders for 1911. James Buckley was reelected president, James Scribner vice president, and C. N. McKinstry secretary treasurer. The executive board includes B. A. Burke Mathew Morrow and George Brown. The resolutions call for labor protections including eight hour day tuberculosis prevention for schoolchildren barber examinations and a legislative committee to protect workers. A 700-strong labor parade followed featuring a State Federation float advocating child labor abolition. The event precedes District 2 United Mine Workers of America activities in Cheyenne next week with International Organizer Harry Bousfield in town.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
State Federation
Barbers Alo
Ninth Cavalry
Eleventh Infantry
Pioneer Park
Qmuna
Sixty first Congress Ends With Adjournment and Probes
The Sixty first Congress closed its regular session at 11 p m with both houses adjourning sine die. Each chamber voted to investigate McMurray Indian contracts amid bribery allegations raised by Senator Gore. Senate panel: Jones Washington, Burton Ohio, Crawford South Dakota, Hughes Colorado, Percy Mississippi. House panel: Burke South Dakota, Campbell Kansas, Miller Minnesota, Stephens Texas, Saunders Virginia. President Taft visited the Capitol for the adjournment and to push on other bills.
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Sixty-first
Congress
House
Senate
House of Coperess
McMurray
Gore
Oklahoma
Senate Johes
Burton
Ohio
Crawford
South Dakota
Huges
Colorado
Percy
Mississippi
Burke
Camp‘bell
Kangag
Miller
Minnesota
Roosevelt May Seek Hughes to Decline Supreme Court Seat
Oyster Bay June 25 It is stated Roosevelt will tell Gov Hughes at their coming conference that accepting a Supreme Court nomination could ruin the Republican party in New York. The meeting is expected to outline a cautious policy for the party.
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Hughes
Oyster Bay
Gov. Hughes
Col. Roosevelt
Itan
United States Supreme Court
Republican
New York
Two Buffalo Girls Trapped in Fridge Car Four Days
Maria Moni aged 10 and Wanda Beforke aged 8 from Buffalo vanished last Tuesday. A refrigerator car left Buffalo Tuesday afternoon with the girls locked inside. Police traced the car to Lackawanna line and retrieved the exhausted children after a 400 mile ride to New York. They suffered severe dehydration and fear but survived.
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New York
Weil
Buffalo
Maria Moni
Nunca Beforke
Bull
Buffalo Police
Lackawanna Railroad
Tun
Sits
Marla
Wanda
Bandits Shoot Bankers in City Heart Loot Satchel of Cash
Lynn Massachusetts June 25 three men killed two injured in a daring holdup in the city center. The gang escaped with a sack of cash valued four to six thousand dollars. Landregan and Policeman Carroll died of their wounds. Abe Acheson and Kavanski were among the wounded and arrested. Money recovered, pursuit across Hood terrace to High Rock. Welch and Landregan firm employs near a thousand people.
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Lynn
Mass
New England
Thomas Landregan
Thomas Carroll
Landregan
Abe Acheson
New York
Kavanski
Boston
Lendregan
Welch & Landregan
Lynn National Bank
Carroll
Lynn ‘Hospital
Hood Terrace
High Rock
WIRE SERVICE PREPARED FOR RENO CHAMPIONSHIP
Ogden wires flash Reno big fight coverage with record news flow. Western Union office gears for hundreds of thousands of words from correspondents on the scene. Ogden station relays for the Iatermountain territory to push the historic dispatches.
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Ogden
Western Union
Reno
Iatermountain
Fght
Staton
Jal
Condition of General Funston Improves Significantly
Leavenworth Kan June 25 Gen Frederick Funston's condition was decidedly improved this morning and he is entirely out of danger Gen Funston himself answered a telephone call and said he would not be out within a day.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Frederick Funston
Dane
Funston
Fifteen Hundred Escape From Burning Steamer
The excursion steamer containing about 1800 passengers caught fire on the Mississippi River near La Crosse Wisconsin. Prompt beaching saved most, with one woman reportedly throwing her child into the river as flames spread. several passengers feared drowned.
Millionaire Mine Owner Injured in Early Morning Auto Crash
Oakland police report a millionaire mining figure, P. Jobue, was injured in a early morning auto collision on Grove Street. The incident occurred near 1J1N1 Red by Auto in June 88, with details describing a fractured kite and emergency transport to receiving hospital.
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Oakland
Cal
P. Jobue
Grove Street
Inspectors exonerate Scenic Railway owners in accident
New York June 25 Inspectors Kennedy Redden and Tammond of the building department examined the Coney Island Rough Rider Strente Railway where seven persons were hurt Tuesday. They found the structure sound and tracks properly laid and said the train derailment could not occur unless it was not under control. They noted riders may have not kept their seats as the electric third rail system requires continuous control.
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Kennedy, Redden and Tammond
Building Department
Coney Tyland
Rough Rider Srente
Seven Penne
Coney
Former Laramie Girl Would Jail Assailant
Miss Maezella Ritter of Laramie Wyoming plans to prosecute Harry L. Pike for assault to kill after a May 2 shooting at her home. She has recovered at St Josephs hospital and will press the case to jail Pike despite his claim of insanity and his recent release from county hospital.
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Laramie
Maezelle Ritter
Harry L. Pike
Denver
Colo
Maezella Ritter
Stn. Joseph's Hospital
Pike
Miss Ritter
Wyo
Mise Ritter
Buffet
Chicago
Wyman Will Approves 10 Million Bequest for Princeton
Isaac C. Wyman of Salem died May 18 and left a 10 million dollar bequest to Princeton University. The Essex County probate court approved the will after a brief hearing. Contestants lacked legal standing and a claimant niece withdrew her share.
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Salem
Mass
Princeton University
Isaac C. Wyman
Essex County
Frederick Eb, Shaw
Lynn
Mary Norse Cutler
New York
Andover
Wyman
Cornell wins three titles at Poughkeepsie intercollegiate regatta
Cornell repeats last year by sweeping all three races at the Poughkeepsie intercollegiate regatta. In the eight oared varsity Cornell finished in 20 42 1 4, with Pennsylvania second at 20 44 1 4 and Columbia third at 20 54 1 5, followed by Syracuse and Wisconsin.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Syracuse
Wisconsin
France aims to boost births with new laws and incentives
Paris reports Parliament passed a set of measures to raise France birth rates. The plan includes compulsory military service for bachelors over 25, mandatory marriage for state employees, extra pay and pensions for families with three or more children, and repeal of equal estate distribution. Vital stats show 1909 births at 770,000 vs 792,000 prior year, with population up only 3,000,000 since 1851.
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Paris
France
Vital Sta
Ouray Woman Swallows Poison in Jail
Belle Morgan, confined in the city jail, swallowed morphine after leaving a note claiming a good woman at heart but forced into a life of shame. Marshal Childers found her and a physician saved her life through heroic measures.
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Ouray
Cole
Belle Morgan Iast
Marshal Childers
Postal Says Bell Company Is Conspiring In New Mexico
The Postal Telegraph Company obtained an injunction against Bell Telephone Company of New Mexico contending a conspiracy with Western Union to suppress telegraph competition. The contract extended service from El Paso to Silver City, with four years remaining, but Bell’s New Mexico subsidiary allegedly repudiated the agreement effective July 1.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Postal Telegraph Company
Asuby
Bell Telephone Company
New Mexico
Postal
el Paso
Silver City
Bela Company
T Telephone Company
Bell Company
Phy Postal Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Paso
Vie Fom Fa Directiy
Errhos
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