15 Oct 1910
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1910
Page
1
An extra session of the Colorado legislature adopted a measure on voting in the Democratic party. The bill's passage signals party dynamics during the current legislative effort and represents a notable step in party political processes within the state.
Denver reports the extra session passed an amended primary bill on a Democratic vote. The measure heads to enrollment, then to the governor for approval or veto, with operative date in 1912. Shafroth favors it, viewing it as the best possible compromise and supports a popular vote for U S senators.
President W G Brown of the New York Central testified at a rate hearing, discussing the roads' industrial and financial operations. Louis D Brandeis argued for efficiency as key to dividends, while Brown claimed funds could be allocated to workers if rates were adjusted.
Chicago report says Maurice C ang, a lawyer and former justice of the peace, put his home in order for the wife and young son’s arrival then turned on seven gas jets in the kitchen and died. Lang had left notes awaiting death expressing no hard feelings. Friends said he spoke of death by his own action in a calm, philosophical way, complaining of fatigue and the need for a rest.
Democratic candidates for governor superintendent of public instruction and state treasurer led by J M Carey Miss Rose Bird and Dr Karl Whedon left for Newcastle Wyoming early this morning. They will speak in a Northern Wyoming campaign tour.
Paris authorities ringed a railroad workers meeting with 10 000 troops fearing riot. After the gathering 6 000 workers marched out singing revolution tunes and shouting long live the commune as cavalry charged to disperse them. The strike appears to be waning.
Havana reports the worst storm in years sweeping Havana Mantangas Pinar and De Rio provinces with rain unprecedented and winds up to 80 miles per hour. Sugar and tobacco crops sustained damage across affected areas.
Alfred Lee Blane covered a mile to the Bleriot monoplane over a measure course in 68 seconds. The performance is described as a world record for aeroplanes on a medicated course.
Cheyenne urges all citizens to register now as five day period nears end. By 5 PM yesterday only 1,878 had registered across wards with hundreds more expected before the close. Registration offices operate 9 AM to 1 PM, 2 to 5 PM, and 7 to 9 PM. locations listed at Dinneen's garage and in the Beyond ward.
Prominent Seattle figures Charles Monday George Bimmona and Cornelius Christopher were indicted by the Tasoma grand jury for conspiracy to defraud the government of lands near Cunningham Alaska. They faced 154 entries and posted $2,500 bonds each. Additional indictments were reported against multiple others for entries made in the “dummien” method with locators taking large sale percentages.
A Starkville mine disaster story recalls 22 bodies removed with four more to locate and 29 still inside wreckage. Coroner Guilfoyle notes a widow, Mrs Horvatt, failed to receive her husband’s body and mourns for her absence at the funeral. An interpreter was sought to explain the grim situation.
Fragmentary weather note reports a fall Saturday with likely sun and mild conditions. It mentions yesterday's temperature around 67 and a low 43 with some precipitation noted, though details are unclear.
A packed Capitol Avenue theatre hears Judge Carey pledge to govern without party pledges and to give every man and woman in the state fair treatment. The gathering denounces machine politics as Misa Bird and Dr. Whedon speak alongside Rigdon who chairs the event.
A gunman fatally wounds a police officer and mortally wounds two others in Huntington West Virginia. He is later killed by a posse after a lengthy standoff at a Lily location. Five posse members are seriously wounded.
In New York on October 14 Hourn B. Stimson, Republican governor candidate, said he was authorized by President Watt to declare the New York campaign had no link to a 1912 presidential nomination. He accused Democrats of stirring up false connections and denied policy changes to the government.
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