Denver tragedy Starrs Atlas singer commits suicide
Ethan Allen Shipley 32, a former Carlisle Indian School graduate and beloved Atlas Theatre singer, shot himself in a Denver hotel room in the sight of the woman he loved, Mrs. Josephine Dragos, who described his threatening past and panic as he fired. Police arrived to find him dead.
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Ethan Allen Shipley
Atlas Theatre
Denver
Young Shiply
Carlisle Indian School
Josephine Dragos
Shipley
Tariff Board Agents Compile West Wool Cost Data
Wallington October 28 agents of the tariff board survey cost of raw wool production in the west. The data will serve as the base for the board’s inquiry into the woolen schedule and will be compared with foreign country figures.
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West
Wallington
Tariff Board
Tailors Join Garment Workers on Strike in Chicago
Chicago readers report mass action as more than 22 000 tailors join garment workers on strike bringing total out to 26 000. Ten shops closed today and authorities expect up to 40 000 workers out by Monday.
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Chicago
Registration Closure Shows Big Voter Increase in Cheyenne
Cheyenne closed registration at 9 pm revealing about 3,700 registered voters versus 32,302 in 1908. Ward totals near First 1,020 Second 1,155 Third 1,620, with about 500 registering on the final day amid unofficial tallies.
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Cheyenne
Anti-Machine Rally For Cheyenne Voters At Capitol Tonight
Four Democratic candidates for state offices headline a Cheyenne rally at Capitol Avenue theatre tonight opening 8 o clock. Speakers W B Roas congress FP L Houx secretary of state G C Forsythe state auditor and T H Gibson associate Justice will address anti machine voters with regional insight into Wyoming issues. The event aims for large attendance and close voter engagement.
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Capitol Avenue
Wyoming
Cheyenne
W. B. Roas
Congress
FP. L. Houx
Secretary of State
G. C. Forsythe
T. H. Gibson
Eupreme Court
Che
Despondent Wyoming Mother Kills Self After Daughter’s Death
Berkley Calif October 28 Despondent over the death of her six year old daughter in a Wyoming runaway accident two years earlier Mrs George Milne wife of a prominent Wyoming cattleman shot herself in Berkeley California News recalls Milne as a leading stockman in Wyoming The family had moved to California after the tragedy seeking solace for the bereaved mother.
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Berkley
Calif
Wyoming
George Milne
Chugwater
Cheyenne
Milne
California
Otta
Walt
Taft Seen as Logical 1912 Republican Candidate
New York Oct 28 Senator Root says if Taft continues to perform well he will be the natural and inevitable Republican candidate for the presidency in 1912 unless voters rebuke the Taft administration by a crushing defeat at the coming election He notes Republicans opposing Roosevelt may vote against the current governor race and argues a New York Democratic victory would push the national convention away from the present administration toward Roosevelt or a more radical bloc He offers no direct pledge from Mr Taft on the matter and continues remarks on Page 6.
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New York
Taft
United States
Senator Root
Root
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Hoot
Regardie
Private Faulkner Shot Wounded at Fort Russell
Following an alleged quarrel Private Faulkner of troop G Ninth cavalry was shot and seriously wounded after 7 pm at Fort Russell. Private Falls of the post hospital corps was arrested, charged with the shooting. The weapon was a .38 revolver, not an army gun, and the bullet lodged in the throat. Faulkner was taken to the post hospital with a serious wound considered not necessarily fatal.
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Faulkner
Ninth Cavalry
Fort Russell
Falls
Colored Hospital Corps
Tompking
Palle
Aerial heroes greeted on New York arrival
In New York Oz, the Tawley and Augustus made a world record flight and were greeted with wonder by aeronautical observers upon their arrival. Samuel F. Perkins and the crew or wage and prime are noted in connection with the balloon event.
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New York
Tawley
Augustus
Samuel F. Perkins
Wage
Prime
Johnstone Sets New Altitude Record in Aviation Meet
Johnstone returned in today’s aviation meet to set an American altitude record of 4,471 feet after a gale forced a 55 mile return flight. He described nearly losing consciousness awaiting fuel as he pitched down to reset engine power, then climbed again to complete the record. The Aero Club of America announced American contenders for the Honnett cup race with several pilots named as substitutes.
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New York
Bik
Johnstone
The
Aero Club of America Today
Hamilton
Motasant
Unclear Weather Event Report From Early Dispatch
A partial historical weather note from October 28 describes heavy snowfall across the Rockies and extending toward the northern states, with reports of dates and locations fragmented in Kiev.
Former Wyoming Chief Justice W Eh McGinnis Dies in Ogden
Dispatches report the death at his Ogden home of Judge W Eh McGinnis former chief justice of Wyoming's Supreme Court. He left Cheyenne twenty years ago when Wyoming joined the union and had lived in Ogden since. He served as chief justice for three years and was noted as a friend of many during territorial times.
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Ogden
Utah
W. Eh. McGinnis
Wyoming Supreme Court
Opposed 10 Rate Increase Heard by Interstate Board
Governor W. R. Sengba of Kansas testified against a rate rise and said railroad valuations are too high. He claimed he could build a Kansas railroad for 15 000 per mile with a million-dollar bond and earn 10 percent profit. He argued railroads need equal treatment to banks and should earn 6 percent on actual investment.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. R. Sengba
Kansas
Bigamy charge for 18 year old Mrs Shaffery in Cheyenne
An 18 year old woman, once known as Bernetta Billings and Hazel Smith, sits in Cheyenne jail awaiting transfer to Kansas to face bigamy charges. She had previously been arrested in Kansas last July after a second marriage to James Rt. McCoy of Fort Riley. She fled to Cheyenne, worked at the Palmer cafe, and was arrested at the Union Pacific ticket window by Officer Henderson.
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Kanagas
Charles Shaffery
Junction City
Kas
Reee
Ile Gaines Peer Weuries
Union Pacific
Henderson
Bernettae Billings
Hazel Smith
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Commission
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Los Angeles
W. J. Mullen
Huesell
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