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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1910
Page
9
Col Roosevelt sets forth New Nationalism in St Paul speech calling for government control of natural resources and justice from corporations. He contrasts corporate interests with people and favors federal action over states rights and aims to safeguard public welfare.
The envoy extraordinary of Pope Pius X arrived in Montreal to attend the twenty first International Eucharist congress convened there for a five day session starting yesterday.
In Minneapolis on Sept 6 the Republican Bassinger-Pinchot committee rallies forces for a meeting to be held tomorrow. Democrats, aided by Representative Madison of Kansas, push to force public release of the committee reports immediately. Only three Republicans are unaccounted. The Democrats will propose a minority report praising Pinchot Garfield and Glavis and condemning Ballinge.
On Labor Day William H Crocker paid carpenters twenty dollars each for building a dancing pavilion on his Crocker estate in San Mateo for his daughter Ethel’s coming out party. He offered a hundred dollars a day to union officials to allow work, and the Building Trades council granted special dispensation.
London September 6 The Dr Hawley H Crippen murder trial opens with prosecutors revealing large quantities of poison found in the victim Belle Kilmore and evidence of an operation. Ethel Glare Leneve is brought to the bar but will face charge only as an accessory after the fact. The post mortem found hyoscin and signs an operation were carried out. Crippen claims a quarrel on January 31 preceded threats of abandonment. Prosecutors note jewelry pawned on February 2 and other pawns later identified as Crippen property. A separate item reports a bank robbery at Moyenne Moyeneh with $2,500 seized.
Bright faced Cheyenne students arrive for the new term as 1 325 enroll in area schools. First day includes assemblies, pre class work, and a strong start for sports and classroom activities.
Mary Danielson, 22, of Denver, drowned in four feet of water near Duck Island after a rowboat seating incident. Rescue efforts failed after immersion and police later reported she was dead on removal to shore.
The Military Academy appoints M Thomas H. Barry as new superintendent of the cadets at West Point. Barry, a veteran of the Spanish American War, commanded the Army of the Philippines in 1907.
Montreal in festival dress for the Eucharistic Congress reception at St James Cathedral for Cardinal Vincenzo Vannutelli. The event drew leading churchmen, with a street procession Sunday featuring the Host borne before the devout. Archbishops Heylen Glennon and O Connell participate.
Wisconsin returns show Robert M. La Follette winning the Republican nomination in a landslide over Baniue A Cook. John A Mead defeats Chas D Watson by about 17,000 to become governor, while the Hepburn party wins select seats and Republicans gain in the legislature.
A St Bernard named Ben owned by W A Bride of the States recruiting station in Joplin Missouri found Mrs. Frank Stanley unconscious after ingesting Gorbolic acid near the Third street viaduct. Ben barked to attract help and the woman was rushed to a hospital where doctors say she likely would not have survived without the dog’s intervention. The patient is expected to recover.
Detroit early returns show Senator J C Burrows defeated by Charles G Townsend for the Republican nomination to the U S Senate. Townsend leads in Detroit and surrounding counties as results come in from the primary election.
A new director of the mint has been appointed to replace A Pratt Andrews. The move signals a significant leadership change at the agency.
A mob in Pratt and Hutchinson threatens violence after George Williams, a wealthy Black man, buys a residence in a white neighborhood and courts a white widow. Led by attorney R. J. Orck, about 300 men order Joseph Leese to leave town. Leese resists with a revolver as crowds gather, tensions rising with both communities preparing for possible bloodshed.
In Indianapolis after the automobile races, aeronaut George L. Bumbaugh, Dr Mills of Chillicothe, and Mr Custer of Dayton escaped death when their balloon damaged bycharged electric wires fell near the city. The air was hearty and the balloon worked, but it rebounded and dropped onto nearby sidewalks after hitting the wires at Illinois and Twenty Fifth streets.
Denver reports Roland Moeller, after fifty seven days with no food, consumes a salad of honey Apuilea and olive oil. He sits up briefly and eats plums and apples while gaining strength, challenging hunger as the cause of death rather than starvation.
A lone robber boarded the Burlington overland limited at St. Louis and shot Flagman J. N. Wine, killing him. He robbed four passengers of money and jewelry before escaping. The flagman died after being forced from the train as officers search the yards for the suspect.
Fannie Miljan, young woman, shot herself after telling his mother life without the man she loved was empty. Her parents forced entry to the room and found her dead from a self inflicted bullet. She claimed her sweetheart deserted her for another woman.
The Cheyenne city council meeting led to a first serious street improvement push. Alderman John Martin asked for steps to compel delinquent property owners to share paving costs on Carey Avenue. City Attorney Riner to report next meeting.
Report from Athens Georgia states a mob of farmers shot and killed five negro men near Bartton Clark County after an attempted home invasion at the Huff estate. A daughter fought a negro intruder, prompting the father to intervene and a posse to pursue the assailants. Several were wounded in the ensuing battle and one captured man was said to have been lynched.
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