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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1912
Page
8
The Omega club postpones its meeting to Monday evening because Mrs. Mc Nair is ill. Mr. and Mrs. McNair will host at 621 West 20th Street Mou Beta Club. The Mu Beta Club will meet this afternoon at 2115 Howse Street with Mrs. J. C. Thompson Jr.
In church circles the Congregational Missionary Society holds its annual meeting this afternoon in church parlors with a full attendance of members expected.
Gen Salazar wounded in the shoulder is said to be in California after crossing near Douglas and heading to Los Angeles. He is believed to have left revolutionary actions. El Tiero recovered most of the mine bullion while a $25,000 silver shipment arrived by train guarded by soldiers. General Orozco reportedly holds over a million dollars in European banks from revolutionary activity, with Campa denouncing former allies.
Parcel of advice promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy to conceal gray or faded hair. Claims quick, painless results with a single nightly application and refund if unsatisfied, promising restoration of natural color and removal of fade.
Guild of St Mark’s hosts a bake sale and tea at the Parish House on Saturday with hostesses Mrs Hradley and Mrs Oster. South Cheyenne W C T U plans a bake sale at Ohenstein’s Grocery tomorrow. Baptist ladies provide meals for delegates at the convention as committees rotate daily. one speaker notes the season’s end and reflects on motive versus money.
Four hundred deputy sheriffs on duty as copper miners press a strike and plan a joint meeting of all unions in Bingham to press for a settlement while General Manager Jackling maintains plans to resume operations and refuses conference talks. An organizer of the Western Federation of Miners arrives in Ely as tensions rise over potential strike breakers heading to Nevada.
William Marconi, famed wireless pioneer, was injured in a two car collision near Borghetto in the Vara valley. He suffered a wound to the right eye and facial bruises, with his secretary and chauffeur lightly hurt. His wife was uninjured and five women in the other car sustained severe bruises. He was brought to the naval hospital in Spezia for treatment. An eye specialist hopes the optic nerve survived the impact though swelling must subside to know for sure.
Chin Shue the first Chinese nomination on a major U S ticket would push for admission of Chinese women and oppose current exclusion policies. He leads Chinese circles and handles affairs in several large firms. He supports tariff revision direct Senate nomination and lifetime judges.
Fall River Mass September 26 Great crowds welcomed Wodrow Wilson as he campaigned through Massachusetts. Springfield crowds and others cheered loudly and cried for buttons which Wilson handed out from the train along the route.
A Wyoming man lost his marriage license but after hours his friend reached Deputy City Clerk Clarence Moorhouse. They obtained a duplicate, fetched the bride at her hotel, and they proceeded to the minister's home where the ceremony went ahead without further mishap.
In San Francisco on September 26 an unidentified bandit who robbed a San Francisco-San Mateo trolley crew last week was shot and killed after a running chase. Special patrolman Al Kuffmann was wounded but not seriously. The bandit boarded a trolley, robbed the conductor of 33 dollars, then took 22 from the motorman and forced the car toward the Barbary Coast before leaping off. A passenger was also robbed. Police and bystanders fired as the bandit faced pursuit, and shots ended with the assailant dying from a head wound.
Kansas City scene report details two fatal rail accidents. A northbound Kansas City Southern passenger train collided head on with a switch engine on the eastern outskirts, killing three switchmen M A Neal F F Siepert and Joseph Perron and injuring the engine crew. The inbound suburban train carried no passengers harmed. a misread order caused the crash. A separate Chattanooga detour report notes a Southern Railway passenger train derailment near Rome Georgia with four dead including J B Mitchell and James and Essie Scott. In Los Angeles a 71 year old man John C Driver rich, waited nineteen years to wed Naomi Terwater, his knee playmate, now taking her home to Elden Missouri.
Cambridge observation reports Gale's comet viewed with a six inch telescope at 7 30 Monday night in Houston Texas. Nucleus appeared indefinite and tail uncertain. comet invisible to the unaided eye under moonlight per telegram from W F Carothers Harvard College Observatory.
Otto McKnelly age 21 was arrested in Wellington Kan charged with the murder of his father mother and sister in a tent on the outskirts of the city Tuesday night. He used a revolver and a baseball bat bloodstained clothes were found among his possessions.
Theodore Roosevelt birthday to be observed as founders day by women nationwide allied with the Progressive party. Senator Dixon authorized Mrs Medill McCormick of Chicago to launch a country wide observance set for October 28 though this year it falls on a Sunday.
Taft and Wilson met for the first time since the campaign began at a Boston hotel. They greeted each other warmly and chatted for several minutes in a civil, cordial exchange as the evening drew to a close.
Collier's Weekly accuses Warren of stacking Wyoming allies into top judicial roles in the capital while Senator Clark as judiciary committee chair seeks swift confirmations. The piece frames these moves as a political ring influence in national justice appointments.
Philadelphia widow Mary A. Shar, determined to wed a Western man, asked Denver police chief to find a suitable spouse. Rancher William Lunn from near Denver sent photo and wealth invoice. Shar planned to relocate for a Denver wedding. She is divorced with two children, one with her former husband.
Bryan finishes his Nevada visit with speeches at Virginia City Silver City and Carson before addressing a Reno crowd. He accuses the steel trust of watering stock and claims Wyoming editors were bribed with land office appointments, citing Collier's Weekly with examples from Cheyenne and Laramie papers.
London reports that Compagnie Generale Transaersenne of Paris and Folkestone town council will launch a regular hydro airplane service over the English Channel. Sheds will be built and aircraft procured to carry a large number of travelers, reducing seasickness from turbulence.
A special squad of detectives was stationed along the Brooklyn Bridge to prevent a suicide attempt by Rose Pearlstein, an East Side mother, after her two months old infant was found on Pike Street with a note claiming she would jump with the child.
Hot Springs Arkansas September 26 George W Howell police captain who aided in the arrest of Bam Schepps and testified Becker implicated in the Rosenthal murder received two anonymous letters threatening death. One letter praised containing insults and threats and accusing him of taking a tip. The writer claimed intent to harm Howell and warned he would be knocked out.
Saratoga N Y Sept 26 Jacob Gould Schurman president of Cornell University was named in gossip at the Republican state convention as a potential candidate for governor. The convention opened with State Senator Edgar T Brackett as chairman and set a 4 00 o clock recess after the chairman's address.
About one hundred striking miners armed with rifles held up and attacked a train near Roserun Iron Mines in Bath County late yesterday. Authorities report the mob lined up on both sides of the track and engaged the train crew, causing damage and delaying service.
Ten armed striker challengers confronted ten guards on a train. The engineer was ordered to drive through the line of attackers. When the train moved, shots were fired at the guards’ car, but the iron armor protected them and prevented injuries.
Report from Wu Chang states that over 200 mutinous soldiers were summarily executed by loyal troops under Gen SA Yuang Heng after an outbreak among 2000 cavalrymen outside the city. The rest fled into the countryside following the clash with the garrison.
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