Cheyenne record., 1919-05-29
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Charles Is. Eggleston, 70 years old,
for twenty-five years member of I'll"
Chicago board of trade and at one time
reputed to be the biggest cash grain
dealer in the middle West. died at his
home in Pasadena, Calf.
DIR. F. A. Brewster of Beaver City,
using an aerOplane he recently pur-
chased for making long professional
calls, flew sixty miles to Mcrook, Neb.,
to perform two surgical operations.
The trip was made in fifty minutes.
The Rev. J. Croncnherger, pastor of
the First Christian church at tOrvhl-
lis, Ore, was drowned while attempt
ing to swim across the willamette river
in celebration of his forty-fifth birth
day. The body has been recovered
American and Mexican army Off
GERS met on the polo field for til" first
time at IL military festival staged by
the Eighth Cavalry, Col. q. Il. Lang
horne. commanding, at Preside, Tex
ns east of El pa>n. Texas. The score
was 4 to /.
The Iowa Federation of Labor CON
vrntion selected Fort Dodge for the
convention city in 1920, and reelected
Fred A. Caulfield of Cedar Rapids
president Charles Il. Cain of Dubuque
was reelected vice president, and Earl
&. Wiley of Sioux city, secretary
treasurer.
On his first visit to his sweetheart,
to whom he bccalI" engaged whIm in
France, and on his first day home af-
ter seventeen months of service with
the army, Carol Sergeant WAS killed nj
Huchatown, Okla. Hrlhrl kincaid,
said to be II rejected SuitOr, is in Jail
on the chnrg" of murder
james Tyrrn, former rmploye OF the
Sacramento city street department,
was hanged nl Folsom slate penitrn-
inry for the murder ut the capital
May 10, 1918. of his two children, llol-
land. - years old. and Alice, : years
old Before execution he asked to he
buried beside his two children
A resolution con,lrmning Oregon as
one of the worst states in the union
with regard to the divorc" evil and
providing for the appointment Of II
and inSiigntr Legislation to mitigate
the growing tendency to divorce, was
adopted At Portland by the thirty-first
diocesan convention of the Episcopal
Church,
Thirty seven days from the time her
keel was laid and twenty seven days
since being launched. the steel steam
nf E'nr,,l:r lIIil .,t
Portland by the Columbia River Ship
building Corporation. left on her build
"r> trial trip The builders claim
worlds records both for the elapsed
time between the laying of the keel
and the launching and between the
launching and the completion of the
Vessels equipment.
WASHINGTON
\ nati"unl ri.h, hour working day
/" Cunning .lnnunrl |. l12l. WAS pro-
I"'>,'d IN II hIII IUIrn,iu",d by Senator
Moses. krlubil,ill Of New hampshire.
II WAS explained that the application
"i the m'n>'lr" would be similar to
ihnt of the .\dau>rn law to the rail
runh>
declaring that uurrgrilalrd viviSrr-
ti"1i lurIur IFS extensive practice mere
~ To satisfy "WAil,on and idle curiuS-
ends. >rl,lE,r Myers of Mnntnna AN
nuNnlc"h llIlr h, intended To soon to i'll
Ir"iurr i hlli i'll fhr Senate narrowly
restricting its practice in the District
nf Columbia
The decision of thr Supreme Court
uf TIA" state OF Washington that the
voi" of n State Legislature in rnlifN-
rm- a l'r"l"'>rd nIItrlr,!tmrn1 I" the fed
era constitution is >uhiri To the ref
'r"iI,lnlu Vote of lht. Iuuplr at Il slate
having tn" inirIn,l>" and referendum
'aw. opens "A way for the liuunr forces
If the country I" prevent Vie, arurn,-
mrnl To ih" 'N,ral constitution he
coming "p"raii\" Jinuar! |. 1920.
Tn" Supreme t"urI MAS asked. in
mrrnorand,ImS filed lay TN. ru1u,n,r,.iaI
and tn. Commrrr,nl Pacific Cables
companies. I" l'a'I'i" upon ll"ir mrr-
its the suits brought 10y the runnan-
les to rnj"in the postmaster General
from seiZng their properties under the
presidential proclamation of last No
vember. The companies requested
that the actions be mot dismissed be-
cause the cable properties hav. been
turned back to private control.
The woman suffrage amendment was
passed by the House of Representa-
tives by vote of 3O4 to 81 or T. more
than the necessary two-thir,> ina jor-
ity.
A resolution to create Il special
house water power cOmmitte" to han
die all water power development legis-
lation has been adopted in the House
without opposition.
A pol; of Congress indicates over
whelmipg sentiment against repeating