FRIEND OF THE INDIANS Fears of Clash in Wyoming War
Reports from July describe Governor Richards of Wyoming urging Indians to obey state laws while Indian Agent Teter counters with tribal authority under the 1868 treaty. Indictments expected for settlers in the killing of Indians. Troop movements include three additional Seventeenth Infantry companies ordered to Market Lake and Marysvale precautions as Marysvale braces for potential attack. Destructive hail in North Dakota destroys wheat and crops across 80,000 acres. a tornado near Sanborn kills a man named Nelson and damages property. Oklahoma Supreme Court deepens divorce ruling limiting probate court powers. Madagascar unrest prompts US protest via Castine. Japan consolidates war footing with new ironclads. Settlers stockpile arms as Big Hole region fears Indian trouble.
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Manny Laxa
Ida
Richards
Wyoming
Teter
Eighth Infantry
Fort Russell
Cheyenne
Coppinger
W. H. Bisbee
Seventeenth Infantry
Jgghaon
Marysvale
Cahyianey
Market Lake
Governor Richards
Rock Springs
Wyo
Jackson's Hole
Stitzer
Farce
N. D
North Dakota
Barnes
Sanborn
Nelson
Stanford Finances Keep University Open
San Francisco July 20 Mrsa Leland Stanford plans to fund Stanford University’s opening in September with a $16,000 monthly budget. She will sell Palo Alto ranch stock, auctioning 600 horses in New York and San Francisco, and may hypothecate rail bonds to cover costs. A government suit settlement is sought as part of the plan. Meanwhile New York cops enforce Sunday liquor laws stiffly amid general calm. Vigilance grows in Denver as residents form a committee to block Union Water disconnections for nonpayment ahead of rate talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Stanford
Hinhand
San Francisco
Palo Alto
Jordan
Stanford University
Stanford
New York
Vina Ranches
Aame
Southern Pacific
Arizona
New Mexico
Indians Kill Whites In Idaho Panic Reported At Market Lake
A chaotic dispatch from Market Lake Idaho describes an alleged massacre in Jacksons Hole with townsfolk warned to disregard rumors. Reports claim widespread fires and massacres by Indians aided by Utes and Lempis moving toward the Teton basin and Hoback area, heightening fear across the region.
Mexican official changes at Palomos port
The Mexican government removed the customs collector at Palomos opposite Deming New Mexico and named Damasco Floes as new collector. He revoked his predecessor’s order confiscating all American cattle in the Palos district after August 1 1895, stating the order lacked government authorization.
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Cansul
Pago
Tex
Palomos
Deming
N. M
Damasco
Mother and Son Drowned in Cerro River Incident
Mrs. Wm. Pierce of Middleport New York and her son Franklin drowned after Mrs. Pierce fell into the river. Franklin jumped in to save her but the current swept them under a barge. Both bodies recovered. In a separate note from New Ulm Wisconsin three young women in bloomers bicycle en route to Dallas from Menominee are described. Lacomb of the Northwestern road at Menominee identified among them.
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Cerro
W. Va
Wm. Pierce
Middleport
N. Y
Franklin
Pierce
Texas
Nuwvan
Wis
Dallas
Tex
Menominee
Mich
Miz
Lacomb
Menonines
Cholera outbreak and assorted notices across nations
Cholera hits Japan with 9000 cases and over 500 deaths. Pension clerk James M. Gray resigns in Washington. Disputed charges against Lea D. Craig dismissed. William Willis, president’s coach, dies in Washington. Boons, Illinois to get free telephone service amid company wars. U.S. underwriters withdraw from towns lacking fire protection. George A. H. Fredenreich divorces wife. Deserter Colonel Ashley dies in British Columbia. Joshua Vaughan Himes dies at 91. Adventist founder. Judge A. O. Pattee buys Junction City Tribune to boost a popular paper. Eldora to Alden railroad now controlled by BE. S. Ellsworth. Skeletons found at an old store site in Ionia Michigan. Kansas Lurn Verein societies continue liquor licenses despite prohibitions.
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Lea D. Craig
San Francisco
William ‘Willis
Washington
Boons
Kansas, Oklahoma and
Indian Territory
George A. H. Fredenreich
United States
Odesa
Saran von Fredenreich
St. Cloud
Minn
Ashley
Tha Little Rock and Manphis Railroad
British Columbia
Joshua Vaughan’ Himes
Elks Point
Adventists
A. O. Pattee
Salina
Kan
Junction City Tribune
John Davis
Tribune
Eldora
Alden
BE. S. Ellsworth
Town Falls
Ionia
Mich
Report of General Stizer on Wyoming Indian Trouble
Adjutant General Stizer forwarded a lengthy report to the governor detailing causes of the Wyoming Indian trouble. It cites a Jackson Hole interview with four residents, claims of Bannocks Shoshones and Lempi killed game for hides, government bans on Indian hunting passes, arrests for killing game, escapes and shootings, Captain John Smith wounded, and settlers arming for defense amid alleged Indian violence and cattle hides found with arrested men. The account notes 8000 elk killed this season and escalating tensions in Fremont and Uintah counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Fremont
Uintah
Interior Department
Jackson's Hole
Bannock
Jackson’s Hole
Hole
Bannock Reservation
John Smith
Movement of the Cavalry Heads to Idaho Front
The War Department reports Major Chaffee and four squadrons of the Ninth Cavalry from Fort Robinson will likely reach Marketaka Idaho about 20 miles from Jackson’s Hole by Sunday morning. General Coppinger will be at the station then or shortly after. In New York the majority of United States Cordage bonds have been deposited with Manhattan Trust under the Waterbury-Sturgia plan.
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Washington
War Department
General Coppinger
Omaha
Ninth Cavalry
Major Chaffee
Fort Robinson
Marketaka
Ida
Jackson's Hole
Coppinger
New Yor
United States
Manhattan Trust Company
Waterbury-Sturgia
Bookmakers Arrested at Oakley Race Track
All bookmakers and their employees were arrested at Oakley race track on a complaint by the Reform league. General Brooke, commander of the Department of Dakota, arrived in Helena on his way west from Helena to the west.
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Oakley Race Track
Reform League
Brooke
Heluna
Mont
Department of
CAPTAIN BECK'S COURSE APPROVED IN INDIAN LAND EVICTIONS
The interior department approved Captain Beck United States army Indian agent of the Omaha and Winnebago Indians for evicting tenants of the Flournoy Land company from Indian lands. Acting Secretary Reynolds said the action followed directions of the United States circuit court at St Louis and that the Planrnoy company leases were illegal. He advised settlers to file leaves under department regulations.
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Partment of the Interior
Pender
Washington
Beck
United States Army
Department of the Interior
Flournoy Land Company
Reynolds
Interior Department
W Nebraska
Department
United States Circuit Court
St. Louis
Kansas Marshal Fights Bootlegger in Cornfield Chase
Kansas City dispatches report City Marshal Sam Coulter pursuing bootlegger J T Dowdall after Dowdall fled through a window into the river area. Dowdall is said to be dying after being shot in the back during resistance. Other items cover Britain’s demand for satisfaction after a mob incident at an Alexandria funeral and various 1900s era notes.
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Kansas
CuHetTopa
Kan
Sam Coulter
J. T. Dowdall
Calvin
Dowdall
England
London
the Times
Alexandria
Cniva
Great Britain
Trade Review notes shifts in cotton and iron markets
Dan s Weekly Review surveys mid summer trade, noting modest rise in new business, ongoing wage gains, and strikes. Wheat yields shrink with high prices, western receipts dip, Atlantic shipments plunge, cotton holds at seven cents. Iron and steel see a jump in nails and rails via Carnegie and rivals while wool sales surge. rail traffic estimates project large 12 month movement. Bradstreet also cites improved crop prospects and iron demand. Whitman’s forgery sentence postponed. Dawes blocks Bedgewick prohibition enforcement. Republican committee to meet in December. lightning fatalities strike Ear Chaim Wisconsin, killing Clara and injuring another child.
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New York
B. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade Aays
Businsse
Pacific States
Dakotas
Atlantic
Neill
Bessemer Pig
Carmegie
Chicago
Iron Yard Steel Works
United States
Canada
Bradktreet’s
Bradetreet
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Agent Teter
Redmen
Kencard
Guy
Righarda Doolar
Br. Lowers
Missouri
Partle ‘Springs
Oklahoma
Gourarm
Supreme Court
Athertonia Artss
Burin
Tageblatt
Madagascar
Antanarivo
Fort Dauphin
Castine
Sider
Japan
Porwissore
Vladivostock
Peru
Batt Large
Salt Lake Hardware Company
St. Anthony
Big Hole
University
Denver
Denvar
South Denver
Union Water Company
Jackson
Hola
Murlor
Suzer
Born
the Statesman
Reliable Man
Grand Teton
Teton Range
Teton Basin
Teton River
Idaho
Yoronama
Lince
WeDinske
James M. Gray
Nebraska
Stizer
Captain Beck
Fairfield News-Hurald
Farrvinny
Neb
Randall
News- Herald
A. J. Murcer
Ontawa
Belmont and North Platte
Alliance
Burlington Road
Belmont
Platte River
Mercer
City of Peking
David HF. Mercer
Beatrice
Beatrice Rapid Transit Company
Victor G. Langtry
Decatur, Neb
Hastings
Titus
Maddox
Fred Titus
Henry Maddox
Asbury Park
Topeka
Robert E. Rivers
New Orleans
Philip Norman Nicholas
Richmond
Nicholas
William J. Wilkerson
James Mills
Leavenworth
Kanu
Ocrun Grove
N. J
Clinton B. Fisk
Yellow Springs
Springfield
Sealville
Colo
Piazza Bloffs Assembly
Alton
Talmage
Sam Jones
Bishop Bowen
Indiana
Indianapolis
Joseph Baum
Joseph Defard
Sheridan
Ind
Baum
G. Haywood & Son
Clinton
Croton
John Starr
J.C. Shaffer
Lake Manawa Railway
Council Bluffs
Ill
Cincinnati
George Cloys
Cloys
Dan’s Weekly Review
Carnegie
Bessemer
Iowa
Whitman
A. L. Whitman
Duluth
Toreks
Kay
Dawes
Bedgewick County
Republican Committee
Augusta
Joseph H. Manley
National Republican Committee
Ear Chaim
Altoona
Clara
J. A
McGill & Co
Panorama Place
Saleby
VIC Emmert & CO
Winchester
Winchaster Chemical Co
Winchester Chemical Co
Ripans
Ripans Chemical CO
Dr. Price
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