Heir to 60 000 Death Brings Wealth to Cheyenne Man
Oscar Anderson a section hand near Cheyenne inherits 60 000 from a Swedish relative with a possible 30 000 more if a sister presumed dead is confirmed. The estate totals 181 000 to be divided with two sisters. if the eastern sister is dead he and Mrs. Johnson receive 90 000 each. Installments start soon and Anderson plans Cheyenne residence and investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Anderson
Oscar Anderson
Kost
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
C. L. Johnson
Pine Bluffs
Choose New Teachers for Central and Johnson Schools
A special school board meeting recommended Miss Vina Wyman and Miss Harriet Knight for appointments to fill seventh grade at Central School and second grade at Johnson School. The building committee may call for bids to add to Johnson School. Applications to use Central basement and Johnson annex as private schools were referred to the committee. The board may press for city sewer repairs near Johnson School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vina Wyman
Harriet Knight
Central School
Johnson School
Buffalo Bill's Wild West on city streets
Buffalo Bill's Wild West show will occur on our streets at 9 30 a m tomorrow. Denver crowds attend both days, the largest in that city. One performance here starts at 2 p m. The Elks grand lodge officers train passes today at 1 20 p m and will reach about 5 p m. City work continues on the electric light plant site with new boilers and motors to be installed later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Grand Lodge
the Elks
Electric Light Plant
Mr. Myers
New York
Towns in danger as fierce Wyoming fires rage
Rawlins Wyoming Aug 8 reports reach that Battle and Ramber face threats from forest fires racing through the mountains. Three large blazes burn within miles of Battle with smoke stifling streets. Torrents of timber worth hundreds of thousands of dollars have already burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins
Wyo
Battle
Ramber
Montains
Church Battle Over Lutheran Building Still Pending
In the district court the dispute between English and German Lutheran congregations for possession of the Lutheran church building remains unresolved and will be set for trial soon.
Buyer Acquires Princess Mine at Grand Encampment
Charles F. Fishback of Rawlins buys the Princess mine, a sunken volcano crater at Grand Encampment. The cavernous workings hold oxidized copper and copper pyrites with ore values indicated by volcanic rock assaying $11.80 per ton in gold, suggesting a large ore body nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Fishback
Rawlins
Grand Encampment
Princess
Cleansing Plea from Cheyenne Letter Writer Scrubolio
A Cheyenne reader urges city cleanliness in a Letter to the Leader complaining that the Tribune office area is dirtiest. The writer signs as SCRUBOLIO from Cheyenne Wyoming dated August 8 1902. Lightning Strikes Twice notes a tree struck by lightning on East Twentieth Street in Peters Linn yard with a prior strike in the same yard during a previous storm that killed a woman. Also an advisory invites attendance at Quigley’s social hop at Turner Hall with Nagel’s Orchestra six pieces for the Manoeual baseball team dance at Turner Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Cheyenne
Wyo
Peter Linn
East Twenteth Street
Nagel
Manewal
Turner Hall
Cutting Weeds in the City and McKeen Visits
A police overseer supervises weed cutting along city streets while McKeen of the Union Pacific motive department arrives from Denver and heads east. C C Clark, a noted mining man, stops in from Jelm and then goes to Denver as mining activity booms with extensive development work underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Br. C. C. Clark
Jelm
Denver
600 Men Employed In Union Pacific Shops
Union Pacific reports 600 plus workers in its shops with all departments operating satisfactorily. A batch of thirty new men, boilermakers and machinists, joined from the east, raising the total to over 600. Cheyenne experienced a generous rain storm reviving the grass and shrubs. The Star Loan Company incorporated in Wyoming with 10,000 capital stock to operate in Wyoming and Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
The
Star Loan Company
Secretary of State
Wyoming
Colorado
Bennett Hosts Reception with Guests and Decor
Dr and Mrs H M Bennett and Miss Waddell hosted a reception at the Bennett home last evening with many guests in attendance. The event featured attractive decorations and a festive mood. Mike Boucher is hospitalized in Lara mie with a severe axe injury that nearly severed his thumb. Brakeman M J Ruddy sustained a non serious injury after colliding with the tunnel roof while riding a box car at Edison tunnel on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Bennett
Miss Waddell
Bennett
Mike Bouchér
Laramie
M. J. Ruddy
Edison Tunnel
Dies of Consumption in South Cheyenne
John Healey, son of Mr and Mrs R Healey of South Cheyenne, died last evening at the home of his parents after a yearlong battle with consumption. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Healey
Brief sketches of Democratic convention nominees
The Wyoming state Democratic convention in Rawlins nominated several candidates. Notables include Chas. P. Clemmons for Congress and Geo. T. Beck for governor, with profiles of Colin Hunter for state treasurer, D. N. Stickney for Laramie plains cattle interests, W. Dean Hayes for Meeteetse cashier, and Mrs. LeLario for state superintendent of public instruction along with other nominees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. P. Clemmons
Congress
Geo. T. Beck
Rawlina
D. N. Stickney
Laramie Plains
Laramie
W. D. Hayes
W. Dean Hayes
Wyoming
First National Bank of
Meeteetse
Big Horn County
Montana
Delario
LeLario
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Delegates Return From Laramie County at State Democratic Convention
Delegates from Laramie County and others attended the state Democratic convention. The delegation included Colin Hunter J L Murray L Kabis John A Martin and 8 T Corn among the participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie County
Colin Hunter
J. L. Murray
L. Kabis
John A. Martin
T. Corn
Resignation Filed for Fiest Lieutenant Sherman
Fi est Lieutenant Jacob Sherman of Company E, W. N. G., has tendered his resignation to Governor Richards and an election will be held soon to choose his successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiest
Jacob Sherman
Company E, W. N. G
Richards
Interview With Prof Elwood Mead On Interstate Rights
Crowded out today this piece previews an in depth interview with Professor Elwood Mead about interstate rights and water policy, slated for tomorrow’s issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood Mead
Dugan Leaves City for Portland. Second Dugan Takes Strike Flight
Frank Dugan a sheet iron worker joins the exodus to Portland seeking work as the strike continues. The second Dugan family member to leave the city. A subscription dance honors Miss Irma Cody at Keefe hall with about one hundred invited. Turner Hall hosts a later dance promising good times. Accurate watch repairs by D Miller at 1709 Ferguson St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Dugan
Sheel Iron
Portland
Oregon
Dugan
Keefe Hall
Irma Cody
W. F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Miss Anna Farrell to Wed World Champion Rough Rider
Public notice from Cody's wild west show reports champion rough rider M Thad Sowder and Miss Anna Farrell of this city will marry tomorrow in a quiet ceremony. Bride is 19, daughter of William Farrell, and will join the show tour then Europe trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Farrell
Gowder Wii
M. Thad Sowder
William Farrell
Lowder
Buffalo Hill
Denver
Miss Farrell
Willam Farrell
West Sixteenth Street
Sowder
Charles Hirsig
Cody
Europe
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Ferguson
GEO. W. Sneider
Alem Fernbull
Mortician
Wight
Germany
France
United States
A. E. Roedel
Telephone
West 17Th Street
Knight
West Sixteenth St
Cheyennet
S. Drobacz
Seventeenth Street
Near
Eddy
A. D. Mahaffay, M.D
D. D
Osteopath
Grainger Cycle Co
City
Will
Wild West
Elks
Leader
Quigley
New Loan Company
Cowhick Dry Goods Co
Almont
Ohio
Emerson & McCaffrey
Carbon County
Clemmons
Isane Miller
George T. Beck
Beck
Senator Beck
Kentucky
Geo. Beck
Johnson County
Clarence DP. Clark
Cody Canal Company
George Beck
Hunter
Perthshire
Scotland
New Orleans
Engineer Department
Fort Jackson
America
Territorial Board of Penitentiary Commissioners
Carnegie Library Association
State
Democratic Central Committee
Rawling
Deamocracy of
Star
Baber
Miss Cody
D. Miller
Omaha
EB. J. Bell
Daily Leader
DR. G. E. Glaze
A. D. Robinson
Capitol Avenue
Logan
Waite C.F. Martin
Denver, Colorado
Wm.myers & Co
John Harrington
Geo. H. Nagle
Chas. E. Miller
Corson
Treas
Union Mercantile Co
Ferguson Street
Levi Saffees
Miller's
David Miller
Farxison Street
EF. S. Johnston, the Grocer
Itiow
Warren Mercantil
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