Treasury stats chart U S growth 1800 to 1900 notable gains
A Treasury Bureau of Statistics monograph notes U S area expanded from 1,000 to 3,000,000 square miles excluding Alaska and possessions. Population rose from 4 to 26 per square mile. Wealth grew from 7 billion in 1850 to 94 billion in 1900 and per capita wealth from 307 to 1,295. Public debt near 12 per capita now, versus 15 in 1800.
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Washington
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
United States
Alaska
Insular
Situation worsens as strikers flood Panther Valley
Aug 20 Tamequa reports heightened tension in Panther valley with mass striker activity. Militia ignored as clashes loom. more workers report for duty than previous days, signaling intensifying labor unrest statewide.
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Tamequa
Panther Valley
Militia Stoned by Mob in Laneford Violence
A mob attacked soldiers as they marched through Laneford Pennsylvania. Soldiers responded with charges to disperse the crowd. Two strikers were arrested amid renewed disorder with no serious injuries reported.
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Laneford
Beaumont Murders Raise Alarm After Multiple Deaths
Mins J M Vogel of Galveston was found dead in Beaumont with a knotted handkerchief about her neck. She had come to dispose of valuable lands. Uncertainty remains whether suicide or murder caused her death. A week ago two others were found murdered and six deaths total have stirred strong suspicions.
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Beaumont
Tex
J. M. Vogel
Galveston
Thurston
Forty Third Ohio Regiment
Canton
la Crosse
Wis
Hatchet Slaying and Fire Fatality Near Covington
In a Covington area farmhouse Emma Bankhard, 35, killed her mother with a hatchet and burned the house. She assaulted sister Dora, then jumped into a well and died. Dora survived with serious injuries. Emma is described as demented.
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Covington
Emma Bankhard
Dora
Emma
Anxiety Over Transport Ford Leaving Japan with 566 Infantry
San Francisco reports anxiety over the transport Ford which departed Japan on August 6 carrying 566 men of the Eighth and Twenty-fifth Infantry.
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San Francisco
Buford
Japan
Bloodless war looming as McArthur predicts clash
Gen McArthur warned at Pequot Point that Army and Navy relations are so tense no settlement is possible and war would begin that night. Engineers laid lines to Long Island Sound approaches and barges will be sunk to block channels. An ocean tug reported seven warships and three tugs offshore. one battleship appeared disabled.
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Pequot Point
Conn
McArthur
Navy
Engineer Corps
Long Island Sound
Fisher's Island
Little Guill
Will Pass Up Auto
W. K. Van derbilt Jr., noted automobilist, quits the sport due to widespread national dissatisfaction with automobiles.
Opera House Fire Kills Man in Bay City Michigan
A fire destroyed the Woods Opera House in Bay City Michigan killing Eugene Zaramba. Officials estimate property loss around 100000 dollars. In unrelated reports, George A Thurston of Appleton Wisconsin, believed dead, reunites with his wife after 37 years and remarries her in La Crosse following a prior widowhood.
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Bay City
Mich
the Woods Opera House
Eugene Zaramba
Menesha
Wis
Eorge A. Thurston
Appleton
Australian Prime Minister Sees Arbitration Model For Labor Strife
Sir Edward Barton the Australian prime minister visits New York and notes his country’s compulsory arbitration system. He says Australia’s law prevents strikes by requiring money deposits and placing the supreme court’s judge as head of the arbitration board. He cites NSW and New Zealand as free of strikes since the law’s enactment.
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New York
Edwin Barton
Australia
Congress
Edward
Supreme Court
Arbitration Board
New South Wales
New Zealand
Miners Reject Ultimatum Threaten 5000 Strike
In Kansas City coal operators rejected the miners district No 25 ultimatum. The current wage scale ends September 1 and a strike could call out about 5000 miners. In Denver Gates alleges court bias in his Colorado Fuel and Iron control case with new affidavits.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Denver
Atorneys
Gates
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Chinese Governors Use Indemnity Funds for Personal Gain
A Shanghai dispatch to the Times says China’s governors are using the foreign indemnity as a pretext to siphon large sums of money. One governor has already appropriated over 150000 dollars for personal use.
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London
The
Times Today
Shanghai
China
More Money For The Fair Heirs
San Francisco Aug 26 the three relatives of the late Mrs Fair receive over one million dollars from her estate namely Mrs Nelson her mother and Charles Smith of Boulder Colo and her brother Abraham Nelson nearly four hundred thousand dollars each Herman Odrichs paid Mrs Nelson 300000 in gold and the balance about 800000 is to be paid within a month
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San Francisco
Sam Small Falls From Grace in Vermont Tour
Georgia evangelist Sam Small touring the state for the Prohibition ticket collapsed in Brattleboro due to intoxication and again in Morrisville while speaking. He was taken to a hotel where physicians treated an overdose of morphine.
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Burlington
Sam Small
Georgia
Prohibition
Brattleboro
Morrisville
A Daring Hold Up In Spokane Electric Car
A masked robber stopped an electric car in Spokane on August 28 night and robbed the conductor and all passengers, including Chief of Police Roddy, in a bold assault.
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Spokane
Wash
Roddy
A Novel Case in Keokuk Seizes Baby from Mother
In Keokuk Iowa on August 29 a court declared Mrs Vina Kellar unfit and ordered a year old baby taken into custody as a vagrant with a special constable appointed to guard the child during the case. The infant is reported to be in a dying condition.
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Keokuk, Ia
Vina Kellar
Striking Union Pacific Tradesmen Grow in Omaha
In Omaha on August 29 a hundred bricklayers carpenters and painters employed by the Union Pacific struck work at the new shops after the railroad refused to discharge three non union men.
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Omaha
Union Pacific
Roosevelt Heads to Newport for Private Hunt at Corbin Preserve
The president left Newbury at noon for Newport Rhode Island to spend the afternoon evening and night in the park owned by late Austin Corbin of New York. He aims to enjoy a private hunt in a premier Cavalry game preserve and plans to depart tomorrow noon.
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Newport
N. H
Newbury
Austin Corbin
New York
Roosevelt
Murder and Politics in Durango Strike at Horse Shoe Saloon
Thomas Mahar shot and likely killed George sees colored at the Horse Shoe Saloon in Durango Colorado this morning. The wound struck in the neck and physicians say Lawrence cannot recover. The men quarreled over claim jumping and a personal matter sparked the fatal gunfire. The Orman faction won the La Plata county primaries including Durango and Animas City by 21 votes.
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Durango
Colo
Thomas Mahar
George Sees
Lawrence
Orman
la Plata
Animas City
British rail reports chief inspector Yorke sails for New York
Lieutenant Colonel Horatio A. Yorke chief inspecting officer of railways for the board of trade prepares a report on American methods in Britain. He will sail the Celtic for New York September 1 to study steam lines street railways elevated roads subways pneumatic and electric signaling. He plans inspections in New York and its vicinity and will visit Washington to study the electric trolley system.
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London
Horatio A. Yorke
Board of Trade
Great Britain
New York
Celtic
Yorke
Washington
Capital
Militia Quietly Stabilizes Thurmond Amid Tense Period
Since the militia arrived in Thurmond West Virginia there has been no disturbance of any kind. A special train stands ready to transport troops wherever they are needed, signaling a controlled security response to unrest.
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Thurmond
W. Va
Copper mine sale advances with $1 million payment plan
A $250,000 draft arrived in Rawlins on a New York bank account as the North American Copper company completes the $1,000,000 purchase of the Ferris Haggarty mine at Encampment. Officers will formalize the transfer next Monday, with subsequent $250,000 and $12,000 installments over 18 months.
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Rawlins
Wyo
New York
North American Copper Company
Ferris-Haggarty
Encampment
Copper Company
Ferris-Haggarty Company
New Wyoming Corporations Formed In State Filings
The Stitphen company will handle livestock and ranch property with headquarters in Casper and capital of 2000 dollars. The Old Mexico Mine Mining company will operate in Colorado and Wyoming with capital stock of 15000 dollars.
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Wyoming
Stitphen Company
Casper
Wyo
Old Mexico Mine Mining Company
Colorado
Nine Frontier Weddings Mark City Year with Two More
Nine Frontier weddings occurred in the city this year with two more performed yesterday afternoon. The couples married yesterday include Louie Michow and Mrs Augusta Wormeky of Denver and John P Sherwood with Mrs Sarah E Scott, also of Denver.
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Louie Michow
Augusta Wormeky
Denver
John P. Sherwood
Sarah E. Scott
Institute Closes After Successful Laramie County Institute
The fifteenth annual Laramie County Teachers Institute ends at noon with keynote notes by Mr. Keating and Mr. Abbott. Key points include concise teaching guidance, climate demonstrations, and practical methods, emphasizing neat dress and thoughtful instruction as teachers return home with goodwill across the county.
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Laramie County
Teachers’ Institute
Frontier
Maud Johnston
Keating
Abbott
Rip van Wingle
Window falls injuring child at East Eighteenth home
A one and a half year old girl sustained severe finger injuries when a large double window collapsed onto her hands at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Wilsock on East Eighteenth Street. Fire department and bystanders freed the child after about ten minutes.
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William Wilsock
East Eighteenth
Frontiersmen and Visitors Parade Through Cheyenne
A string of local notables and visitors are listed: Miss Winifred Woods, Mrs Ed Cooper, editor M H Place, attorney W F Mecum, Mr and Mrs Blout, Editor W C Deming, D N Stickney candidates, Roy Colvin, A J Gereke, J C Chambers, Ezra Buswell, N R Davis, Bill Barrow. The聚 lineup highlights social and professional movements with health trips and upcoming travels noted.
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Winifred Woods
N. R. Matson
Owaha
Ed. Cooper
Friends
Denver
M. H. Place
Laramie
the Tribune
Pacific Coast
D. N. Stickney
Frontier
Roy Colvin
Truckey's
Kingston
A. J. Gereke
Salt Lake
J. C. Chambers
Richards
New Mexico
Ezra M. Buswell
Beatrice
Nebraska
N. R. Davis
Buswell
Bill Barrow
Bill
Douglas
Frontier celebration expenses exceed last year
The Frontier committee reports this year’s celebration ran unusually high with prizes and other costs about 30 percent above last year. Receipts are expected to cover all outlay and a detailed account will be published soon. All persons with bills against the committee should present them at once to settle affairs.
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The
Frontier Committee
Society Leader Gets Divorce in New York
New York society leader Laurie McAllister, niece of Ward McAllister and head of the Four Hundred, obtains an absolute divorce from Alexander Young on the grounds of neglect.
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New York
Laurie McAllister
Ward McAllister
The
Four Hundred
Alexander Young
Cheyenne Area Weather Forecast Summary
Local forecast for Cheyenne and vicinity notes fair conditions tonight and Saturday with light frost in exposed areas. A weakening low pressure system sits over South Dakota while high pressure builds along the coasts and in the west. Temperatures fall west of the 100th meridian with several readings below freezing in the northwest. Light frost reported. eastern half shows slight temperature rise. light showers observed in the central and southern Rockies eastern Montana the Dakotas and Minnesota. Observed 24 hours to 6am: high 76 low 2 with trace precipitation. Charles B. Ashcraft JK Observer.
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overSouth
Dakota
New England
North Pacific
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Dakotas
Minnesota
Trace
Charles B. Ashcraft
Storm Gear Offers Bargains on Fabrics and Blankets
Readable remnants list storm gear and fabric prices note good values. Items include forty two inch black navy blue and brown cloths at 66 cents, thirty eight inch camel and zibelines at 16 cents, heavy sackings 1.05 to 1.60 a yard, ladies socks 26 to 18 cents, and all wool blankets per pair around 5 dollars.
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Dixie Hose
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Gmehison
Jewelry Co
Just
Eddy St
Dyer
Chey
R. L
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
OPERA
Sam
D. Miller
Ferguson
Institute
Laramic County
Weather Report
Cheyenne
Joell Les
Hevenne Tev Goo Ds
the Jones Cash Grocery
Frontier Greetings
M. Marks
Ohenstein Brothers
Eddy Street Grocers
Buechner & Son
Frontier Wwek
Johia Inc
Energr
Minna
Wid Boyd
Dongola West
Boles
Tallorade
Basthan
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Tapoptey Crussel
Golden Rule Store
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