Wyoming News Roundup and National Affairs
December 20, 1901 bulletin notes GAR commander chairing a pension office committee, Funston and Hughes depart Manila for San Francisco with 750 troops, and a Wyoming exhibit gift pledge by South Pass mine owners. Rockefeller gifts boost Chicago University endowment to over 10 million. postmaster general designate Payne praised for long service and strong executive record. Cuban election tensions rise with Palma and Maso as leading candidates and official influence alleged.
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University of Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Wyoming Industrial Convention Sets Western Example
The Salt Lake Herald lauds Wyoming for its Laramie industrial convention. It highlights cross state attendance, shared plans for mineral, agriculture, and stock raising growth, and the aim to exhibit Wyoming at St. Louis. The piece stresses unity, improved state cooperation, and attracting capital and workers.
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Denver
Salt Lake
Omaha
Wyoming
Salt Lake Herald
Utah
Laramia
East
Cheyenne
Herald
Laramie
Sisterhood of States
Hold Your Claims Bill Aims to Reimburse Desert Entry Purchases
The senate bill by Senator Warren and the house bill by Congressman Mondell would repay purchase money of 25 cents per acre for cancelled desert entries. Over the past years California and Washington law firms billed claimants to take one third of awards, prompting calls for claimants to wait for passage so they can collect themselves.
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Senate
Warren
House
Mondell
California
Washington
Laramie Republican
A Funny Horse and a Missed Sale Bargain
A Detroit Free Press interview recalls a horse trader who valued a horse at 1256 dollars for a headstall and a comic moment when his wife jokes the horse cannot eat hay. The seller feared aging would end the horse’s life, but the buyer was ultimately not secured. Also listed is a rental ad for nicely furnished rooms from five dollars a month.
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Heaven
Detroit Free Press
Peace plan to test Civic Federation labor capital pact
An executive committee of thirty seven representatives from capital labor and the public will draft a working plan to settle disputes without lockouts or strikes. Notable figures include Mark A. Hanna Charles Schwab Gompers John Mitchell and Grover Cleveland among others. Archbishop Ireland and Franklin MacVeagh also attend the closing session.
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New York
Civic Federation Conference
James A. Chambers
American Glass Company
Pittsburg
William H. Pfahler
Naional Association of
D. Ripley
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Marcus M. Marks
National Association of Clothing Manufacturers
Julius Kruttschnitt
Southern Pacific Railroad
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Frank P. Sargent
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Theodore J. Scaffer
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Grover Cleveland
John Ireland
Henry C. Potter
Charles Francis Adams
Boston
Cornelius No Bliss
Interior
Charles W. Elliott
Harvard University
Franklin MacVeagh
Chicago
James H. Eckles
John J. McCook
John G. Mulburn
Buffalo
Charles A. Bonaparte
Baltimore
Oscar S. Straus
Ralph M. Easley
Federation
Frank Sargent
Charles Schwab
Archbishop Ireland
Palestine
Splendid Record of Mr Smith in Post Office Reforms
The article praises Mr Smith for expanding the postal service overseas and lowering rates from Boston to Manila. It credits rural free delivery as firmly established and notes the end of second class mall abuses. Roosevelt’s cabinet unity during wartime is highlighted as well.
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Smith
Post Office Department
Boston
Manila
Worcester
Colonial Postal Service
Peking
United States
Robert Hart
Mr. Smith
Congress
McKinley
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
President McKinley
McKinley Doctors Call for Congress to Pay Bills
Dr. Matthew D. Mann and colleagues state they treated the president for the American people and deserve remuneration from Congress rather than the McKinley family. They warn autopsy risk and possible professional condemnation if bills were sent to Mrs. McKinley. They urge a congressional appropriation to avoid criticism and preserve professional dignity.
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McKinley
Matthew D. Mann
Mann
United States
Congress
Taft to sail for San Francisco for medical treatment
Governor Taft, ill and twice operated on, will leave Manila on the transport Grant for San Francisco on Christmas Eve. He is expected to arrive in San Francisco January 18 and Washington February 1. Doctors describe his condition as an ischiorectal abscess with flesh removed and a plastic operation performed. The U.S. commission will not intervene in gold or silver trade except by force of circumstances, adopting a two to one rate from 1902 to curb exports. Earthquake reports show Batangas soldiers killed and Samar bolomen surrender due to food shortage.
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Manila
Taft
San Francisco
Grant
Washington
United States Commission
Batangas
Samar
Postmaster General Smith resigns from McKinley Cabinet
The letter explains a long-planned, personal retirement from the office of postmaster general, to take effect with the appointment of a successor. Smith notes his desire to retire for private reasons and credits the president's understanding and support for delaying the move, with care to preserve department policies already in place.
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Smith
Charles Emory Smith
McKinley
Philadelphia Press
Special meeting to amend Abel Sheep Company charter
Notices announce a December 23 1901 special meeting of Abel Sheep Company stockholders in Cheyenne Wyoming to decide final action on moving the principal office to Rawlins Carbon County Wyoming. Dated November 23 1901. L F Abel president.
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Abel Sheep Company
Cheyenne
Wyo
Rawlins
Carbon County
Wyoming
L. F. Abel
Able Sheep Company
Notice of Sale of District School Bonds Kaycee Wy 1901
Sealed bids for coupon bonds of School District No 3 Johnson County Wyoming Kaycee must be received by December 31 1901. Bonds totaling 800 par value dated January 1 1902 6 percent interest payable semiannually redeemable January 1 1903 and annually to 1910. Bonds issued to fund two schoolhouses. Bid envelopes marked Proposals for School District Bonds. Cant be sold below par value. Also notices of dissolution of partnership and annual meeting of First National Bank of Cheyenne included.
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Wyoming
Board of Directors
Fremont
State of
Fremont County
Board of Trustees
George W. Woolf
Lost Cabin
George W. Wool
Wyo
Kaycee
Johnson County
Buffalo
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South Pass
St. Louis
Henry C. Payne
Milwaukee
Payne
James
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Garfield
Arthur
Ao Civil Service
Republican National Committee
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Rough Rider
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Roscoe Conkling Prace
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Mississippi
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Yale
William Allen White
Imperia
Kas
Thomas C. Platt
Mr. Platt
McQure
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McClure
Schley Court of Inquiry
Miles
Admiral Dewey
Dewey
Cuba
Palma
Maso
Lucha
Nacion
Warron Hmporiom
Mark A. Hanna
Sena
Tor
Topeka
Kans
J. B. Willard
Willard
New York Press
United States Depository
Henry G. Hay
J. C. Whipple
J. D. Freeborn
Cashier
WM. L. Whipple
Asat. Cashier
First National Bank
Capital Stock Surplus T. &. Hicks
Q. E. Abbott
J. H. Loomis
Cale
East 16Th and
van Lennen Streets
Gheyenne, Wyoming
Boston Transcript
United States Land Office
W. B. Chaplin
A. Slack
P. S. Cook
IDEAL
William Phillips
Albert Chapman
Herman B. Wellnitz
Hellbeck and Gunther
John Gunther
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First National Bank of
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Cheyenne, Wyo
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