Notable Visitors and Departures in Western Town Circles
A stream of travelers and locals move through the region. U K Bannister remains in Colorado while John Hess heads to Omaha and M Wasserman sails toward the West Sunday. Mrs T B Adams returns home from the H BK. Teachenacher visits from his ranch. Col Gunrav Schnitger comes back to Lar amie. Salt Lake capitalist Davia surveys the boom in town. Mrs W R Schnitger arrives from Colorado. Ex Governor Geo W Baxter and KR F Glover visit Denver on Sunday. Superintendent J K Choate of the Denver Pacific was in town Sunday. A Campbell returns from New York after weeks away. Dr H W Stevens returns from the East after five weeks. W B K Chaplain and City Editor Liv ingston spend Sunday in Cheyenne. S N Wood, cashier of the Denver bank, travels west in a special car. John Talbot returns from the Mast and buys fixtures for his opera house saloon. J R Walker leaves for Olathe on family death business. D F Hennessy arrives from the East and checks in at Ocean House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Gunrav Schnitger
Laramie
Davia
Salt Lake
W. R. Schnitger
Colorado
Geo. W. Baxter
KR. F. Glover
Denver
J. K. Choate
Denver Pacific
A. Campbell
New York
W. BK
Livingston
Vcheyenue
N. Wood
First National Bank of Denver
John Talbot
Mast
Opera
J. R. Walker
Olathe
Kan
D. F. Hennessy
Conreid Opera Company
Ocean
Great storms and losses roll through Europe and ports
Reports describe a heavy gale across England and Ireland causing widespread damage. The Remus Spanish mail steamer foundered with all passengers presumed drowned. Berlin talks consider a large army rail loan while snow and floods hit northern regions and Heligoland pilots perish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferronillas
Holland
England
Ireland
Supreme Court of the United
Remus
Hillippines
Ottawa
Cot
Paria
Panama Canal Company
DeLesseps
Berlin
Reichstag
Wm. M. Merrick
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Washington
New England
Department of State
Bismarck
Mary Hi. Hiske
New York
Stephen Fiske
Spirit of the Times
Navy Department
Mohivan
Panama
Samoa
Novoe Vremye
Germany
Heligoland
Nerlid
Ges
Danguane
Rich
Seven Die As Wall Collapses In Omaha Fire Ruin
A furious gale blew down the east wall of Max Meyer's brick building at Farnam and Eleventh in Omaha. Six people were killed initially and later a seventh was found among the ruins. The dead include Edward Oleson, Mrs. Hincker, Michael Martin, Thomas Houston, P. Boyer, Rudolph Mitchell, and bookkeeper Thomas Lombard. Several workers and clerks from Danhar & Co. and Boyer & Co. were seriously injured. rescuers recovered bodies and expected no further fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Max Meyer
Farnam and
Eleventh Streets
Edward Oleson
Hincker
Oleson's
Michael Martin
Thomas Houston
P. Boyer
Boyer & Co
Rudolph Mitchell
H. Silver
KE. A. Phillep
Geo. Searles
Charles Blake
Charles Cesar
John Jackson
Emma Oliver
Danhar & Co
Oneravers
Thomas Lombard
Heavy Nebraska gale causes fatalities and damage
A powerful early morning gale swept Nebraska from Alliance to Lincoln and Hastings. Central High School at Hastings collapsed injuring three, with one student killed and a teacher fatally hurt. In Arapahoe several small buildings fell. Lincoln suffered minor damage as clocks stopped and outbuildings toppled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Aliance
Arapahoe
Hastings
Central School
Aldrich
Strike wave grips New York and Brooklyn transit lines
New York reports most streetcar lines running with few strikers on streets. Ninth Avenue line pays off strikers and bans union members from employment. Brooklyn lines see clashes as police prepare for possible violence. A meeting with Richardson yields no full concession, plan to rehire some drivers while replacing others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
New York
Ninth Avenue
Braooxius
Aew
Richardson Brooklyn Street Car Lines
Donovan
Richardson
Northwest cold wave grips region with extreme temperatures
A sharp cold spell sweeps the Northwest with temps plunging to 30 below at Winnipex and 38 above at Calvary. Reports from Manitoba show varied readings as winds howl up to sixty miles an hour, easing only as the cold intensifies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Winnipex
Manitoba
Mecury
Calvary
Seine
Remnant of cliff dwellers said to inhabit nearby mountains
A remnant of cliff dwellers, once thought extinct, is reported in the San Mateo mountains. They are small, under three feet, and wild. Sightings extend to the Black Range. Snow may drive parties to try capture them, with facts vouched by reliable men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Mateo Mountains
Black Range
Wen
Johnstons Dry Goods Firm Assigns Assets in Bankruptcy
New York report states Robert Johnston doing business as J and O Johnston dry goods filed an assignment today listing $170,130 in preferred claims to the executor of Richard Mortimer estate for rent. The firm shows assets around $400,000 with $300,000 in stocks and the remainder in debts, and capital stock at $26,000. Johnston’s business carry total liabilities near $800,000 with Robert Johnston left as sole proprietor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert Johnston
J. and
O. Johosson
Richard Mortimer
Julie
House of J
Johnstog
Nwton
Joho
Robert
Johnston
Ministers Present Memorial to Gen Harrison in Indianapolis
A memorial signed by forty two members of the Indianapolis Association of Ministers was presented to Gen Harrison paying respects and wishing him God speed. Harrison thanked the ministers and expressed desire for nationwide sympathy and guidance in his new task. Also present were Congressman Steele Supervising Surgeon General Hamilton A W Iddings and wife from Nebraska. Reports on cabinet appointments favored Blaine for secretary of state Windom for treasury Rusk for war and annamaker for the navy with Leon and others as possible Westward moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Association of Ministers
Harrison
Sam
Steele
Hamilton
Marine Service
A W. Iddings
Nebraska
Blaine
Wm. Windom
Treasury
Rusk
Annamaker
Navy
Karts Leon
Drires
Windom
Crowds Pack Streets for Crown Prince Rudolph Remains
Enormous crowds in Vienna on February 4 gather to view the remains of Crown Prince Rudolph. Two battalions and a cavalry squadron manage the flow as the throng grows dense. The line to the chapel breaks several times causing confusion and injuries. People faint and require extraction from the crush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Crown Prince
Rudolph
Sensational tale links crown prince death to duel and suicide
Brussels reports claim the Austrian crown prince faced an honor duel with a family’s son and died by self destructive act after planned three month interval. A Vienna letter alleges a Bohemian lady was killed and her body moved before the prince’s own death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lospon
Brussels
Austria
Rudolph
Chronicle
Vienna
Eeeserts
Crown Pri Rudolph
Bohemia
Lannon and Godfrey Fight Draw In Boston Ring
In Boston on February 4 George Lannon of South Boston and George Godfrey the famed heavyweight fought 15 rounds with four ounce gloves for a $1000 purse. Referee John L Sullivan. Both showed temper and clinching with limited clean punching. the match ended in a draw by agreement as neither was knocked out. Barrons reports Jake Kilrain telegraphs Jem Smith to accept a world championship bout offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
George Lannon
South
George Godfrey
John L. Sullivan
Lannon
Godfrey
Barrons
Jake Kilrain
RK. K. Fox
New York
Jem Smith
Englands
Poison tragedy in New York street curb
Police found seven year old Carrie Nolan and twenty year old Jamwet Consadine on a West Seventy Fourth Street curb suffering from poison. Consadine died at hospital while Nolan remained in critical condition. Motive described as own action remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carrie Nolan
Jamwet Consadine
West Seventy Fourth Street
Consadine
Tragedy on Jackson Boulevard Ends in Double Death
Feb. 4 Cuicano. John Dempsey a hardware firm employee shot and killed his sweetheart M Oleligan on Jackson boulevard near Peoria street and then killed himself. Cause of the shooting is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuicano
John Dempsey
M. Oleligan
Jackson Boulevard
Peoria Street
Murder in Donegal as police arrest suspect at chapel
In Cweedore County Donegal Inspector Martin was killed during an attempted arrest of Mather McKadden at his chapel. Police surrounded the chapel service. a priest blocked the door and a stone strike felled the inspector. Father Mcckadden was later arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dustin
Martin
Cweedore
County Donegal
Mather McKfadden
Mather McKadden
Melfadden Huw
Mefadden
Senate Delays Action on Anti-Trust Bill and Pacific Railroad Clash
In Washington the Senate resumes debate on the anti-trust bill while Frye signals a move to take up the Union Pacific funding measure. Mitchell seeks to commit with instructions to include Central Pacific provisions, noting the $145,924,000 due from Pacific railroads at debt maturity. Conferees named on the diplomatic appropriation bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Pacific Railroads
Washington
Senate
Frye
Union Pacific
Mitchell
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Central Pacific
Cas
Huntington
Ted
Central P
Pacific Railroad
United States
Hale
Allison
Cockrell
Petition Pro Tem Ingalls on Colfax Bonds Rise to 200000
In Washington on Feb 4 a petition urged approval of bonds up to 200000 for a Whitman county court house and jail in Colfax. The petitioner asked for doubling the request and cited keeping the county seat there. The document was referred to the Territories committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ingalls
Senate
House of
Butler
Whitwan County
Washington Territory
Colfax
Joan Sunn
Committee On Territories
British minister to United States rumored appointment
London from ed 4 states Sir Julian Pounceforte, currently under secretary of state for the foreign office, is tipped as British minister to the United States though not officially confirmed. The move unsettles British diplomacy as it breaks usual appointment ranks and comes from legal treaty experience rather than diplomatic service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Julian Pounceforte
Foreign Office
United States
Julian Waunceforie
Count von Arco Valley
State Department
Ilo
Prince Bismarck
Berlin
Washington
Germany
Great Britain
Samoa
Preas
Bayard
Prince Bisrek
Connie
Congress
Senate
Dolph
Henry B. McKee
McKee
Supreme Court of the District
Judiciary Committee
Endicott
Adjt
Drum
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Pagopago
Ayson
Illinois
Court of Appeals
Ition
Nica Pal
Wayson
United States Coaling Station Talks Stir in Pacific
The article notes U S voting on a Pagopago coaling station credit. The National Zeitung claims America earned the right from Makotow but did not act within the appeal time. It suggests a protest against German annexation and hints at broader political shifts without clear conclusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braun
United States
Pagopago
National Zeitung
Saya
America
Makotow
Ganette Toonighht
Pendleton
Thinte
Volunteer forces of Oregon Washington Idaho to be paid for service
Washington notes describe a bill by Senator Mitch ell to pay volunteers who formed U S forces in Oregon Washington Territory or Idaho during the war with the Nox Perces Indians one dollar per day plus value of any horses or property lost. It extends pension laws to wounded or diseased veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mitchell
United States
Oregon
Washington Territory
Idaho
Stock market drifts lower with limited gains at close
New York trading shows a reactionary day with broad price decline except for Pullman and Vanderbilt. Copper and oil trade mixed while government and money markets stay dull. closing prices list several leading shares with modest firming only near the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pullman
Vanderbilt
Lake
Pacific
American Express
Canada Pacific
Canada Southern
Gentral Pacife
Burlington
Delaware
Lackawanna
Milwaukee & St Paul
Texaa Pacific
Union Pacific
United States Express
Fargo
Western Union
Cmicano
Uattle
Choice
Waka Se
Texas
Downwal
London
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U. K
John Hess
M. Wasserman
T. B. Adams
H. BK. Teachenacher
H. W. Stevens
Keller's
Wisses J
8. Walker
Eighteenth Street
Central Avenue
Max Myer
Pacific Railroads
Sackville
Washington Notes
W. N. Hunt
First National Bank of
Cheyenne Wye
T. B. Hicks
Wild Cashier
Abbott Asst
Comptroller
ISM
Stok
Surtees
Protis
Depeaits
BH. Clarke
West
Sixteenth Street
G. G. Masten
Sixteenth and Ferguson Sts
Agent Fom
Schlitz
Milwaukee Beer
Thephone No
R. S. Vantassell
Rock Springs Coal
Magic City Fuel Co
Stewart Coal
Saddle Rock
Oyster and Chop House
Secventeenth Bt
Geo. Lyons
Welephone
E.S. Johnston & Bro
Geo. W. Stanley
Wyoming
Curiosities, &c
Carrion
Cheyenne, Wyo
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