Supreme Court Meets in Short Session
A brief state supreme court session adjourned after dismissing Susie P. Robinson vs Chris Shorrow & Co, taking George A. Roberts vs State of Wyoming under advisement, and keeping George D. Downer vs BR Holgate under advisement. Judge E E Enterline attended from Sheridan. next session June 16 at 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court
Susie P. Robinson
Chris
Shorrow & Co
George A. Roberts
State of Wyoming
Sweetwater County
George D. Downer
BR. Holgate
Sheridan County
E. E. Enterline
Sheridan
Fire destroys Echo cold storage warehouse in Cheyenne
A fierce blaze yesterday reduced the Echo district cold storage warehouse to ashes. The fire consumed five railroad cars and ten tons of coal as water could not reach the inferno fully due to its size. The heat warped 400 feet of track but was quickly repaired. Union Pacific trains will reroute via Julesburg to Denver, and Samuel Merrill plans to relocate his lumber business to Salt Lake City with his son George taking charge in Cheyenne.
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Echo
Wyoming Division
Union Pacific
Chicago
Cheyenne
Julesburg
Denver
Samuel Merrill
Salt Lake
George Merrill
Merrill
Cheyenne Directory Aims To Boost Merchants And Town
A new Cheyenne city directory for 1902 1903 aims to aid merchants and advertise the town to outsiders in a metropolitan style. A birthday party hosted by Mr and Mrs Paul Lariver honored Miss May Lariver with about ten guests enjoying the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Mra
Paul Lariver
May Lariver
Summer Undergarments at Vreeland & Gregory Shop
Vreeland and Gregory at 1617 Ferguson Street advertise a full summer underwear line. Mrs. Paul Brewster is billed to sing at the Salvation Army hall on Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vreeland & Gregory
Ferguson Street
Paul Brewster
Salvation Army Hall
Mr. Knopf
Abandonment of Key UP Rail Segments Shifts Lines
The Union Pacific ends service on the Carbon Allen Junction branch and the Hermosa Junction to Laramie old line. Two stations vanish as Como becomes reporting station and a new schedule takes effect with no overall travel time change.
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Hermosa Junction
Laramie
Allen Junction
Carbon
Union Pacific
Como
Hermosa
Lne
Deal Pending on Grand Encampment Mining Consolidation
Willis George Emerson promoting a huge mining and tramway consolidation at Grand Encampment with $20,000,000 in Wyoming interests. He returns east and travels to Denver for talks with Seane Miller Barney McCaffery and others. No settlement reached yet. Sheridan authorities seek Tucker for stealing a team and buggy from George Sulta and selling it at Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis George Emerson
Grand Encampment
Denver
Seane Miller
Barney McCaffery
Encampment
Wyoming
Sheridan
Sheridan County
Tucker
George Sulta
Buffalo
Union Pacific Standings and Local Society News
The Union Pacific league standings list North Platte at 1 1 with 60 percent. The Reception at the Nagle Home honored Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carey with pink and green decorations as Denver guests assisted in reception duties. The evening featured fine music from the Fort Orchestra. Thomas Anderson and Ming Little Shockley of Lander wed in Denver with a 29 year age gap. Pensions were granted to Wyomingites including Mary A. Wright and Washington A. Boyer. The civil service commission set June 17 1902 for an examination in Salt Lake City Ogden Boise and Cheyenne for identification clerk in the penitentiary service with a $1200 salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Nagle
Charles Carey
Carey
Edna Case
Anna Zipps
Denver
Fort
Musle
United States Civil Service Commission
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Boise
Cheyenne
United Anise Penitentiary Service
Elks Vote to Expand Lot at Capitol and Seventeenth
At Bike Monday lodge meeting the Elks unanimousLy approved adding up to nineteen feet to their lot on Seven teenth Street in Capitol avenue. The expansion aims to surround the home with grounds so future eastward construction cannot abut it, enhancing attractiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodge
Bike
Seventeenth Street
Capitol Avenue
Fort Russell highway nearing completion and gateway to open
Contractor Frank Joslin reports rapid progress on the Fort Russell reservation highway with grading finished and gravel laid. Fred LaPash will finish the stone and iron gateway at the post end this week, and within two weeks the new driveway will connect Fort Russell to the city, one of the finest in the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Joslin
Fort Russell Reservation
Fred LaPash
Fort Russell
Ccity
Denver Pair Wed as Judge Becker Unites Them
Judge Becker this morning joined George M. Hall and Mrs. Mary L. Jarad in marriage, both residents of Denver Colorado. The couple traveled back south on this afternoon's train.
Swedish colony plan highlights Hakanson trip
John Hakanson, Cheyenne resident, travels to Christianstad Sweden to recruit about 200 Swedish colonists to settle in Wyoming on lands to be secured by him. A divorce petition in district court seeks legal separation for Bertha C Mills from George A Mills on grounds of non support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hakanson
Christianstad
Sweden
Sattle
Wyoming
Harkanson
District Court
Bertha C. Mills
George A. Mills
Bill to curb grazing permit discrimination across states
Senator Clark reports from the public lands committee a bill to prevent discrimination in grazing permit allocations for forest reservations. It targets Utah Wyoming tensions over Uintah, aims to allow Wyoming herders to graze in Utah and bans state based designation of permit recipients by wood workers unions or stock grower associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Wyoming
Yeaturday
Public Lands Committee
Utah
Uintah Reservation
Secretary of the Interior
Wood Growers Union
Stock Grower Association
Luncheon for Patients at County Hospital on Lawn
Matrons and nurses hosted a fine lunch for patients on the hospital lawn yesterday at 5 pm. The event featured elaborate dishes and musical entertainment with toasts from the matron and patients. Also, Hap Reid and Hiko Peters posted $10 bonds each after arrest for drunkenness, and Sheriff Smalley bought the old Five Mile ranch for $200, a 160 acre tract north of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hap” Reid
Hiko" Peters
Becker
BE. J. Smalley
Ernest Logan
Five Mile Ranch
Sloan Returns From Newcastle After Mine Search
John Sloan came back yesterday afternoon from Newcastle where he sought hidden gold deposits near that area. He plans to return later with Mr. Cowhick for a deeper survey now that the ground is waterlogged. Also note the Maccabees dance and supper at the I O O F hall on June 6 with good orchestra music and 26 cent admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sloan
Newcastle
Mr. Cowhick
I. 0
O. F. Hall
Kearney Defeated in League Game at North Platte
North Platte nine lost to Kearney stars by 16 to 8 in a league game at home. New pitcher faced heavy batting as 400 spectators watched. Earned runs listed show Platte nine scoring nine and North Platte eight in a high scoring setback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ney
North Platte
Stars
Kearney
Platte
North
New Officers Chosen in Company E W N G
An election at the armory chose Charles Cahill as captain to replace Captain Tom Heaney who resigned. Second lieutenant Cahill will be succeeded by Clifford Buck as second lieutenant and Herman Brookhart promoted to first sergeant for the unit under Captain R N LaFontaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Company E
Armory
Tom Heaney
R. N. LaFontaine
Troop A
Charles Cahill
Mr. Heaney
Clifford Buck
Leutenant
Cahill
Herman Brookhart
Four New Convicts Sentenced in Rawlins Robberies
Four shoplifters arrested last week for stealing many valuable items from Rawlins stores were arraigned in district court. James Martin received six years, Joe Murphy four, Minnie Smith four, and Pearl Smith two. all were sent to the penitentiary immediately after sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins
Wyo
James Martin
Joe Murphy
Minnie Smith
Pearl Smith
Evanston Boy Killed Under Wagon Wheels
Albert Mills a 13 year old boy died yesterday afternoon in Evanston after the wagon he was driving for Evanston Lumber Company ran away. He was crushed beneath the wheels and died within moments from injuries to the abdomen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Mills
Evanston
Evanston Lumber Company
Two Italians fined for duel in Cambria incident
Two Italians who dueled in Cambria were fined $100 each at Newcastle and slightly wounded. The notice mentions Bulkley’s mother’s death at Morence Michigan and various local notices including a patent grant for Bilas Gleason of Casper on a new Ure theater and a Salvation Army revival.
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Cambria
Newcastle
Ing
C. L. Bulkley
Morence
Mich
Bilas Gleason
Casper
Wyo
John Leskey Buys Cottage Lot at Twenty Fourth Street
John Leskey purchased from FP A Beck lot 7 in block 187 for 2000 dollars. The property on Twenty fourth street between Evans and Van Leonean features a pretty cottage. The T T Card club met at Mr and Mrs M P Keefe home with Mrs Buechner and O H Byns winning honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Leskey
FP. A. Beck
Twenty-fourth Street
Evans
van Leonean
T.T. Card Club
M. P. Keefe
4. B Buechner
O. H. Byans
Oil hopes rise as firm drills near railroad well
In Evanston Wyoming the American Consolidated Oil company has set up a portable rig near the Union Pacific well at Spring Valley and begins sinking a new well within fifty feet of the railroad site. Road damage allegedly found en route, with no culprit yet, as government confirms mineral land title. Oil flow expected within about 90 days amid further moves by neighboring firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Wyo
American Consolidated Oil Company
Union Pacific
Spring Valley
Railroad Company
Oil Company
American Consolidated
Douglas militia election names Arnold captain Perine lieutenant
At the election recently held at Douglas for the militia company W. A. Arnold was chosen captain and H. M. Perine first lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
W. A. Arnold
H. M. Perine
New Cheyenne Directory to List Business and Residence Addresses
A new Cheyenne directory will include both business and residence addresses for every man, plus a householders directory showing the head of the house at each number. Churches unions and lodges will be included, about 200 pages, delivery around July 16. Ten days sale offers seventy five pairs of Gent's fine shoes at 1.50 per pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Genta
GALE
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S.n-Herold
Herold
Miss Herold
S. N. Herold
Inter-Ocean Hotel
Ferguson
Lauck & Tupper’s
GEO. W. Sneider
Alex. Turnbull
Mortician
A. E. Roedel
West 17Th Street
Supreme Court Meets
Zion
Cowhick Dry Goods Co
Union Pacific System
Butte
Mont
Pt Ee
Nagle Home
Mrs
Houses
Congress
Circuit Court of Appeals
Eighth
St. Paul
Thomas Anderson
Ming Little Shockley
Lander
Anderson
Washington
Mary A. Wright
Laramie, Wid
Ow's
Washington A. Boyer
Ishawood
The
Wyoming Dental Company
Charles Vey
M. Marks
Cheyenne Dry Goods Company
Measick Dry Goods Co
Warren
Ana
Madras
Tom
Yeager & Carroll
Agents Peprness Directory Co
West Eighteenth Street
Kitzmiller
Pantatorium
16Th Street
Depot Exchange
al Logan
Waterman and Parker Fountain Pens
WM. Myers&co
John Harrington
Geo. H. Nagle
Chas. E. Miller
Corsoon
Union Mercantile Co
Opymant
Union Mercantile Company
Watchmaker
Miller's
Ferguson St David
West Seventeenth St
E. S. Johnston
Underwood Grocery Co
Underwood
U. L. Sulrley
Eddy Street
Dyer Hotel
Drobacz
Thos. Longhurst
Ule
Enon
Base
Knight's
Incles
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