Woman Offered Life to Save Husband in Ohio Execution
Columbus reports Edwin Ruthven, a Black man, was electrocuted at the state penitentiary after midnight for murdering a policeman during a burglary. The event followed claims by Ruthven’s wife that she swapped identities and acted in his stead, but Ruthven denied the tale and was executed as the murderer.
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Columbus
Ohio
Edwin Ruthven
Ohio State Penitentiary
Ruthven
Darkey
Mullato
Uncle Sam's New Fiscal Year Opens with Surplus Expected
Washington reports the new fiscal year begins next Monday. Internal revenue income this year totals 307 million dollars the largest on record. Custom receipts 240 million. Expenditures likely to be 12 million above last year leaving a 75 million surplus. Chad rorts projected at 1.5 billion dollars. Outlook for next year remains bright barring passage of ship subsidy river and harbor bills and expansive measures.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Chad Rorts
Congress
Millionaire Decked Voyage On Deutschland
Southampton June 28 The steamship Deutschland sailed from New York at 10 this morning A train arrived with J Pierpont Morgan and nine American millionaires who booked the entire upper deck and ten staterooms paying 22000 for six days on the voyage Morgan will discuss international trade with fellow financiers during the trip He also disclosed a million dollar gift to Harvard saying he simply had a million handy for the donation
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Southampton
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Harvard
Revive Knights of Labor Effort Emphasized in New York
Secret meetings will be held across New York City tonight to revive interest and prestige in the Knights of Labor. Leaders have worked quietly for months and aim to strengthen the organization to or beyond its 12 to 15 year standing.
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New York
Knights of Labor
Corbin Sails for Manila on Hancock
Adjutant General Corbin sails from San Francisco on the Hancock to visit troops in the Philippines and assess the situation personally. He notes plans to reduce troops only if peace and government needs allow, seeking informed decisions. Reports from Washington discuss canteen data and a restart of the Paris auto race with 73 cars departing Aix-Lachappelle.
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San Francisco
Cali
Corbin
Philippines
Hancock
McKinley
Chaffee
France
Aix Lachappelle
Paris
Wheat fails in France cropShortage looms for France
Paris cables report a wheat crop failure in France with a predicted shortage over thirty six million bushels. France seeks grain from the United States and Argentina, boosting expected benefits to American farmers from the shortfall.
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New York
the Herald Today
Paris
France
United States
Canal No Longer a Dream
Buffalo news reports practical steps toward initiating agitation for a ship canal twenty one feet deep from Buffalo to the Hudson and the ocean. All midwest commercial interests back the plan to save transport costs. estimated construction cost three hundred million dollars and no longer a distant dream.
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Buffalo
Hudson River
Ocean
Middle West
Duke of Manchester Settles Bankruptcy Case
London. The Duke of Manchester bids farewell to the bankruptcy court as creditors accept a twelve shillings sixpence on the pound compromise. The duke’s father in law paid nearly a hundred thousand dollars. He attributes the failure to theatrical speculation.
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London
Duke of Manchester
Two Hangings in Alabama on Same Morning
Birmingham reports two hangings within an hour on the same scaffold. Frank Miller shot a policeman named Adams while escaping after a safe robbery of Standard Oil. Miller and Frank Duncan were captured, with Duncan in penitentiary. The second execution was Aliza Williams, a colored convict, for killing a fellow prisoner at Pratt mines. Paris notes Dr Leyds denies Kruger intervention bid. Special Eastbound Excursions: Union Pacific cuts round trip fares to eastern points from June 20 to Sept 12. Subscriptions for The Leader at 60 cents monthly.
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Birmingham
Ala
Frank Miller
Adams
Miller
Standard Oil Company
Frank Duncan
Duncan
Aliza Williams
Pratt Mines
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Chicago
St. Louis
Peoria
St .Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
W. Sweht
Cheyenne
Washington house dedication at Althorpe in England
Scores of Americans visiting England attended the dedication of the restored Washington house at Althorpe, ancestral home of Gen. George Washington. Ambassador Choate of the American embassy participated in the ceremony.
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London
England
Althorpe
Earl Spencer
Washington House
Gen
George Washington
Ambassador Choate
Marquand’s Failures Trigger Bank Collapse in New York
New York reports Marquand & Co. failed at market open. Assignee Frank Smith assumed control as liabilities near a million dollars. The firm held six million in Pittsburgh Shawmut and Western railway bonds used to tap coal fields, angering the coal trust. The Seventh National Bank had lent one and a half million on those bonds and then failed, taking Marquand down with it.
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New York
Marquand & Co
Stock Exchange
Frank Smith
Pittsburg, Shawmut and Western Railway
Pennsylvania
Seventh National Bank
Marquand & Go
Marquand
Local notices from Cheyenne on travelers and visits
A stream of brief notes records George Mitchell and others visiting Ava, Danville, Missoula, and Denver area departures. State Examiner H. B. Henderson returns from an official trip while Deputy Golden goes north to serve civil papers. Mentions include Mrs. Gen O'Brien, T. Joe Fisher’s family, and Judge John Slaughter’s upcoming ninety-second birthday.
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George Mitchell
Ava
M. A. Cohen
Denon
Golden
William Myers
Denver
Robert Miskimmons
la Barge
Sam Bergaman
William Gutherie
M. P. Keefe
H. B. Henderson
George J. Lamm
Illinois
S. Higgins
Motive Power
Union Pacific
A. W. Bristol
Gen. O'Brien
Danville
T. Joe Fisher
Missoula
Montana
John I. Crowley
Lena
Marie
Walter Mann
BE. W. Mann
Crete
Neb
Walter
John Slaughter
Cheyenne
B. B. Davidson
Iron Mountain
Excursion Rates to California From Cheyenne 1901 Readied
excursion rates from Cheyenne to California points and return set at 47 dollars. sale dates listed as June 18 July 2 16 July and August 6 20 September 8 and 17 in 1901. limit allows up to twenty one days from the date of sale.
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Bunker Hill
Waterloo
United States
England
Victoria
Great Britain
Custer
Palace
Seventeeth and
Ferguson Streets
Wyoming
Cheyenne
California
Cheyenne Baseball Lineups Then Charity Game Planned
Manager Cahill releases Tramways lineup for tomorrow's game with the Indians. Cheyenne Indians list includes Green Graham and others with Logue rumored to arrive. A charity game between Elks and Shriners at Boulevard Park funds the Ladies Relief Association. Local youth baseball draws complaints and a city ordinance targets vacant-lot practice. Weather: fair, slightly cooler tonight. highs 83, lows 54 with scattered showers in Missouri valley and upper Mississippi. Lost gray blouse jacket. return to office for reward.
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Eddie Logue
Cheyenne Indians
J. Green
D. Graham
Brierley
Kroell
Shoals
J. Graham
Bennett
Trudgian
Leary
Grindle
Boulevard Park
The
Elks
Shriners
Ladies’ Relief Association
Cheyenne
Cheyenne and Vicinity
Missouri Valley
South Atlantic Coast
Central States
Mississippi Valley
Lake Region
North
Pacific Coast
Missouri
Mississippi
Almost a Century Old Judge Slaughter to Mark 92nd Birthday
Judge John Slaughter, Cheyenne resident for 33 years, will celebrate his ninety second birthday tomorrow. Once widely respected, he has served as justice of the peace and as librarian and superintendent of public instruction. Now assistant state librarian, he remains mentally sharp with a long memory of events many decades past. He and his late wife left no living immediate family, and his church role as deacon continues strong amid a life of public service spanning Ohio to Colorado. Madrid plague panic reported with twelve cases and four deaths in Oporto.
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Cheyenne
John Slaughter
Crouch
Slaughter
Judge Slaugter
Ohio
Colorado
Central School
Justice of the Peace
Territorial
Judge Slaughter
Congregational Church
Pan-American Special to Buffalo via Niagara Falls
Traveling from Chicago at 6 p m the Pan American Special of the Michigan Central runs to Buffalo with dinner served, arriving next morning at 7 45. The train offers comfort in travel and tickets are available at the office at 119 Adams street. Don t forget the Niagara Falls route.
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Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Chicago
Adams Street
Men's Wear Sale Prices From A vintage ad
A newspaper ad lists deals on men’s wear including suits from 4.50 to 3, all wool and fine dress options, with boys’ shirts at 25 cents, calf shoes, solid leather shoes for 1.50, corduroy coats and vests at 12 dollars, underwear 25 cents, gloves and caps 25 cents, and shirts at 25 cents.
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ING Goods
Percy Smith
17Th Street Furniture Store
Palach Pharmacy
Cheyenne Distributing Agency
West 16Th St
Oscar Braun
Capitol Avenue
Wear
Sixteenth Street
Samuel
Morgan
Deutschland
Manila
Canal
Papa Zimmerman
Alabama
Leyds
Dr. Leyds
Transvaal
Kruger
South Africa
Coal Trust
Cahill
Tramways
Indians
Mulligan
Zeitz
Newman
Denkel
Atkins
Petroll
Farrett
Bilis
Russell
Crawford
Weather Report
Keystone
Cook
Astle & Lavander Golden Beer
Eaneer
Madrid
Oporto
M. Marks
Tap Brussels
Axminster
Body
Brussels
Warren Mercantile CO
Ternes Dry Goods Store
Davis & Kelley
the Grocers
Our
Golden Rule
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Harrington
West
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