Plan to sell state land near Cheyenne to settlers discussed
Cheyenne officials hear a plan by the Greater Cheyenne club and the Industrial club to open about 90,000 acres of state land within 15 miles of Cheyenne for private purchase on easy terms. The proposal envisions 10 down, five yearly payments, and potential contract extensions for settlers who establish residence and cultivation.
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Cheyenne
State Land Board
Greater
Cheyenne Club
Industrial Club
Wyo
G. Hopkins
Wyoming
Laramie County
Greater Cheyenne Club
Industrial Club of
Aald Clubs
State of
Bedit
Man Kills Wife Wounds Two Then Commits Suicide
In Chelan County’s Grovetown area Claude Jordan, 43, shot and killed his wife and seriously injured two others after barricading himself in his home. After an hourlong standoff officers finally obtained entry as Jordan fatally shot himself. Mrs Jordan’s body, found hidden between two mattresses, confirms the tragedy. Jordan had twice been confined in an insane asylum.
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Grovetown
Chelan
Claude Jordan
All Honor 10 President and the Democrats at Philadelphia
John Wanamaker at the Union League club urged Republicans to support the Democratic national administration and new tariff and currency laws. He credited Woodrow Wilson with lowering the tariff and revising the monetary system, praising the president and the Metro political leaders for keeping their promises.
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Philadelphita
Union League Club
Democratic National
Republican Party
Wanamaker
Woodrow Wilson
Rotary to Rescue Stranded Colorado & Southern Train
A blizzard with 60 mile gale hampers the Colorado & Southern as No. 30 lies on a Horse Creek siding awaiting rescue. The Union Pacific rotary from Cheyenne, with officials aboard, pushes toward Chugwater to clear the line, while Colorado & Southern hauls supplies for 40 passengers, who are safe and warm.
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Colorado & Southern
No. 30
Cheyenne
Horse Creek
Chugwater
Tron Mountain
Iron Mountain
Union Pacific Rotary
Jeffers
Wyoming Division
Union Pacifh
A. W. Barber
Islay
Rotary
Former Mexican Deputies Freed as Sedition Charges Drop
In Mexico City on January 2 26 former deputies imprisoned by Huerta’s order were released after a judge ruled sedition charges unfounded.
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Mexico City
Congress
President Wilson and Lind Meet Aboard Cruiser
President Wilson and John Lind met aboard the Chester off Pass Christian Mississippi. The discussion focused on the Mexican situation and was their first meeting since July at the White House. Wilson had hoped a private sailing trip on the Winona would keep the meeting discreet, but dispatches announced Lind’s arrival.
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Pass Christian
Miss
Wilson
John Lind
Mexco
Chester
Lind
White House
Mexico City
Jim Vera Crux
Christian
Winona
Lindetsea
Chriatlan
Armenian Miner Emulates Lopez Shootout In Utah Copper Mine
Yousouf Hecott, an Armenian miner, fatally wounds a fellow worker at Lark near Bingham and flees into the Utah Copper mine. A posse pursues him through mine levels to capture him, as shots echo above the ninth level.
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Bingham
Uwtsh
Ralph Lopes
Yousouf Hecott
Lark
Todys
Utah Copper Company
Bossir
Weash
On Time Ship Owner a Pirate Lands in Irons
San Francisco December 2 Aboard the steam lumber schooner Willamette Sea Rover Andrew B Nelson once owner of the schooner Kera and a master mariner is held in irons on a charge of assaulting Captain Reiner at sea Laramie a bricklayer from Shalby Indiana is charged as an accomplice Nelson entered the cabin muffled in a towel and wearing a brown wig and fake moustache He battled Captain Helner for a pistol before sailors and a waiter overpowered him and the two men were taken to authorities The Willamette paid $1550 in cash to crew and had 25 passengers aboard as pirates attempted to escape with valuables
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San Francisco
Sea Rover
Andrew B. Nelson
Kera
Willamette
Reiner
High
Joseph Laramie
Shalby
Ind
Nelson
Helner
Nalgon
Laramie
Iimo
Lost Man Found by Brothers in Rock Island
Peoria contractor Charles A Johnson who died appeared last July was found last night in Rock Island Al by his brothers Albert and Ford of Cambridge. He did not recognize them and claimed his name was Jack Johnson. Johnson had wandered the country following the bridge carpenter trade.
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Peoria
Charles A Johnson
Rock Ialand
Albert
Fwd
Cambridge
Jack Johnson
Johnson
Tle
Long illness ends Hugo E. Buechner Cheyenne jeweler
Hugo E. Buechner, 60, Cheyenne jeweler since 1874, died after a long illness at his daughter Mamie M Kie’s home in Udonta. Body to arrive at 1:30 this evening, funeral pending arrival of son Charlie from Wheatland. He was Elk, Cheyenne Universel rein society member and Blue Lodge Mason, known for integrity.
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Weola
Hugo E. Buechner
Heyenne
Wheatland
California
la Junta
Buechner
Cheyenne ‘Luniverein Society
Blue Lodge
Lousness
Supreme Court to Hear Titanic Liability Case
The U S Supreme Court will start the year with many decisions and hear the Titanic case against Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. The British firm faces roughly 1 million dollars in claims tied to loss of life and property from the 1912 disaster, with about 90 thousand in total.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the
United States
Oceanic Steam Navigation Company
Morgan Act Surprise Renews Call to End Interlocking Directors
New York January 2. J P Morgan and Company withdrew from dozens of corporations including the New Central and New Maven railroads in a move attributed to shifting public sentiment and a potential end to interlocking directors. George F Baker signaled he would follow suit as traders faced a halt in Wall Street activity. Morgan stated he would act as a director for any company that would allow it, marking a major shift in the city’s financial establishment and prompting analysis of long-standing bank practices.
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New York
J. P. Morgan and Company
Morgat and Commanny
Central
New Maven
J. P. Morkan and Company
George F. Baker
Wall Street
Morgan
Baker
Erewey
Wineress
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Blays
Wounds
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Supreme Court
Cheyenne Daily State Leader
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