Weekly Leader Highlights from Denver to Wyoming News
Gen Jack Casement visits Denver with family as cattle shipments rise with 37 000 head moved since season start. Women’s suffrage campaigns heat Colorado as Brigham Young rumors stir Utah politics. Postmaster Nason appointed at Green River City while marble petrifaction shocks Longmont riders.
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New York
Howell
W. B. Royall
Omaha
Crazy Horse
Howard
Sturgis
Miles
Mr. Spates
Here
J. W. Luff
Julesburg
Ogalalla
Wyoming
Wm. Var Vleck
Imsq
Post Office Department
Ting
Jonathan 11. Nason
Green River City
Sweetwater Co
I. Field
Terrible ride on Jar gett Palmer train tramp recalls near fatal rooftop hold
A west-born tramp arrived days ago recounts deadheading a Jar gett Palmer train from Cheyenne to Green River. He climbed a stove pipe after the roof ride, suffered cinder burns and torn coat tails, was spotted by the engineer, and reached Green River aged by the ordeal with gray hair at twenty two summers.
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West
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Green River
Jargett & Palmer
Sherman
Laramie
Nez Perce War feared as Joseph band evades troops
The army reports limited success against Chief Joseph's Nez Perce though the band of about 300 warriors has eluded U S forces. They are moving north toward Canada near Sitting Bull’s camp with seven to nine thousand nearby across the Wood mountains ready to cross the boundary. The Times notes a potential general Indian war is a grave possibility.
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Nez Perces
Joseph
Montana
Canada
Howard
Gibbon
Sturgis
Missouri
Sitting Bull
Wood Mountains
Chicago Times
Chiefs In Chicago View Exposition With Spotted Tail
Spotted Tail and his party visited the Exposition in Chicago on Saturday at the invitation of managers. Guided by Secretary Reynolds, they toured in a procession then inspected the fly wheel, steam hammer, and elevator. The group showed curiosity at workings and paused before Wilt's portrait of Hayes.
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Spotted Tail
Reynolds
Mr. Reynolds
Black Hills
Wilt
President Hayes
Great Colorado Giant Exhumed Arrives in Denver Exhibition
A claimed petrified being unearthed near Pueblo by W A Conant arrives in Denver and onlookers debate if it is a petrified human or sculpture. The stone figure has long limbs a real tail and features suggesting a man, with measurements recorded but no expert identification yet.
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Colorado
W.A. Conant
Pueblo
Denver
Denver Tribune
Denison
Semper
Dr. Denison
Unnatural Crime Report Stuns Laramie City
A Laramie exchange recounts a disturbing incident as a woman tells Judge Brown that an infant's body was being dragged on Tuesday afternoon. Authorities investigate the gruesome matter and seek presumed details from the public.
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Laramie
Brown
County Attoraney
Burbank Charged After Infant’s Body Found Buried in Garden
In a south city alley police discover the infant of J I Burbank. he had buried the child two weeks earlier. Burbank led officers to a false burial site in a garden then admitted the body was his child. A coffin was found in a closet and the case raises questions about legal penalties for disposing of a dead infant in the street.
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J. I. Burbank
Burbank
Tie Camp Tragedy Ends in Inquest Jury Finds Revolver Blow Fatal
Dead men from Dawson's tie camp were brought to Laramie and buried from the Baptist and Catholic churches. An inquest, led by Coroner Dy Sart, found J. D. Cow died from blows with Ryan's revolver. No other defendant implicated in the tragedy.
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Dawson's Tie Camp
Laramie
Cowan
Ryan
Dysart
J. d. Cow
Alex
Suodirass
Afary
Elevations under Review for Peak and Rail Lines
The correct altitude of Pike's Peak is to be rechecked by J S Nettleton for four years of barometrical data. He will verify the 1874 levels to fix accurate summit height and adjust other elevations. Rail line levels on the Kansas Pacific are found about fifty three feet low, affecting connected routes. The Veta Pass summit should read 9 391.4 feet on the Denver Rio Grande line.
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Wyoming
Colorado
Pike’s Peak
Rocky Mountains
Trayden
Wheeler
Pike's Peak
Nettleton
Kansas Pacific Railroad
Kansas Pacific
Denver
Veta Pass
Denver & Rio Grande Railway
Trail of Express Robbers Caught in Kansas With Gold on Bodies
Following the Big Springs train robbery, U P detectives tracked a Texas led group to Ogalalla Nebraska and Buffalo Kansas where Collins was killed and Eighty pounds of gold valued near twenty two thousand dollars found on the robbers belts. The survivors fled toward Kansas Pacific country as troops and sheriffs pursued.
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Big Springs
Nebraska
J. T. Clark
Omaha
Ogalalla
Collins
Texas
Ogaialla
Kansas Pacific
Ogalaila
Kansas Pacific Railway
Buffalo
Wilson Co
Kansas
Union Pacific
16Th U. S. Infantry
Fort Hayes
Beardslee
Ellis County
Camp Brown Wyoming and Washakie encampment near Little Wind River
Report describes Camp Brown as a small federal police post for Bannock and Eastern Shoshone bands. Washakie’s camp lies within a mile, tepees dotting the Little Wind River valley, presenting a peaceful, picturesque scene for travelers. Also notes Petrified Giant exhibit in Denver with scientists including Carl Semper from the University of Würzburg.
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Camp Brown
Wyoming
Washakie
Sibley
Little Wind River
Colorado
Denver
the Tribune
Carl Semper
University of Wurzburg
Bavaria
Deadwood Seeks Narrow Gauge Rail to Central City
Chambers C. Davis leads a three man group to build a Deadwood to Central City narrow gauge line. The two mile survey from upper Sherman street to between South Bend and Central estimates grading under 7000 and total cost near 30000 with New Bedford financiers pledged. Depot site not fixed yet, likely lower town.
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Chambers C. Davis
Deadwood
Central City
Wm.a. Beard
H. P. Bennet
Upper Sherman Street
South Bend
Central
New Bedford
Mass
Gayville
Deadwood Times
Masonic Groups Plan New Temple Site in Cheyenne
Wyoming Chapter No 1, R A M and Cheyenne Lodge No 1, A M and AM, at meetings formed a joint committee to buy an eligible site for a new Masonic Temple. They chose the Rollins house property on 16th Street between Eddy and Ferguson, including lots 44 by 182 and buildings between the Bella Union and McDaniels New Dramatic theatre. The price paid was 5000 dollars in cash.
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Wyoming
R.A. M
Cheyenne
A. M
Rollins House
16Th Street
Eddy and
Ferguson
Bella Union
McDaniels
Train Robbery Killings and Union Pacific Clues Revealed
A Buffalo Kansas killing of two Union Pacific robbers was kept quiet at the railway's request. A passenger named Riley identified the slain man as Collins, a former Ogalalla cattle dealer, triggering a pursuit with Gen. Pope dispatching Kansas Pacific scouts. The text also advertises Green's Sulphur Soap and Dooley's Yeast Powder with brief consumer claims.
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Union Pacific
Buffalo
Kansas
Riley
Ile
Collins
Ogalalla
Pope
Kansas Pacific
Dauntless Davis Recalls Weeknight Treasure Coach Robbery
The OC and B H Stage Co treasure coach was stopped by two masked robbers last Wednesday night. Messenger Scott Davis, wounded in the leg, recounts the attack near the Cheyenne river, the robbers’ search for arms, and the robbers’ identification as Dunk Blackburn and Jack Wall.
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OC. & B. H. Stage Co
Scott Davis
Inter- Ocean Hotel
Bowman
Leader
Davis
Cheyenne River
Denny
Jenney
Alex. Benham
Benham
Henry
Missouri River
Notable Denver Marriages and Local Deaths Listed
Multiple notices from Denver dated September 25 to 27 report marriages and deaths. Susie Palmer wed Charles F Reed. Agnes Lake-Hickok married Geo Carson. Juula David wed Joseph M Carey. Fannie Kierstead married M M Zimmerman. Gottfried Kruse died with ceremonies to follow. a 2-year-old Miller child died of spasmodic croup.
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Canson Sticken
Chas
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Jack Casement
Darwin
Secretary of the Interior
Gov
Axtell
New Mexico
M. M. Zimmerman
Lake Minnehaha
Fort Collins
J. M. Carey
E. P. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Gallatin & Co
North Platte
Rawlins
Stephen Hon
Brigham Young
Utah
Nevada
United States
Longmont
Oscar Sharpless
G. M. Jones
Railroad House
Dan Crapp
Rawlings
Justice Fisher
Senbe
Jarrett & Palmer
Chiefs
Chicago
Chicago Exposition
U. P
Robders
Masonic Temple
Dooley
Dauntless Davis
Kruse
Gottfried
Gottfried Kruse
Miluur
C. W. Miller
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