Thirteen Locomotives Rebuilt at Union Pacific Shops
Thirteen locomotives were rebuilt in the Union Pacific shops last month as part of extensive plant work alongside running repairs and expansions. Engine No. 1807, former No. 1313, is prepared for passenger service amid foremanship changes and new facility plans. The Wyoming division gears up for cattle shipping season with added engines and anticipated heavy freight, plus personnel shifts and travel notes.
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Union Pacific
O’hearne
Fred Mertsheimer
Kansas City
Omaha
O'Hearne
Wyoming
Idaho
Jay Gould Visits Idaho Fish Hatchery Stay
Jay Gould and his party are in Soda Springs Idaho for a week. He toured the Laralie fish hatchery where Commissioner Sehnitger showed a pond with large and small fish. Gould marveled at the small fish surviving amidst larger ones and laughed at the tale later on a special train.
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Jay Gould
Soda Springs
Idaho
Laralie
Sehnitger
Mr. Gould
Maj. Schuitger
Foundation Stone Delivered for Max Idelman Residence
The foundation stone is delivered for a grand residence at Ferguson and Twenty-third. The home, costing over $15,000, will boast notable grounds and is slated to start this fall with completion early next year. Architect is Jas. P. Julien.
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Max Idelman
Ferguson
Jas. P. Julien
Silver Crown District Prospects Driven by Get Machinery
Can Get Machinery and J K Jeffrey and associates push development in the Silver Crown district with plans to test holdings thoroughly. Jeffrey has eastern capitalists ready to fund machinery for ore treatment on a substantial showing. The enterprising local syndicate will order what is needed when the time comes.
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J.K. Jeffrey
Silver Crown
Jeffrey
Central avenue viaduct completed across Union Pacific tracks
The Central avenue viaduct is finished under Contractor East with rails to be added next week. Mayor Bresnahen, Harrington, council members, Engineer Bond and many citizens toured the site praising its size, finish, and utility. It will be accepted at the next council meeting. streetcars and shops access are planned. Snyder street subway follows.
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Central Avenue
Union Pacific
East
Bresnahen
Harrington
Bond
Business Mer
Kent
South Side
Snyder Street
Cheyenne Factory Emerges as Quiet Industrial Power
A Cheyenne factory operating with Weybrecht planing mills under E. B. Cady has grown to a successful showcase facility. It receives orders daily and serves Denver Omaha and Chicago houses. Travelers Max and Abe Idelman and Ed Kaufman helped build outside trade for the new concern.
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Weybrecht Planing
E. 8. Cady
Denver
Omaha
Chicago
Max
Abe Idelman
Ed Kaufman
Burlington and Missouri extension progress toward Donkey Creek
Work on the Burlington and Missouri extension from the Belle Fouche river toward Sheridan and Buffalo advances rapidly. The track is about twenty miles beyond Belle Fouche, with completion expected by mid August. Roadway is graded and ready for iron fifty miles beyond Donkey Creek, planning a junction with branches to Buffalo and Sheridan.
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Burlington and Missouri
Belle Fouche
Sherdan
Buffalo
Donkey Creek
Sheridan
Dress drill and hop by Cheyenne Guards at armory
The Cheyenne Guards hosted a dress drill and social hop at the armory last evening. Captain Wilkes led twenty eight men in a polished drill and the gathering was described as large fashionable and unusually pleasant.
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Wilkes
Faith healer’s neglect blamed for child’s death in Indiana
In Evansville Indiana coroner rules death of Herman Rinets infant son caused by neglect after boy, initially aided by a physician, was taken to William F Meyers a faith healer who prayed and laid on hands at Bethesda Home instead of giving medicine. Meyers runs religious services and claims divine healing and has attracted believers.
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Noulect
Evansville
Ind
Herman Rinetz
Wiliam F. Meyers
Meyers
Bethesda Home
Bald Mountain Diggings Attract Big Money Interest
In Berrato Wyoming a rush forms around Bald mountain placer digs in the Big Horn range near Buffalo. Bennett Amalgamator company of Denver plans to install a $200,000 electric unit to work five to six thousand acres, predicting a 10,000 population city within a year as miners haul dirt to water and yield rich dust daily.
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Berrato
Wyo
Bald Mountain Gold Placer
Big Horn Range
Buffalo
Bald Mountain Placer
Bennett Amalgamator Company
Denver
Bracken
Bennett
Bald Mountain
Denver Company
Big Horn
Judge Blake Regains Health in Posture and Spirit
Judge J. W. Blake of the second district appears strong and healthy again after months of rheumatism and nervous trouble. He credits relief from worry over legal practice for his renewed vigor, noting he now works hard on the bench while letting lawyers worry. He was seen in Cheyenne chatting with friends and observing the Inter Ocean traffic and promenade.
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J. W. Blake
Second District
Inter Ocean
Judge Blake
Blake
Sneak Thievery Targets IXL Barn Office
John Hart of Cheyenne Transfer Company is robbed of clothes after a sneak thief visits the IXL barn office Thursday evening. Western Union operator W. H. Butler, who boards nearby, contributed an overcoat and a suit to the thief.
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John Hart
Cheyenne Transfer Company
Ixl Barn
W. H. Butler
Western Union
Wealthy San Diego pair wed in Croftonpsville ceremony
This morning in Croftonpsville Indiana Joseph White a San Diego resident and Miss Louisa E Thompson were married. The groom is seventy one and the bride fifty. The event marked by local society circles ends with a simple private ceremony.
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Cnawronpsville
Ind
Joseph 5. White
San Diego
Cal
Louisa E. Thompson
Asylum Returns and Inmate Conditions Reported
Sheriff Kelley and Clerk Atkinson brought Mrs. John Shaw back from Evans ton to the asylum where she claimed to be an angel and resisted a bath. Mrs McGuire shows best improvement and may return in a month. Mrs Harlan is violent and unlikely to recover quickly. Mrs Coleman has wasted away and may die soon. An Evanston inmate cares for stables and wears a hat indoors. Inmates are given employment whenever possible.
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Sheriff Kelley
Atkinson
Evanston
John Shaw
Hocker
McGuire
Water Well Splashes in Rawlins August News
Special dispatch reports that Rawlins Wyoming struck water in the city well this afternoon. The eight inch hole spouts water about fifteen feet high, bringing great rejoicing after a period of drought and water scarcity for the town.
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Sun
Rawlins
Wyo
Converse Cattle Firm Sees Good Outlook Despite Theft
W. C. Irvine, manager from the North, reports feed is good and cattle fat with a promising outlook for the Converse Cattle company. He notes persistent thefts are the major downside, predicting losses will exceed those of other incidents combined.
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Converse
W. C. Irvine
Converse Cattle Company
A Quart of Blood Incident at Telegraph Office
A colored man collapsed asleep at the Western Union telegraph counter. He struck his head on the edge, dripping a quart of blood on the floor. Al Thompson lifted him, and Dr. Wyman treated a severe scalp wound.
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Western Union Telegraph Office
Charlie Brswell
Weather Service
al Thompson
Darkey
Wyman
Ax Handle Texts at Camp Near Here
A consignment of ax handles made by Mr. Trisler of Glenwood Iowa sits at a tie camp near here. The handles bear scriptural verses and local boys think better material and less scripture would improve their service.
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Evanston
Trisler
Glenwood
Lowa
Haying Record Reported on Beckwith Ranch
Word from the ranch says crews beat the previous haying mark by cutting and stacking 155 tons in a day. Three camps with eighty five men operate eighteen mowing machines. expected annual crop about ten thousand tons, roughly a 50 percent rise from last year.
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Beckwith
Glenrook Mine Fire Threatens Large Loss as Reopening Plans Form
The Glenrook mine fire leaves track and equipment losses totaling tens of thousands. Officials estimate 8000 feet of track 2000 feet of steam pipe two pumps fifty drive pit cars valued at 82750 and a mining machine worth 2000 destroyed or damaged with no fixed total until restart. Manager Harrison surveys options including tapping a coal vein at a new place by a shaft and operating until old workings reopen.
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Glenrook
Douglas
Harrison
Parnell Faction Fractures as O'Shea Case Promises Disclosures
Parnell pushes plans from Thurles to rally support amid defections amid O'Brien bankruptcy and McCarthy talks to withdraw funds for legal costs. O'Shea faces a £3000 claim and immigration and emigration reviews unfold with American inspectors eyed for ports.
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ISO
New York
Associated Press
Loxpox
Dillon
O'Brien
Parnell
Thurles
Ireland
Dublin
Balfour
Unds
Irish Education Board
Wm. O'Brien
London
McCarthy
Paris
Capt
O'Shea
Parnel
Board of Trade
United States Immigration Commissioners
England
Russia
Wesleyan Conference
Dilke
Gold Fever Near Swank Mines Loom Large in Wash
Report from Evenssene Washington details a rich gold find near Swank with nuggets the size of a thimble. The vein is four feet wide and eighty feet deep with high assays. Two men can mine five tons daily with visible gold on croppings and walls formed by slate.
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Swank
Hornbook
Max Goldsmith Out as Junkuan. Paid 855 60
The junkuan Max Goldsmith is out after paying 855 60 in a transaction noted in the report. Details on the cause and next steps were not provided.
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Max Goldsmith
Junkuan
Secretary Noble Retires Amid Cabinet Resignation News
A Washington report through the Chicago Herald states General Noble has resigned from the cabinet with the president accepting the move with regret. Noble may take a diplomatic mission or a new eighth circuit judgeship. travel to Europe is possible before final assignments.
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Dana
Chicago Herald
Washington
Noble
Richfield Springs
New York
Gen. Noble
Eighth Circuit
Europe
Saye
Train Wreck Near Bellaire Involving 70 Passengers
A Bellaire near trestle collision left three miles south of Bellaire on the Bellaire Zanesville Cincinnati line. Fourteen injured including four seriously and one fatally. The seriously hurt named Morris McElroy Irwin Wilcox. Passengers fled cars as they derailed into a ditch after the cars jumped rails at speed.
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Belcaire
Ohio
Bellaire
Zanesville
John Morris
Chas, McElroy
John Irwin
G. H. Wilcox
Affection of the Wrong Sort Causes Disturbance at Church
Adelaide Brown, a domestic in Onance New Jersey, entered Rev. William C. Jason’s study at St. John’s Methodist Church and struck him with a cowhide before he confiscated the whip and had her jailed on his warrant. Authorities say she is believed to be mentally unsettled and in love with the minister.
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N.J
Adelaide Brown
Wm. C. Jason
St. John’s Methodist Episcopal Church
Strange Seance in the Light at Lowetl Mass
The American Psychical Society testing modern spiritualism ends three seances with Miss Josephine Lord of the city. Phenomena occur mostly in light. In the first session Rev T Ernest Allen leads six others as three canes stand upright for five minutes and move on command only when Miss Lord directs.
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Lowetl
Mass
American Psychical Society
Heber Newton
New York
Minot Savage
Boston
Josephine Lord
Detective Swallows Letter to Foil Arrest Plot
Demetive Greene reports from Washington to seize a letter from Willian Low. Tonight Lee demanded the letter and, when opened, the detective forced him to swallow it. Lee chewed the document to destroy evidence, thwarting authorities’ efforts.
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Demetive Greene
Washington
Willian Low
Lee
Bin
Nerest
Stock Ranging Rustling Reported Across State
Secretary Sams of the stock commission reports ongoing range rustling in multiple counties as investigations continue.
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Sams
Stock Commissions
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J. W. Biffle
Sam J. Smith
J. W. McCarty
Smith
Burlington
Old Baldy
Big Horn Mountain Range
Y Noble
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