Daylight burglars raid city during parade
A gang of six to seven burglars entered multiple East and West End homes during a noon parade, smashing screens and doors, rifling bureaus and trunks, and stealing jewelry valued around $500 from R. F. Glover and other residences. Police and sheriff deputies chased suspects, with several arrests and a man identified on the show grounds. The hunt continued as officers fortified patrols and circus officials cooperated.
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Kelley
Marshal Sehnitger
East End
West End
Calaboose
Frank Kellogg
Pinkerton
Yund
Laramie
United States
Carr
Sehnitger
Kellogg
Evans
Adam Pepas
Calliope
The Hold Up and Railroader Assault on Fifteenth Street
C Mankers, a railroad worker, was attacked by five tramps on Fifteenth Street near Eddy and Thames. He is reportedly sore but ready. two attackers remain jailed. A separate incident involves a Union Pacific brakeman robbed of 100 and a gold watch who declined to prosecute.
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West End
Lawson
J. W. Harmer
Harmer
Chris O'Brien
Evans
O’brien
Twenty-second
Thames
Union Pacific
Darkey
Tack Faust
C. Mankers
Fifteenth Street
Eddy
Mankers
Chicago
Pat Nolan
Caboose
Mr. Cleveland Declines Wyoming Fair Invitation
Clarence Richardson sent an urgent invitation to former President Cleveland to attend the Wyoming Fair Association event at the state fair September 8 to 12. From Gray Gables on August 16 the distinguished Democrat declines in an autograph letter saying he will not visit the West this season and cannot attend the fair despite the inducements offered. Grover CLEVELAND.
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Clarence Richardson
Cleveland
Gray Gables
Buzzard’s Bay
Wyoming Fair Association
Grover Cleveland
The Generals Gold Machine In Saratoga Testing
Gen John C Thompson reportedly received an offer from Colorado Ironworks to manufacture his gold washing machine. The device has been tested on placer ground in the state. Colorado experts praised the machine, and Thompson plans to bring one back to Saratoga for valley testing.
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John C. Thompson
Saratoga Sun
Colorado Ironworks
Colorado
Saratoga
Pallium ceremony in Milwaukee honors bishops
Its Nature reports Bishop Burke attends Milwaukee pallium bestowal for several dignitaries. The pallium, worn at pontifical high mass or episcopal consecration, is forbidden by canon law outside these rites and requires holy see approval. Nuns weave pallia from white wool from lambs blessed on St Agnes Eve in Rome. The vestment is blessed on Saints Peter and Paul day and rests overnight on St Peter’s tomb altar.
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Burke
Milwaukee
Holy See
Rome
Peter and Paul
St. Peter's Tomb
Butcher Fred Schwartz and ranchman bound over in Lusk case
Fred Schwartz a butcher and Jack Evans a ranchman both of Lusk were arraigned before Justice Emerie for the illegal killing of a Metcalf Williams steer. They were bound over in 500 dollars each and released on furnishing security. The steer hide was found in the rear of the market covered with sawdust. Schwartz says he bought the beef from Evans, which Evans denies. The hide brand is clearly legible.
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Fred Schwartz
Jack Evans
Lusk
Emerie
Douglas Bud
Metcalf & Williams
Schwartz
Evans
Dillon Cured In Chicago Recruits Keeps Keeley Fame
The Chicago dispatch notes actor John Dillon known in Cheyenne as a Keeley colony recruit has quit his usual travels abroad for treatment. He now says he is clothed and in his right mind and will not disappoint the public with misfortune again. He joined Dwight graduates club headed by Opie P. Read, the humorist author, in the city.
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Chicago
Cheyenne
Keeley Colony
Dwight
John Dillon
Dwight Graduates
Opie P. Read
Destructive blaze at Carbon fire department site
Trainmaster Culross reports Carbon station records tangled after a fire. Compton, said to have died by own action, driven toward the crowd by letters. About 200 dollars shortage feared. Only major loss was 40 feet of hose. Compton sustained severe burns to his legs arms and head.
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Culross
Carbon
Compton
Carbon Fire Department
Pay day circus cost four brakemen jobs
Pay day with a circus thrown in proved too much for four bill brakemen and four extra men who now have permanent positions elsewhere.
Rescued Seventy Years Ago by the Constellation
Captain Nathaniel Richards aged ninety four, lifelong whaler, was guest of the U S frigate Constellation officers at dinner. Seventy years earlier the Constellation rescued him from Chilean captivity after a sealing voyage began in 1821 from Stonington. He escaped after brutal mining toil, stole a boat, and reached the coast, where the frigate found him. He returned to the ship for a meal and was honored at dinner marked by a memory praised by the aging captain.
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Nathaniel Richards
Constellation
Richards
Stonington
Chili
Ale W
New London Cor
New York Sun
Great Icicle Breaks Loose From Mountain Peak
A loud rumble and slight tremor alarmed residents near a hill Monday as a massive ice slide descended from a mountain side. An ice wall formed by a tiny spring’s continually freezing water grew to a 20 foot thick, 1,000 foot long icicle that broke free under sun warmth. It swept away trees and debris, leaving a mass of broken ice and earth at the cliff base fifty feet high. The event repeats yearly patterns but on a larger scale, reports the Seattle Telegraph.
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Seattle
Wash
Electric Light Fishing Sloop Lou Plans Long Voyage
The sloop Lou sails on a one to three month fishing expedition using an electric plane and incandescent lights to attract and net fish. Four men aboard steer away from San Clement Island as experiments in a bay suggest deep water results may supply cheap fish for southern California.
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Lou
San Clement Island
California
San Diego Cor
San Francisco Examiner
Tin Pan Powder Blast Burns Man in Moulton
John Siverly bought a half pound of powder shoes and a new tin pan in Moulton this week. While riding home the powder exploded burning his hat clothes and face after the pan concentrated sunlight ignited the paper containing the powder. The two others on the wagon smoked nothing and had no matches. The Mobile Register notes sunlit ignition.
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Darger
John Siverly
Moulton
Mobile Register
Sugar Eat In Savoy Shines With Maple Treats
In Savoy on the Berkshire hills a midsummer sugar eat drew guests to Farmer Deming who revealed a snowdrift plan and offered maple sugar at twenty five cents. The event recalled New England sugar “eats” with rustic charm and communal appetite, as attendees enjoyed a festive day amid dry humor and small-town hospitality.
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Savoy
Berkshire
Deming
New England
Farmer Deming
New York Tribune
Union Pacific Erects Long Columbia River Bridge at Vancouver
The Union Pacific is building a vast steel bridge across the Columbia River at Vancouver Washington, stretching about 6000 feet from Washington to Oregon shores. The draw pier will exceed 400 feet, making it one of the country’s longest and costliest railway bridges with a total cost over 10 million dollars.
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United States
Union Pracific
Columbia River
Vancouver
Wash
Washington
Oregon
Detroit
Shortest Route West Questioned by Agent Inquiry
In a New York Weekly snippet, a traveler asks for the quickest eat and best westbound route. The ticket agent replies with no opinion, noting commissions are unchanged.
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New York Weekly
Royal Yacht Review as Victoria and Albert Meet French Fleet
Queen Victoria reviews the combined fleets at Portsmouth aboard the royal yacht Victoria and Albert after transferring from Alberta. Admiral Gervais and the French flagship Marengo exchange compliments as thousands watch from Isle of Wight shores and harbour lines.
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Portsmouth
Queen Victoria
Alberta
East Cowes
Invincible
Victoria and Albert
Osborne
Camperdown
Royal Yacht
Gervais
England
Isle of Wight
Irish Faction Feud Damages Home Rule Prospects
Parnell faces criticism over Dillon and O Brien as factions in Irish ranks clash over control of the Paris fund. The rift weakens Ireland’s home rule chances while the national federation directs registration agents to blur lines between Parnellites and McCarthyites.
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New York
Associated Press
Lospos
Parnell
Dillon
Paris
O'Brien
Healyites
Ireland
Parnellite
Parnellites
National Federation
McCarthyites
Portsmouth
France
Admiralty
Lord Salisbury
China
Rudini
Italy
Germany
England
Hong Kong
Julian Poincefoto
Washington
Lloyds
Cotton cargo packing questioned by government
The government discusses improper packing of cotton cargoes for England. The weekly press praises James Russell Lowell and notes his manuscripts left to Professor Norton of Harvard for Carlyle's reputation restoration after Froude's revelations. Ruskin also names Norton as literary executor. Patti plans to sail November 29. Nordica to tour the United States on her own account.
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England
James Russell Lowell
Norton
Harvard University
Thomas Carlyles
Carlyle
Froude
Ruskin
Patti
America
Nordica
United States
Government Rain Makers Report Mixed Early Results
The Rain Wakers from Mronaxp Texas report that government rain makers conducted initial experiments with limited success due to unfavorable conditions. Further trials will proceed as soon as weather permits and are expected to yield clearer data.
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Mronaxp, Tex
Parisian Youth Leads Peasant Anti Phylloxera Campaign
Migero reports the champagne districts see a 19-year-old Parisian named Lemare directing an anti phylloxera campaign. He published a pamphlet and started La Revolision Champenoise to urge peasants to claim profits from their work, opposing merchants. He spoke at a wine growers meeting in Epernay and has drawn attention from Chalons authorities seeking his opinion.
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Pants
Migero
Champagne
Lemare
la Revolision Champenoise
Epernay
General Council of
Chalons
Death of Commissioner Bragg Reported in New Jersey
Washington August 21 Secretary Mosely of the interstate commerce commission received a dispatch from Spring Lake New Jersey announcing the death there of Commissioner Bragg The cause of death is not stated but it is known he had been in ill health for some time
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Brage Dena
Washington
Mosely
Interstate Commerce Commission
Spring Lake
N. J
Bragg
Aiken Captures Perfect Score in State Rifle Run
Sprixcheap DL Aug 21 Capt Robert R Aiken of the Sixth Infantry Illinois National Guard achieves a perfect twenty shot score in a state rifle range skirmish run. He hits every prone silhouette from 600 to 200 yards under US Army regulations, a first in this event. Aiken, a Chicago resident, captains the state rifle team.
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Sprixcheap
Robert R. Aiken
Sixth Infantry
Illinois National Guard
United States Army
Aiken
Chicago
Cattle Shipments Expected Similar To Last Year
Train master Culross said cattle shipments out of Wyoming over the Union Pacific should be about the same as in 1800. The line is better prepared to handle traffic. California fruit movement east will begin full scale by September, with thousands of empty cars sent to the coast.
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Culross
Wyoming
Union Pacific
California
Attorney Clark Declares Parkinson Innocent in Murder Case
Attorney Frank H. Clark argues Parkinson is innocent and vows to press efforts to clear his client. O Fallon’s status as juror and alien to be dropped. A sentencing deadline approaches with a stay and writ of error possible. Clark pursues truth as a matter of conscience.
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Frank H. Clark
Parkison
Baker
Dan O'Fallon
Parkinson
Clark
Alain
Cheyenne Station Fault Confuses Evening Train Start
A depot fault disrupts the new plan for the southbound train to begin at the massive. Travelers are consistently misled despite efforts by the passenger director and conductors. The issue reflects a deviation from established practice at Cheyenne station.
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Cheyenne
Snow and sleet mark Wyoming August cold spell
Yesterday brought a light snow and sleet fall observed on the viaduct with snow crystals drifting above exposed peaks. The day was noted as the most unseasonably cold August in Wyoming history.
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Sheri
Wyoming
Trotting Match at Fair Grounds Draws Keen Local Interest
The event features Mrs. Savage guiding a clever trotting horse against Sam Wilcox with his sorrel roadster Mosrs. Set for two heats over the half mile, the race coincides with the upcoming ball game at the fair grounds. Truckey displays fourteen white rate in his show window.
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Grellings
Mrs. Savage
Sinterwell
Sam Wilcox
Mosrs
Savage
Wilcox
Fair Grounds
Truckey
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