Daylight burglars raid homes during parade crowds
A gang of six to seven thieves raided East and West End homes during a parade, smashing windows and doors and stealing jewelry, silverware, and valuables including a $500 haul from R F Glover. Police with deputies chased leads, arrested a suspect, and mounted a broad hunt with circus security assisting.
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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 on Fifteenth Street
C Mankers, a railroad worker, was attacked by five tramps on Fifteenth Street yesterday morning and left sore and able to defend himself. Two captured raiders stayed in cells, while the others face arraignment today. A separate incident involves a Union Pacific brakeman robbed of 100 and a gold watch and chain who declined to prosecute.
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Glover
Freebooters
Maxwell
Ed Farrar
Western Union Telegraph Office
Mr. Farrar
Farrar’s
Farrar
Ogden
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 State Fair Invitation
Clarence Richardson sent an urgent invitation to former President Cleveland to attend the Wyoming Fair Association event set for September 8 to 12. In an autograph letter from Gray Gables dated August 16, Grover Cleveland states he will not visit the West this season and cannot attend despite the inducements offered.
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Clarence Richardson
Cleveland
Gray Gables
Buzzard’s Bay
Wyoming Fair Association
Grover Cleveland
General Thompson Offered Rights for Gold Washing Machine
Gen John C Thompson reportedly received an offer from Colorado Ironworks for the right to manufacture his gold washing machine tested on local placer ground. Colorado experts compliment the device and the general plans to return with a unit to Saratoga for valley testing.
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John C. Thompson
Saratoga Sun
Colorado Ironworks
Colorado
Saratoga
Bishop Burke Attends Pallium Bestowal in Milwaukee
Its Nature discusses Bishop Burke in Milwaukee for the bestowal of pallia on several dignitaries. The pallium, an ecclesiastical vestment worn at pontifical high mass or Episcopal consecrations, requires special application to the holy see and must be blessed after being prepared by nuns from white wool sourced from lambs consecrated on St. Agnes Eve.
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Burke
Milwaukee
Holy See
Rome
Peter and Paul
St. Peter's Tomb
Butcher Fred Schwartz Faces Arraignment in Beef Theft
Fred Schwartz a Lusk butcher and rancher Jack Evans were arraigned before Justice Emerie for illegal killing of a Metcalf Williams steer. Both were bound over $500 with security and released. The steer hide was found in the market rear covered with sawdust. Schwartz says he bought the beef from Evans, who denies it. The hide bears a clear brand.
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Fred Schwartz
Jack Evans
Lusk
Emerie
Douglas Bud
Metcalf & Williams
Schwartz
Evans
Dillon Cured joins Dwight graduates club in Chicago
A Chicago dispatch notes actor John Dillon famous in Cheyenne has joined the Dwight Keeley colony club of graduates. He plans no more vacations abroad and says he is clothed and in his right mind after treatment with bichloride of gold. Opie P. Read leads the Dwight graduates club with Dillon now a member.
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Chicago
Cheyenne
Keeley Colony
Dwight
John Dillon
Dwight Graduates
Opie P. Read
Desperate Death by Own Action Shakes Carbon Station
Trainmaster Culross reports a tangled Carbon station scene after a death by own action linked to letters. A $200 shortage is suspected. the only major loss was 40 feet of hose for the Carbon fire department. Compton suffered severe burns to legs arms and head.
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Culross
Carbon
Compton
Carbon Fire Department
Four Railmen Win Permanent Jobs After Pay Day Circus
Pay day with a circus thrown in overwhelmed crews as four bill brakemen and four extra men win permanent positions. The noisy celebration led to lasting hires, marking a notable staffing change on the line.
Rescue from Chili Mines Ends with Constellation Dinner
Captain Nathaniel Richards aged ninety four, longtime whaler, visited the U S frigate Constellation in Newport news harbor. Seventy years earlier the Constellation rescued him from Chilean custody after a sealing voyage began at Stonington in 1821. He sailed ashore, was captured and forced to work in mines, escaped by stealing a boat, and was saved at sea by the Constellation. The crew treated him with honors at a dinner aboard the frigate, his first visit since his return home in 1821.
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Nathaniel Richards
Constellation
Richards
Stonington
Chili
Ale W
New London Cor
New York Sun
Icicle Slide Sparks hillside destruction near mountain
Residents near the hill heard a loud crash as a massive icicle, formed from winter ice and measuring about 20 feet thick and 1000 feet long, slid down the mountainside. The ice crushed trees and earth, leaving a debris field fifty feet high at the cliff foot, in a repetition of past events but on a larger scale.
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Seattle
Wash
Electric Light Fishing by the Sloop Lou
The sloop Lou sails on a one to three month expedition using an electric plane and incandescent lights to attract fish. A net will harvest thousands of fish quickly with four men aboard. Trials near San Clemente Island aim to prove deep water success and a cheap California fish supply.
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Lou
San Clement Island
California
San Diego Cor
San Francisco Examiner
Tin Pan Explosion Wounds Man In Moulton
In Moulton this week John Siverly bought powder shoes and a tin pan. Traveling home the powder exploded burning him severely as his hat flew up and clothes scorched. The Mobile Register notes sun rays focused by the pan likely ignited the powder.
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Darger
John Siverly
Moulton
Mobile Register
A Sugar Eat In Midsummer At Savoy Village
In Savoy on the Berkshire hills a sugar eat event unfolded after Farmer Deming opened a former snowdrift packed with hemlock boughs and sawdust. The crowd enjoyed generous portions of maple sugar at twenty five cents, recalling a genuine New England sugar eat.
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Savoy
Berkshire
Deming
New England
Farmer Deming
New York Tribune
Longest railway bridge rises over Columbia at Vancouver
The Union Pacific is erecting a vast steel bridge across the Columbia River at Vancouver Washington near the Oregon line. It will span 6000 feet from shore to shore with a draw pier over 400 feet long and the project cost more than a million dollars.
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United States
Union Pracific
Columbia River
Vancouver
Wash
Washington
Oregon
Detroit
Shortest quickest westward route question at agent
A traveler asks for the shortest quick eat and best westward route. The ticket agent replies with no opinion, noting commissions remain unchanged. The New York Weekly reports the exchange as a light, impartial humor item.
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New York Weekly
Royal Navy Review At Spithead Includes Royal Salutes
Queen Victoria reviewed the French and British fleets at Spithead aboard the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. Admiral Gervais exchanged compliments with the queen as ships dressed ship and salutes echoed across Portsmouth waters. Tens of thousands lined Isle of Wight shores to witness the ceremony.
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Portsmouth
Queen Victoria
Alberta
East Cowes
Invincible
Victoria and Albert
Osborne
Camperdown
Royal Yacht
Gervais
England
Isle of Wight
Parnell faces setback amid Irish unity clashes over funds
A letter from Parnell admitting misstatement in the Dillon drawing unsettles Irish factions as both sides seek control of the Paris fund. The split weakens home rule prospects while Radicals urge mixed Parnellite and McCarthyite lists. France naval actions and China prompt cautious expectations amid international diplomacy. The Italian premier signals possible fleet action if needed and a Hong Kong consul appointment is approved.
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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
Writers praise Lowell and Carlyle reputation efforts
The weekly press lauds James Russell Lowell's genius and notes his manuscripts go to Professor Norton of Harvard for Carlyle's rehabilitation after Froude's disclosures. Ruskin names Norton as literary executor. Patti plans to sail for America November 29 and Nordica announces a self organized U.S. concert tour.
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England
James Russell Lowell
Norton
Harvard University
Thomas Carlyles
Carlyle
Froude
Ruskin
Patti
America
Nordica
United States
Rain makers experiment in Texas with limited success
The government rain makers conducted a few experiments near Mronaxp Texas on August 21 with modest success. Adverse conditions prevented thorough testing, but further tests will be carried out as soon as possible.
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Mronaxp, Tex
Paris Youth Leads Anti-Phylloxera Campaign in Champagne
Migero notes a 19 year old Parisian student Lemare spearheading the movement in champagne districts. He authored a pamphlet and the weekly La Revolision Champenoise to rally peasants to share profits, opposing merchants and attacking phylloxery as a plot to depress land values. Lemare led a wine growers meeting at Epernay and Chalons called him to advise on the matter.
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Pants
Migero
Champagne
Lemare
la Revolision Champenoise
Epernay
General Council of
Chalons
Death of Commissioner Bragg report from New Jersey
Gen Brage Dena Washington Aug 21 Secretary Mosely of the interstate commerce commission received a dispatch from Spring Lake New Jersey announcing the death of Commissioner Bragg. The cause is not stated but 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 shoots perfect score in Sixth Infantry skirmish
Sprixcheap August 21 Capt. Robert R. Aiken of the Illinois National Guard state rifle team achieved a perfect twenty shot score at the state rifle range. The run used United States army regulation silhouette targets from 600 to 200 yards with 32 second intervals. Aiken, a Chicago resident and state rifle captain, made the highest possible score, a first in its history.
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Sprixcheap
Robert R. Aiken
Sixth Infantry
Illinois National Guard
United States Army
Aiken
Chicago
Rail Freight Outlook and Traffic Plans
Train master Culross projects cattle shipments from Wyoming via Union Pacific near last year’s level. The company states improved capacity to handle traffic. California fruit shipments to the east set to begin in full by September, with thousands of empty cars already sent to the coast.
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Culross
Wyoming
Union Pacific
California
Attorney Clark Claims Parkinson Innocent in Murder Case
Frank H. Clark believes Parkinson, convicted of Baker’s murder, is innocent and will pursue all means to clear his client. Dan O’Fallon’s alien juror status will be dropped. A sentence is due soon, followed by a stay request to file a writ of error. Clark calls the case a matter of conscience and seeks the truth.
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Frank H. Clark
Parkison
Baker
Dan O'Fallon
Parkinson
Clark
Alain
A Depot Fault Causes Evening Train Confusion
The new plan for the southbound train’s evening start from the mass tive confuses travelers. Two or three are misled each evening despite efforts by the passenger director and conductors. Cheyenne station stands out as the sole fault, opposing established custom and ordinary practice.
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Cheyenne
Snowy Wyoming August Day Noted Across State
Yesterday brought light snow and sleet on Wyoming roadways with crystalline flurries visible on elevated areas. Residents report unusually cold August conditions and a wintry atmosphere despite the season.
Trotting Match at Fairgrounds Draws Local Crowd
The event features Mrs. Savage guiding the clever pony in a two heat half mile race against Sam Wilcox and his sorrel roadster Mosrs. The race is set for the next ball game day at the fair grounds with Truckey showing fourteen white rate in his window.
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Grellings
Mrs. Savage
Sinterwell
Sam Wilcox
Mosrs
Savage
Wilcox
Fair Grounds
Truckey
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