Unlucky Johnstown Fire Panic Tragedy Claims Lives
Johnstown Pennsylvania reports a deadly theater panic after a fire cry during Uncle Tom's Cabin. Ten killed and about fifty injured in a 600 seat crowd. hose water used to disperse the stampede as two stairways became deadly chokepoints. The three story Opera House on Main Street condemned twelve years ago and crowded again despite hazards.
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Jousstown
Dee
Johnstown
Opera House
Nester
George Fischorn
Baltimore
Lizzie Claybaugh
Issac Futler
A. Fleshner
J. Miller
John Stonaker
Chas. Grant
George Horner
Mia. Nester
Clara Burns
E. Bigler
Richard Worthington
Platt
Lester
A. Owens
Jon Weiner
Chas. Vaughn
Forrest challenges Cronin case with rival theories in trial
Cureaco Dec 16 Forrest resumes address to the Cronin jury claiming floor stains and basement cotton evidence were planted by a reporter to create sensationalism. He argues Clan Na Gael witnesses were coached and new evidence is manufactured to bolster the state's case while accusing Conklin of perjury over knives found on Coughlin. Court may adjourn for election day with Mills ill delaying closing remarks.
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Cronin
Cureaco
Forrest
Carlson Cottage
Forest
Clan-Na Gael
Drowned Party on Lower Sound After Thanksgiving
Dr T T Miner a physician and poli tiolan George Mosrishaller and Louis Cox two attorneys were believed drowned while hunting on the lower sound. Their boat drifted near Whydby Island with a pair of oars found, suggesting they tried to cross in a small boat and were capsized.
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Stearree
Dee
T. T. Miner
Politielan
George Mosrishaller
Louis Cox
Lower Sound
Seattle
Whydby Island
Mialog
Officers Davis and Thomas Shot During Burglary Attempt
Officer William Davis was shot and critically injured by burglars this morning. Officer H Thomas was wounded in the arm while attempting to arrest the assailant, William Senett, who has served two terms in the penitentiary and has been arrested.
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Sherby
Murciar
Chersa
Dee
William Davis
H. ©. Thomas
Davis
William Senett
Funeral in New Orleans Overshadowed by Confederate Leaders
Crowds fill city hall as Generals Lee and Young visit for the funeral of Jefferson Davis era ceremonies. The procession will span four miles with clergy bishops from Louisiana Alabama and Mississippi presiding and minute guns signaling the military finale. In Ricamonon Virginia a joint resolution moves to allow Davis remains to be interred in the city.
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New Oreans
Dec
South
Steve D. Lee
Mississippi
Abbock
Texas
Young
Confederacy
Galleher
Louisiana
Wilmer
Alabama
Hugh Miller Thompson
Ricamonon
Jefferson Davis
Hartville iron and Cheyenne link eyed in mining talk
The Michigan Mine manager Benedict arrived by the Cheyenne and Northern and discussed rail access to Muskrat canon and Kelvne's ranch. He reported sixteen men at work, a rich tunnel ore load, and optimism about copper and iron markets and a future Union Pacific wheel foundry in Cheyenne.
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Benedict
Michigan
Cheyenne and Northern
Denver
Sun
Inter Ocean
Cheyenne and
Northern
Muskrat Canon
Cheyenne
Kelvne
Wendover
Mr. B
Hartville
Mr. Benedict
Rocky Mountain
Union Pacific
Scandal in High Life Divorces Over Adultery Case
Lord Torpichan sues for divorce on grounds of adultery with an infantry lieutenant. Lady Torpichan counters with a separate action. The hearing follows a sensational aristocratic dispute in the high society circle.
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Lord Torpichan
Lady Torpichan
Electric Flashes Across Diverse Locales
Brief metropolitan and regional items from December 10 report a range of incidents. A Purvis Mississippi case delays Kilrain to Thursday while Embezzler Silcott is suspected in Toronto. A Baker Street strike hits two leather factories in Worsum Massachusetts and Emin Pasha’s health shows light improvement in Bagomoyo. London notes the death of James McDonald, a Parnell Commission witness. A Kosciusko Mississippi safe robbery yields 20 to 25 thousand dollars with no clues. Savannah longshoremen strike over stevedore support for merchants against vessel owners. Washington reports 4 182 000 in bonds surrendered by banks under Windom policy. San Francisco recounts a railroad wreck in logging camps with two deaths and a severely burned fireman.
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Purvis
Miss
Jake Kilrain
Toronto
Silcott
Worsum
Mass
Knights of Labor
London
Parke
Bagumoyo
Emin Pasha
Lonpon
Mr. McDonald
London J Mes
Parnell Commission
Kosciusko
J. A. Carter
J. D. Lee
Sanannah
Washtaton
Windom
San Francisco
Phillips
Assault with Nitric Acid Ends With Suspect at Large
James Ducker rushed into E. D. Southerland’s room in Cuiiaco and threw nitric acid, burning Southerland’s chest and arm. A newspaper saved his face. Ducker, a former soldier, had been peddling cheap watches by mail and fled after the attack. An arrest attempt failed until his sudden return tonight.
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James Ducker
E. D. Southerland
Southerland
Ducker
United States Army
Chicago
Burdick Named to Wyoming Territorial Council
Hon. C. W. Burdick of Carbon county, born 1860 in Toledo Ohio, educated at Ohio Wesleyan, moved to Wyoming in 1878, later lived in Benecia California before returning to the Platte near Saratoga. A Republican stock raiser, he favors statehood and reform including ballot changes salary cuts and abolishing the fee system. He praised the constitutional convention and urged adopting its model.
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C. W. Burdick
Carbon County
Toledo
Ohio
Ohio Wesleyan University
Wyoming
California
Benecia
Platte River
Saratoga
Tae Sus
Fort Bridger native Carter plans Wyoming legislature bid
W A Carter of Fort Bridger born July 26 1863 in the territory is likely the house's youngest member. Educated at Cornell and Michigan, he runs the Carter Cattle Co. and is a Republican. He urges irrigation policy but doubts gains without federal aid and remains noncommittal on statehood.
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W. A. Carter
Fort Bridger
Carter
Cornell University
New York
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Ithaca
N. Y
Wyoming
Carter Cattle Colny
Early Settlers in Wyoming Highlight Forts and Pioneers
A Wyoming academy lecture by General A. G. Brackett traced early settlement efforts in Wyoming. He cited Captain Bonneville in the Green River valley 1834, the permanent Fort Laramie founded by Robert Campbell also in 1834, and Fort Bridger opened by James Bridger in 1842. He noted Fremont’s arrival, Fort Laramie’s purchase, the Bozeman road, forts Reno Phil Kearney and C F Smith, and ensuing Indian conflicts shaping the era.
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A. G. Brackett
Wyoming Academy
Laramie
Wyoming
Loomerang
Opening of AFL session in Boston under Gompers
Delegates gather in Boston for the American Federation of Labor opening. President Samuel Gompers presides and Governor Ames welcomes the delegates to Massachusetts. The mayor delivers a brief address and Gompers speaks on the benefits of organized labor before a credentials committee is named and the convention recesses.
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Boston
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Ames
Massachusetts
Gompers
Embezzlement Charge Shocks Cincinnati Firm
Richard D. Kyle, former vice-president of the Anderson Harris Carriage company, was arrested in Cincinnati on December 10 for embezzlement. Earlier a rupture with the firm led to a payment of 20,000. new investigations claim the total embezzled sum now stands at 40,000.
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Embransiemeont
Cincinnati
Richard D. Kyle
Anderson Harris Carriage Company
Kyle
Promoted Captain Bingham Named Military Attache
Captain Theodre Bingham of the United States engineer corps and longtime secretary of the Missouri River commission received orders to proceed to Merlin as military attache to the U S legation at the German court.
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Eptein Hingham
St. Louis
Theodore Bingham
United States Engree Corps
Missouri River Commission
Merlin
United States
Territorial Courts Reach Indian Reservations Say Supreme Court
Governor Warren learns from the Indian commissioner that the U S Supreme Court held territorial court processes extend to Indian reservations in Langford vs Monteith 97 U S 145. Territorial authorities may proceed regularly against offenders, resolving a troublesome legal question.
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Warren
Supreme Court of the
United States
Langford
Rumored Union Pacific Change Reported in Salt Lake
A telegraph from Salt Lake claims G M Cumming, general manager of the mountain division, was asked to resign and to be replaced by Charles F Ressegale of the Missouri river division. Officials here deny knowledge of any change while confirming a meeting about Mr Cummings status.
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Salt Lake
Food Foundation
G. M. Gumming
Mountain Division
Union Pacific Road
Charles F. Ressegale
Missouri River Division
Cumming
Omaha Hee
Sen
Union Pacific
Hart
The Sheridan Vote Memoir From H A Coffeen
H A Coffeen of Sheridan writes of his county's constitution vote with chagrin yet belief a week more would have clinched statehood. He recalls canvass effort, opposition, and a narrow defeat by seventy seven votes despite two speakers against statehood.
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H. A. Coffeen
Sheridan
Coffeen
Suit for Fees Over Plans for Abandoned Block
Architect Matthews sues Culver and Arnold for fees charged in 1883 for plans of a business block never built. Judge Corn presides in district court. trial continued past yesterday. The Post Percheron Horse association shipped eighteen fine draught horses to New York and will load two carloads of mares and geldings for Nashville today.
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District Court
Corn
Matthews
Culver & Arnold
Post Percheron Horse Association
New York
Nashville
Tenn
Spur into Hartville iron deposits eyed by Cheyenne rail line
The Sun reports the Cheyenne and Northern extension will be built at once if ore extent proves enough for permanent traffic. Prospecting across the Platte canon district shows a vast iron body with surface croppings and deep shafts along Sunrise and Village Belle mines. Local business leaders urged the board of trade and territorial geologist to certify ore value, to prompt Union Pacific to construct a spur promptly.
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Sun
Cheyenne and Northern
Warren
Hartville
Board of Trade
Union Pacific
Platte Canon
Fairbank
Platte
Government Farm Hills
Whalen Canon
Chicago
Laramie County
Platte Steel Works
Cheyenne
Denver
Pueblo
Trinidad
Rocky Mountains
Union Pacific Company
Pacific Short Line
Wendover
Burlington
Missouri
Knights Templar Elect Officers for Wyoming Commandery No 1
Last evening the Wyoming Commandery No 1 Knights Templar elected officers led by John K. Jeffrey as eminent commander and Charles A. Campbell as generalissimo. Other posts went to BE A Abry captain general Rev George C Rafter prelate Colin Hunter senior warden John A Kiner junior warden Frederic E Addams treasurer D W Gill recorder John H Durbin standard bearer Thomas F Durbin sword bearer EK F Stable warden W W Thompson captain of guard A Gillehriet L Voorhees T B Hicks trustees.
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Wyoming
Knights Templar
Sa Wstaf
John K. Jeffrey
Charles A. Campbell
BE. A. Abry
George C. Rafter
Colin Hunter
John A. Kiner
Frederic E. Addams
D. W. Gill
John H. Durbin
Thomas F. Durbin
Important Railroad Case In Fort Collins
The People of Fort Collins sue Colorado Central railroad in Judge Hallett court in a mandamus bid to resume service on the Fort Collins to Cheyenne line abandoned after Union Pacific took control. Arguments were heard yesterday. a ruling is expected soon.
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Fort Collins
Colorado Central Railroad
Hallet
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Colorado Central
United States District Court
Hallett
State Court
Sheridan County Court Term Closes Amid Rowdy Audience
Sheridan county’s first term of court ends with high attendance including many women. A Huntington acquittal provokes fines for audience applause while County Attorney Stover faces a malfeasance charge and answer deadline. Wyoming legislature organized. Governor Brown to deliver message. Sheridan shows bold push for statehood.
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Sheridan
Sheridan County
Territory
Bruce Zachery
W. J. Stover
Wyoming
William Brown
J. Tloucks
Senate
Statehood
Idaho statehood urged as Shoup reports to Interior
Governor Shoup’s 108 page report on Idaho to the Interior secretary praises statehood goals. It notes Idaho population at 117,225 and property value at 23,948,039 with a lower assessed value than Wyoming by 8 to 9 million. Shoup cites 25,000 Mormons and compares state constitution provisions to Idaho Territory.
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Shoup
Warren
Wyoming
Idaho
Visiting days announced to boost public school interest
Visit days are established to attract more visitors to public schools. Parents and friends are invited to tour buildings and observe regular classwork. The first visiting day is Thursday, with hopes of a large turnout to see the schools in action.
Viaduct Plans to Be Issued After City Council Meeting
Proposals for the city viaduct will be issued next week after the council meeting on the 17th. Bridge firms including Bri and Ki vnte B of Cleveland have sent representatives to study the plans along with other prominent firms. The Cheyenne Maennerchor plans a grand ball and Christmas tree celebration on December 15.
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Ki Vnte B
Cleveland
Redente
Cheyenne Maennerchor
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