Wyoming Legislature Debates Coal Tax and Weston County
The 1891 legislature hears bills on taxing coal mine output and carving Weston county from Crook. Notices include livestock board changes and court venue limits. Morning sessions highlight memorials to Governor and territorial officials, with adjournment for the day.
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Burdick
Saratoga
Liggett
Stotts
Territorial Engineer
Campbell
J. M. Carey
Joint Committee On Printing
House
Downey
Congress
Jesurum
Railroad Surveys Near Wendover North Platte Area
The editor reports active surveying by the Pacific Short Line from Wendover to the Hartville iron mines and by Union Pacific on the C. N. extension toward the Northwestern. Survey crews are busy north of Wendover along the Platte and toward Douglas, signaling early spring activity.
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Sup
Dear Sin
Platte
Pacific
Wendover
Hartville
Union Pacific
Northwestern
Douglas
Wyoming Stockman Sees West Myth in Truth
A C Cobble of Johnson County Wyoming Territory argues that the wild west myth persists while detailing the cattle industry decline over four to five years. He cites range overstocking, meat price drops in Chicago, and land rulings by Commissioner Sparks as key causes. Cobble predicts Wyoming statehood would cement a Republican commonwealth, citing Arlington Washington as a reference.
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Burritt
Johnson
John E. Wild
Wyoming
Rankin
Printing Committee
Congress
Hebard
House
Downey
Kellogg
Crook
Mesars
Jesurun
Thomas
A. C. Cobl
Johnson County
Wyoming Territory
West
Chicago
Sparks
Union
Cobbie
Arlington
Washington
Indian Schools May Be Founded At Fort Laramie
Special correspondence reports a plan to convert abandoned Wyoming reservations at Fort Laramie Fort Sanders Fort Steel Fort Fetterman into Indian industrial schools. The War Department offers buildings to the Interior for this purpose citing favorable climate water and land. Carey supports the project noting health benefits for Easternly educated Indians. Post offices established at Twobar Sunshine Francis Hanna with appointed postmasters. Mail routes adjusted. extension efforts pending.
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Washington, D. C
General Land Office
Carey
Wyoming Territory
Fort Sanders
Fort Steel
Fort Fetterman
Fort Fetterman Hay
Deer Creek Hay Reservation
Fort Bridger Reservation
Secretary of the Interior
Postoffice Department
Laramie County
Twobar
John McDougall
Sunshine
Fremont County
William B. Sleeper
Francis
Crook County
Francis M. Jenkins
Hanna
Carbon County
George F. Doane
William D. Wrighter, Jr
Sheridan
Sheridan County
Mary S. Ferguson
Saratoga
Amy E. Coffee
Hailey
Phebe J. Allred
Fairview
Uinta County
Fort Laramie
War Department
United States
Hampton
Carlisle
Land Department
Rawhide Buttes
Bordeaux
Lusk
New Castle
Sundance
R. J. He
Chinamen and the Devil in Rock Springs Mines
Curious superstitions in Rock Springs Chinese quarters emerge as a mine boss encounters a frightened Chinaman who reports seeing the devil. A few days later mute driver Sandy McBride is killed nearby, reinforcing belief in omens and fatalism among the Chinese workers.
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Rock Springs
Sandy McBride
China
Peculiar Chinese Superstitions Stir Rock Springs Crowd
The Rock Springs populace speculates on rare, uniform coincidences of Chinese superstition as forerunners of accidents or misfortune, driving a wave of local speculation.
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Rock Springs
Morris report on Wyoming Territory praised as thorough and readable
The Sus notes a Bureau of Statistics report on Wyoming Territory by Robert C. Morris, nearly a hundred pages, described as the most complete resource on Wyoming’s resources in years. It highlights agriculture, mining, and westward development and lauds Morris for his accuracy, detail, and sympathetic portrayal of a frontier people becoming a state.
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Sus
Bureau of Statistics
United States Treasury Department
Arkansas
Colorado
Dakota
Indian Territory
Kansas
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Mexico Territory
Texas
Wyoming Territory
Secretary of the Treasury
Robert C. Morris
Wyoming
Strahorn
Morris
Hartville Iron Ores near Cheyenne risible ore deposit
In the Platte canyon mining district about 120 miles north of Cheyenne there are iron beds of excellent quality. The deposit is 70 feet wide and 120 feet deep with other large deposits nearby. Ore is pure bessemer quality 55 to 67 percent iron, containing 11 grams per cent phosphorus and no sulphur. The mine sits nine miles east of the Cheyenne terminus of the railroad and a branch will be built to support reduction works in Cheyenne.
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Omaha Bee
Platte Canyon
Cheyenne
Cheyenne and Northern Road
Supreme Court hears Black murder case for new trial
In Wyoming territory Supreme Court on Thursday the Black murder case moved for a new trial. Fishback of Laramie appeared for Black and General Donzelman for the territory. Arguments completed and the case was taken under advisement likely a decision today. Other cases listed included Roy vs. Union Mercantile Company and David Dale vs. Charles Hecht. The Newcastle Journal reports a plan to bring Sweetwater creek water to Newcastle via flume pipes trenches and a pumping station at the divide.
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Supreme Court
Fishback
The
Newcastle Journal
Newcastle
Divide
Wyoming Legislature Debates Stock Indemnity Tax and Statehood
The Wyoming Legislature discusses stock indemnity fund tax validity with Attorney General Hua Donzman cautioning that section 4213 conflicts with U S federal law. House and Senate readings include Saratoga county bill and meeting schedules for 1891.
Adams introduces bills on taxation and bounty payments
Adams by consent gives notice to introduce a bill repealing section 421 percent revised statutes regarding the stock indemnity tax and a bill on the payment of bounties for predatory wild animals. Rankin moves to print all bills previously ordered not printed as the house adjourns.
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Downey
Adams
Evans
Bowie
Board of Livestock Commissioners
Livestock Commission
Rankin—House
Sneddon
House
Congress
Atttorney
Cheyenne
W. Downey
Wyoming
Lve Stock Commission
United States
Huao Donzz
LMAN
Jesuru
Rankin
Breakfast Runs and Quips of Public Figures
A collection of wry musings on society politics and daily life. The lines poke at poets gamblers ministers doctors and lovers with wit and pointed observations. The snippets resemble humorous verse and social commentary from a bygone era.
Kemp Bergman Nuptials At St Mark’s Church
The marriage of Miss Ida Bergman and Mr Frank Kemp was celebrated at St Mark's Episcopal church with Rev Dr Rafter presiding. Guests filled the church, and the couple departed by the 2 20 p.m. train for a bridal tour through California New and Old Mexico and eastern states before settling in Omaha where Kemp will manage English financial investments.
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Ida Bergman
Frank Kemp
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Rafter
California
New
Old Mexico
Fnally
Omaha
Kemp
Tuk Sun
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Weaton
Live Stock Commission
Schnitger
Penitentiary Commission
Territory
Beck
Reel
Buffalo
Galbraith
Hunter—Council
Capitol Building Commission
Capitol
Hunter
Penitentiary Commission Fund
Warren
Meldrum
Weston
Hartville and
Wendover, Wye
National Capitol
U.S. Bureau of Statistics
Hartville Iron Ores
Demnity Fund Act
Mr. Sampson
C. Burritt
Replgvin
Board of Health and Vital Statistics
Council Proceedings
Kinney
Calvin S. Brice
Arabella
Algernon
St. Mark’s Church
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