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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1891
Page
1
Witnesses describe Fillebrown as calm or volatile, with Colorado investigators recounting the capture and early stories. Sheriff Kelley tests Fillebrown’s statements, while defense aims to admit evidence on reputation. trial continues with anticipated testimony and a large audience including many women.
Articles of incorporation for the Overland Mining company were filed with the secretary of state yesterday. The Douglas-Cheyenne firm covers Fremont Sweetwater Carbon and Natrona counties. Directors include Jas H Bury L B Shephard Wim D Cleveland A D Chamberlain Jess H Loomis and Willis Van Devanter. Capital stock is $500000 to mine for gold silver asbestos coal and oil and deal in mining property.
The Pike's Peak railway is now in successful operation. The first passenger train reached the summit this afternoon. Lower terminus is 8,400 feet above sea level and the upper 14,147, nine miles apart. Black Stocking club departs for Sidney on the Fourth with all expenses paid and a chance at a $75 purse.
A large Cheyenne audience filled the opera house for the Gen. Crook monument fund benefit under Fort Russell officers and ladies. Senator Warren presided with praise while Mrs. Mary Calhoun Dixon starred with three recitals. The Seventeenth Infantry band and Prof Otto Neske impressed. Miss Clara Terry, Cheyenne's WYoming Nightingale, drew encores and floral tributes.
Sheridan Post reports active mining and prospecting at Bali mountain with snow largely melted. A 21 mile PK ditch to Soldier creek is nearing completion to irrigate seven miles of valley. Denver and Buffalo parties test Bald Mountain with drills, noting high gold potential and a Bennet amalgamator early next.
A Gold Hill reader reports that by June 25 snow and surface water will recede in the camp, enabling work and prospecting to resume in about ten days to two weeks. He warns against early entry due to saturated ground and ongoing snow, which would hinder any prospecting efforts.
Neff Dukes an Indian in the United States penitentiary at Salt Lake awaiting a hearing at Ogden for a shooting case killed himself with a ten penny nail sharpened in his cell. He jabbed the nail into his bowels through the navel, tied a belt and strangled himself, passing calmly to death as guards found him. The county commission met yesterday and disposed of many applications.
Kansas City faces record rising Missouri River levels with Harlem submerged and farms flooded. Embankments along rail lines may fail, threatening land and the Kansas City racing association track. St. Joseph and Atchison report near record highs with farms, canal changes, and crop losses as backwaters flood lowlands and sewers.
Louis Dillinger alias Paul May escaped from jail at New England Missouri in May IA. He was captured last night after a running fight with two men who rode with a driver and wife in a buggy. He hid behind a horse, drew a revolver, and was wounded when the horse bolted and threw him. He fired his remaining cartridge before being captured.
A well known grain man touring the Red River valley says prospects are the best the northwest has ever seen. The main challenge he cites is securing help to harvest the wheat.
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