Republicans Form Joint Ticket For Wyoming Convention
Republican delegates meet at city hall to coordinate with Democrats on a non-partisan plan for the constitutional convention. The committees endorse a joint slate of eleven delegates with E. S. Morgan named by both sides, and pledge abstention from partisan moves until statehood is achieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.N. Potter
J. W. Lacey
F. H. Clark
Bregman
Unita County
Democratic Central Committee
Sun
Bergman
Kelly
Judge Lacey
Slack
van Devanter
Jeffrey
Mass
Bartlett
Messrs
Kelley
Hunter
Baird
Wyoming
Committee On
Potter
Congress
Yoming
Conference Committee
Hunt
Uinta County
Gilchrist
Democratic County Convention Forms Fusion Ticket
The Democratic County Convention organized with General J C Thompson as temporary chair and W S Weaver as secretary. Delegates and proxies from Cheyenne wards and other districts were seated. A union ticket with Republicans was formed for the state constitutional convention, with E S Morgan named joint delegate and five fusion ticket delegates chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Thompson
W. S. Weaver
Committee On Credentials
Cheyenne
First Ward
F. A. Miller
George W. Baxter
J. D. Freeborn
M. J. Meyer
G. W. Baxter
A.C. Campbell
J. A. Johnston
T. R. Reid
C. P. Organ
Sp.m
Sunday Schools Convention at Cheyenne Ends with Thanks
The Cheyenne Congregational church hosts a Sunday school convention with women leading sessions. Delegates hear from Rev. Williams and Mrs Crafts on missionary work and temperance. The meeting approves resolutions, raises funds, and elects officers for the next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
D. R. Cowhick
E. A. Russell
West
Reynolds
S. A. Bright
O. L. Fisher
Evanston
Cheyenne
Sheldon
Cc Cersereee
Territorial Union
Oh Care
Territorial
City of
M. Reynolds
W. F. Crafte
Gone with a Gay Youth in Buffalo Society Shock
E G Jarrett a Buffalo dentist and carpenter faced a social upheaval after firing a young helper named McCord. His wife disappeared after writing from Sun Dance, revealing her plan to seek divorce with no trouble. Officers note the pair may have left together, leaving two children behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
G. Jarrett
Fair Ground
Barrett
Barret
Sun Dance
Itis
McCord
Nebraska
Engineers begin Cheyenne and Northern extension survey at Wendover
A corps of engineers led by F DeTramarties of New York arrives at Wendover to complete the grad ing survey for the Cheyenne and Northern extension. After days of preparatory work, officials anticipate immediate construction, bringing Cheyenne Colorado and northern Wyoming into direct traffic and business relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendover
Cheyenne and Northern
F. DeTramarties
New York
Cheyenne
Colorado
Wyoming
Convention Notes on Sunday School Work
O T Sheldon a key Sunday school worker for the American Sunday School Union in Colorado has been at Cheyenne headquarters near Fort Laramie and will return to Colorado. The 1888 statistics show 46 000 additions to church membership through Sunday school efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O T. Sheldon
The
American Sunday School Union
Colorado
Fort Laramie
Cheyenne Ae
The Wilbur Murder and Pursuit in Montana
A Great Falls Tribune account recounts Wilbur’s murder spree in June, killing a family near Lewistown and burning evidence. Pursued by Fergus and Lewis and trapping Wilbur, he surrendered after a standoff, then died by suicide in custody. The piece condemns the crimes, critiques the Cheyenne verdict, and argues for ensuring community safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Mont
Patterson
Wilbur
Helena
Davidson
Judith Gap
Lewistown
Judith River
Ile
Wood
Bain
Belt
Wilber
Clary
Fergus
Joe Hamilton
Downing
Hamilton
Stanford
Judith Basin
the Tribune
Fleet Avenue South
Montana
Savage
Fergus County
Surveying party to mark preliminary lines for Montana to Wyoming railroad
Helena reports a surveying party begins field work to lay out the initial lines for a railroad from the Big Horn mouth into Wyoming. The dispatch denies a current connection with any Wyoming line, but notes a southern link would be natural if built. The project aims to join transcontinental routes with regional cross roads to create a Rocky Mountain railway network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Big Horn
Wyoming
Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountain States
Mississippi
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Republicans
Union County
M. A. D. Kelley
E. W. Mann
T. J. Adams
Messrs. Potter
Sturgis
Schnitger
Merriam
Peterson
Converse
James Adams
Isaac Bergman
F. E. Addams
George Bescherer
John Roberts
Roderick Morgan
E. Colwell
George W. Hoyt
F.H. Clark
A. Idelman
Merrile
Pine Bluffs
F. M. Peterson
Bard's Ranch
J. F. Carey
W. F. Steinmetz
C. H
G. W. Hoyt
HL. G. Hay
J. F. Cary
E. D. LeCompte
Republican County Committee
Democratic County Committee
Republican
Democratic Central Committees
E. 5
N. Morgan
Laramie County
W. L. Kuykendall
George A. Draper
Colin Hunter
A. C. Campbell
John W. Lacey
A. D. Kelley
John K. Jeffrey
C. N. Potter
Judge Fisher
J. W. Fisher
Committee of Conference
Dr. Hunt
Joint Central Committee
Fisher
Joint Conference Committee
Democratic and Republican Committee
E. 5. N. Morgan
John A. Riner
H. G. Hay
J. K. Jeffrey
Silas Doty
H. E.teschmacher
le Blom
Hay
H. E. Teschmaker
Sug
Conalat
W. van Devanter
A. Gil
Maginnis
John MelBride
Union Pacific Railway Company
Symes Vas. Kaughman
Fisher & Bowen
Schulz Volker
Saufley
A. G. McGregor
Frederick Schwartz
E. Nagle
Alex
Thomas Swan
Mrs. Rutherford
Rutherford Vs. Rutherford
Jeremiah Graham
Hannah Graham
J. M. Culver
M. A. Arnold
August Berg
F. A. Reynolds
Lake Minnehaha
Union Pacific Company
Hasard Powder Company
Wyoming Phonograph Company
Union Pacific Railroad
W. Witmans
S.A. Brroier
OLFP
Sittanow
I. C. Whipple
M. D. Byers
O. C. Smith
Rock Springs
Riv
J. F. Jenkins
A. S. Peabody
J. D. Conley
Prof. Merz
Laramie City
Peck
Hart
Buffalo, Wye
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