Mandamus Case Signals License Revenue Battle in Cheyenne
City of Cheyenne seeks writ to force Isaac Bergman county treasurer to countersign licenses. Dispute centers on who may issue and collect license fees under old and new statutes. Judge Bergman plans to deliver licenses to the sheriff, not the city marshal, predicting further litigation. Different offices face revenue confusion without harmonized rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
C. N. Potter
District Court
Isaac Bergman
Schnitger
Bergman
Stoll
Schnhitger
Gay
Fredendal
Appointment of William Masi as Cheyenne postmaster
The president appoints William Masi postmaster at Cheyenne, noting his four years as assistant postmaster and long Wyoming residence. Born 1844 in Washington, he served in the army pay department, helped found Cheyenne in 1867, and has since led mining and coal projects advancing territorial development with republican ties.
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William M. Masi
Cheyenne
Masi
Territory
Mr. Mass
Washington
Washington County
United States Army
Florida
Wyoming
Dodge
J. R. Whitehead
Crow Creek
Mass
Wyoming Territory
Union Pacific Railroad
City applauds mutual appointment and honored service
The statement praises the appointment as well deserved and expresses happiness for the individual and the city. It notes the recognition of certain facts and conveys mutual gratification among all concerned.
Coming Fireman Tournament Draws Broad Regional Interest
Colorado towns announce strong fire department representation for the upcoming tournament. Boulder Fort Collins Greeley Longmont and Loveland will send multiple teams with rail fare and date details clarified. Cheyenne citizens urged to support the event and cornerstone celebration.
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Colorado
Boulder
Cheyenne
Union Pacific Officials Seek Cheyenne and Northern Extension
Union Pacific VP Holcomb and Assistant GM Cummings arrived from the west as Gen Dodge heads toward Denver. Cummings plans Salt Lake return and east talks with President Adams on extending the Cheyenne and Northern line this season. A carbon cutoff is not finished, but an eight mile stub to new coal mines will be built. The mines yield coal of superior quality and a link to those mines is sought at once.
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Holcomb
Cummings
General Dodge
Union Pacific Railway
West
Omaha
Oregon
Denver
Mr. Cumming
Adams
Cumming
Water System Progress Report and Well Findings
Engineer Miller reports water struck six feet below surface in the well. With an eighteen foot total excavation depth, twelve feet of water will fill the stand pipe, which at thirty four feet high will rise sixteen feet above ground. The system will supply independent connections with pure, softer water than lake supply.
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Miller
Peck Critique of Warren Wyoming Politics in Local Paper
William Ware Peck pens a sharp attack on Governor Warren and Wyoming politics directed at the New York Times. The Leader reprints it, while the Times refuses the columnist’s bile, prompting questions about press ethics and paper patronage.
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William Ware Peck
Warren
Wyoming
New York
Times
Peck
In Charge of the Rifle Range
Major Daniel W. Benham of the Seventh Infantry is assigned to duty in charge of the department rifle camp at the Bellevue range for the annual department rifle competition. He will proceed to the site by July and practice begins in July. thirteen recruits were en route to Fort Douglas, Utah yesterday.
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Daniel W. Benham
Seventh Infantry
Fort Laramie
Wyo
Bellevue
Department
Death by Own Action Shocks Sidney Bank Circle
News from Sidney Neb reports the death by self inflicted gunshot of S C Morgan, a banker born in Omaha. The event occurred at his Sidney home amid an investigation led by Sheriff Eubank. Morgan had married Reba Yates after elopement, later returning to Omaha to work in banks before moving to Sidney to run the State Bank as cashier.
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S.C. Morgan
Sidney, Neb
Morgan
John Eckert
Joe Sharmer
John
Omaha
Eckert
Sharmer
Eubank
H. W. Yates
Nebraska National Bank of Omaha
F.C. Morgan
Frank Johnson
Bank of Commerce
Mr. Morgan
F. C. Morgan
Creighton, Morgan & Co
Morgan & Gallagher
Morgan & Chapman
Cass
Twenty-first Streets
Omalhia
Ile
Caldwell, Hamilton & Co
Reba Yates
Henry W. Yates
Nebraska National Bank of
Missouri
Maria Reed
Byron Reed
Chicago
Yates
Sidney
State Bank
Democratic Territorial Committee Letter Chains Reply
The Leader notes that Mesers Hunter and Baird wrote to the territorial Republican committee and expects an early reply. It cites the Sun’s claim that Democrats refused to join non partisan resolutions as authorized by the Republican committee. The Leader questions Democratic authority citing a called conference that failed to gather a majority of the Democratic committee and left no action taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesers
Hunter
Baird
Democratic Territorial Committee
Territorial Republican Committee
Sun
Republican Committee
Democratic Committee
Territorial
Republican
Democratic Central Committees
Sunday School Leader Exhibits Damascus Coat of Many Colors
Mrs Wilbur F Crafts an active Sunday school worker and editor of the Market Quarterly for teachers of children presented at the convention in this city a coat of many colors shown from Damascus. She acquired it during an eastern journey.
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Wilbur F. Crafts
Market Quarterly
New York City
Crafte
Damascus
Sun Dance Preparations Begin Near Agency
For a week the Shoshone and Arapahoe have organized extensive preparations for a grand sun dance set to commence today near the agency. The event involves cultural rites expected to draw community attention and participation.
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Agency
What Wilbur's Attorney Says
Hon. Tom Patterson of Colorado told a Wyoming friend that among all the criminals whom he had de-
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Wilbur
Tom Patterson
Colorado
Wyoming
Noted Criminal Wilbur Linked to Montana Atrocities
The speaker expressed surprise at Wilbur’s alleged crimes, noting no prior belief he could pursue such a career. The remarks contrasted Wilbur as a model citizen before his release, with the revelation of his alleged violent acts in Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur
Montana
Carbon Cut-Off Work Underway On Union Pacific Route
Plans advance for the Carbon Cut-off though longer than the old line as Union Pacific seeks coal fields and snow-free routes. Right-of-way agent J K Jeffreys heads west to secure necessary rights while engineers prepare to move into the field and begin construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Jeffreys
Union Pacific
Cheyenne and Northern
Oil prospects spark mining boom in Fremont county
W T Anderson of Western Oil toured South Pass Miners’ Delight and Atlantic mines and urged use of Popo Agie oil to replace wood fuel. He predicted oil gas and smelting ores would make Fremont county one of the west’s richest. He estimated half the ore could yield 2000 stamps with oil powered mills, cutting fuel costs dramatically and promising strong returns on a $150,000 pipeline and plant project.
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W.T. Anderson
Western Oil Company
South Pass
Delight
Atlantic
Mr. Anderson
Fremont County
Popo Agie
Anderson
Wind River Mountaineer
Cattle thief strikes in northern Wyoming
A Denver News report warns of a cattle thief in northern Wyoming using brutal methods to kill cows and steal calves. The article notes eleven cows killed on the Belle Fourche and predicts swift action by vigilance committees as stockmen grow alarmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Denver News
Vallery to Take General Agent Post in Salt Lake City
Mr. G H Vallery, general agent for the Burlington and Missouri, has orders to report to Salt Lake City for the new post. He leaves Cheyenne today to assume charge of the position, and his departure is noted with regret in Cheyenne for his courteous manner and effective company management.
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G. H. Vallery
Burlington
Missouri
Salt Lake City
Cheyenne
Salt Lake
Street Railway Extends to Fairgrounds and Lake Minnehaha
The City Street Car Railway completed track to the fairgrounds and will run cars to that point Sunday. A Rhodes & Troxell Juniors versus Capitol club baseball game is set for the grounds in the afternoon. The company expects track to Lake Minnehaha completed next week and aims to have cars running over it in about two weeks.
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City Street Car
Fairgrounds
Rhodes & Troxell
Capitol Club
Street Railway
Lake Minnehaha
Wyoming Constitution Convention Proclaimed by Governor Warren
Governor Francis E. Warren calls a constitutional convention for Wyoming to draft a state constitution and seek admission to the Union. He orders a territorywide election on the second Monday in July 1889 to elect 55 delegates across districts, with a convention to meet September 1 1889 in Cheyenne and a ratification vote planned for November 5 1889. The proclamation outlines district delegation, voting, qualifications, and convention procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
United States
Congress
Senate of the
Committee On Territories
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Wuereas
Board of
Capitol
Cheyenne
Laramie
Albany
Carbon
Sweetwater
Uinta
Fremont
Sheridan
Johnson
Crook
Converse
Francis E. Warren
Territory
Union of States
Legislative Assembly
Viate
City Seeks Writ For County Licenses Countersignature
A writ of mandamus was issued yesterday on behalf of Cheyenna to compel Isaac Bergman the county treasurer to countersign and seal the county licenses issued for the city.
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Cheyenna
Isaac Bergman
School District Bond Sale Notice in Saratoga Wyoming
Notice from Saratoga Carbon County Wyoming dated June 10 1889 bids for twenty $100 bonds at 8 percent annual interest due in fifteen years due July 18 noon 1889. Bids must be at par or higher and may be rejected by the board of trustees School District No 9. F Hess director A R Couzens clerk.
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Board of Trustees of
Carbon County
Haffin
Saratoga
Wyo
F. Hess
Construction bids opened for Pine Bluffs area school house
Te Conti invites sealed bids for a school house twelve miles south of Pine Bluffs with bids opened June 29 1889. The board reserves right to reject any bids. Specifications available at Robert Jackson store in Egbert Wyoming 3t in w.
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Te Conti
Pine Bluffs
Board of Trustees
Robert Jackson
Egbert
Wyo
Final Proof Notice for Daniel F. Scully at Cheyenne
Land Office at Cheyenne Wyoming announces Daniel F. Scully seeks final proof for his claim in section 10 township 12 north range west. Proof is August 3 1889 before the Register and Receiver at Cheyenne with witnesses William Hayes William Fallon of Box Elder Colorado Therke Yensen and Martin Willadsen of Granite Cannon Wyoming. Opponents may cross examine witnesses and present rebuttal evidence at the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wromina
Wyoming
Daniel F. Scully
William Hayes
William Falloon
Box Elder
Therkle Yensen
Martin Willadsen
EpGar
Wilson, Register
Desert Land Final Process Notice for Publication
United States Land Office Cheyenne Wyoming announces that Gee Bristol of Fort Collins Colorado filed notice of intention to make desert land claim No 19H for the west half of the east half and northwest quarter of section 4 in township 18 north range 64 west. The hearing before the Register and Receiver at Cheyenne is set for Monday June 28. Witnesses to prove irrigation and reclamation are Albert Bristol Jennie Bristol Peter Goldsmith and Joseph Goldsmith all of Little Bear Wyoming.
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United States Land Office
Cheyenne
Wyo
Gee
Bristol
Fort Collins
Larimer County
Colorado
Hese
Cheyeone
Jusikaw
Albert W. Brist
Jennie E Bristol
Peter Goldsmth
Joseph Goldsmith
Little Bear
Edgar
Wilson
Register
Notice of Final Proof for Cheyenne Land Claim
Notice is given that Sewer Baimgeon has filed for final proof on his land claim in Cheyenne Wyoming. He will present witnesses Donald MacFhee Robert Tale Rexnaid McDonald Lalay Wyoming and Walker D. in a hearing on July 20 1% to prove residence and cultivation. Protest or challenge to the proof may be made at the hearing with cross examination and rebuttal evidence. EvGan 8 Wilson Register.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Reitier Han
Maaierer
Wyn
Sewer Baimgeon
Donald MacFhee
Ruert
Tale Rexnaid McDonald
Lalay
Walker D
Interior Department
Ward
EvGan
Wilson
Rewlster
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City of
Union Pacific News
Fort Douglas
Utah
C. Morgan
The
State Bank of
Nebraska
Crawfishes
Denver Papers
Constitutional Convention
F. E. Warren
United States of America
Samuel D. Shannon
A. R. Couzens
Desert Land
Cattle Brands
L. Voorhees & CO
Laramie County
Amd
Montgomery Ward
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