Fillebrown Trial Closes Day With Dramatic Testimony
The Young Defendant, appearing three hours on the witness stand, testified in a tense recounting of the killing of Hiram Foulks. He described jealousy and a brutal confrontation at the pump house, then drew a gun and fired twice as he fled, leaving a shocked courtroom and a still-tearful audience.
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Fillebrown
Foulks
Pump House
Miss Fillebrown
Troducer
Filiebrown
Hiram Foulks
Court session details medical trial defense tactics
The report outlines courtroom moves in a trial where defense attorney Stoll challenges multiple witnesses. It notes Mrs. McLaughlin affirming Foulks’ good reputation, other witnesses denying violent claims, and prosecutor Gibson Clark delivering a strong opening addressing weaknesses in the defense. Breeckens prepares to speak for the defense.
June Weather for Cheyenne Reflects Low Mean Temperature
Observer Ravenscroft reports Cheyenne June weather with a mean of 52.8 degrees, high 81 on the 22nd, low 39 on the 10th, greatest daily range 39 degrees, least 7 on the 16th. Total wind 7,680 miles, south prevailing, max 37 mph west on the 2nd. Precipitation 1.84 inches, 18 dry days. June 1890 fall 0.65, 1889 fall 3.67. month excess 0.35 inch, year-to-date excess 6.07. Cloudy 3, clear 7, partly cloudy 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravenscrof
Cheyenne
Honeymoon Party Heads to Country for Hunting and Fishing
After days of festivity at Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Whitcomb’s home in honor of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Badgette, the group will adjourn to the country for several days of hunting and fishing. The party includes several young ladies and promises a jolly time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Whitcomb
C. A. Badgette
Lawyer Davis Seized at Depot Over Estate Papers
Special dispatch reports lawyer Davis attempting to remove estate papers from the Cheyenne wagoner business. He took papers without clerk’s knowledge and was forced to return them at the depot. No demand for certified copies was made.
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Themn
Newessiie
Davis
Cheyenne
Wagoner
Society Forms Austrian Tyrolean Benefit Society
Articles of incorporation filed for the Andrew Offer Austrian Tyrolean Benefit Society based in Rock Springs. Members will assist with loans and sickness aids, plus a burial fund. Organizers include Jos Facenelli Domenico Jario Lodovico Dono Arcencangello Favinello Leopoldo De Campi Giacomo Berti Teodoro Endirini Giovanni Mononi Gabriele Bortagnolli and Antonio Onorato.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Societa Austriva Tirolese
Andrea Offer di Beneficenza
Andrew Offer Austrian-Tyrolean Benefit Society
Rock Springs
Jos, Facenelli
Domenico Jario
Lodovico Dono
Arcencangello Favinello
Leopoldo de
F H Jones Appointed Deputy City Engineer
F H Jones formerly county assessor is named deputy city engineer, marking a career advance in local public works. He brings experience from county administration to municipal engineering duties.
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F. H. Jones
Judge ejects ladies from court in Couzins suit climax
In Carcano a judge ejected six Miss Couzins supporters after applauding Col Roe's closing appeal. Judge Blodgett, angered, ordered the women to leave as ex-Judge Waite defended etiquette. The case, about Miss Couzins' status and employment, remains under advisement.
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Carcano
Phoebe Couzins
Col. Roe
Blodgett
George Jones
Waite
Lucy Waite
Bleda
Win Walker
Board of Control
Miss Couzins
Philadelphia
Massachusetts Drunkard Law Goes Into Effect
Boston July 2. A novel law began in force allowing alternate options for intoxication offenses. Arrests before midnight incur fines or up to thirty days in jail, while later arrests allow an affiant to claim no prior same charge that year, if the police officer cannot refute. A third offense within a year carries up to one year imprisonment. Prohibition advocates expect limited effectiveness.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Priest falls to anger in Massinogue chapel clash
In Monutreat on July 2 a crowd of 200 Catholics challenged a temporary chapel built for their parish. Father Savard of the Redemptionists cursed the chapel after the group refused to return to the church. Women fainted and several men assaulted the priest and expelled him.
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Monutreat
Rov
Father Savard
Maskinouge
Strikes Shift Power and Membership in Local Labor
Carpenters returning after the Fourth end a nine week strike by leveraging money advanced to small contractors, strengthening master builders' monopoly. The Federation of Labor faces a loss of several thousand members in the district for failing to fund the strikers, mirroring consequences seen in the coke strike.
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Prrrsavra
Builders’ Association
Federation of Labor
Fort Russell Lieuts Report for Platte Rifle Meet
Lieuts Dowdy and Muir of Fort Russell are detailed for service in the Platte department rifle competition and must report July 24.
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Dowdy
Muir
Fort Russell
Annual Grand Lodge Meeting of Wyoming Knights of Pythias Held in Laramie
Regimental orders for the First Regiment Wyoming uniform rank Knights of Pythias announce the grand lodge meeting to be at Laramie on August 10. Officers and division commanders are urged to report at headquarters for the annual gathering with events including a grand ball and supper on Aug 10 and a drill demonstration on Aug 11. A one and one fifth fare round trip is offered from Union Pacific points.
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Wyoming
Knights of Pythies
Laramie
Grand Lodge of the Order
Thornburgh House
Larm
Vail
Damon Lodge No. 8
Knights of Pythias
Grand Lodge
Order
Gem City
Ee Lodge
Union Pacific
Damon Lover
Fire at sheds injures two barns and disturbs property
At 2 30 this morning flames struck Frank Millers shed barn in an alley between Sixteenth and Seventeenth and Reed and Snyder. The blaze spread to Joe Sladeks one story frame stable where several horses were freed and driven away. Harness and grain stores were damaged while fences were scorched. Sladek had insurance. large portion of his barn remained charred.
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Barnes
Frank Miller
Sixteenth
Seventeenth
Reed
Snyder
Joe Sladek
Sladek
Montana Interest in Bald Mountain Diggings Report
Dr J Hargrave of Missoula reports from Bald Mountain near the Big Horns that gravel beds yield fine gold. Prospecting shows three to twelve feet of gravel over granite, with rocks and lime, dust worth 19 76 per ounce, and two men earning over 300 dollars in twelve days with a rocker.
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J. Hargrave
Missoula
Helena
Bald Mountain
Wyo
Big Horn Mountains
Hargrave
Wages Dispute Involving Tuslinger Foreman Nelson
A northeastern county report says Chas Nelson, longtime foreman for the Tuslinger outfit, seized a horse herd over back pay totaling about 2,200 dollars. The stock was repossessed by a deputy U.S. marshal after Nelson learned it was to be sold. friends say he is acting unfairly.
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Chas. Nelson
Tuslinger Outfit
United States
Nelson
Boy of Seven Charged in Larceny Case
A seven year old boy is held in jail charged with larceny after stealing a butcher knife from Woollens store. He cried for much of the night, signaling distress over the arrest.
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Ality
Foreign missionaries suffer riots and beheadings abroad
July 2 report from San Francisco notes riots in China linked to secret societies attacking missionary schools and buildings. Beheadings of ring leaders alleged. officials and soldiers mixed among rioters as unrest spreads from Nanking to Pekin with threats to massacre foreigners.
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San Francisco
China
Hong Kong
Yokohama
China Mail
Nanking
Methodist
Mlesionari de Siete
Eerther
Kink
Aden
China News
Wuhu
Tan Yang
Annan
Nichu
Pekin
Locomotive thief Peter A. Short jailed in California
Peter A. Short sits in Sacramento jail on charges of stealing locomotives. About two years ago he stole an engine from a Portland yard and moved it to Oregon City before capture. He later escaped, resurfaced in Sacramento, and again stole a locomotive linked to a Fresno wreck that killed two people.
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Peter A. Short
Sacramento
Cal
Portland
Ore
Oregon City
Fresno
Short
Tenderfoot Hunter Mistakes Steer for Elk at Gold Hill
The Laramie Boomerang reports a tenderfoot hunter drifting toward Gold Hill fired on a steer wandering the foothills. He killed the animal and then cut its throat, realizing the mistake. The steer, owned by Gresley and Logan, was heavily marked and dark red.
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Gold Hill
Laramie
Land filings for state institutions in Evanston district
Superintendent Farwell submits land filings to the Evanston land office for the Insane Asylum Penal Reform and Educational Institute of Carbon County totaling 16 637 acres in the district.
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Farwell
Evanston
Insane Asylum
Rere Ee Institute
Carbon County
Tide of Immigration
The Buffalo echo reports an unprecedented influx of emigrants through northern Wyoming with two to twenty outfits arriving daily. Movements largely originate from Kansas and Nebraska as droughts force farm abandonment and mortgagee pressure drives families to travel westward with portable belongings and livestock.
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Buffalo Echo
Wyoming
Kansas
Ebraska
Nebraska
Water works report stirs in Wyoming city wells
Water from Cheyenne remains pure and sweet while Rawlins digs another arty sian well. Petroleum indications at the 6a university well prompt Republican officials to inspect Laramie’s springs, showing the region’s ongoing water concerns.
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Rawlins
University
Laramie
Cheyenne City
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Frank
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They Were
Partners
Geneva
Neb
Rod
Hiram Fpoulks
Davidescu
Mr. Stoll
F. M. Matthews
Stoll
Matthews
Byron Hopkins
George
Hopkins
Clark
Davidson
R. W. Breeckens
Society
Tue Sun
Regiment Grand Lodges
Pythian Knights
Montana
State Landa
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