Chicago crowd robs Sartoris of privacy with Wyoming housekeeper ruse
A practical joke by Chicago friends floods the Richelieu Hotel with women seeking to marry Lionel Sartoris, a cattle investor. Ads invited a good looking housekeeper to Wyoming, leading to a day of astonished refusals and a crowded hotel corridor. The prank ends with Sartoris barricaded in his room as the callers persist.
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Chicago
Richelieu
Chicago Post
Lionel Sartoris
Nellie Grant Sartoris
Wyoming
Mr. Sartoris
Annie Rooney
Richilieu Hotel
Union Pacific underlines coal clash and stack changes
General Master Mechanic McConnell says the Union Pacific is gradually restoring the old diamond stack and removing extension ends to save costs. He notes changing coal types across tracks complicates safe use, with Dana Wyoming coal banned after causing multiple fires in Nebraska. Also, a divorce is granted for Eddie Blackmore from Chas Blackmore.
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McConnell
Union Pacifico
Union Pacific
Wyoming
Dana
Nebraska
Union
Prompt Acquittal in Brower Cattle Theft Case
In district court yesterday Brower was acquitted of cattle theft with no substantial evidence presented. The jury needed only minutes to find Brower not guilty after testimony suggested a branded beeve belonged to another owner. Gen. Donzelman defended Brower. Gibson Clark led for the people.
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Brower
Islay
Gen. Donzelman
Gibson Clark
Tramps at Dump Grounds and Crime Wave Report
A nine man chain gang worked at the dump grounds yesterday leaving seven tramps in the calaboose and others in the county jail. A tramp cursed and threatened a four year old child at Frank Bonds home before being stopped by John Stokes. He then harassed I S Bartletts household and attempted several windows. A deputy followed as more residents were accosted and a woman retrieved an officer to arrest the offender on a street car. The piece notes daily arrests and rising danger from crowds of tramps arriving from multiple directions and warns of the impact of extended vagrancy.
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Calaboose
Frank Bond
John Stokes
I. S. Bartlett
Stokes
Bond
Ahrens
Ohio
Superior Street
Lima
Samuel Bennett
Teavott
Salem
Presbyterian Church
Clyde
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
Watehoola
Mount Vernon
Bennington
Over land park meets draw large crowd in drizzle
Three thousand spectators gathered at Over land park despite cloudy skies and a drizzle. Betting ran brisk as favorites won, with multiple races detailing winners, times, and placings led by Fannie W and Guido among others. no decision yet on Bob Wade's driver case.
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Denver
the Sun
Colo
Overland Park
Bob Wade
Fannie W
Sam Baker
Guido
Larghetta
Ollie Benjamin
Fred B
Bob Tucker
John Winfield
Monitor
Sympathetic's
Kismet
Forester
Bawley
Marlow
Fred W
Uncle Jack
L. C. Lee
Carlisle McGregor
Bancer
Crime Decline Cited By Balfour In Ireland Speech
In London June 3 Balfour stated that Ireland’s crime fell under the Crimes Act. He argued enforcement had achieved government aims and justified suspending the act’s operative parts nationwide except where Plan of Campaign ashes linger. He said a proclamation would be issued.
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London
Balfour
Ireland
New City Attorney Appointed After Potter Resigns
The city council held an extended finance committee session amid Mayor Bresnahen’s note of City Attorney Potter’s resignation. They passed a resolution thanking Potter and extended best wishes, with A. C. Campbell announced as Potter’s successor to be considered in executive session at the next meeting.
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Finance Committee
Bresnahen
Potter
Robins
C. N. Potter
A.C. Campbell
Charley Roath Dead at Passive obituary notes long west career
Charley Roath is described as cheerful and trustworthy, a watch maker and jeweler who spent over thirty years in the west. He served with Ellsworth’s Zouaves and helped organize a Colorado regiment, later wounded and crippled. John Chase will handle his remains and the funeral is planned. The obituary mentions possible inheritance from a relative and notes a murder trial set for next Monday.
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Chase Roath
Inter Ocean
John Chase
Charley Roath
Charley
Great West
Montana
Black Hills
Roath
Ellsworth
Zouaves
Chicago
Colorado Regiment
Denver
Sibley
Texas
Colorado
Ed Chase
John
C. Boulter
Jileens Damaging Testimony at Baccarat Trial
In Loxton on June 3 Arthur Stanley Wilson testified he saw Cummings cheating at baccarat, creating a sensation as the court adjourned for luncheon. He described talks with Leavitt, noted others observed cheating, and recalled a 1889 Tranby Croft game, with remarks on the Prince of Wales and witnesses.
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Jileen
Loxton
Arthur Stanley Wilson
Tranby Croft
Cummings
Prince of Wales
Lady Coleridge
Coventry
Somerset
Owen Williams
Wilson
Leavitt
Cart
Green
Cambridge
Gordon Cummings
Levett
Gordon Cuummings
Gen. Williams
People's party convention endorses Cincinnati platform in Des Moines
The state convention of the People's party met in Des Moines on June 3. Gen. J. B. Weaver led the resolutions committee which adopted a report endorsing the Cincinnati platform. The convention condemned the state executive council over railroad assessments and ballot reforms, and nominated A. J. Westfall for Governor, S. Scott for Lieutenant Governor, D. F. Rogers for Railway Commissioner, G. W. Kean for Superintendent, and T. F. Willis for Supreme Judge, among others.
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People’ Party
Des Mores
People’s Party
Alliance
J. B. Weaver
State Executive Council
Iowa
A. J. Westfall
Woodbarry County
8. Scott
Appanoose County
D. F. Rogers
Dallas County
G. W. Kean
Buena Vista County
T. F. Willis
Page County
Severe Lake Superior Gale Capsize Fatality Near Superior
A fierce gale on Lake Superior near West Loverton Wisconsin drove three vessels to anchor outside the harbor. The schooner Mayflower went down last night with one crew member lost and several injured from bruises and exposure. Additional fatalities may follow as rescuers assess the scene.
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Lake Superior
West Loverton
Wis
Superior Bay
Russell & Co. in China House Rumored in Financial Trouble
Rumors spread on Wall Street that Russell and Co., a historic Canton China firm with offices in New York City and Boston, faced financial difficulties and suspended in London. At their New York offices officials refused to comment as Silk market declines are blamed for possible trouble.
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New York
Wall Street
House of Russell & Co
China
London
Boston
Russell & Co
Canton
Meath Named Heaed of Union Pacific Coal Department
The successor of J. S. Tebbetts as head of the Union Pacific coal department is Mr. Meath of Omaha, whose headquarters will be in the west.
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J. 5. Tebbetts
Union Pacific Coal Department
Mr. Meath
Omaha
West
King on Trial for Murder in Memphis Saga of Love and War
King faces murder trial for shooting David H. Posten in Memphis after a long chancery dispute with Mrs. Mary E. Pillow. The case links love, politics, and a famed Confederate cavalry command, with the Supreme Court decision shaping his finances but public sentiment running strong.
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King
Posten
Memphis
Menphis
Tennessee
Supreme Court
Pillow
Criminal Court
South
Confederacy
Kentucky
Clay King
West
Forrest
Mary E. Pillow
Gideon J. Pillow
Bason
King Manor
Onty Miles
Boy Escapes Jail Through Sewer Under Court House
Charles Hope, 12, arrested on a trivial charge, was placed in a jail coop. He climbed a partition and escaped through the sewer mouth beneath the courthouse. Footprints found at the hole suggest possible death from noxious air. authorities fear the boy may be dead.
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Inptanavonts
Charles Hope
Jewish tailors strike in London over wages and hours
The east end's Jewish tailors began a strike for better wages, comfortable workshops and reasonable hours after employers were given until Saturday night to meet the demands. A large meeting opened the action with Hebrew addresses, and public sympathy favored the strikers amid concerns over the sweating system.
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Losxpox
East End
London
Lecatin Tlisey Policvy
Property transfer on block 467 sale to Alex M Sullivan
John A. Martin sold west eighteen feet of lots 10 and 11 in block 467 to Alex M Sullivan for 960 dollars. The deed records the transaction and identifies the parcels involved in the city property grid.
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John A. Martin
Alex. M. Sullivan
Rains and hurricane strike Latonia races
A hurricane battered Latonia Grand Stand as 4000 spectators endured 40 mph winds and sheets of rain. Amid chaos 3000 inside the stand rushed for shelter, many women fainted, but no casualties were reported. Widespread damage reported in Indiana and Ohio towns.
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Dixners
Latonia
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Indiana
Ohio
la Porte
Ind
King & Fields
New Philadelphia
Salina
Tornado Strikes Indiana and Kentucky Causing Destruction
A tornado in Lermorr Indiana June 3 damaged trees and an ice factory, toppled the third floor of the high school but no injuries reported. In Falmouth Kentucky James Austin’s barn was destroyed and his 16 year old daughter killed.
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Lermorr
Ind
Falmouth
James Austin
Elopement ends in capture of guard and prisoner in Georgia
In Georgia a penitentiary guard Holder eloped with female prisoner Eliza Randall a Black convict. They fled by canoe down the Costumula river pursued by Sheriff McGuinness and were captured in Gordon county. Holder claims he ran away because he thought she was a good girl. Eliza had earlier been sentenced to life for a fatal attack on her stepfather.
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Azzanta
Georgia
Mr. Holder
Piedmont
Eliza Randall
McGuinness
Gordon County
Costumula
Lata
Holder
Tran
Liza Atuneuu Wos
Wiilty
Quits County
Long
Blow
Doc Runelall
Board election and dividend decision at Chicago Rock Island Pacific
At the annual meeting of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific road the old directors were reelected except Sidney Dillon, replaced by Alexander T. Van Nest. The board favored paying a nominal dividend, noting a capital stock deficit, and decided the August dividend would be one half of 1 percent, with earnings to stockholders.
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Chicago
Rock Ushand
Pacific Road
Sidney Dillon
Alexander T. van Nest
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Laramie Plains
Addie Blackmore
Chas, Blackmore
Mr. Potter
A. C. Campbell
Parkison
Roy Baker
Mrs. Pillow
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