Free coinage debate and foreign silver spillover
The Cheyenne Sun questions free coinage obligations while the Evanston Register disputes calls for foreign silver. It notes millions of dollars of foreign silver flooded the U S after expansion of purchases and warns 80 percent overvalue would accelerate dumping unless limits exist.
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America
England
Germany
Heaven
Evanston
United States
Register
Sun
Farmers' Year Predicted as Wheat Boom Spreads
The Omaha Bee forecasts a landmark harvest with a train load of wheat shipped per mile of railroad. It notes calamity hurting crops in one region while central Missouri Pacific lines in Osborn and Rocks Kansas areas will push record corn and grain yields.
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Missouri Pacific
Osborn and Rocks
Kansas
Omaha Bee
Weather prophet predicts severe 1892 storm period
Professor Foster of St. Joseph forecasts a long storm cycle from May to June 1892, peaking in winter with deep snow and blizzards. He links the disturbances to Saturn and Jupiter equinoxes, with October storms starting in the northern states and a very hard winter across the continent.
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Foster
St. Joseph
Burlington and Missouri to open Merino Buffalo stage line
The Burlington and Missouri issues a circular announcing a daily stage line between Merino and Buffalo Wyoming. The Q system expands toward the Belle Fourche river and will reach it in about twenty two miles. The stage will connect with the railroad end making the Buffalo run about 115 miles.
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Burlington and Missouri
Merino
Buffalo
Wyo
Wyoming
Belle Fourche River
Ith
Scheme alleged to defraud county over false imprisonment case
The text describes a scheme by J. J. Bowen and Wim Crouch to extort 6000 dollars from the county for false imprisonment. It links to a prior damages suit by the same parties against Tae Sun five years earlier, where a boy’s testimony was allegedly coached by an attorney and a key witness for Tux Sen vanished before trial as a county official.
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Tae
J. J. Bowen
Wim
Crouch
Mulet
Tae Sun
Tux Sen
Rock Springs Coal Department Payroll Totaled $16,000
The Rock Springs coal department payroll for payday totaled $16,000 for the period described, with earnings varying by month and position. The notice notes payroll size and distribution among workers in the department.
Inquiry Clears Raum in Pension Office Shortcomings
The secretary of the interior and interested officials reviewed Enxoven inquiry to determine Commissioner Raum bore no responsibility for his son's missteps. They found no effort by Raum to shield him and that no employee of the pension office was implicated by the charges.
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Enxoven
Secretary of the Interior
Raum
Illinois poised for a prosperous year and railroad growth
Cuncxery M. Derew told a Chicago Herald reporter that Illinois can await a future national president after Lincoln and Grant. He noted rich crop prospects across Illinois fields and predicted a phenomenally prosperous year, with railroads especially set to benefit.
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Cuncxery M. Derew
Chicago Herald
West
Illinois
Lincoln
Grant
Mayor Hitt Delivers Businesslike City Council Message
Rock Springs mayor Hitt submitted a carefully prepared message to the city council containing numerous recommendations of a businesslike character and urging prudent policy steps.
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Hitt
Rock Springs
Council
London Suit Trial Draws Crowds Amid Cheating Allegations
The London crowd packs the Sir William Gordon-Cumming damages trial over cheating at cards. A Wyoming visit is noted with a tall tale of a whisky cocktail misadventure where Gordon-Cumming reportedly drank a large mixed drink in one gulp.
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London
William Gordon-Cummings
William
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Gordon
Omaha Forgives UP Aims at New Shops And Wheel Plant
The Omaha Bee reports residents will forgive the Dillon era Union Pacific faults if new railroad shops are built and a car wheel factory opens in Omaha though anger lingers over an unfinished Union depot. The piece notes Omaha’s famed modesty.
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Omaha Bee
Omaha
Dillon
Union Pacific
Union Depot
Tramps Multiply Along Union Pacific Line
The Rawlins Journal notes a surge of hobos and transient men along the Union Pacific route. It urges firm action against criminals while cautioning officials to spare honest, work-seeking travelers from punishment.
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Union Pacific
Rawlins Journal
Ovpr Predicts Goulds Move Against Union Pacific
Ovpr says Gould will repeat his Wabash strategy against Union Pacific. He claims the railroad owes the government over 50 million dollars, a second mortgage maturing 1802 to 1807, plus 25 million for heating debt. Gould would fund it, force a default, and buy the road as stock is wiped out.
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Ovpr
Gould
Union Pacific
Memorial Day services honor Senator Warren at Rock Springs
The Independent notes Senator Warren spoke briefly at Rock Springs Memorial Day services. He recalled serving in the ranks as a boy and valued that service above later honors. The large audience gave him unbounded applause as his eloquent timely address drew praise.
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Rock Springs
the Independent
Warren
Wyoming towns back Crook monument fund entertainment
The notice calls for a state wide effort for a Gen. Crook monument with tickets or $1 contributions. L. R. Rhodes in Laramie serves as treasurer while towns including Rock Springs Carbon Evanston and Cheyenne respond favorably. Union Pacific offers half rates June 30 to July 5 to allow attendance and possible Fourth of July stay.
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Gen. Crook
Wyoming
Cheyenne
L. R. Rhodes
Laramie
Rock Springs
Carbon
Evanston
Union Pacific
A Bad Bargain on Silver Coinage and Southern Support
A Denver News critique argues that southern delegations from Louisiana and Texas backed free coinage of domestic silver, forming a political bargain with Warren’s supporters. It notes Democratic leaders’ inconsistent stance, cites the Washington Sentinel, and questions Stewart’s views while warning of insincerity in the party over silver policy.
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Denver News
Warren
Wolcott
Denver Congress
Louisiana
Texas
Washington
Washington Sentinel
Gov
Campbell
Republic
Washi Sentinel
The
Sentinel
Democratic
Denver
South
Stewart
House of Representatives
Cleveland
Wyoming
Bera
Free coinage and loyalty to party positions in Wyoming
The piece argues against Democratic support for free coinage of silver in Wyoming and credits Republicans with western-friendly policy. It recalls four years of Democratic rule, contrasts with Republican governance, and notes statehood would have stalled under Democratic majorities in Congress.
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Wyoming
Rocky Mountain States
House of Congress
State University praises Wyoming program and Johnson address
The State University page highlights President Johnsons inaugural address and the Wyoming program. It describes a live progressive state institution with strong backing from federal and state sources, a capable faculty, and a reorganized board of trustees.
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Tuc Sen
University of Wyoming
Johnson
Our State University
Board of Trustees
United States Treasury
Meeting to Decide Fourth of July Programme
A meeting of citizens is planned this week to decide on a programme for the upcoming Fourth of July celebrations. The gathering aims to organize events and coordinate activities for the community holiday.
Presidential Plans in Denver Sun Editorial
The Denver Sun reports Harrison and Blaine may back a bold diplomatic campaign to resolve Behring Sea disputes and broader trade aims. They would shift focus from tariff and silver, building a merchant marine and Nicaragua canal, with Blaine possibly nominated in 186. The Sun notes Blaine’s age and parallels with Buchanan Jackson and Clay.
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Denver Sun
Harrison and
Blaine
Washington
Gen
Harrison
Behring Sea
Nicaragua
Denver Sur
Securin
Presidentia
Mr. Blaine
James Buchanan
Gen. Jackson
Henry Clay
Led
Sawdust Evangelist Prepares Town for Sells Circus Feature
Chas Stow the sawdust evangelist travels ahead of Sells' circus and is in town doing good work for the show scheduled to arrive on the 20th.
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Chas, Stow
Sells’ Circus
The Inaugural Address On Energy Conservation
The speaker extols the law of the conservation of energy as a great modern idea. Machinery expands labor-saving work, dissolving old apprenticeships and shifting learning from crafts to mechanical engineering. The future mechanic must be a machinist, while inventors will rely on established physics and chemistry principles.
Wyoming's New Education Emphasis Shapes Future University
The article urges implementing hands on shop and military training in engineering and education at Wyoming, arguing practical work fuels discipline and industry. It calls for broad regional outreach, doubled enrollments, and strong moral guidance from administration and divine wisdom. It also reports Parkison murder trial jury selection, detailing jurors and courtroom dynamics.
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Ors
University of Wyoming
Commonwealth
The Omniscient Chancellor and the Archangel Instructors
The text speaks of a chancellor as an all seeing ruler whose teachers are archangels and whose degrees are realms of power. It cites old legends of genii entering humble homes and transforming them into palatial halls with marble floors and diamond windows, bringing forth great culture and truth.
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the State University
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Utah
Idaho
University of the Heavens
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Scott
Frank H. Clark
H. 8. Armstrong
Davidson
Gibson Clark
Clark
Venireman
Parkinson
R. H. Kipp
W. C. Brandon
John Nagle
Daniel O'Fallon
F. E. Steer
William Walker
Julius Maley
K. Thompson
W. D. Mader
Orville Bulkley
J. W. Kelly
F. M. Darlinx
Roy Baker
Sevelteenth Infantry
Fort Russell
Heyenne
Lilole Wise
Miller
Baker
Ny Baker
Nec
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