Thunderbolt fast mail thrills on Wyoming division
A reporter rode Union Pacific's Thunderbolt fast mail from Green River to Rawlins and back, describing two mail cars and a sleeper, the locomotive's blazing speed on straights and curves, and the crew led by Johnny Lynch and Billy Smith. The trip averaged around thirty-nine miles per hour, with faster runs hampered by Central Pacific delays and track conditions.
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Wyoming
Union Pacific
Thunderbolt
Green River
Central Pacific
California
Ogden
Johnny Lynch
Rawlins
Billy Smith
Rawlins Mart
Wright
Laramie
Cheyenne
Charley Reals
At the Theater County Fair draws slim Cheyenne crowd
The County Fair play drew a small audience in Cheyenne last night with critics praising Miss Bates over Burgess in the old maid role. The company, booked by Klaw ErLanger, is lauded for character acting though attendance was limited. Thos McGrath Edward Lee and Jas R Smith receive special mention for their performances.
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Cheyenne
Burgess
Klaw & Erlanger
Miss Bates
Old Maid
New England
Miss May
Miss Salisbury
Thos, McGrath
Edward Lee
Jas. R. Smith
Mr. McGrath
Sol Smith Russell
Army hiring row tasks West Point favor over private-born officers
A dispute in army circles alleges Col Guy Henry favored West Point graduates for staff roles at Fort Meyer Virginia and replaced Capt Harry Wright with a West Point successor Capt Hughes. The charge centers on perceived bias in officer assignments after recent campaigns and Sioux war actions.
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Guy Henry
West Point
Government Academy
Col
Henry
Ninth Cavalry
Fort Meyer
Potomac
Washington
Harry Wright
Hughes
Wright
New York
Sta
Utah Miners Eye Gold Hill Prospects
Col 8S W Downey reports from Rawlins that Utah firms are active in Gold Hill. An Ontario Mine engineer from Park City visits the camp and favors expanded prospecting toward Laramie. A Utah syndicate, led by Johnson, negotiates with W H Green for Acme Enterprise Prospect and Lakeside claims to spur a stamp mill and machinery setup soon.
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W. Downey
Laramie
Gold Hill
Rawlins
Utah
Great Ontario
Park City
Johnson
W. H. Green
Acme
Enterprise
Prospect
Lakeside
A Hitch of Law on Cigar Sales
The Buffalo Express notes a new congress law requiring cigars to be sold direct from stamped boxes. Dealers who preselect cigars or present them on a plate or in a glass face fines up to $100 for violations of section 2692 of the revised statutes.
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Buffalo E.xpress
Mrs Nagle to Wed Mr White of New York
Announcement states Mrs. E. Nagle will marry Mr. Dc A White of New York next month. White represents the London Illustrated News in the United States. He is presently in London and will return to the United States in due course. After the wedding the couple will live in New York City.
Johnson Petition Drives Wyoming Post Offices
Petitions forwarded to Washington request the establishment of post offices at Land Grove and Budville in Johnson county Wyoming. F B Down and John C Kinney identified as postmasters respectively.
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Johnson
Washington
Wyoming
Land Grove
Johnson County
F. B. Down
Budville
John C. Kinney
Three Story Brick Hotel Planned at Fifteenth and Capitol
Hauser and Volk will start a three story brick hotel on the lot beside Fifteenth and Capitol avenue. The building will house twenty five large rooms a restaurant and a bar and will serve travelers near the Union Pacific depot. Chief Clerk Nichole aims to secure full Wyoming local service on afternoon and evening passenger trains.
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Hauser & Volk
Fifteenth and
Capitol Avenue
Union Pacific
Nichole
Railway Mail
Wyoming
Well Laid Plan of Father and Two Sons in Burglary Case
Nicholas Baker, one of two brothers, was found guilty of petty larceny in a burglary case. The offense involved stealing tools and building materials from a house on the South Side and moving the plunder to a ranch southeast of the city. The stepfather, Wm. Crouch, was arrested but discharged. A witness described a scheme to exonerate the man for a $6,000 county recovery and $100 cash plus bicycles for the boys, plus cigars. Tom Carroll pled not guilty to assault with intent to kill. others secured continuances.
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Nicholas Baker
Scott
Wm. Crouch
Reform School
Tom Carroll
Carroll
Jerry Graham
Peter Fry
Counterfeit Money Ring Plaguing Union Pacific Route
The Laramie Republican reports a smooth counterfeit scheme along the Union Pacific main line in Wyoming and Idaho. A tall slender man targets passengers at stations just before trains pull out, asking for change for twenty dollar bills. He escapes capture despite telegraphs to subsequent stations.
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Laramie
Union Pacific
Wyoming
Idaho
Wyoming Posts Secure by Garrison Restorations
The secretary of war ordered withdrawal of Fort Abraham Lincoln Fort Lewis and Fort Shaw, with abandonment of these posts to strengthen Wyoming defenses. An earlier plan to abandon Fort McKinney was withdrawn and the post will remain garrisoned. Fort Washakie and McKinney will be refitted and repaired this year.
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Wyoming
Secretary of War
Fort Abraham Lincoln
N. C
Fort Lewis
Colo
Fort Shaw
Mont
Fort McKinney
Forts McKinney
Washakie
Plans for European colony at Platte Valley prompt debate
The Laramie Boomerang reports big schemes in Saratoga to locate a large European colony on the west side of the Platte River with a parallel project on the east side. Colonists would buy land from the land company and take up four homesteads to secure sufficient land. Later in May, Lander valley experienced ten days of heavy rain, and irrigation works are declining in use.
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Platte Valley
Laramie
Saratoga
Platte River
The
Land Company
Lander
Union Pacific Officials Conclude Inspection Visit
Union Pacific officials completed a visit of inspection and left for Portland via the Short Line at 6 40 p m. President Dillon’s family departed on their special car at 6 30 for the east. Dillon told a Tribune reporter that the road would weather a dry season with prudent management and that improvements in Milford, Utah and Northern, and Puget Sound would pay off as crops move and money eases.
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Union Pacific
Salt Lake Tribune
Portland
Dillon
Mink
Tribune
New Yorking Dispatch
New York Times
Dispatch
Milford
Utah
Puget Sound
Denver Races Endure Rainy Day At Overland Park
Special dispatch from Denver reports a dismal crowd of about 2,500 at Overland Park races. Minnie Elkins wins the first race by two lengths in 1 3 24, Patti Rosa takes the second in a galop, Sam Baker prevails in the owner's handicap, and multiple heats determine winners in the pacing and trotting purses with times around 2:31 to 2:56.
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Denver
The
Sun
Overland Park Races
Minnie Elkins
Getaway
Fanny Fairplay Parson Crook
Fanny Fairplay
Patti Rosa
C. B. Willington
Chiquita Mary Hall
Mary Hall
Sleepy Sam
Franklin G
Billy May
Dart
E. W
E. W.S
BE. W.S
Louis
Bee
Minnie S. Almont
Belle J
Red Bird
Lucy Abbott
Minnie Almont
Demurrer Overruled in City Election Contest
Judge Scott overruled the demurrer of Mr. Ross in the city election contest brought by Mr. Baird. The decision followed the plaintiff Tae Sun’s stated reasons. Trial set to proceed on the merite date the 1st inst.
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Ross
Baird
Scott
Tae Sun
Balmaceda gains absolute power in Chile amid civil war
The new Chilean congress grants Balmaceda sweeping powers to arrest, wage war, and spend state funds as he seeks pacification. Prominent rebels released on bonds, British French and German protests over port closures, famine prices hit Iquique with meat at seven cents a pound and flour at high daily rates.
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Wasuixoton
Bureau of American Republics
Balmaceda
Congress
Daiko
Santiago
Valparaiso
Europe
Chili
Almirante Lynch
Condell
Mitrailleuse
Custom House
United States
Egan
Iquique
Cuba
United States Ship Charleston Arrives at Panama
The United States steamship Charleston arrived today in Panama on June 4. The Esmeralda also arrived here on the same date.
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Harlestion
Charleston
Panama
Surrender of Itata Insurgent steamer reached Iquique and surrenders
The Itata surrendered peacefully to the United States at Iquique, with 6000 rifles and ammunition from San Diego ships. Charleston arrived. Pensacola expected. Itata to be sent to San Diego for court proceedings. no U S recognition of belligerent status.
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Tinta
Navy Department
Itata
Iquique
Admiral McCann
Tata
Tocopella
Robert
Minnie
San Diego
Cal
Acapulco
Mexico
McCann
Charleston
Quique
Pensacola
United States
Tracy
Associated Press
Gores
Chilean
Department
Washington
Remey
Acapuloo
Seere
Train Sent Up to San Diego
Tracy stated the train would be dispatched to San Diego.
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Tary Tracy
San Diego
Weston County Weather Boosts Prospects for Agriculture
In Weston County heavy rains Friday night and again last night soaked the ground and left fields thoroughly soaked. With about 2,000 acres under cultivation plus 2,000 to 3,000 acres of irrigated hay, the area may become a strong agricultural region. Local parties are in correspondence with Russians and Amish Germans to locate an agriculturist colony in the county.
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Weston County
Newcastle
Dane
Weston
In Formal Talk, Secretary Foster Discusses Bonds
Secretary Foster, with Murat Halstead, visits the Union League club in Brooklyn and outlines views on the billion dollar congress. He supports extending the four bonds and argues the treasury can pay as they mature while warning against reducing currency volume amid gold exports. He predicts extensions at a 2 percent rate with a premium unseen elsewhere.
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New York
Murat Halstead
Foster
Union League Club
Brooklyn
Treasury Department
Gen Schofield to marry Kilbourne of Iowa rumor
Private discussions among army officers suggest Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield will wed Miss Georgie N Kilbourne of Keokuk Iowa. The date is fixed but not announced. Kilbourne family is prominent in Iowa social circles and well known on the east coast.
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Schofield
Curiaco
John M. Schofield
United States Army
West
Georgie N. Kilbourne
Keokukla
Gen. Schofield
Kilbourne
Iowa
East
Bardsley Crookedness Report Delivers City Accounts Details
June 4 Paiaverrma. The expert accountants report to City Council on ex City Treasurer Bardsley. It details city cash of 32 317 608 on May 21 and disputes over Keystone bank deposits. Misappropriation of 80 076 cited. examination ongoing. Council requests federal treasury probe and a reward for fugitive Marsh president plus appointment of a receiver for Bardsley property.
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Paiaverrma
Bardsley
Stuart
Keystone Bank
Hardy
Drew
City Treasury
United States
Treasury Department
Marsh
Notice of Land Claim Publicity in Cheyenne
Notice is given that settler Franke Hekel of Cheyenne will prove residence to establish homestead rights in the NW quarter of the NW quarter of section a township i north range i west. He will appear before the Register in Cheyenne on July 10, 1900, with witnesses Friderich Tehner, Andrew Meterseh, Caleb Organ, and Charlee Middlestedt of Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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Cheyenne
Cheyenne Wye
Vie Franke Hekel
Lao
Foly
Wely
Nwly
Friderich Tehner
Andrew T Meterseh
Caleb P. Organ
Charlee F. Middlestedt
Wycko
Oiasenin
Register
Notice of land claim hearing at Cheyenne Wy
Notion for publication lists the Cheyenne Wyoming land claim case in township 19 west range 1. It names witnesses William Pititpes Edward Law Koen Kitginger Joe Fisher and Henry O Seballe to prove continuous residence and colonization of the land. The notice directs publication before the receiver at Cheyenne Wyoming in the territory’s matter managed by EV Curmilin.
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LAN U
Cheverne
Wen Muay
Cheyenne
Tlyth
Township 19
Worth
Wald Land
Willan
Ward Law
Koen Kitginger
T Joe Fisher
Avid Henry O. Seballe
EV. Curmilin
Negletor
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Guy V. Henry
Tion
Balmaceda’s Yfower
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