Welding a Chain of Circumstances in Desertion Plot Trial
The Parkison murder trial proceeds with a dozen witnesses examined. testimony links Parkison to a desertion plot, the theft of arms, and a supposed plan to rob travelers. Baker’s death is tied to the conspiracy, with Parkison possibly testifying in his own defense.
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Baker
Parkison
Davidson
Fred Reidt
Hospital Corps
Chaffin
Roberts
Parkinson
Morris
Peter Bergerson
Roach
Sherman
Parkisson
Cheyenne
Fair Grounds
Mr. Roach
Gen. Mizner
Gayne Drummond
Kate
Kate Walsh
Denver
West Eighteenth
Pearl Raymond
John Marnell
Miss Raymond
Cheyenne Carriage Works
Eighteenth
O'Neil
A Pretty Wedding at the Hotel Normandie
Emma Marie Christensen and Ives Van Schaack united in marriage last evening at the Hotel Normandie with Rev. George C. Rafter officiating. About fifty guests attended the ceremony, Christine Christensen as bridesmaid and George Thompson as best man, with Mr G Christensen giving away the bride. The bride wore lavender gloria silk and cream moire, adorned with flowers and diamonds. a wedding supper followed with dancing and games. Over a hundred gifts included silver and china sets, books, bric a brac, lamps, clocks and tinware. the couple are well regarded in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Normandie
Emma Marie Christensen
Ives van Schaack
George C. Rafter
Christine Christensen
George Thompson
G. Christensen
van Sehaack
Prize fighter Roddy Brennan to meet Jack Jones in Rawlins
Roddy Brennan now in Rawlins has arranged a July 4 bout with Jack Jones of Rock Springs. About ten miles of circus bills are posted in Cheyenne advertising the match.
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Roddy Brennan
Rawlins
Jack Jones
Rock Springs
Cheyenne
Cattle Market Outlook From Chicago Merchants
Rosenbaum Bros. & Co. report a shrinking cattle supply in Chicago Kansas City Omaha and St Louis with prices rising slowly. Retail meat prices remain high while slop and corn seed feeding boost native cattle in the south and Texas shipments ease ahead.
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Rosenbaum Bros. & Co
Chicago Livestock Commission
Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
St. Louis
Chicane
Texas
Ohie
Cherokee Strip
Wool and Ties Boom At Medicine Bow Shearing Season
A Laramie Boomerang correspondent reports sheep shearing in full bloom with about 30,000 head shorn at Medicine Bow. Messrs Smiley & Co hold 185000 pounds of wool awaiting sale. 15000 to 20000 more sheep to shear for Hee and Janson. The tie boom leads by W Cousins as crews clear space for the heavy drift from Coe & Carter under General Manager D W White.
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Medicine Bow
Laramie
Coe & Carter
D. W. White
Great Canal Survey Hinted For Plains Irrigation
Maj. R W Burkhardt and W C Owen report to the Republican from Douglas and Fetterman that the plains show magnificent conditions with six inch grain on Box Elder and unprecedented grass. Plans for a third survey of a large canal on the east side of the Platte would create a 100 foot wide bottom, 12 feet deep, and 130 miles long to irrigate about 2,000,000 acres of desert land.
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R. W. Burkhardt
W. C. Owen
Laramie
Douglas
Fetterman
Republican
Platte
Laramie Plains
Greeley
Col
Richards
Wyoming Speech Defends Local University Seat of Government
The Laramie Republican argues Cheyenne should retain the university and capital, praising Laramie and predicting growth in Wyoming student enrollments if local institutions stay. The piece envisions marble capitol walls and bronze halls and urges Wyoming families to educate within the state.
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Laramie
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Underground Electric System for Chicago Streetcars
Arrangements are under way for trial of a new underground electric motive power for North Side Chicago streetcars. Conduits run between rails with a slot for the car to join the circuit. Patent proprietors claim tests will prove practicality and speed comparable to cable cars at lower cost and without overhead danger.
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North Side Company
Chicago
Coal Output Projections From Rock Springs and Carbon Mines
The article notes summer coal production with 209 cars mined on the 8th and 200 on the 9th. The expected average is about 200 cars daily around 4,000 tons, with roughly one-fifth from non Union Pacific entities. Carbon yields 87 cars daily and Dana 34.
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Tue Sex
Rock Springs
Union Pacific
Dana
Saratoga Silver Find Sparks Brown’s Assays and Plans
R. F. Brown, who discovered silver on the Saratoga townsite, is in town after preliminary assays he says look promising. Development work will begin with a strong crew next Monday, and Brown states heavy freight can reach Gold Hill by July 1.
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R. 8. Brown
Saratoga
Mr. Brown
Gold Hill
Wholesale Paper House Opens In Cheyenne
J. J. Southwick operates a wholesale paper house in the Tae Sun building dealing in prints wrapping paper and bags. He received 4 tons of stock yesterday with more en route from New York and expects strong interest as eastern buyers view the venture. A car sighting and a humorous letter-on-hat moment accompany the scene.
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Cheyenne
J. J. Southwick
Tae Sun
Southwick
New York
Sir William Gordon Cummings Weds in June Ceremony
Sir William Gordon Cummings married today to Lonxpox. The couple, after the ceremony, breakfasted with Lord Middleton. He has received over seventy letters of sympathy and plans to visit the United States in the autumn. A Todmor den Baptist conference sent a memorial to the Prince of Wales’s private secretary asking the monarchy to oppose gambling due to widespread misery.
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William
Lonxpox
Sir William Gordon Cummings
Lord Middleton
Willian
United States
Baptist Conference
Todmorden
Lancaster County
Prince of Wales
Adventist Tent Event Gathers at Ferguson with Nineteenth
The Seventh Day Adventist community hosts a large tent gathering at Ferguson with participation from local church members and visitors. The event centers on faith outreach and communal activities during the period around the nineteenth.
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Ferguson
Secretary Rusk Probes Horse Flesh Exports From New York
Secretary Rusk of the agriculture department arrives in New York to investigate reports that horses are slaughtered for meat and exported as beef to Europe, especially France. He notes possible legitimate export demand but seeks to stop unlisted horse meat passing as prime beef and describes ongoing inspections and future plans under new federal meat laws. He will visit Chicago and Kansas City to finalize enforcement strategies.
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New York
Rusk
Department of Agriculture
Washington
France
Congress
Chicago
Kansas City
Wisconsin Farmers' Alliance endorses broad reform platform
At Lacrosse Wisconsin today the state Farmers Alliance session adopted resolutions backing free silver coinage and government issued legal tender, federal loan program with real estate safeguards, government telegraph and railroad control, direct election of president vice president and senators, liquor license prosecution costs, woman suffrage, admission of wives and daughters to the alliance, postal savings banks, and a purchasing agency under the executive committee.
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Wisconsin Farmers’ Alliance
Lacrosse
Wisdune
State Farmers’ Alliance
Prohibition Party Nominates Full State Ticket at Des Moines
The Des Moines Prohibition convention adopted a long platform calling for total prohibition and immediate abolition of the federal internal revenue system. It endorses free silver coinage and Australian ballot reform. Nominees include Governor James T. Gibson of Salem for governor and J. G. for lieutenant governor.
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Salem
J. G
State central committee elected for districts
Little Perry superintendent of public instruction with Mrs. M H Dunham and others form a state central committee elected from each district. Plans are laid for an active campaign with Burlington, C S Hard, Coyne, supreme judge, D J Twiney, Bennett among noted participants.
Peoples Party of Utah Declares Dissolution Plan
The Peoples party of Utah reports that the territorial committee met and passed a preamble calling for dissolution. The committee says members may unite with the national parties according to individual preferences. The action is deemed of little importance locally.
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Sactr Lake
Peoples’ Territorial Committee
Peoples’ Party of
Utah
Prohibitionists meet in Ohio seek farmer labor platform
Over fifteen hundred strangers gathered in the city for the state Prohibitionist convention. Delegates aim for a strong farmer and labor platform and an alliance with farmers garners wide support as Sam Small of Georgia and Samuel Dickie, national Prohibition committee chair, speak.
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Sreinoreno
Prohibitionist Party
Inelanen Sam Small
Georgia
Samue Dickie
National Prohibition Committee
Pension Swindle Trial in Dana Involves Lea Couple
Dana June 10 William B Lea a justice of the peace and his wife Harriet A Lea were arraigned in federal court on charges of forging affidavits to obtain a pension and perjury. They allegedly used a widow’s claim by misrepresenting a former husband alive and forged signatures of Gunningham and Bentley. Both pleaded not guilty.
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Dana
William B. Lea
Phebe
Perkins County
Harriet A. Lea
George Cunningham
Hennepin County
Illinois
Wesley Bentley
Gethold
Ilinois
Lea
Indian Child Employment Debate at Genoa School
Commissioner Morgan reports to Congress on the Genoa Industrial School for Indians amid local opposition in Nebraska. He defends the outbound program's benefits and urges continued employment goals, warning party politics may hinder progress and proposing full reporting if hostility persists.
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Wasnixatox
Morgan
Indian Bureau
Backus
Genoa
Rib
Industrial School
Norfolk
Farmers’ Alliance
Knights of Labor
Nebraska
Congress
Widow seeks warrant for man over sham marriage
Mrs. Amelia Jolson, a widow, applied at poker headquarters for a warrant to arrest George Esselauin, whom she says conned her into a betrothal and wedding, collected money, and then vanished with her funds. Police are seeking George for alleged fraud and false marriage.
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St. Louis
Amelia Jolson
Poker
Nis
Gaur Deyn
Willies
Tiune
George
Matonga Natives Attack French Expedition Entrapment
Natives of Matonga roasted and devoured the French expedition from Loange led by M Crampel, according to the report. The incident marks a violent confrontation between local forces and French explorers.
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Matonga
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Emma Christensen
Husk
Peoples’ Party of Utah
Ohio
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