Arizona Admits With Prohibition Vote Counted
Attorney General Miller ruled that Arizona can hold a constitutional convention for statehood even without an enabling act. Citing precedents, he says Congress may approve or reject a territorial constitution and cure defects as part of admitting Arizona as a state, reinforcing federal control over territorial matters.
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Arioud Wasmisor
Miller
Arizona
Noble
Congress
Supreme — Court
National Bank
Yankton
United States
Prohibition Vote Narrowly Defeated in Statewide Counts
PHiLapELrina June 21 Official returns from every county show a majority against the prohibition amendment by 189,020. The vote against the suffrage amendment repealing poll tax qualification stood at 235,540.
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Philapelrina
Rich Gold Strike Near Red Mountain Town Revealed
An Ironton Colorado dispatch reports a massive unseen San Juan gold strike at the Golden Queen mine near the Highline trail from Sheridan junction to Marshall basin, about a mile and a half from Red Mountain town. Owned by Howe Ridenhour and H R Price, the site yielded virgin gold ore with a 375,000 per ton potential. initial work halted after a brief reveal, then a cash offer from Yankee Girl company was rejected.
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Denver
Ironton
Colo
San Juan
Sheridan Junction
Marshall Basin
Red Mountain Town
Howe Ridenhour
H. R. Price
David Cairs
Ridenhour
Mr. Price
Yankee Girl Company
Golden Queen
Mrs Hayes Stricken With Apoplexy at Fremont Home
Mrs Hayes wife of ex President Hayes was stricken with apoplexy at her Fremont home this afternoon. The attack paralyzed her right side and rendered her speechless. Medical help was summoned but she remained unconscious by nine o clock. General Hayes was en route home from Columbus and arrived in Fremont about one tonight.
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Cleveland
Hayes
President Hayes
Fremont
Baltic Sailors Flee Fire From Haytian Shore
Captain Fisher of the schooner Baltic reports a May 13 attack in Samana Bay Hayti when Haitian soldiers fired from shore at the vessel. The crew hid in the hold until dark. a demand for explanation yielded no satisfaction and Fisher will appeal to Secretary Blaine, blaming drunken troops.
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Beprory
Mass
Captain Fisher
Samana Bay
Hayti
Fisher
Blaine
Fatal Row At Black and Bibos Store In Grants
A deadly confrontation occurred last night at the Black and Bibos store on the Atlantic and Pacific road ninety miles west of here in Grants. Erel Hudson was killed and KE. H. Uraselel was dangerously shot through the shoulder. Madson, 25, from Ohio, Braseirl, 26, from Austin Texas, were involved. The wounded man was brought to this city today.
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Alwravenqane
Black & Bibos
Grants
Atlantic and Pacific Road
Here
Erel Hudson
KE. H. Uraselel
Madson
Ohio
Braseirl
Austin
Tex
Winnipeg Suspect Identified in Wilian Brothers Case
Citison June 21 reports Martin Burke has been positively identified as one of the William brothers linked to De Cronin's players. Expressman Hakan Martinson, hired by the Wil Vans to move furniture, identified Burke in connection with the fatal cut age. News of Martinson's identification follows.
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Mapers
Citison
Martin Burke
Winnipeg
Willian Brothers
de. Cronin
Censar
Burke
Expressiman Hakan Martinson
Wil
Martineon
Burke Extradition Papers Sent With Speed. Winnipeg Sighting Reported
A report to Chief of Police Hubbird from a Chicago officer details Burke being identified by express man Martinson in Winnipeg from fifty two suspects. Extradition papers for Burke are en route and to be pressed with all speed.
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Burke
Winnipeg
Hubbird
Chicago
Winnirgs
Martinson
World and National Briefs From June 21
Wired waits report weather in New York Chicago and New Orleans. President Harrison travels to One May for Fourth of July events. Felix wins Ascot high weight race at Surbiton. General Cameron near death in Lancaster area. Harrison to attend annual Fourth of July gathering in Woodstock. Gold shipments totaling 5.4 million dollars slated for a steamship tomorrow. Platt and Alger voyage to Alaska as Boulanger probe ends. Carnegie wages dispute triggers 5000 strike. Rev William E Howard sentenced to nine years hard labor. Bohemian miners riot near Kladno with fatalities and troop deployment. John O McMasters arrested for embezzlement in Pittsburgh.
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Cinerco
New York
Chicago
St. Paul
New Orleans
Washington
Coat
Harrison
Loxnos
Felix
Surbiton
Mercy
Lancaster
Cameron
Woodstock
Conn
New Sede
T. C. Platt
R. A. Alger
Michigan
Alaska
Senate Committee
General Boulanger
Pittsavre
Andrew Carnegie
William E. Howard
Electric Sugar Refining Company
Vienna
Kladno
Bohemia
Burke arraigned in Cronin murder case before Queen's Bench
Martin Burke was arraigned in Wissipes before Judge Bain on information by Collins charging murder of Cronin. He was remanded until Wednesday to await witnesses as prosecutors seek further testimony on the case. Gov Field signed papers to extradite Burke from Winnipeg for Cronin murder complicity. The Cronin grand jury heard Mrs Philbin deny Burke's involvement and other witnesses described Clan Na Gael structure and possible punishments. The investigation paused but remains open for further testimony as witnesses are produced.
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Wissipes
Martin Burke
Bain
Philbin
Cuenco
Cronin Grand Jury
Winnipeg
Burke
Dillon
Clan-Na-Gae
Chicago
Cronin
Edward Spillman
Peoria
Clan-Na-Gael
Illinois
Wisconsin
Dr. Cronin
Herman
Spellman
United States
Train robber captured in Texas dooing far from home
June 21 report by Carl Halton from Hernon Texas states he caught J Smith the Arizona train robber who leapt from a car window near Trinidad Colorado weeks earlier. He awaits requisition papers to return with the prisoner.
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Alsoqverqvne
Carl Halton
Hernon
Texas
J. Smith
Arizona
Trinidad
Colorado
Missouri cyclone devastates homesteads in Northwestern region
A June day in Northwestern Missouri saw a cyclone pass through Alwany and nearby areas. It demolished several dwellings and schoolhouses, with H. H. Williams’s house blown apart and his child among the casualties.
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Alwany
Missouri
H. H. Williams
Thunder Storm Strikes Sewantos Ma Causes Fire and Injuries
A severe thunder storm damaged Sewantos Massachusetts with lightning striking several homes and causing injuries. Harry Somers died, George Somers sustained minor injuries, and residents report extensive damage across the city.
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Sewantos
Harry Somers
Justice Wright Sentences Train Robbers to Twenty-Five Years
Yesterday Chief Justice Wright sentenced Dan Jharwick Willan Stet and Janes Mal fond readers to twenty five years each in the penitentiary for robbing the expos train on the Atlantic and Pacific April line.
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Pourscott, Arke
Wright
Dan Jharwick
Willan Stet
Janes Malfond
Expos
Strike at Johnstown labor strike turns violent and uneasy
Jomsstows Pa June 20 The strike among laboring men is active with fewer than a thousand at work. The Fifth regiment is on duty as workers quit and rioting fears rise. Five to sixteen bodies found in ruins amid oil floods. foreign workers quit. conditions worsen as militia may be used.
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Jomsstows
Grievance Committee Refuses Arbitration on UP Divisions
In Omaha June 20 the Union Pacific grievance committee rejected arbitration after General Manager Kimball offered it to settle wage cuts for engineers and firemen on three branch lines centered at Leavenworth. The committee insists wages must match main line rates and vows further action remains undecided.
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Omaha
Union Pacific
Leavenworth
Union Pacific System
Kimball
Big Cerrillos mining sale closes with $2,000,000 deal
A major Cerrillos district mining sale near Santa Fe is being finalized tonight. Deed transfers are the final step before a cash payout of about $2,000,000. New York buyers, reportedly backed by English capital, secure the patent lands nineteen to twenty miles south of Santa Fe.
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Santa Fre
N. M
Cerrillos
Santa Fe
New York
Providence Vote On Repeal Prohibition Law
Rhode Island voters on June 20 faced a three fifths requirement to repeal the state prohibition law with results showing a clear majority in favor. At 11 o clock totals indicated 3 513 support and 1 317 against, and returns statewide suggested adoption of the amendment by a decisive margin. Consular appointments announced by the president included Oliver H Simmons to Hong Kong and E M M Trice to Leghorn among others, with Simmons moving from St Petersburg to Hong Kong with consent.
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Providence
Rhode Island
Wasmington
Oliver H. Simons
Colorado
Hong Kong
E. M. M. Trice
Massachusetts
Leghorn
Henry Diedrick
Indiana
Nureberg
Roland J. Hammick
Pennsylvania
Geneva
Switzerland
Oliver A. Simmons
St Petersburg
Northern Pacific Nears Through Line to Chicago
Asutana Wisconsin June 26. Northern Pacific began work on a connecting track linking its leased Wisconsin Central segment to the main line, promising a continuous east west railway within days. Reports predict a big wheat crop with Minneapolis and Dakota totals estimated at 70 to 100 million bushels after recent rains.
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Northern Pacific
Chicago
Asutana
Wis
Pacific Coast
Wisconsin Central
Northwest Territory
Minneapolis
Dakota
Governor Thayer Defends Egan as British Protest Attacks
June 21 letter from Governor Thayer rebukes the British American Association of Boston for accusing Patrick Egan and the U S government over the Cronin case. He denounces the protest as insulting to liberty, condemns the attempt to smear Egan, and defends Egan as an honored American envoy to Chile while criticizing the association’s motives and tone.
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Lixcots
Neo
Thayer
Bee Low
British American Association
Egan
Chile
Republic
Patrick Egan
Parnell
London Times
British-American Association
Chicago
Patric Egan
Lincoln
United States
South America
Joan M. ‘Tuaver
Kansas City Races Report From June 21 Program
Heavy track conditions at Kansas City featured multiple events with winners including The Elk in the mile and seventy yards in 1 57, Jesse Arm strong over Irene and Shanendale in the three quarters of a mile 1 24, Bonnie King top in the mile and a sixteenth over Albert Stull and Entry, Mendolin first in the mile and an eighth with Stony Montgomery and J T close, and Voter winning seven furlongs with Lula Foster Himan following in 1 33 4.
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the Elk
Teman
Jesse Armstrong
Irene
Shanendale
Bonnie King
Albert Stull
Mendolin
Stony Montgomery
J.T
Voter
Lula Foster
Himan
Escaped Man Struck by Mob in Didgewater Incident
June 21 near Didgewater a Black man with mental illness attempted to assault a white woman. In the ensuing struggle the woman’s daughter was seriously hurt by a shot fired. The suspect escaped but was later captured. A mob seized him from the sheriff and killed him as he was being taken away.
Wreckage Work Continues After Disaster
June twenty one reports show remarkably fair weather trading off. Work on the wreckage proceeds with crews roving the site. A hive outbreak among locals worsens conditions as heat intensifies suffering. Fourteen bodies recovered by noon after a rail bridge incident. thirteen bodies found by midday.
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Jouxsrows
Railrad Bridge
Wyoming Constitutional Convention Proclamation 1889
Governor Warren issues a call for a constitutional convention in Cheyenne to draft a state constitution for Wyoming. He sets districts, delegate counts, and July election for delegates, aiming for a September 1 1889 convening date and submission to voters for ratification. The plan emphasizes representative delegates and adherence to senate bill provisions.
Wyoming Territory Convention Transmittal Statement
The draft convention is to be submitted to Wyoming territory voters on the first Tuesday in November 1889 for ratification or rejection. The convention should set per diem and mileage for members and employees and issue service and expenditure certificates filed with the secretary. This is signed in Cheyenne on June 3, 1889 by Governor Francis E. Warren and Secretary Samouet I. Shannon.
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Congress
Wyoming
Cheyenne
United States of America
Francis BE. Warren
Samouet
Shannon
Capturing Wild Horses Near Otto in Bad Lands
A band of wild horses roaming northwest of the Grey Bull river near Otto has persisted for years. Bradbury of Cristello’s ranch drove three mares and a yearling colt into his herd and parked them in the Coon Cree corral ten miles away. Four captured animals are described as beauties and may yield profits for capturer Mustler, with three wild horses still at large.
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Grey Bull River
Otto
Bradbury
Cristello
Coon Cree
Mustler
School District Bond Sale Notice in Saratoga Wyoming
Notice from School District No y Carbon county Wyoming inviting bids for twenty 100 dollar bonds at 5 percent interest for fifteen years. Bids due by noon July 15. Board may reject any or all bids. F Hess Director A R Covzens Clerk.
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Board of Trustees
No. Y. Carbon County
Wyoming
Saratoga
F. Hess
Schoolhouse Bid Notice Near Pine Bluffs
Vo Contractors invite sealed bids for building a school house twelve miles south of Pine Bluffs with right to reject any or all bids. Bids open June 29 1859. Specifications available at Robert Jackson store in Egbert Wyoming.
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Pine Bluffs
Board of Trustees
Robert Jackson
Egbert
Wyo
Desert Land Filing Notice in Wyoming Territory
United States land office at Cheyenne Wyoming June 13 189. Notice given that Gee B Gris tel of Fort Collins Colorado has filed notice of intention to make proof of desert land claim No. 14 for hewel and se of lot and nw of sec 17 and ne of sec 2 in Lowrelis district before the Register and Receiver on Monday the 28th day of June. Witnesses Albert W Bristol Jennie E Bristol Peter Goldsmith Joseph Goldsmith all of Little Bear Wyoming Epgar S Wilson Register.
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United States Land Ovricn
Cheyenne
Wyo
Gee. BE. Gristel
Fort Collins
Larimer County
Colorado
Hewel
Cheyene
Witneses l
Albert W. Bristl
Jennie E Bristol
Peter Goldsmith
Joseph Goldsmith
Little Bear
Epgar S. Wilson
Kealster
Notice for Publication Cheyenne Land Claim Proof
Land Office at Cheyenne Wyoming issues notice for final proof by settler Sever Filingson born 1880 claiming the awl section 20 township 18 north range west 8. He will present testimony July 26, 1888 before the Register and Receiver in Cheyenne. Witnesses: Donald MacPhee Robert Taft Reynold Donald of Ilsley Wyoming Walker D. Ease. Protest or evidence must be presented at the time and place to cross examine witnesses. Epcar Wilson, Register.
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Tis
Cheyenne
Wyo
Donald MacPhee
Roert Taft Reynold
eDonald
Inley
Walker
Theyenue
Interior Department
Epcar
Wilson
Register
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Wired
Picrssurg
John O. McMasters
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank
McMasters
Johnstown
New Mexico
Kansas City
Mim
Shomdh
F. E. Warren
Wierkas
Wuerens
Senate of
The
Committee On
Territories
House Representatives
House
Senate
Wierens
Board of
Laramie
Albany
Carbon
Sweetwater
Uinta
Sheridan
Johnson
Union of States
Legislative Assembly
Carsox County
A. R. Covzens
Vo Contractors
Desert Land
Fins
Cattle Brands
L, Voorhees & CO
Postoffice
Laramie County
Somery Ward
Miien Avenue
Chive
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