Drowned rider and horse bridge accident near Wendover
William Bradley, 24, from Gearing Nebraska, drowned in the Platte while crossing on horseback below Wendover's railroad bridge. The horse swam ashore. Bradley disappeared in the rapid river as onlookers attempted a rescue. The colt later crossed the bridge alone, then grazed. Cattle shipments to the north rise with 175 000 to 200 000 head expected. Fort Laramie ruins sold and removed.
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San
Wenwoven
Wyo
William Bradley
Platte River
Wendover
Bradley
Gearing
Neb
North
Nebraska
Platte
Montana
Keefe Starts Brick Yard Project In Local Bid
Contractor Keefe plans to begin brick making today or tomorrow using clay from various regions for testing. Initial hand brick output reaches 20 000 per day with a kiln full in about a week, then two more weeks to burn and cool. Machinery will follow to boost capacity and produce all brick types. A water line runs 300 feet from Snyder street to the yard and a new brick cart is on the streets.
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Keefe
City Main
Snyder Street
Pacific Short Line Surveys West of Manville
Surveyors from the Pacific Short Line camped at Manville work westward toward Iusk with grade stakes soon past the town. The outfit locates the permanent survey amid bitter opposition and claims funds to finish. They expect trains on the line within two years, providing a direct east west outlet for Wyoming and the broader West. Roadbed already from Sioux City to O Neill Nebraska leaves about 60 to 65 miles for the full survey.
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Pacific Short Line
Lusk Herald
Manville
Iusk
Wyoming
Sioux City
O'Neill
Neb
Inquest in Lunacy Finds Theodore Barman Unfit for Society
An inquest in lunacy before Judge Bergmann found Theodore Barman to be of unsound mind with lucid intervals and memory, but with such infirmity of will as to disable him from safe conduct in the community. The jury recommended sequestration for proper treatment.
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Bergmann
Theodore Barman
Messrs. W. Richardson
Foreman
Thomas Cooper
Frank Millen
Emil Dion
Nicholas O'Brien
J. W. Newman
Wyman
Wilsock
Otto Ahiens
John Nolan
Burlington Extension Route Plans Through Sheridan to Billings
Buffalo Wyoming reports Burlington surveyors map a corridor through Sheridan toward Billings Montana. Billings Gazette notes the line may extend north into Judith Basin then southwest through Musselshell Castle mining district and White Sulphur Springs to reach Idaho or beyond. The route largely echoes a prior survey with a new plan saving miles. The Burlington and Missouri line is expected to be built soon with Buffalo to Billings as the likely starting stretch.
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Burlington
Buffalo
Wyw
Sheridan
Billings
Montana
Billings Gazette
Judith Basin
Musselshell
Castle Mining District
White Sulphur Springs
Ifelena
Illings
Duffalo
Burlington & Missouri
Censure Passed as Bynum Is Called Liar and Perjurer
A heated House debate over a letter attacking Campbell culminates in William D. Bynum of Indiana being censured. Bayne and others denounce a line read from James Campbell of Pittsburgh as base, while the chamber orders the sergeant at arms to administer the censure at the bar ending the session in uproar.
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House
McKinley
Ohio
McMillin
Tennessee
Committee On Rules
Outhwaite
Reeded
Anderson
Feendaves
Iowa
Mason
Chat Kelly
Dunnell
Kerr
Breckenridge
Kentucky
Berlin
Standard Oil Company
Democratic Committee of Ways and Means
United States
Mills
Texas
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Sweney
Democratic Party
Standard Oi! Company
Standard Oil Comnany
United States Senate
Bayne
Pennsylvania
James Campbell
Pittsburg
Bynum
Indiana
Wilson
West Virginia
Springer
Wheeler
Alabama
Triston
Kansas
Campbell
Beitter
Oiseokenrige
Cam
Cheadle
Cutcheon
Morgan
Mississippi
Struble
Yeas
William D. Bynum
Herbert
John van Vornis
New York
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Blount
Gronhalge
Massachusetts
Martin
Committee of Rules
Tne
McMillan
Henderson
Bland
Mille
Michigan
McKenna
Howan
Holmes
House of Representatives
William J. Bynum
Marriage of Blaine's Daughter in Washington
Margaret Isa bella Blaine daughter of the secretary of state married Walter Damrosch of New York at the Blaine residence. Attended by President and Mrs. Harrison cabinet officers and the diplomatic corps, the ceremony drew three hundred guests and a wedding breakfast followed. The couple will sail for Europe next week en route to their Madison Avenue home.
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Blaine
Washington
Margaret Isabella Blaine
Walter Damrosch
New York
Douglas
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Harrison
McKee
Supreme Court
Dipllmatic Corps
Congress
Madison Avenue
Europe
Horrible Catastrophes In Tomsk Fire Tornado Devastation
Horrible scenes are reported from Tomsk western Siberia where a fire and cyclone struck simultaneously destroying three quarters of the town and killing hundreds. The cathedral burned and the hospital was crushed. the bishop and priests offered absolution as survivors faced freezing cold after a sudden temperature drop.
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St. Petersuerg
Tomsk
Siberia
Jackson Ed Smith Fight Stands Five Rounds Without KO
About six thousand spectators watched Eater Jackson the colored Australian champion and Ed Smith of Colorado clash in five rounds with four ounce gloves. Smith showed courage, was floored three times but survived as Jackson failed to KO him in five rounds. Muldoon backed Smith for a $5000 world bout, while the Supreme Court recessed Kemmler case decision.
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Curiaco
Eter Jackson
John L. Sullivan
Ed. Smith
Colorado
Smith
Jackson
Sullivan
Muldoon
Mike Cleary
Renee
McAuliff
Mormons Knocked Out by Supreme Court Ruling
Washington May 19 The United States Supreme Court upholds the Utah ambits on the Edmunds anti polygamy law and the escheat of Mormon church property to the United States The decision supports Congress power to dissolve church corporations and seize assets while noting polygamy as unlawful and incompatible with law Justice Bradley delivers the opinion with Fuller Field and Lamar dissenting on certain points Justice Lamar also writes on Erie railway license case and Kremmler electrocurb ion slated for argument tomorrow.
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Washixeton
Supreme Court of the
United States
Mormon Church
Church Latter Day Saints
Supreme Court of Utah
Edmunds
Congress
Utah
India
Bradley
Fuller
Field and
Lamar
J. G. McCall
Erie Railway
San Francisco
Ile
Gray
Brewer
Kremmler
Cannon and the Mormon Question in Senate Hearings
The senate committee on territories heard Cannon editor of the Ogden Standard oppose Cullom's amendment to disenfranchise Mormons and bar them from juror service. Cannon argued anti Mormon legislation has progressed and the situation is improving, needing no further drastic action now.
Presbyterians condemn Louisiana ticket buyers in North Carolina
The general assembly of the Presbyterian church in Astieville North Carolina on May 19 adopted resolutions condemning Louisiana practices and warning all members against complicity in any form including buying tickets.
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Astieville
N.C
Geome Eral Assembly
Presbyterian
CIA South
Chagainst
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Cheyenne
Lockwood
Union Pacific
Mridger’s Ferry
Lee May
Buckhorn
Kilpatrick Bros
J. J. Hauphoff
Fort Laramie
Great Northwest
Haines
Bridges Ferry
Hartville
C. A. Guernsey
Itartville
Jackson-Smith
Supreme Court of the United States
Kemunler
United States Supreme Court
Church Corporation
Lamar and
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