Man Drowns Fording Platte Near Wendover Bridge
William Bradley 24 from Gearing Nebraska drowns while crossing the Platte on horseback below Wendover railroad bridge. Horse survives and later crosses the bridge with a riderless saddle left behind. Rescue attempts fail as river runs high and rapid. Cattle shipments to the north surge with plans for 175000 to 200000 head this season.
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San
Wenwoven
Wyo
William Bradley
Platte River
Wendover
Bradley
Gearing
Neb
North
Nebraska
Platte
Keefe Plans New Brick Yard Operation Start
Contractor Keefe says brick production will begin today or tomorrow as minor delays held up yesterday. The yard will test clays from several regions by hand at first with a 20 000 bricks per day capacity, a kiln filled in about a week and the first firing completing in just over two weeks. A water line and new brick cart are installed ahead of machinery to expand capacity and produce all brick types later.
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Wendover
Montana
Gates
Cheyenne
Lockwood
Union Pacific
Mridger’s Ferry
Platte River
Douglas
Lee May
Martin
Buckhorn
Keefe
City Main
Snyder Street
Pacific Short Line Survey Reaches Manville for Westward Route
Surveyors from the Pacific Short Line camped at Manville work westward toward Iusk with grade stakes soon set beyond the town. The outfit locates the permanent survey amid bitter opposition and claims funds to finish. They anticipate trains running in two years, linking Wyoming to the west with an east west outlet. Roadbed spans Sioux City to ONeill Nebraska with 60 to 65 miles left to complete the survey.
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Pacific Short Line
Lusk Herald
Manville
Iusk
Wyoming
Sioux City
O'Neill
Neb
Inquest in Lunacy Verdict for Theodore Barman
An inquest in lunacy held before Judge Bergmann found Theodore Barman to be of unsound mind with lucid intervals and memory, but with such infirmity of will as to render him unable to conduct himself safely 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 Through Sheridan to Billings
The Burlington surveyors trace a Buffalo Wyoming to Billings Montana line passing Sheridan and into Billings. From Billings the route may head north to tap Judith Basin then southwest through Musselshell and Castle mining districts to White Sulphur Springs. The line would run almost due west to Helena, with the latest route saving miles and a high likelihood of construction soon.
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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 of Indiana Rep. Bynum Ends Raucous Debate
A heated House session over a Campbell letter and accusations of deception led to William D. Bynum of Indiana being formally censured. The protracted exchange involved Bayne, Outhwaite, and McKinley amid volleys of charges and countercharges about Standard Oil and parliamentary conduct.
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Senate
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
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Texas
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Sweney
Democratic Party
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Standard Oil Comnany
United States Senate
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Pennsylvania
James Campbell
Pittsburg
Bynum
Indiana
Wilson
West Virginia
Springer
Wheeler
Alabama
Triston
Kansas
Campbell
Beitter
Oiseokenrige
Cam
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 home. The ceremony drew 300 guests including President and Mrs Harrison cabinet officers and the diplomatic corps. The couple will sail for Europe early next week and then reside on Madison Avenue New York.
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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
Destructive Fire and Cyclone Hit Tomsk in Siberia
Horrific reports from Tomsk describe a simultaneous fire and cyclone devastating three quarters of the city. The cathedral and hospital were burned, residents roasted alive, and the garrison failed to aid. Clergy conducted absolution as survivors fled in fear and cold, with snow brutalizing the injured.
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St. Petersuerg
Tomsk
Siberia
Jackson Defeats Ed. Smith in Five Round Tug at Curiaco
Six thousand spectators watched eter Jackson the colored Australian champion fight Ed. Smith of Colorado. Smith showed grit, was floored thrice but rallied to last five rounds. Muldoon backed Smith for a five thousand dollar bout against top rivals. The court adjourned a Kemumler case without decision.
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Curiaco
Eter Jackson
John L. Sullivan
Ed. Smith
Colorado
Smith
Jackson
Sullivan
Muldoon
Mike Cleary
Renee
McAuliff
Supreme CourtAffirms Utah Mormon Case Ruling
The Supreme Court upholds the Utah decision in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v United States affirming the escheat of church property to the United States under the Edmunds anti polygamy law. It criticizes polygamy and supports Congress power to suppress it, with dissent by Justices Fuller Field and Lamar. Justice Bradley delivers the majority opinion.
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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 Hearing
The senate committee on territories heard Cannon editor of the Ogden Standard oppose Cullom's amendment to disfranchise Mormons and bar them as jurors. Cannon argued anti Mormon legislation has progressed enough and the situation should improve without new measures.
Presbyterian assembly condemns Louisiana tickets
The May 19 meeting in Astieville North Carolina of the general assembly of the Presbyterian church south adopts resolutions condemning Louisiana and warning all members against complicity in any shape or form including buying tickets.
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Astieville
N.C
Geome Eral Assembly
Presbyterian
CIA South
Chagainst
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