Volker v Shubert Trial Opens in Carroll Court
The Wyoming territory charges Edward Shubert with assault and battery in the beating of Mrs. Caroline Volker. Judge Peck prosecutes for the territory with T. M. Fisher defending. Evidence includes blood stained garments and a baseball bat. Trial continues as witnesses described a violent fray and conflicting testimony.
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Territory of
Wyoming
Edward Shubert
Caroline Wolker
Carroll's
Shultz Volker
Ed Shubert
Carroll
Justice Carroll
Shubert
Martin
Valker
Shultz Walker
Charles Valker
Amanda
Peck
Mr. Fisher
Keefe predicted winner in Fort Russell water and sewer bids
Bids opened at Camp Carlin for Fort Russell water and sewerage projects with two bidders George East and Keefe and McGarvey. Keefe expected to secure both contracts as townmen, noting local spending would boost Cheyenne business and shop activity.
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Fort Russell
Quartermaster Humphreys
Camp Carlin
George East
Keefe
Cheyenne
Sun
G A R Fair Committees Plan Prizes and Events
Fort Russell officers General Mizner and General Fisher with Colonels Sutzer O'Brien and others convened to finalize fair plans. Prizes include a furniture set, an easy chair, and china offered by Governor Warren. Ladies to manage fancy articles, and the young ladies’ company will assist with an exhibition. Fair dates moved to the 6th 7th and 7th with a late opening around the election.
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G. A. R. Fair
Mizner
van Horn
Garrity
Green
Roach
Fort Russell
Fisher
Sutzer
O'Brien
Warren
Colonel Stiteer
Merchant’ Carnival
Appointment of day officer selects assistant. court meeting set
Captain Smith appointed officer of the day with authority to choose his assistant. The group adjourned to meet next Wednesday in Judge Carroll's courtroom. Ladies interested have called a meeting for this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the same location.
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Captain Smith
Judge Carroll
Indictment for Murder in First Degree Juxtaposed in Rawlins Court
Special to the Sun from Rawlins reports slow court progress with the grand jury convening this morning. Maddy Golden is indicted for first degree murder for kicking shoemaker Herman Karl to death on August 24. The Burt case involves vitriol thrown at Frank Tooley. previous indictment quashed. Sweetwater lynching cases not expected this week. Witness Buchanan reportedly left the territory.
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Rawlins
Maddy Golden
Herman Karl
Burt
Vitrol
Frank Tooley
Olt
Buchanan
New Union Pacific Shops Superintendent Sets Year End Operations
The Sex reporter interviews J C Monroe newly appointed superintendent of the Union Pacific shops. He plans to start foundation work within days and has machinery ordered to be installed, aiming for shop operation by January 1. Monroe, since March with Union Pacific, is a veteran machinery expert from Minnesota and praises Cheyenne.
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Union Pacific
J. C. Monroe
Monroe
Minnesota
Cheyenne
Troops Ordered From Fort Laramie To Fort Logan Colorado
Two companies of the Seventh United States infantry now at Fort Laramie are ordered to Fort Logan near Denver. The move follows the war department decision to abandon Fort Laramie leaving it garrisonless. A special Cheyenne and Northern train will meet the troops at Bordeaux and bring them through town toward Denver, expected today. The piece notes Wyoming would likely retain Fort Laramie if it had two senators and a congressman.
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Seventh United States Infantry
Fort Laramie
Fort Logan
Denver
Colo
War Department
Cheyenne
Northern
Bordeaux
Wyoming
U. S
Congress
Miss Mary Maginnis Enters Convent in Ohio
Miss Mary Maginnis sister of ex Chief Justice Maginnis leaves this city for Zanesville Ohio to begin novitiate life. She will spend two years teaching music at the convent and then take the veil, severing worldly ties. Friends lament the change though the church rejoices.
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Mary Maginnis
Maginnis
Zanesville
Ohio
Miss Maginnis
Local Weddings Reported in City Residences
Yesterday afternoon at 5 30 oclock at the residence of W M Weaver Miss Mattie Mumford became the wife of Steven G Graves a bank official. Rev Lamkin performed the ceremony. The couple took rooms at WA Whitcomb. Also at the Baptist parsonage yesterday at 6 oclock Harry Carr of Baltimore Maryland and Lucette B Wilkes of Arapahoe county Colorado were united in matrimony by Rev Lamkin.
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W. 5
Arapahoe County
Colorado
Rey
Mr. Lamkin
Local Obituaries and Fire Disaster Report
Hugh McFee brother of Donald McFee died near Lif and was buried in the city yesterday. Philip Mathias died at the county hospital Wednesday night. burial arrangements not yet announced. The Brooklyn Tabernacle burned last Sunday. Dr. Talmage’s congregation is without a church. The fire is believed caused by electricity and the building will be rebuilt on a grander scale.
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Hugh McFee
Donald McFee
Lif
Philip Mathias
Brooklyn
Leader
Sterling
Colo
Union Pacific
Gibson Station
Omaha
Senler
Archer
Republican Central Committee
Frank
Clark
Colorado
Burlington
Local Leader scoops itself with wild railroad falsehoods
A derisive critique targets the Leader for publishing a fabricated Sterling Colorado railroad disaster rumor. The piece highlights false sensational headlines, padding, and exaggerated prose claiming exclusive reliability while describing real accidents elsewhere and calling the Leader unreliable journalism.
The Shubert Volker Case Resumes In Justice Carroll Court
The Shubert defendant charged with assault on Mrs Volker faced resumed proceedings in Justice Carrolls court yesterday starting at 9 30 and lasting into the evening session. Testimony varied and the judge adjourned the trial to Saturday at 2 00 as counsel prepare pleas. A sizeable crowd attended. Also at Port Russell three private soldiers from the Seventeenth Infantry were tried for drunken guard duty and one for supplying liquor to a prison guard. They were ordered to forfeit pay totaling 40 to 60 dollars and perform hard labor.
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Shubert
Seventeenth Infantry
Port Russell
Constitution distribution plan outlined by Meldrum
Secretary Meldrum and his assistant pack about 3 000 copies for elicitation through the territory and similar numbers to be sent by convention members. Newspapers publish the constitution as a supplement and the secretary offers topics by request or mail to readers outside the city to ensure broad study.
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Meldrum
Willaho
Plans for foundations and shop roofing underway
Foundations teams arrived and layout work begins for the machine shop complex. Roofing on the machine and blacksmith shops progresses while Bradley finishes tracks wrading and starts wall foundations. coal chute grading also advances. P S Cook secures plumbing contract worth 3000 dollars amid winter city projects.
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Bradley
P. 5. Cook
Fort Russell
Cheyenne
Buffalo Bill and Fremont in 19th century headlines
Grand jury action on the Sweetwater lynching in Rawlins garners interest. Buffalo Bill may tour St Petersburg with assurances of Russian business. Fremont, at about 65, described as a republican candidate with white hair, is not easily identified as the Pathfinder of the Rockies.
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Rawlins
Buffalo Bill
St. Petersburg
John C. Fremont
Fremont
Rocky Mountains
Averill Case Followed By Natural Death Verdict
The nephew of the late Averill, a witness to a lynching near Sweetwater, faced rumors of foul play. A coroner's inquest sent the stomach to Chicago for analysis, which found no poison. The jury ruled death from natural causes, dismissing conspiratorial claims amid regional tension and public commentary.
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Averill
Victin
Sweetwater
Rey
Chicago
Burlington Wreck Report Names Engineer as Primary Cause
Superintendent Thompson reports to Manager Holdredge that No. 6 engineer Gillespie bears major responsibility for the Burlington wreck claiming air brake disconnection and prior tampering. Nine passengers injured including one fatally. three employees hurt. The collision derailed and toppled the combination car and chair car after the engine struck the tender and then the coach.
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Thompson
Burlington
Holdredge
No. 6
Gillespie
Omaha
Ile
Nog
No. Y
Ogden Hot Springs Health Resort Incorporation
The Ogden and Hot Springs Health Resort Company files articles of incorporation with Secretary Sells of Utah territory. Incorporators include W R Swan W H Farr A T Swan Robert Robinson F W Lakrents J T McIntosh Myron Hume and M bs Post. Springs lie in Weber and Box Elder counties. Pueblo iron furnaces to be built in blast pending ore supply and steel work to start soon.
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Ogden & Hot Springs Health Resort
Sells
Utah Territory
W.R. Swan
W.H. Farr
A. T. Swan
Robert Robinson
F. W. Lakrents
J.T. Mclntosh
Myron Hume
Ogden
M. Bs. Post
Cheyenne
W. J. Farr
Weber
Hox Elder Counties
Pueblo
Knight and Miss Howell Wed at Omaha Residence
One of the most brilliant weddings in Omaha was held at Anna Ville the Howell residence. E Emma Towell wed Wilbur C Knight superintendent of the Keystone mines near Laramie Wyoming Territory in a Episcopal service under an arch of orange blossoms. The couple received many rich presents and left the same evening for their future home in Wearing.
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Wilbur C. Knight
E. E. Howell
Omaha
Herald
Anna Ville
S. J. Howell
E. Emma Towell
Episcopal Church
Alice Howell
Hal Howell
Wearing
A Kickers Column A Call for Community Grievances
A proposed Kicker column invites readers to vent pet grievances and municipal concerns. The editor urges straightforward notes on wrongs, flaws in the constitution, or local issues to awaken civic duty and spark fresh ideas.
Odd Fellows Grand Lodge Elects Wyoming Officers
At the Evanston meeting of the Grand Lodge 10.0 Wyoming officers for the coming year were named. TH. D. Beemer of Laramie is grand master and Charles Welsick Cheyenne deputy grand master. J. F. McMillen Rawlins grand warden, W. A. Amesbury Laramie grand secretary, Joseph Dillman Cheyenne grand treasurer, W. Kuykendall Cheyenne grand representative. The Sovereign Grand lodge meets next year in Topeka Kansas. Delegates enjoyed a grand ball and reception with over one hundred couples. The Salt Lake excursion kept them away. Cheyenne expected home Sunday.
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Grand Lodge
Wyoming
Evanston
TH. D. Beemer
Laramie
Charles Welsick
Cheyenne
J. F. McMillen
Rawlins
W. A. Amesbury
Joseph Dillman
W. Kuykendall
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Kuykendall
Topeka
Kansas
Salt Lake
Gilmore's Band Comes To Cheyenne For One Night
Gilmore's sixty piece band billed as the finest, with top vocalists, will visit Cheyenne at a cost of $1600 per day. Smaller cities help fund the appearance with bonuses of 2000 to 3000 dollars. Manager Rhodes of the opera house earns high praise for arranging the engagement. It promises a lifetime event for attendees who secure seats.
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Gilmore
Cheyenne
Rhodes
Real Estate Transfers Recorded by County Clerk
United States patents grant 6y5 acres in section A to J R White head Sr and 2 acres in section 20 to Wilson L McDonald of Douglas Neb. Warranty deeds record Francis Elliston to A D Kelley for Cheyenne lot 4 block 145. W N W Blaney to A D Kelley Cheyenne lots 1 2 block Sy. Albert Mo Russell to Abbie M Russell blacks jo 31 32 Fairview addition Cheyenne. Considerations vary: 5550 400 1802.63.
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United States
Range
J. R. Whitehead
Wilson L. McDonald
Douglas County
Nebraska
Francis Elliston
A.D. Kelley
Cheyenne
W. N.W. Blaney
A. D. Kelley
Albert Mo Russell
Abbie M. Russell
Fairview
Mr Barnes of New York Dramatic Adaptation Opens
The Broadway theater company from New York presents Gunter’s dram of his book Mr Barnes of New York with W Sanger directing. Miss Kindy Rigias Mariani delivers intense performances, supported by Robert Hillard and Tamnes. The plot captivates and promises strong audience turnout Monday night.
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Barnes
New York
Gunter
W. Sanger
Broadway Theater
Kindy
Rigias Mariani
Corsi
Robert Hillard
Tamnes
Pave
Len
Snorurs
Nest
Sisson Retires From Laramie Dispatch Office
W A Sisson will resign as chief train dispatcher at Laramie in a few days and be succeeded by A L Stewart. The move surprises locals though Sisson may remain in the city. Stewart was previously a candidate for the post and is well known in the dispatch office circle.
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W. A. Sieson
Laramie
A. L. Stewart
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Riner
Averill Case
Young Averill
Reeve
Colin
Orde
Ogden Hot Springs
Knight- Howell
Eging State Archives and Historical Department
ODD Fellows
Gilmore's Band
Mr. Barnes
Sisson
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