Mystery Chemist Melbourne Hints at Unknown Gas Tests
The Rochester area reports Professor Melbourne and his brother observing a sunset panorama from the Jones home veranda while rain and wind influence his work. The professor hints at unknown gases, says he is a practical chemist without formal schooling, and expects a test result by Sunday night as weather stabilizes and a new delivery window opens.
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Professor Melbourne
Jones
Melbourne
Ravenscroft
Soldiers clash in Chicago officers used force at scene
Soldiers Ingalls and Ahrens were summoned with Lt. Thro to quell a disorder among troops and bystanders. Ingalls fired a high shot and Otto struck a resisting man. They claimed innocence and face a trial today. Owen O Neil now oversees coal chutes for Contractor Nute. George Bartlett retires to start a Green River business.
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Ingalls
Ahrens
Chicago
Otto
Lee
Owen O'Neil
Laramie
Nute
Geo. Bartlett
Green River
Iowa Colony Prospects On Big Wyoming Ditch Plan
The Douglas and Platte River Ditch company completes a cross section survey for a 35 mile canal in Wyoming intended to irrigate 13000 acres. The project costs about 85000 dollars and may attract about fifty Iowa families to settle and build the ditch this fall using the company’s water right and survey.
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Mammoth Ditch
Douglas and Platte River Ditch Company
Douglas
Wyoming
Platte
Iowa
Tax levies for state county and district mills
The document lists state general fund and University asylums bonds, county revenue, road and bridge funds, public schools and libraries, Cheyenne city levy, and multiple school district bond levies in mills. It shows treasurer bond amounts across districts and a poll tax of $2 with a 12.8 mill Cheyenne city levy.
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State General Fund
Public Library
Cheyenne and
Northern Bonds
Cheyenne
Stock Cars Orders From Wyoming Division Points
Stock cars orders on file at Superintendent Wurtelle's office list Parsons & Egan of Salt Lake 18 sheep cars at Evanston on Sept 6 and others for Jos Young 15 sheep cars at Park City on Sept 5 Hoy Bros 28 cattle and 2 sheep cars near Echo and Park City Sept 20 H A Hoffman 10 cattle cars at Douglas Sept 7 D D Cassidy 8 sheep cars at Rawlins Sept 8 Teschemacher de Billier 15 cattle cars at Ava Sept 15 John Huntington Co 10 cattle cars at Bordeaux Sept 15 Swan Land and Cattle Co 19 cattle cars at Rock Creek Sept 15 Parsons & Egan 18 sheep cars at Evanston Sept 15 Sand Creek Cattle Co loaded 23 beeves at Rawlins yesterday Only Union Pacific cars are used now The Street Stable car is no longer seen and the railway has many feeding and watering cars built for the western trade.
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Parsons & Egan
Salt Lake
Evanston
Jos. Young
Park City
Hoy Bros
Echo and
H. A. Hoffman
Douglas
D. D. Cassidy
Rawlins
Teschemacher & de Billier
Ava
John Huntington Company
Bordeaux
Swan Land and Cattle Company
Rock Creek
Sand Creek Cattle Company
Union Pacific
Conway pleads guilty to second degree murder in “Red Jack” case
The defendant Conway, a bartender, withdrew not guilty and admitted murder in the second degree after trial began. Two witnesses testified he shot the fiddler known as Red Jack during the Lou Havick era hurdy gurdy scene in Casper.
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Natrone
Conway
Casper
Red Jack
Ditch Company Formed In Fremont County Wyoming
The Big Cottonwood Ditch company of Fremont county with office at Lander filed its incorporation certificate yesterday. Projectors include A Gustin John R Harris John Kimpel Henry A Leseberg Wilhelm Schneider and others. With $10 000 the firm plans a ditch from the north fork of the Big Popoagie.
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Big Cottonwood Ditch Company
Fremont County
Lander
A. Gustin
John R. Harris
John Kimpel
Henry A. Leseberg
Wilhelm Schneider
Wm. H. Steers
O. Myers
B. L. Ranney
A. A
M. A. Peterson
Miners at Gold Hill Prepare Ore for Stamp Mill Start
At Gold Hill the miners are stacking up ore in anticipation of the stamp mill starting.
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Gold Hill
First Lawlessness in Saratoga Sparks Tension and Mining News
Auditor Burdick reports a brawl in Saratoga where Joe Simmons struck a Swede gambler with a six shooter, firing a bullet into Will Albro. Early reports listed two dead. Delegates, including Geo. A. Danis and Senators Chatterton and Williams, head to a mining convention. Chatterton ships ore to the Denver smelter from his grand encampment mine. A Sterritt traction engine arrives, stirring local awe as alfalfa thrives in Platte valley.
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Burdick
Saratoga
Joe Simmons
Will Albro
Simmons
Geo. A. Danis
F. Chatterton
Frank O. Williams
B. M. Parmenter
L.G. Davis
Davis
Platte Valley
Senator Chatterton
Denver
Mr. Chatterton
West
Sterritt Boys
Stephenson
Cowhick Estate Administrator Posts Bond and Division Plan
O F Cowhick has qualified as administrator of the late John Y Cowhick and filed a bond for 30000 dollars. The estate is appraised at 37373 dollars and will realize 30000 dollars, with about half in personal property. The estate will be divided into ten parts for the full sister and eight half brothers and sisters, giving each 3000 dollars of the Cheyenne property, with the law granting the full sister two shares.
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Cowhick
O. F. Cowhick
John Y Cowhick
They Were Pleased Douglas Budget Cheyenne Hospitality
The band and militia praised Cheyenne for overwhelming hospitality. They described Cheyenne and Douglas as welcoming, with Jenkins Slack Bresnahan and others making their stay a continuous round of pleasure. The visit to Cheyenne stood out as their highlight.
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Cheyenne
Jenkins
Slack
Bresnahan
Douglas
Casper Morals Report Urges Casper Officials to Act
Natrona county grand jury notes Casper as part of Natrona County and condemns lax handling of public morals. It urges town officials to punish open lewdness and to replace officials who shirk duty with those who will enforce the law.
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Casper
Natrona County Grand Jury
Natrona County
Laramie Man Peter Fisher Returns Home After Cabin Collapse
Peter Fisher of Laramie suffered a severe back injury when a cabin collapsed at Centennial valley. He has wasted from 200 pounds to less than 100 and was brought to his town home to recover.
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Peter Fisher
Laramie
Centennial Valley
Fillebrown Expects Return To School Teaching
C. P. Fillebrown says he will probably return to school teaching after a period away, indicating plans to resume his duties in the classroom.
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C. P. Fillebrown
World Fair funding and world tour plan headline
News and notes report Chicago’s five million dollar World’s Fair subscription progress with four hundred thousand collected this week. Sarah Bernhart plans a world tour aboard a chartered steamship with her company performing at every feasible venue.
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Chicago
Sarah Bernhart
Chicgo Herald
Jay Gould
S. H. H. Clark
Union Pacific Stock
Union Pacific Management
New York
Union Pacific
Omaha
Baltimore
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Colorado
Northern Pacific
Coeur d’ Alene
Patrick Egan
Balmaceda
Blaine
Santiago
State Department
Egan
Omaha Bee
Bichloride of Gold Club of
Dwight
Draw Verdict in McCarthy Burns Prospect Fight
A fifteen round Rhode Island Athletic Club bout in Olneyville between Cal McCarthy of Jersey City and Bobby Burns of Providence ended in a draw. Both fighters landed solid blows with Burns applying more punishment in later rounds while McCarthy delivered heavier blows overall. The referee scored the bout even, declaring a draw with mutual satisfaction.
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Providence
R. L
Cal McCarthy
Jersey City
Bobby Burns
Rhode Island Athletic Club
Olneyville
McCarthy
Burns
Bobby
Cal
Atrack
Elkins to succeed Proctor as secretary of war
Special from Washington reports Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia will replace Proctor as secretary of war. The move appears in a morning paper's telegraph dispatch.
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Proctor
New York
Washington
Stephen GB. Elkins
Now
West Virginia
Death of Gen Willa Reported in Boston Dispatch
Death of Gen Edward Augustus Wild formerly of Brooklyn Maas is reported from Medellin Colombia South America with details from Medallin.
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Willa
Boston
Edward Augustus Wild
Brooklyn
Maas
Medallin
Columbia
South America
Louis Bulling Dies on Gallows After Suicide Attempt
Louis Bulling, St. Joseph wife murderer, attempted suicide with a pistol just before his Savannah execution. He later died on the scaffold at exactly 9:21 PM after pleading for mercy, cursing his executioners, and receiving last rites from Rev. Lavake who later faced arrest.
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Kansas City
Louis Bulling
St. Joseph
Savannah
Bulling
Builling
Jefferson City
Francis
August Lavake
Barry
Lavake
Bullings
Lavuke
The Priest Explains in Bulling Shooting Case
The priest Rev. Lavake discusses the Bulling shooting incident in Kansas City. He says he did not give the weapon or know its origin and that he was praying when Bulling fired the first shot. The account describes a single shot and the belief the gun may have discharged accidentally.
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Kansas City
Lavake
Bulling
Sheriff Refuses Details After Execution Link to Attempted Death
Witness recaps a man named Bulling being hanged after a fainting spell by a victim who believed an earlier murder attempt aimed at him. A brief sheriff consultation occurred before the execution and Lavake was arrested immediately afterward, a detail deemed significant.
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Bulling
Lavake
Balloon tragedy at Oswego fair ends with man’s death
At the Oswego county fair a hot air balloon caught fire during inflation. Several town residents released the ropes but George Woods remained entangled and was lifted into the air. He descended from seventy feet and died before rescue.
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Oswego
N.Y
George Woods
Woods
Vreeland and Shiek Buy Cheyenne Commercial
Ed Vreeland and Frank Shiek completed a buyout of the Cheyenne Commercial company. The firm, with large Sixteenth and Capitol stores and a South Side location, will operate under Sheriff Kelley management starting Monday. Vreeland has three years at C C C store and many local friends. Shiek comes from Swan Land and Cattle with wide rural ties.
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Ed Vreeland
Frank Shiek
Cheyenne Commercial Company
Sixteenth and
Capitol Avenue
Sheriff Kelley
Vreeland
Swan Land and Cattle Company
Final assault over Kingen and McKinney in court fight
Attorney Mr. St Rayner presses final court actions for cattle thieves Kingen and McKinney who have suspensions of sentence. A writ of habeas corpus returnable Oct 5 issued by Chief Justice Groesbeck will be argued before the full supreme bench. Judge Scott grants a writ of error for McKinney sending the case to the upper court. Rayner seeks to place his men before the state superior court via different routes. The argument rests on abduction from Nebraska by Lykins and ongoing illegal restraint of liberty without a requisition.
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St. Rayner
Kingen
McKinney
Groesbeck
Scott
Rayner
Nebraska
Lykins
Lightning strikes Melbourne home shudders structure
During Melbourne's second rain on Tuesday a residence of Henry Brandon on the south side was struck by lightning. The house was shifted an inch and two little girls were stunned by the shock.
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Melbourne
Henry Brandon
Horse Experiment Ships Yearling Horses to Indiana
Dr. J. F. Carey’s men shipped ninety yearling grade horses to Plainfield Indiana for immediate purchase. The Indiana owner seeks to mature and break prairie bred horses on an eastern stock farm as an experimental venture.
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J. F. Carey
Plainfield
Ind
Indiana
Immigrant Tickets Sold from Liverpool to Rawlins
The Rawlins Republican reports that last Saturday a man named Mr. Rumsey of the First National Bank says three immigrant passage tickets were sold from Liverpool England to Rawlins. The fare from Liverpool to New York was 19 dollars and from New York to Rawlins 3 50. The buyer of the tickets also purchased a draft on the Bank of Liver pool to cover all travel expenses to Rawlins.
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Liverpool
Rawlins
Rumsey
First National Bank
England
New York
Bank of Liverpool
Funeral for Lyman C. Draper Described in Reverent Terms
The Madison Democrat reports the funeral of Lyman C. Draper, described as a man of exemplary character who never spoke evil or used profanity. Pallbearers included Col William I Vilas, Gen. Lucius Pairehild, A. Pinney, Prof. Jon B. Parkinson, Hon. Elisha Burdick and Dr. Daniel S. Currie amid abundant flowers.
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Dr. Draper
Lyman C. Draper
George W. Hoyt
Madison
Wis
Bays
Ian
William I, Vilas
Lucius Pairehild
Succes
A. Pinney
Jon B. Parkinson
Elisha Burdick
Daniel 5. Currie
Bridge Works Hureed in Youngstown Burns Down
The Youngstown Bridge Works were destroyed by fire tonight causing about 75000 pounds in loss with 60000 pounds covered by insurance. The firm has large contracts and the works will be rebuilt immediately.
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Hureed
Younrgstown
Youngstown
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Tomorow
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Wurtele
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