Prominent Holbrook Indicted Over Wyoming Coal Lands
E M Holbrook president of the Wyoming Coal company faces a federal indictment for conspiring to defraud the government of coal lands in Wyoming. He posted a $5,000 bond in Omaha to appear at the May term in Cheyenne. The alleged scheme involved false coal land entries, with stock moves and land sales routed through the Wyoming Coal company.
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BE. M. Holbrook
Omaha
Wyoming
E. M.holbrook
Holbrook
Old Horseshoe
Black Hills
Milwaukee
Rapid City
Terry
Wyoming Coal Company
Monarch
Uncle Sam
Neb
E. M. Holbrook
World Herald
Goss
Cheyenne
S. R. Bush
The
Oil venture formed to exploit Sundance Rocky Ford fields
Dr C A Leslie of Deadwood forms a new company with Henry McGill and notable Black Hills investors to develop the Sundance Rocky Ford oil district. Colorado Kansas and Manitoba backers reportedly join, with driving rigs planned within sixty days.
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Sundance
Rocky Ford Oil District
C. A. Leslie
Deadwood
Leslie
Henry McGill
Black Hills
Colorado
Kansas
Manitoba
Ir. Leslie
Mr. McGill
Mayor couple in broad matrimonial con game exposed
Philadelphia police announce a sweeping bigamy and robbery conspiracy after arresting James Marshall and Edith Ross who ran the Mrs Edith Ross society a matrimonial bureau in Philadelphia. Police suspect Marshall married and deserted many women after extracting large fees and catalogued evidence includes costumes and dye kits from the raid.
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New York
Philadelphia
New York City
James Marshall
Teenie Marshal
Edith Ross
Cheyenne
Wyo
Alaska
Society
Marshall
Westerner bigamist arrest sparks inquiry at agency
Marshall, 61, described as a striking Westerner, is detained with his alleged daughter on bail as investigators probe his bigamy claims. Desertion is charged against him by Mrs. Friel Marshall, while the woman faces a false pretenses charge for money obtained.
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Marshall
Friel Marshall
Binger Hermann Explains Destruction Of Papers In Defense
Binger Hermann testified in his defense that the records he is accused of destroying when he ceased acting as commissioner of the General Land Office were merely private letters. He faces charges of land frauds and defended his actions during the stand.
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Binger Hermann
Washington, D. C
General Land Office
Drops One Chicago Train On Milwaukee Chicago Run
The St Paul railway will cut off one Milwaukee Chicago train next Monday as part of retrenchment. The 8:20 a.m. departure from Milwaukee to Chicago will be omitted, and one Chicago to Milwaukee service will also be removed. Northwestern offices gave no confirmation of further cuts.
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St. Paul
Chicago
Milwaukee
Wis
Northwestern Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Pilot Dies on Lorena as Captain Steers to Safety
In a fog bound near East Liverpool Ohio pilot George W. Conant died in the pilothouse clutching the wheel rope while the Lorena packet, crowded with sleeping passengers, drifted toward rocks. Captain John Richardson halted the doomed craft just in time, saving scores of lives as Conant reached for the signal rope in a final act of self sacrifice.
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Pittsburg
George W. Conant
Liverpool
John Richardson
Conant
Captain Richardson
Women merge estates and vow no marriage while partner lives
Des Moines reports Elenora Johnson of Avon and Lenora Ellsworth of Bemidji Minnesota, both widows, drawn up a contract to pool their property. They agree to use a common fund for shared prosperity and to remain unmarried as long as the other is alive, with the agreement filed in the county recorder’s office.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Elenora Johnson
Avon
Lenora Ellsworth
Bemidji, Minn
County Recorder
Underwood
Mormon Faithful Protest Against Criticism at Conference
Salt Lake City April. The seventy eighth annual general conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints opened in the tabernacle with President Joseph F. Smith announcing the church has paid its one million dollar bonded indebtedness. A long address adopted denounces criticism of the church, pledges loyalty to the United States, and reaffirms the Utah statehood pledge to abandon polygamy.
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Salt Lake City
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Tabernacle
Joseph F. Smith
United States
Utah
Cattlemen Deny Raid Link in Sheridan Range War
In Sheridan Wyoming F P Johnson leads a cattlemen statement replying to sheepmen accusations amid a range war over grazing. He says he can prove Waisner camp moves were caused by sheep grazing on land he leased and denies involvement in the alleged Waisner sheep killings. Some cattlemen even hint Waisner may have staged the raid to gain grazing rights.
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Sheridan
Wyo
F. P. Johnson
Johnson
Waisner
Sheridan County Woolgrowers’ Association
Union Pacific posse guards 1000 cars of freight in Wyoming
Rawlins Wyoming April 8 The Union Pacific posse stationed at Cheyenne has been ordered to guard freight trains between Rawlins and Green River. Floods and wrecks in California delayed Southern Pacific handling, leaving 1900 carloads accumulated between here and Green River awaiting transfer.
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U. P. Rawlins
Wyo
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Rawlins
Green River
Southern Pacific
California
Here
UP Announces 100 Miles of Double Track in Wyoming
Union Pacific reveals plans to lay 100 miles of double track on the Wyoming division this year. The stretches cover Green River to Rock Springs fifteen miles Hanna to Rawlins forty miles and thirty five miles on congested short sections.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific Today
Wyoming
Green River
Rock Springs
Hanna
Rawlins
Reward Offered in Cheyenne Robbery by Strangers
Sheriff Bath offers a $50 reward for two strangers who robbed Gust Westland and John Osterberd of 240 dollars. The Swedish miners were traveling to Denver and lent cash to the pair, who claimed a debt in Cheyenne and showed a 1000 dollar draft on a bank that does not exist in Butte, Montana. The thieves vanished from a train at Cheyenne, forcing the victims to telegraph for funds to return home.
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Laramie
Wyo
Bath
Gust Westland
John Osterberd
Denver
Cheyenne
Montana National Bank
Butte
Mont
Tragedy in Wyoming Kills Sheepman in Family Quarrel
Casper April 6 A fatal quarrel in the southern part of this county left Frank Ward a prominent Pathfinder sheepman dead after a gun duel with his uncle Bennett The dispute reportedly stemmed from their livestock interests with details scarce in the report
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Frank Ward
Casper
Wyo
Pathfinder
Bennett
Troubles of Ex Postmaster Brittain
Cheyenne Wyoming April 6 no warrant yet for arrest of W F Brittain receiver of the Buffalo land office and ex post master at Sheridan The indictment against Brittain is withheld but district attorney Burke says it contains four counts each alleging illegal detention of a letter
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Brittain
Cheyenne
Wyo
W. F. Brittain
Buffalo Land Office
Sheridan
Burke
Going Home in Automobile from Victor to Michigan
John Hodges principal lessee on the Little Clara mine in Victor Colorado plans an automobile trip with wife and daughter to northern Michigan. The mine yielded over $800000 in the past year and Hodges, now rich, will travel by easy stages across about 1400 miles.
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Victor
Colo
John Hodges
Little Clara
Denver
Michigan
Largest Nebraska personal injury judgment awarded
John T. Connolly, a Buffalo Wyoming stockman, received a record Nebraska personal injury judgment from Union Pacific Railroad for 92 178 882 dollars. The payment breakdown shows 27 000 principal and 4 078 42 in accrued interest. Connolly lost both feet when struck by a Union Pacific train in August 1902.
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John T. Connolly
Omahia
Nebraska
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Conolly
Buffalo
Wyoming
Union Pacific
Connolly Wins Final Judgment After Four Trials
A lawsuit sought $60,000 but after four trials a judgment was entered on October 17, 2004, in favor of Connolly for $27,000. The lengthy proceedings culminated in the court ruling against the plaintiff.
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Connolly
Homestake Fire Easing Gas Near Mine Faces Overhaul
Reports from Homestake indicate gas production dropping and underground conditions improving after the fire. Steam ejectors continue, water inflow reduced, and investigators believe the fire may be out with only gas clearance remaining.
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Homestake
Starhoist
Stevens
Czar to abdicate. Grand Duke Michael to be regent
The Daily Mirror claims the emperor of Russia will abdicate within a month and appoint Grand Duke Michael as regent during the czarevitch’s infancy. The paper cites rapid progress in St Petersburg and notes the emperor’s mind has "given way" and he cannot perform duties.
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Grand Duke
Michael
London
The
Daily Mirror
Russia
Czarevitch
St. Petersburg
New Towns Grow Grindstone and Ingham Plats Near Grindstone Butte
State Surveyor Griggs platted 25 acres at Grindstone Butte and 40 acres at Ingham to form new towns west of the Missouri. Grindstone lies off the railroad on the Black Hills trail historic route, while Ingham sits on the Stanley Pennington county line with a local paper and several business houses already.
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Grindstone
Ingham
Missouri Pierre
Stanley County
Griggs
Grindstone Butte
Cottonwood
Northwestern Railway Company
Black Hills
Stanley
Pennington
Mrs Eddy Incapacity to Manage Finances Admitted
In Concord New Hampshire April 6 counsel for the Eddy heirs say Mrs Eddy cannot handle her business affairs. Streeter and others concede the incapacity after January visit. The debate shifts to whether a court appointed receiver or trustees should take over, with the aim to protect Mrs Eddy’s interests. the suit targets not Mrs Eddy directly nor Christian Science.
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Concord
N. H
Eddy
Streeter
Chinese gun shipment reported for army equipment
A Shanghai dispatch states the Chinese government has contracted through a German firm at Tientsin to produce 2,000,000 rifles for the Chinese army’s uniform equipment.
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Herilin
Shanghai
Tien Tain
Three Stock Meet Days Come to Belle Fourche
Belle Fourche hosts a three day stock growers event with Northwestern Stockgrowers and Wool Growers associations guiding activities from morning to night. Contests include pitching, roping, potato races, horse hurdles, umbrella contest, and stage coach hold up with show and dance each evening as crowds from Chicago Omaha Sioux City St Paul and Minneapolis plan to attend.
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Belle Fourche
Chicago
Omaha
Sioux City
St. Paul
Minneapolis
C. S
McDermott
Camp Crook
Seattle
Consolidated Electric Light and Power Company
Electrica
Paul Ames
Gutherie
Oklo
Paul
Custer Clippings Discuss Work Plans at Westinghouse
The Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co adopts a policy to use separate buildings for male and female workers. They will convert the Fish and Hunter store building into a workshop for splitting and trimming mica aiming to improve discipline and modesty among the workers.
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Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co
Fish & Hunter
St Onge News Highlights Local Happenings
Andrew Eckern moved to his own ranch while Andrew Perkins long time resident. Billy Heake travels to buy a new windmill after storm damage. Dan Starr ships top notch hogs to Omaha. Breslin sells gray horses to Larson and plans to lease his ranch. The business club raises 800 for artesian well. 1000 to fund a touring mill. Funeral of Elam Smith at Danish church draws large crowd. St Onge to form a graded school district with nearby areas. Wind storm causes widespread damage to haystacks roofs and outbuildings. Town praises Rep John Wolzmuth for legislative work.
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Andrew Eckern
Perkins Ranch
Billy Heake
St. Onge
Dan Starr
Omaha
Mr. Starr
John Breslin
Mr. Larson
Bishop Ranch
Mr. Breslin
Tetrault
Elam Smith
Smith
St. Inge
Todd
Charley Furois
Jeck
Arthur Jainville
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OAL
Mr. Holbrook
Horseshoe Mining Company
Wyoming Oil
Rocky Ford Field
Wyoming News
Homestake Fire
Czar
Mrs. Eddy
Agency
Black Hills Steam Laundry
Hulett
B. S. Bunch
Hulett, Wyo
C.L. Clark
E. W. Powell
Panner Joe
Custer
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