Railroads, Western Union decline arbitration in telegraph strike
The Western Union chief says no arbitration with Roosevelt and rails, and railroads will decide if operators refuse to carry commercial messages. Belvidere Brooks and J C Hammond note contracts with rails remain in force, with Central and others recognizing operators’ right to refuse. Matters viewed as practically settled by the company.
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New York
Roosevelt
Chicago Board of Trade
Clowry
Western Union
Colonel Clowry
Belvidere Brooks
J. C. Hammond
Central
The
AP circuits restored to normal across regions
Associated Press dispatches report the eastern circuit fully manned, with two wires active day and night. North circuit to Milwaukee St Paul and Minneapolis also fully manned. Southern circuit to Indianapolis Cincinnati Columbus and Louisville restored, Dayton missing. Western circuit opened to St Louis Kansas City St Joseph Omaha and to Denver Colorado Springs later. Overland circuit opened to Denver Colorado Springs at 0:25 this forenoon.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Columbus
Louisville
Dayton
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Omaha
Denver
Colorado Springs
Naval Academy nominations open for 1908 vacancies
The Navy Department issues notices to senators and representatives about existing and upcoming vacancies at Annapolis for 1908 nominations. Current vacancies include Dixon of Montana and La Follette and Stephenson of Wisconsin. upcoming by graduation include Allison of Iowa and Han e.
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Washington, D.C
Navy Department
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Dixon
Montana
Lalollette
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Allison
Iowa
Hane
Unclear Names Among North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin Mentions
Fragmentary notes list places and individuals including Brough ND one Kit Tredge and Gamble SD one each LaFollette and Stephens or WI one each. The text appears as a partial record of names tied to locations with no clear event or outcome.
Belle Fourche River Turned Into Canal
The Belle Fourche River was diverted into an inlet canal for the first time after completion of the diversion dam. Contractors faced material shortages and high water but finished the dam and inlet works, with water now able to reach the reservoir. Construction at Crow Creek dam, syphon site, and tunnel progresses with heavy earthmoving, concrete, and machinery on site.
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Belle Fourche
Crow Creek
Owl Creek
Belle Fourche River
Syphon
Belle Fourch
Double Tax on Wyoming Corporations
Cheyenne Wyoming August news reports the state board of equalization increased assessed value of railroad telegraph telephone and car company property from 7.5 million to 14.071 million, with railroad property up about 60 percent and other corporate property up about 40 percent. Total state property value rose from 51 million to 61.5 million. private property gains surpassed 7 million. Representing railroads telegraph and telephone firms protested, and the action may be challenged in court.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
State Board of Equalization
Wyoming
Equalization Board
Complete Jury for the Federal Court in Deidwood
The work of drawing a grand and petit jury for the regular term of United States court at Deidwood has seen completed. The grand jury will report Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock September 6, the day court convenes, while the petit jury will report the following day. Names are withheld under an order issued over a year ago.
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Sioux Falls
Ava
United States
Deidwood
Petit Jury
Confess the Crime Claims Fire at Boulder Depot
The Denver News reports Frank Kiser and J W Reeves of Boulder confessed to setting the Colorado and Southern depot fire at Boulder that killed four and damaged property valued at 250000. Officials say neither man implicated unions. Reeves signed a ten page affidavit.
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Denver Daily News
Frank Kiser
J. W. Reeves
Boulder
Colorado & Northwestern Road
Colorado & Southern
Reeves
Kiser
Denver
Bartel
van Horn
R. A. Doolittle
John Chiles
Otto H. Wangelin
D. W. Miller
W. R. Campbell
S. D. Clark
Brotherhood of
W. B. Hayes
Colorado & Northwestern
Order of Railway Conductors
Doolittle
Colorado & North- Western
Indian Chief Demands Noise Stop For Rail Trains
Fort Yates Indian Chief Holly Trail complains about railroad trains near his tepee. Milwaukee division superintendent O F Walker explains a federal law requiring bells and whistles for warning. The chief asks if true and, learning it is, leaves satisfied.
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Fort Yates
Holly Trail
O. F. Walker
Milwaukee
Freight Wreck Delays Northwestern Passenger Train
The Northwestern passenger train due in Lead yesterday evening arrived at midnight after a freight wreck near Rapid City held it at Hermosa all day. The freight engine jumped the track and the tender overturned but no crew were injured. A stub train ferried Rapid City passengers to Deadwood and returned with mail and cast passengers late at night.
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Hermosa
Rapid City
Deadwood
Death of Wenary Holst in Sturgis with cancer found posthumously
Wenary Holst aged 41 years and 4 months died at Sturgis hospital from cancer of the liver and stomach. Remains were buried in Yale after a funeral by Rev. Getty. He had been treated for appendicitis weeks earlier. postmortem showed cancer in stomach and liver.
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Wenary Holst
Sturgis Hospital
Yale
Rev. Getty
Sturgis Press
Taft May Punish Western Union Telegraph Employees
Worcester, Mass Aug 11. It is reported that Secretary Taft will take measures against Western Union Telegraph Company employees who divulged the telegram he sent his brother Sunday. Taft desired to keep his Millbury visit secret and says making the telegram public is criminal.
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Worcester
Mass
Tale
Western Union Telegraph Company
Sunday
Taft
Millbury
New Mail Route Promises Faster Eastern Mail Service
Congressman Parker reports a wire from the Acting Second Assistant Postmaster General confirming expedited railway mail service between Pierre and Rapid City. The new line will shorten delivery from the Black Hills to points east of the Missouri, pending railroad information and first run details. Parker will press for quick establishment after the initial train.
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Black Hills
Missouri
Congressman Parker Wis
Post Office Department
Washington
Pierre
Kapil City
Parker
Wm. H. Parker
Deadwood
South Dakota
R. R
Rapid City
Hollyday
Belle Fourche Disastrous Drowning and Local Developments
An eight year old girl Lemp Latvala drowned in a reservoir on Erickson ranch near Snoma. W J Chiesman to visit Boston Michigan and Ohio then return to Belle Fourche in six weeks. J H Hilton progressing on canal below Vale with completion target December 1. DeVore Bros and Farlow advancing on canal above Vale. Government buys twenty five cars of sewer pipe for head of laterals and extends Orrian Vale telephone line. A new 345 by 100 foot warehouse near Hall and Sweeney’s wool warehouse is under construction for storing supplies and materials.
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Belle Fourche
Lemp. Latvala
Erickson
Snoma
W. J. Chiesman
Boston
Mass
Points
Michigan
Ohio
J. H. Hilton
Vale
DeVore Bros. & Farlow
South Side Canal
Orjcian
Hall & Sweeney
Outing Travelers Return From Lead and California Trip
SPEARFISH party heads and Os car Jepsen and family join J. N. Peterson party from Lead for a Spearfish outing. W. Matson, temporarily bachelor, with wife away, daughter in Indiana, three mining sons in the Hills and Wyoming. Nellie Warren and friends return from six to seven week Pacific coast trip and prep for fall term. Seitz family near Chico, California, profits from prune orchard, but yearn for the Black Hills.
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Queen City Mail
J. N. Peterson
Oscar Jepsen
Lead
Sacramento
Seitz
California
Black Hills
Street Car Kills Bill Nye's Brother
Fred Nye brother of the late Bill Nye and assistant editor of the World died from injuries after being struck by a trolley car in New York on August 14. Nye wrote humorous poems and the opera The King and the Broker produced in the West.
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New York
Fred Nye
Bill” Nye
the World
My. Nye
West
Cheyenne Men Affected by Colorado & Southern Strike
News from Cheyenne reports that the Colorado and Southern strike settlement reassures locals as fifteen men in the city are affected. Restatement of these workers implies about half a dozen strikebreakers will lose their jobs.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Colorado & Southern
Missing employee and cash vanish after Wyoming celebration
In Shoshont Wyoming on August 18 one extra worker at Williams and Howard saloon disappeared after being employed for the recent celebration. Five hundred dollars in the firm’s money also was reported missing. The man stopped for a meal at a ranch twelve miles out of town and has not been found since.
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Wyo
Schaffer
Williams &Howard
Consumers to Pay the Freight in Wyoming Coal Rise
Aug. 15 Cheyenne Wyoming report on a Denver conference between mine owners and United Mine Workers of America, granting a 15 percent wage increase. Coal prices across Wyoming rise to 1.00 a ton, with unions and private firms adding 40 cents to fuel and $1.00 in southern Wyoming. Retailers adopt the Union Pacific raise as basis, making Rock Sprouts coal 6.25 and Wanta coal 5.50 per ton.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Denver
Mine Owners of
Wyoming
United Mine Workers of America
Union Facite Coal Company
Union Pacific
Union Pacihe
Toy Coalummers
Rock Sprutzs
Lands and interests filed in Deadwood and Lead notices
Filed For Record Henry Livingston to Spencer Kon kle with Jane Noble as grantor for lot 14 block M and lots 13 14 block 20 Deadwood. Homestake Mining to Edward J Regan permit to occupy land 55 by 100 feet NE corner 244 feet SE from NE corner of M 5 238 Northern Pacific lode. P C McHugh to Matthew Klopp W 25 feet of lot 1 block 25 city of Lead plus alley rights behind lot price 2600 dollars.
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Henry Livingston
Spencer Konkle
Jane Noble
City of Deadwood
Homestake Mining Company
Edward J. Regan
Northern Pacific
P. C. McHugh
Matthew Klopp
City of Lead
A Sad Accident Ends In Fatal Burro Ride
Armour Fleming the three year old son of Mr and Mrs Fleming living on College flat was injured while riding a burro with a crowd Sunday evening near the college building. The saddle loosened and Armour fell, his foot caught in the stirrup, the burro ran several blocks and he struck his head on the ground. He remained unconscious until four days before his death.
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Hot Springs
Merald
Armour
Fleming
College
Quanney
Telegraph Wires Halt Trip Over Typhoid Worry
Deputy State Veterinarian J C Meyers filed a statement for damages against the telegraphers strike after a planned Denver trip was disrupted by faulty wires. He learned his wife was seriously ill then found she had recovered before he traveled, making the trip unnecessary.
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Normolk
Nerfolk
Denver
J. C. Meyers
Meyers
Mex
Hanya Myers
Globe invites tame OG ite subscription device
A lighthearted note from the Globe expresses interest in a tame OG device for subscription use. It hints at curiosity about a new reader gadget, suggesting potential rollout considerations and user benefit.
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the Globe Wold
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Colorado Southern
Clark
Wangelin
Ingivess
R. Hi. Doolittle
N. W
Bill Nye
Wyoming News
United States Court
T. F. Burke
Charles Hirsig
James Dolan
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