Colorado State Fair Set for Pueblo September Dates
Pueblo, Colo August 24 The Colorado State Fair will run September 23 to 27 in Pueblo featuring top products from the state. Officers include Aaron Sonneborn president and R T Covey vice president with county vice presidents named. fifteen thousand dollars in cash premiums will be awarded across sixteen departments led by Covey and others in Pueblo.
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Pueblo
Colo
Aaron Sonneborn
R.T. Covey
J. G. Chapman
Paul Wilson
Secretar
Arapahoe
Frank L. Bishop
Denver
Archuleta
A. N. Hatcher
Pagosa Springs
Baca
L. A. Wikoff
Springfield
Bent
Oscar P. Smith
Las Animas
Boulder
L. C. Pad
Littleton
Eagle
J. L. Chatfield
Psu
Elbert
A. G. Cornforth
el Paso
L. C. Dana
Colorado Springs
Fremont
B. T
Rockafellow
Canon City
Ifield
B. H. Grubb
Carbondale
Gilpin—Pressley Waterman
Central City
Grand
Gunnison
W. Son
Hinsdale
A. S. Whinney
Lake City
Huerfano
W. N. Hauser
Walsenburg
Jefferson—R. Broad, Jr
Golden
Kiowa
Daniel Rogers
Eads
Kit Carson
Walter Ramsay
Lake
Henry S. Phillips
Leadville
la Plata
David F. Day
Durango
Larimer
Jesse Harris
Fort Collins
S. W
Olney
Eugene Grubb
Robert Grant
Nyberg
J. G. Massey
Fort Logan
Charles I. Jones
J. W. Beatty
Manzanola
Poultry
Bel J. I. Muncey
Peablo
J. M. Hill
G. W. Swink
Rocky Ford
James McNeen
la Junta
Charles Craig
Herman W. Nash
Miss Gates
The
Denver Dry Goods Company
Mary Diggory
H. W. Mitchell
Ft. Nl
Epherd
C. B. Schmidt
Colorado
State Fair
H . L. Monson
Several Inventors Will Try Air Ships
Paris August 24 M Santos-Dumont faces seven rivals for the Deutsch prize many balloons prepared by La chambre for the Santos-Dumont VI rivals led by M Renard with a military airship M Ader with an aviator Roze twin balloon Marquis de Dion and M Deutsch airships Don Simons with an aviator tried at Suresnes Baron Brodzky American inventor joins with an airship like Santos-Dumont Roze plans to test his double decker soon praising Santos-Dumont as a man but not as a savant Figaro renews push to award the Legion of Honor to the young Brazilian Santos-Dumonts friend Aime will wait until a Deutsch prize winner is declared
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Paris
M. Santos-Dumont
Lachambre
M. Renard
M. Ader
M. Roze
Marquis de Dion
M. Deutsch
Don Simons
Suresnes
Baron Brodzky
S. M. Roze
The
Figaro
M. Aime
Bar Association Closes Its Session in Denver
The American Bar Association completed its final session at the Tabor in Denver with large attendance. Secretary Hinkley noted attendance surpassed all prior years, surpassing the 1896 Saratoga gathering. The group adopted a resolution thanking local bars, clubs, officials, and press for courtesies and elected J. M. Rose of Little Rock as president.
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Denver
American Bar Association
the Tabor
Hinkley
Saratoga
Lord Russell
Colorado and
J. M. Rose
Little Rock
Arkan
Meing
Officers Elected to Lead Committee For Ensuing Year
In executive session after adjournment the general council elected officers for the year led by President A M Rose of Little Rock Arkansas. Also elected were Secretary John Hinkley of Maryland and Treasurer Francis Rawle of Pennsylvania with several regional members named.
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A. M. Rose
Little Rock
Arkansas
John Hinkley
Maryland
Franciny Rawle
Pennsylep
Francis Rawle
Henry Gorge Tucker
Virginian
W. A. Keteham
Indiana
Charles F. Libby
Maine
Rodney A. Mercur
Pennsylvania
James Hagerman
Missouri
Late Sam Strong of Cripple Creek Sketched
Denver reports a morning paper details the life of Sam Strong shot at Cripple Creek on August 22 by Grant Crumley. Born in Ohio, he had two marriages, two children from his first wife, and a long Colorado career from lumber work in Colorado Springs to running the Strong mine. He lived in a cabin during hard times, shared a common law relationship with Miss Nellie Lewis for seven years, and faced lawsuits from Miss Lewis for breach of promise and Gidding & Lennox over the mine explosion, with mixed outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M Strong
Denver
Sam Strong
Cripple Creek
Grant Crumley
Newport
Ohio
Colorado Springs
Strong
Nellie Lewis
Bull Hill
Regina Neville
Altman
Lewis
Gidding & Lennox
Ladies Seize March In Denver Bar Association Banquet
At the American Bar Association banquet in Denver at the Brown Palace hotel last night, women gained admission after coffee and cigars, breaking a long standing rule of excluding ladies. A crowd of wives and daughters attended, remaining through speeches and drawing congratulations for overturning the tradition.
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Denver
American Bar Association
Brown Ace Hotel
Denver University Conference Discusses Appointments and Growth
Canon City Colorado August 25 Denver Republican Special Bishop Walden led the Methodist conference session highlighting careful appointment lists to protect each minister and emphasize divine character of appointments. Chancellor Buchtel outlined finances and growth, noting $50,000 endowed chair, current expenses funded, and plans for future expansion. The conference reported free medical care for about 20,000 poor and a summer school with 55 students, with projections of more professors, students, and property, aiming for debt-free growth in five years.
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Canon City
Colo
Denver
Walden
Methodist Conference
Buchtel
Denver University
Law
Hall of Liberal Arts
Warren
San Francisco
Dener
Colorado
States Pledge Large Sums for Exposition
St Louis reports eleven states and territories have already allotted funds for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition with a total of 16 790 000. Officials including Chairman Houser inquire governors about sentiment and potential exhibit enhancements surpassing the Chicago fair of 1893. Read replies indicate broad support across Indian Territory New Hampshire Mississippi Nebraska Minnesota Alabama South Carolina Vermont Indiana Wyoming New York Florida Georgia Utah Tennessee Ohio Oklahoma North Dakota.
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Wil
Indian Territory
New Hampshire
Mississippi
Nebraska
Minnesota
Alabama
South Carolina
Vermont
Indiana
Wyoming
New York
Florida
Georgia
Utah
Tennessee
Ohio
Oklahoma
North Dakota
Town Lot Sales in Oklahoma Reach $659,427
A dispatch from the general land office shows total receipts from the sale of lots in a new Oklahoma town through August 24 totaling $659,427. Lawton sold 1,068 lots for $351,805, Anadarko 1,042 lots for 245, Hobart sold 1,000 lots for $12,000. Assistant Commissioner Richards, in charge of the sales, estimates the remaining lots will push the grand total to about $700,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
General Land Office
Oklahoma
Lawton
Ana
Hobart
Richards
Floods Hitting Pennsylvania Cause Severe Damage Across State
Heavy rains over a week bring record floods in Pennsylvania. Four fatalities occur at Mauch Chunk while Carbon county roads and bridges suffer extensive damage. Wilkesbarre reports a landslide on the Lehigh Valley line. Mines in Shamoquin Temaqua Pittston flood disrupts mining work.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Mauch Chunk
Carbon County
Wilkesbarre
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Shamoquin
Temaqua
Pittston
Telegraphic Brevities From The World Of 1900
Brief items report lectures promised by M Labori in America, naval rendezvous at Genoa, Marchand's Chinese brigade command, a fast trolley line plan, city police investigations, charity donations for a school, Liverpool alliance talks, a fire wiped Landersville Indiana, glucose price rise, Fort Morgan damage from a storm, Phoenix irrigation boom, Moccasin submarine launch, long trolley routes, notable arrivals in New York, vast submarine cable counts, Kruger's health, 30 000 black graduates in the South, mosquito control in Montclair, Schwab to lead Bethlehem Steel, Northwest cannery combine Seattle, Rogers estate appraisals, Bushnell memorial gift, homicide death tolls, Nashua ex-mayor McKean death, new London docking plan, San Francisco transport costs, American views of Russia, high odds St Bernard stunt, Nantucket wireless link, and Sierras tunnel survey notes.
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London
M. Labori
Dreyfus
America
Navy Department
Genoa
Italy
Marchand
Fashoda Fame
China
New York
Connecticut
Linbrom
Chicago Civil Service Commission
United States
Glucose Company
War Department
Fort Morgan
Mobile
Phoenix
Arizona
Elizabeth
New Jersey
Grace Day
Virginia
Ohio
Lahn
Bremen
Southampton
Fred D. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
William Redmond
Kruger
Holland
Dom Paul
South
Board of Health
Montclair
O. M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Company
Cramp- Vickers-Maxim
Pacific Packing and Navigation Company
Northwest
Seattle
Jacob 8. Rogers
T’aterson
Rogers
Andrew Carnegie
New Haven
Cornelius S. Bushnell
Ericsson
Monitor
Frank A. McKean
Nashua
New Hampshire
Shier
Indian Head National Air
Para
McKean
Nantucket
Massachusetts
J. D. J. Kelly
Hood
Southern Pacific Company
Sierras
Shootings of Sam Strong at Cripple Creek
Cripple Creek Colo Aug 22 Sam Strong millionaire mine owner was shot and killed by Grant Crumley a gambler at the Newport saloon after four hours of gambling and quarrels Strong died an hour and a half later Crumley was arrested and bail refused a near riot followed the shooting as witnesses debated if self defense justified the act Strong had been drinking and had an earlier gun in his pocket before the fatal confrontation between the two men in the saloon bar and back room
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Denver News
Sam Strong
Grant Crumley
Newport
Crumley
Henderson
Strong
J. B. Neville
Clarence A. Fitch
Charles Prentice
Bennett Avenue
Elk Horn
Neville
Fitch
Neville, Prentice
Ne- Ville
Mr. Neville
Prentice
Iowa Democrats reaffirm Kansas City platform ticket chosen
Des Moines Aug 22 Iowa Democrats in state convention nominated Gov Thomas J Phillips Ot t umwa Lt Gov G J Fergu son Logan Judge of the Supreme Court John Shortley Dallas Superintendent of Schools W P Johnson Carroll Railroad Commissioner A C Brice Bedford The platform reaffirms the Kansas City platform and calls for tax reform repeal of the mule liquor law and local option law The contest centered on platform adoption with silver advocates winning a committee battle and the reaffirming minority reports adopted by counties by 66914 to 55014.
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Des Moines
Democrats of
Iowa
Thomas J. Phillips
Ottumwa
Kansas City
Cato Sells
Cau
Cus
K. S. Murphy
Dubuque
Silver Forces
Kansas
Democratic Party
Large land purchase near Fort Collins by Northern Poudre Irrigation Co
Greeley Colorado August 23 A large transaction closes as Thomas Bradley of Philadelphia transfers 16000 acres north and northeast of Fort Collins plus the North Poudre ditch and reservoirs to the newly formed Northern Poudre Irrigation Company. The stockholders are H G Andrews Thomas Bradley and B D Sanborn. The company based in Greeley plans reservoir development to boost potato crops and sugar beet supply. Potential consolidation with existing reservoir firms is discussed to form a larger corporation serving northern Colorado.
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Carnegie
Nebraska
Thomas Bradley
Philadelphia
B. D. Sanborn
Greeley
Colorado
North Poudre
Republicans Nominate Potter and Harris At Harrisburg Convention
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania on August 22 the Republican state convention nominated Judge William Votter of Pittsburg for Supreme Court and State Representative Rank G. Harris of Clearfield for state treasurer. The gathering was unusual with leaders Quay and Penrose absent and many delegates new to such meetings. Potter was formerly Governor Stone's law partner and was appointed to the supreme bench last year.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
William Votter
Pittsburg
Supreme Court
Rank G. Harris
Clearfield
United States
Quay and
Penrose
Potter
Stone
Supreme Bench
Czar to broach South African intervention to German and French leaders
A Copenhagen dispatch cited by the Independ ence Belge reports that Russian circles say the Czar may propose friendly mediation in South Africa. He plans to meet with Emperor William and President Loubet and may hold a private audience with Mr Kruger in France to learn the Boer stance and craft a plan.
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Brussels
Independence Belge
Copenhagen
William
Loubet
France
Kruger
New Trotting Record at Readville Meeting
Readville Mass August 23 Crescens the magnet drew nearly 15000 fans to the grand circuit meet. In the second heat of his race with Lord Derby and Charley Herr the chestnut trotted the mile in three quarters of a second faster than the previous track record and broke the world final quarters record with a 6:20¾ time.
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Readville
Mass
Crescens
Lord Derby
Charley Herr
Lightning Strikes a Stage Between Cana Verde and Dewey
Prescott Arizona August 23 reports say a stage between Cana Verde and Dewey was struck by lightning. One horse was killed instantly and the driver badly burned his shoes torn from his feet. All passengers were shocked but not fatally injured.
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Prescott
Ariz
Cana Verde
Dewey
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S. A. Smith
Wm. Rowe
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Samuel Hartsell
Hartsell
Phillips
J. F. Painter
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Pitkin
J. M. Downing
Aspen
Prowers
A. E. Bent
Lamar
B. Sweet
Rio Blanco
James Lyttle
Meeker
Rio Grande
James A. Kelley
Monte Vista
Routt
Joshua Walbridge
Steamboat Springs
Saguache
W. E. Willis
San Juan
B. W. Lockhart
Silverton
San Miguel
C. F. Painter
Telluride
Sedgwick
W. H. Pound
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Summit
I. W. Swisher
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