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Rawlins Republican Notes
5/2/1903-4/1905 with few notes from Rawlins Republican-Bulletin, 1939
Transcribed by Carol
5/2/1903-Acting Governor Chatterton pardoned and restored citizenship to Ike W. Martin, Anderson Saloon robbery; freight rate on wool reduced by Union Pacific; Rev. Bross to move to Laramie, front, col. 5; J. Donnel, Jr. very ill at Excelsior Springs, Mo.; Kodak developing machine demonstration at Hugus Store;
5/6/1903-Coronor’s inquest evidence over Alex Romero-shot at Dixon, charges constable C. F. Perkins with 2nd degree murder for shooting unnecessarily; obituary for John Adams Donnel, Jr. who died of dropsy, 16 yrs. old, front, col. 3; William Grogan arrested for being a “shot dealer” (drug); H. Larsen Lumber office robbed, front, col. 5; Monument Hill Quarry run by Union Pacific to crush stone for ballast on track at Como, Hanna, etc.; D. L. Rusk, J. W. Hugus bookkeeper quits due to health, J. A. Hobbs replaces him; Day Espy of Cullen Commercial Store comes to Rawlins for season from Wamsutter store; Marshal Hanks rounding up stray cows and impounding them; Photographer G. E. Barber hired by U. P. to take pictures of Daley pens for eastern railroad publication;
5/9/1903-Judge Homer Merrell appointed to assist prosecutor Mathison in Frank Keefe murder case; Constable C. F. Perkins freed; Wilbur Grogan, dope peddler, jailed, front, col. 2; Large number of Austrians now working track, front, col. 4; William Dohr, A. A. Harper and Boyd Riddle bring in bounty coyote hides, front, col. 4; Telegraph line to Lander to be converted to phone line. Lines to be placed to ranches as ordered; R. B. Knox weds Nellie McSwain, front, col. 5;
J. C. Friend appointed Marshal by Mayor Clause; Tom Hanks, policeman; Robert Jungquist, water/sewer; Night Policeman, James Lavin. Ordinance to compel people to build sidewalks; Daley and Dow putting 2nd story on Louis Schalk home; Improvements to Peter Hansen home and William Lackey home; A. McMicken building 5- 5 room cottages; Harry Phelan’s Gem Saloon robbed;
5/13/1903-William Daley has delivery wagon for coal and lumber; Presbyterian minister, E. E. Griffen, to stay; Paint mine north of town yields copper, “Blue Jay” site owned by W. R. Sherrell, Thomas F. O’Donnell and others, worked all winter, tunnel about 60 ft.; Phones to Lost Soldier; Dr. Carter adds new soda fountain to Rawlins Consolidated Drug; Malachi Dillon news, pg. 4, col. 2; G. E. Barber of Ferris Studio and new panoramic camera
5/16/1903-W. A. Heath to St. Louis to find backers for his flying machine; Article on gardens at Laramie Pen to be used for Rawlins Pen when moved here; Cheyenne Saddle made for Pres. Roosevelt to be presented to him, all but blanket made in Cheyenne; Stone crossing laid at 5th and Buffalo; Adam Robinson says Sulphur baths open for the public; Telephone at Rongis and Burnt Ranch; Photos of Keefe’s Store taken for trial by Barber
5/20/1903-“nothing”
5/23/1903-Fire at Union Pacific Storehouse Building, $4000 loss; Ferris-Haggarty Road to get stage; Excavation for coal bin has been made under sidewalk in front of Weightman’s Meat Market (Cedar Street);
5/27/1903-Rev. Stoy gives baccalaureate for 6 graduate; Soldier’s Home to be at Fort McKinney; Joe Baker of Dixon in jail for drunk & disorderly released back to Dixon; Turk Batsford new bakery and ice cream parlor, 4th and Cedar?;
5/30/1903-Graduates: Harold Donnel, Mary Craig, Florence Jennings, Helen Payette, Marguerite Buckley and Harry Daley; Lynching of Newcastle of W. C. Clifton; J. A. Donnel having house raised to level of side walk; C. C. Akers buys Dillon Transportation Co.
6/3/1903-County building stage road to Dillon, William Jungquist offers his warehouse building in the rear of the Hugus building as a place for City Hall; Sam Green all charges dismissed: Frank Keefe murder trial; Murchison Jewelry Co. robbed; James Brown sent to pen at Laramie escapes;
6/6/1903-North bound stage held up by a lone bandit between Lost Soldier & Burnt Ranch-got little, C. A. Carter passenger, hid his money; front, col. 1; Dr. Osborne and manager of Opera House, close it indefinitely; Last prisoners brought from Laramie in a railroad freight car, 195 men in Rawlins Pen now; Prisoner named Williams escaped; M. W. Dillon, I. C. Miller, & C. R. Ferris in charge of building road, C. C. Akers-Superintendent, front, col. 6; S. L. Willis to Fort Collins for health.
6/10/1903-N. R. Greenfield, attorney for C. E. Levin and Episcopal Ladies Guild to sue Dr. Osborne for closing Opera House; “Charity Ball” play given at Opera House, article front, col. 5; Escapee Williams trailed as far as 20 Mile Ranch; Boney Earnest has Oil Co. “Natrona Improvement Co.” pg. 4, col. 1; Photographer Barber has photo for Engineer Con Ryan of his engine which he pulled Pres. Theodore Roosevelt special train from Green River to Rawlins. Telegraph and telephone lines can be used at the same time; Mr. & Mrs. S. B. Batsford new bakery and ice cream shop open;
6/13/1903-Encampment gets first bucket of ore by tram, 6/9/03; Jim Rankin grabbed the flag from the ore bucket; woolgrowers furnish sheep inspector Dr. William T. Phineging with team; James Williams, escapee caught on W. A. Clark Ranch near Dixon; Injunction denied, Dr. Osborne can close the Opera House, but is leaving it open for now;
Henrice Wallenstein, pg. 4, col. 2;
6/17/1903-James Watts kills James J. Mullaney (2 old feeble men), exonerated, front, col. 1; Tie boom at junction of Encampment and North Platte, 350,000 ties, front, col. 1; Thomas Frew to manage the Opera House; Andrew McMicken Cottages nearly done; Reward offered for escapee James Brown;
6/20/1903-Grant Jones, Encampment, obituary, helped to develop Battle Mountain District, front, col. 1; More on “Charity Ball” play and Percy Levin; Cadet Torrey Maghee home from West Point; Ferris Mercantile may build powder magazine here; Cooks and waiters of Rawlins take steps to unionize;
6/24/1903-In Hanna, A. M. Drew shot and killed Nicholas Randall, Drew in jail, Randall to hospital in Rock Springs, both were drunk;
6/27/1903-County Jailer, Charles Tramel complaining can’t go fishing due to too many prisoners; Union formed by local restaurant workers; Henry Murchison’s horseless carriage repaired by Sewell K. Crocker, chauffeur to Dr. N. Nelson Jackson, traveling across country (Horatio’s Drive fame), front page, col. 6; Wyoming to have guard regiment; S. L. Willis back in Encampment, pg. 4, col. 3; G. E. Barber to photograph mining section and mountains, pg. 4, col. 3; Fence being built around 30 acres at pen;
7/1/1903-Hanna Mine No. 1 Explosion, 213 men entombed, 46 escaped, 180 caskets ordered by Union Pacific, front, col. 1-2; More on Hanna Mine Explosion.
Front, col. 3 Extra June 30, 1903-worst mine disaster in U. S. at Hanna, all doctors called, lengthy articles cover this disaster.
Malachi Dillon on Dillon Road, “fine as a boulevard;” C. M. Scribner has men at work on Dillon/Saratoga Road
7/4/1903-More on Hanna Mine Disaster. Front col. 1-4. Finnish Hall to be used as morgue, 1st Finn taken was John A. Sarri; Deacon Jones; Union Pacific order saloon closed for several days; Mayor J. H. Clause and 25 business men meet to discuss problem of aid for Hanna, Opera house offers to put on play and donate funds;
7/8/1903-Hanna Explosion bodies being recovered, funds coming in from everywhere;
Julia Ferris buys ½ of Miller block and plans to build house; Leo Stevens and balloon assension, front, col. 6;
7/11/1903-Hanna explosion set back on recovery; Andrew Nygard home at Cedar and Wyoming; City Hall and Hugus and Co. Warehouse to be moved and then set back???, front, col. 4; J. Wiggins super of Soldier’s Home in Cheyenne given shackles Big Nose George wore from Miles City, Mont. when brought to Rawlins. J. G. Rankin, then sheriff, kept same and Thursday gave them to Wiggins, will be placed in Capital Building with other relics, including Big Nose’s Boots.
7/15/1903-Roy Adams shot by Charles Hall over irrigation ditch fight, front, col. 4, Hall bound over by court; Union Pacific to build 90 ft. extension on east end of depot for dining hall, old Union Pacific Hotel will be railroad lodging house only; New sidewalk from Pat’s Place to Harry Phelan Saloon.
7/18/1903-5 bodies recovered from Hanna Mine Explosion; Leo Stevens and balloon; Henry Murchison and auto-line, front, col. 2; Dixon, more on Charles Hall and Roy Adams; George Wren and buildings on front; U. P. engine explodes, #1512 & #1516; Blue Jay Mine copper for sale by W. A. Sherrell, front col. 4-5;
7/22/1903-More on Hanna Mine Explosion, front, col. 4; Carbon timber tie drive passed Saratoga, 900,000
7/25/1903-49 bodies recovered, decomposed; Frank Ortoff arrested confessed to robbing Rawlins-Lander Stage; article on stone gutters to be open, 4.5’ wide, front, col. 2; More on Leo Stevens and balloon; George Wren and businesses; Scribner’s Stage Rawlins-Dillon; Stone crossing at streets and alley downtown;
7/29/1903-G. M. Scott buys Ferris Mercantile-Hardware business, now G. M. Scott Hardware Co.; More on Hanna Mine Explosion, front, col. 4; Ferris Mercantile builds Powder Magazine for 15 tons of powder at Dillon, petition for James Lavin to be made deputy sheriff for district; Joe Lefore gives Warden Hahn 2 bloodhounds;
8/1/1903-Union Pacific Coal offers widows $500 plus $50 for children lost in mine disaster, plus they (U. P.) are not responsible, article, pg. front, col. 1; Frank Ortoff arrested by Post Office Inspector, C. N. Perkins for stealing mail in stagecoach robbery, to be tried in U. S. Court; S. E. Tunnicliff to build house; W. S. Anderson enlarging basement of his building; More on Hanna recovery of mine explosion, front, col. 4; Trains running on no. 3 track while depot diner basement is being laid, front, col. 6; Frank Keefe’s lawyer, John S. Williams, request change of venue.
8/5/1903-Calamity Jane died at Terry, S. D. (inflammation of bowels) name at death, Jane Burke, last husband, Clinton Burke. Lengthy obituary given, front, col. 1. Came to Fort Steele around 1870; Jungquist to lower building on 5th and Cedar to 5.5’ to near grade; Mining inquest over, facts indefinite, front, col. 4; Fire at Bank Exchange Saloon; G. M. Scott’s move into a cottage built by McMicken; Mrs. H. H. Espy here visiting Day Espy, son, and Moss Doze, brother; William McPherson-Larsen Quarry business;
8/8/1903-More on train engines, 1512 & 1516. Sam Wigfall released from jail, front, col. 2; Cassiday and Schalk dissolve firm, Opera House Bar; No Dillon stage line, Scribner too busy with lines running from Walcott to Encampment; Tile roof for court House;
8/11/1903-33 bodies recovered from no. 17 entry; Charles E. Wood, new editor of Dillon Doublejack; Frank Ferris weds Miss Leo Hallock at Laurium, Mich. Keefe gets change of venue to Laramie, complains of jail cell; 4th and Front Street sewer, front pg., col. 6; Mrs. H. H. Espy goes to CA to see son, James; A. A. Tobias, jeweler and optician, pg. 4, col. 3;
8/15/1903-Keefe taken to Laramie, Mrs. Keefe and children also go to Laramie to be near; Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Skinner to reopen millenary shop in former Opera House Bar building; Sandy Swinebarn arrested drunken Mexican herder, no jail, tied to fence post, paid fine, escorted out of town; Elk band and concerts, pg. 4, col. 3; C. H. Rehmeyer sold home to W. R. Luckfield, Pine near 9th;
8/19/1903-Incident at pen with prisoner Williams and guard E. B. Goodson, ended with Goodson shooting Williams, justified, long article in paper; 110 bodies recovered from mine total, front, col. 2; Leo Stevens and Art Keilman, balloonists, pg. 4, col. 2; George R. Caldwell, Denver Times, writing article on Rawlins with photos, pg.4, col. 2; Jungquist corner lowered to grade, pg. 4, col. 3; Miller furniture, Storm sewers on 4th Street done;
8/22/1903-Union Pacific settles with 51 relatives, widows to get $800. $50 plus for each child, single men pay out survivors $350. Other cases to be settled similarly; Henry C. Magor, Sr. obituary, in Rawlins since 1889, leaves Richard C. Magor, son, and Mrs. N. L. France, Mrs. W. F. Hopka, and others are listed, front pg. col. 1; Isaac Fieldhouse sues P. Paulson over contracts dealing with iron lands; School refurbished, front, col. 2; Mrs. Flora Skinner, new Millinery Store;
121 bodies now removed from mines, front, col. 6; H. A. Chapman to move family to town for winter so kids can go to school; Convict James Williams unclaimed by relatives, ordered buried, pg. 4, col. 1;
8/26/1903-Contract let for Julia Ferris home, Daley and Dow bid, lengthy article, front, col. 2; Sam Green bought horse from James Weldon, not knowing he had stolen horse from James Findley of Craig, article, pg. front, col. 2; Child Johnson and grading, pg.4, col.1;
8/29/1903-Alfred Heath, Saratoga Attorney, husband of Laura Huntington, died, obituary, front pg., col. 2; James Sherrod hauling freight to Dillon from Rawlins , front, col. 5; Frank Ferris and bride to make home at old Taylor home, 4th and Spruce, pg. 4, col. 1; F. A. Luckfield and E. Sundin sell out taxidermist stock of J. H. Howard at Sheriff’s sale for unpaid rent on their building, pg.4, col. 1; Charles Miller rents Jungquist store , pg.4, col. 2; Louis Schalk moves insurance office, pg. 4, col. 2;
9/2/1903-Coffee urn in Bank Exchange Restaurant explodes, creates fire and destroys many businesses, front, col. 1, article gives history of Bank Exchange Building; Article on Charles Stough to build scaffold for hanging of Kefler?, front, col. 2; Murchison Jewelry, Miller furniture, information, pg. 4, col. 1; Carl Bryant to build slaughter house and information on his family, pg. 4, col. 1; Mrs. H. A. Chapman may have smallpox, article, pg. 4, col. 3;
9/5/1903-R. S. Adams of Saratoga will take over Murchison Jewelry Store and have new stock, front, col. 2; Rocky Mountain Bell adding new phone line to Saratoga (now 3); Joe Baker and family move from Copperton to Dixon, pg. 2, col. 2; complaints about picture movies at theater; Carl Bryant to build 6 mile extension of phone line to his ranch, pg. 4, col. 3;
9/9/1903-School attendance 381 (2nd week); obituary of TaToit Se, Shoshone prisoner at pen, died at 89, buried in city Cemetery, front, col. 2; Ferris Haggarty near catastrophe when freight wagon with 10 tons of powder toppled over embankment near mouth of mine, didn’t blow, front, col. 2; John Mahoney and J. M. Rumsey sue Robert Murray and William McKay for grazing on their land beyond contract, front, col. 3; S. L. Willis and wife have been in Payton City, VA., they may move there? Front, col. 5; Dan Sweeney fired for blowing up engine #1516 and killing fireman, front, col. 6; Henry Everts, Ferris Barber Shop, pg. 4, col. 1; H. K. Bennett quits Rasmussen Undertaking, changes at Rasmussen, pg. 4, col. 2;
9/12/1903-Dr. Riser to leave, recommends Dr. C. R. Spain of Beloit, Kans.; Riner Union Pacific well will be deepest on system; James Baker estate lands sold at Dixon by executor Robert Gooldy; Madeline Adams, D. C. Jones, bought land; sidewalks completed both sides of street, 500 block of Buffalo; C. W. Skinner opens barber shop; Dan Kinnaman and James Hansen complete survey of grade for Ferris mansion;
9/16/1903-Keefe trial set for 10/26/1903; Catholic convicts petition for Catholic services; A. J. Dixon goes to Ferris Barber Shop to work for Sundin;
9/19/1903-Fire alarm request by Thomas Reid, Chief; Mrs. J. P. (Minnie) Pettee begins legal action to get support for 4 kids from ex-husband; Coal cellar for Fire Dept. Bldg.;
9/23/1903-Green river Sheriff Young brought 3 prisoners for penitentiary: Alfred Stark, W. J. Lennon, Henry Banks-Alfred Stark escaped, but was caught, lengthy article, front, col. 4; city Marshal Friend asking all property owners to put in sidewalks;
9/26/1903-Angus Murray and Richard Magor held up by 3 men, article, front, col. 2; Union Pacific Coal pays $50,000 already to heirs, Rans said, “Bull.” Execution by hanging of James Keffer in Lander, front, col. 5; A. Slimmers and J. Johnson open 2nd Hand Store, front, col. 4; Bean shooters are outlawed, front, col. 4; W. S. Anderson complies with sidewalk law;
10/3/1903-Court docket: Emma Delancy vs. County-horse fell through Saratoga Bride; L. E. Vivion vs. I. C. Miller-trespass; C. C. Woolgrowers suing Rawlins Live Stock Co. for livestock grazing on their land;
H. Larsen quarrying stone for San Franscisco; Brush Creek Ranch, 1880 acres, 9 rm. House, etc see Condict Bros.; Foundation of Ferris Mansion, pg.4, col. 2; Charles Anderson stone barn; rebuilding of burnt Kasper Tailor shop and Capital Restaurant; Tom Frew putting in new brick and stone oven in Pen.
10/7/1903-Dalaney vs. county dismissed; vivion vs. Miller continued; N. M. Lambertsen and Pine Grove Barley; Centennial to Encampment being surveyed, front, col. 6; H. C. Hiner, barbershop in Ferris;
10/10/1903-Ferris Maghee Drug Co. bought N. E. MacNabol Drug of Dillon, article on officers and set up, front, col. 2; Efforts to save Tom Horn, front, col. 5; Telephone lines down due to wind; Carl Bryant to open meat market;
10/14/1903-William Jungquist sues city for changing codes on building, front, col. 1; Governor withdraws names sections of land for Alcova Dam, front, col. 4; R. W. Baxter resigns as Superintendent of Union Pacific Nebraska Division, started in 1860’s, front, col. 2; Telephones restored;
10/17/1903-Rumors of North and South Railroad for Yellowstone, front, col. 2; Frank H. Ferris house to be built by H. Larsen, front col. 2, descriptions, etc.; Pen addition in works, front, col. 2; Ralph Ferris enters 6th grade; New device to prevent wrecks at Union Pacific, front, col. 6; New City Hall nearly done, 200 block E. 5th St.; Old Depot roof repaired; J. G. Jost and children, pg. 4, col. 1;
10/21/1903-Lot sold on which Bank Exchange Saloon was located that burned down; Fieldhouse and Paulson suit article, pg. front, col. 2; More on Julia Ferris mansion and son Frank’s house on the same block, front, col. 5; D. R. Castiday run over and killed by cab driver in Mexico City, obituary, front, col. 6, survived by wife and 3 daughters: Mrs. J. C. Davis, Mrs. A. C. Moulton, and Mrs. R.R. Horth and son, Theodore Castiday, near Baggs;
10/24/1903-More on Keefe Trial in Laramie, front, col. 1; Mr./Mrs. Norrie France entertain the rest of the Owl Club; More on the body of D. R. Castiday and his funeral in Denver, front, col. 3; Judge Carter taking steps to suppress news coverage of the Keefe Trial; Madaline Adams, daughter of Jim Baker, taking steps to get materials for building on the land she bought from the estate, pg. 3, col. 1; J. J. Cullen at Wamsutter to open Cullen Commercial there with Day Espy in charge, pg. 4, col. 1; M. C. Barrow, visits and notices changes, pg. 4, col. 2; Information on double track, pg.4, col. 3;
10/28/1903-Jury picked on Frank Keefe trial, defense will attempt to lay blame on Bill Keefe; N. R. Greenfield sells his interest in Rawlins Townsite Co to Will Reid; Subway under Railroad on east end of town painted light blue;
10/31/1903-Whole front page on the Frank Keefe trial; Will Hayes sent to Wamsutter to open Hugus Co. Store there, pg. 4, col. 2;
11/4/1903-Front pg., col. 1-3 Keefe Trial, Closing arguments; Scotty Mckay take time off railroad to go work his sheep; Crow Indians? Killed two lawmen while being arrested, article, pg. 2, col. 1;
11/7/1903-Front pg., cols 1-3, Keefe-Guilty of lesser crime, manslaughter; Miss Louise Hugus offers St. Thomas a pipe organ in her father’s name, J. W. Hugus. “he was a long time member,” Rans put a ?? after this statement.
11/11/1903-A. S. James escapes from pen, article, front, col. 1; Rawlins proposed site for purifying plant for water on the Union Pacific Line; I. C. Miller charged with trespassing on Big Horn Timber Reserve, front, col. 6; Tom Spurlock released from jail for drunk and disorderly conduct, pg. 4, col. 1; James Hansen quits H. Larsen, due to ill health, pg. 4, col. 1; Dr. and Mrs. Huntington, son A. V. and daughter widow Laura heath move to Rawlins from Saratoga, daughter Gertrude recently bought Galbraith property where they’ll live, pg. 4, col. 3; W. A. Kelly buys T. J. Foley Laundry
11/14/1903-E. S. Richey, aka, G. S. Bickford, put off train and wandered off in storm, died from exposure, front, col. 1; Cooks and waiters Union falls out with Ducolon, Union says “eat somewhere else.” Relief Fund for Hanna Explosion distributes $11,128.04. Each widow gets $50, each child, 14 yrs. $75. Other children under $14 given $35. Donors are listed, front, col. 4; Miller and Chapman get deed to Cantlin Co. Ranch in northern Carbon Co. Cantlin partner, John Mahoney sold ranch to them, but Cantlin wouldn’t turn over deed, court made him, pg. 2, col. 1; “Crazy Bob Meldrum” writes letter to Tom Horn, pg. 1, col. 3;
More on sidewalks being lowered to grade, pg. 4, col. 1; Ferris Mansion progressing, 3rd floor laid, pg. 4, col. 1; Darrell Rankin in dray business with teams and wagons, pg. 4, col. 1; Batsfords Oriental Ice Cream Parlor selling soups, pg. 4, col. 2; Miller-Chapman co. file for incorporation, I. C. Miller, H. A. Chapman, and J. A. Rendle;
11/18/1903-F. W. Eldridge catches grafter selling phony subscriptions; Altercation in saloon on south side, S. L. Ingram slashed with knife on left side by Fred Christensen. Christensen employed L. E. Armstrong as his attorney; Sioux Indians charged with murders of Sheriff Miller, discharged, lack of evidence, front, col. 6; W. R. and F. A. Luckfield, front, col. 6; D. R. Castiday residence sold to H. A. Chapman, pg. 4, col. 2; City Steam Laundry and bills, pg. 4, col. 3;
11/21/1903-Tom Horn hanged, made no confession, front, col. 1; George P. Heinz of Ludowic Tile does repairs to courthouse roof; Homer Merrell says Judge Carter feels that it was the clearest case of self-defense had had ever listened to.
11/25/1903-Frank Keefe gets 4 years plus costs for killing John Baxter, article, front, col. 1; Postmaster Smith notified that the Lander Stage 5 yr. contract can’t be met, front, col. 3; More on Frank Keefe, front, col. 6; Chapel Gallery in Pen converted to 6 cells;
11/28/1903- Judge Carpenter talks about Keefe Trial and Frank Keefe, front, col. 1; Keefe brought to pen to begin sentence, front, col. 2; Lander Stage back in operation by James Stephenson, front, col. 3; Madaline Adams builds house at Dixon; James Douglas sells big ranch above Dixon; article on tooth brushes being unsanitary;
12/2/1903-S. L. Ingram, cowpuncher, dies in Rock Springs Hospital. Fred Christensen picked up and held, but autopsy cleared him, front, col. 1; W. P. Long buys Oriental Restaurant from Batsford will be the Bon Ton Café and Bakery; Griff Maghee makes trip from Walcott to Encampment and had accident, but not hurt, front, col. 6; Rawlins pressed brick plant sold to Laramie people. Malachi Dillon checking on Dillon, Wy from Morrison, CO; Abel Sheep Co.
12/5/1903-Mrs. John Thode obituary, 1830-1903, front, col. 1; Dr. Alvah R. Davis now at Ferris Hotel, front, col. 3; 5 bodies remain to be recovered from mine explosion: John Batttle, foreman, John Massey, Cohn Cox and Axel Matson, and one unidentified, article, front, col. 4; Five cars of broom corn stored by pen in wool warehouse for factory; Fred Chrisman twice held in stabbing and death of S. L. Ingram released on “no grounds to hold him;” Union Pacific dining hall opens, description given, front, col. 5; H. Larsen adding display windows to Ferris Studio, pg. 4, col. 1;
12/9/1903-Two more bodies out of mine explosion, front, col. 1; R. D. Meyer to open new Carbon State Bank at Hanna; Mrs. John Thode buried in city cemetery; E. Sundin Barber shop caught fire, pg. 4, col. 2;
12/12/1903-Addition to pen, article describes building and changes, front, col. 1; Madaline Adams, Jim Baker’s daughter, new home in Dixon is done, and she’s moved in (log house); Cullen Commercial selling souvenir plates with Rawlins buildings on them, can’t wear off, front, col. 6; more on pen changes, pg. 4, col. 1;
12/16/1903-Harry Hynds challenges antigambling law in Supreme Court; Pat Burnes with engine #1844 makes a mile a minute (nearly) to Green River, front, col. 2; more on mine explosion, pg. 2, col. 2; H. A. Kirk builds skating pond near Mrs. Ferris home;
12/26/1903-Rawlins Republican, articles of incorporation-Ross Draper, G. W. Perry and L. E. Armstrong, front, col. 1; Charles Echloff accidently exploded dynamite in tool house at quarry, front, col. 3; Bounty fund, front, col. 4;
12/30/1903-C. O. Stevens charged with killing sheep of John Mahoney, front, col. 1; Dillon citizens want Dillon-Slater mail route, front, col. 1; Ferris Hotel improvement, front, col. 5; “Life is Like a Mountain Railway” to be sung by choir, this song was requested by Tom Horn at hanging; John Mahoney suffering from bullet would in leg above ankle received at Milk River during Ute War of 1879-Dr. Maghee removed it, pg. 4, col. 2;
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2/2/1904-James Anderson sues Snake River cattlemen for kidnap and false imprisonment, involved: W. W. Wilson, Ike Montgomery, John McCary, Lockland Clendenning, J. W. Darr and Joe Morgan. They thought James was a cattle rustler, long article, front, col. 4; Frank Perkins and wife opened lumber mill in Dixon and will bring logs by sleigh
2/4/1904-H. K. “Baldy” Bennett, coroner, weds Minnie Peckham, he is son of J. A. Bennett; Susan M. France nee Susan Armstrong, obituary, was wife of D. W. France, front, col. 4; H. Larsen has 15 men harvesting ice at Fort Steele, expects to ship 80 carloads, pg. 4, col. 2;
2/6/1904-Two pen chaplains: E. E. Giffen, Protestant and Delahunty a Catholic; no lights due to smoke stacks at power house blown down, front, col. 2; Ferris-Maghee Drug closes at Dillon for winter; John Mahoney still suffering from streptococcal infection from bullet, taken to Denver, Mrs. Mahoney, her sister, Mrs. Pat Sullivan, Dr. Maghee, Con Ryan and Thomas Cosgriff to remain with him till he improves;
2/9/1904- Rocky Mountain Bell completes line Lander to Shoshone agency; W. D. Davis, Turf Exchange Saloon buys Apex Saloon in Denver, front, col. 5; Dr. Maghee back from St. Anthony’s Denver-John Mahoney improving, pg. 4, col. 1;
2/13/1904-Article on Rawlins Packing and changes, Carl Jorgenson, Hans Jorgenson, front, col. 1; Carbon State Bank at Hanna opens: L. R. Meyer, C. L. Vagner, R. D. Meyer, officers, front, col. 2; Onodero Chikishima, article, Front, col. 5;
1/16/1904-Driftwood Jim McCloud pleads guilty to mail robbery, front, col. 4; Judge Scott and reorganizing of Rawlins Packing, receiver Homer France appointed, front, col. 5;
1/20/1904-Ferris Hotel changes, front, col. 3; Lee Sing Gib, inmate at pen since 1886, dies; Otto Gramm incident, pg. 4, col. 1
1/23/1904-Ben Northington obituary came in 1873, partner of J. A. Matthews in mining, and other businesses, lengthy article, front, col. 1; Sam Wigfall assaults 12 year old Helen Kruppa, article, front, col. 4; Frank Nevens to be released from Pen, in for 3 yrs.-cattle rustling in 1901;
1/27/1904-R. R. McCoy, surveyor, drawing up plans for Dillon Railroad, front, col. 1; H. A. Kirk, lengthy article, front, col. 2; Carl Jurgenson and Chris Frederickson to open New City Meat Market;
1/30/1904-Frances K. Block, madam on south side versus attorney Chris Mathison, article, others-Mrs. J. T. (Minnie) Pettee, front, col. 2; Altercation between Matt Aho and another Finn, front, col. 4; Laramie and Hahn’s Peak Railroad in the works, front, col. 4; More on Frank Nevins release, pg. 4, col. 1;
2/3/1904-F. M. Baker bought Archer Saw Mill, front, col. 1; New Cottage of Harriet Estey burns; Coyotes increasing; Lander and Snake River mail contracts opened again; Rankin Copper Mining Co. incorporated, front, col. 4; Dr. F. M. Alexander reopens Ferris Maghee Drug in Dillon; Enry Everts Sells barbershop to C. W. Skinner, going to San Diego
2/6/1904-George Bannett, Casper-Lander-Thermopolis mail carrier via Casper Stage; Mrs. B. F. Bond and baby, front, col. 2; Joe Morgan vs. James Anderson case, front, col. 2; L. G. Larson and tie Plant, front, col. 6; More on Jim McCloud; wind breaks new windows in Ferris Mansion, pg. 4, col. 1; Merritt D. Houghton, sketch artist, pg. 4, col. 1;
2/10/1904-U. S. Mail contracts with James Stephenson for Lander-Rawlins Mail; Railroad to Encampment from Walcott; G. M. Scott buys Atty. J. S. Williams stone cottage, front, col. 5;
2/13/1904-More on Lander Stage and James Stephenson; Charles Echloff in another explosion; Grand Internationall Auxiliary of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers organized; Atty. J. S. Williams to join Groesbeck in Laramie; R. H. Young;
2/17/1904-Edwin W. Bennett, oldest citizen of county dies, settled on Platte in 1865, owned ferry boat on Overland Crossing of Platte, long article, front, col. 1; Jury hung on O’Day Trail; Dr. A. R. Davis died, obit, front, col. 4; Railroad Trainmen move to establish YMCA reading room here; Dr. C. L. Hopkins, dentist; Buckley and Ryan repairing Bank Exchange Building that burned, J. P. Ryan will move his Home Ranch Saloon into building and put in restaurant;
2/20/1904-Dr. C. R. Spain leaves and moves to Kansa; M. J. Smiley moving sheep holdings to South Dakota; U. P. bulletin-trains can’t go over 45mph around curves; Coyote bounty used up; John Mahoney improved and home.
2/24/1904-James Rowan suing Union Pacific for leg damage in crossing accident, front, col. 1; Another addition to pen; More on Lander Stage, Nolls Brothers, and Security bonds, front, col. 5; Judge J. R. Hawley leaving Rawlins after 26 years, U. P. employee, front, col. 6; Albert Burr... [truncated due to length]Collection
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