15 Feb 1879
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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1879
Page
1
An irregular OCR fragment reports the death of Tienny oopyBAn of India rubber fame in Paria last Tuesday. The text also mentions General Logan’s planned Washington reception and various other scattered items from politics, war claims, and weather.
A report highlights William Blaine’s remarks on the Chinese Bill and notes a vote expected to day. The article also mentions a colored man presiding over the Senate and provides a condensed summary of the day’s news.
In the Senate Blaine urges passage of the Chinese bill, disputing Matthews on Burlingame and arguing for abrogation or modification of the treaty. He warns of Chinese immigration, compares costs to the Pacific coast, and frames the issue as Pacific coast dominance by Asiatic occupation versus American citizenship.
Senator Sargent proposed verbal amendments and a clause excluding the Chinese embassy and shipwrecked Mongolians, plus notice to the Chinese emperor. The bill remains undecided as Jones of Nevada starts a long speech, with Evarts, Field, and Kennedy among observers as Senate adjourns awaiting further action.
Washington February 14 senators caucus nearly unanimously favored repealing the Lest oath as outlined in the joint caucus Monday night. Debates arose on attaching a juror drawing proposition and an amendment to repeal the election law to the appropriation bill. Senator Bruce chaired the senate session in the afternoon, the first time a colored man has presided.
An executive committee led by Judge Hilton has been formed to organize a major international exhibition in New York on April 13, 1889, marking the centennial of George Washington’s first presidential inauguration and signaling New York’s claim to host the year. Despite cautious business mood, reports claim steady growth and revival as manufacturers restart idle works.
The defendant pled guilty in a strict court and was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. The entire business was completed in about four hours. The amount taken was estimated at ten to twenty thousand dollars.
Knight and Jackson, indicted for wrecking a train on the Indiana and St. Louis railroad by misplacing a switch, were found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment in Terre Haute on February 14.
A Fort Jefferson Ky dispatch reports the steamer A. G. Donnelly burned to the water's edge while aground at Island No 1. Several men are crippled and passengers shelter in the woods in severe distress. A steamer and tug head to aid them. no more details expected until morning. the blaze’s light was seen clearly from Cairo.
The piece surveys global tremors with Hayti unrest and St Vincent disturbances, a Hayti revolution, and a South Africa setback noted by Northcote. It records local topics including eulogies for a late congressman, a Fenian prisoner’s exile condition, a potential bank robbery trial, and a man’s execution in North Carolina. It also touches the Mexican exhibition and expanding Library of Congress collections amid calls for a new building. In New York markets, silver, money, and stock figures are given as of February 14.
P G Noble adjutant general of Kansas with A F French James Masterson and George Sullivan of Dodge City arrived at Fort Leavenworth as witnesses to identify Cheyenne prisoners held in the guard house. They will report to Gen Pope tomorrow morning about connections to border murders of settlers and families.
San Francisco reports Bodie unrest as the miners strike continues with union doubt. Superintendents vow to resist demands and import labor if needed while two strikers threaten Mono superintendent George Daly, who fled and sought refuge in a store as violence looms. The strike ends with workers set to resume tomorrow.
James Beck master of the Mt Louis Leon Mountain and Southern railroad was arrested in Louisville on robbery charges. Brought to the post office he confessed after proof, then appeared before Judge Treat of the United States district court.
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