04 Jun 1881
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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1881
Page
1
Fragmented Albany dispatches reveal tension over the Star Route investigation and the Conkling controversy. Spinola moves to adjourn amid Democratic and Garfiled alignment while New Orleans Grant supports Conkling.
The will of Thos A. Smith is read. the probate documents discuss settling the estate for his family. It directs no inventory be filed in public offices and outlines the intended distribution among kin and institutions shortly after his death.
New York note says Senator Jones Conkling shows better health than in years and remains combative, signaling a strong push for his political supporters.
The Richmond convention on June 3 advanced Col. Cameron as the nominee after a chaotic balloting process. Supporters urged harmony while Massey and Grover faced withdrawal as rivals conceded to the Cameron bid.
In Chicago on June 4 Thos Barns shot and killed Chas Bell, his partner in a saloon business. James Doyle testified he knew both men, described them as uneasy characters, and noted a quarrel over money. Doyle, a farmer from Baechford, spoke of property and ventures in Illinois, Colorado and Kansas. The case centers on a fatal shooting tied to disputed finances.
Fragmented report describes Henry Nieman and his wife found near Desplaines with signs of a fire and injuries. The scrambled text references indictments, pursuit of fraud cases, and federal prosecutors pursuing a star-route style swindler network with ties to ex-senator figures and a New Mexico ranch.
In a fragmented report, a man named McVeagh faces possible trial timing delayed by courtroom congestion. A separate item notes a man in Monticello Louisiana shot his estranged wife after a divorce dispute, then killed himself, with the woman's relatives citing threats and fear of remarriage.
The Telegran's Dublin special saga notes a dying column carrying three hundred Cold Stream Guards and one hundred Scots Guardsmen with wagons and hospital corps forming a force of over one thousand men near Timerick at the castle of Newpallas. Troops move from Cork to Newpallas as Fermoy orders say ready.
In London June 3 reports detail clashes as tenants vow to resist police and bayonets amid state measures. Dillon and O Kelly clash over remarks and suspension, while Gladstone defends actions against rent protests. Across the Atlantic, reports note deaths, political shifts, and military telegraphy in Franco German war coverage.
The report lists multiple race results including Thobala winning with Lucy second and Myta third, Spurs taking the plate with net second and Gowad third, and eight runners led by Keone’s lan. It also mentions Epsom Gold Cup winner Bond d Or beating Robert the Devil, with Ben d Or ridden by Archer and Robert the Devil by Gannon. betting fluctuations are noted.
London reports the lord chancellor contends the revised bible cannot be read in the English church without sufficient authority. Also noted are suspensions at Aberdeen University, a French remedy for sickness by inoculation, a Dublin labor dispute, and early notes on electric light in photography and scientific experiments.
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