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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1887
Page
1
Gen Miles arrives in Tucson to take command of the Indian campaign amid signs of a prolonged war. Investigations point to San reservation settlers aiding renegades by guiding movements and supplying horses to the hostiles. A separate report notes a $50,000 fire in St Louis with Miles burned in the incident.
A brisk east wind for four days drove salt water inland from Pointe-a-la-Hache to quarantine station, submerging rice fields for about thirty miles and reaching La Chien in St. Bernard. If sun appears after floods, no rice will be produced for thirty miles along the east bank of the Mississippi.
A fire at 1:30 a m damaged the outskirts stables of the Mound City Street Car company in St. Louis. At 2 a m two alarms were sent as three headhead 60 and fifteen mules were burned. The stables were totally destroyed with losses likely $50,000 or more.
In Wasmoron on June 13 a petition for a writ of quo warranto was filed in district court seeking Oliver's removal from the office of justice of the peace of President Cleveland. Oliver refuses to surrender the docket claiming removal only by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The petition dated the 16th asks Oliver to show by what right he continues to exercise the justice of the peace functions.
New York June 13 The home club district assembly No 49 of the K of L is collapsing amid internal strife. An auditing committee tasked to report on finances did not present its findings yesterday despite pressure, and members warn of war if the report is not submitted next Sunday.
Louisville notes wholesale liquor dealers endorse distillers’ vow to cease whisky production from July 1 1887 to July 1 1888 and urge the trade not to buy goods in that period. Dust report records rioting at Athlone between soldiers and civilians with property damage and injuries.
New York June 13 counsel to the corporation advises police commissioners that receipts in the city for commissions to make bets on race trucks violate the pool selling law and urges stopping the practice.
News from Cuarranooga Tennessee reports five killed and many wounded by a dynamite cartridge blast at the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railway mine near Inman lines four miles away. English miners were among the victims and telegraph access is unavailable tonight.
Fragmentary notice notes jackets and wraps offered at cost across branches. Mentions blood health products and medicines like Acker's Blood Eh ixiv and Noor Maldisenase with unclear references to disease cures. The garbled text points to medical shop activity without clear dates or entities.
Over 25 000 miles of land in Hungary are logged in. Boulder residents worry about horse thieves. Death announced of Signor Favretto the Venetian painter. The president hosted receptions at the Sunchea house cafe. Develle elected vice president of the Chamber of Deputies. Prince Frederick William travels to London for Victoria's jubilee. Second annual convention of railway telegraphers to be held. Weathered reports from Madrid. Restrepo and family feared in Concordia by land slide. John Russell Young elected president of Philadelphia Anti Poverty Society. Riot at an open picnic near Omer City with Herr Most present. Jas F Buffum, abolitionist, dies in Lynn. Belgrade ministerial crisis continues over royal divorce. New York Press Club monument dedication at Oppreml hill cemetery with Chauncey Depew. Kidwards farm fire claims three children. Insects invade Minotoba farm, threatening crops and people. Bodyke protest thwarted. Davitt addresses 5 000 in Teakle. St Paul Trades Assembly threatens strikes by Wednesday. Berlin expert predicts Frederick William operation timing uncertain. Queen Victoria to wear state robes for Jubilee at Westminster Abbey. Earl of Aberdeen feted upon San Francisco visit with judicial attendance and officials.
The House of Commons debated the coercion bill's first clause on proclamations. An amendment to issue proclamations by the Privy Council rather than the viceroy was rejected 259 to 167. Other amendments on local inquiry and viceroy limits were also defeated. In New York, Stephen Poole was executed for shooting his wife before killing himself.
A coffee market collapse caused brokers to panic with prices plunging fifteen cents per pound. Three firms suspended operations, B G Arnold & Co Norton Weyl Bevan and Mackay & Small, prompting rescue efforts by O Donohue Gruner & Crossman and a rally of about one cent. The Arnold firm faced liabilities over one million dollars linked to a Rio de Janeiro Brazilian party position.
Oamioano June 13 cattle buyers faced slow market with steers down 10 to 15 cents and mixed declines across grades. Texas cattle sale overall weak with best lots near steady but common stock off 10 to 25 cents, totals around 3000 to 4000 dollars in regional lots.
A garbled notice touts a jacket related product by Myers and a claim of a universal cure for diseases. It asserts high efficacy and storage advantages with a guarantee, but the text is incomplete and unclear.
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