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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1878
Page
11
A digest of late diplomatic chatter and domestic policy notes spans threats in Germany and Turkey, U S political intrigue, and the push to move Indian affairs from civil to military control. Witnesses in Washington criticize or defend the transfer while noting costs, inefficiencies, and potential religious work in Indian lands.
At Fort Laramie on December 4 a fire discovered at three in the morning consumed a stack of more than five hundred tons in the government day corral. Military efforts saved over 260 tons as authorities report an incendiary cause.
A boiler at Hayden's rolling mill in Columbus exploded yesterday morning as workers stood nearby. Two men were killed instantly and four seriously injured. One injured worker, William Lewis, suffered severe facial scalding.
At a meeting of major trunk line presidents in New York the pooling average for west bound freights was approved to continue for five years from January first. The session also touched on market speculation and farmer incentives in a related report involving Sam Ward and Keene.
A New York dispatch reports Keene plans to withdraw a large amount of grain from shipment to depress granger stocks and transportation rates. The goal is to secure a higher wheat price in New York.
O Leary traveled 337 miles tonight and rested at midnight leaving 63 miles to go before eleven tomorrow, detailing a long endurance ride in Philadelphia.
The Louisiana convention on foreign commerce reports rising US exports to the West Indies Mexico and South America while European demand slackens. It urges reviewing treaties to ensure duty purity, amending revenue laws, establishing American built mail routes to Rio de Janeiro Buenos Aires and Aspinwall, funding for the service, and pressuring Congress to back reciprocal treaty with France and port charge reductions. It also backs completing Eads jetties and southern rail to Florida to shorten distances to the West Indies and South America.
The West of England bank, with capital of 1,000,000 and 49 agencies, has suspended operations after troubles rooted in iron trade losses. In London, Sir Charles Dilke seeks government disclosure on a December letter from the Afghan ameer via Lord Luton, while a military funding resolution backs use of Indian revenues for campaigns beyond India. A Lahore report says Gen Roberts may winter east of Prewar pass, with Mussulman levies forming against the ameer and a Kahoord Cabel truce kept by troops. Two Europeans.
London iron failures and czar’s return lead a stream of brief notices from Monday to Saturday. Canada releases a new loan while Hudson NY elects a Republican mayor. Other items report foraging in Asia, a Brooklyn naval constructor’s death, Mexican entertainment spend, and notable trials and indictments.
A London dispatch reports Austria agrees the Novi Bazar convention applies to Russia while the Porte rejects linking evacuation costs to Turkish payment. British ambassador Layard has information challenging massacre reports in Meluik district.
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