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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1883
Page
7
News in brief notes fires and disasters across the country. Prince Bismarck is indisposed while a blaze spreads at Bear Valley Shamokin Pennsylvania. Inman dock fire threatens ships and property as crews fight to avert greater loss.
In Crested Butte area a massive avalanche killed seven miners named Philip Carmin Logan Inman Louis Richards Wm Moore Charles Betts J J Raymond and another. Eighteen others were wounded and mine machinery destroyed. A passenger engine was derailed near Crested Butte and a wrecking engine failed to reach the stranded coaches.
A committee in Montgomery reports a 150000 deficit in the Alabama treasury vault with 227000 secured by bondsmen. Most losses occurred in the last two years and before November. Vincent is linked to cotton losses and possible loans, and the governor now holds the treasury keys.
The Illinois secretary of state delivered an attested joint resolution from the state senate and house thanking Gen. P H Sheridan for his report on Yellowstone Park. It warns against leasing park privileges to private firms and opposes turning the park into a cattle ranch to extort tourists. Senator West of Missouri is thanked for his related bill in Congress guiding park governance.
Edward Scott sues twenty two members of the Amalgamated Association in quarter session court over rights and liberties of labor organization members. Scott was suspended from the Amalgamated last February and forced to resign from National Rolling Mills after threats of a strike. he has since been unable to find work.
Salt Lake Feb 1 Sheriff Turner of Provo recounts leading the pursuit of Central Pacific train robbers Nay Hawley and Frank Francis. After locating them near Antelope Mountain, a gunfight ensued. Hawley and Nay were wounded and captured with others later surrendered. the band faced possible use of powder but was surrounded and arrested at a stockade.
Major Thomas B. Dawens of the Missouri department travels from Fort Riley to Fort Reno Idaho to assume command and bar settlers from ceded Oklahoma land. Four cavalry companies are at Fort Reno with authority to summon more forces to oppose invasions. Some recent settlers vow to resist by force, suggesting removals could involve force rather than peaceable action.
New York report says Porter friends have abandoned hopes of passage in Congress. Opposition is strong in both chambers with parliamentary obstacles likely. General Henderson of Illinois, head of the House military committee, shares the hostility that Senator Logan showed.
A Marietta incident reported by the Constitution describes a young woman delivering an illegitimate child, killing the infant, and lying in bed with the decaying body for eight days. A younger brother cooked for the sister and father, the only occupants of the home. Separate items note the New York Chamber of Commerce petitioning Congress to suspend silver dollar coinage and to memorialize Congress on banning American pork imports.
Fragmentary text describes closures of travel routes and possible legal action to preserve domain and public lands. References include state laws, United States decrees, and efforts by residents and agents amid industry disputes and potential flood risks.
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