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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1883
Page
3
Mercury dips to 20 below in Denver and 24 below in the Midwest as storms hit Middle and eastern Nebraska and winds sweep the plains. Reports include executions in Washington and Belaire, a Thai of sugar tariffs and refinery curbs, and a Republican party pledge to broaden labor rights and education while defending tariffs and security.
In early California mining days audiences freely paid performers with dust and gold coins, regulated by locals. Now patrons buy tickets in bulk, shower little generosity, and opera stars set high prices, with critics blaming audience and prices alike.
The interior secretary rules that withdrawals on railroad grant lands are operable only until road lines are fixed, protecting settlers by statute and opening withdrawn lands for homestead and pre-emption entry. It affects Northern Pacific Atlantic & Pacific and New Orleans & Pacific railroads and clarifies settlement rights.
L B Parker, manager of the Robinson mine, is alleged to have stolen about 150000 dollars worth of ore since his appointment by New York directors four months ago. He leased the adjacent Wheel of Fortune mine and stole ore through its shaft to conceal the theft. James Davis was sent to confront him, and Parker’s refusal to surrender led to exposure. Parker admits no denial of ore stealing while claiming legal points.
In Rondout New York on January 18 gangs patrol the Hudson forcing laborers to halt as rioters break up ice near Germantown and quell an outbreak at Barrytown Livingston ice house. Strikers expected to move downstream tomorrow.
The Herald's Richmond special reports disappointment over the strict exclusivity surrounding Queen Victoria's daughter. Few have seen her as the princess is indisposed and kept apart from the public and most guests.
Chicago June 17 reports claim Wied Goebs Gebhardt has reached St. Louis while Mrs Langtry’s managers may be paying a young man to tail her. The St Louis Globe-Democrat printed varied critiques of Langtry and asked readers about her beauty and Freddie’s character in a sensational display.
Billiard circles report Slosson declining to enter the forthcoming Chicago and New York events. He cites neglect of American players and accuses joint efforts with Vigneaux by Collender and Brunswick & Balke as a publicity scheme. Sexton and Shaeffer also refuse to play, fueling broader boycott sentiment.
New York January 18 The alk business in Patterson has been depressed for some time. Manufacturers have not cut wages but have increased workloads to gain profit. Workers have held meetings and denounced tariff policy as a humbug and called for measures to curb child labor in mills.
Freddy Gebhardt created a sensation at the Southern hotel rotunda by berating Cunningham of the Globe-Democrat the reporter who authored a bogus interview. Gebhardt’s fierce remarks drew public sympathy as an officer eventually intervened to rescue the reporter.
In Clinton Illinois last night a country church service near eight miles from town halted as several young men played poker in a rear corner while others courted in another corner. The preacher spoke in shirt sleeves and the audience shouted in excitement.
A special committee from the House elections panel travels to Alabama to investigate fraud allegations, aiming to verify irregularities and report findings. The visit focuses on local voting procedures, records, and potential misconduct affecting ballot integrity.
Ling Aly Dive faces murder charges after a Chicago trial where Saum Sing Bo the Chinese student at Chicago University acts as interpreter. Witnesses sit in a semicircle as an oath is burned on paper and translated into Moy names. A Des Moines report notes Goulds coal venture with 1 million capital and 9000 acres aims to mine and rail expansion into Minnesota and Dakota.
In St. Louis on January 17 Michael Van denburg and Mathew Woodlock fought a pistol duel after friends urged settlement by gunfire. Both fired from twenty paces. Van denburg was blinded and head-wounded and likely to die, Woodlock injured in wrist and neck. A crowd watched as Dr Grayson removed twenty four shot from Woodlock.
San Francisco reports Ed Schuffelin led a prospecting party to the Yukon upper river region. About 1,500 miles up at the Samarian river confluence rich gravel deposits were found averaging a dollar and a half per pan. Access is harsh with Yukon ice until June and overland travel from Sitka likened to a Siberian journey.
The coroner's jury finds the superintendent engineer conductor and train dispatcher criminally careless and responsible for the deaths of Frank O Brundage and John Reardan on the Troy and Boston railroad. They censure the road for overworking underpaying employees and overburdened single track and poor equipment, but commend improvements since the arrests.
A broken rail on the Chicago and North Western line twelve miles north of Itasca Iowa sends a livestock train down a twenty foot embankment. The rear brakeman EI S Clark is killed and conductor A W Richardson injured. Nineteen passengers, including eight men bound for Chicago, are bruised but survive. Wounded men are treated in Lyons and Clinton. The brakeman's body will be taken to Anamosa for burial. he was married six months.
In Melville versus Melville at Media Pennsylvania Judge Clayton decides Maud Melville will live with father Engineer Melville and attend school, while Elsie and Meta stay with mother Maud’s visit allowed. The ruling sets future orders for the two younger children.
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