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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1882
Page
11
Terrible Mississippi floods cause cannibalism fears
Reports from Helena Arkansas and surrounding districts describe worsening conditions as floodwaters recede. People reportedly eat drowned animal carcasses and show signs of starvation and distress. News from Memphis and New Orleans notes levee breaks, widespread submersion, and drifting houses along the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Ark
Memphis
St. Francis River
Col
A. H. Johnson
Arkansas Midland Railway
Hot Springs
New Orleans
Hushpukana
Greenville
Milliken’s Bend
Duckport
Striking Pacific Mills Workers Brace for Shutdown
Lawrence Massachusetts reports over 700 strikers with 400 more saying they will not resume Monday. At a committee meeting Mayor Green, a weaver, a spinner, and a member at large were charged with negotiating with Pacific mills directors in Boston. Workers demand restoration of old prices and fear a total mill shutdown could idle 5 500 to 6 000 people and stop 200 000 spindles if they do not return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Mass
Green
Pacific Mills
Boston
Garfield Rosecrans letter sparks long Inter Ocean editorial
The Inter Ocean argues the Garfield Rosecrans letter from June 63 was public and clear, detailing Garfield’s view on Army of the Cumberland strength and Bragg’s forces. It notes Garfield’s nine points to Lincoln or Chase and asserts the letter’s content is consistent with his later statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Rosecrans- Garfield
Garfield
Rosecrans
Army
Army of the Cumberland
Ife
Swaim
Bragg
Lincoln
Chase
Army Plans a Major Move Against Bragg's Rebels
The report argues the army has peak strength with no soon refits, risks a rapid move for a general engagement, and seeks a decisive blow to crush Bragg's forces and hasten rebel government collapse while loyal-state politics demand victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone River
Bragg
War Department
Noted 19th Century Crimes and Executions On March 18
Reports from several cities describe a range of crimes and legal actions. Frederick A Palmer, former Newark city auditor, sentenced to twenty years for fraud. In Pensacola a mob hangs an English suspect accused of stabbing a woman. A New Orleans man named Sir ward allegedly passes gold bricks at the U S mint. In Chicago Chapin and Gore are arrested for liquor tax violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Frederick A. Palmer
Pensacola
Fla
Tampa
C. D. Owens
Court House
United States Court
Dave
3D United States Artillery
Owens
Guiteau
New Orleans
H. S. Sirward
Los Angeles
Peter Kiernan
United States Mint
Chicago
Chapin & Gore
United States
Chinese women held for return to China in San Francisco case
In San Francisco on a writ of habeas corpus several Chinese women believed to be courteous sans were brought before the superior court. Capt Roper of the Anger Head testified to laxity by American Consul Mosby at Hong Kong regarding Chinese immigrants and produced blank forms signed by Mosby bearing the consular seal that he claimed he could obtain at will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
China
Roper
Accident to Emperor William at Berlin Academy
Emperor William slipped on a stair at the academy in Berlin yesterday. He injured his right elbow and knee and is confined to his room today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Berlin
Academy
Snow slide in Genoa Nev kills eighteen people
Report confirms a Genoa Nevada snow slide Friday killing eighteen persons. Names given include Mr. and Mrs. Nimrod Bowen and Miss Berlin among others. seven to fifteen Indians estimated among the dead. Not all bodies recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Genoa
Nev
Nimrod Bowen
Berlin
Smallpox Spreads Across South Mountain Districts
Reading March 18 report says the small pox scourge brings sad havoc in districts from McCrongie Lehigh county to Shamrock Berks county with plague spreading along the south mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
South Mountain
McCrongie
Lehigh County
Shamrock
Berks’ County
Comet Discovered by Wells At Hercules Field
Albany report states Charles S. Wells of the Dudley Observatory discovered a bright comet in Hercules with a tail about five minutes long and a nucleus near eighth magnitude. The coordinates are right ascension 17 hours 52 minutes and north declination 82 degrees 30 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Charles S. Wells
Dudley Observatory
Hercules
Frye bill aims for New York to Washington railroad
Senator Frye introduced a bill to build a railroad between New York and Washington with mails carried in six and a half hours. Fare limited to five dollars. Road to be first class in every respect. W. E. Dickson presented a large Illinois petition to the president asking intervention in Sergi Mason’s case, joined by Representatives Aldrich and Maxwell. The president said he would consider the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frye
New York
W.E. Dickson
Chicago
Illinois
Sergi Mason
Aldrick
Maxwell
Fraud Allegations Hit Mexican Claims Awards
The Grap hic's Washington correspondent reports that the two main awards from the Mexican claims commission totaling 1.2 million dollars were obtained by perjury and fraud. The secretary of state has halted payment and a treaty between the United States and Mexico lies before Frelinghuysen for ratification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the Graphic
Washington
Mexican Claims Commission
Secretary of State
United States
Mexico
Frelinghusen
Senate
House Foreign Affairs Committee Examines Shipherd Case
Washington March 18 The house committee on foreign affairs continued the inquiry into Shipherd and the Child Peruvian correspondence. Shipherd sends a note claiming illness and seeks postponement while copies of all requested papers are produced. Members debate whether to compel testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Shipherd
Williams
Richmondville
N. Y
Limited Express
J. R. SurenErp
Orth
Gasometer Explosion Injures Several In San Francisco
In San Francisco on March 18 a gasometer at the German hospital corner of Noe and 14th streets exploded. Fireman P. Devenow is seriously injured, H. P. Flueg the manager is hurt, and engineer Tatuk is slightly injured. The roof was blown off and walls cracked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Noe and
14Th Streets
P. Devenow
H. P. Flueg
Tatuk
Garfield Monument Fund Reaches 106000 In Gifts
The Garfield monument committee in Cleveland reports over 106000 has been donated toward a monument at Gen. Garfield's grave. The drive has produced contributions larger than any prior voluntary fund for a similar memorial in such a short period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Garfield Monument Committee
Gen. Garfield
Monument to Say Person Aims for National Fund
The speaker asserts confidence in success for a monument project. Over 75000 dollars have been donated by Cleveland residents. The remainder comes from every state, territories, and several foreign countries. The goal is 250000 dollars with Ohio contributing half and other states sharing the rest by wealth and population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Union
Ohio
Adrian mayor Navin linked to bogus mortgage scheme
Detroit dispatch reports new discoveries about Mayor Navin of Adrian Michigan alleged to be in Mexico. The Clark estate from Adrian claims losses of $62,000 due to fake mortgage dealings attributed to Navin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Navin
Adrian
Michigan
Mexico
E. L. Clark
Debut on Chinese bill extended into week
In Washington the Chinese bill debut is expected to continue through the week. An amendment to limit the prohibitory clause for coolie labor will be fiercely opposed by bill advocates. The Chinese minister reportedly favors ten years of immigration suppression, not twenty. Support for a veto by President Arthur is not credibly held by leading lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
the Post
Arthur
Riverfalls and Flood Refugees at Helena Mississippi
Memphis dispatch reports the river dropped two inches at Helena with brighter outlook once crevasse overflow is drained. Visible land is scarce and populated by dead or starving cattle and displaced families. Refugees at Friars Point remain aloft on upper stories or rooftops seeking food. About seven to eight thousand people require aid until waters subside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Helena
Friars Point
Telegraph rivalry teases shifts with Western Union gains
New York reports that the Mutual Union and the Baltimore & Ohio telegraph lines will transfer to Western Union within a week or two. The deal would give Western Union control over key New York to Chicago wires and ease Gould and associates settlement with Central New Jersey directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Commercial
Western Union
Mutual Union
Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph
Mutual Union Company
Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio Road
Gould
Central New Jersey
Ship Queenstown Officers Arrested for Seamen Cruelty
Capt Collins and Chief Mate McDonald of the Queenstown from Antwerp to Wilmington were arrested in Los Angeles on cruelty to seamen charges. One sailor allegedly drowned with no rescue attempt. The second mate faces examination before the United States commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Collins
McDonald
Queenstown
Antwerp
Wilmington
Los Angles
United States
Wreck near Sweet Briar Kills Thirty on North Pacific
News from Bismark reports a terrible wreck forty miles west on the North Pacific. A work train bound west ran through a bridge and a following passenger train. Engine came from Mandan for physicians and aid. Thirty are killed and many injured. full details unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismark
Sweet Briar
Here
North Pacific
Mandan
Kala-kaua's Leprosy Campaign and Island Developments
Kalakaua visits Maui as he pushes cinchona tobacco and ramie culture with potential legislative bounty. Leprosy treatment expands with a Molokai hospital. voluntary patient consent grows as new regime shows results. Planters fear labor shortages from Chinese emigration and biased immigrants. India and Japan sought for labor. Debates on a prohibitory liquor law and a $2,000,000 internal improvement loan circulate amid a Honolulu marine railway project. 1881 exports reached $671,472,637 and imports $404,797,864 with American goods at $339,631,108.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Zealandia
Honolulu
Kalakaua
Maui
Molokai
India
Japan
Kingdom
Basin of Sunflower River Submerged in Mississippi Flood
Memphis reports river stationary eleven inches below high mark as heavy rain continues. Vicksburg notes Basin of Sunflower spanning 200 by 40 miles with six navigable streams now flooded. population over 100,000. Water encroaches homes. residents escape on rafts. aid distribution limited to those in need. Planters, including Jamison and Geo. W. Starr, face starvation risk among tenants while some seek newspapers over flour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Vicksburg
Sunflower River
Gain’s
Mission of Charity
Jamison
Coldwater
Geo. W. Starr
Wants Information From Dragoman In Constantinople
The Dragoman of the American Legation was asked to provide details on the administration of United States affairs in Constantinople yesterday and again today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constatinople
Dragoman
United States
Skinny Men Health Cure Ad Promises Nervous Debility Relief
An 8 line advertisement touts Wells Health Renewer as a cure for nervous debility and weakness of generative organs for $1 at Dare & Collins. It also claims a four day cure for urinary issues and kidney diseases, with additional notes about Rough on Rats pest killer sold by Dave & Collins in 15cent boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dare & Collins
Ruchupaiba
Dave & Collins
Patti Panic in Boston Opera Fire Scare
Patti sang in the Mechanics Building grand hall before 5500 spectators. A curtain caught fire near the act end causing near panic before two journalists cried danger was absent and the blaze was quickly put out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Patti
Mechanics Building
Fire destroys New England Furniture Co warerooms
A Chicago report states the furnishing depot warerooms burned last night causing losses of 9 000 on building and 16 000 on stock with 8 500 of insurance. Albion New York reports Curtis Manufacturing works burned this morning with losses around 100 000 and insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Grand Rapids Mich
New England Furniture Company
Albion
N. Y
Curtis
Manufacturing Company
J.osg
Teller Mining Region Hears Of Growth And Prospects
Charley Goodsell reports deep winter snow in North Park has hindered travel but aided feed. Teller's townsite patent is secured with 250 lot claims, a 36 pupil school, a 300 to 400 resident community, and a forthcoming municipal election. Endemile tunnel nears completion to power a proposed mill, and Michigan area discoveries look promising. Goodsell returned from Teller after visiting the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Goodsell
North Park
Teller
Walden
Divide
Fort Collins
Endemile
Michigan
Goodsell
The English Medical Institute Promises Private Treatment
An advertisement touts The English McEprical Institute as offering a vital restorative for nervous debility and related sexual disorders. It claims a money back offer for cure and promotes private, observation-free treatment with free consultation and urine analysis, pricing $8 per bottle or $10 for four bottles, with various ordering options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McEprical Institute
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Washington Notes
Kalakaua’s
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Kire Record
Olive Street
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Gho.timerman
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Rabbane
Denver, Col
Mintie
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