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Cheyenne Weekly Leader

Location

Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1883

Page

7

Weekly Telegraphic News In Brief

Senator Anthony’s condition last night was thought favorable. The U S Treasury bought 347000 ounces of silver. Edwin P Rayner of Rayner Cusick was shot dead by a fall with a gun. Barntell’s hotel at Elmira burned with trotting horses Larosa Bob Stewart and Lady Beekman. New Haven clock shop burned leaving hundreds jobless. Judge Barett refused bail for Owney Geoghegan for minors at his resort. Root family of Carroll county Georgia drowned in the Chattahoochee. another Root missing amid flood damage to crops. Frederick Paulding wounded Tybalt in Taunton Massachusetts duel scene.

Anthony Treasury Department of the United States Barntell Elmira N. Y Larosa Bob Stewart Lady Beekman Barett New York Supreme Court Owney Geoghegan Geoggan Josephus Root Carroll County Georgia Chattahoochee Root Margaret Mathews Taunton Mass Frederick Paulding Berets George A. Dalton Tybalt

Foreign Facts and Disasters Across Europe and North America

Meazot installs as first president of the court of cassation in Paris. Ex-Prime Minister Duclerc ill. Six Bouchart buildings in London burned, heavy loss. Arch bishop Croke to Rome to consult on Ireland. Trenton sawmill disaster death by circular saw. Warsaw fire kills sixteen. strike at Zyrardow leads to deadly clashes. Times notes Armenian crisis and possible Russian czar coronation impact. Red Cross appeals for Mississippi tornado relief. Clara Barton reports vast devastation in Copias County and calls for urgent funds and aid from New York Commerce Red Cross.

Paris Meazot Court of Cassation Duclerc London Rotherhithe Francois Joseph Bouchart Dublin Croke Rome Ireland Trenton Ont Heaton Stewart Heaton Warsaw Poland Zyrardow the Times Lord Duferin Constantinople Egypt Armenia Washington Central Committee The American Association of the Red Cross F. R. Southward New Orleans Mississippi Wesson Mils Clara Barton Copias County New York Commerce Red Cross Association Association Folger Lincoln Loring

Cyclone toll rises in Beauregard Mississippi and surrounding towns

The Times-Democrat reports thirty killed and fifty wounded as Beauregard and nearby communities reel from a cyclone. Relief groups, doctors, and workers rush aid while houses, stores, and boxcars are scattered. Towns like Wesson Georgetown and Hazelhurst suffer heavy damage and deaths.

Lessman and Fitch Jackson Utica Times-Democrat West Point Clay County Hohenlinden Pine Bluff Court House Wesson Peach Orchard Street Miss Beauregard Hazelhurst Georgetown Pearl River Methodist Church H. B. Lewis Savage Joe Harncathing Allen Steele John A. Crawford

Bloodthirsty Politics Stir Butte Court Case

An open letter in Daily Miner accuses W I Lippincott candidate for city attorney of cowardice and lying. Attorney Elie Thomson and Miner manager H T Brown were arrested for criminal libel at Lippincott’s complaint. Court action expected to settle the dispute amid heated rhetoric.

Butte Mont Daily Miner W. I. Lippincott Elic. Thomson Lippincott Poltroon C. Thomson H. T. Brown Miner

Cyclone Toll Raised Across Mississippi Valley

A cyclone moved through Thompson and Abbott areas in Clay county killing several, including a Fisher child in Henryville, while L A Ferguson and Berchfield houses were blown down. Hohenlinden reportedly destroyed and two churches demolished with fatalities. Harrisville Simpson county also struck killing ten and injuring seven near Morton.

New Orleans Picayune West Point Thompson Clay County L. A. Ferguson

The Rocket is Coming to the Chicago Exposition

A London cablegram reports seventeen cases of exhibits including George Stevenson’s locomotive The Rocket for display at Chicago’s railway exposition opening May 24. The event features a long main building and temporary lakefront structures with an electric railway as a new feature.

Chicago London George Stevenson Lake Front

The Fall of Tom Lee in New York

In New York on April 26, excitement grows in Chinese circles over charges against Tom Lee a wealthy prominent celestial. He served as local agent of the Six Companies but was dismissed from that post and faces multiple lawsuits for blackmail against small gamblers.

New York Tom Lee Six Companies Celestials

Law vs Express Is Granted Temporary Injunction

Judge Yeaman of Pueblo district court issues a temporary injunction restraining Wells Fargo Express from interfering with Denver & Rio Grande Express. He orders inspectors at Denver and Pueblo to examine incoming express matter and forward consignments and bars Wells Fargo from rate discrimination against D R G Express.

Denver Yeaman District Court of Pueblo Wells Fargo Express Company Denver & Rio Grande Express Company

Indian agency beef contracts listed for several agencies

The Indian agency beef contracts announced include Standing Rock with A. G. Evans at 407 dollars Fort Hale with G. T. Newman at 397 dollars Shoshone with G. T. Newman at 399 dollars Fort Berthold with W. E. Hughes at 4.30 San Carlos with H. B. Denman at 3.89 Colorado River with H. B. Denman at 5.23 Santee with W. C. Conners at 4.20.

New York Indian Agency Standing Rock A. G. Evans Fort Hale G. T. Newman Shoshone Fort Berthold W. E. Hughes San Carlos H. B. Denman Colorado River Santee W. C. Conners

Miners Plan Nationwide Strike Visit

A delegation of coal miners left Pittsburg to visit pits and urge workers to join the strike slated for next Tuesday. The miners express confidence in securing broad participation across operations.

Pittsburg

Earthquakes Rack South American Regions Across Two March Dates

Reports from Panama dated April 16 recount quakes felt on March 8 and March 27 in Colombia and nearby areas. Antioquia cathedral and Rosie church suffered damage. Yaramula prison and 35 houses were destroyed. Anguadas town hall demolished. Abejurel church and homes injured. Penagona palms huts toppled as rivers fluctuated. Omettepe volcano eruptions marked first in history. a long vanished lake near Atroto was noted by a 1862 U S steamer Firebrand survey.

Panama Chilis Colombia Antioquia Rosie Yaramula Anguadas Abejureral

Cyclone Toll and Relief Efforts Reported in Beauregard

New Orleans April 27 A Wesson special reports total deaths to date at Beauregard and Weason 46 The Red Cross has raised about 4000 in contributions from Mississippi and Louisiana The cyclone's force is shown by a 675 pound iron screw carried 300 yards and a 3x4 inch by ten foot plank driven through a red oak lashings Distress is mounting in unreached areas awaiting relief teams.

New Orleans A Wesson Beauregard Weason Red Cross Society Mississippi Louisiana Relef

Return of Rangers Cited as Indians Resume Farm Life

Washington reports a telegram from San Carlos dated April 25 indicating calmer conditions. The Indian agent notes rangers likely to return home, and Indians resuming farming while maintaining quiet after four days of unrest.

Washington Indian Office San Carlos Price sWircox

John L Sullivan in Danger of Death

Boston reports John L Sullivan suffered a hemorrhage of the lungs after a period of heavy drinking. He collapsed while visiting friends, lost much blood, and remained unconscious until today. The Rev Patterson administered the last rites as friends fear for his recovery.

Boston John L. Sullivan Sullivan Patterson

Step Against Polygamy Moves in Utah Signaling Registration

Kansas City April 26 The Journal Omaha special says ex Senator Paddock of the Utah commission left for Salt Lake to join others and prepare for June registration ahead of August elections. The effort aims to create a clear registration to exclude polygamists and is seen as a key step in the anti polygamy movement.

Kansas City Omaha Special Paddock Utah Commission Salt Lake

Palmer-Sullivan syndicate sells Mexico railway to English capitalists

In Matamoros on April 28 reports say the Palmer-Sullivan syndicate sold its entire railroad interest in Mexico to English capitalists. A mutiny plot by soldiers of the 4th battalion to kill officers was uncovered last Sunday and thwarted. several mutineers escaped, but no injuries were reported.

Matamoras Palmer-Sullivan Syndicate Mexico

Indians and Argentine Troops Clash in South

In Panama on April 24 the Indian conflict with Argentine forces left eighteen Argentine soldiers dead and three captured. Indians killed twelve Brazilians collecting rubber. General Caceresg vows to raid Gima and urges locals to rise and massacre the Chileans.

Panama Caceresg Gima

Steamboat Lines and Railroads Join Fight Against Board of Trade

Agents of principal steamboat lines trading between Chicago Buffalo and Erie align with the railroads to oppose the Chicago board of trade. They plan to boycott the board floor until the ongoing dispute with the railroads is resolved.

Chicago Buffalo Erie Chicago Board of Trade

The Cowboys Strike Burns Ranches in Panhandle Report

Reports from Panhandle Texas say strikers burned the star range of Gunson and Munson and San Benardino on the 16th. Strikers are out of money and willing to return to work at former wages.

St. Louis Panhandle Texas Gunson Munson San Benardino

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