May 31 1877 Editorial Summary in Cheyenne Paper
May 23 highlights include Ottawa snow, diplomats and ministers changing posts, Victoria's birthday, Jomanson named U S attorney for Wyoming, Paris Exposition delay, Brooklyn Sunday schools anniversary, Russian Turkish tensions, Penn railroad salary cuts, and a noted murder in East Feliciana. Also mentions MacMahon France, Ottoman actions, and Burglaries and legal actions as the era unsettles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Prince Bismarck
Kissengen
Queen Victoria
George Baker
Russia
Joseph Lastar
Boston
New York
Telegraph
Cronstradt
Edward P. Jomanson
Rockford
Chester
Roach
Tilden
Hendricks
Sheik Rel Islam
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Schamy
Mountkasbek
MacMallon
France
Marshal MacMahan
Senate
Awotinen Duilder
Cedar Rapids
Pagosa Hot Springs
Colorado
Arkansas
James Laws
East Feliciana
Heas
Louisiana
Beauregard
E. W. Buck
Hudson County
N. J
Aloysius Molnar
Hoboken
Buck
Emperor Francis Joseph
Austria
New Jersey
Beauregard letters on Roumania plan and Turk war
The document recounts Gen. Beauregard turning down a Roumania offer to command an army against Russia. It includes his views favoring the Turks, mockery of Russia’s pretext, and a detailed hypothetical Confederate intervention with troops, rail sabotage, and naval actions. Also noted are maritime gossip, neutrality debates, and Utah and South politics snippets.
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Col. Duncan
Beauregard
Danube
Balkan Mountains
Forrest
Middle Russia
Black Sea
Asia
Odessa
Russia
Europe
Constantinople
G. T. Beauregard
Blanton Duncan
Louisville
Wheat Crop Prospects In Europe Improve Dramatically
European wheat outlook shifts from fear of failure to optimism as frost and blight impacts lessen. France and England show strong prospects, limiting near term price rises. political or weather shocks remain risks. Public anxiety over famine and war-related food shortages eases with steadier supply expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
France
England
High Government Officer Named in Mining Plot
In a cryptic charge a high government officer is linked to a mining scheme involving the Comstock mine and Sutro tunnel. Linderman of the Mint sought to interview J W Mackey before he left for Europe, raising questions about Mackey’s identity and the affair’s depth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comstock
Sutro
Mr. Linderman
The
Mint
J. W. Mackey
Europe
Mackey
Linderman
Honor Bright
Convention Fails to Unite Wyoming Sides in Bitter Fight
From Deadwood comes the tale of a fractious convention ending in confusion after Meyer allies triumphed by a narrow margin. Cheyenne settlers Kuykendall and Whitehead appear amid motions and grand resolutions favoring a separate Black Hills Territory, a move the writer predicts will not materialize and accuses them of seeking office.
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Deadwood
Meyer
Messrs
Kuykendall
Whitehead
Wyoming
Black Hills
Cheyenne
Impending Battle Near Erzeroom Between Turks and Russians
A Victorian era report notes ongoing skirmishes near Erzeroom and predicts a major pitched battle between Turkish and Russian forces. It discusses potential outcomes including Russian withdrawal toward Kars, or Turkish victory affecting the siege, with routes via Constantinople and defenses under fortresses like Kharput and Sivas. The piece emphasizes coastal and inland terrain, guerilla threats, and the fanatical and logistical challenges each side would face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erzeroom
Kars
Constantinople
Ezeropia
Kalafat
Adrianople
Armenia
Kharput
Arabkir
Sivas
Tokat
Yuzgat
Iskelbij
Caucassus
Denenerth Tichyr
Dagh Kars Dagh
Bayadiz
Laws Murder Report From Feniciana Paraguay
In Feniciana Louisiana on May 25 a telegram reports the murder of Laws in Jackson on May 19 at o'clock by a single killer. The coroner's inquiry found no band. the suspect was captured by the assassin in jail. Authorities cite a family feud tied to a divorce suit as the motive.
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Feniciana
L. Nichols
Laws
Jaws
Jackson
Iaws
Deadwood convention tale in the Black Hills
Our Black Hills Letter from Dearwood on May 19 1877 describes a massive Deadwood delegate convention with colorful judges from many camps. Mining insights emerge with new pay streaks on Sand Beaver and other arches while roads and routes to Cheyenne and Bismarck are discussed amid weather and stage delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dearwood
Deadwood
Wyoming
Dakota
Father Hayes
Washington
Tuhead
Troy
False Bottom
Spearfish
Crook City
Bear Buttes
Custer
Kunnel
Gin’ral
Gotham
Gin'ral
Kurnel
Cap'n
Jedge
Jedges
Black Tail
Gold Run
Whitewood
Town
Deadwood Creek
Gayville
Bear Creek
Fort Pierre
Sidney
Here
Bismarck
Pierre
Cheyenne
May & Ward
Jenney
Stockade
Mr. Ward
Government Farm
Fort Laramie
Raw Hide Buttes
Hat Creek
Little. Beaver
Beaver
Dr. Meyer
Capt Walker
Crow Peak
Capt. Walker
Brearly
Dr. Meyers
Claggett
Dr. Myers
Miller
Gallagher
Murphy
McTigue
Captain Walker
Clagger
Black Hills
Col. Murrin
Judge Stone and the Kemper county riot explained
Mississippi judge Stone and Governor Stone are set to clash over the Kemper county riot verdicts and dispersal, while Absynnia Egypt and Sharktown politics intrigue with envoys losing limbs as England mediates. The Chicago Presbyterian assembly quarrels over the Fourth Commandment amid gas stock and streetcar concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Assembly
Chicago
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H. Glafore
Brussels
Ohio
America
Jack Bunsby
Philadelphia Press
Havin
Mary
Evarts
John Bull
United States
Fairchild
Liverpool
London
Germany
Mexico
Emery
Utah
Sherman
Crook
Red Cloud Agency
Mississippi
Chisholm
South Carolina
University of South Carolina
Necraska
Raymond
Colonel Sellers
Union Pacific
McMahon
Emperor
O. McVea
J. Wepot
OUR
Judge Stone
Memphis Avalanche
Judge
Kemper
Stone
Harrow
Kemper County
Absynnia
Egypt
Gordon Pasha
Egytian Shiek
Zeila
John
Pasha
Gordon
Sharktown
King John
Pri Thu
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