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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1876
Page
2
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The article calls on authorities to guard Yellowstone National Park amid rising damage from tourists and mineral dealers. It notes pieces from hot springs and geysers are being taken, with a wagon load of specimens reportedly sold to private and public collections. It urges Interior Department action and restricted collection by permit only for scientific purposes.
A large audience at the Cooper Union heard Evarts urged by bankers merchants and business leaders of both parties to back Hayes and Wheeler. John Jay opened the meeting praising national credit and warning of a vanished solid south and wartime losses.
A speech compares Tilden with Buchanan and attacks the Democratic party for prolonging the Civil War, arguing against a fixed date for specie payments. The speaker recalls 1860 uprisings, defends white governance, and foresees Democratic control over Congress if Tilden is elected, ending with strong applause.
The letter from Tilden denounces rebel claims as disowned by public law and condemned by Supreme Court judgments. It argues every soldier marching on Southern soil is a trespasser liable for damages, and mocks enforcement by Uncle Sam. The piece critiques Tilden as a genius of roguery and links him to demanding rebel damages at Washington.
The Holly Springs Mississippi South of October 12th reports an effective ten-day pre election plan. It suggests adding that a few carpetbaggers and colored voters killed in each precinct would amplify the campaign’s impact.
A plan proposes assembling a hundred mounted men to canvass the council area for ten days before the election. They will visit every precinct with music and artillery and hold at least one meeting daily to arouse enthusiasm while ensuring orderly conduct.
Northern Democratic papers blame troubled Southern politics on young men while older citizens seem out of control. Southern papers urge youths to imitate their fathers in treason and to continue murder and intimidation at Republican meetings, and they follow.
The letter argues that such claims are disowned by international law and U.S. Supreme Court decisions, surviving only through Congress legislation. It predicts rebel claims would gain status via specific congressional action, noting they would not be vetoed and tying them to the price of a solid South and Tilden's election.
Indiana figure D. W. Voorhees spoke at Green Castle deploring rebellion and urging unity. A prior 1862 remark criticized Union soldiers with a mock collar bearing the words My dog A Lincoln, illustrating harsh wartime rhetoric.
The piece accuses Southern Democrats of spreading a rumor that after the election Grant will order a draft of black men to fight Indians. It argues that only black Republicans would be accepted and claims the tactic aims to frighten Black men into voting Democratic or joining clubs. It calls the move a thin scare and asserts Black voters will not be fooled.
A derailed letter from Mr. Tilden shocks the grateful camp and unsettles Southern supporters. The piece questions his honesty and promises, suggesting the letter is a political gambit to win Northern votes and tempt Southern leaders to back him.
A Baltimore firm markets a Confederate history arguing reform is needed in Northern views of Andersonville. The volume claims the site was chosen for logistics and hygiene, but claims prisoners suffered from a malignant pestilence. Captain Wirz was executed amid contested testimony and alleged conspirators are deemed innocent.
A man was hanged at Tanny-Fort near Bombay for a horrid murder. As he stood under the drop he whispered in Gujerati to the executioner that in one minute he would know a great deal.
A curious figure in San Francisco known as Jack the Grabber moors a small boat near ships unloading cargo along the wharves between Long Bridge and the Pacific Mail dock. His craft carries hooks and grapples designed to recover items from the bay bottom and he involuntarily captures coal lumps dropped from ships as they move to the wharf.
Jack searches muddy waters with detective precision to locate a book believed sunk or lost. He treats the dive like inspecting a crime scene, scanning the bottom for clues and evidence of the missing item.
Nasby delivers a last appeal to Democrats in the Toledo Blade urging rallying against soft and hard money, corruption, and “nigger” supremacy. He laments lost offices, mocks Grant’s era, and calls for one more push for victory and post offices, ending with a note on reform.
Emperor William's remark on honor and interest signals Germany may stay out of the disintegration of Turkey. A speculative theory suggests Britain could declare neutrality, citing a proposed union of royal houses to restrain British and Russian powers, though the new empire may never form.
Henry Smith traveled from California toward Arizona when he became lost without water for four days. In desperation he drank his own urine and that of his two burros, cut his arm and later his throat with a razor. He carried four Mexican dollars and five placer gold dust, two burros, saddle and blankets, and a pocket-book with $20 was later missing. He claimed a sister in St Louis named Miss Sarah Smith and named a male companion only as John.
The Chicago and North Western Railway offers the oldest and shortest Omaha to Chicago route with steel rails and upgraded road bed. Chicago Depot is central and trains meet Eastern connections thirty minutes early. Tickets via Marshall Cedar Rapids Clinton for Northern towns, via Fulton for Northern Illinois or Wisconsin. Passengers can get maps and timetables from ticket offices or agents J W Mountain Omaha or W Stennera Chicago.
Mr Cassem Hirche of San Luis Obispo reports from Arizona and New Mexico about Henry Smith who died on the Colorado Desert about sixty days ago. Hirche reached the site with other men two hours before Smith’s death and found him sane until the end, recounting his story in fragments.
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