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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1877
Page
10
Weekly Leader notes the death of Amelia, dowager Queen of Saxony, and reports other items from Washington and abroad including the army appropriation debate, a condolence letter from Montreal, and various political and military updates with regional notes from Cheyenne and Washington.
Governor Thayer’s address to the Legislative Assembly is hailed as the best yet for the Territory, urging reform on prison costs at Laramie, reducing county officer fees by salaried positions, and defining property assignment and redemption rights. It calls for stock and law reforms, stronger anti theft measures, and memorializing Congress on Black Hills and Wyoming border issues.
The journal lauds the Fifth Legislative Assembly as the best material in the territory. It calls the members talented urbane dignified affable generous and true to the people and predicts wise beneficent legislation without disappointment.
Special Velezgram to The Lender reports Judge G G Bennett's decision on the 1868 Sioux treaty and the existence of an Indian reservation including the Black Hills. The ruling holds a trespass defense cannot defeat another trespass claim and that no valid reservation existed by the treaty's second article until Congress approved last February, which expressly eliminated the Black Hills. The decision concerns the Hidden Treasure mine owned by the Black Hills Gold Mining Co. in this city.
Senator Saunders proposes a northern Dakota territorial government named Lincoln Territory and a separate Ifuron plan for the region. The map includes parts of Dakota Montana and Wyoming with 70 000 square miles and about 35000 people mainly miners. Support highlights claim current mining interests lack suitable US statutes.
A woman returns from visiting a married couple and scorns displays of affection, saying anything hateful is seeing married couples kiss. Her brother then jokes about not yet being “folks.” The same boy later explains that a car fire being discussed doesn’t always refer to him.
An 1875 act fixes per diem salaries for legislative officers paid by the United States through the Secretary of the Territory. The President of the Council and Speaker receive 3100 per day, Chief Clerks 800, three Assistant Clerks 0, Sergeant-at-arms 500, Doorkeeper 500, Messenger 500, Watchman 500, while the chaplain and pages are compensated by the local legislature.
An Esquimaux describes the burial site and the shanties built by Franklin and his men in the Arctic. A shipwrecked mate later spoke with the elder about the camp where the party perished and received a spoon the travelers used at the gravesite.
The Berlin to Iiel subterranean telegraph line has been completed. The German system comprises 9174 meters of cable, with each cable containing seven wires.
Senator Morton led Indiana during the Civil War assembling regiments and organizing ammunition plants despite internal and external opposition. He launched 10,000 volunteer troops after Sumter and kept six state regiments in camp for a year, with only 17,900 drafted out of 208,367. He created a separate financial bureau to fund state government and troops when Democrats blocked funds, and a home guard of 50,000 stayed ready. A Washington letter praises his courage and administration, noting Stanton commended his service under heavy risk.
The New York Tribune staff writer in Washington says no predictions on the rift between the President and the Republican party. He warns the breach must be repaired soon or become irreparable, suggesting solutions by concessions from either side or a compromise.
Coup field marshal Von Wrangel, who served sixty years before becoming a field marshal, died at age ninety three. He fought at Waterloo under Blucher and earned a coronet for a savage Denmark campaign, later receiving fresh decorations until the emperor declined him no more.
The Episcopalian burial in New York relaxed the usual rule for a suicide funeral for Mrs Leroy, who drowned herself in Central Park. The service was plain with no music flowers or pallbearers, reflecting possible derangement.
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