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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1882
Page
1
In Brownsville the governor appeals for aid as cholera devastates the city with 500 reported cases. Jealousies between two Mexican generals threaten a bloody regional conflict. Across the world, the Nile region is in turmoil while a French railroad disaster leaves hundreds dead.
Dispatches describe transport buildup from Suez and Port Said to nine engines for Egyptian operations. Wolseley cited as confident, Arabi Pasha’s position at Tel el Kebir deemed unlikely. Salihiyer reconnaissance shows abandonment of the target. Bedouin sightings, executions at Alexandria, and police unrest in Dublin accompany broader war reports.
The Galveston dispatch reports the governor urges county and city officials to respond to a telegraphic appeal from Thomas Carson mayor of Townsville. It claims five hundred fever cases with rapid increases and asks for funds to aid the sick and destitute. Donations may be sent to Ball, Itchins and Co. in Galveston and drawn by wire by Carson.
In Chicago on September 8 Lars Eckland and Oscar Anderson, brothers-in-law, rode toward South Evanston to stay with another brother-in-law Rand. After a quarrel they split at Rogers Park. Anderson later confessed to killing Eckland, then disappeared with Rand reporting the incident. Anderson's body was found later hanged at the lake shore. Eckland was found dead with three bullet wounds at Rogers Park.
John W. Rhoades, treasurer of the New York News Company, says newspaper demand has hardly risen due to the Egyptian war, remaining steady with only a 1-2 percent increase. He notes English papers have fallen about 50 percent as American readers rely on Atlantic cables for European news.
George Green, a foreman from near Mexico Missouri, divorced from his wife, was permitted by court to visit his children aged four and nine twice a month. Yesterday during a visit he shot the two children dead with a revolver and then killed himself, leaving neighbors to pursue him as he took his own life.
New York dispatch notes split criticism of Wolseley. Continental writers fault him for underusing artillery and neglecting to seize four captured guns at Kaisson. Home critics blame him for not bringing those guns away as cavalry pursuit allowed 12 Egyptian guns to escape sabre.
Cairo and Port Said report Arab forces under Arabi Pasha threaten the canal as British units tighten defenses. Tel-El-Kebir and Kassasin actions unfold with Bedouin raids and peasant markets, while Turkish 30,000 horsemen head toward Egypt. British plans increase Wolseley’s force to 22 000 on the main line amid unrest in Alexandria and Ramleh.
In Mt Vernon Indiana a mob threatens to close saloons on Sunday and at eleven. A mob burned the residence of John Paul the city marshal and beat the deputy marshal. Telegraph lines and telephones were guarded to cut off contact with nearby towns.
New York dispatch reports Gen. Merritt assumed command at West Point yesterday while Gen. Howard was assigned to the Platte Department with headquarters at Omaha.
Washington dispatch reports about one-fifth of Brownsville residents ill with yellow fever. Dr. Hamilton, supervising surgeon general marine hospital service, has enacted nearly perfect precautions to halt spread and officials see little risk of further outbreak beyond current limits.
Col Swinley of the English royal artillery purchased five hundred mules in St Louis for service in Egypt. The animals, aged 5 to 9 years and 14 to 15 hands high, were deemed the finest by Col Swinley and veterinary surgeon Dr Cox. They will be sent by rail to New York and sail to Alexandria by steamer.
Sergeant Mason may seek a writ of habeas corpus in the U.S. district court for the northern district of New York if he is not released. Judge Advocate General Swaim’s opinion to the Secretary of War contends the court martial lacked jurisdiction and finds no evidence of the alleged offense.
A party of English guests led by John Prender, M. P. and Jed J. W. Fuller, secretary of a direct cable company, plus Hon Abrams Hewitt BF F. Bayard and Lieut. Commander Gorringe, travels via Chicago to Yellowstone Park at Mr Hewitt's invitation.
Report details 900 counterfeit railroad tickets printed for Ross and sold by Hannibal and Kansas City scalpers with losses estimated near 200 000 dollars. The dispatch also covers war updates from Kassassin to Tel el Kebir with Arabi Pasha retreating and British casualties and troop movements amid Egypt’s campaign.
Readers note an advertisement for the Markham Hotel in Denver praising its new and first class setup. The executive issues a decree forbidding importation into Egypt.
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