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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1889
Page
13
In Beatin on Aug 10 the English led shift follows England's alliance moves and a Greek note to Turkey over Crete. Four powers returned a swift, united response dampening conflict and signaling Spain’s possible entry. Italy aims to improve Madrid talks with Signor Caldina as envoy.
Washington interview with Hammond clarifies Brown Sequard elixir rumors. He says the remedy was described as a tonic for the elderly and denies any claim it would prolong life indefinitely or restore youth. He and Brown Sequard never called it elixir of life.
A LaMoure North Dakota dispatch says a gigantic stealing industry operates along the Missouri river basins. Decrepit horses are moved by uninhabited coteaus then sent to gangs near Pierre South Dakota and Great Falls Montana for sale, with possible reach to British possessions.
Adjutant General Kelton cites a telegram from General Miles reporting Captain Luhn of the Fourth Infantry and his detachment went to Callipel Washington territory to investigate. He states there were no haystacks burned and no Indian threats. Some land burned, but no evidence of Indian arson. Captain Luhn ordered back to Fort Spokane.
J. Orton, a New York custom house clerk, was arrested for mailing scurrilous letters to prominent figures including Harrison, Cleveland, Windom, Archbishop Corrigan. The letters were written on envelopes with a circular denouncing William Vogel, a fine ware manufacturer. Orton claims Vogel grievously wronged him but refuses to detail the wrongs.
Creciwnatt Aug 10 Dr Harper of the city infirmary tested Brown's squard to elixir on five inmates all over 16 except one about ten who was rheumatic cripple Only one showed any effect the patient felt like he had taken an alcoholic stimulant The doctor concludes results elsewhere stem from mental excitement and not the elixir’s merit
McGrath and Mantila, believed to be connected to Officer Fryer’s killing, turned themselves in at Dearing Street Police Station in Chicago. They deny any knowledge of the crime and face likely harsh questioning or “sweat box” interrogation.
Hungarian rioters raided the Meyer coke plant in Lisvinis. Squire Duncan and Officers Franks and Shunn tried to arrest fifteen rioters but were beaten. Duncan left for dead. Shawn and Franks escaped. Sheriff plans a posse to pursue the rioters this afternoon.
Major Powell of the senate irrigation committee advises adopting tank systems for irrigation in Dakota. He urges ponds on every farm where practicable to catch storm water and improve irrigation efficiency.
A speaker argues storing water for irrigation sustains crops and boosts land value from 300 to 400 percent. He claims a 20 acre tank ten feet deep can irrigate 300 acres, eliminating need for other fertilizers and allowing continuous cropping without rotation, asserting water acts as a fertilizer and soils are never exhausted where irrigation is used.
In Valparaiso Minister Egan met the Chilean president with standard courtesies. In Hammond a Hammond & Co packing plant burned, losses about 300000. New York reports bank reserves down 1423050, excess over required cushion stands at 6793125. In Lexington B Perry sold the bay stallion Wheeling Wilkes for 15000 to H C Wann of Detroit. San Francisco notes the steamer Australia reports U S ships Nipsic and Alert sighted near Honolulu after leaving Samoa.
Weather was oppressive and the track damp and heavy. Emotion won the one mile race with Endurer second and Niagara third. Onaway captured the three-quarter mile with Cayuga second and Banquet third. Caliope won the mile and a quarter with errus second and Newcastle third. Tenny led the mile and a half with Jack second and Tomboy third. Ralph Bayard won the three-quarters with Maxim Colt second and Frailty third. Vendetta won the mile and sixteenth with Housatonic second and Brynwood third. Britannic won the five-eighths with Volunteer second and Fred B. Gladstone third.
At Saratoga on August 10 Volunteer won the three quarters mile with Minnie Palmer second and Teuton third in 1 20. Duke of Highlands took the same distance with Brown Prince second and Sunlight third in 1 25. Kingston led the mile and one furlong, Lavinia second, time 2 01. Hanover ran a mile and five furlongs, Montrose second, time 15. Five furlongs saw Judge Morrow first, Fellowship second, Garoga third in 1 30 6 15. Ocypete won the five furlongs with Protemus second and Lord Like third in 1 06 4. Dalesman captured the one mile, McCauley second, Vigilante third in 1 48 %.
President Harrison made appointments including Samuel F. Phillips of North Carolina as commissioner on U S claims under the Venezuelan treaty, Charles G. Pope of Missouri as consul at Toronto, and Richard G. Lay of the District of Columbia as consul general at Ottawa. The dispatch arrived with Secretary Tracy aboard, then the secretary and family visited the president. An afternoon event on the Sappho was planned with Secretary Blaine.
Adele M. Fielde explains in Popular Science Monthly July that Chinese farm labor pays by the year eight to fourteen dollars with meals and clothing, daily pay ranges eight to twenty cents with meals, rice planting and harvest yield ten to twenty cents a day with meals, land is often leased from ancient proprietors to clansmen, food costs about one dollar monthly per person, and a laborer who eats his own meals spends about two dollars monthly on raw materials.
The latest fashion features hairs from African elephants used as adornments with gold embellishments. Elephants, valued for tails and tusks, draw demand in Matabele Land and and global markets with London and Paris cited for the trend.
The Frovch artillery shows a mix of dark and light horses in alternating colors.
Reports from Purvis Mississippi say Sullivan Referee Fitzpatrick Bud Renaud Captain Tom Jemison Charles Rich and other officials attend a circuit court term for prize fighting charges. Indictments in New York prompt downtown discussions of surrender or high profile legal defense. Rumors name Col Ingersoll Dougherty and Cochran as potential counsel to defend the New Yorkers.
A London era note reports Dr H C Brainard overseeing experiments on sheep for the Brown Sequard elixir. A panel of 32 jurors including physicians ministers and professionals will record written findings on the elixir’s effects with a final candid report promised.
President Harrison, the Blaines, Secretary Tracy and other notable figures stay with Senator Hale in Eotsworth Me Aug 12. A country ride is the day’s main event with a Bar Harbor luncheon tomorrow and trips to Bath and Manchester before visiting Concord and a governor’s reception on the return to Washington.
Baltimore on August 12 reports preparations for the September 9 battle of North Point anniversary. The three day event will feature military trade and allegorical processions, a sham naval battle with eight war vessels detailed by the secretary of the navy. United States troops will be on hand and President Harrison and his cabinet are expected to attend.
First Comptroller Mathews rules the 600000 appropriation for agricultural experiment stations applies only to the 40 stations named in the estimates. Each station in twenty nine states and Dakota gets 18000 dollars. No funds may establish stations in other territories except Dakota.
A 45 second earthquake shock was felt in the Adirondacks at Ligo this morning. Dishes rattled and buildings shook in at least a dozen places with motion from east to west. A sharp distinct noise accompanied the tremor, notably strong at Warrenburg.
London August 1A petition to wind up the Newfoundland Copper Company has been presented by the Mathesons, creditors amounting to £240,000. The court has postponed a decision.
The suffrage committee reported back without recommendation on proposing woman suffrage as a separate proposition in August.
Warren aimed to suspend rules and adopt the resolution as a separate pro position but the motion failed on a tie. The substitute to place the capitol location for the 1592 admission was amended by Luce and read that a temporary capitol remains at Helena until the election to occur, and was carried. Helena thus remains capitol until the election in 1Sqa.
Telegraphic roundup from August reports across cities: Mrs Maybrick scheduled for execution on August 26 in Liverpool. a fire destroys an entire village at Hachsenberg Waldeck. Dr W H Bradley held on embezzlement charges in Philadelphia. Senator Evarts suffers eye ailment in Windsor and contemplates European specialist care. Lincoln signs petition for Maybrick reprieve in London. Constantinople dispatch warns Crete crisis could provoke a European response. in Frankfort Michigan a steamer returns with C T Wright linked to a nighttime officer death. Greensburg pa notes Hun activity at Hecla with a clash at Mammoth. in Berneux distinguished visitors greet Emperor with cordial meeting.
Paris on August 12 reports the senate court becoming a legislative body to decide on the courts power to try General Boulanger. Medevelle advised secrecy pledges to be requested from all members, with expectations the right will refuse.
The assistant general freight agent of the Northern Pacific reports after returning from Spokane Falls that total property loss from the recent fire will not exceed 5 million dollars, down from 14 million. Northern Pacific losses are put under 100 thousand.
A fire at the Arlington hotel in Blue Springs destroyed the building this morning. Loss about 31000 dollars with 16000 dollars covered by insurance. Guests escaped with no injuries but missing clothing. Senator Blackburn and ex Chief Justice Harges with their families were guests among others.
G P Brown of Brown Steele and Clark and treasurer of the Riverside and Oswego corp was seen in Albany at 6 am Wednesday carrying a large handbag. He has not been seen since, his mysterious disappearance prompting search efforts.
The narrator recalls dangerous duties as a battlefield artist. He describes being shot at while observing engagements, a sketch-book shot from his hand, and a cold dawn finding a fallen soldier nearby whose wound could have killed the artist. The account emphasizes risk taken to observe and draw.
The article recounts the early barbed wire patents, noting Kelly as an early patentee and Joseph F. P. Gidden as the inventor behind the market known as Gidden wire. It recalls a DeKalb farmer's practical twist and the dramatic royalties that followed, including a $60,000 bonus and annual shares exceeding $174,000.
A disastrous blaze yesterday afternoon east of Bridge Street and north of the railroad gutted the round house, American hotel, Irwin's, two churches, two school houses, Ellen's lumber yard, Good Templars hall and thirty dwellings, leaving many families homeless with losses around $7,000.
The state council annuls Boulanger elected councils general in twelve cantons over ineligibility. He writes a letter claiming he sent embezzled money to aid soldiers widows and orphans. Five lodgers in Madame Pourres’s house testify the general was in Paris July 15 1887 in disguise.
A New York court injunction restrains the sugar trust from declaring or paying further dividends. Receiver Gray seeks the order for the North River refinery while Treasurer Searles disputes any injunction. Sugar stock dipped to 101 and then rose to 108 1/2 as trading continued.
Mrs. Jas C Huff of Fairchance Pa has sworn a warrant for her husband who eloped with her 16 year old stepdaughter Lillie A Haywood formerly of Monongahela City. The pair fled to unknown parts as Mrs Huff warns of a $400 Bedford County reward.
At Schloss Bertin Aug 13 a banquet honored Emperor William of Germany and Emperor Francis Joseph. In a toast the Austrian alliance was praised and the pledge to keep peace through joint action was affirmed. The Austrian emperor thanked the host for the brilliant reception.
The body of an unidentified man was found in the Arkansas River six miles east of Pueblo on N. Later's ranch. Decomposed remains, one leg torn off and an arm torn from the socket, suggest drowning in Friday's flood. An inquest was held and the body buried where found due to lack of identifying details.
Detective Reilly of Inspector Byrne's staff went to Chili a year ago to return Clerk Bushnell who embezzled $30,000 in stock from Butler Stillman Hubbard. Bushnell escaped in Peru during transit. Reilly arrived aboard the Colon and did not disclose details, saying he must report to his chief first.
Two bodies recovered today are identified as Evan Plughes and Bertha Sthar. Officials report an average of two bodies found daily over the past week and fear many remain in cellars across the town. Florence Massey of San Francisco is reported as transferred to a Pennsylvania railroad facility.
The grain short age case takes a new turn as Sherman Brothers & Co. manager F. Sherman and associate B. C. Loveridge were arrested on grand larceny charges. They remained in jail overnight.
Sheriff P J Sinclair and brother D A Sinclair attempted to arrest farmer Amel Goch and worker Charles Brailey in Borone township for theft. A fight ensued and both Sinclairs were killed, Brailey died, Goch escaped.
In Artanra Baldwin County on August 13 a church dispute over regeneration led to violence. Henry Sample attacked Sim Reeves in Walker's Chapel. Reeves shot Sample fatally after returning with a shotgun. Sheriff placed Reeves in jail as mob threats continued.
Philadelphia defeats Chicago 6 to 3 while Washington wins in Indianapolis. New York beats Cleveland 13 to 4 in Cheverano. Pittsburg shuts out Boston 9 to 0. Cincinnati falls to Athletic 16 to 4. Baltimore defeats Louisville 6 to 1. Kansas City edges Brooklyn 3 to 2. St. Louis dominates Columbus 12 to 3.
Cattle receipts reach 10,000 with stronger demand for good cattle. Beef prices range from 4.43 to 4.65 per head, steers 3.50 to 24.50, stockers and feeders 2.00 to 3.20, Texas cattle 1.75 to 3.20, natives 3.30 to 3.90. Sheep receipts 8,000 with market steady. natives 3.50 to 4.75, western 3.60 to 4.20, Texas 3.50 to 4.15.
Aug 13. Governor Foraker refuses to issue a warrant for the extradition of Richard Carroll general superintendent of the Queen and Crescent railway sought by Governor Lowry of Mississippi as an aider in the Sullivan Kilrain prize fight.
Queen Natalie and Sen Vienna report that ex-King Milan refuses access to his son King Alexander. Natalie intends to depart August 22 for Belgrade to see the boy, a move that causes excitement in Belgrade.
In Dawson Kentucky a boiler at the Thomas Anderson & Co stave factory exploded. Laton Menser Dennis Purdy and James Jackson died. Four workers were seriously injured. Authorities investigated the accident in Lewisville near Dawson.
Special to the Sun reports the Union Pacific station at Hilliard Evanston Wyoming was burned to the ground this afternoon. A spark from No. 4's engine ignited the building.
Hartford Times chronicled Terryville’s laughter over Mike Carroll a village character who posed for a traveling portrait gallery. After a humorous attempt to stay still and a chair collapse the scene toppled, yet demand for the photograph rose to 76 cents each.
A coughed engineer on a George railroad observes a woman waving a handkerchief on the track and stops the train. She boards and asks to be carried across the river saying the crossing path makes her dizzy, he complies without swearing.
An Auguste Maine inheritance clause requests burial at least headfold beside the writer’s father and mother with a headstone. The phrasing reflects era syntax and may indicate estate distribution specifics tied to family plots.
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