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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1889
Page
14
New York reports English capitalists intend forming a financiering company with 100 million dollars to back railway mortgages and guarantee credit for American rail projects. The venture would act like a life insurer for bonds, underwriting interest payments on indebtedness many times the capital.
In Dalvas Texas a district court divorce hearing ended with gunfire between opposing lawyers and court participants. A. H. Pope was killed, W. H. Pope and James Turner were wounded. Dick Weathersby and Keller fired revolvers in what both sides termed self defense or necessity amid fault accusations and high local prominence. Keller, an ex judge turned editor, and Turner are named local figures.
John Theodore Wild alias Greenwald, twice convicted for the Lyman Weeks murder at De Kalb Avenue Brooklyn, was hanged this morning. His neck broke and death occurred in ten minutes. He did not speak at the gallows, remained firm, and claimed innocence. He left an inscription for his tomb and a will giving effects to Mrs. Bingham, a private detective.
The body of Annie Borden a colored widow was found mutilated in an outhouse with brutal wounds. The killer slit her abdomen with a penknife an act likened to Jack the Ripper. A dissolute glass blower named John Knox has been arrested.
Brussels December 6. Turbulence rose as Deputy Manson accused the minister of the interior of acting like a fool. The minister called Manson a liar and a stormy scene followed. Efforts to restore order failed and the session ended abruptly.
President Harrison and party departed Washington for Chicago and Indianapolis. Mrs Harrison chose to stay behind due to the illness of her sister Mrs Scott Lord.
New York cable reports Hanibal Price, Haiti's minister to the United States, arrived aboard the Clyde and strongly denies rumors of an imminent rebellion against Elyppolitic's government. He says the people are contented and at peace.
At a meeting of the Dempsey Athletic Club in Fanco North Dakota a 40000 purse was announced for a high to finish boxing match between Sullivan and Jackson. The item then describes Miss Lilian Toban of New York as the remarkable girl of seventeen known for gum chewing and other feats.
A set of condensed telegrams reports strikes at Exen colleries notes Emin Pasha in critical condition with some surgeon hope Charlie Johnson alias Wade Holmes hanged in Gapspex Portand Oregon witnesses fatal injuries in a runaway case at Judge Smith home and Mrs Roach in Cincinnati a confession tied to $15000 embezzlement in Green Boston hosts Evangelical conference delegates Macon Missouri coal mines bought in Hannibal and St Joseph line New York bank exec Nathaniel Miles Jr indicted for letting a house for immoral purposes
Powderly Wright and Beaumont representing the Knights of Labor met the Farmers and Laborer's union committee in St. Louis. They agreed on a federation basis with a central council and a plan to consolidate across states, aiming at eventual full union between the two bodies. The National Farmers' Alliance adopted numerous resolutions supporting woman suffrage land policy free coinage of silver and debt relief while opposing alien land ownership and the national bank.
The Liverpool Mercury story shows a landlord who refuses a fair deal with a tenant farmer who saved £800. The landlord doubles the rent by £100 a year forcing the tenant from the ancestral home. the holding is let for £50 less, yet no reasonable settlement can be reached. Such cases fuel anger among tenant farmers.
A fashion feature notes a surge in rococo jewelry with odd quaint designs. Elaborate ear rings and elongated pendants gain favor, using garnets turquoise and pearls set in old German silver. Classical dress prompts plain gold fillets and Grecian knots with three bands clasped, ends hidden under hair.
The Wichita Times reports sorghum sugar production in Kansas costs S conte and pound. The notice notes farming costs and regional agricultural details affecting sorghum economics.
Hynes for the prosecution argues Beggs defends the triangle and questions Cronin while Foster for Beggs denounces Cronin’s murder as atrocious yet warns against punishing the innocent. The court adjourns with Foster’s remarks unfinished amid references to dynamite policy and clan alliances.
Washington reports the special committee investigating the sergeant at arms accounts met in secret. Leedom, with counsel Phil Thompson, was summoned. Thompson denied admission. The defalcation is put at 71,800 dollars amid examinations of books and treasury dealings. Page denies indebtedness to Silcott and Adama labels Silcott’s New York trip claim a possible lie.
The Daily States reports the death of Jefferson Davis reflecting on the Confederate leader's life and the nation's ongoing pain. The piece frames his passing in the context of constitutional liberty and the enduring memory of the Civil War era.
The passage hails Jefferson Davis as a heroic witness of truth whose memory is enshrined alongside great martyrs. It argues that the values he battled for are now embedded in the U.S. constitutional system, erasing sectional divisions as conscience and conviction honor his effort and its enduring idealism.
Wasuincox December 6 The War Department has not officially informed of Davis's death and takes no action. An oil painting of the deceased hangs in the chief clerk's room with other ex secretaries' portraits. The flag remains half mast but today waves in a good breeze atop the building. Secretary Proctor says no action is needed and prefers the matter be forgotten and left in the past.
Condolence messages arrive from Atlanta Enox Memphis Louisville and others. Governors declare mourning and half mast flags in many states while memorial meetings and funeral arrangements are planned for Jefferson Davis.
Washington dispatch notes Senator Reagan, former Confederate postmaster general, asserting that Mr Davis urged full acceptance of current affairs and did not seek pardon or removal of disabilities, since he felt no deed warranted pardon.
Postmaster General Wanamaker spoke of Davis as the last great landmark of the terrible war and wished for a day of peace. Ex Attorney General Garland, Justice Lamar, and Senator Walthall offered high tributes to his intellect and character while noting Mississippi and the South mourn his passing. The region laments Davis in his final days and holds him in affectionate esteem.
Loxpon December 6 reports varied newspaper reactions to Jefferson Davis. The St James Gazette questions his standing among great men, Lincoln is praised for personality and memory, while Davis seems lacking enthusiasm. The News cites calm leadership and peaceful old age as evidence of federal stability. The Times labels his policy a flawed strategic move, and The Standard notes Davis's reserve but predicts enduring historical prominence without Lincoln’s affection.
In response to Mayor Shakespeare’s proclamation a gathering in the city hall arranged the embalmed body to be moved tonight to the city for a guard of honor. Governor Nichols will issue a proclamation to suspend business Wednesday for the funeral, with Davis’s remains placed temporarily in a Confederate veterans association vault.
The board of appeals cleared its docket and adjourned at Cur Iaco. Many cases were decided and expulsions issued including the Los Angeles association versus Clarence Richards and Charles R. Ficket. Richards and Ficket and their horses were expelled for fraudulent entry at Spokane Falls in 1558.
Washington December 4 The first senate bill from Senator Sherman targets trusts. It is identical to his anti trust measure from last year and declares all trusts unlawful. The bill gives individuals the right to sue when value is raised by combinations and makes trust officers misdemeanants.
Viscount Preto, last prime minister of Brazil under the empire, exiled after the republic was proclaimed, has arrived at Teneriffe via St. Vincent. At St. Vincent he conferred with Dom Pedro the ex-emperor, who has given an account of the revolution matching earlier published details.
The president will depart Washington tomorrow for Chicago. He travels with Mrs Harrison First Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson Miss Clarkson Miss Wanamaker and Private Secretary Halford.
Governor Foraker issued full correspondence with R G Wood of Cincinnati concerning the ballot box contract forgery highlighted in the recent campaign. The material was prompted by a Cincinnati Enquirer article and published today in Columbus Ohio.
Five Apaches were to be hanged tomorrow. Last night three died by their own action in cells, tying cloth around their necks with double knots. A fifth inmate alerted others this morning. Two Apache prisoners remain to be hanged as planned.
W W Nevison admitted stealing $7000 from the United States Express company office five years ago. Suspicion had fallen on Chief Clerk Mike Mikesell, but no proof was found. Mikesell later sank into insanity from the worry.
The president sent to the senate several hundred recess nominations across state justice interior war and navy departments. Bills include Samoan relief immigration federal officer protection and national election law. Ingalls elected president pro tempore as the vice president would be absent. house adjourned till Monday.
Blaine returns to duties after lumbago attack in Washington. The Miner house in Tawas Michigan burned with the hotel. two lives found, five injured. St Joseph reports A Furst Distilling Co assigns. principal creditors are whisky houses in New York Chicago St Louis and Kansas City.
The condition of Emin Pascha is slightly improved after a fall from a window. He suffered severe internal injuries along with head injuries. News of the accident causes a sensation in Zanzibar as the emperor orders daily condition reports.
Notice is given that Peter Geldamith of Little Bear Wyo has filed for final proof on land claim Lot 13, Township 1N Range 7W. The proceeding will be before the Cheyenne Register and Receiver on December 1, 1989. Witnesses: Albert Bristo, Invac N Bard, John J Underwood, Fred L LaPash.
Notice states a settler has fled and will make final proof on December 20 1880 at the Pinalei Phills Wyoming for land description. It lists witnesses James Chiffen James Church Charles F. Rugg Henry Z. Yuder all of Pintipe Wyoming and is signed by E P Champlin Registrar.
In Cheyenne Wyoming on November 21 1880 final proofs will be made before the Register and Receiver for claims of George Garland James M Gailewaey and William J Garland all located in Laramie County. Witnesses William J Ruttledge Charles Gros William Eichhorn and Silliman A Pierce reside in Pine Bluffs Wyoming.
Desert Land final proof notice filed by Arthur enz dinier of Cheyenne Laramie County Wyoming for desert land claim No 31% in Section M Township 20 north to be examined by the Register and Receiver Cheyenne Wyoming on Saturday the day of November with witnesses Alexander J Perry Caleb M La range Demerit E Brown and Walter Bowe all of Cheyenne Wyoming for irrigation and reclamation purposes P Champlin Register
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