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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1889
Page
4
The Dairy Sun receives a note from J D Corey of Seattle requesting a three month subscription, claiming the county needs more sunshine and less moisture and expecting better weather by March. The issue also notes Nosk’s push for Pacific railroad debt extension and a factory report on skilled weaving from new generations of workers.
Tux Sun reports on special telegraphic access from the east to cover the procession. A French cartridge shell, lighter and cheaper, is described as fully consumed in firing with easy removal avoided. Dan Pine of Paris links hypnotic responses to the phrenograph, challenging animal magnetism. President Harrison's stance on Windom's silver plan is described as the West giving it a cold shoulder.
The Sun is urged to consider the Wyoming senate race with two Republican hopefuls and a wide field of contenders. Local claims include M. C. Brown and S. W. Downey in Albany county, Homer Merrell in Carbon, C. D. Clark in Uinta, plus other districts naming J. C. Baird A. H. Rees C. A. Campbell and more.
Washington correspondent George A. Townsend portrays President Harrison as independent and practical. He notes Harrison mingles with the public, visits stations, hugs his grandchild, and acts like an ordinary citizen. Townsend says the president has yet to prove his full suitability, stressing restraint from self display and patronage disputes with Congress.
Sreeaken Reno supported fair play against rivals while McKinley was named chairman of the ways and means committee, with Cannon chairing another key panel.
The excerpt surveys political and social notes including Victoria's health, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Albert Victor. It notes county tax practices, Leland Stanford’s streetcar conductors, and the value of education versus athletic careers. Mississippi governor election results show Stone winning with a large margin. Phylicity Speaker Reed is described as a large, witty French scholar slated to become speaker, with a shift in debate energy expected.
A federal appellate ruling from November 26 1889 holds that the general land office cannot cancel a final homestead receipt on its own motion for fraud or mistake. The government must pursue court action to resolve such rights, as the Land Office has no court powers or compulsory process for witnesses.
A Washington telegram dated November 26 reports that leading Republicans in Congress expect at least one new state to be admitted this session. Idaho is to be admitted, with Wyoming also probable. Senator Platt favors Idaho’s early admission and will report a bill promptly once assigned to his committee.
Delegate Fred Dubois reports strong momentum for Idaho’s admission as a state. He notes no obstruction to statehood and expects prompt action once the bill is introduced, having spent Congress and now arrival building support.
Absent former cashier Silcott and his companion Herminie Thiébault have been traced to Quebec. She posed as Silcott’s wife to his family while controlling a $2,500 pool room windfall, deposited then withdrawn, as authorities unfold their elaborate ruse and affair. Mrs. Silcott, devastated by the affair, is kept under watch to prevent self harm.
The article argues Cheyenne should expand industrial training for boys as the city becomes an industrial hub with Union Pacific shops nearby. It cites wage contrasts in a large seaboard city, where clerks earn low salaries while skilled tradesmen and cooks receive higher pay, illustrating a market glut of educated labor and a shortage of skilled tradespeople due to apprenticeship barriers.
The piece argues against the prejudice that manual labor is un gentlemanly. It notes educated men farming and mining in Texas and Dakota, ex presidents’ sons in forge work, and urges that true worth comes from character, not occupation, with all men deserving respect regardless of outer coat.
A notice from the general land office states the Buffalo land district boundary has been extended to include the previously excluded ten to twelve townships. The adjustment resolves practical difficulties for Johnson County residents seeking to prove up on the land.
In Curiaco December 10 a divorce was granted to Mrs. Wilson Waddingham from her husband, a west known cattle king. The couple had a palatial Havana residence begun ten years ago cost 365000. They had separated six years earlier with a yearly 25000 alimony and 10000 for a child. the wife sued in a Chicago court last summer. The decree maintains an alimony equivalent to prior support.
An adjourned meeting of the governors of the original thirteen states met in Washington to authorize a memorial in Philadelphia commemorating the nation’s first century of independence and constitutional government. A bill was adopted to present the project to Congress.
Mrs Helen R Saltus files for an absolute divorce from novelist Edgar Saltus on grounds of adultery. Two co respondents named in the suit. Case filed in New York on December 10.
In Boston Hart wins the mayoralty as a republican and citizens candidate by a large margin. In Lynn the democratic incumbent mayor is re elected.
Cattle receipts total 11,000 as buyers pass on weak quality. Beeves bring around 500 dollars, steers trend from 2.60 to 4.55, stockers and feeders hover near 1.90 to 3.00. Texas cattle sell between 1.50 and 2.50 per hundredweight.
A freight and work train on the Vandalia railroad collided this morning in CaAnForpsy IILe Ind. Fireman Brecker was instantly killed and Engineer Tritt along with two others were badly hurt. The crash halted traffic as crews worked to clear wreckage.
The Latest Out announces a daily through car service linking San Francisco Portland Spokane Falls Butte Helena to Chicago via Cornell Bluffs. The Limited Fast Mail carries first class passengers, Pullman vestibuled sleepers and dining cars from San Francisco and Portland to Chicago with no extra charge. Information available from ticket agents or E L Lomax Omaha. Pacific Short Line surveyors near Bartlett's ranch report a line from Fairbank to Wendover along the south riverbank.
A Topeka reporters special describes a large sugar fraud connected to the American Sugar company of Kansas. Farmers in Mead Centre and Ashland voted bonds to fund a sorghum sugar mill, totaling over 150000 dollars in alleged losses. Suspicion rests on Mead Centre mill staff who mixed sugar with sorghum syrup. Bonds from other townships have been traded.
Dec 10 Wasuincrox Mrs Scott Lord sister of Mrs Harrison died this morning at 8 30. No one outside the family in the house where she was stopping was present at death. The case was deemed hopeless though death came sooner than expected. Mrs Harrison and Mr Scott remain with the remains at the house.
The First National bank of Abilene Kansas has suspended business after prior bank failures weakened confidence. Deposit withdrawals by eastern customers grew. drafts were heavy and cash short for daily transactions. Liabilities are about 116000 with resources around 300000.
T F Oakes president of the Northern Pacific railroad with General Solicitor McNaught and General Manager Hannaford visited Washrorton to outline a proposal for Congress to irrigate arid western lands. The plan would authorize lands in western states and involve loaned aid to irrigation companies formed by the states. The argument favors state action over a federal program, claiming quicker results.
A glycerine explosion at the Butler torpedo company's magazine two miles south of Butler destroys much of the factory and blows James O Woods and William Medill to fragments. Hundreds search the nearby woods for remains as the damaged building is inspected for cause and recovery.
Ventirmations Washington December 10 the senate today confirmed Robert P Porter of New York as superintendent of census Lewis A Groff of Nebraska as commissioner of the land office William A Stone as assistant commissioner of the general land office James M Townsend as recorder of the general land office in a series of confirmations with no further details provided
The grand prize of 500 dollars from the American Agriculturalist goes to Charles B. Coy of Aroostook County Maine for 728 bushels. Alfred Rose of Penn Yan New York takes second with 669 bushels. Similar prizes will be offered next year.
Thomas L. Savin, a bookkeeper for J. E. Dall & Co dry goods commission merchants, left Barrimons December 6 and has not been heard from since. Dall claims Savin forged checks and obtained money belonging to the firm.
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