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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1889
Page
9
The speaker expresses an urgent plan to convert stock of dry goods into money prior to opening in Salt Lake City, stating a strong desire to liquidate inventory quickly.
The seller urges customers to call and price goods, promising substantial savings and a large remaining stock. Cloaks for ladies and children are offered at about half the price of rivals, with a broad range including silks, plushes, satins, velvets, dress goods, linens, towels, curtains, undergarments, hosiery, embroideries, laces, blankets and comfortables.
In Washington the House short of members debated a motion to form a committee of the whole to consider the District of Columbia appropriation bill. The chair’s ruling sparked exchanges as Breckenridge, Carlisle, Henderson, and others pressed for rules, with the vote sustaining the speaker and proceeding to the committee of the whole before adjourning after considering only the first paragraph. The Senate later discussed bills on a world exposition, sinking fund suspension, and a migration plan advocating African emigration.
In Denver on January 7 the attorney general filed suits against former state treasurers Nathan Culver William Sanders Fred Walsh and Peter Breen and their bondsmen seeking accounting and recovery of interest on state funds loaned to banks. The case questions state ownership versus custodian duties and alleges substantial sums may have been earned as interest during two-year terms.
Stanley accepts invitation to a banquet in his honor hosted by the Americans in London. American minister Robert Lincoln will preside and presented items include an American flag and a large silver shield engraved with African scenes.
A Denver special to the Republic reports the body of Mrs. C J Lobin found in a rickety tenement. Police allege murder by her husband, who is said to be the sister of ex congressman Stone. Stone confirms the sister’s name Josephine Lobin and notes two prior marriages. The case shifts attention to social circles and family ties in St Louis society.
In Jacksonville Illinois Miss Keener and her former coachman Martin Poster were central to a violent incident. Poster returned with a pistol and opened fire wounding Bancroft and Miss Keener who was shot through the lungs and hips in a cri tical condition. Poster was wounded and jailed and the assailant was subdued by a crowd. The Keener family is prominent in local commerce and river navigation.
In Helena on January 7 the Democratic senators elected W A Clarke and Martin Maginnis to the Montana Senate on the first ballot with 37 votes each. Clarke is a former constitutional convention president, banker, and Butte mine owner. Maginnis has long served Montana in Congress. Governor Toole may sign the certificates while Secretary Rotwitt would withhold state seals and authentication.
Heavy ice coated wires across telegraph, telephone and electric lines in St. Louis. Sparks and blue flames from sagging cables caused panic as pedestrians dodged. two street car horses were killed by a fallen live wire but all fifteen passengers escaped harm. Police monitor hazards while utility crews repair damage.
The ways and means committee heard tobacco interest representatives seeking a 35 cent per pound uniform import duty and repeal of internal revenue taxes while some favored protecting wrappers. Denver hosted the board of trade banquet at the Windsor with toasts to Gov Cooper and regional leaders. Kansas City reports a blizzard has eased but water supply issues grow from the Big Muddy, and federal appointments include several postmasters and land office registers.
New York report states Mrs. Hannah B. Southworth died in the Tombs prison cell. Dr. Chetwood issues a death certificate citing pancytopenia heart failure and general debility as causes. Pettus murder case details remain tied to the November 2 incident.
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