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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1889
Page
15
A three train crash on the Pennsylvania railroad at Latrobe results in seven deaths, including engineer Caldwell and his fireman, with several bodies recovered from a creek and many cars wrecked. A tramp dies expected, and the company faces heavy losses.
At Columbus Ohio on June 26 the first ballot listed votes for several candidates led by Foraker at 207 and Kennedy 137. A second ballot showed only a net gain of about thirty for Foraker, but delegates shifted to him and his nomination was made unanimous. Foraker accepted and said the nomination meant he would run for governor, with Dickman, Lamp son, Brown, Hester, Watson, Hancock, and Hahn also named for various state offices.
A Chicago dispatch reports Cooney one of Cronin murder suspects is in a Missouri county working on a farm. A detective says the fox was in Kansas City eight days ago and left for the country this afternoon. Authorities claim a clue ties Matt to Winnipeg and Rhyneton Dans of Hancock Michigan is connected. A rumored bulk of Detective Coughlin letters may be in police hands. A May 14 money order for $10 from Cooney to Burke is noted.
The department of justice reports a warrant for the arrest of Martin Burke alias W J Cooper for the murder of Dr Cronin. Burke will be extradited after commitment. Burke was arraigned in Winslowes on June 26 with US and Canadian officers testifying. remanded until Tuesday.
In Chanceston DC June 16 Dr Mc Dew testified amid a guarded appearance and evasive replies. He claimed Captain Dawson threatened him over a French maid and Dawson struck him with a cane before Mc Dow shot Dawson. Cross examination follows as the story strains to fit events.
During the silver wedding of Mr and Mrs I Henschel in Oman last evening Rabbi Wise spoke at length on marriage. After twenty five minutes a heckler yelled for silence and a violent fight erupted with chairs bottles and other banquet items flying. Mrs Henschel was struck on the head by a pickle caster in the melee.
Sabbart was knocked down with a water jug and Mr Sabbart broke his arm attempting to punish the man who struck her. After half an hour of continuous fighting the wedding guests grew tired and left.
Edward Glynn and his wife, residents of Pittston, were arrested on murder charges tied to a spate of insured deaths. Two wives and a relative died after life insurance payouts. arsenic traces were found in Miss Craigham’s stomach, with prior fires and insurance collections raising suspicions of a deliberate scheme.
Telegraphic summaries report a meeting of rubber manufacturers to form a trust. other items note new Russian rifle calibres to be produced in France, Cameron in Lancaster Pa, a jail lynching in Kentucky, Dublin figures before the Parnell commission, condolences for Mrs. Hayes, Delagoa Bay railroad concession cancellation, and Boulanger pension dispute developments.
In Minneapolis on June 27 the wheat theft cases closed as the court ruled that accumulated petit larcenies cannot be charged as grand larceny. William G. Hurley pleaded guilty to petit larceny and paid a $100 fine, while H S Holcomb the elevator foreman pleaded guilty to grand larceny in the second degree and received a one year penitentiary term.
A syndicate of English iron and steel men buys mineral lands near Cumberland Gap on the Kentucky Tennessee line. A new town Middlesborough Ky will host massive mills under the American association limited. Over 4 million dollars paid, 60,000 acres acquired, with more than 7 million dollars pledged.
The grand jury resumed the Cronin case in Canada. Dr J P Cass testified that Coughlin and Burke tried to hire his horse for an all night ride before the murder. He identified Burke as Patrick O'Brien, a saloon keeper, and witnesses from J B Bell and the Western Union and Postal Telegraph company were called.
Fred White of Berrien County files a complaint with the Interstate Commission against the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway charging a large scale scheme to steal five pounds of wheat from every load at their elevators using false weights. He is supported by many wealthy farmers in Berrien County and northern Indiana.
James H Needham a well to do farmer three miles north of Vincinta died at 3 PM from a honey bee sting on his right hand received about two weeks earlier. Authorities report eryoal pelas as the cause, with the event dated June 26.
A freight train plunged from an embankment at Lathrope, Pa., at 3 o'clock this morning. Five train men were killed and several were injured. A distinguished caller from Wasmington and Delegate Carey of Wyoming contacted reporters June 27.
Washington June 27 Secretary Tracey issues a sweeping general order reorganizing the navy department. The reform expands bureau duties, shifts supply and control tasks away from navigation, and creates national fleet personnel oversight with new boards for steam engineering and ship design.
Dispatches confirm trouble with Flathead Indians near Missoula Montana. War office reports mail volume rising as White House staff numbers fall, with Secretary Proctor visiting the President and a vacancy in the assistant adjutant general corps expected to be filled. The steamer Adams is ordered from Honolulu to Samoa to replace the Alert and Nipsic en route to San Francisco.
The relief committee in Johnstown Pennsylvania appeals to the nation not to delay contributions for the sufferers. It says money held by mayors can only partly lessen the suffering and must be sent at once. Three bodies were found this morning as work proceeds and the weather remains fair.
Thomas Ewing Sherman eldest son of General W. T. Sherman of Woodstock College Maryland will receive subdeacon deacon and priesthood orders over the coming weekend. Archbishop Ryan will confer in his private chapel with bishops clergy and relatives present. He entered the Society of Jesus novitiate at Roehampton England and studied there and in the United States since.
Arrangements are made for a baseball tour of England by a team of college men from Harvard and Yale. English sponsors will pay all expenses and provide $20 per week to each player for personal costs. The squad will give exhibitions at English schools and teach the game’s finer points.
At Latrobe Pennsylvania on June 27 the wreck clearing proceeds rapidly. A total of twelve bodies have been recovered including EB Caldwell an engineer and G F Probick a fireman of the freight. More victims are expected as the creek bottom is reached.
In June the steamer Prince Wilhelm arrived from Port-au-Prince with twenty five merchants onboard declaring they came to New York seeking business. The trip followed a two month interval since the last voyage and signals a push to relocate trade networks.
The text describes Haiti’s turmoil with Hippolyte’s forces near Port au Prince and Legitime’s faction, prompting the city to be effectively besieged. Inflation and shortages cripple daily life as ruffians proliferate and the countryside remains volatile. The paper notes conversions to exile due to economic collapse and threats of insurrection.
Telegraphic notes from June 27 report the Dervishes moving on Wady Hualfa. Weather reports show New York 68 Chicago 76 St Paul 56 Winnipeg 6 New Orleans 74. General Cameron's body to Harrisburg tonight. funeral Saturday. Trunk line presidents met in New York to discuss Commissioner Fink's resignation and other business.
Three local boys aged 12 to 14 drowned while bathing in Blue River near Sheffield. Later, three laborers were overcome by escaping sewer gas. Winter died, and two others were rescued. M C Hill was killed by a premature blast while inspecting a faulty fuse.
Curcaco June 27. The grand jury shifts to Alexander Sullivan speculation in the Cronin case. Schwartz and Dupee subpoenaed for books to illuminate new aspects. Police anticipate arrests soon. Detectives report Beggs held. he allegedly communicated with a trial committee member.
General Simeon Cameron died at 8 o clock this evening in Lancaster after a brief illness described as a weak spell. He remained conscious and able to swallow before death. Present at the beside were Ex Attorney General MacVeagh and his wife, Mrs Haldenan, James Cameron, Simon D Cameron and his wife, and Mrs David Watts, granddaughter. The funeral will be held in Harrisburg.
Weather favorable at Sheepshead Bay on June 27 with fast tracks. One mile race won by Burns in 1:41 with Belinda second and Mercien third. Additional events included Cayuga winning three-quarters of a mile, My Fellow taking a mile and a quarter, Hanover prevailing over short distances, Danboyne winning mile and three-sixteenths, and Attler securing mile and three-eighths. Kingston, Sluggard, Jubal, and other runners placed behind.
William Walter Phelps, the minister to Germany, is honored in Washington before departure. He dined with Congressman Hill and met Secretary Blaine and diplomatic service members, then breakfasted at the White House with President Harrison alongside Secretary Blaine.
Tunis Labbee was hanged in the jail this morning for the murder of a woman he had lived with as his wife. He stabbed her fifty two times. She was eighteen years old and described as one of the most beautiful Holland women. Labbee leaves a wife and child in Holland.
New London Conn June 17 The city fills with college men and friends ahead of Sunday races. Harvard is favored to win the freshman event and is seen as the likely victor among competing crews.
The secretary of war ordered all department offices draped in mourning for thirty days and closed on the day of former secretary Simon Cameron's funeral, reflecting national homage.
John T. Beggs, arrested near his home, defends police actions and denies silence about the Cronin investigation. He tells reporters he has nothing to reveal and protests the lack of notice to his wife during detention. No new grand jury information was disclosed in the Cronin case.
June 28 Johnstown Pa reports a flood toll with about 200 deposit books lost from Johnstown Savings Bank and 774000 on deposit. About 2300 bodies recorded by morgue chair Rev Peale, 19 killed in one house on Washington Street, 6000000 in property losses cited.
A report from Jefferson City notes the death of Annie Weiss, a longtime Madison House head chambermaid. Wallace Bolton, formerly a guard at the penitentiary, was arrested on suspicion but released after proof of innocence. Frederick Buehre, the dead girl's uncle, suspects a Sporting man as betrayer, while police pursue the theory the killer was hired or arranged to act. The betrayer protests innocence and vows to confront accusers.
Trains bring many mourners to the Hayes homestead for the funeral. Old soldiers appear along the way as the body in livery satin with white lace is laid in state. Banks and post offices close. large crowd attends the service.
Mine Marsmoute Mele Luxinuron Ky June 18 reports the celebrated brood mare Miss Russell has foaled a bay filly at Woodburn. Sired by Electroneer, the filly is considered the continent’s top bred trotting youngster, save for her full sister Rusthque, and is Russell’s seventeenth foal.
A combined cyclone water spout and hall storm passed east last night in Rusironp Minnesota destroying everything along a two mile belt by thirty miles length. Trees stripped bare, losses estimated at about $100000.
Immense trees over two feet in diameter were torn or twisted from roots, marking a two mile wide swath of destruction. Andrew Fizico of Yucatan drowned, with another drowning reported from Houston as floodwaters wreak havoc.
At Washington Park on June 18 the track was fast in warm pleasant weather. In the two year old race over three quarters of a mile Lord Peyton won with Porthaw second and Outlaw third in 1: something. In the mile for three year olds Teuton took the prize with Monita Tardy second and Heron third in 1:43. In the mile and one sixteenth Elyton won Huntress second Big Three third in 7: something. In the one eighth Prather beat Frederica with Nine King third in 1:54. In the three quarters Crewson Jeems won Faunes second Lady Gray third in 1: something. In the three quarters Estelle won Gracie M. second Queen of Trumps third in 1:44.
On June 28 games across leagues show Pittsburgh at Philadelphia and Chicago at Boston, Cleveland at Washington, Indianapolis at New York, Kansas City at Louisville with a second Kansas City win, and Columbus at Baltimore. Scores vary by matchup with multiple 7 to 11 point results and a 9 to 3 follow up.
George W Wright a noted local businessman and treasurer for the order of lenter is reported short about four thousand dollars. Warrants for his arrest on charges of being a defaulter are said to have been issued.
Loxton June 28 Prince Albert eldest son of the Prince of Wales is affianced to Princess Victoria of Prussia sister of the German emperor. It is reported the Prince of Wales will provide a marriage settlement and Parliament will not be asked to fund him.
Tuscota June 28 A few nights ago an attempt was made to burn the Odd Fellows hall in Hindsboro. Local preachers described as elders held meetings there recently and Mormons have faced attacks as mission aries inflamed the populace.
In Camanta Iowa on June 28 Sheriff Ramsay and Deputy Rollins were fatally shot by W Mc Ginnis an insane farmer who resisted arrest. A second deputy Brouse shot McGinnis through the head ending the confrontation.
An unknown Mexican man was struck by a Santa Fe train east of Puruo Colorado this afternoon and died instantly. The coroner has charge of the remains and an inquest will be held tomorrow.
A 19th century description portrays Voudooism as the religion of African tribes with Dahomey and Ashantee rituals. It alleges human sacrifices, serpent worship, secret nocturnal gatherings led by papalois, offerings of a white cock, rum intoxication, and cannibal rites, concluding with calls of beastly superstition.
A sobbing child interrupts a lawyer at work and asks for a divorce from her parents. The scene shows a plea from a young girl, voiced with resolve, highlighting family strife and legal fallout depicted in the Moston Journal.
In a cryptic exchange, Tommy Squildig asks why the prophet rents his clothes and wonders about the meaning behind the act. The Turmetter Chronicle-titled item hints at a moral or ritual gesture misinterpreted by a child.
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