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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1891
Page
2
Indebtedness of Counties in Wyoming
The census bulletin shows Wyoming county debt totaling 1,083,790 with 622,000 bonded and 461,791 floating. per capita debt is 17.85 based on 60,705 population. Laramie County holds 400,000 bonded debt for railroad aid, largely offset by railroad taxes. Other counties list varied debts, with Natrona and Weston newly organized and aside from bonds, overall state indebtedness declines alongside national debt trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Laramie
Cheyenne and Northert
Natrona
Weston
Albany
Carbon
Converse
Crook
Fremont
Johnson
Sheridan
Sweetwater
Uinta
United States
Question on staff officers rights debated by Acting Secretary Grant
An army officer seeks resolution of duties and rights of staff officers. General Howard, head of the Atlantic division, held a court martial and assigned a commissary officer to duty within the division. The officer protests the assignment claiming exemption under war department regulations. No ruling yet, awaited by engineers, commissaries and other staff officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Gen
Howard
Division of the Atlantic
Secretary of War
Fiat currency folly cited in president’s annual message
Anocentine Berveci argues the government’s irredeemable currency, amounting to 260 million dollars, has fallen 80 percent. He notes it costs 1 dollar to buy 20 cents of labor or material and criticizes the People’s Party for supporting this circulating medium in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People's Party
United States
Spurgeon Ill With Rheumatic Gout
Spurgeon, valued highly in England, is seriously ill as rheumatic gout presses on him a long battle. In Montana, a state board order compels county assessors to tax railroad mortgages held by out of state trust companies, likely boosting the state's taxable property by about twenty million dollars under the revenue law enacted last winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spurgeon
England
House of Lords
State Board of Equalization of
Montana
Grain man predicts unprecedented Western harvest year
A renowned grain man who toured the Red River valley reports crop prospects are the brightest ever seen in the west. He says it will be the greatest year for grain, with the only question being how to obtain harvest help as wages rise and men are in demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red River Valley
Grant Statue Arrives in Chicago for Lincoln Park Erection
The largest bronze statue ever cast in America has arrived in Chicago and will be erected in Lincoln Park. The colossal sculpture represents Ulysses S. Grant and signals a major city monument project with ceremonial preparations underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
America
Chicago
Lincoln Park
Bias on the Bench in English Criminal Cases
The New York Herald notes American lawyers are often shocked by one sided charges by English judges. It cites Justice Stephens in the Maybrick case as effectively aiding the prosecution while Lord Chief Justice Coleridge in the baccarat case is mentioned as another example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Justice Stephens
Coleridge
Judge Daniels Condemns Judges Expressing Opinion to Jury
The general term of a supreme court led by Judge Daniels warns that judges should not express opinions on trial evidence. Jurors decide facts and guilt. a judge must avoid implying proof or disproof. Biased charges to juries could justify overturning verdicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Daniels
England
Borten Autobiography Seen As Potentially Sensational
The Bee notes that if Borten’s autobiography had come out ten years earlier it would have stirred more attention. The general, who outlived many contemporary war heroes, has his sharp judgments softened by time as he reflects on rivals now gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gex. Borten
the Bee
New Land Court Opens for Private Claims Session
The first session of the land court of private claims convened with six judges appointed by President Harrison. Judge Reed said the court will elect officers, adopt rules, and set meeting sites for Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, and Arizona. Denver and Salt Lake are likely venues. a third city is to be chosen. The court will settle title to lands from Mexican and Spanish grants prior to U.S. acquisition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW Land Court
Land Court of Private Claims
Fuller
Murry
Reed
Stone
Sless
Reynolds
Harrison
City
Albany
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Nevada
New Mexico
Arizona
Denver
Salt Lake
United States
Weather Bureau Transfer From War to Agriculture
The weather bureau was transferred on July 1 from the war department to the agricultural department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lug Weather Bureau
Agricultural Department
Blaine’s Condition Deteriorates Amid Mounting Worry
A Denver Sun telegram reports Secretary Blaine is seriously ill with nervous prostration. He had a faint turn at Stanwood after a busy day, with family fears growing as his voice weakens and rest becomes essential. Marquis Imperiali travels to Bar Harbor to confer with Blaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Sun
Blaine
Stanwood
Marquis Imperiali
Tion
Bar Harbor
Panama Canal Company Officials Face Legal Action
The health of M. De Lesseps is severely affected by criminal proceedings begun by the French government against the Panama Canal company officers and directors. He is suffering from nervous low mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. de Lesseps
Panama Canal Company
Statesman Out of a Job Reflects on Wealth Gap
A lecturer warned that 90 000 people control half of the nation s wealth while acknowledging no legislation can equalize all fortunes He argued wealth gaps reflect creator given differences and urged optimism that struggle will yield liberty and opportunity The lecture cited strong trade and crop driven growth across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Wyoming Coal Wins State Contracts and Fair Exhibit
The Nebraska state board of supplies awards Kilpatrick Brothers the New Castle coal contract for Norfolk Hastings Kearney Beatrice and Grand Island institutions. Illinois mine inspectors plan a World’s Fair coal exhibit from 200 mines with chemical analysis to compare vein value. A suggestion to fair commissioners to consider Wyoming coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska State Board of Supplies
Kilpatrick Brothers
Norfolk
Hastings
Kearney
Beatrice
Grand Island
Wyoming
Illinois
Converse County Assessment Tops Ten Million Dollars
Converse county officials report the total assessment slightly above ten million dollars across property categories. The figure reflects updated valuations used for tax and budgeting purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Converse County
Georgia Episcopal Diocese elects Talbot as bishop
A telegram from Macon reports the Georgia Episcopal diocese convened at Christchurch to elect a successor to the late Bishop Beckwith. If he accepts the post Rev. Ethelbert Talbot, then missionary bishop of Wyoming and Western Idaho, would become the new bishop. Talbot’s departure would be a loss to Episcipalians in Wyoming and Idaho. Douglas to celebrate the Fourth with parade and speeches led by orator Hon. F. H. Harvey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Episcopal Diocese of
Georgia
Beckwith
Thomas J. Gailor
Rewance
Christchurch
Ethelbert Talbot
Wyoming
Idaho
Talbot
Douglas
Hon
F. H. Harvey
Western States Irrigation Convention Delegates Sought
Governor Tuomas of Utah urges western state and territory governors to appoint delegates for the irrigation convention to be held September 15 16 and 17 in Salt Lake City. The gathering will discuss reclamation of arid public lands and petition Congress to cede arid lands to states for school support and other purposes as determined by legislatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuomas
Utah
Salt Lake
Congress
Iowa Republicans Back Governor Candidate Hiram C. Wheeler
The canvass in Iowa opens favorably for the Republicans as Hiram C. Wheeler, their gubernatorial hopeful, enjoys strong local popularity and a clear sense of fitness for the post within the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Hiram C. Wheeler
Pike's Peak Railway Opens With First Summit Run
The Pike's Peak railway operated successfully with the first passenger train reaching the summit at 6 26 on June 80. The engine and a single car carried sixty five people from Denver on a nine mile climb from 6400 feet to 14417 feet, the steepest section challenging the ascent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tue Pike's Peak Railway
Denver
Most Novel and Highest Railroad in the World
A description notes a peculiar incline locomotive where the rear raises the boiler to level, pushing rather than pulling, and lacking a cow catcher. Passenger coaches are designed to permit a horizontal seat on inclines, making the line oddly engineered and claimed to be the world’s most novel and highest railroad.
Fare reductions on Alton route cut New York to westward trips
The new rates set 10 dollars for Chicago to Kansas City and six dollars to St. Louis. A one dollar seventy five cent reduction will apply to New York to the named points and to other western cities via the Alton road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
New York
Alton Road
Wyoming's World Fair Commission Chooses Capitol Site
The Wyoming World's Fair commission met at the capitol with President John B Harper Secretary-Prof. Elwood Mead state engineer and Treasurer John McCormick to establish a Wyoming exhibit. The plan includes six exhibit classes with two‑person committees and funded allocations. Earnest work on the state contribution to the fair begins immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoming
Capitol
John 8. Harper
Elwood Mead
John McCormick
Sheridan
Wyoming
Wyoming World's Fair commission names exhibit classes
The Wyoming World’s Fair commission outlines exhibit classes with committees for A ores minerals B agriculture C building materials D horticulture E education F game and ethnology. A plan to visit Chicago for site selection and a call for material to represent the state at Cheyenne is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Chicago
Wyoming
Mead
Cheyenne
Grifin Appointed Administrator of Lanven Estate
John W. Grifin has been appointed administrator of the estate of David Lanven, deceased. It is noted that Mr. Stoll’s fee was 2000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Grifin
David Lanven
American City Halls Show New York’s Civic Ambition
The article surveys recent and planned city halls in New York Philadelphia Chicago San Francisco Cincinnati and Boston praising their architecture cost and civic purpose. It notes New York plans a grand municipal home rivaling European capitals and cites Philadelphia Chicago San Francisco and Cincinnati as models with costs and features described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TORK
Central Park
America
Mayorant
Florel de Ville
Paria
Vienna
Pew Town Hall
Berlin
New York
Boston
Continental Congress
Grant
Justice
Philadelphia
Chicago
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Two Remarkable Old Women at Bainbridge Indiana
Lucinda McKee and Martha Ann Darnell are 81 year old twins in Bainbridge Indiana. They look and dress alike and married within a year of each other becoming widows within three months apart. Darnell has fourteen children and McKee sixteen. Both actively support the Democratic side in the Cleveland Harrison campaign and attend the Baptist church together while maintaining good health and high energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bainbridge
Ind
Lucinda McKee
Martha Ann Darnell
The Case of John Furlong and Endurance
John Furlong, a ninety year old man, is described as having endured extreme hardship and nearly dying on a New York City sidewalk after a night exposed to danger. The testimony notes him surviving on very little for years, yet now seems to allow him to live a few more years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Furlong
New York City
Presidents of the United States and terms in office
The article notes the US government age and the distribution of presidents over two halves of national history. It observes that the latter half had more presidents in office, with several died in office and Harrison dying midterm, affecting average term lengths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Harrison
Aince
Clement Leavitt Returns After Eight Year Absence
The article notes Clement Leavitt returning after an eight year journey around the war, aided only by counsel and support. It mentions his organ work, temperance trip, and use of 220 interpreters in forty seven languages during the voyage. It also references a 1689 instruction to enslaved people of William Sarore and comments on F. Shunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement Leavitt
Contelgue
Bhs
William Sar Ore
F. Shunk
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BAN Fpranciech
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Quaker City
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Coun
Court House
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la Rise
City Mall
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