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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1891
Page
12
The piece celebrates Memorial Day as a growing national observance that honors those who served in the Union and highlights reconciliation between North and South. It notes the day’s educational value, the beautification of graves, and the shared patriotism of all Americans, urging no derogatory views toward the former adversaries.
Citizens of Boston object to having their goods wrapped in paper printed with store advertisements. The complaint centers on promotional messaging appearing on shopping wrappings.
Banriere Riciakos of Chadron won a contract to supply 6,000,000 pounds of live weight beef to the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Indian agencies at about 40 cents per pound. Deliveries will be monthly starting July 1, requiring at least 6,000 head of cattle to fulfill the pact.
Witt Kero has assumed leadership of the Rawlins Daily Journal and started revamping the newspaper’s news sections. The change brings a noticeable lift to coverage and editorial momentum across standard news areas.
The Douglas Cornet band is named first regimental band of the Wyoming National Guard by Col. DeForest Richards. The unit is mustered in, with uniforms to follow. In Wyoming, Gold Hill mining stories boost excitement as many parties head to new diggings along the Union Pacific line.
Seven hundred Lalians who traveled to Brazil and Argentina have returned home destitute, facing an unfortunate setback. The group’s voyage left them financially strained and without stable prospects.
Union Pacific issues garnishment warnings to discharge workers with unpaid debts until garnishee is satisfied. The measure pressures men to clear bills or incur further debt, harming wage earners. Carbon Diamond.
Helena Journal reports Secretary Rusk boosting cattle exports by about 1000 head daily versus 1888 89 levels with expectations of 1500 daily for 300 days yearly. Growing herds and dressed beef shipments threaten scarcity and keep prices high. beef remains a European luxury while U S demand expands and profits rise.
The article notes hopeful Democratic sentiment that a farmers party will not break the solid South, while predicting free silver issues may cost Republicans several Midwestern states. It cites the Pittsburg Post and foresees electoral shifts in Iowa Kansas Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan Nebraska North and South Dakota. The Alliance movement is seen as not harming Democratic votes in states like Georgia Alabama Texas Arkansas Missouri.
The Omaha Bee warns Eastern people to avoid all aid solicitors for Nebraska sufferers. Investigations will nearly always reveal self appointed fund raisers as impostors. Nebraska is in a comfortable condition now with few needing help from abroad.
The Prince of Wales remains in precarious health and deeply in debt yet continues to attend theaters, court balls, and horse races, performing official duties cheerfully and assiduously as heir to the British throne.
The Denver News reports Governor Barber of Wyoming refusing to surrender a prisoner convicted of cattle stealing and now in the penitentiary. Governor Thayer of Nebraska claims the man was kidnapped from Nebraska, while Barber argues the courts, not the executive, should decide the matter.
Ma Thomas Partersos repeats a claim that Senator Warren said the president would sign a bill for free coinage of silver. Tre Stew notes, after interviewing delegates at the trans Mississippi congress, that Warren made no such proclamation and did not reference the president.
Senator Pettigrew says information from Washington indicates Secretary Noble will resign soon. The interview describes a reliable source confirming the impending departure.
The question challenges whether railroads serve public interests or mainly benefit two or three individuals, suggesting that rail transport should prioritize the broader public good and accountability over私人 narrow power.
The secretary of agriculture Mr Rusk works to counter European doubts about US livestock. He has eased many European restrictions and boosted demand for cattle beef and pork. He warns against Texas fever and the risk of quarantine lasting into winter, urging ranchers to keep range cattle away from Texas herd trails.
The Buffalo Bulletin quotes a critique arguing prohibition is a harmful, impractical policy. It labels it as the unrealized product of visionaries trying to cure an undiagnosed disease.
The Salt Lake Tribune rebuts the Denver News charge of a political silver conspiracy. It argues editors and papers in Wyoming and Utah influenced free coinage talk to aid President Harrison and Grover Cleveland’s opponents, noting lack of direct links among Hill Goodwin Warren and others.
The text dismisses claims of a conspiracy between parties as nonsense. It compares the chatter to alleged discussions Judge Goodwin had with President Harrison over the silver question, which Goodwin denies.
The Democratic majority on the Denver board of supervisors refuses to confirm the mayor's nominations. The stakes involve control of city departments and policy direction as partisan tensions rise between city leadership and the board.
The Leader quotes the Chicago Herald and endorses its stance that free silver coinage is insufficient and would halt foreign silver flow. It rebuts and cites Judge Goodwin via the Salt Lake Tribune while debating whether unlimited U S product coinage would suffice, and questions the Leader’s support for opposing positions and prior silver policy.
The piece argues that postwar years brought prosperity for workers and rising living standards, noting lower prices for flour meat and clothing while wages increased. It defends a stance for silver and broader currency per capita without impractical or demagogic aims, contrasting with opposition papers.
Sterling Birmingham, Cheyenne special correspondent for Tue Sun, promotes weekly letters from the Bureau of Correspondence and Information in Washington. Birmingham reports the letters are mailed to several hundred western papers and expresses favorable prospects for success.
The Leader opposes the coinage of American silver arguing it would give Western miners an edge over South American miners, a absurd extension of the five trade doctrine.
The Buffalo Echo notes that temperance advocates have lingered for over thirty years without achieving their goals. It argues that prohibition has, where tried, increased crime more than it would have without it.
Laramie Sentinel reports Curvenne Ley noting railway magnates complain costs of living in the West exceed Omaha, forcing higher wages. They argue half wages return via freights boosting profits, and that freight charges could cut living costs. In Laramie, railroad workers with families pay coal costs that offset wage gaps.
The Lander Clipper reports placers in Straw berry Gulch yielding about 10 dollars per man daily. A major cash offer has been floated for a top Atlantic district mine. Herbert Barrows of Lewiston visited town, noting the Tintic shaft is 70 feet deep with a 25 foot cross-cut and a new mill planned there. Barrows backs the section’s bright future.
Application filed to establish a new post office at Myrtle Johnson county with Mary A Stewart named as the officer in charge based on filing records.
The initial bulletin outlines state wide experiment farms at Lander Albany county Sheridan Sundance and Wheatland. It notes irrigation methods crop testing and future expansion with five acre plots to study native species and forage gains under 41k rainfall and 1889 governor report cited.
A governor appoints Gos Homey to organize World’s Fair duties in Lincoln in a militia uniform image. He has fifteen years of railway office service and is described as clever and witty, an artist and gentleman, with strong interest in soil and agricultural topics. The notice hints at professional suitability for the role.
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