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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1890
Page
12
The Wyoming House convened with most members present and passed several measures including election bill revisions, a tax and revenue package, and a commission to adjust territory and county accounts. Debates covered precincts on rail lines, registration rules, and clerks party parity with a pending adjournment.
The council held a session where many house bills were recommended to pass. Bills passed were tied to 36 fire insurance company rate payments for city fire departments and 17 on county indebtedness redemption. Council adjourned to Monday at 10 o clock.
Tuesday's Hum reports the house adjourned Saturday and met Monday and Tuesday for an afternoon session. Notices of bills to be introduced were laid before the clerk, including Rankin’s bill to appropriate funds for the territorial penitentiary and Syme’s bill concerning the or.
The council chaired by President Beck read and engrossed multiple bills including a territorial hospital for Rock Springs and wage exemption measures. House bills 50 56 58 61 8 8a and 96 were advanced. House bill 62 on immigration was rejected. A governor message announced signing an act to destroy wild predators.
The Daily Sun reports a full house with one excused for illness. Amendments to council and house bills pass or are referred. The coal weighing bill dominates debate with a substitute preserving miners pay and curbing fraudulent weights, followed by strong votes for passage amid various other measures and rules discussions.
The afternoon session featured debate over Adams proposed amendment to rule 50 with Hebard and others exchanging attacks. Adams led to passage after a heated exchange and the house adopted the amendments to house bill No 3. Executive session saw nominations by Governor Wagnen for territorial officers and the livestock commission bill passed under suspension of the rules.
The council, with full attendance, passed bills including jurisdiction on juries, and set governor's message for March 6. A petition from Johnson County residents opposed Big Horn County formation was presented. Hunter introduced officer compensation measures and consolidation of rules to end secret sessions.
R T Hilliard is named successor to Trainmaster Corwin. He has served about twenty years with the Union Pacific company and earned a fine record as an efficient railroad official. He has recently served as passenger conductor on the western division.
Edwina Senies is identified as editor of the es frou heart and stomach publication, highlighting her role in shaping its culinary and emotional lifestyle coverage.
The Cheyenne city council met last evening with all members present except Hebard and Roberts. They passed an ordinance forbidding carrying and using slings and missiles with fines from five to thirty five dollars, approved the annual property assessment, and extended the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone franchise. They also authorized sale of city lands north of town to raise funds for reservoirs and mains, with bid rules and newspaper notices. Delinquent taxes were addressed, and bonds of E H Ingalls and F A Rodell approved.
A C B C party gathered at Library Hall last night in honor of Mrs Sachs as she prepares to depart for Omaha. The event, attended by legislators and club members, featured an elegant supper and a long, lively dancing session. Notables present included L Kable and wife, A G Rex and wife, J L Stotts and wife, Geo T Beck, C W Burdick, H E Buechner and wife, H Hasse and wife, Henry Altman, W E Evans, A B Liggett, Oto Shuckman, Mr and Mrs Hutchinson, Mr Bow, A Oppenheimer, Max Allenstein, Leroy Grant, Mr Sigel, Chas Heidman.
A fragmentary OCR line lists individuals including Myers, Mrs. Kimme, Mrs. Wasserman, Hooagon, H. Diliman, Myer Frank and P. J. Gauft among scattered proper nouns and titles.
A Denver reporter queried Nye about his Wyoming trip. He said the towns welcomed him royally in Cheyenne, the legislature visited him, and the law main part of the territory was claimed by him. Laramie also gave a handsome reception, with Dr Hayford of the Sentinel organizing the effort. The visit was a success.
Nye tells a tale about a Kansas City apple vendor named George Oswald who became the source of his famous moniker. A prank on front-row Joe caused a laugh riot when Nye described milking a cow, ending with Oswald’s explosive laughter that broke up the show and left Nye determined to remember Dewald for life.
A Chicago paper reports a tale about Charles Francis Adams meeting the wife of a Western railroad president. She jokes that her husband once said his role is merely ornamental, and Adams wonders about his own duties as he takes the new Pacific road presidency. The punchline suggests she misread her husband’s remark as referring to Adams.
Mrs Emma Ramsey died suddenly last night at 11 oclock after an afternoon illness. A physician was summoned but the case was not regarded as serious. She was the wife of Sam Ramsey a well known colored cook and restaurant keeper of this city.
Report claims Ex President Cleveland sold Oak View to a real estate expert for about $100,000 and may use the proceeds to bolster his law practice. If he plans a 1893 Washington return, he should hold the cas residence. Secre Tracy reportedly has use of only one eye, a fact surprise even his closest friends.
News dealers have ordered a large supply as Cheyenne Aw will publish an extra of The New York Illustrated News with half page ad content, and demand is expected to be high for copies at Capitol Base Hall clubs.
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