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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1889
Page
12
The city treasurer moves to pay warrants promptly. In Douglas, J. W. Foster is elected mayor and M. C. Barrow is reappointed clerk and assessor. Weather is mild with occasional showers as reported.
The article notes Mrs Lanotry intends to sell all her stage scenery and properties and go abroad. Friends speculate retirement from the stage and a possible marriage to Freddy, followed by settling into private life after a long career.
Apoton Sutro, the Nevada tunnel pioneer of the Comstock lode project, is described as stout and brusque with a German accent. He began boring the tunnel twenty years ago and finished ten years ago, now enjoying wealth from the venture. He lives in a San Francisco palace with an art gallery and library. He was born in Prussia and came to the United States at age twenty.
The Herald reports the first official immigration document to Wyoming, prepared under Secretary Shannon. It includes exhaustive material on resources and every county, plus a detailed map of mineral and oil belts. The pamphlet carries territorial government authority and aims to hasten Wyoming statehood.
The Chicago Inter Ocean reports a mother claims Bishop carried a note to doctors advising against resuscitation with electricity, against using a post mortem knife, and against chilling the body. Found or not, the note would affect little, but it raises debate on delaying death declarations and preserving life until clear signs of death.
The enabling acts require the four new state conventions to submit their work to voters on the first Tuesday of October. If elections for state officers legislature and congressmen are held the same day, the two Dakotas could elect their three House members by mid October. Legislatures may meet in December or January to choose two U.S. senators.
Ocean reports that theory supporting Dr Cronin's friends holds. He was abducted and ordered killed over quarrels with his own nationality, with motive and identity of Ele uncertain.
The text asserts that only two or three men killed Dr Cronin and that others in higher circles aided or encouraged the act. It notes Dr Cronin had been threatened and hints at powerful motives, with more details promised for a future day.
The article notes Dick Keenan pled guilty to a breach of the peace last week and paid a $5 fine with costs. It states he has turned over a new leaf and hopes to avoid further such references. It dismisses sensational reports of the editor being harmed as exaggerated.
The Salt Lake Tribune notes repeated failures in appointing editors to high posts. A Denmark appointee resigned for health, a Russia envoy died on his appointment day, and Clarkson, now assistant postmaster general, is hoped for a future interior secretary role. The piece questions the value of personal ambition over vocation.
President Harrison asserts the sole measure of public service is personal satisfaction. He argues a leader should act to please himself in office, because pleasing the public is impossible. He contends success is defined by a clear conscience and self-satisfaction at term's end, a standard applicable to newspapers and public duties.
Governor George L. Shoup issues a proclamation urging Idaho residents to elect delegates to a proposed constitutional convention. He emphasizes that any method is acceptable if delegates are representative, capable, and will satisfy Congress, while noting opponents exaggerate election costs.
A gas of baseball was played in Laramie last Sunday between the rolling mill and Union Pacific shop nines. The score ran up to 6 to 23.
The writer questions whether the king’s murder against Doctor Cro nin was caused by a conspiracy or a few culprits. The piece argues for swift justice, notes violence often accompanies social change, and observes domestic crimes as most reprehensible. It cautions about historians hiding crimes for ends. Washington is praised as saintly.
The imported string of horses sent to Denver by Stokes and Whitehouse did not race due to distemper contracted in stalls once infected by the prevailing epidemic. Denver horses had recovered and thus held an advantage over the foreign entrants.
The Lusk Herald argues Wyoming can sustain a state government and thrive without reliance on federal control. It cites natural resources, energetic citizens, eastern capital, increasing immigration, and Delegate Carey’s analysis supporting statehood as the proper path for rapid growth and prosperity.
Inano and Wyoming prepare to present state constitutions to Congress for admission. Neither has an enabling act, but precedents exist. Congress will assess republican form, population wealth for a state government, and the people’s trustworthiness. Utah lacks these, so remains territorial for years. Council Bluffs.
The newly inaugurated dining car between Omaha and Denver sees strong patronage with an expanded menu of luxuries. Officials report ongoing improvements and express jubilation over the venture’s success.
Colonel Henry Mizner of the Seventeenth United States Infantry defends frontier life conditions in a public letter. He claims generous meals recreation and pay, notes only nine desertions this month, and urges the public to judge fairly by published bills of fare. He argues desertion stems from misperception and seeks to portray army life at Cheyenne as humane.
A Kingston dispatch to the New York Sun reports a West Hurley farmer confronted a Turk with a tame bear after offering payment to make it dance. A scuffle followed. the farmer assaulted the bear owner, the animal attacked, and the master fled as the wife commented on the danger.
A fragment from the New York Weekly cites a dramatic scene about poverty and propriety. A terse dialogue recalls a late visit by a young man and accuses a woman of repetitive male company described as brothers, illustrating social tensions in a distressed era.
The piece explores English word origins arguing many derive from baby babble or onomatopoeia. It explains baby and bebe from babbling and notes curfew from French couvre feu meaning cover fire. It describes curfew practice still observed in European villages and some US towns at 9 PM.
The secretary bird defends its domain against a long venomous snake in a vivid duel witnessed by Parker Gilmore. Two birds collaborate to subdue the serpent, one delivering a killing blow as the killer snake resists and spits venom while the combat ends with the hunter claiming the prize.
An order for a new Atlantic passenger steamer faces high costs and complex factors. Speed demands larger tonnage, affecting tides, channels, harbor bars, and dockage. A vessel like City of New York or Ewuria would need about 2.6 million dollars, with builders sometimes taking equity or reusing an older vessel for modernization in contract negotiations.
The article explains how shipbuilders must guarantee vessel capacity and performance, including passenger and cargo limits and speed on coal use. It notes penalties for failure, such as forfeiture or return of the ship, citing the City of Rome case discussed by W. H. Rideing in Scribner's.
The article describes how Madagascar villagers time the day by sun positions and seasonal cues rather than clocks. It lists a sequence of daily activities tied to sun angles from dawn to midnight, noting cattle feeding, rice cooking, and work tasks with specific sun times and events like frog croaking and cock crowing.
The graphophone, a simple phonograph, is being used by some stenographers. A note taker speaks into the machine and the cylinder is given to the typewriter operator who hears it via ear tubes. The system can outperform rapid dictation to a single typist, and the rental price limits trials to large businesses.
Detroit Bree Press reports a humorous exchange between Miss Bostonbredd and Miss Nevadabelle. The dialogue pokes at westward myths and press gossip while a fainting fits interrupt the chat.
Australian travelers declare interior Australia far from a desert. They report potential for large population, gold discoveries, vast pastures, abundant water, and deep blue lakes. A north to south railway is planned through the eastern region, once thought desert, with predictions the desert will vanish like America’s.
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