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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1889
Page
15
News wires claim Union Pacific has secured a majority of Chicago and Alton stock and would merge with Vanderbilt lines. Denials follow from Union Pacific and Chicago leaders. Reports cite a possible 13 million dollar deal, while Wall Street remains skeptical.
The convention committee led by George W. Vroman, a Warm supporter, sent items back for further deliberation. Vroman, a grand chief candidate, is tied to federation efforts as committees are expected to recommend adoption of Atlanta articles with minor modification. The convention may adjourn Tuesday or Wednesday. Brother McCormick’s remains were sent to Boone, Iowa earlier tonight for burial or further action.
Washington officials report Union Pacific directors urge early congressional action to secure payment of government indebtedness. They back the commissioner of railroads plan and the recent bill, asserting the United States interests require passage substantially as it stood when Congress adjourned.
Multiple wrecks reported on Oct 30 1889 with trains derailed or collided. Gosnex Indiana witnesses include a westbound Lake Shore Limited wreck at Wawnaka injuring a passenger. Rochester Pennsylvania NY Chicago Limited Express rear collision kills a brakeman and injures others. Liberty Thaxton Virginia Norfolk and Western collision causes multiple deaths and injuries. Otisville New Jersey freight derailment kills two.
Reports from New York claim Union Pacific completed purchase control of the Alton with J Pierpont Morgan arranging the deal. Talks of signing papers within days follow Als on leaving the Interstate Commerce Railway. The Atchison deal at 125 dollars a share failed, while Union Pacific offered 140 dollars a share and Alton accepted. Chauncey M Depew denied altering ownership or traffic agreements despite growing assertions.
Opening of the Cronin trial includes an attachment for Edward Spellman of Peoria. Dennis O Connor Testifies on Camp 20 events February 8. Witnesses recount a secret committee's report and alleged misuse of funds by the executive group. Captain O Connor accuses LeCaron of spying and criticizes the organization. A committee to investigate O Connor's information is proposed.
Raum and Secretary Noble conferred on pension office cases. General Raum ordered the head division to bring all large claims to him before issuing pension certificates, with no final conclusions reached yet.
The commissioner of customs report for the last fiscal year lists 225,202,412 dollars paid into the treasury from various sources. Expenditures totaled 20 dollars plus 3,903 dollars across multiple accounts.
The Locomotive Engineers in Denver report auditing the charity fund totaling about $20,000. A joint committee with the Knights of Labor and the Brotherhood of Firemen failed to reach a federation agreement after Monday’s meeting.
Testimony recalls two years past when Coughlin allegedly sought Sampson for violence against Dr Cronin. Sampson notes Coughlin families’ arrests and his own criminal record as a gambler. O Keefe recounts Camp 20 meeting chatter about Cronin Sullivan. Beggs objects to Cronin side over Sullivan links. Throckmorton Goldman and Marshall discuss Clark Street farm rental by the real estate office.
Lexpos October 31 The libel action by Mrs John W Mackay against the Manchester Examiner reaches the Queen's Bench court The plaintiff says the article implied she was unladylike and uneducated while the defendants admit the first innuendo but deny the second They had paid 10 to the court and the judge rules the payment covers only the admitted part of the libel.
Michael Davitt continues his address and attacks the alleged tainted letters as an attack on a public figure’s character. Judge Houten commends Davitt for his clear deliberation and aid to the court. Sir Henry James begins speaking for the ministries.
In Ninks Michigan on October 30, the larceny trial of Liz a Davis disclosed that her mother is actually old Mrs. Bender from the Kansas Bender family. A requisition will bring the prisoners to Kansas for trial once it arrives.
Helford Clark & Co. of Crucaco to pay a five thousand dollar judgment to First National Bank and apply receivables to Belford. semi official word says the firm will resume business.
President Charles F. Adams of the Union Pacific denies reports that the Alton road has been purchased. The Oct 31 dispatch from Boston states the executive rejects the tale as unfounded.
Adjutant General Roberts received a telegram about a riot at Axtell in Marshall county. The Hatfield McCoy meeting near Milton is denied by locals. Lawrence Perry Dawson son of ex commissioner Dawson arrested for stealing $93 from a bureau where he worked. In Paris a wrestling match between Canon and Pietro ended in a draw after over an hour. a rematch is set for Friday.
General Crook, commanding the Missouri division, emphasizes desertions in his annual report and proposes allowing soldiers to buy their release after a reasonable term. He also suggests shortening the term of service to discourage desertion.
A Denver dispatch reports a Spanish American rumor of a Mexican woman and her son mauled by a bear in Las Cruces region while another town searches for a missing 12 year old believed eaten by a bear near Abequin. In Chama area two cowboys killed a huge Cinnamon bear after a dramatic pursuit.
Postmaster General Wannamaker announced a public order setting government telegraphic rates for the year. Day messages up to ten words travel 400 miles or less at 16 cents plus extra per word. longer distances incur higher base charges, with night rates and cipher signals specified. A commission of five will study the matter to propose rates for the next fiscal year.
New York article reports President Green of Western Union stating postmaster general rates are below cost and that the company will decide on action after a Wednesday executive committee meeting. The reduction from old rates averages 33 percent.
Judge De Wolf sustains democrats motion and orders canvassing board to tally Tunnel precinct returns. Appeal motion filed and stay applied. Irvin a democrats member won’t appeal. Jack, the third member, is out of jurisdiction. Court considers if a minority board has the right to appeal while colleague refuses. State canvassing board begins canvass on court ruling. County clerk includes Tunnel precinct votes in the tally.
At daybreak the Chicago Santa Fe and California vestibule train derailed near Carrollton Missouri. All coaches except the dining and sleeping cars left the rails. An expressman was fatally hurt and Thomas Beck of Kansas City died from injuries. About five others were slightly injured.
A sensational tale describes Alexander Harris leaving his wife and four children with unpaid debts totaling 110000. The debt is attributed to farmers and small merchants. May Ellis is identified as his bookkeeper in the narrative.
Attorneys for the Democratic party argued on a motion for judgment on pleadings in the Tunnel precinct case during a day of court. The judge’s schedule suggests the matter may not be finished within the week.
The attractive actress who played Clanding in The Drum Major at the casing eloped with a Russian attached to the embassy in Washington. They sailed this morning amid hush hush celebrations.
Tudge Campbell of El Paso county reported habeas corpus proceedings in Boxton for C. W. Hatch charged with murdering his uncle. Hatch was admitted to bail at $4,500 and released.
St Louis October 11 Fiber Vice President Peasley of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy strong denies any truth to rumors of an alliance with the Pennsylvania Railroad. He also says there is no truth in reports that Burlington has withdrawn from the Interstate Railway Association.
TheBrooklyn Eagle warns against opening shop accounts and emphasizes avoiding debt. It urges paying down balances promptly, saving regularly, and not borrowing from friends, noting lending can strain friendships. It also advises facing finances honestly with creditors and maintaining frugality during illness or hardship.
A spaniel known for stealing poultry approached a house with a large rooster in its mouth. The rooster, alive and strong, escaped as the dog paused to rest, raising the dog’s astonishment and letting the bird flee up a tree. The tale is claimed true by the writer.
Report notes prisoners in Oregon penitentiaries produce brick at high volume. Source mentions production reaching about 16,000 bricks daily with swift work, reflecting inmate labor practices and industrial use inside the prison system.
A high wind toppled a gable end near the Templeton carpet factory in Glasgow. Debris collapsed through the weaving department where fifty women and girls worked, burying them. Forty presumed dead among the trapped workers.
Arrangements for two fast trains run solid between Omaha and San Francisco and Omaha and Portland. East-bound trains will average 44 miles per hour and west-bound 40, using Northwestern Union and Central Pacific routes.
Annie Carlson testified she met a man named Frank Williams who rented a Carlson cottage for his sister to stay and move furniture in. She later identified Martin Burke as that man, with James Carlson corroborating the cottage show through and rental.
Denver reports a forty eight hour snow storm abating on November first. It caused trains to halt and telegraph lines to fail eastward. Over fifteen miles of lines damaged in Colorado with significant fruit and shade tree damage. Cattle and horses trekked south east as the storm drifted them from their ranges, with hundreds of weak animals reported dead.
The Colorado Supreme Court upholds a district court ruling fining Denver Republican Manager K G Cooper and Editor William Stapleton $300 each for contempt. The case stemmed from editorials and cartoons critical of Judge Stuart after he granted habeas corpus to Acting Secretary of State Wyatt, who faced contempt for blocking grand jury access to legislative furniture storage.
The civil service commissioner reconsiders prosecuting those who sent circulars asking political contributions to Washington officials. The commissioner awaits additional evidence before acting.
Private dispatch from San Francisco states the whaling steamer Lucretia from New Beptorp Massachusetts is missing in the Arctic Ocean. The vessel owned by Captain Lewis and associates of the city was valued at $400000, with no further details available.
Boston November 1 Union Pacific officials deny knowledge of a Chicago report claiming a traffic alliance between the Alton and Kansas Pacific branches of the Union Pacific.
The Rev. G Wy Peatherston relates a puzzling tale where a woman, half married yet claiming to be only partially bound, is questioned in her parlor. After much silence and curiosity, she reveals the truth and explains how a future wedding awaits the other half of the couple to secure consent.
A garbled dialogue references thrift and waste with colorful names and slang. The fragment mentions youths and liquor, and hints at social commentary on spending and behavior in a mistaken transcription. Many proper names and places are obscured or corrupted.
Reports from Omaha suggest a traffic agreement between Union Pacific and Alton, akin to the Chicago and Northwestern arrangement. The plan foresees through trains from Chicago to Cheyenne via Kansas City, with each line supplying half the rolling stock and transferring unconsigned freight business. An ultimate absorption of the Kansas division by Alton is possible, subject to government considerations.
Short notices report Bradlaugh relapse in Loxpos. Brigs Alice and Romance with Navassa rioters arrive at Barrimore. US treasury estimates October debt reduction near 9 million. Rev Dy Libertus Van Bekkels dies of heart disease. Pan American party arrives in Invianapolis and tours a milling works. Guatemalan telegram says revolution ends with prisoners shot. Palace rink fire in Pittsburgh causes panic. no deaths, several injuries, building destroyed. loss about 5,000.
Sir Henry James resumed his speech in Lonpos on November 1, arguing Davitt allied with treasonous figures in America and elsewhere to sever Ireland from Great Britain. He charged nationalist leaders with keeping Ireland’s affairs unsettled.
A Boston Globe opinion decries American heiresses marrying German princes for debts, calling the practice un-American and absurd. It cites a prominent railroad heir in Paris negotiating with a dissolute prince, warning that such unions invite ridicule and dishonor for the family and the nation.
A recent official report on Burma places jade production between the Chinwin and Ura rivers near latitudes twenty-fifth to twenty-sixth. It notes major deposits in Myrthuunge and large Kachin quarries in Merip with a mine about fifty by forty by twenty yards. Operations run November to May with intense heat and high worker mortality.
The Birmingham steel-pen trade shows buoyancy with weekly output over 100 gross and a projected annual production near 1.195 million pens. Consumption in the year tallies around 2,000,000 pens, with quill quill pens still common in London clubs compared with government offices.
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