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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1889
Page
7
Latest dispatches say Union Pacific controls a majority of Chicago and Alton stock and would join Vanderbilt line, with speculation around a $13 million figure. Chicago and Alton officials deny any sale while Wall Street agencies push the story of a binding pact and collateral bonds being prepared.
The convention committee led by George W. Vroman sent articles back for further deliberation. Vroman, a candidate for grand chief and Warm supporter, is expected to see the articles adopted with a slight modification. Adjournment likely Tuesday or Wednesday. Remains of Brother McCormick were sent to Boone, Iowa for burial.
Government directors of the Union Pacific urge Congress to act soon to secure payment of government indebtedness. They support the commissioner of railroads plan and recommendations from prior reports. They favor a bill substantially like the one pending when Congress adjourned.
Wrecks interrupt rail service with multiple fatalities and injuries. Gosnex Indiana reports a westbound Lake Shore Line vestibule train derailed at Wawnaka due to a broken side-bar. three cars and an engine were wrecked, one passenger slightly hurt. Rochester Pennsylvania sees a New York and Chicago Limited derailment with brakeman Peters dead and crew hurt. Virginia Lyscuavure collision between eastbound passenger and westbound freight leaves engineers dead and many injured. Port Jarvis New Jersey notes a freight derailment at Otisville with two dead and several injured.
Reports in New York claim Union Pacific has secured control of the Alton lines with J Pierpont Morgan backing the deal. Shares reportedly set at 140 dollars with negotiations over, while Chauncey Depew downplays any change in Alton ownership or traffic agreements despite press speculation.
Opening of the Cronin trial reports an attachment against Edward Spellman of Peoria. Dennis O Connor testifies on camp 20 events February 8. Patrick Nolan says a secret committee report was to be delivered to Beggs. Captain O Connor recounts claims of four English spies and rogue leadership. He cites LeCaron as an agent and notes a 300 page report.
Commissioner Raum met with Secretary Noble to review cases referred to the pension office. He stated no definite conclusion was reached. Raum ordered the head division to forward all large claims for his review before certificates are issued.
The report shows $225,202,412 paid into the treasury from all sources during the last fiscal year and expenditures of $20, $3,903 across various accounts.
The Locomotive Engineers in Denver report the charity chime totals about $20,000 after auditing. A federation committee, meeting with Knights of Labor and Brotherhood of Firemen, failed to reach an agreement on the federation question.
Testimony in Chicago on October 31 shows John W. Sampson says Coughlin tried to hire him to slug Dr. Cronin about two years ago. He admits past arrests and counterfeit money conviction and notes gambling as his profession.
The libel suit by Mrs John W. Mackay against the Manchester Examiner opened in the Queen's Bench. The article allegedly mocked her as a poor widow and washerwoman, unfit for high society. Defendants admitted the first innuendo but contested the second. £10 paid into court covered only the admitted part.
Michael Davitt delivered a forceful speech denouncing alleged tactful letters as an attempt at moral assassination of a public figure. He mocked the notion that fines were unaware of Piggott's history. Justice Houten praised Davitt's performance and thanked him for court assistance. Sir Henry James then spoke for the Times.
In Ninks Michigan on October 30 the Liz a Davis grand larceny trial exposes her mother as Mrs Monroe alias old Mrs Bender of the Kansas Bender family. A requisition will bring the prisoners to Kansas for trial once it arrives.
Helford Clark & Co. receiv er authorized to pay a five thousand dollar judgment of the First National Bank and set bills receivable and accounts in his hands to Mexander Belford for their face value. It is semi official that the firm will resume business.
Boston October 31 President Charles F Adams head of the Union Pacific denies a published tale alleging the company bought the Alton road. He states the report is unfounded and offers no confirmation of such an acquisition.
Adjutant General Roberts received a telegram about a riot at Axtell Marshall County. The Hatfield McCoy meeting near Milton claimed this morning is denied by locals. Lawrence Perry Dawson, son of ex Commissioner, was arrested in Wassixerox for stealing 93 worth of goods from his bureau. In Paris a wrestling match Canon versus Pietro ended in a draw after over an hour. a rematch is set for Friday.
General Crook of the Missouri division calls in his annual report for allowing soldiers to quit military service after a reasonable term by paying the government the enlistment and service costs. He argues this would reduce desertions and recommends shortening term of service.
A Pepublican special from Espanola reports an old Mexican woman and her son were killed by a bear in prion groves. a 12 year old boy is missing near Abequin with fears of a bear attack. bears are abundant near Chama where two cowboys killed a huge Cinnamon bear after a dramatic chase and pursuit.
Wanstisros October 31 The Postmaster General announces government telegraph rates for the year. Day messages up to ten words under 400 miles cost 16 cents plus 1.5 cents per extra word. 400 to 1000 miles 15 cents for ten words plus 0.4 cent per extra word. over 1000 miles 0.44 dollar per word added to the 1000 mile rate. Night messages up to twenty words cost 15 cents plus 0.5 cent per extra word. Cipher signals fixed at 2.5 cents per word. A five member commission may be named to study rates for the next fiscal year.
President Green of Western Union says the postmaster general’s rates are below cost and the company is undecided on next steps after an executive committee meeting next Wednesday. The new rates reduce old charges by about 33 percent.
Judge De Wolf sustains democracy motion and orders canvassing board to tally Tunnel precinct votes. Appeal filed and stay requested. Irvin, a Democrat, won’t appeal. Jack, third member, is away. Court to decide if a minority board member may appeal. State canvass began using Tunnel precinct results.
At daybreak the Chicago Santa Fe vestibule train derailed near Carrollton Missouri. All coaches except dining and sleeping cars derailed. An expressman fatally hurt. Thomas Beck of Kansas City fatally injured. About five others slightly injured.
A sensational report notes Alexander Harris and Miss May Ellis leaving Harris's wife and four children. It cites unpaid bills totaling 110000 owed mainly to farmers and small merchants, highlighting a financial and social scandal.
Attorneys for the Democratic Party argued for judgment on pleadings in the Tunnel precinct case. Counsel expect the matter will not conclude within the week.
Actress Marie Horton who played Clanding in the Drum Major at the Cas ing eloped with a Russian embassy attaché in Washington. They sailed this morning.
Tudge Campbell arrived in town and today heard habeas corpus proceedings for C. W. Hatch of Boxton charged with his uncle’s murder. Hatch was admitted to bail of 4500 dollars and released.
St Louis October 11 Fiber Vice President Peasley of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy declares there is no truth in reports of a Pennsylvania Burlington alliance or the Burlington withdrawing from the Interstate Railway Association.
The Brooklyn Eagle warns against opening shop accounts. It urges paying debts promptly, avoiding loans, and saving regularly to weather a rainy day. It cautions that borrowing harms friendships and stresses facing finances calmly to reduce fear.
A spaniel known for stealing poultry chased a live rooster to a tree after dropping its defunct-looking prey. The startled rooster broke free, fluttered up, and escaped as the dog hesitated, leaving the proverb about wit versus might to the writer’s memory of similar tales.
Prisoners at the Oregon penitentiary manufacture brick, turning out about 16,000 daily, with efficient methods noted despite harsh conditions. The item highlights inmate labor contributing to prison industry and local supply.
A high wind torn gable end collapsed at the Templeton carpet factory on Williams Street in Glasgow. Debris crashed into the weaving department trapping fifty women and girls. Forty may have died, with many buried under broken timber in the debris.
Arrangements completed for two fast trains running solid between Omaha and San Francisco and between Omaha and Portland. East-bound service will reach 44 miles per hour and west-bound 40 miles per hour, operating over the Northwestern Union and Central Pacific routes.
Annie Carlson, daughter-in-law of the Carlson cottage owner, identifies Martin Burke as the man who rented the cottage in March posing as Frank Williams. She recalls Burke after recognizing him in court. James Carlson confirms showing and renting the cottage to the same stranger during testimony before a recess.
The Denver snow storm abated after forty eight hours and was the worst in years. All trains delayed and telegraph lines to eastern points wiped out. Three hundred miles east saw over fifteen miles of telegraph line wrecked. Colorado suffered damage to fruit and shade trees. Reports say cattle and horses drifted into the southeast and many weak animals perished in the blizzard.
The Colorado Supreme Court affirms the district court ruling fining Denver Republican Manager K G Cooper and Editor William Stapleton $300 each for contempt. The case arose from editorials and cartoons targeting Judge Stuart after he granted a habeas corpus to Acting Secretary of State Wyatt amid a grand jury access dispute.
Washington officials are awaiting new evidence as civil service officials review the sending of circulars soliciting political contributions to department officials. The commissioner emphasizes that action depends on newly gathered materials before proceeding.
A private San Francisco dispatch says the whaling steamer Lucretia from New Beptorp Mass was lost in the Arctic Ocean. Owned by Captain Lewis and associates of the port, the vessel valued at about $400 000.
Boston officials of Union Pacific deny any knowledge of a Chicago report claiming a traffic alliance between the Alton and Kansas Pacific branches of the Union Pacific. No confirmation or details were provided.
The Rev G Wy Peatherston relates a puzzle from a Louisville parlor where a woman answers she is only half married. She explains that before the other half of the couple can join, he must consent, and a wedding will follow.
A fragmentary dialogue critiques youth thrift and money use with characters Chadband Hiroller and Hiroller remarking on liquor odor and a misdated scene. The text mentions Oak, Austan, Carringey homes, and a figure 84,000 9 pair in a jumbled historical newspaper snippet.
Headquarters of Union Pacific deny a purchase of the Alton while Omaha Act reports positive talk of a multi road traffic agreement. The plan would link Chicago and Cheyenne via Kansas City with equal rolling stock contributions and through trains, possibly leading to Kansas division absorption by the Alton later, subject to government relations.
Brief items report Bradlaugh’s relapse in Loxpos. ships Alice and Romance with Navassa rioters reached Barrimore. U.S. treasury officials estimate October debt reduction near 9 million dollars. Clergyman Rev. Libertus Van Bekkels found dead from heart disease in Bureano. Pan Americans arrive in INVIANAPOLIS then tour milling works. Guatemala telegrams confirm revolution end. prisoners shot. Pittsburgh rink fire damages building. no deaths, losses about 5 thousand dollars.
Sir Henry James continued his speech at Lonpos on November 1. He argued Davitt allied with persons in America and elsewhere engaged in treasonable practices and sought to separate Ireland from Great Britain. He accused nationalist leaders of keeping Ireland’s affairs unsettled.
A Boston Post editorial condemns American women marrying foreign nobles, citing an American heiress negotiating with a German prince. It criticizes the dowry like 180,000 and warns fathers to stop such unions to protect the American name from ridicule.
A Burmese jade report notes the area lies between the Chinwin and Ura rivers near parallels twenty-five to twenty-six. Major deposits are in Myrthuunge, with large quarries in Merip Kachins. The big mine measures about fifty by forty by twenty feet and jade work runs November to May. Workers face extreme heat and high mortality during blasting and stone detachment.
The steel pen trade in Birmingham reports high activity with weekly output over 100,000 pens. Annual production would total about 1.195 million steel pens for government stationery, while annual consumption reaches around 2,000,000 pens, with quill pens still favored in London clubs over government offices.
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