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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1891
Page
13
Official reports from Maprio describe Toledo province floods killing about 2000 people and destroying crops and homes. Roads are cut, relief scarce, and hungry survivors face epidemics as bands of desperate men raid for bread. Troops guard towns including Almeía as authorities tally the dead.
Steamship Zealandia arrived from Honolulu. Burial of Prince Consort Dominis held Sept. 6 beside Kalakaua mausoleum. Queen Liliuokalani forms privy council with Kawānanakoa, Sanford Dole, Beckley, Fernandez, Pisenberg, Richardson. Queen’s birthday festivities canceled after Prince Consort’s death. U S Cruiser Charleston sails to Yokohama and Shanghai. Hawaii supreme court hears petition to probate Will of Kalakaua ancestor Keliiahomui, ongoing forgery challenge by Junious Kane. Reports of Kohala clash between plantation natives police and Chinese laborers ending with property damage. court frees Chinese laborers next day.
Sheriff Kelley uncovered an apparent plan to break out of the jail yesterday morning. A bar was cut on the east side of the lower cells and tools were found hidden under the iron floor. Visitors may have aided the operation and new visitor rules were enacted.
Maj. Powell writes Judge Merrell accepting the invite to join the Green River expedition. A trial run on the little steamer is nearly ready. If successful, Powell will depart Washington and take cabin passage for the journey.
The Green River Canal company has organized and begun field work with surveyors. They plan a canal near Fontenelle creek mouth to irrigate 250 000 acres along the Green river’s west bank for over twenty miles. Estimated land and canal cost is 750 000 dollars, with land expected worth at least five dollars per acre.
Tom McCarthy of Boston knocks out Bill Smith of Australia in the California club fight after a warlike twelve rounds. Smith dominates early with lefts and strong rights, but McCarthy answers with decisive blows, sending Smith staggering before the finish.
Judge Blake says Campbell erred by filing an affidavit and notes his conduct was otherwise as expected. motion to correct the record to show not guilty was opposed by several affidavits from attorneys that could misstate facts. Campbell himself had filed one affidavit.
Joe De Barthe editor of the Buffalo echo visits Omaha and touts gold cement and ore specimens from Bald mountain. He claims placer fields extend about 180 miles, nearly every claim is a fortune, capital is flowing in, and development work will be pushed as the northern country grows prosperous.
Salt Lake City hosts about 450 delegates for the Irrigation Congress with Utah Governor Thomas urging cession of arid lands to the states and discussing methods to persuade Congress. Officers chosen include C. C. Wright as president and F. K. Gilespie as secretary. Thursday set for memorial preparations.
Lexpos reports Sept 15 that Britain did not seize Mitylene but ships may have landed during routine boat drills. Turkish interior minister asked for confirmation. Sir William White denied fortifications and noted crews reembarked for Marmerite. Diplomats debate England's potential to turn drills into a threat.
The official chart received at the signal office yesterday shows that the showers during Melbourne's stay were strictly local.
Day and Blanchard, janitors at the capitol, escort visitors to Mineral Hall in the basement. The exhibit, though small and incomplete, is representative and leaves viewers convinced Wyoming’s resources are vast and the state’s future seems assured.
The Mine Union a branch of the national miners ore dealers and reduction people with Omaha headquarters was organized here yesterday. The local board includes J. K. Jeffrey William Sturgis Jr George W. Brown and J. C. Baird. Sampling works are to be built at Omaha with free assays and guidance to treatment and capitalists connected. The New York branch is already in working order.
O Hearne protested reductions in working hours and wired General Master Mechanic McConnell yesterday. He notes many repairs on hand and that many men will leave rather than work the shorter schedule. O Hearne plans to depart around the first.
Ed W Stone reports 500 vacant stores in Omaha and many more unoccupied residences while Z T Hedges notes Kansas City is unusually quiet. The Little Rock correspondent says Cheyenne resembles a late evening ghost town with sparse foot traffic.
The commission awarded R. W. Bradley the contract to haul 1,800 yards of earth to the statehouse grounds. The square will be leveled in preparation for adornment once funding is secured.
In mid winter a young man, once employed at A. Gilchrist's ranch, forged the ranch owner's name and obtained money on checks drawn by George W. Hoyt Max J. Meyer H P Hynds and others. A brother of the forger appeared last week and took up all the bad paper.
Auntie Tilly Hunter a 68 year old Milwaukee resident died after two strangers at Sim Caro's Market street saloon lit a match to her dress during a plantation dance. She died at Passavant Hospital at 10 pm. Police poor clues as investigators search for the assailants.
Nat Goodwin and three others gamble at a club after a performance. A high-stakes throw ends with $1,600 in the pot as cards and dice decide the win. Goodwin wins the final toss amid cheers after a night of luck and suspense.
Wall Street reacts to favorable gold news with imports totaling 1.5 million dollars received from abroad since Friday and an additional 1.15 million dollars ordered to be shipped from the continent this week. More gold is expected to be ordered later in the week.
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