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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1891
Page
2
Prof J D Contey showcases his private university museum collection built over over twenty years. The 20 000 specimens include mound builder relics Indian arrows axes vases pipes celts scrapers clubs knives and other warfare weapons with additional archeological and geological specimens. The Indian gods vases and minerals attract wide curiosity.
H. G. Hay, recently back from Chicago, states he secured favorable prices for his latest cattle shipment.
The Leader asks Col Courant to repay money raised from residents of Rawlins and Saratoga, noting the funds aimed at bringing eastern capitalists to Gold Hill mines. The excursion has been delayed due to insufficient numbers to justify Union Pacific discounted rates. If residents refuse to wait, they should request a check for their contributions.
Mevsovene will perform at Broadway gardens in Denver about the 25th for four days earning 500 dollars regardless of results. He has another 500 dollar engagement lined up in Kansas.
Joan W Bripvees postmaster and Western Union manager in Grand Junction Colorado has been absent two weeks due to a $2000 shortage and equal debt. The combined office run by a small boy and a young woman in a single room caused delays with letters and telegraph dispatches as customers waited for wires, messages, and tolls. The piece laments the loss of the postmaster and the office dysfunction.
At the World's Fair commission meeting Mr. Mercer of Wyoming proposed arranging with states to send militia to the fair in succession to serve as guards of honor and police. After discussion the resolution was laid on the table as beyond the commission's powers.
Frances E. Hale, recently at the World’s Fair, spoke at length with an Evening Dost reporter about woman suffrage in Wyoming. She said politics rarely causes discord and that many families have split tickets without harming the vote.
Mrs Hale defends women voters noting Wyoming women vote and many men also participate in elections. She asserts women’s greater independence and that political equality benefits both sexes. She cites practical independence and equal rights contributing to a unique World’s Fair exhibit shared by men and women.
The American West faces a land policy clash as arid lands remain with states while irrigation needs billions for reservoirs. The paper republishes US land commissioner Carter urging eastern support and notes a Salt Lake City congress next week to address the issue. Carter’s views frame the public land campaign’s key message.
President Jameson visited Cheyenne to promote the state university noting low capitol city enrollment but insisting scholarship quality will reflect well on the institution. He outlines yearly costs for out of town pupils at about 400 dollars including 200 for board and room and 100 for clothing books and incidentals plus 250 for a young woman in Laramie. He emphasizes small class advantages and lasting collegiate friendships.
The eastern iron expert Mar Jones, who toured Hartville last year, was in the city again yesterday. He says he has not abandoned plans to secure iron claims and may build a smelter in Wyoming.
The Tribune prints a brief card by C G Coutant stating funds were properly expended and vouchers will be produced. Mr Shingle notes fees at ten cents per line. Rawlins and Saratoga readers await a fuller explanation and vouchers, with patience urged as weather and other factors are cited.
President Johnson favors hiring a reliable metallurgist at the university to perform mineral assays for a nominal $1 fee. He proposes a $1,600 salary plus assay fees, with $500 in apparatus and a process to anonymize the mine source. The goal is to build a high reputation for the assays.
Cass Hite, a Colorado mining operator, shot two men in Green River Utah on Wednesday. A. F. Kohler was killed, Frank A. Drake wounded. coroner's jury absolves Hite as acting in self defense. Kohler, tall and personable, was described as a strong adversary who fired first.
The Leader notes a push for more Democrats in the Salt Lake detachment and questions whether appointments were accepted. It warns that unpaid offices attract less interest from political opponents and expresses concern over non compensated links.
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette reports that James G. Blaine will participate in the Ohio campaign, highlighting his planned appearances and campaign itinerary.
The Lady Managers endorse closing the World's Pair on Sunday to benefit Rey. Mr Patton faults the laboring poor for lacking another day to attend the fair, but the faction will not control the outcome this time.
The Rawlins Journal accuses C G Courant of taking citizens’ money for an eastern excursion that never happened. The Leader defends Courant while scolding the journal for slang and called for a certified check to settle the dispute.
Party leaders choose a fresh, vigorous figure to lead the ticket and unite the party. They express strong confidence of united support and a decisive victory in November.
Salt Lake dispatch reports the general committee of the irrigation congress debated Utah’s stance on government cession of arid lands to the state or territory where located. The resolution was referred to a committee for later report. The congress will meet in the Utah exposition building with invited geologists.
A Pacific coast company sold 50 million feet of lumber to the German government this week for railroad construction. The shipment will require 100 ships for transport.
Chauncey M. Depew declares railway travel in Europe extensive and varied but says no U S railroad could match European operations and retain its charter. He denounces Europe’s system as barbaric and medieval in spirit.
Evanston and Laramie boards of trade back Hon T M Patterson for the vacant Interstate Commerce Commission seat. A grateful response has been sent to each by Mr Patterson.
The ladies managers vote 56 to 36 in favor of closing the World’s Fair on Sunday. Their votes count only as expressions of preference and do not legally bind the closing.
Denver critics contend the city is being harmed by alliances with Galveston supporters after Colorado backed the deep harbor project for the Texas port, arguing the strategy damages regional interests and resources.
A Texas led push opposes Patterson’s appointment to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Official letterheads from the Deep Harbor Committee, listing John Evans, Alva Adams, and F. L. Dana as officers, are being used in letters from Galveston to sway President Harrison. Cheyenne residents are urged to solicit support while Patterson’s backers, especially Gen. Evans and Alva Adams, are described as unfairly attacked.
The British ambassador at Constantinople sent a strong note to the Porte a few days ago demanding an apology for the indignities shown to British merchant vessels in the Dardanelles.
Seventy two gentlemen were nominated as delegates to the Salt Lake irrigation and arid land convention and all declined except the listed names from Cheyenne Rawlins and Douglas among others. Railroads grant one fare for the round trip to Salt Lake and return.
J H McConnell superintendent of motive power and machinery on the Union Pacific discusses the vast network he oversees. He notes 8000 miles of track and a large workforce with 9000 names on the locomotive payroll. He reports no new machinery this year and predicts western railroads will not clear orders before next June, with potential western road construction ahead.
The Argus reports stolen Indian ponies passed through Alamo last Friday in a cowboy's custody bound for Shell Creek. Three Indians pursued the horses on Saturday. Mayor Shafer aided them, and by Sunday the animals were recovered. On Monday, a similar branding was seen. suspicions rise about those in charge as 36 men work on the water works extension under Contractor O'Brien.
In Hoboken New Jersey on September 11 the light weight clash between Jack McAuliffe and Austin Gibbons ends when Police Captain Hayes stops the six round fight. Referee Jere Dunn rules McAuliffe winner amid crowd unrest after Gibbons protests the decision. Bloodied by a cut over the eye Gibbons challenges Dunn before the outcome stands.
Laramie is asked to provide ten thousand dollars in stock to the Keeley institute in Blair Nebraska. The Blair establishment declared a four and twenty five percent dividend at the end of ninety days.
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