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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-03
The Tweed Investigation.

Albany, May 2.-Senator Woodin to.
day testified Mt length before the in.
vestigating committee. His testimony
regarding recent published statements
was as follows: L received check,
bill of exchange, draft, note nor any
evidence of debt from Tweed, or any
body for him, and there is not now, or
ever has been, any such in existence; /
mean by that to undertake to deny that
in no possible shape has anything of
any value ever passed through my
hands or been received my me in con
sideration of any vote or act done by
me in the legislature or out of it for the
benefit of Tweed or anybody associated
with him; l want it to over the entire
ground. L w had any pecuniary
transactions with Mr.. Winslow directly
or indirectly; I never received any
money from Tweed, Winslow, or Hast
ings.
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A Significant Omission.

London, May 2.-The Telegraph, in
a leading article, points to the omission
from the declaration of neutrality is
sued by the British government on
Monday of a paragraph which appeared
in the declaration issued at the out
break of the Franco-German war.
1t contained the following: "We
are firmly purposed and determined
to abstain from any part, directly
or indirectly, in the war now unhap-
PLY existing between these sovereigns,
and to maintain a peaceful and friendly
intercourse with Them" The Tele-
says this omission can hardly be acct
dental, nor, under the exceptional cir
cumstancesI of the present war, could
the government be expected to bind the
country to an Internationally pacific
course.
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More About the Land Grab.

San Francisco, May 2.-In comec-
ton with the recent expose of-the man
her in which advantage has been taken
of the construction of the desert law
by Spectators, it is ascertained steps
are being taken and will soon be con-
msumatedt to secure q large and valuable
tract in ella valley. Gen. Phineas Ban
ming is reported as being the protector
of the enterprise. The land lies in the
river bottom and is of the richest quail
ity, as has heretofore been proved on
the occasion Of an overflow of the river,
when a rank growth of vegetation at
once sprang up. A ditch fifteen miles
long is already nearly completed and
will furnish water for irrigation.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-03
EUROPEAN WAR NOTES.

-
The Russians are now before Kars.
The Gar left last night for Bender.
Five British iron-clads have arrived
at Corfu.
The Russians find the population in
Asia everywhere friendly.
Russian forces from Alexandropol
have occupied Selma and Eatkeva.
1t is reported that the Russian forces
have taken the fortress of Bayazide, in
Armenia.
The Wiener Press states that Aus
tria will soon issue a declaration of
neutrality.
The Turkish posts on the Asiatic
frontier have mostly surrendered with
out a blow. 1
Reports are circulating in Paris of
great losses to the Russians by fever
and fatigue.
Herr Somssich's Interpolation is
unanimously approved by all parties i'm
the Hungarian Diet.
A diplomatic rupture between Turkey
and Roumania is imminent, and will be
followed by declarations of war.
The Turks are prosecuting Christians
AANSA iiia ilo odltlL. I'll luBlllNtS
are arriving in the latter place.
The Russian telegraphic agency an
nounces that the Turkish fleet resumed
the bombardment of Fort st. Nicholas.
A squadron of irregular cavalry has
applied for permission to enter the
Russian service, and surrendered its
standard.
Roumanians assert that the Turkish
gunboats have seized in the Danube
seventeen corn-laden barges belonging
to Greek merchants.
The Russians have stopped the manu-
facture of gas at all their Black Sea
ports, fearing CONGREGATIONS in the
event of commandment.
Eight thousand of the Russian adj
vance guard are expected at Bucharest
tomorrow. The Turks are burning
villages opposite Galatz.
1t is reported that the Russian adj
vance guard has reached Busco, on the
railway between Bucharest and Galatz.
The Russians advance leisurely.
Bokshara and Kashgar have, it is
said, declared their intention of send
ing the heirs of their respective thrones
to st. Petersburg to form an alliance
with Russia.
The eastern Budget says the Russian
and Turkish circulars will not be an
sweredby Austro-H Hungary, us an opin-
ion regarding the justice of the IL
of either would be useless.
An official Russian dispatch says the
Turkish garrison, numbering LOO,
abandoned Bayazide Monday, leaving
large quantities of ammunition. The
Russians occupied the town.
A proposal has been started in the
parliamentary clubs of Vienna to ask
the government whether due provision
has been made for the military protec-
tion of the Transylvanian frontier, so
as to forestall any sudden Russian in
vasion.
No important changes have occurred
in the military situation of the Russian
advance guard, and the Turkish gum
boats have been within easy range with
out firing. We have the singular
anomaly of two hostile forces appa-
rently unwilling to assume the respon-
sibility of beginning the fray.
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Won Moltke's Speech Defined.

Berlin, May Provincial cores
pondence says that Gen. Won Moltke's
recent speech concerning French ar
maments was intended clearly and
resolutely to direct the attention of
Germany to the facts which, not
withstanding the undoubtedly pacific
tendency of IL policy, call upon us
to continually observe the greatest
military vigilance. Bismarck. upon
reading Won Moltke's speech, intimated
his complete concurrence. 1t is sup
posed the Emperor's visit to Alsace is
connected with the definite settlement
of measures to counterbalance the con-
centration of French troops on the
frontier.
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TICKS.

Minister Washburne arrived in Paris
yesterday. g&tsg
. The Glasgow sugar market is excited
and prices-a are higher.
w. W. .Newcomb, the well-known
negro minstrel, is dead.
Col. John Forsyth, editor of the Mo-
bile Register, died yesterday.
Gen. Grant was in Morristown, N.
j., yesterday, the guest of Thos. Mast.
Another company of pilgrims will
shortly start from Montreal for Rome.
Gen. Geo. A. Sheridan, of Louisiana,
will accept the Central American mis-
sion if rendered.
Leeds millers have advanced -four 4
shillings per bag, an advance of II shil-
lings in one week.
The President has appointed ]. Boone
Indian Agent at the Southern Apache
Agency in Arizona.
Yesterday Gov. Fairbanks reprieved
John p. Phair, in Jail at st. J%ohnsburg,
VT, until April, 1879.
At Cincinnati, yesterday, Emerson &
Fishers carriage factory was DESTROYED
by fire. Loss about $50, 600; insurance,
$3.50, 000.
AT Newcastle yesterday the 1900
guineas trial stakes was won by Char
mont Sanford; Brown Prince second,
Silvio third.
The Secretary of the Treasury tele-
graphed the postmaster ut New York
to ascertain the cause of the casualty
at the ~postoffice. u &
Gen. Crook arrived in Chicago Mon
day night, and will hold a consultation
with Gen. Sheridan on matters relating
to Indian affairs.
Three hundred thousand dollars in
gold coin was shipped from New York
for Europe Wednesday, and 300, 900
vas packed for Thursday.
The shipbuilders Of Glasgow have en-
tered upon a lockout, owing to a strike,
and 400 non-striking shipwrights have
been thrown out of employment.
At the election in Lafayette, Ind, on
Wednesday the Republicans elected the
mayor, and the Democrats the treas
urer and marshal. The council is Re-
publican.
The indianapolis Republican city
ticket was elected yesterday by a major
ity of from 500 to 1900. The board of
dlutTIueu anu tUc CouiiCH uIt Dotu
strongly republican. i
The new board of directors of the
Lake Shore railroad elected w. H.
Vanderbilt, President; Augustus Schell,
Vice-President; l.. d. Worcester, Trea-
surer, and John Newell, General Man
ager. EDr ~
At Geneseo, ILL.,, on Wednesday, the
Geneseo House. a large ~-three-story
hotel, was burned. Loss, S38, 900; in
surance, S1S, 600. The boarders lost
property worth about $4,000, nothing
being saved. f D.
Dickey's large saw-mill in Burling-
ton, Iowa, was burned Wednesday
morning with a large amount
of lumber. Loss, $4,000; insurance
$4,000. Fifty or sixty have been thrown
out of employment. The fire was prob
ably the work of an incendiary.
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Vienna, May 2.-As the Roumanian
troops are returning to Kalafat, it APP
pears that Roumania considers the rati-
fication of the convention with Russia
a declaration of war against Turkey.
The Presse believes, should the Porte
expel Russians from Turkey, the gov
eminent will not send an ambassador
to Constantinople.
The convention between Russia and
Roumania for the transit of the Cars
army is considered by Austro-Hungaria
rs a breach of neutrality, and the i'm
preston it has caused is such that,
from the aspect of affairs, it seems
doubtful whether the government will
be able to resist much longer the mani
festation of public opinion in favor of
intervention. The press has never been
so violent in its language towards
Russia.
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FOREIGN.


London, May 1.-The third message
from Vienna gives the following ac-
count of the battle of Kars: The CEN
tire Of the Russian army 10000 strong,
under Melikoff attacked Mukhtar, five
miles from Kars, April 29th. The
Turks fought desperately. The Rus
slams, supported by powerful artillery,
succeeded in dislodging them from
their position. Mukhtar called out his
reserves and attempted, on the Both, to
recover the lost ground with go, 200
men, but was defeated and driven back
under the guns of Kars. The Russian
losses are considerable, those of the
Turks are enormous. a
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-03
Protection of Turks in Russia.

st. Petersburg, May 2.-Yesterday
Lord LOTUS, the British minister, noti-
fed the Russian government that, in
consequence of the Porte's intention to
expel Russians from Turkey, the Porte
had abandoned the idea of placing
Turkish subjects remaining in Russia
under British protection. The Russian
government, which had already accept
ed British protection for the Turks, re-
piled that the Turks would, neverthe-
less, continue to receive the protection
of the laws.
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NEBRASKA.


Omaha, May 1.-The Omaha Herald
publishes reports from the best coun-
ties in Nebraska and western Iowa of
the g~rasshopers and crops. The re-
ports are unexpectedly favorable.
There are only three of the places
heard from that report the grasshop-
pers bad. The prospect is unusually
fine. A largely increased acreage is
being sown, especially of corn. Farm
ers were delayed somewhat on account
of the recent heavy rains. The fruit
prospects are only fair.
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NEW YORK.


New York, May 2.-General Butler
is reported to have said, in q recent
interview, that twelve million worth of
U. S. silver coin has been purchased in
this country to be sent to South Amer
lea. He spoke of this alleged transac-
ton as one by which the United States
government had experienced consider
able loss. Linderman, director of the
mint, believes that Butler must have
obtained his information about the ex-
portation of silver coin from the fact
there has been recently stamped at the
U. S. mint twelve million in nickel and
copper pieces for the Venezuelan gov
eminent. NJ
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-03

Democrats Praising the Peace Policy.

Washington, May 1.-The Demo-
cratic Jackson association unanimously
passed resolutions commendatory of the
Presidents policy. One speaker said
the President did as much to harmon-
ize the interests of the country and to
promote its prosperity as could have
been expected from a Democratic Pres
ident. Gentlemen of both parties from
New Orleans speak enthusiastically of
the good feeling and conduct of all,
produced by the recent pacification pol
icy. Republicans say the colored peo-
Pile are treated better than ever.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-03
The Danube Closed by the Turks.

London, May 2.-The British for
eign office publishes a dispatch from
Loyard announcing that the Turkish
commander on the Danube has been
empowered by the Porte to close the
river to all navigation, and to detain
on requisition neutral vessels subject
to Naturalization, OIL order them to
repair or to leave certain ports under
penalty of total ~confiscation, or adopt
any measures rendered necessary by
military e%Xigencies.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-03
MEXICO.
Trouble on the Rio Grande.

Matamoras, May I'm view of the
presence of Gen. Escobado, who is chief
supporter of Ex-President Lerdo, on
the Texas frontier, and the probability
of an attempt being made to restore
Lerdo to the Presidency of Mexico, it
is stated that Diaz, acting President,
will o o come to the Rio Grande and
assume command of northern Mexico.
Orders have arrived to recruit five OF
six thousand additional troops, and
horses and munitions are being concen.
trated on the frontier as speedily as pos.
sible. Should Escobado cross from
Texas into Mexico he will meet with
stubborn resistance. 1t is reported that
Cartiva was received in Mexico with
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-03

Washington, May 2.-Simon Wolf
Recorder Of Deeds for the District o.
Columbia, and other prominent Israel
ties, called OH the President to-day ant
asked him to take action similar to thai
taken by President Grant, to protect
Israelites in Roumania. The President
expressed his sympathy with the object
and promised to use his best efforts t.
comply with their wishes.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-03
ILLINOIS.


Chicago, May 2.-The Post has an
interview with Gen. Crook concerning
the Indian question, the substance of
which is that Gen. Crook considers that
Indians are like white men in respect
to acquisitiveness; that if they are
given a start in the way of lands, cattle
and agricultural implements they will
keep adding to their wealth and settle
down into respectable, staid citizens.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-03

demonstrations of favor, and has placed
a large stock of horses on his different
ranches in the vicinity, which were
largely stolen from Texas, at the dispo-
sition of the government. Cartiya's
friends assert that he will soon return
with his former rank of general, and
take an active part in the stirring
events shortly expected on the Rio
Grande.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-03
Government U. P. Railway Directors.

Washington, May d Secretary
acnurz apP1llteH as 6overnmenG d.
j. G. Harrison, Indiana; Francis b.
Brewer, New York; Jas. f. Wilson,
Iowa; Joseph ii. Willard, Nebraska;
Daniel Chadwick, Connecticut.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-03

New York, May 2.-Auditor Ogden
testified before the Custom House in
vestigating committee to-day, that
there were ninety-nine men in the de-
partment, most of whom knew nothing
about their duties when appointed, and
if competent and well paid men were
employed, the department could be man
aged with twenty per cent less help.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-03
Insurance Men Indicted.

New York, May 2.-Thos. Z. Lom-
bert, President, and Alexander J. Reid,
actuary Of the Popular Life Insurance
company, have been indicted for swear
ing falsely, as alleged, to statements of
the standing of the company. Indict-
ments have also been found against
Luther N. Frost, President, and 5. o.
Rogers, Secretary Of the Continental
Life Insurance company, upon similar
grounds.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-03
Russian Naval Monsters.

Vienna, May 1.-The most important
war news to-day is that the Russians
have a number of iron-clad batteries,
drawing only a few feet of water, atthe
mouth of the Dniester, neal Alderman,
which they hope to safely convey to
the Kilia, mouth of the Danube, and
over the bar to the town of Kilia. River
engagements may therefore he ex-
pected.. a[ rH
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-03
Illicit Distilling in Georgia.

Washington, May 2.-Internal rev.
enue officers in Georgia report renewed
illicit distilling there, and open defiance
of the revenue officers who attempt to
collect tax. They declare that collec-
ton is impossible without military aid.
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Pera, May52.-The Turkish navy has
been ordered to guard Sulina, at the
mouth of the Danube, against the Rus
slams, who are within five miles of that
port. Another squadron is to make
a reconnaissance of Odessa and Sebas-
tapol.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-03
Murdered for HIS Politics.

Washington, May at seems that
the life of the murdered Judge CHS
holm, of Mississippi, was threatened on
last election day, and he was not al
lowed to vote, and he was v~ariously in
Inundated. 1t is insisted on by Missis-
sippi Republicans that he was finally
murdered for his politics.
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French Leaven in Metz.

London, May "A Berlin cores
pendent reports that the town council
Of Metz refused to vote any none for
the reception of the Emperor. The
German Inhabitants of the town will
combine with the garrison to celebrate
his visit.
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convoked so that the minister of war
may know the strength Of the contin-
gent he can send. The estimates do
not admit of our furnishing the full
number required and it is necessary to
resort to the exceptional
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-03
The Egyptian Contingent.

Paris, May 2.-The Patria publishes
the. text of the .Khedive's speech to the
Egyptian notables. The Khedive says,
Notwithstanding the Porte's desire for
peace, Russia has declared war. 1t is
important that Egypt should send troops
to Turkey. The notables have been
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-03
An Approximation Needed.

Washington, May 2.-The work of
converting 11-inch smooth bores into g.
inch rifle bores has been suspended for
want of funds. If Congress votes the
needed money ships Of war fitted for
sea this year will be armed with these
improved guns. !
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-03

st. Louis. May 2.-Gov. Phelps has
committed the sentence of Edgar Moore,
the boy who shot Mabel Hally, a ballet
girl, at the Theatre Comique, last year,
to Imprisonment for life.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-03
MISSOURI.
workingmen,s Literary Association

st. Louis, May "A society, called
the Workingmen's Press Association,
was incorporated here to-day, under
control of the st. Louis section of the
workingmen's party of the United
States, the object being the promotion
of literature and science among the
working classes here. 1t will have a
newspaper, published in German.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-03
Attempt to Wreck a Train,

New York, May 2.-This afternoon
two miscreants broke the connection of
an engine with the air brakes on the
Jersey Central train. As it was near
ing the depot at Communipaw, the
train, with over one hundred passen-
gers, barely escaped precipitation into
the river. The men were arrested.
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reinforcement for cuba.

Washington. May Authorization
has been received at the State depart
ment that two vessels recently left
Spain, one with 300 and the other with
200 troops, to reinforce the Spanish in
Cuba
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-03
The Russian Advance Guard.

Bucharest, May 1.-The Russian adj
vance guard has reached Buzo, between
bucharest and Galatz. The Russians
are retarded by floods and insufficient
transports.
tits estimated that 60, 200 Russians
have arrived in Roumania.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-03

Belgrade, May 2.-Servia has con-
cluded a loan of $4,000, 900 francs with
the French Union Commerce bank.
Recruits are still arriving and the for
nation of volunteer corps to accom-
pany the Russians is spoken about.
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Courtesy of Wvo. Archives
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-02-01
The Senatorial contest Fin Kansas

The Senatorial contest FIN Kansas
seems to be so badly mixed as to promise
winters job. In the Senate the forty-two
7otes were divided between twelve candidates,
seven votes being the highest given to one
candidate. In the House the one hundred
and twenty-five votes were divided between
thirteen candidates, none receiving higher
than seventeen votes.
The subcommittee of the House ju'
dietary committee having reported that there
is no evidence of fraud On the part of Robson,
secretary OF the navy, the judiciary committee
unanimously adopted the following resolution:
That articles OF impeachment ought not to be
preferred against George M. Robson, Secreta-
~ of the Navy, for violations OF law which
have occurred in his department. because
there is no criminal intent or corrupt motive
on his part which would constitute such vio-
lations, high crimes or misdemeanors under
the meaning of the constitution.