The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-01-30
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Shreveport: Sam B. Lemay, large
merchant, was shot dead by desperate
who escaped.
jefferson City: The senate adopted
a concurrent resolution asking the con-
gressmen from Missouri to open
Oklahama to settlement and to the st.
Louis and San Francisco railroad.
Boston: John T. McDougall of the
Rialto bucket shop, opened Thursday
after brief and inglorious experience
with Boston speculators, left last night
with several thousand dollars belonging
to creditors with whom he promises to
settle lat er. He leaves word that his
losses have been heavy.
New York: The heavy ice in the
river and bay impedes ferry travel. A
molasses laden barge sank at pier A,
having been cut down by the ice. Total
loss.
Washington: At meeting of the
house inter-oceanic canal committee
to-day the subcommittee on Ead's ship
railway bill reported it back with the
guarantee section stricken out. They
accompany the report with recon-
mendation to insert in lieu of the
omitted section a modified proposition
for the guarantee of an interest at four
per cent upon fifteen year bonds lin
stead of six per cent for thirty years.
with enlarged requirements as to the
test Of its carrying capacity, ,bringing.the
latter up to vessels of 1000 tons. 1t
was claimed for this modified PROPOSE
tion that a majority of the full commit
tee will favor it.
New York: George Jones, of the
Times, says that 1925, 900 has already
been subscribed to the presidential
fund, which is likely to be given out
right to Grant. Others declare that
Gould, Mckay, Vanderbilt and E. d.
Morgan gave $4,000 each.
Philadelphia: Charles Boomer, an old
German had $4,000 in bonds stolen
from him on the street to-day.
Middleburg, Pa: Fifteen persons
were injured, five seriously, by the
ditching and burning Of passenger
train on the Sunbury and Lewiston
railroad. The cause was broken rail.
Washington: The democratic sena-
torial caucus seemed to think that the
house would adopt the Morgan joint
resolution and thus settle the electoral
count controversy. They agreed that
the same bill for the congress ional re-
apportionment should pass.
Cincfnnati: The Cincinnati Central,
a company to build the elevate d subur-
ban and connecting railways, which has
valuable franchises already, opened
its books for subscriptions this morn
ing, and more than half of the stock
was subscribed forthwith.
San Francisco: Joseph Goldwater,
formerly of the firm Of Goldwater &
Bros, of Prescott and Elwenberg, Ari-
zona, has left for Arizona after victim
izing number of wholesale merchants
of this city, to the extent of from
$4,000 to 800, 900 worth of goods,
which have been shipped to L. Lyons, of
Yuma, who is alleged to be be a con-
federate of Goldwater's. The matter
has been placed in the hands of detec-
tives, but it is questionable whether
anything can be done, as Goldwater
bought openly on credit and the goods
cannot be found.
Augusta, Ca: A full meeting Of the
colored republicans with the members
of the state central republican COM
mittee was held to-day. An address
was adopted endorsing Bruce for u
place in the cabinet.
Portsmouth, N. H: Three trains for
Boston stuck in snow drifts; the pas
sengers returned to Berne. A severe
earthquake shock was felt yesterday.
Providence: DIR. j. B. Green, dis
tant relative of Gov. Sprague, who for
some months has been custodian at
Canonchet, has been summarily dis
missed. 1t is well known that Sprague
has missed valuables and has ordered
their restitution. He has instructed
the old housekeeper, who superintendent
the packing Of Mrs. Sprague's effects,
to prepare an inventory of the articles
missing.
st. Louis: Cyrus Smith, who bought
government revenue stamps and gave
bonds for payments in Chicago, under
pretense of starting watch factory,
then sold tho stamps for $40, 900 and
fled, was captured the other day in
Kansas. He is farmer of southwestern
Missouri with crooked history. He
took an overdose Of poison in Jail at
Carthage last night and defeated his
purpose to suicide.