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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1901
Page
4
The Cheyenne Leader issues a brief note on long distance telephone services with editorial by B A Slack publisher and manager K W Debelle and city editor H Evans. It outlines contact lines and services offered by the Cheyenne newspaper.
L. H. Ryan heads the large tie roasting operation at Laramie. N. R. Davis seeks cavalry horses to fulfill a contract with the English government. Fort Sanders mirage sighted by Lara mie residents. Cheyenne plumber P B Cook working on a Lost Cabin contract at J B Oakie residence. Eagles donate A O U W hall for Thursday baseball dance. North reports storm damage from a cloudburst in the Sybille canyon. Two Mrs Walcher daughters return to Omaha from city visit. Pat Sullivan offers two dollar reward per head for sheep missing in a stampede near Rawlins. 1400 acres near Wheatland sold to excursionists from Nebraska. Minnie Schwartz of Sunrise Wyoming performed at St Marks. Frank Bon and family join fishing trip to Granite Canon. New Nickell case developments cause excitement. Capitol fresco contract awarded for decorating the hall of representatives. Lee Bristol photos Rock Creek reservoir for a future advertising pamphlet. Pan American exposition negotiations with Doc Middleton failed. Frontier Committee lands a major attraction. Eagles French Ball on Frontier Day expected to rival New York’s French balls. L H Ryan, in charge at Laramie, is Cheyenne-born.
Local brief listing multiple residents and visitors. Rev. Young leaves for a three week vacation. Miss Elsie Myers travels to Denver. Max Meyer enjoys Bear Creek ranch outing. Rev J L Craig officiates at St Marks. Wm Myers to the East for winter stock. C Lomerine and wife return from New York. W Anderson of Springfield a guest with Judge Corn. W W Warner leaves for Kansas City on business. J H and T A Whaley visit from Cripple Creek. Mark Chapman returns from California. Gus Clauncy and sister attend sister's funeral in North Platte. families return from Black Hills trip. Brookhart family to Nebraska then Chicago and New York trip. Change in proprietors at Key City hotel with P M Jacobson as new owner. hotel renovated and notable dining room. Wasamergron Market touted as best for meats and produce.
Streets buzzed with a violent episode as Ward sisters known as Soldier Girls whipped two men with horsewhips near Seventeenth and Ferguson. The pair were jailed for disturbance. Five men, returning from Pole Creek fishing, faced warrants for fast driving, disturbance, and firing shots within city limits. Police secured names and will arrest them on return.
Ear ly closing of all city businesses planned for 6 o clock as clerks association pressure prompts most merchants to close. A few have not complied but the larger group is expected to lead others, a practice already in force in Western cities.
The first automobile owned by a Cheyenne resident, a runabout purchased Friday from a Denver firm by W. R. McKeen, master mechanic, arrived Saturday night with an manufacturer’s agent. It is gasoline propelled, noiseless, attractively built, and used on the streets yesterday for demonstration rides. Also: Harry Harrison, ex mall clerk, won a prize in the El Reno land lottery for property near Lawton valued at 5 000 to 10 000 dollars. Mrs. Al. Nash, formerly of Cheyenne, is critically ill in Denver.
Two special policemen are employed to patrol the city park after dark to prevent vandalism damaging flower beds and other property. FOR RENT Nicely furnished rooms in brick blocks electricity light janitor service five dollars a month upward Inquire Warren Emporium
Kels Nickell, father of murdered Will Nickell, survived a gun ambush near his Iron Mountain ranch as twelve magazine bullets were fired by two hidden assailants. Nickell, hit in the left arm and grazed at the back, escaped with his life and vows vengeance as warrants rise for James Miller and sons. The case links to the earlier Nickell murder and stirs Cheyenne with renewed charges.
L. H. Daingerfield departs for Pueblo Colorado to relieve the weather bureau staff during a month long vacation.
Home of Harry O. Schiltz placed in quarantine for scarlet fever on West Twenty-third Street, signaling local public health action in the area.
A well equipped group of young people led by Mr. and Mrs. Tom Burbin departed this morning for Middle Crow creek for a weeklong camping trip. The party includes Cora Kelly Clara Kelley Lyda Edith Stonar Emigh Wiley Tupper Eddie Durban R Holliday William Alexon and others, hoping to thrill the local fishing spots.
F S Passmore, who had unsettled Cheyenne residents with uncalled for attacks on Methodists, has departed for Colorado where he formerly resided. His hostile remarks alienated members of the Pentacostal Mission he worked with, and his exit was at their request. The city benefits from his removal as his words failed to convert and instead caused dissension.
The Dee Blair murder in Casper has grown as opaque as the Nickell case with no evidence tying the released youths to the crime.
Laramie citizen Dr Peter Pedersen was found dead in his bed on Grand Avenue after a quarrel with B Marsh. An inquest ruled no violence. morphine use suggested as cause. Pedersen, a Danish-born surgeon, had lived in the city three years and was married to Mrs Pedersen.
Joe Bush living with wife and stepmother on a ranch near Laramie is arrested on a warrant from his wife Laura charging assault and battery after a dispute last Thursday. An alleged claim of rape against the wife by the husband is said to be unfounded per physician’s report. Bush remains in county jail awaiting the prosecutor's arrival to proceed with the case amid other local matters.
The baseball association will host a dance this Thursday evening at A. O. U. W. hall to raise funds for paying off team debts. Everyone is urged to attend for an enjoyable evening and support the club.
Cheyenne Indians prepare for a benefit ball to be held Thursday evening in A. O. U. W. hall. Boys are selling tickets quickly.
Mr. Al Granger of the Granger Bicycle Company, long ill, is recovering and regaining health. Though not fully well, he feels much better today and is able to resume his duties at the shop.
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