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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1901
Page
1
Pittsburg reports the Clark plant started up today with nearly full force and no union obstruction. New York notes United States Steel paid a 1.25 percent dividend on preferred stock and plans two percent on common stock on September 14.
Cedar Rapids August 7 The Republican state convention is in session with Chairman James C Davis calling it to order. Nominees expected include A B Cummins John Herriot and W F Harriman along with J P Trewin Minister Conger has a small following and is unlikely to be nominated.
San Francisco reports no clue to the daring robbers who looted the Selby smelter strong room. Paroled convict Dick Phelan was arrested this morning. Police suspect the gold is hidden in nearby hills. Also, Paris reports Lord Kitchener will retire to Europe due to ill health.
Reading Pennsylvania reports a railway strike seen as a failure with many strikers seeking employment and ice workers returning to work. In Long Branch New Jersey the horse Cresus owned by George Ketchum will race at Elwood Park aiming to lower the world record after breaking it twice recently.
John Hall a professional singer stood under a girl's window at midnight and sang then cut his throat with a razor and died The incident is reported alongside news that tin and enamel ware manufacturers raise prices by ten percent due to tin mill strikes and shortages.
Miss Mattie Helen Beals was chosen as city marshal of Lawton replacing Bat Carr. A citizen delegation offered her the post and she accepted with a aim to curb outlaws without bloodshed. Carr fired at Beals to test her nerve. she returned fire and shot his hat off before they parted as friends.
The final group of horses under the Daly colors shipped from Helena on August 7 bound for Kentucky and Indiana. Several entries were made for the Kentucky Futurity.
Pittsburgh reports President Shaffer's strike order widely issued and expected to be obeyed. Mills shift to Sunday night work while offering incentives to return Monday. Clark plant restarts drawing applicants, fueling tension and fears of a broader clash. Schwab regrets the order, hoping for a costly but hopeful outcome. Yorktown sees three thousand workers refuse, while Wellsville nonunion mills stay quiet.
San Francisco August 7 report says Governor Gage is willing to mediate the ongoing strike if both sides request his intervention. The note mentions Carnegie’s invitation to become lord rector of Aberdeen University in Glasgow on August 7.
Paris August 7 a dispute over the quays at Constantinople grows serious with three French battleships ordered to prepare for Turkish waters. Meanwhile in Memphis a trolley accident injures several and fears four may die. In New York a federal grand jury resumes probe into the Seventh National Bank affairs.
Washington dispatch notes the gun boat Machias ordered by the Navy to proceed to Colon Panama to monitor affairs on the isthmus amid rising tensions between Colombia and Venezuela. The notice also mentions a Ball Dance at Turner Hall with Nagel's orchestra and promotes Hazelroad Dinneen livery services and Leader subscription.
London August 7 The house of commons unanimously passes a resolution of condolence and sympathy for King Edward over Empress Frederick's death. London August 7 It is announced that King Edward Queen Alexandra and Prince Nicholas of Greece will travel to Hamburg Friday for the Empress's funeral Sunday.
President McKinley cabled condolences to King Edward on the death of his sister Empress Frederichk in Washington.
Buffalo hosts the Pan American Maccabees day with the largest turnout in history. An all state uniform parade drew crowds this afternoon, underscoring a festive regional celebration. In New York Union Pacific directors convene to discuss stock dividends, with hints the 4 percent common dividend may stay unchanged due to crop damage and steel strike tensions.
The Apple Growers Association meeting in Toronto reports a fruit crop larger than the banner year 60 million barrels shipped from Canada. Joseph Prather, 80, juror in Guiteau Garfield assassination conviction, dies. he was a prominent Odd Fellow.
In New York on August 7 naval men sent a protest to the navy department against assigning the cruiser Columbia to ignoble training duties, replacing the condemned Vermont.
August 7 reports a great mortality from malignant typhoid fever among German troops stationed at Tien Tsin. The outbreak has caused severe illness and concern for local defenses.
Emma Andrews, an actress dying in Omaha lodgings, confesses Dora Richards, daughter of Brazil merchant John Richards, is in her care. The father searched ten years. Dora was entrusted at age four to the Andrews family after his wife died. The Andrews woman earned income on vaudeville turns. The dying confession reached Rev. A. W. Clark of the Child Saving Institute, who notified the Indiana merchant.
Philippine veterans nationwide will hold a convention in Salt Lake City to mark the anniversary of the American occupation of Manila on August 13. The meeting will run several days with a climax on the actual capture anniversary by land and naval forces under Dewey and Merritt.
In Lincoln Nebraska on August 7 Bryan Democrats Silver Republicans and the Populist state central committees met to fix the convention date and location for nominating an anti Republican ticket. Bryan supports the movement.
A sprawling record of residents and visitors in Cheyenne includes Wes Hammond on business, J J Fuller headed for a fishing trip at Indian Park, and others like Dave Stewart back from the East. The list names numerous travelers, examiners, editors, and social visitors, plus a local forecast, and ends with an employment ad for an apprentice girl at 1710 Ferguson Street.
Chicago August 7 promoters of a 300 million coal trust backed by Morgan met to discuss Indiana operators refusal to accept the trust’s high figures. Indiana trust directors plan a meeting to address this threat to coal from West Virginia Pennsylvania and Kentucky entering Indiana markets. Also notes on lemons per London Chronicle and a small classified sale offering a rubber tired go cart walking chair and swinging chair for 7 50 at 2116 House street.
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