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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1902
Page
1
Detroit reports the sudden death of United States Senator James McMillan aged sixty five from heart failure after a weekend in Massachusetts. He served Michigan since 1889 and leaves a widow and three sons. The city plans ceremonies for both official and private funerals.
Flags fly at half mast on public buildings in Washington to honor Senator James McMillan of Michigan who died of heart failure at his Massachusetts summer home. As District of Columbia committee chairman he advanced city beautification. He leaves a wife and three sons. funeral likely in Detroit where he was a prominent banker manufacturer railway and steamboat operator. He was born in Canada sixty four years ago.
Washington reports charges alleging graft by government appraisers in the customs service involved in undervaluing Europe bound china and pottery. Losses to the government are estimated over one million dollars yearly. Pottery manufacturers from Trenton, New Jersey join the complaint.
London reports King Edward ordered the resignation of two officers in the Second Life Guards for complicity in chasing a more studious fellow officer. The note also mentions repairs to equipment. D. Miller. 1709 Ferguson St.
London records show widespread public joy over the coronation and improving health of the king. Queen Alexandra and Lord Kitchener receive popular admiration as cabinet members are sworn in and royal public events continue with a yachting excursion planned for the king.
In San Francisco on August 11 twenty five thousand Knights of Pythias gather for the biennial meeting with expectations to double at opening. The Uniform Bank camp of 2,000 tents is led by James Carnahan as major general. Members march by brigades to salute and Imperial Palace of the Knights of Khorassan holds a costumes session led by Imperial Prince Frank Clarke of Detroit. Governor Gage will welcome the order at the opening session.
The Golden Jubilee celebration of the International Typographical Union began in Cincinnati on Aug 11 with the largest delegation in its history. Welcome addresses were delivered at the Pike opera house by Acting Mayor Christie and Alvin McReynolds, president of Typographical Union No. 3.
Anthony Berger, 15 years old, was accidentally shot while hunting with an older boy near Coal Creek Florence Colorado. The bullet passed through his back and out the chest leaving him in critical condition. A doctor was summoned and he was taken to Coal Creek for treatment. A second item reports John Price, Ringling Brothers circus employee, killed after falling from a circus train near Pocatello Idaho.
In New Mexico residents learn the president has set apart a large tract of White Mountain timberland in Lincoln county as a forest reserve. Stockmen fear loss of grazing land as thousands of cattle may be displaced. The Mescalero reservation together with over 1,000,000 acres in Lincoln and Otero counties now become unusable.
Aug 11 Shenandoah reports a possible reduction of one regiment as peace settles. Mines cannot reopen soon due to water flooding colliery No 4 with 52 feet, a condition shared by nearby mines after pumpmen and engineers were called out. Soldiers’ mess tents see crowds of strikers wives and children seeking scraps, prompting orders to move excess food to reception areas for striker use.
A Washington summary notes the 1898 1900 Great Britain imports report by Frank H Hitchcock. It states the United Kingdom was the chief market for surplus farm products and that 1900 agricultural goods sent there totaled 1.578 billion dollars, 62 percent of Britain and Ireland's total import trade.
Mrs. E C Nash and Dr J W Hawk visit in the city while others travel to Denver, Rock Springs, and Salt Lake. W R Bryant and Miss Irma Cody accompany their relatives west. Elks member F C Rugg returns north to Glenrock after Elk gathering. Frontier Days drew officials and visitors as Wyoming towns report small wildlife bounty payouts.
Aug 11 Chamounix France two Paris residents named Stachting and a second, both recently escaped exposure on Mont Blanc, were found dead after guides were killed descending to seek help. The guide Blane survived a 111 foot fall but endured six hours exposure.
Special from Kearney Nebraska notes at 4 80 oclock the score in the ball game between the Indians and the home team. The fragment outlines the training session and hints at a competitive lead for the Indians with the scoreboard details unclear.
Salt Lake August 11 The grand lodge session and reunion of Elks opens tomorrow in the Mor mon tabernacle hall. Two weeks of entertainment are prepared with prize drills and other contests attracting much interest.
Port au Prince reports Haiti government forces captured and destroyed Petit Goave after a hard battle. ten thousand residents left homeless. Distress spreads as reinforcements move to the town to aid government forces facing revolutionaries.
Washington reports the state department says Dr. Wilson an American sentenced to death in Nicaragua for joining rebels is safe at Boca del Toro. The notice confirms his safety location and status.
Downtown stores report a stablemen strike led by sh een workers at Rothschild & Co demanding higher wages and shorter hours. Rothschild & Co. denies operations are tied up. Firebug Driven From Town in Leadville Incendiary Fires Spark Flight of Suspect. Marie Henrietta Queen of the Belgians Recovering After Heart Trouble Fears.
A special dispatch reports the American Consolidated Oil Company struck at 800 feet on section 34 near Evanston. The quality surpasses the Union Pacific well on section 23 adjoining. Drilling will continue to the third sand. observers expect more wells as local activity accelerates.
William Rhodes of Con tractor M. P. Keefe returned from Hong Kong after being held there by a cholera outbreak. He planned to inspect Manila for upcoming government building work but reports from Manila underestimate the epidemic. Rhodes noted over 400 deaths daily in the Philippines during his voyage.
Governor Richards appoints Wyoming delegates for the Trans Mississippi Commercial Congress meeting in St Paul in August 1922. Named are Clarence T. Johnston Rank Bond Fred Hond Cheyenne K J H Lott Charles Rounds Buffalo A J McDonald Meeteetse George W Richardson Basin A E Hoyt Sundace W H Holliday Laramin Charles F Maurer Douglas.
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with possible thunderstorms. A high pressure area shifting from the north Pacific coast to the lower Missouri valley brings cool conditions from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi. Temperatures this morning 10 to 2 degrees below normal with light frost in Huron. Heavy showers traced over New Mexico Oklahoma northwestern Texas and the north Atlantic coast districts. lighter showers across central and upper Mississippi valleys. Thirty hours ending 6 a.m. reported no precipitation.
The Basin Hall company forms to operate a recreation hall at Basin Wyoming with 5000 dollars capital stock. Their Loan company will operate at Cheyenne and Denver with 10000 dollars capital stock.
John Johnson, section foreman at Otto station west of Cheyenne, was severely injured yesterday morning while boarding train No 3. He sustained a fracture of the right shoulder and was taken to the county hospital. his condition is described as serious.
Five young men undergo the examination for cadet appointments to the U S military academy at Annapolis. Four seek Senator Warren's appointment and one seeks Congress Mondell's. Byron Congdon of the post office department oversees the three day test with results expected after marking.
Thad Sowder will not ride in the Frontier celebration though challenged by Otto Plaga and Frank Stone. If he does not ride this month he risks forfeiting the Ale ale championship. Plaga beat Sowder at Cheyenne last fall and is considered by many the best rider.
Captain N J O'Brien newly appointed interior department special agent sails from Gunnison to Grand Encampment to command a brigade against raging fires in southern Carbon county wrecking hundreds of acres of timber.
Fred Bohnstedy offers a 910 reward for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons who damaged his store property on Sixteenth and Addy Street.
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