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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
1
In this season of fashion Bon’s Shoe Store showcases the new fall footwear among well dressed men. The collection features refined lines and durable leather suitable for urban wear and varying occasions.
The Cheyenne Palace Pharmacy and drug emporium sits at the southwest corner of Seventeenth and Ferguson, drawing crowds with medicines, prescriptions, and a popular soda fountain. It touts wide ranges of goods and quick service to meet many wants during hot weather.
Washington reports from Japanese sources say Tong Chow was occupied by allies on August 12 and Pekin relief column may reach Pekin on the 18th. Wu received a long cipher dispatch from Conger and Li Hung Chang urged the powers to stop the allied march and direct commanders to treat with Chinese envoys for foreign ministers safety at Tung Chow and Pekin.
Washington reports major events at Pekin with ministers possibly freed or ministers evacuated to Tien Tsin under allied protection. Chinese surrender to terms set by allied commanders plausible as troops enter under a flag of truce. Remey cites Japanese sources that Tung Chow near Pekin was captured on the 12th.
Brussels reports M. de Cartier de Marchlenne secretary of the Belgian legation at Pekin has been made a knight of the Order Leopold. Praised for services in China he left Pekin before the trouble began and, while en route to Europe for vacation, did good work from Shanghai by keeping the foreign office informed of events.
Seattle August 1. The steamer Centennial from Cape Nome carries word that several attempts to burn Nome have been made by a criminal element seeking to cause widespread incendary fires. Firebugs planned simultaneous blazes across the city.
Madrid reports a new extradition treaty with the United States allows the transfer of anarchists and other criminals and their accomplices who violated the former convention. It also covers officials who embezzled public funds and promises a smoother extradition process.
Frankfort Kentucky reports a convening on Tuesday August 28 to consider modification or amendment of the Goebel election law. The session centers on one subject and aims to adjust the electoral statute in question.
Acting Secretary Adee met with the President at the White House to decide public disclosure of dispatches from Consuls and Conger. The allies may march on Pekin and determine whether ministers enter the city or meet outside the walls.
Chicago reports Henry C. Payne has a copy of Roosevelt’s itinerary from Republican headquarters. The schedule shows a September 6 Detroit speech, September 7 Grand Rapids and South Bend visits, a September 14 La Crosse address, then tours through the Great Plains and Mountain states ending with a finale in New York.
Reports say a severe summer heat wave causes many prostrations in Norfolk daily life and on ships. The city records a noonday temperature of 100 degrees as boiler room heat drives dangers aboard incoming steamships.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad reaches recognition of the Telegraphers Union, securing current of wages and improved conditions. This brings payroll gains and a wage boost for the majority of the 20 year employees on the line, signaling a shift after prolonged bargaining.
Ex Senator John James Ingalls died in Las Vegas New Mexico at 1 45 p m He requested a private funeral with his wife present and two sons unable to arrive in time The body to be taken to Atchison Kansas Trinity Church in Atchison to hold funeral services Sunday at 2 pm Bishop Millapugh of Topeka to read Episcopal burial service Born Middleton Massachusetts December 20 183? and age 67 Graduated Williams College 1855 admitted to bar 1867 came to Kansas October 1858
Still imprisoned in the wreck near Rapids Michigan seven were killed one fatally injured and eight badly or slightly hurt in the Northland express crash at Pierson yesterday. Engineers and firemen on both trains are among the dead. Workmen reached the scene as dawn broke and fog limited visibility to about 100 yards.
Workers in Gloucestershire resist American agricultural machinery citing job loss fears. They damaged wrappers and threatened opponents who would use newer equipment. Agricultural authority P. Anderson Graham warns England must adopt modern machinery to compete, noting cheaper American wheat undercuts British prices.
Robbers broke into the J. J. Carbegia pharmacy on Michigan Avenue last night for the fifth time in as many months. They damaged the shop, smashed a window with a pavement block, and carried off cigars confectionery and other articles.
No. 1 Woodman Ciele to run on Monilay Avenue 21h in A OO UV WwW Adwiesion 25 eonta.
The Presbyterian committee on revision of the creed plans to seek light from all sources and report to the next assembly in Saratoga August 16. The May general assembly urged rapid inquiries and action by presbyteries, with fall meetings to report recommendations back.
New York Aug 14 Jeffries decided not to meet the winner of the Fitzsimmons Sharkey bout on August 1. He says training costs would exceed potential earnings and that Sharkey is not fit due to injury. He plans to go on the pad soon and forego a fight for a year.
The Rev Charles Merriam of Highland Congregational Church Lowell Massachusetts, a Yale graduate and former Yale News editor, left home May 1 with minimal possessions and roughs it for three months. He traveled Boston to Portland to Colorado, worked as a canal boat deck hand, lived in crew quarters, and studied laborers. He found the men profane yet mentally capable and observed their desire to escape their life, though few succeed.
Chicago August 14 additions are to be made to the autobus line created as an experiment two weeks ago by Sehleinger and May. Three new electric Dawe vehicles will be added and put on the streets at once. The line runs to the Northwestern railroad station and the trial is said to have proven popular. A new line will connect Union Rock Island and Illinois Central depots with the department trolley district. Manager Powell states the electric vehicles have proven a popular ride for five cents and will push the carrier toward broader use.
The report notes a Republican gathering in Hawaii on August 4 with delegates returning from the Philadelphia convention. It describes the meeting as a formal political event led by party members in a tropical setting.
Chicago saloon owner Herman Dames and former German army lieutenant Charles Dix plan a dawn duel with swords in Humboldt Park to settle an old grudge. They claim officers of the Frano-Prussian war era and promise secrecy despite police.
Brussels authorities bar a Leyden students conference planned to raise funds for the Boers as part of wartime relief efforts.
From a reliable source we learn that George Quigley the conductor will be reinstated after dismissal due to the wreck. Quigley has long been recognized as one of the best railroad men in the state and was obeying orders when the wreck occurred. President Burt, at one of the trials, resisted replacing the conductor.
The machinists plan their annual ball on September 1 with top music arranged to promise the finest event in their history and attract a large attendance.
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