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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1902
Page
1
Fires roared along the Green Horn range near the New Mexico line and Mount Baldy in Breckenridge as forests burned across about thirty square miles. Farmers struggled to halt the blazes. vast timber losses and spreading flames caused widespread anxiety for prospectors and campers.
Albert Horton former Kansas Supreme Court chief justice was carried home from Keoshna Wisconsin by private car and remained gravely ill doctors warned he should prepare for death his family doubts he will recover Bessie Bonehill dies in Portsmouth England reported by cable Schwab heads to Europe reports he may not return and is not forming a European steel trust William Hatner of Winona Idaho dies after eating fifty ears of corn at his farm home
London reports the ancestral home of George Washington near Bambury is offered for sale. Proposals include government purchase to turn the grounds into a public park and the house into a museum, or transferring the house in sections to Mount Vernon for re-erection.
Special agents of the interior department are at the Wyoming forest fire scene after a call from Governor Richards. They are supplied with funds to check the flames and are expected to bring the blaze under control with no further fears.
Denver observers report public sympathy with the Osgood faction as courts weigh Judge Riner's night decision. Gates supporters plan to press for a meeting to elect directors, while Osgood tellers aim to block proxies and retain control. Gates lawyers urge injunctions to halt the annual meeting proceedings.
Denver reports John W. Gates and fourteen companions including seven millionaires left for Colorado Springs on a special train to return east over the Rock Island road. Gates is ill and exhausted, resting in a private car with a physician aboard as altitude effects his heart. No court action occurred. Osgood seeks to tighten control to elect friends to a new board after resignations. In Belfast the White Star steamship Edrick, the largest in the world, was launched, displacing 21,000 tons.
The navy exercise features a black squadron attempting to seize Portland and other North Atlantic ports, while a white squadron defends. The staged clash draws thousands of spectators as crews show notable skill and move onlookers to praise the practice drills.
Sixty bookmakers and pool dealers paid out $2,000,100 by 11:00 am on wagers from yesterday's Saratoga races. Joe Ullman notes daily Saratoga wagers average $2,000,000 across six events, signaling broad prosperity and higher activity than prior years.
Kansas City report states two deaf laborers P Cravens and Oscar Nolan were struck and killed while walking on the railroad tracks by the Rock Inland Flyer. The incident occurred today as dusk settled, with authorities launching an investigation into the fatal collision.
Bevenrealdente of Topeka presided over a Middle of the Road Populists convention that endorsed a full state ticket and the initiative and referendum via plebiscite. The ticket would be completed in thirty days under leader guidance. Dr. Conway residence phone 133 B.
The will of Mrs. Charles Fair valued around $200,000 grants her mother $2,500 and her four brothers and two sisters $10,000 apiece. The remaining estate goes to her husband whose heirs reportedly will transfer the wife’s relatives’ claims if she relinquishes any claim to his estate.
New York Aug 21 Russell Sage declares in an interview that combinations of major industries threaten government and oppress people He warns that if such combinations persist the American public will revolt and face financial ruin unseen in history.
General Franz Siegel, famous soldier, dies in New York at age after long illness. he had been suffering from a breakdown of his constitution.
Sheridan dispatch reports Carl Mather, youngest son of ER B Mather of Buffalo, accidentally shot by Harry Holloway at the Muckres and Mather coal mine between the city and Buffalo. The shotgun discharged while being handled, striking Mather in the right leg above the knee, causing a serious wound. He died about 4 o'clock the morning after the incident.
Special to Leader. Sheridan Wyoming August 20 a one year old son of E T Polly a merchant at Parkman was drowned yesterday while bathing in a small stream he went beyond his depth in a hole the body was recovered shortly afterwards.
The Excelsior Creamery in Cheyenne shifts to exclusive Wyoming milk sources. It previously bought from five Nebraska dairies along the Burlington line and from Colorado and Nebraska suppliers. Manager Vaughn travels north to secure milk from Wheatland and other Wyoming line dairies as the plant grows.
A series of brief notices recounts residents traveling north for visits and business. Guernsey and Underwood family members head toward farms and relatives, Mrs. Sherlock and Mrs. Smalley visit friends, Mrs. Gilcrest and Dorothy return from the north, Denver visitor Mrs. W. C. Pierson visits Hunts family, and Judge Hauphoff is in New York City on business. Black recovers from a three week injury, and Minneapolis guest Hugh Apricot stays with Judge Scott. D Miller offers watch repairs at 1708 Ferguson St.
Manila reports the Moro resistance in Mindanao growing with a planned American move against Bacolod after a deadly attack on Camp Vickers. Hostilities and mutiny aboard the Mis Hermanos add to tensions as General Chaffee urges decisive action. Governor Taft to arrive with elaborate festivities ahead of trial rulings on libel case.
Word from Lander reports Razor Dick, a notorious horse thief arrested last Sunday near Lost Cabin by a Johnson County deputy sheriff, escaped custody and fled with a horse saddle bridle and a Winchester from Senator Madden. A $1,000 reward from Little Mimwari Horse Co and $200 from Senki Madden are offered for his capture as deputies close in on the fugitive William Bronson, alias Razor Dick, is a Fremont County figure seen there years ago.
J. W. McCarten raised a large Frontier banner on Cap itol avenue at Sixteenth street. The sign proclaims The Original Frontier Day Broncho Busting Contests with valuable championship prizes and The World Championship Contests. It measures thirty feet by three and a half and was painted by the Jacob Sherman company.
Dispatch from Lander Wyoming reports James Keffer who was to hang on September 6 1902 has been granted a stay pending a Supreme Court revision of his case. Papers were served on Sheriff Stough. Keffer remained calm as news spread amid possible public unrest and fear of lynching on the slated date.
A public notice from Depot Exchange staff counters rumors that L Kabis pays below union wages. The workers declare wages are 10 to 25 percent above union scale, praise fair treatment, and accuse rivals of coordinated mischief and a targeted boycott. Signers include George Stevenson and 20 coworkers from cooks to waiters.
Within the past twenty four hours about 100 care of sheep have passed through the city en route to eastern markets. The Frontier committee today let the contract for printing the programs for the Frontier celebration. These programs will be small and neat with advertising eliminated so people will understand them at a glance.
The wife of a prominent local businessman will institute divorce proceedings shortly. A professional man of the city is named as co respondent in the action.
The Horton Combined Concentrating and Amalgamating company announces Wyoming incorporation with Cheyenne as stockholders meeting place and Denver as head office. Inventor A M Horton offers a public model and tests of dry amalgamating at Normandie hotel August 20 to 26 with exhibitions daily from 4 to 8 pm.
A local ad promotes men’s summer underwear at 76 cents per suit. The listing highlights affordable pricing and quick availability for shoppers seeking practical summer basics.
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