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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1900
Page
1
Well dressed men discuss the season as Bon's new shoe store unveils its latest fall footwear. The display highlights styles for business and leisure with emphasis on comfort and quality.
A fragmented 19th century style notice praises the Palace in Cheyenne as a pioneer establishment tied to Frontier Day. It hints at future civic plans, a youthful vote, and a hopeful outlook involving the Denver observatory and a new assembly for Cheyenne, with poetic imagery of fountains and festivities.
In Washington and Paris reports of Pekin siege and Chinese defeats are dismissed as unfounded. The American message to President shows relief and thanks for deliverance. German forces arriving abroad support the view of weakened Chinese resistance and clarify the crisis.
Pretoria reports General De Wet has reappeared near Hellbrow south of the Vaal after a northward move. Steyn is said to have joined Kruger east of Pretoria. Rumors claim Boer defenses at Machadodorp were repulsed with heavy losses.
Ida Glick aged 60 committed suicide by leaping from the six story roof at 305 East Third street New York. She fell to the granite sidewalk and was crushed into an unrecognizable mass. Authorities believe heat may have driven her to the act.
Hiram Sharp an aged white man was hanged today in Decatur Georgia for the murder of his wife Jin during a morphine feud. Sharp was scarcely conscious when the drop fell the crime having occurred December 6 in Leon.
Boston August 28 The first official trial of the new battleship Alabama will occur today on the government course between Cape Ann and Cape Porpoise. The ship must maintain 16 knots at full displacement during four hours of steaming. she exceeded this speed in a preliminary Delaware trial last year.
The national encampment of the unform rank of the Catholic Knights of America opened in Jasper Indiana. Morning exercises featured resolutions for expanding the uniform rank nationwide with drills reviews and parades as the program.
Fragmentary note recalls a claim that Jesse James was killed in a 1882 era event near Saint Joseph Missouri by Bob Ford, with conflicting lines about a co-conspirator and a Trinidad California connection. The garbled text hints at a ghost story and local gossip about a grocery store owner and posthumous notoriety.
Washington reports Li Hung Chang is seen as key to China’s willingness and ability to preserve order for foreigners. His silence is tied to consulting his government on a guarantee acceptable to allies. A rapid reply is hoped to avoid new complications as European forces remain in China. In Shanghai, the dowager empress and emperor are said to be at Tai Yan Fu, southwest of Pekin.
General Chaffee telegraphs Secretary Root offering transportation and escort for Baroness Von Kettler to Tien Tsin and Nagasaki. Colonel Winter reports Sixth Cavalry casualties near Tien Talo on August 19 with multiple wounded including Trumpeter Corrigan and Privates Fifield and Vansickle. others slight or severe. All but Corrigan transferred to hospital ship relief.
The Middle of the Road Popullcha national committee met in Chicago to discuss the campaign plan and best fundraising methods for the work. Prominent attendees included A. C. Vantine, a gubernatorial candidate from Iviola, among others.
At York August Trace meeting the Prince of Wales plate of a thousand sovereigns was won by Alibech ridden by Rickaby. Martibin with rider L. Reif was second and Moor Sprite with J. Reiff third.
In New York on August 8 copper finished at 160 8 and silver at 112. The market stayed quiet with little movement in prices.
Washington reports Boston's city center population at 660000, marking an increase of 112000 amid nationwide census updates.
Fragmentary note from The Hague dated August mentions arrivals and questions about payments and orders. Unable to determine clear actions or names due to garbled text.
Crowds line streets and buildings as the Greek Army encampment opens in Chicago. Veterans parade amid cheers. Charlen E. Backwith, a Michigan veteran, collapses and dies from heat during the event. Western cities like Denver and Salt Lake lead encampment competition. President McKinley absent. Bryan declines appearance.
In Balvidere New Jersey fifty Italians were arraigned before Justice Mackey on charges of stealing and carrying away a church and its contents. A further hearing is set for Friday. Father Dynin, the priest and complainant, had recently built a church but faced objections from parishioners who moved the building to a distant lot.
A very young man negotiates marriage with Mr Manygir is over seven daughters. The old man jokes he could marry off all seven or more, while papers lie scattered before him. The exchange ends with a gruff smile and ready humor.
At a recent G A event a pompous state senator arriving late tried to push through. He tapped a burly gripman and asked Mine way there. The gripman replied Who are ye pushin. I’m a representative of the people. Gwan that ain’t nothin’ the crowd growled, claiming they were the gloomin’ people themselves.
Fred Lever was convicted in Judge Haylords' court this morning of indecent exposure before a group of young girls while under the influence of Kentucky bourbon. He was fined $26 and given thirty days to repair a toilet. The writer laments the leniency of penalties for such offenses.
Frankfort Ky August 28 The special session opened at noon to revise election laws and remove objectionable features of the Goebel law Governor Beckham in his message says the law should be supported only if broadly accepted by the people and that modifications are needed before a coming political contest.
Belfast dispatch dated August 27 reports resumed fighting in the interior of Transvaal. Boers were broken and the enemy retreated. British losses are described as heavy. Lord Roberts confirms a slow but decisive British success with Buller capturing a strong position two miles north of the Balmanatha railway station.
News of Dallas reports Capt H A Clarke united with post office officials inspecting Hill County routes. Four new rural delivery paths proposed at Hillsboro Brandon and Abbott plus a Plum petition promise broader service. Postmaster Harry Beck earns a rise to a four centennial office employing four men and expanding daily mail coverage to 10 902 people within ten miles. Captain Clarke praised for service in Spanish American and Philippine wars.
The excerpt shows a heated exchange between a woman and Clarence. She accuses him of lacking real feeling and trying to compensate with superficial gestures. Clarence retorts with a dramatic curse as the tension escalates.
A terse telegraph exchange notes a trio of big red herries and a joke about a hat after a death department report. The night editor quips that no one died, only a new hat was won, reflecting a light moment in a grim section.
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