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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1900
Page
1
Vendor sells assorted decorative china and glass items at deep discounts. Decorated sugar bowls butter dishes platters bread plates shaving mugs teapots and vases reduced to fractions of their listed values. Iron kettles wash boards platters and frames offered at low prices in a bulk sale style advertisement.
The window observatory at the Palace promotes a December art display featuring Statuary plastic art novelties and reproductions from ancient to modern sculpture in green bronze tones. It notes unique items seen at the Palace not offered elsewhere in Cheyenne and hints at a profitable close to 1000.
The Statist argues for open negotiations with Generals Botha and De Wet to end the war. It proposes that civil authorities make propositions to avoid military missteps and conciliation of the Boers, citing England’s disgust and losses in prestige and trade.
New Haven report says Dorothy Drew the clever comedienne will marry James J Jeffries the champion pugilist. She declined interviews and deferred details while Jeffries announced the engagement after arriving in the city.
Richard Croker arrives in England for rest when he is served with a $100,000 income tax assessment. The fining brings anger as he faces the tax office and its demands.
In Spokane Washington four men died when a ferry carrying eighteen workmen capsized in swift river currents. The vessel swamped as workers crowded the bow, with the fatalities named as Simons L Lovett a colored man Jack and two unknown Italians.
San Francisco reports the death of Cornelius MacMahon, 129 years old, the eighteenth victim of the glass work roof collapse during the Stanford versus California football game crowds. Also noted are Wilde's death in Paris, a shift in art trade pricing by the Feder al Ball company, and Kruger leaving Paris for Cologne.
A reflective piece on procrastination and hesitation in pursuing a grand enterprise. The speaker acknowledges delaying action due to fear and doubt, admitting the tool remains unused while opportunity fades.
A morning fire in Fulton Kentucky wiped out a quarter million in damage. The Meadow dry goods store fire destroyed the post office opera house hotel and several stores as water failed and the fire department could not reach the blaze. Twenty firms burned out with burglars suspected and Boyd Reed of Paducah leaping from a third story window.
Funeral services for Senator Davis were held in St Paul with simple rites. Delegations from Minnesota and other states attended, flags lowered to half mast, and business suspended citywide as towns across Minnesota held services.
Unofficial advices from Cape Town say a major clash rages between Boer forces under Gen. De Wet and British troops under Gen. at Rouxville. Dewet’s capture is reported as imminent by today’s dispatches.
Mrs Emma Van Lieu sentenced to ten years for killing Miss Alice Hammel at Van Wert arrived in Columbus last night and fled with her husband in a carriage. By this morning she and her husband occupied a room at the Niel house and the sheriff approved the arrangement. At nine she was taken to the penitentiary and placed in a cell while Van Wert townsfolk talked of lynching amid the ten year sentence news.
An OCR snippet offers satirical or moralizing lines about marriage and gender roles. It mentions proposals and engagements as artificial, suggests dogs as cures for women with missions, and hints at unequal expectations in love and domestic life.
Warren Mencantie reports a sale of house furnishings on installment terms. Details indicate simple credit options and immediate delivery for buyers seeking affordable home goods.
In Princeton Kentucky an empty grave turns the Merrick forgery case into a murder suspicion. Frank Merrick died in jail after his wife filed for divorce over an infatuation with James Moore. The coroner exhumed the coffin and found it empty as detectives probe possible poisoning.
Washington reports the United States will deploy a man of war to assist our diplomatic representative in collecting a 5000 dollar indemnity for the killing of Marcus Ezagvi, a naturalized American. The navy asks the state department to place the ship at Comere's disposal to sail to Mazagan near Morrocco City and await movements in Moroccan waters. The ship will be ordered to Tangiers immediately.
Galveston harbor conference delegates from Texas counties reported resolutions urging national and state aid for harbor restoration. The committee also pressed Congress to back Texas waterways overall, and no dissent was noted as the report likely to be adopted.
United States Consul General Stowe reports from Cape Town that South Africa uses brick and cement exteriors with no wood framed houses. Bricks are larger and set with mud instead of lime or cement, while exterior surfaces feature decorative cement work that imitates stone and creates striking textures. The piece also includes a конcluding anecdote about Nathan Strauss on fair dealing and a dialect poem fragment about a poker game.
Churches schedule 11 a m worship with various pastors. Topics include Christ Within and The Self Invited Guest. Evening sermons cover The Good Cheers of Jesus Christ and The Great Teacher. Services at St Mark's First Methodist First Baptist and other congregations with prayer meetings and Sunday School details.
A striking new Russian drama titled For Her Sake will open at the opera house tonight. The production boasts elaborate scenic investiture and a high quality acting company. Also noted is a forthcoming trip to Isleta New Mexico for health reasons by Mr. Lundhurst his wife and three children with aid from the Northern Star club and friends.
Special to The Leader. Rawlins Wyoming December 1 Sev Bross who was reported to have perished north of the city in a snow storm has arrived here with his wife and friends. The party had a rough journey through the storm.
Lodge No 624 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks organized at Rock Springs by President M Wasserman Deputy Organizer Storey and a Lara mie team. Thirty one charter members. Funeral of John Van Voorhees held yesterday afternoon. Deceased about 65 years old. He leaves a widow to mourn his loss.
Dr Barber and Dr Bennett diagnose appendicitis in Mable Reid after a reported illness. They consider operation unnecessary at this time but maintain close observation.
As we go to press Harry the mayor’s son was reported in critical condition with no hopes of recovery. Police and doctors are unnamed in the fragment and no location or date is given.
J W Blake prominent Douglas sheep man will move his family to Chevenns to take up permanent residence. Furnished rooms with bath 1819 House of.
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