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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1900
Page
4
The Cheyenne Leader masthead lists G. A. Slack as editor and proprietor with K. W. De Belle as business manager and George H. Evans serving as city editor.
A Cheyenne brief notes Paul Dresser’s daughter birth and Bulkley salt draw success. City park winter prep and Sanitary query settle amid a Gray Opera company visit to Denver. Armory reopenings, Christmas calendars, and a court fine for two men. Sheep commissioners report to the governor while Claude Draper joins Stock Growers Bank. A Tribune photo planned on installment plan. opera fans travel to Denver and a Silver Serpent dance planned. Quarantine impacts at Green River and pending appendicitis note. A beauty contest misfire and boiling ice for bacteria are mentioned. Invitations for a L in connu club dance and UP banana shipments expand westbound trade. The Gray Opera company train passes Cheyenne en route to Denver with high theater pricing. Governor Richards reports daily exercise and golf with plans to return home before Christmas.
Congressman Mondell of Wyoming reports progress in Washington. He says a hearing will be granted by a rivers and harbors sub committee on western storage reservoirs. He also discussed raising Cheyenne public building costs to 300000 and seeks favorable action.
A new secret society in Cheyenne mystifies locals with no names or details. Reports claim young men have been contacted and examined for membership, while the group’s purpose, meetings, and even its name remain undisclosed, drawing comparisons to Denver’s Silver Serpents and Omaha’s Ak-Sar-Ben.
The Union Pacific runs a test with a new compound passenger engine attached to No. 5 at Cheyenne to haul a nine coach train over the hill, replacing the usual two engines for trains over six cars. Engineer Carrol leads the single locomotive with Master Mechanic Manning in the cab, while engine 1320 trails behind ready to substitute if needed.
Master Mechanic Manning and family return from Omaha. On the Colorado special last evening Begiever John McCune was struck by a mail crane as the train passed At wood and was almost killed. With no engineer available Manning volunteered to take the throttle and safely piloted the train to Melino, saving several minutes on the run.
The Wyoming State Board of Charities and Reform approved a resolution to move convicts from the Laramie penitentiary to Rawlins by December 13, 1900. An injunction is expected to prevent the removal until required workshops for convict employment are built at the Laramie facility.
Personal items report C W Monahan and Tim Kinney traveling, and John Ryan and J W Drake arriving from out of town. Official personnel changes include Ming May Dwyer joining the secretary of state's office and Mrs. Tom Cox ill with typhoid as her husband travels. A fatal shooting at Tie Siding ends with James Bracken dying and Thomas Roman in jail at Laramie.
Wanted capable girl for general housework. Mrs. W. Burdick located at 178 Central Avenue seeks a reliable helper. Apply in person for this local employment opportunity.
Angelo Petretta, an Italian tramp, paid 55 cents to ride a Union Pacific freight to North Platte in 1899. When asked for more money, he refused and was beaten from a fast-moving box car, losing an arm. He seeks $15,000 in damages. Other railroad notes cover stock movement and personnel rumors.
Capitol Athletic Club, a planned Cheyenne organization, is near completion with solid financial backing. Promoters Phil Kerrigan Ed Shovels and Sam Loomer report negotiations to obtain the Taylor block on Seven Tenth Street for club rooms and a fully equipped gym with modern apparatus and boxing gloves. The club will open with about fifty members including prominent local businessmen.
The Leader recalls a missing city man who owed debts and defrauded residents. Newly learned facts reveal the offender’s misdeeds are more serious than first believed. Frank Morford, now believed to be in Salida, Colorado, is expected to be returned to Cheyenne to face criminal charges.
The case of W C Fletcher charged with felonious assault on Allan Laughlin at Carroll Bros saloon Wheatland has occupied the district court all day. A jury was sworn about 10 am and witnesses for both sides testified. Attorneys Breokpns for the defendant and Moore for the state argued after testimony concluded about 3 pm. The case drew strong spectator interest.
Warren Mercantile Co offers a broad assortment of hardware and tinware. Subscribe for the Leader for 60 cents.
The Tribune defends Standpipe Miller against Dr Mitchell by questioning the latter’s analysis of Crow Creek conditions. The Leader notes Fort Collins hired experts for a week, hints at hidden factors along Crow Creek, including animal pens and waste dumps, and suggests more investigation was needed into the water system and sanitary state.
The council met last evening with Councilman Clark as temporary president. A settlement with Mrs Grace Miller over a stairway injury near Inter Orega on Frontier Day was approved for 100 dollars subject to city attorney report. Lights petitions and office space request were discussed. A bill to amend the district telephone ordinance to allow call boxes for messenger and alarm service was laid over. The council adjourned to Thursday for election official appointments.
Supper served in the church parlors from 6 30 PM with baked beans brown bread cold meats rolls apple sauce cold slaw pickles cheese doughnuts and coffee all for 25 cents Ice cream cake and other foods priced 15 cents Fancy work items and wire articles for Christmas gifts also offered Contributing items to the bazaar should be sent to Mrs Waipple’s home by Thursday evening and to the church Friday morning for the supper.
A large Cheyenne party traveled to Denver to hear the Gray Opera Company and attend the Silver Serpent Ball. Included were Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Brewster, Mr. and Mrs. Seabury, Captain Covert and wife, Mrs. G. E. Abbott, Mrs. M. C. Burwell, Miss Stitzer, General Lianedll, General tzer, and Ed. F. Stable.
A dead man, described as an Italian grader, was found beside the Union Pacific one mile from The Siding in Loramie Wye with bullet wounds. Police call it murder. no weapon found. Identity unknown. linked to a concurrent killing of James Bracken.
The Leader shows many new subscribers in recent days praising its fearless news coverage and public service. Cheyenne residents strongly uphold The Leader policy on publishing the Mitchell report.
J W Blake the Douglas flockmaster bought 7500 head of sheep from Tim Kinney. The cattle will be moved to Blake’s ranges in Natrona County to graze.
A cavalry horse belonging to Troop A of W.N.G. fell in the government pasture west of the city yesterday and died from injuries and the effects of the coli after being unable to rise.
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