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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1901
Page
1
A promotional piece urged shoppers to visit the Palace to study money and pricing. It promises a vivid display, practical definitions of nickel to dollar, and direct access to prices, goods and values, turning pictures into realities for thrifty buyers at the trade center.
The National Live Stock Association completed its final session today in Chicago with strong attendance. The venue for the next convention will be decided this afternoon amid competition from Denver Kansas City Pittsburgh and Portland Ore. J W Springer was reelected president and C F Martin secretary.
Dispatches from Natal report Boer generals would have quit long ago over Cape rebels loyalty but current conditions make peace impossible for either side.
Albert Phillips and Lewis Brooks attempted a Greenville bank robbery last November. Cornered by two officers they opened fire killing the police. Found guilty of murder, they were sentenced to death and accepted the verdict with calm nerve.
New York December 6 workers employed in the great tunnel here struck for higher wages. Work on the big enterprise halted briefly until shortly before noon when contractors and workers reached an agreement and operations resumed. Burlington stockholders meet in Chicago and adjourned without doing business.
The University of Wyoming appoints Prof. Frank B. Emery of Skowhegan Maine as professor of agriculture and horticulture to begin before Christmas. He fills the vacancy left by Prof. Luther Foster who moved to Las Cruces New Mexico as president of its college of agriculture. Emery graduated from the state college of Maine and has led livestock work at Geneva New York and directed the North Carolina experiment station for ten years.
New York reports the American Sugar and the National Sugar companies both advanced refined sugar by five points this morning. In Washington a conference among IN Stevens and ex Congressman Belford with the President aimed at overthrowing Wolcott's Colorado political machine and securing Belford’s son in law as Denver mint director.
Pittsburg December 6 A morning blaze destroyed the Klee residence near Carnegie. Father dropped seven children from a twenty five foot window to safety as flames quarantined the family. The mother perished with Mary in adjoining room. The father survived but insane with grief. two children gravely injured. house utterly burned.
St Paul December 6 The state railway commission and warehouse commission with Governor Van Sant will travel to Washington to present Minnesota’s protest against railroad mergers before the interstate commission. The governor remains resolved to continue the fight against the large combinations.
Washington December 6 Speaker Henderson announced the appointment of the ways and means appropriations and enrolled bills committees with Payne of New York chairing ways and means Cannon of Illinois heading appropriations Watchter of Maryland on enrolled bills Cooper of Texas joining ways and means and Bell of Colorado on appropriations The Senate foreign relations committee reported favorably the Hay Paunceforte treaty for constructing the Isthmian canal
Londoners mock an aged man named Frank Dymoke who claims he is the hereditary champion of England and demands restoration of his baronetcy and a coronation appearance in full armor like Richard I. The court rejects his claim.
Tucson reports from Gold Mountain claim a richer, larger find than first noted. The vein extends seven miles with 400 feet of ore along the base in the canyon, over 600 feet wide and 300 feet deep. Assays average $560 per ton across 100 tests. In sight, 3,000,000 tons of ore. Rich placer fields found below the ledge for eight miles, being worked by incoming prospectors.
Half a dozen experts testified today in the Bonine murder trial to prove blood on Mrs. Bonine’s clothes and to challenge witness remarks on gunshot wounds indicating the weapon’s proximity. Settlement of these points is seen as crucial to Mr. Bonine’s fate.
In a strange tale a navy brotherhood biographer recounts two Oregon sailors, Martin and Patrick Hennessy, who served together for a decade without knowing they were related. They met ashore in this city while on layover, discovering they are brothers after ten years apart, each serving as gunner and carpenter aboard the battleship Oregon.
New Orleans December 6 six large British transports carry about 200000 mules and horses prepared to sail to South Africa at short notice. The total shipment is valued at 40000000 dollars, the largest export from the United States to date.
A jury in the case of Giuseppe Alesan dro against Sam Bergman reported they could not reach an agreement and were discharged by Judge Scott. The defendants will be retried. Alesandro sues Bergman for $2,000 damages from injuries linked to the accidental discharge of a gun shown for sale at Alejandro’s second hand store.
Id Taylor and Berties Cameron visit Denver while Hon. B. B. Brooks of Casper tours the city. Curtis Hinckle returns from Big Horn country as 4. M. Combs and wife of Lander travel via Denver. Bert Morton oversees water division No. 3 on official business. State Examiner Henderson improves after illness. Mrs. Andrew Clark shows temporary improvement. S. C. Parks Jr of First National Bank Lander travels to Chicago. Hutchins family moves to town for new station. William Daley Rawlins William Jones Casper N J Merty Wheatland and S. G. Hanson Casper visit Cheyenne. A D Kelley returns from Laramie to attend next week’s State Industrial convention. J W Bainum and wife of Stanford Calif continue east after visiting Ben Bainum.
Cahill Bros. advertises exclusive sales of popular goods including cigars tobacco books magazines and a soda and ice cream stand praised by customers. The ad emphasizes exclusive items and a broad selection aimed at local shoppers.
Frederick H. Farrar filed a district court petition for divorce on grounds of desertion from his Cheyenne wife married last July. After four months together she deserted him and left for parts unknown, less than two years after marriage. Also notes an Iron Mountain quarry inspector’s pending arrival to assess suitability for public building use, plus Cheyenne weather with fair conditions and a cold trend through Saturday.
In Frankfurt on December 6 a passenger train the Orient Express crashed into the railway depot. Air brakes failed and the train plowed through the platform wall causing extensive damage and debris. Several people injured, few fatalities reported.
Andalusia Alabama dispatch reports a race riot following the killing of Fate Atkinson and J W Donfey by a negro in Opp this morning. Two negroes found dead. officers wire for sheriff and dogs. a posse organized to head to Opp at once. Vanderbilt fined in Paris court
New York December 6 Modhs Hochstin a noted politician was sentenced to three years in Sing Sing for aiding those trying to vote illegally to evade a police officer on election day. Extensive legal efforts were made to secure his conviction.
Marshaltown reports marshal Marshall Smith shot and killed when three robbers broke into a bank. They escaped on a handcar, spreading a wake of fear as investigators trace the robbers and secure the scene.
J W Pierson, foreman for Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone, suffered a severe leg injury when his horse slipped near Grand Encampment. After the fall Pierson remounted and rode twelve miles for help, enduring extreme pain as the leg dangled beside the horse. A physician could not reach him until the next day.
A report that the penitentiary lessee Boswell would move convicts to Rawling by Monday was wrong. He will move them as soon as preparations are complete at Rawling, with several small arrangements delaying the transfer to sometime late next week. The move will take about four days, with the prison car carrying about fifty convicts per trip and four trips planned.
The Inter Ocean Oil company, with $1,000,000 capital, will operate in Vita county. The Trumbull Mining and Milling company, capitalized at $125,000, plans county operations. The Red Oxide Mining and Milling company will run properties in Albany county with $100,000 capital.
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