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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1900
Page
1
Crowds fill the Palace during the holiday season as the museum of Christmas surprises showcases a superb array of goods and suggested prices. The store touts unmatched stock with wide assortments for gifts and beauty items.
Washington dispatch reports a packed week in Congress with the rules committee lining up the appropriation bill on Monday and the war tax reduction bill to follow. The Hay-Pauncefote treaty faces fate as opposition threatens Hay’s political position. The Senate will take up treaty discussion as the day closes.
Fires rage in a Baltimore bargain house on Baltimore Street with a million dollar stock destroyed and the building gutted. In Tucson Aziz the Helevita smelter burns to the ground after slag and clothing ignite timbers, with the blaze reportedly uncontainable.
King Charles and the Portuguese royal party were hosted aboard the British battleship Majestic by Vice Admiral Rawson. The visit included a toast to the Portuguese nation and a entertainment at the British legation, highlighting cordial Anglo Portuguese relations.
Topeka Kansas December 5 The Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe railroad is operating its trains without telegraphic orders. They run exactly according to schedule. Santa Fe operators are not out yet.
The Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore Washington express wrecked in West Philadelphia at 8 PM. Fifteen people were injured and one person killed.
Anxiety grows in Windsor court circles over Queen Victoria's health after news Empress Frederick of Germany suffers a throat disease and faces possible death. Reports say orders to move to Osborne on December 20th may be countermanded at any moment. yet uncertainty persists about her condition and movements a week ahead.
The sixth Wyoming legislature convenes January 8 in Cheyenne for forty days with poised leaders for senate and house posts. Major items include submitting the permanent location of the state capitol, the university, and the insane asylum, and a new apportionment based on U.S. census enumeration likely shifting power to southern counties. Natrona County pushes relocation and new capital prospects amid broader representation changes.
Edward Shanks, owner of the White House, Seattle’s largest northwest gambling resort, was shot and killed after a confrontation with William E. Langdon. Langdon surrendered, claiming self defense after Shanks fired several shots. Shanks previously ran a bucket shop in St. Louis.
Delegates at the American Federation of Labor meeting debated firing dual Chicago unions to preserve the charter while denouncing attempted boycotts. Reports noted failed arbitration between the Typographical union and machinists, and bid talks for next convention from Minneapolis and Washington. General Otis faced opposition as secretary of war and Cincinnati delegate Hiekmann created a scene over card use.
The secretary of state, in the presence of the state auditor, opened bids for printing and supplies for the coming legislature. Contracts awarded include Laramie Republican, A. Gluck journals, Bristol & Co stationery, Laramie Housewarming sealed laws, Cahill Brothers legislative supplies, and Warren Mencantie Co carpets and furniture. Also notice of sale: household furniture including range and heater at 1611 Warren Avenue.
A compact piece on conflict and restraint noting that fights start with small gestures and silence can be the sharp reply. It argues fewer crimes and more criminals, and laments the burdens of wealth and labor on common men.
The annual meeting of stockholders of the Good Venture Copper Mining Company in Laramie County Wyoming will be held at the principal office at their mine in Jaw Bone Gulch Silver Crown mining district on Tuesday December 10 1900. Items include electing a moderator a seven member board for the ensuing year electing officers and transacting other lawful business. H WAL Law Secretary.
Union Pacific Ice Company plans to dam the Laramie River to boost winter ice output. About one thousand cars of ice will be cut and shipped along the line, with no large dam. workers at the lee ponds two miles upriver construct a small holds-back structure to store water for a bigger harvest.
Trinity German Lutheran Church schedules 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m services with Sunday school at 12 40 p m tomorrow at First Methodist Episcopal Church 11 a m and 7 p m led by Benjamin Young sermon topics address children church and now. First Baptist Church lists morning and evening sermons by Pastor H C Davis plus Sunday school and unions, with a focus on private retaliation and a restless man. First Presbyterian Church presents morning and evening services with sermons on Our Father in Heaven and Sociology and the Gospel along with Sunday school and C E groups. All invite attendance.
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