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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
4
The Cheyenne Leader lists A. Slack as editor and proprietor K. W. De Bella as business manager and George H. Evans as city editor confirming the paper’s masthead and key editorial leadership.
Sheriff to escort Harry Tier alias Lyons back west for the 1875 murder of J. W. Wheeling at Hilliard. Judge Knight recalls inquest details while Lyons, a globe-trotting suspect, claims alibi and uses the alias from his sailor days.
Pensions granted yesterday include Nancy Conger widowed, age 12 in Hattons George E. Small of Sheridan receiving $5. Small was a burglar in company G J Wyoming battalion and served in the Philippines with many Cheyenne men.
The Aspen tunnel blast was caused by natural gas ignition starting a fire inside the tunnel. Workers built a bulkhead to seal the mouth, trapping gas that exploded the next morning, destroying the site and leaving one case of typhoid fever in its wake.
Presbyterian ladies promote a unique Zobo band concert to fund a new furnace for the church. The program features two Tasao singers two tenors two altos three sopranos two drums and a piano plus a Zobo quartet. Soloists include Mr Lynch Miss Ely and Oliver Martin. The event is set for Friday night at Keefe Hall.
Plans for a Colorado Wyoming baseball league are abandoned but Cheyenne remains a strong foe. Laramie enthusiasts aim to field a team rivaling Cheyenne using players from Potatello. a fenced ball park and return games are planned with Denver teams possible to share costs.
The fourth annual convention of the National Live Stock association will be held in Salt Lake on January 16, 1901. The event promises to be a major gathering with discussions on key stock ownership issues and other important topics. Delegates from eastern Wyoming include W. C. Irvine, B. P. Soow, Judge J. M. Carey, George Hast, Dr. J. M. Wilson, J. W. Hammond, D. McUivan, W. W. Gleason, A. G. McGregor and A. A. Spaugh.
Union Pacific has ordered sixty additional locomotives from Baldwin Locomotive Works to be built rapidly. This brings total orders to over 150 in six months. Many engines have arrived at Cheyenne for service on mountain districts with more on the way including new passenger compounds.
Two Italian men, involved in a ten minute knife duel in a Rawling boarding car, both died from their wounds. One victim was stabbed through the heart and suffered multiple stab wounds. the other died shortly after from his injuries.
The Tribune corrects the schedule for the Tempsichore club dance announcing the event now set for tomorrow evening instead of this evening.
Miss Leona Stuart returns from Fort Laramie while Harry Wellman visits from Battle Lake Miner stops in from Denver. James McKay visits from the north. Miss Jennie Raymond becomes a Golden Rule clerk. John Hecker of Gold Cob Brewing returns south. Rev Dodd of Rawlins, famed in Cheyenne, accepts mission to Montana. W M Boomer, ex mayor of Greeley, visits the city. Ama O Brien stays with him. Mondell introduces bills amending timber laws to allow Wyoming and southeastern Montana use of timber and stone. proposes free use of stone and lumber in western South Dakota.
The Glasdard Cattle Company's 141 ranch in Crowk county was sold to Bud Driskeill of Pegriah, D for 4260000.
Richardson Brothers sell their business and lease the Tivoli to Thomas Heaney. Heaney plans extensive interior upgrades costing not less than 4000 and will establish a Coors agency with Adolph Coors purchasing nearby properties. Coors to invest at least 1000 in Cheyenne next year. Episcopal church sale and supper set for Thursday evening at the opera house corner with a range of foods and table displays.
C PF and H Mittelsteadt arrived in the city yesterday and today left for Bidney Nebraska with the five children recently taken from their father by the district court. Wanted two or three unfurnished rooms or a small house for two adults. Inquire Room 4 Bank block. Blankets comforts and pillows. Warren Mendantile Co.
The Cheyenne funeral of Miss Emma O'Brien from the Episcopal church drew a large crowd. The service was solemn and tearful as her casket lay beneath floral tributes. She lived in Cheyenne until 1894, earned a Fort Collins kindergarten principal post, and was to wed a Greeley businessman in June. Her loss touched many, with tributes from friends and organizations in Cheyenne and Fort Collins. The article also notes Cheyenne's volunteer fire department, its funding, a relief fund, and a New Year’s Eve fundraiser by the Durant Fire Company.
For the third time the Fremen assisted in dousing a barn fire at the rear of the Brown residence on Sixteenth Street. Hay in the stable likely dampened since, fanned into flames this morning. Debris soaked by the fire company. Al. Leslie, recently operated for blood poison, reports his arm healing though he cannot return to work for about a week. Attend the Durrant Fire Company Ball, to be given December list, New Year’s Eve.
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