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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1900
Page
1
The Palace hosts a bustling holiday bazaar with a vast stock and a wide range of prices. Shoppers fill the store daily as the museum of affordable goods promises novelty and quality to attract hundreds in the city and county this season.
Washington report shows the Foraker amendments to the Hay Pauncefote treaty debated as the administration and senate committee aim for ratification. Veat introduces a national criminal identification bureau bill as electoral votes from Minnesota and Washington are noted. The pension appropriation bill, largest funding measure, carries over 145 million and advances to calendar with rapid committee debate.
Dunkirk New York December 14 The Fredonia state normal school was gutted by fire with a 250000 loss and only ruins remaining Patrck J Morris janitor is missing speculation says he may be insane or burned to death six female students rumored to have died but unconfirmed at 1130 AM authorities investigated origin of fire remains a mystery and classes held at the opera house later that day
Cortellua L. Alvord, a note clerk of the First National bank in New York, was indicted and arraigned before Judge Thomas in the criminal court this morning. He pleaded not guilty and the trial is set for the near future.
St. Louis reports H B Perham secretary of the Order of Railway Telegraphers says Santa Fe train men have agreed through their officials to refuse to take any orders or clearances from non union operators in sympathy with striking telegraphers.
Eldorado Kans December 14 The Morrison jury reported no chance of agreement and was discharged by Judge Shinn. The first ballot showed zero for acquittal two for conviction and one blank with later ballots all for acquittal or manslaughter in the December and January patterns. Merrick Dry Goods Co advertises as sole agents.
Reported from London that 2,500 Boers attacked General Clements at Noortgadacht and seized Vagolfestaung after an initial repulse. Casualties include several British officers. four companies of Northumberland Fusiliers reported captured. Crowds gather at the war office amid renewed excitement.
Mrs Dewey wife of the admiral inherits six hundred thousand dollars from her mother Mary L McLean the will has just been filed.
TOM WHITE defends the bout saying Gans did not fake and took a heavy beating. Mevor n said to have dominated with a fierce right jaw shot. Gans fell seven or eight times but was not knocked down every time. The Western Press notes mixed views on whether Gans quit or was overwhelmed.
Secretary of State Chatterton returns from a western trip noting the Rawlins penitentiary is complete and capable of housing 160 convicts. Objections about water supply from Platte River pipeline and lack of workshops are addressed by planned irrigation, artesian wells, and $4 000 for workshops, with moves set for before December 13 and no injunction expected.
Two of six gunmen who robbed Shanesville and Dors ebek's bank were captured in Bridgeport. The other four fled with a posse in hot pursuit. The captured men refuse to reveal their identities. Officer Meister boarded a train two miles west and, after resistance, captured the gang's leader.
It is reported this afternoon that a cloud burst devastated San Francisco with a hundred said killed. All communication with the city is cut off. Later a message from the outskirts at 2:20 states it is thought no one was killed.
Bernard Hines wealthy Rawlins ranchman fell from a moving train near the round house Monday night and died this morning from a fractured skull. Family arrived soon after. Train crews demand reductions citing overwork as twenty-two crews remain at work. Conductor Hall of the seventh district treated for an injured eye.
Readable notes from the ad show Jenkins Store offering a Christmas slipper sale with emphasis on discount pricing and limited stock. The brief item highlights a seasonal promotion and store location.
The Sunrise iron mines in Sunrise Wyoming are facing a federal bill of complaint filed yesterday by the Wyoming Railway and Iron company a Wisconsin corporation now leasing to Colorado Fuel and Iron The suit aims to cancel certain deeds and secure proper title to three of the seventy claims valued at over 100000 This action does not halt mining operations as output remains near a thousand tons daily and expansion is expected in the coming weeks.
On Tuesday December 15 The Leader will publish a distinctive Christmas story featuring Cheyenne's notable figures in a real live romance. The piece aims to captivate local readers with prominent residents intertwined in a colorful plot.
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