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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1902
Page
3
At The Hub you will find clothing and overcoats from Crouse and Brandegee of Utica New York and Kobo Brothers. New Wachusett Shirts in full sizes and up to date ring. A complete line of Tiew Suk Wool Mufflers Hosiery Collars Cuffs Pranks Valises and Suit Cases.
Wees Raslack identified as proprietor with Ydager and George H Evans listed as business manager and city editor in the readable portion of the early pages.
Judge Scott returns from Laramie after winning on the howling court. H. W. Sykes, UP dispatcher at Laramie, is retiring. Clewning of opera house ruins proceeds as workmen move. Fort McKenzie in Wyoming to host six new military buildings with contracts set for Saturday. Acacia Lodge initiated two candidates. Wiley Buchanan canvassing Rawlins for the Denver Republican. A J Vance of Bell Telephone visits Rawlins to inspect the exchange. Wyoming supreme court to convene next Monday with expected decisions. Carnegie library art exhibit closes after a successful three days. Sledding crowds and children play on the streets. W L Evans appointed post office clerk in Rawlins. Durant Hose Company to hold masquerade ball at Turner Hall next Thursday. Orange trains pass Cheyenne as orange season continues. Castor Alcora main route extension bids requested via independence to Split Rock. Colorado State University students form a glee club and plan no Wyoming winter tour. Mrs Ed Matthews to winter in Cheyenne. Wyoming stock shipments reach 7000 cars by Christmas season. Everett Bruce, 12, in Laramie under arrest for larceny. UP coal company ships 200 cars daily from Rock Springs and 75 from Hanna. Professor C T Johnston to lecture on Yellowstone Park at Congregational Church. Idaho officials Goffin and Miss Scott visit from Kansas. Unity Temple at Douglas, supervised by William DuBois, completes. he notes other Douglas Casper Lusk houses.
David Miller's jewelry store at 1700 Ferguson Street showcases watches, rings, brooches, and glassware. Since 1867 in Cheyenne Wyoming, it offers direct-from-manufacturer goods with guaranteed quality and moderate prices, including Gorham silver and Alford & Co. glassware.
Deputy Marshal Lefore denied reports that Denver police captured Harry J. Kinnay, the deserter brought back from Denver. He tracked and captured the man himself without police assistance.
The Old Jewelry House of Bueghner & Gon invites customers to listen to a fine line of Edison standard phonographs and records. Enjoy music through the holidays with demonstrations at 10 Elman Block 11 Frequs... (text unclear)
The Frontier Souvenir notes a moment captured by photographer Mumaon marking the close of Day. The keepsake highlights a photographed scene and a lasting memory from the event.
The piece outlines extended delays in the Horn case at the state supreme court with petitions in error stay of execution and extended briefing timelines. It notes anticipated July hearings and eight months to live for Horn, plus updates on Unity Temple Douglas construction and a Osceola mine sale with staged payments.
Surveys finished for a wagon road from Rawlins to Dillon in the Grand Encampment mining district. The route aims to divert traffic from Walcott with a two percent grade and winter openability. Estimated cost about 100000 dollars, passing through Buckman Mellersville Sage creek Fish creek Savery Smileyville Dillerville and offering access to mining ramps south of Rawlins.
President Horace G Hart of Union Pacific held a three hour conference with strike leaders in Omaha on Saturday then traveled to New York Monday for talks with B H Harriman who leads both Union Pacific and Southern Pacific The directors plan a thorough review of the strikers demands before replying A special meeting of directors has been called to decide.
Walter B Coutant and his wife depart for Inneau Alaska where he will serve as clerk of the United States District Court. He previously served as private secretary to Congressman Mandel and is a Wyoming native. They will sail from Seattle on Christmas Day with a Rawlins layover en route.
Over the last three days ten oil burning engines passed through the city en route to the Central Pacific. Large oil tank tenders drew notable attention from observers.
The article clarifies that pensions are only for employees with twenty years of continuous service not automatic retirement at twenty years. Retirement age is seventy, with pension based on salary and years of service. Even after retirement at seventy, workers may pursue other work if able.
Names listed as attending yesterday's Oceola mine sale have returned home. The Warren bill resurvey moves include adding sixteen townships to fifty four in Big Horn county. The General Land Office revoked withdrawal of eight Dubois area townships from public entry. Local Cheyenne forecast: increasing clouds with possible snow Friday. Weather across regions shows cooler air and higher morning temperatures.
North Platte papers say shops at the point will reopen next February. The move ends the road strike as shops were dismantled and machinery moved away during the dispute.
The bodies of Henry Morgan Doc Barr and John Masop slain by Indians near Lander in 1870 will be disinterred and buried in the city cemetery. Their graves are currently behind a large mercantile establishment.
A mob member worries another person will reach their target before he does, reflecting a tense chase for advantage.
Phillip J. Maxwell of McCoy and Miss Lillian McManus of Idaho Springs Colorado were united in marriage last evening in the city. The couple returned south this morning.
Special Interior Department agents backed by the administration press a war to remove illegal fencing on public lands in Wyoming. Cattlemen from Nebraska and Wyoming prepare to seek legislative leasing of grazing lands and to propose government land classification while Congress weighs a land supervision commission proposal.
Barney L. Ford longtime Cheyenne resident and builder of the Inter Ocean hotel in Cheyenne died in Denver. He was an early investor and builder with a notable IN history including the Ford house on Sixteenth street in 1887 and the Inter Ocean in 1875.
George Mallberry third vice president of the machinists union has left Cheyenne after three weeks in the area urging strike efforts and heading toward the western region.
The page advertises Up to Date Neckwear from W. F. Daiber & Bro and D Miller at 1709 Ferguson St with bright new patterns and in house manufacturing. It also notes optical work, filming and jewelry sales, plus real estate listings, a bank annual meeting notice for the First National Bank of Cheyenne, and holiday excursion fare to Cheyenne area plus rail rates for students and teachers.
The Union Pacific land department reports major sales in Wyoming including O. B. Rhodes of Laramie with 600 acres and George J. Linstrom tied to 1 600 acres at Tie Siding. Ahlf interests Hanna 9 900 acres, Minna 3 800 acres by Hating Sheep Co. at Minna. Patton of Laramie 4 000 acres, Wilton Rankin 6 600 acres, Fenwick 3 200 acres at Laramie, Uinta Alfalfa Irrigation Omaha 4 400, Lewis Senverson Rawhide 1 000, Myers Piedmont 4 800 acres.
Deadwood dispatch reports the first carload of tin ore from Forest City Wyoming processed in Deadwood yesterday. Ore from Bear Gulch district across the Wyoming mine has been bonded by an English syndicate. An experimental run of 304 tons aims to test ore value and treatment methods before large scale mining.
Senator F E Warren secured a supplemental pension for J W Braner of Cheyenne amounting to six dollars per month from October 1890 to March 1896. The back pay totals about four hundred fifty dollars after delays under the Cleveland administration. Braner served four years and four months in the Civil War reenlisting twice and belonged to the Second Pennsylvania Infantry Company G First Pennsylvania Cavalry and the United States Signal Corps.
The triangulation from Denver to Sherman Wyoming and west to Laramie is completed. A topographical map of the region will be produced based on this triangulation for the benefit of irrigation enterprises.
An advertisement proclaims low prices and a wide stock at Buechner & Son 1611 Ferguson Street, the Old Reliable Jewelry House. Also promoting a social hop at Keefe Hall with Nagie's orchestra and listing job and housing notices including a manager position in Chicago and a furnished house rental inquiry.
Multiple real estate and sale notices list four lots for sale on Twelfth Street near Thames with a contact Albert Chapman. Flowers, legal blanks, and office inquiries appear. Rentals include a six room hall near Ninth and Evans, a two room house with cellar at 910 West 26th Street, a five room house at 514 West Twenty-third Street, furnished brick apartments with janitor service, and other dwellings via Warren Emporium or Al Chapman's office.
Plant shop listing appears with location clues in a damaged OCR segment. Reads Chaffin's greenhouse at Highmouth and Central avenues, with hot and cold baths nearby. Mentions 15 conte at Padgett's Barber Shop and Sixteenth 31.
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