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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1901
Page
4
The Cheyenne Leader lists the editor and proprietor J Slack and business manager Henry Swest with George H. Evans serving as city editor. It notes long distance telephone services and office line numbers 93 and 181 B.
The column lists notable town happenings including the Silver Moon closure, Durants masquerade ball at Turner hall, roof work on the Masonic building, early winter school vacation, A Guthrie feeding 2000 sheep in Belle Fourche, festive merchant displays, City Marshall Bob Ingarts’s dog bite injury, Union Pacific blockade lifted and trains resuming, more railroad workers hired after a storm, Dime Gold Mining Company formed with 100000 capital, John Pendergraft’s serious illness, A Merry Chase company en route to Fort Collins, J L Jones released after bicycle theft sentence, C P Lawrence and Mabel Lee honeymooning in Cheyenne, Union Pacific land sales exceed 1 million acres, soldiers discharged at Fort Russell and Ate, new recruits received, teachers seeking holiday trains, Company FE appearing in new U S Army uniforms under Captain Tom Heaney.
D C McMillan of Laramie is a city visitor B P Mull is in from his ranch near Horse Creek CG P Arnold is a Cheyenne visitor from Laramie State Engineer Fred Bond went to Denver on a short business trip W S Stewart of Cheyenne is registered at the Thornburg hotel in Laramie Mrs E B Shoat has returned from an extended visit to relatives in Kansas City Miss Helen Spencer of the central school will visit her home during the J E Buckley and J P Ryan of Rawlins are registered at the Inter Ocean Robert L Payne was yesterday appointed a notary public by Governor Richards Miss Augusta McCoy will spend the vacation at Trinidad Colo with her sister who resides there Prof Fleming assistant at the experiment station has returned to Laramie after a visit in Cheyenne Hon J A Van Orsdel and wife will leave this afternoon for Beatrice Neb Mr Van Orsdel on a short business trip and Mrs Van Orsdel to spend the
St Mark s Xmas Sale by St Mari s Guild at Turner hall on Saturday December 21 with afternoon sale and 5 30 to 8 pm hot supper 25c dance at 8 30 with Fort Orchestra Mrs George P Knight displays new Durants ball costumes at 312 West Sixteenth street for December 20 showing and urging early calls.
A fierce wreck at Sherman leaves nine Pullman sleeper cars and Conductor Stewart's caboose reduced to ashes and twisted metal. The incident blocks the line for 28 hours with total Union Pacific losses estimated up to 60,000 dollars including damaged tracks and delays. Traffic resumes gradually as blockade is lifted and freight trains return to service.
Six wrecks disrupted Wyoming division rail service after a snowbound December Tuesday. A Burlington engine derailed near Holyoke, another derailed at River station delaying trains two days, and Train No. 6 ran off near Ramsey three miles east of Hanna. Snow barns caused the disruptions. crews shoveled snow by hand due to lack of a wrecker.
The Wyoming appointments confirmed today include F. W. Daniel as register and E. B. Mather as receiver at the Buffalo land office. J. C. Davis was named receiver of the Sundance land office. J. A. Breckons is noted in the report.
Traffic over the Cheyenne and Northern remains halted after a wreck north of the city. Superintendent Matthews says one engine will be placed back on track today, clearing the line, while the second engine, on its side, will be cleared tomorrow. A rotary plow is expected from Denver tonight as a wedge plow proves inadequate for deep drifts.
Senate confirmed M C Barrow and A E Hoyt as Wyoming land office receivers and registers. Levi Davis nominated as Sundance receiver. C W Sweet becomes ticket clerk under J F Barron. Hartville townsite case continued with hearing set March 6 in Cheyenne. Ida Kopper ten days jail for coal theft. Tom Lacey injured from horse fall. Denver mail delays due to road blockade. Christmas gifts await at the Ternes Dry Goods Store with seasonal bargains.
Josephine Ullman, known as Josephine Ledger, seeks legal separation from William Muldoon, after marriages to Charles Ledger and Muldoon. A Cheyenne native and once famed beauty, she previously lived here for years before moving to Denver. The case follows her high-profile marriages to a deputy sheriff and to the trainer of John L. Sullivan.
Hon R W Breckens received a telegram from Washington stating his appointment as United States district attorney for Hawaii had been sent to the senate but confirmation would likely be delayed until after Congress holiday recess. The message conveyed congratulations to Breckens and mentions Senators Warren and Clark Congressman Mondell Commissioner Richards and others.
Cheyenne experiences a coal shortage on a small scale as Union Pacific blockade affects supply. Coal merchants take orders without firm promises, many families go without fuel, and a coal train is hoped for tomorrow though no certainty. Dealers say they can fill all orders within a day or two once supply resumes.
Tomorrow afternoon at 1 30 Miss Myers rhetoric division presents a program at the high school with music and readings by Norman Black Laura Hickhorst Lavina Cole Edna Kepler and others Mrs Brewster Mrs Anne Thompson and performers with a Shakespeare in Education address by Prof Libbey of Boulder Colorado A forthcoming wedding Glen Brown and Grace McCluer will wed Christmas day at noon in Mansfield Missouri They will reside in Cheyenne Also reports of a Union Pacific engine shortage a diamond theft trial a boxing arrival none in city Ivor Christensen named postmaster at Hanna Wyoming Boy injured on Ferguson street Cheyenne Cigar Factory promotes Christmas gifts with souvenir cigar boxes pipes and cases
Brakeman Mostellar survived a catastrophic Union Pacific wreck when a snow plow demolished the caboose. He was hurled about fifty feet into a snow bank with only minor scratches, and his torn coat was found miles away. The caboose burned as onlookers watched, but he escaped uninjured.
A stag social for nearly one hundred new male church members is hosted tonight at the Presbyterian church. Conceived by J Q Richards, the event promises an enjoyable evening with a short musical program, refreshments, and speeches by Governor Richards J M Carey W R Stoll Judge Corn Attorney Ross T B Kennedy and W C Deming.
A Utah company, capitalized at 1,000,000 dollars, was formed to erect a fire clay plant at Evanston in Uinta county. Promoters include T. B. Hicks of Cheyenne, Frank M. Foote, William Lauder and John Lauder of Evanston, and J. R. Middlemiss, A. H. Tarbet and Perry S. Heath of Salt Lake.
H D Galbraith, a veteran Cheyenne engineer, now runs the Big Hotel at Saratoga Hot Springs south of Rawlins Wyoming in first class style. The hotel closure rumor is false. Rev Lynch of Laramie fell ill at Saratoga but is not seriously ill. The Lander stage arrived twelve hours late. Governor and Mrs DeForest Richards left Denver for Chicago for a short trip.
At St Mark's fair on Saturday evening December 21 at 8 30 o clock. Admission twenty five cents with music by the Fort orchestra. There will be no Catholic ladies meeting Thursday afternoon due to the death of Bishop T M Lenihan. Mrs S P Brown president.
An advertisement from the National Home Seekers Association offers to buy homes or pay off mortgages with a repayment of 5.50 per month per 1000 advanced. Officers and agents are bonded, with reps available in Cheyenne Wyoming to explain details. Office hours 9 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Room 8 Atlas Block W 16th St.
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