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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1900
Page
1
An antiquarian listing notes dressers made of gold oak bird's eye maple and other woods. The vendor promises varied finishes and antique styling. Details remain fragmentary but imply a catalog of period furniture pieces.
Holiday shoppers flock to the Palace for the grand bazaar described as a museum of Christlike surprise and superbly priced goods. The store emphasizes a vast accumulation of anticipated needs and boasts more offerings than ever before, urging patrons to enjoy the season’s best bargains.
In Lincoln a daring break in aimed at robbing the state treasury. Watchman and robbers exchanged fire as drill bits and chisels were found at the vault, with a large sum believed in the time lock safes. Bloodhounds trail suspects as the case unfolds after the attempted heist at the state capitol.
Edward Cudahy, the Omaha meat-packer, paid 25000 in gold for the safe return of his son Edward Jr after a Tuesday kidnapping. Police will not disclose details and plan to drop the investigation, while officials consider a family dispute as the motive.
West Point investigation into Cadet Oscar Boose’s death, alleged to result from hazing, proceeds with testimony from Cadet W L Cowles of Kansas who says he never ran. Witnesses recount harsh hazing acts including forced ingestion of prunes, molasses, and large bread slices, describing Boose as a slouchy, weakly energetic student.
A severe cave in at the Seneca Coal company mine site in Pittston Pennsylvania ruins three acres of surface over old workings early today. Several houses teeter on the verge of collapse and large fissures open in streets. No casualties reported yet but property loss and business district danger are high.
Reports from Johannesburg say heavy firing was heard yesterday north of Krugersdorp near the Magaliesburg mountains. It is believed General Clements again met General Delarey who defeated him on Magaleburg road December 13. Clements has been reinforced as Boers remain active between here and Pretoria.
Albert Lewins, a 20 year old colored man, killed Town Marshal W E Richardson at Gulf Port Mississippi. An orderly mob seized Lewins at dawn and hanged him from a tree near the L and N depot, ending his capture in Mississippi City where he was held.
Burward Blake Bruce senior partner of E. B. Bruce & Co died by self inflicted act in the Hotel Touraine Boston. His body was brought to Baltimore for burial. He was a director at First National Bank and United States Guarantee Co. He leaves an estate valued at $200000 in trust. Also noted is a government currency call for a report on national banks as of December 13.
The note reports General Porter’s replacement by the United States minister to Russia in Saint Petersburg as diplomatic moves unfold. It also cites McKinley’s official plurality of 960,000 with terse remarks on readiness and health, noting December updates and political context.
The Senate reopened the army reorganization bill with committee amendments and passed it. It ratified the Hay-Pauncefote treaty with the Foraker amendment by a 55 to 18 vote. Senator Jones denied resigning as chair. Quarantine on Fort Steele smallpox camp raised after an inspection. Lost hitching weight and strap reported between West Lith Street and the Baptist church.
Washington December 20 Attorney General Griggs closed his exhaustive argument defending the administrations policy on the Porto Rican and Philippine questions interrupted repeatedly by justices on the bench. He cited Monroe Adams Jackson and others to show the acquisition of territories that would become states followed similar precedent. Chicago December 20 A T and SF railway engineers firemen conductors and trainmen strike talks ended without a settlement with management and workers express confidence in carry on the strike to success.
Cape Town dispatch reports Boer forces occupy Colesburg and Lowe just twenty miles south of the Orange River. Invasion extends east and west in the colony's north as inhabitants show great distress.
The outbreak known as evopuious laryngitis one stage of diphtheria has caused about five hundred calf deaths in Wyoming ranches, mainly in the north and Laramie county. State Veterinarian Seabury reports over 100 cases, with many others unreported, and strict control measures are reducing deaths while calves remain primarily affected.
Frank W. Wright and Miss Minchie Gordon wed at the bride’s parents home on Sixteenth Street and Warren Avenue in a quiet ceremony witnessed by friends and relatives. After a wedding dinner, the couple left for an eastern wedding trip and will reside with the bride’s parents upon return.
A Cheyenne street laundry representative will visit the Cheyenne Cigar Factory two or three evenings after railroad pay day to collect laundry bills. If you cannot aid what you want for Christmas, try Cheyenne Cigar Factory.
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