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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1900
Page
1
Crowds fill the Palace and neighboring shops as the Christmas season returns with a grand bazaar of novelties and compelling prices. Merchants boast abundant goods and strong value, inviting eager shoppers across the city and county.
London reports a serious turn in the South Africa campaign with Kitchener reportedly cut off. Cabinet and War Office meetings intensify as eight hundred troops and two cavalry regiments prepare to move, colonial police to rise to ten thousand amid Boer activity. Kimberly also cited as threatened by Boers.
Esther Roderick, 12, has vanished from her Chicago home. Police search ongoing as widow mother, Mrs. Roderick, believes her daughter is kidnapped for a ransom, citing her late husband’s life insurance as a motive.
In Deaar Cape Colony on December 22 reports say banks are shifting specie to the coast amid wild rumors of rebellion. Torrential rains have fallen and military operations are effectively suspended.
A Times dispatch from Peking says the preliminary note is lengthy and condemns outrages as crimes against law and humanity. It denounces a treasury claim while defending legations. In Denver a porter Frank Wagner was shot and wounded at the Plaza. he refuses to name his attacker. Berlin reports the death of Count von Blumenthal, Germany’s oldest field marshal.
The note to be presented to Chinese plenipotentiaries has its text agreed but remains unsigned. An unrelated ad mentions Buechner's as a source for silverware and gift items while noting various local services and a Currant Fi Company ball event.
Walter, brother of Eddie Cudahy and former Charlies Ross victim, now a broker, argues against ransom to kidnappers. He recalls 1874 Charlies Ross case where ransom was refused and the child was not recovered. He says paying ransom would price life and liberty and set a harmful precedent.
Frank Morris second assistant auditor for the War Department was killed in his Windsor Building office in Washington by Sam MacDonald a former disbursing clerk. MacDonald fired twice then attempted to slit Morris throat with a penknife before being captured. motive unclear. Two engines wrecked in a Tie Siding grading accident when a locomotive runaway led to a fatal plunge.
Peking dispatch notes executions by beheading as a severity trend, with Germans beheading thirteen individuals for minor offenses, illustrating a harsh justice environment. The report emphasizes the brutal method and wartime atmosphere influencing capital punishment practices.
Miss Grace Hebbard is over from Laramie. Miss Mabel Hayford is ill with typhoid fever at Laramie. Miss Mayda Cowhick home from Wellesley. Clyde Watts the attorney returned to Rock Springs. Mrs J F Smith and daughter left for ten days in Denver. Howard Snyder returned from Boulder. A J Covington and Mayor Kelley returned home. Three reams of legal cap paper used in Lucerne canal case. H A Hirst visiting with La Fontaine family. Miss Thomas returned to Denver from Warren Richardson attendance. Miss Spencer will vacation in Sioux City Iowa. Mrs J M Caray and others left for Careyhurst over Christmas. Out of town residents in city include F Thompson Wheatland, W Collins Lusk, J Rostman Lood. See sale ads at Buechner’s for tea sets and glass. Guest line of dolls at Mrs A F Hamilton’s. Indian photos by Stimson discussed. For cut flowers visit Chadi’s.
Morning coal tank incident left a machinist apprentice with a deep gash above the eye. Several workers plan home holidays as the shops close for Christmas. Staff movements include Beynon, Bragg, Tewey departing for Omaha Denver and Kansas City. Foreman Richard Darrain takes charge of the boiler shop. Social events note Miss Degnan’s surprise party and a Keefe hall social with Indian photos at Gunnison's. The Daily Leader offers a holiday deal with The Review of Reviews.
The town churches announce Christmas services with morning and evening sermons at Baptist, First Methodist, First Presbyterian, South Congregation, Congregational, German Lutheran, Episcopal and St. Mary's Cathedral. Christmas trees, choirs, cantatas, and children's programs are planned. several repeat services and Sunday school events are scheduled with invitations to all.
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