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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1901
Page
2
The Cheyenne Leader, successor to the Sun Leader, published by E. A. Slack, is entered at the Cheyenne Wyoming post office as second-class matter. Daily reader subscription runs one year for six dollars. This issue is dated Tuesday December 31 1901.
The Leader pledges continued growth with higher energy and more resources in 1902. It aims to exploit state developments and stimulate local enterprise while expanding news coverage and keeping a Wyoming focus. Advertising space will shrink to favor reading matter as the paper enlarges.
The Cheyenne Business Men's Association reports readiness to back city welfare efforts, not private ventures, and vows to mobilize quickly for needed measures. President A J Kelley notes steady interest in Cheyenne’s progress, as Henry Altman’s brick factory plan prompts a future assembly of contractors and builders to push the project. Railroad freight receipts rise, signaling rising trade and employment, with brick plant seen as a key catalyst for further improvements in 1902.
The piece urges readers to assess the past year and measure personal progress. It encourages inventorying ambitions and aims to chart a clearer path forward, noting that the future is not visible but direction can be refined by reviewing the journey up to now.
An earnest New Year meditation on seeding good and reaping returns. The piece celebrates personal growth, health, wealth, education, and spiritual elevation while noting a year of hope and stability, free from war, epidemics, and disasters. It closes with wishes for readers and belief in better days ahead.
Special to Leader from Rawlins Wyoming dated December 31 notes five convicts discharged since establishment here with no new admissions. Rev Bross held a large skating party on Robertson lake three miles from town attended by a large crowd. Lessee Boswell and State Auditor Grant attend to prisoner comforts at the new prison. Conductor Clarence Clark resumes run after Cheyenne visit. Woolmanses daughter visits aunt Mrs Tom Joyce. Wireman Charles Brown hurt in Solon wreck can now get about. Engineer Tiffany recovered from a prior accident and is around town.
Harry A. Cornell of East Orange New Jersey, employed by Market Hotel at Green River, is seriously burned after a locomotive steam pipe burst in the cab. He survived until 2 a.m. then died overnight. lungs inflamed by inhalation, head and face badly burned. Trainmen saw him fall into the tender as steam escaped, water gauge suspected.
Miss Kate Hughes, longtime housekeeper to the late Bishop Lenihan, receives news that the bishop’s will devotes most of his estate to educational and religious causes. He leaves his library and personal effects to Father Lenihan of Marshalltown, Iowa, and grants a modest bequest to Kate Hughes, honoring her faithful service. The bishop’s charitable life left a modest estate, given to aid the needy.
Iowa rises to national prominence boasting two cabinet members Leslie Shaw as treasury secretary James Wilson as agriculture secretary and like figures in the Senate and House William B Allison chairs the Republican caucus and steering committee while David Henderson leads the House speakership Iowa also fills Mint and Treasury solicitor posts and guards irrigation and second class mail debates with Washington activity and the Spanish claims commission chair William Chandler reflecting on past service.
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday as a high pressure area over the Red River valley brings cooler general weather to Minnesota Nebraska and the Dakotas with readings 6 to 10 degrees above normal from the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains. Across the southern states cooler conditions prevail with rain or snow limited to the Lake region and the north Atlantic coast. 24 hour data through 6 am show a high of 57 and a low of 24 with no precipitation.
Last evening shipments of iron ore resumed from Sunrise mines as a long convoy of loaded cars moved through Cheyenne toward the Pueblo smelter. The mine had been idle for about a month due to smelter congestion and the Northern blockade. Now conditions at the smelter are relieved and ore will be sent out regularly on a large scale.
Roy Myers, only 19, is placed in charge of the T B Ranch by his uncle Col. W F Cody. A longtime resident and ranch employee, his shown aptitude and energy promise successful management of one of the country’s largest and best ranches with full authority over all affairs.
Mr Moss continues coal tests for coke quality. Initial No 10 coal yielded charcoal rather than coke. He now tests Spring Valley coal in Uinta County, with results due in six weeks to two months.
Amusement notes recall John Philip Sousa as a memory of the Spanish American War era. Stars and Stripes Forever led Santiago ceremonies and Ponce reviews before General Miles. El Capitan at the opera house Friday January 3, Alvin Joslin. Rural comedy Alvin Joslin next Saturday with lively dialogue and climaxes set in New York venues.
Pitt Covert reports a dozen multi teams haul sulphide ore from the Rudefeha mine to the Grand Encampment smelter to flux the New Rambler ore. Teams return with wood to the mine as owners await Rambler output.
The Cheyenne Business College five will host the Normal School of Greeley Colorado in Cheyenne on January 8. It will be the first local match against an outside team and may be held in Turner hall followed by a dance.
Chief Clerk H L Anderson has left for Evanston and may become assistant superintendent there though no confirmation is available. Conductor Billy Mills lays off and visits east. John W Hay, ex assistant superintendent of Laramie, is in the city. Superintendent Park is in Omaha on business. Harry McGinn, former local railroader, returns from Gunnison Texas.
On Christmas at the Terry ranch Wyoming, workers arrive by bicycle foot and wagon for a joyful noon meal supervised by Mrs. and Mrs. Ryan. A long bill of fare includes turkey, roast beef, port, plum pudding and fruit, followed by greetings from foreman A L Gleason distant but remembered.
The Southern Wyoming Tramway company filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state in Carbon county, with one million dollars capital stock. Incorporators include Bernard McCaffrey and Willis George Emerson. The plan is to build and operate an aerial tramway from the Rudefeha mine to the Grand Encampment smelter and expand to other tramways. Unverified reports claimed a regional railway division merge and Evanston shops closure, but officials deny the details.
The Rawling Journal notes H Larsen and associates are rapidly opening a newly found vein in the Muddy basin. Tests show the coal burns longer and hotter than any prior state bituminous, with reports suggesting a superior quality and potential depth confirming a rich deposit.
A solicitation from the National Home Seekers Association invites readers to avoid rent or interest by financing a home or mortgage payoff. The plan requires monthly payments of 5.50 per 1000 dollars advanced, with bonded officers from American Bonding and Trust Company. Representatives are available to explain details at Atlas Block Room 8 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with office hours 9 to 6 and 7 to 9 p.m.
The Leader office completed the printing job promptly, delivering timely service and securing reliable results for the client.
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