16 Feb 1901
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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1901
Page
1
The prescription clerk promises an absolute safeguard against errors with a trusted system. It boasts highly trained clerks in Cheyenne and the largest freshest drug stock in the city. The ad highlights twenty years of success and leading toilet articles and sundries at attractive prices.
London feb 16 British in close pursuit of De Wet after his force crossed the railway north of the area. General Kitchener telegraphed that Pitmore and Crabbe armored trains harried the enemy while crossing. Twenty wagons loaded with ammunition were captured along with about two hundred prisoners and a Maxim gun. Our troops are in hot pursuit with De Wet’s forces routed in places.
Columbus reports Governor Nash said he knew nothing of last night’s brutal prize fight in Youngstown between Jack Boner and Billie Monahan. He pledged to halt all prize fights statewide, citing prior Cincinnati matters and promising action with mayors and county sheriffs to prevent further events.
Topeka Feb 16 Joint raids continue in Perry Kansas with saloons raided and closed. Mrs Edward May replaces Mrs Nation as crusader guiding hatchet attacks to shut down establishments and destroy property worth hundreds of dollars.
Minority stockholders won an injunction in New York barring transfer of the Guggenheim smelter works to the smelter trust, threatening to derail the proposed countrywide smelter combination. Ex Governor Grant, vice president of the trust, declares the injunction ineffective and predicts the deal will proceed for miners and smelter owners and aid silver mining in the U S and Mexico.
Copenhagen Feb 16 reports indicate the foreign office will soon send a definite favorable reply to the United States regarding the sale of the Danish West Indies. King Christian is said to prefer to keep the islands Danish but would not oppose transfer if circumstances improve.
The will of Frederick Harvey was admitted to probate in Leavenworth on February 16. The estate totals over a million dollars. All to his wife and his sons, named as executors without bonds, with orders to continue operating the Harvey eating houses along the Santa Fe system, numbering nearly fifty locations.
Denver February 16 Kid Parker received four hundred dollars the loser's share of the purse for his fight last night with Buddy King King won by knockout in ten rounds and earned nearly nine hundred dollars as his share The winner was Buddy King and the loser Kid Parker in a clean boxing bout report
Denver reports Ute post trader predicts internal Ute war with rival chiefs and factional trouble. Fresno club offers Jeffries Ruhlin a fifty thousand dollar purse and sixty percent if the bout occurs in ten days. Shanghai notes decapitation after officer trial by Chang Chi Tung. A social is planned at the Cheyenne dancing academy tonight.
Washington reports the president informed senators at the White House that an extra session will be called as soon as the Cuban constitution is received. The decision follows discussions on urgent legislative needs and national policy stemming from Cuba’s constitutional process.
The body of former King Milan of Servia arrived in Karloguitz Austria Hungary this morning. Large crowds gathered at the station to greet the funeral train as arches draped in black and mourning flags appeared in principal squares. The populace turned out, with limited personal sorrow, and Milan was laid to rest beside his great grandmother, Milos’s wife, after much difficulty.
Nanimo British Columbia February 16 no news reached noon today from the imprisoned miners buried alive by yesterday's Union mine explosion. The mine is on fire and rescue teams make no progress making it very likely all miners perished.
Washington February 16 Senate shelves ship subsidy bill amid belief it will fail and moves to Great Ole omargarine bill. wide discussion but no action. Colorado Springs February 16 official statement on over issue of Gold Stone Mining Co by ex secretary C P Bently now in Canon City penitentiary convict of overfusing stock. Paris February 16 Prestidigi Tator died in Berlin cousin to Hermanns with magicians Alexander the First Second and Third. Weather warmer across the country with 9am temps listed in major cities. San Juan February 16 Port Morris judge Holt rules Porto Rico executive council not subject to injunction like US Senate. Dresser Indiana February 16 heaviest American woman Mrs John Jordan 676 pounds dies of paralysis leaving thirteen children.
Mrs Lulu Kennedy with her father and brother face trial for the January 16 murder of Mr Kennedy of the Merchants Dispatch company. Indictments were issued today and warrants issued for the arrest of the men as William Price was arrested while visiting his sister in prison. The April term court will hear the case amid claims of a vast conspiracy and sensational proceedings.
Portland on February 16 saw six hundred homeseekers arrive from the east via the Oregon Short Line and Northern Pacific bringing one hundred fifty more. The influx, driven by railroad low rates, far exceeds expectations as most seekers pursue improvement and promise to aid the Pacific coast communities.
A Peking dispatch says the Chinese court refuses further executions, calling the powers demand preposterous and surprising the allies. Cables indicate the court deems the princes with Boxer proclivities beyond the scope of the general agreement, leaving the allies in a quandary.
In Emporia Kansas on February 16 reports claimed Mrs Nation was in town causing drugstores to close and joints to barricade. The alarm proved false as Lawrence, Darby and Wichita dispatches said closures continue peacefully or by force.
London reports the Duke of Westminster and Miss Shelagh tied the knot at high noon in a brilliant St Pauls church ceremony attended by a notable crowd. Also in the day’s notes new bank statements show loans up 19 million and deposits up 16 million. Royal movement toward Windsor recorded with King Edward and royal family departing for a brief rest. Vanderbilt yacht Valient sails for the Mediterranean on a grand cruise. A curious auction in St Louis sees a consignment of cats sold to the highest bidder amid lively trading. D J Bushnell plans to rid his seed store of rats with the feline lot bought earlier. A local notice invites attendance at the B L F ball on February 19.
Rich New Mexico socialite Manuelita Chaves and W. L. McKinnon wed at the Inter Ocean hotel parlor but a Denver Post report reveals a tangled tale of love, divorce, and rumor. Chaves, daughter of Filipe Chaves, faced a bitter past with Senor Paul J. Yrisarri amid desertion and cruelty claims in a 1897 Denver divorce. The story traces Chaves’ travels, a possible Texas connection, and a thwarted marriage license, leaving questions on her recent nuptials and status.
The notice enumerates worship times for First Congregational Trinity German Lutheran First Presbyterian and First Methodist Episcopal churches with pastors and topics. It promotes home mission day at the Presbyterian church and invites strangers to attend. Also notes a Methodist service and a ladies auxiliary turkey supper for Lent and a promotional plug for Our Leader Cigar.
From the finest barley and imported Bohemian hops, chemists of leading nations have evaluated the sample and pronounced it pure and wholesome with no adulteration detected.
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