23 Feb 1901
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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1901
Page
1
The Palace presents its drug and prescription divisions as essential aids for health through the first hundred days of the year. It highlights ready remedies, mineral waters, and sure specifics as lifelong supports to prevent illness and sustain vitality.
London reports a sensational case in which American chorus girl Rosie Booth abducted and reportedly married the Marquis of Headfort, a young Guardsman. The marchioness intervened, then the girl smuggled the groom to a magistrate. Social London is stirred by the scandal.
Pacific Mail officials blame Captain Ward for the disaster as fog and high seas hinder recovery at the Rio Janeiro wreck. Only a few bodies recovered as searchers report eleven more washed ashore, with many lives presumed lost and records missing. Consul Wildman and his family are reported lost amid estimates of 122 perished.
Manila reports a large blaze at Iba capitol in Zambales destroying government buildings and all supplies of the Twenty-fourth Infantry except the jail. A Fourth Infantry detachment captured rebel Vienonoa near Cavite, while a steamer carried food clothing and ammunition to troops and civilians.
Early today the home of George James four miles from Versailles Indiana burned killing George James and his four daughters. Mrs James and one son were away from the residence at the time of the blaze.
A mysterious assailant in Denver assaults three women with sandbags in the resident district. Mrs. Mary Short, colored, is dying, while Mrs. Josephine Unternerha is reported seriously injured and another woman is badly hurt but expected to live. Police have yet to identify the attacker who shows no robbery motive.
Public school notes detail Washington's Birthday exercises, a read table in Miss Spencer's room, and plans for teachers visiting Denver schools. Updates cover teacher meetings, citations on English usage, ventilation, and new laws on examinations. Includes remarks on Bird protection laws, Wyoming history study, and Shakespeare studies for seniors.
Port Townsend reports a second fearful wreck as Captain Morris of the transport Albert recounts sighting a large distressed steamer two miles offshore. The ship, likely a Pacific liner, vanished before rescue efforts could reach it amid high seas.
Washington February 23 President McKinley issues a proclamation calling a special session of the senate for executive purposes immediately after the dissolution of the present congress. March 4 Took Passage on the Fatal Steamer Which was Lost Yesterday. Minneapolis February 28 The city mourns Judge Harrison and his wife who were passengers on the ill fated Rio Janeiro. Their names are not listed as lost but Harrison had written from Honolulu that they had secured passage to San Francisco this week.
Blizzardy weather grips the east with morning readings from New York to Washington all below freezing. New York and Boston logged 16 below zero, Philadelphia 16, Washington 16, Chicago 4, Minneapolis 8, Cincinnati 10, St. Louis 14.
A five member sub committee formed by the public lands committee completed a land reclamation bill. It creates an irrigation fund from public land sale proceeds to fund storage works diverts streams sinks artesian wells and more. Projects need funding before contracts and must avoid exceeding 500000 without congressional authority. Land under government reservoirs limited to 160 acres and eight hour days apply. No Asian labor may be employed. Waters remain under state supervision. Government may be reimbursed for complete projects by payments tied to water usage.
The senate passed the St. Louis exposition bill granting 5 million dollars and sent it to the president for signature. An amendment by Senator Teller requires the fair to be kept closed on Sundays.
In Bristol Pennsylvania this morning a freight train struck empty coaches where four men were cleaning cars. One man died at once and three others were badly hurt and likely to die. Also reports from London claim General De Wet may be captured though not confirmed by the war department. The Hub advertises a sale on hats shoes and furnishings.
Report says a force is building a new section house at Borie west of Cheyenne to house Japanese laborers. UP has used Japanese workers in western Wyoming and plans more for the Cheyenne to Laramie stretch. Arrival timing and numbers are unknown.
Local churches list morning and evening services on Sunday at First Congregational Trinity German Lutheran First Baptist and First Methodist with Sunday schools unions and prayer meetings. The Presbyterian church schedules regular services and a lecture by Judge Berry of Denver on The Bible, inviting all to attend.
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