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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1902
Page
1
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A reader weighs value versus cost in choosing a toothbrush, balancing frugality with comfort. The note hints at price points around 60 cents for basic options and higher figures for premium picks, stressing a personal spending threshold.
Panic spreads at the Chicago board of trade as Phillips the corn king fails and margins force all deals to close. News quickly dampens, but wheat dips half a cent, corn a cent, and oats a cent amid widespread sympathy for Phillips and his wiped-out position.
Angel's Camp California January 14 Tom Kane cart boss on the Sierra road sat before a fire to melt giant powder. He had thirty one sticks when one exploded throwing him about fifty feet. His right leg was crushed to pulp and his foot hung by flesh. His eyes were injured and he feared deafness the right leg amputated above the knee.
H J Withers, president of the American National Bank, was arrested in Kansas City for stealing 29000 from his bank by false notes. Friends deny guilt and call it a political scheme tied to a rival banker in Sherman. Withers organized the bank and owned most stock locally.
New York police officer William H. Ennis, after arresting his wife for non support, visited her apartment and opened fire. He killed his wife, wounded her mother Mrs. McGee, and then shot himself as bystanders watched. He was later arrested after an unsuccessful attempt to suicide.
Baltimore reports Senator Gar Gorman returning to the Senate after winning a Maryland primary to succeed Wellington. Supporters cheered the announcement as former colleagues in the Senate sent warm congratulations. In London, Lord Hope’s condition remains grave with small hopes for recovery.
Rahal Colorado Jan 14 J W Thompson son a ranchman and his wife are found dead burned in a gully about a mile from their home six miles southwest of Rahal The coroner from Colorado Springs arrives and reports they escaped the burning house naked and wandered across frozen prairie before dying in a gully after an apparent lamp explosion last night.
Chicago and Savannah dispatches report George E. Graham, war correspondent aboard the Brooklyn during the Santiago battle, wrote Schley and Santiago with Schley’s endorsement. Admiral Schley says Graham wrote the book for his own pleasure and only verified factual statements in proofs.
Washington January 14 The Senate adopted a resolution asking the attorney general to explain why the Union Pacific obligation was not paid to the government. Senator Hoar pressed his Philippine investigation and said he would not interfere with the Philippine commission amid developments about promised independence for Aguinaldo and the Filipinos.
President Roosevelt named representatives for Wheleham at King Edward's coronation. Special Ambassador Stelan Reid leads the army group joined by Hon J ee the navy Captain Clarke and secretaries J M H Morgan Jr B L Baylies of New York. Dennis Wetmore's son William also attends.
Washington reports show an irrigation committee meeting past midnight and resuming at 10am to craft a generally satisfactory plan for western arid lands. A report is expected this week as officials push for water rights to be appurtenant to land and for cost rules tied to acreage irrigated.
Washington reports B H Baker of Omanw Nebraska elected as associate justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court. He plans to reach Albuquerque by month's end, with the appointment to take effect after his arrival. Rumor says Morgan Idew allyn may become surveyor general of New Mexico.
A patient, Alice Lobo, from Nebraska City Neb, escaped a hospital soon after midnight wearing only nightclothes. She was found about half a mile from the hospital with both feet troen.
The Senate yesterday afternoon confirmed Hon. R. W. Breckons of Cheyenne as United States attorney for the district of Hawaii. The Cheyenne lawyer’s friends in the west will note the confirmation despite the formal Senate dispatch.
Mr. Breckons plans to visit his old Pennsylvania home then move to Hawaii. Robert W. Breckons, 35, born in Kewanee Illinois, studied law at Georgetown and practiced in Cheyenne. He served as Laramie County prosecutor and in the state legislature before a long Republican career. Mrs. Breckons succeeds Col. John C. Baird of Wyoming who died in Denver.
Nine miners are listed among the dead after a fire damp explosion at Milby Dean Mining Co mine in South McAlester L T January. Several injured. Names include John McCoy W F Kiethen Benjamin Parjust Br M Richard Thomas Blue Albert Galtin M Brown Joan Bertol John Darman.
Excitement surrounds Charles Schwab at Monte Carlo as he wins large sums after an early loss. He plays with a spread and places bets on numbers and horses. Lorn Rowilyn reports Monte Carlo seeing a $1,000 win yesterday amid speculation and fanfare.
Grand Junction Colorado January 14 oil was struck at Debeque thirty miles away at seven feet. The green oil is suitable for lubricants and the well gushes fifteen barrels per hour. Citizens parade streets shouting and barrahing for the new oil fields as stocks rise and speculators flood in.
French naval engineers installed two weeks ago a series of balancing floats in Salient harbor. The devices use wave power to generate about sixty horse power regularly. The daily operating cost is a single attendant by day and night, plus five cents worth of oil per day.
London reports the earl of Rosslye pursues a gambling system at Monte Carlo with dubious results while his divorce from his wife, daughter of racing magnate Robert Vyner, nears conclusion in Edinburgh. Custody of their three children to be settled. countess of Rossitz to defend no suit.
A Delaney Street pawnbroker known for caution loses 180 to two slick swindlers. A shabby man pledged a violin, claiming it was valuable and promised repayment. A second man as a Polish professor faked interest, praising the instrument and offering 300 dollars, while the owner mused over the price. The broker bought the violin for 200, awaiting payment that never came as both swindlers vanished and the violin’s worth remained modest.
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