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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1902
Page
4
The snippet lists press office numbers and key staff including SLACK as editor and proprietor with ROBERT MICKEL as business manager and GEORGE H. EVANS as city editor. It appears to be a newspaper masthead fragment from a local publication.
Thursday, Jan. 2 offers a simple New England country life story in A Trip to the Circus. Audiences will enjoy clean play, pathos, humor, and trained animal feats blending comedy drama and vaudeville into one entertaining two hours with a thoughtful wrap on return.
Ole Peterson is under arrest charged with stealing a watch from Jim Merrill's coat in the White House saloon. The thief confessed and hid the watch. Peterson, once committed for insanity, may be sent to an asylum after recovery. A union meeting is set for Sunday January 26 at 6 15 p.m. at the Baptist church with all city Christian societies invited. The Cincinnati Shoe Co big shoe house will open at 208 West Sixteenth Street between the Inter Ocean hotel and post office. Fire sale at Racket store.
A preliminary hearing for cattle detective Tom Horn on the Willis Nickel murder charge is scheduled for 10 a.m. tomorrow before Judge Samuel Becker in the district court room at Iron Mountain. The secrecy surrounding the case remains, with prosecutors and defense counsel conferring and a large public gathering anticipated at the courthouse.
Tomorrow night on train No. 6 the Western Canadian Press Association seventy four strong will pass through Cheyenne in their eastbound special cars. The party includes prominent western Canada figures such as Walter Scott a Dominion parliament member and A F Perie the Chauncy Depew of Canada along with many millionaires.
Sheriff Smalley intervenes in a Cheyenne scam involving W. F. Waggoman and M. C. Foter who offered Gustav Williams a $900 exclusive right to handle a patent window catch in Kansas and Arkansas. Williams mortgaged a Missouri farm to secure two notes. notes and mortgage were recovered at the depot before the culprits fled.
J C Norton, a Cheyenne attorney, wed Denver widow Rose Marland in Cheyenne on December 28. They lived here less than a week before she took her trunk to the depot and returned to Denver, citing vague troubles and possible misrepresentations about his wealth.
City council notes indicate eighty one new taps were added to the water system in the past year. This implies at least 100 new houses built in twelve months, as some double houses used a single tap.
Judge Rolapp of Ogden rules a non resident cannot buy property and attracts global interest. Within days twenty eight damage suits totaling 290000 will be filed in Salt Lake federal court stemming from the Diamondville coal mine disaster that killed and injured many foreigners. The Utah Sayings and Trust Co. brings most suits. two filed in Ogden address the non resident issue. Judges Maginnis and Dey represent plaintiffs, seeking 10000 in damages per case.
General McArthur announced troops to the Philippines will include Troop 1 First Cavalry at Fort Washakie and a Tenth Infantry company at Fort McKensie. A westbound survey this morning inspected state institutions with affairs running smoothly at the insane asylum hospital and penitentiary.
Special to The Leader reports Griffin and Ducolon associate Mr. Gritin vanished with funds from the firm. He allegedly took $0 in bank deposits and $106 from the bullnode. State officials note a new insane asylum building should be usable in four to five weeks. Postal bids from Rawlins were rejected for being unsatisfactory. new bids are to be opened January 17.
One month from today the antigambling law passed by the last legislature will take effect in Wyoming and public gambling will be a thing of the past. A test of the law’s legality is expected, with some predicting court action to determine its validity.
Mrs. Helen Jenkins seeks 10001.80 damages from the city after a November 19 fall at Sev enteenth and O Neil streets left her with a broken leg. Her attorney W B Ross filed the petition claiming the defect caused the accident and requesting 101.80 for expenses and 9900 for pain and suffering.
General McArthur orders a general court martial to convene at Fort McKenzie in Wyoming next week with a large number of important cases to be tried.
R W Breckons reports pleasant east weather during visit to Pennsylvania and Washington. He will depart mid February to assume duties as United States district attorney for Hawaii in Honolulu. Wyoming colony described as energetic and enterprising. Local notices invite junior evangelical church societies to a January 28 meeting at 4 PM at the Presbyterian church.
The examining board starts today and will survey all railroad employees handling trains through April 1. Chief Dispatcher W H Forman, Conductor Mills, and Engineer J W Becksted lead the panel with Conductor Williams temporarily in charge of Mills' run. The process will take about a week at each Wyoming division site.
Registration boards in all three wards will be in session tomorrow for the final opportunity to register. Citizens not yet on the voter lists must act to qualify for the upcoming special election next month.
William Hansen, a deserter from the Twenty seventh Infantry at San Francisco, turned himself in to police last night stating he was tired of evading officers. A $30 reward remains for the man who will be sent back to the Presidio.
The Catholic fair at the hall attracted a big amusement loving crowd with many children present last night on the dancing floor. Children will be barred tonight and tomorrow to avoid interference. An entertainment for children is planned for tomorrow afternoon. The fair closes tonight and tomorrow evening with raffles including a $650 bed couch donated by the F. E. Warren Mercantile Co.
John C. Cottam left for England this morning. Hon. R. W. Breckens returns from Washington. Thompson Corn to Denver tonight. Judge 8. T. Corn came back from a Denver trip last night. Col. E. A. Stack made a business run to Greeley. Dr. J. M. Wilson from Douglas is in town. Miss Mayme Dillman left for Denver for a week. Senator F. B. Warren went to Denver on business. J. G. Rankin of Rawlins arrived from Denver. Visitors in city include Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Lucky Buffalo, Mrs. D. W. Brude Wheatland, Mr. and Mrs. F. Hastings Laramie, J. J. Stevenson Casper, W. H. Bird Hartville, Frank Gray Laramie.
Bradley reports the state university Science hall near completion with only plumbing left to finish before turnover to the trustees.
A Cheyenne man reports that the Denver Post editorial staff who tendered their resignations Sunday have returned to duty after an amicable settlement.
Elks host charity night at the Catholic fair as the horned herd storms Turner and separates themselves from their coins for a generous cause.
W. A. Moulton of Wheatland Wyoming brought in twenty seven coyote skins for bounty. All animals were killed near Wheatland.
The Cheyenne Lodge F O E has elected new officers including Cliff Fellows as W P C and J W Fisher as W V P, with Ralph Adamsky, W 8, and others named as trustees and officers. Clairvoyant readings daily at 412 West Eighteenth Street accompany ongoing Monday sale continuation by Mrs. C Be Rich.
A west bound freight furniture car jumped the track on Athol hill last night and rolled off the right of way. The car lay on its side on the prairie east of the city while the rest of the train was coupled and brought into Cheyenne. Also a sale notice lists an iron bed and stove at 107 Enat Eighteenth street and mentions a five alert Racket store attendance.
Mary Keenright wed George Sanderson in a ceremony at her parents home with Rev McQuilkin officiating. The couple plans a Salt Lake wedding trip then a Cheyenne residence at Twenty first and Van Lennan streets. Sanderson works as a car repairer in town. President Burt of Union Pacific arrived today and continued west. Conductor Boyd Chandler injured in a Ro Grande wreck with an arm crushed and likely amputation.
Local forecast for Cheyenne and vicinity calls for fair conditions tonight and Thursday. The eastern storm has moved north from Georgia to New York bringing heavy rain or snow across that region. Clear, cooler weather follows in the southern states and Mississippi valley. Barometer low from the Dakotas to Arizona with high pressure advancing from the north Pacific coast. Snow reported in Montana and above normal temperatures in the Missouri upper Mississippi valleys and most of the Rocky Mountain region. 24 hour local data: max 31, min 9 with no precipitation.
L Lawrence returns to service at the Opera House Block offering spectacles and eye glasses repair. Ready for business Monday January 20 with prompt repairs and neat workmanship.
City council of Newcastle acts ahead of a state measure by passing an ordinance prohibiting gaming in town. Officials cite existing conditions and legal uncertainties while awaiting court guidance on the new law.
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