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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1905
Page
3
Union Pacific brakeman W. O. Ford was uninjured save for a fractured wrist after falling from a moving locomotive between Laramie and Rawlins. He had been outside the cab to loosen a clogged sand box when a sudden lurch threw him off the boiler. The crew stopped the train and Ford received surgical care in Rawlins.
Arthur Bull aged 18 was shot dead near Erick Greer county by Emory Coursey 18. Chambers 17 held as accomplice. all claim accident. Source notes love triangle worsened by horse ride and dog issue leading to the fatal event.
Washington reports that a glass head pin trust may form in Aix la Chapelle to restrain pin production and raise prices starting October 1. A pin convention now exists but fails to prevent rebates and tricks, with Germany leading prices followed by Austria and the United States. US imports last year totaled $164,000 and twelve factories produce about 1.5 billion pins annually.
Sheridan Wyoming reports a crowd bitterly reacted to Mother Jones the mine labor agitator after a Saturday City Hall speech. She urged shooting officers and President Roosevelt and derided educational and property qualifications for voting while touting anarchistic doctrines.
The Union Pacific Coal company starts No 3 mine with two shifts. No 1 operates daily at near maximum output. A new townsite will be laid out near the slope mouth while No 2 is abandoned. No 3 aims to be a major state producer with a large vein of engine coal proven by tests between Laramie and Rawlins.
Mrs Minnie Jacobs of Houston testifies that Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy cured her husband of a severe Cuban diarrhoea brought home from Cuba after several doctors failed. The ad notes the medicine costs 50 cents a month and is delivered by A K B Roede Leader.
The Cheyenne competition grows with seven entrants and rising votes as friends lobby for a free Portland Fair trip or a tailor-made suit. A vote is earned with each twenty five cent purchase and must occur in the same week. Final tallies were announced Friday.
Real estate ad offers a lot for sale and house construction with small monthly payments. Contact 1808 Eddy Street for details and ask about evening hours until 8 p.m. for inquiries.
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