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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1900
Page
4
The Cheyenne Leader lists K. A. Slack as editor and proprietor H. A. Clarke as business manager and A. Richardson as city editor in the newspaper masthead.
Surveyor Negrei reports all parties are home from the north. Joe Newman, appearing in a concert on Jones Street, donated his services. Milton Mores, a stranger, died on We streets of Rawlins yesterday of Theomonia. John W Griffin built a stable behind his hotel and will keep his driving borg there. New goods with 10 day discounts at Mrs Sapps. Sheriff Biliot of Greely aims for Cortes Borem who stole a cadting. Second Baptist Church plans a concert and 6 pm supper to recover insurance money. Colorado Fuel and Iron company filed papers today with capital $96 000 000. Participants in the Silver Serview concert will receive a reception at the Cheyenne Club after. Cathedral mass featured a special main render with organ. J M Mumeey and J A Amilley plan to Saratoga to oversee hotel property and consider a two story bath connected with the hotel. Father Golden, arriving from Weiland, preached at St Mary's cathedral and will lead Kemmerer parish. Judge Carey to move and modernize a house at Ferguson and Eighteenth, planning future construction on the corner. Big Horn Basin residents celebrate Congress approval of 20 900 to build a wagon road from Cody to Yellowstone. Burlington line from Talnea to Cody will boost park travel.
The Oliver Service for the Monster Wyo ung promises an enjoyable Friday night concert at the Cheyenne opera house with top local talent and Joe Newman leading the program. Proceeds support the cause and tickets go on sale at Ellie’s Wednesday amid inclement weather.
The Cheyenne Indians defeated Union Pacific 13 to 1 in a rain shortened game at Boulevard Park. Graham dominated for Cheyenne with Green’s pitching shutting down UP until a late rally. Burt La Fontaine umpired fairly as fans praised the outstanding baseball on view.
A group of prominent railroad officials gathered on the platform yesterday afternoon before a train left. North Pointie superintendent Mr Keys, succeeding Mr Parks, was present along with Master Mechanic Manning and Mr Park in a noted reunion. A reporter heard rumors Keys was rushing the seam while the officials wore cool uniforms in the cloudy rain. The 8 car was pulled away as Superintendent Parks sighed over giving it up and planned a division trip next Tuesday.
Judge Scott sits Sunday at his home from Rawling, holding court with two murder cases on the docket. One concerns the state versus Downing, who killed a deputy sheriff in 1898, escaped, and was recaptured that fall. The other is the state v Falboy from Kenmeater.
A hunter near Evanston saw a buffalo running between Henefer and Croydon and fired five shots with little effect. The animal likely escaped from a nearby confinement such as Yellowstone Park. Garret O'Neil, a longtime resident from Welser, Idaho, is injured after jumping from a moving train in Ogden and now serves as general superintendent of the Pacific and Idaho Northern railway.
The Vaton Pacific Railroad secures right of way through William Daley’s Separation ranch. A side track section house and water tank will replace the O’Neil switch to serve Daley’s shearing pens, boosting wool handling efficiency. Daley owns about twenty sections of land on the Rawling Ranch.
Cattle from the south move into Grin Junction with about 300 carloads through and more en route. Converse county authorities seize 114 cars owned by Newman Brothers and plan to test the county by seeking legal action. Non resident shippers protest the assessor action and may form a coalition to challenge the law.
The Glorious Fourth discussed by the Cheyenne readers urges not to hold a separate Cheyenne event but to join Laramie’s frontier day celebration. Laramie invites Cheyenne to festivities on July 4 and notes an important meeting of the Monier Wyoming Association tomorrow at 7:00 at Mrs. George Nagle’s home.
President McKinley named Col. John C. Baird of Wyoming as United States attorney for Hawaii. The selection, decided earlier, was announced Saturday and hailed by friends as an excellent appointment likely to aid Hawaii's development and public service. Baird, a Pittsburg native, has held multiple state and local offices, including editor, attorney, legislator, judge advocate general, and a leading Mason. His health and the islands’ climate are cited as benefits during his tenure.
Surveyor General Hanson of Cheyenne toured the city briefly on private business. The dispute over the A H FP ranches on Black's Flat, active for thirteen years, was settled in favor of Mr. Hanson. The tract covers about eleven hundred acres of the finest land nearby. Hanson announced plans to stock the property next year with thoroughbred cattle, Sundance Monter.
Personal items list travel and visits including Mies Duffey, Thompson, Bagie Taylor, Mrs Pete Warlaumont, J P O Keefe, Mrs William Myers and daughter Mate, Mrs H B Patten, Miss Alice McPadden, R W Breckens, Mr Cushng, Ora Haley, Mrs George Nagie, Mrs Turner, George Lathrop, Mrs Eq Cooper, Miss Canfield, Sheriff Shaver, Ben Snimkey, A J Parehal, B F Fowler, Mrs Gen W Messick, Miss Davies, Miss Coate, Miss Middle Kam, Officer Captain Willson, Jim Kline, Attorney Moore, Mr Bergstresser, and several pension and license notices.
A court report notes Dom Paul seeks peace as negotiations unfold. The dialogue includes a Kitson family exchange about past legal losses and the cost of court actions. A June 3 1900 notice from Office Chief Quartermaster Denver Cole lists sealed proposals for forage and straw across multiple forts and postings, with bid openings set for July 9 1900.
Reserved seats for the Silver Ser view Concert at the Opera House next Friday evening may be secured at Bilis on Wednesday. Indications are that the house will be crowned.
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