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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1901
Page
1
Washington reports Dr. Rixey spent an hour at the White House and announced Mrs. McKinley had spent a comfortable night. Doctors disagree on diagnosis as blood tests showed no poison while fainting spells continue and vitality remains scarce.
William Williams rode a trail to recover a stolen horse, confronted the farm hand who shot at him, and Williams killed the man after a dangerous wound was inflicted. Local sentiment quickly deemed the act justifiable murder with a swift burial.
London reports the Oak stakes worth nearly forty thousand dollars were won today by an American horse and American jockey Cap and Belts with Milton Henry aboard Foxhall Keene the winning team. Tens of thousands witnessed the popular victory. Pierpont Morgan pursues a twenty million dollar watch trust. Mrs Mathilda Carse notes the W C T U plans to address canteens in national homes for veterans.
Paris lawyers walk out in protest after President Souvajot of the criminal tribunal urged juries to impose severer penalties to curb crime. They inform judges they will not appear in murder cases this year.
At a dinner for Charles Frohman Sarah Bernhardt announced that next fall she will play Romero to Maude Adams's Juliet. The English production will be lavishly staged and run for one hundred nights in New York.
Paris reports the board of health plans a dedicated slaughterhouse for horses. The city consumes about eighty horses each day and will apply strict checks to horse slaughter without aiming to reduce consumption. Also mentions wrecking steamers at Layland Mner near Cape Race and a playful exchange with Miss Dimples in Ohio State Journal.
A cable from Yokohama reports Hugh Tevis, who wed Miss Cornelia Baxter in San Francisco, died of heart failure while on a wedding tour. Baxter, daughter of a former Wyoming governor, had left Gerald Hughes for Tevis and now becomes a wealthy widow with an estimated fortune around six million.
Dr. Morgan departs London for the United States to pursue Dwight L. Moody's work. A large Temple crowd bid him Godspeed, as Dr. Parker urged Americans as shrewd and youthful, noting both holy and unholy elements. In Binghamton, Robert Stanley killed his wife in a drunken frenzy before taking arsenic. Cincinnati reports no appeal will be filed to the Jeffries Ruhlin prize fight ruling by the Saengerfest.
Leon Wertheimen was brought to Reading Pennsylvania from Missouri to answer a charge of burning down his shirt waist factory for a $63,000 insurance payout. The crime occurred ten years ago and he previously escaped on a technicality but is now to stand trial.
Tetiano Nave ta was shot dead by Michael Larissa after she refused to marry him. He then killed himself. Henry Booker fatally wounded Lesere Shirs for refusing a wedding date. he disappeared and is believed to have suicided. London reports worsening British trade with falling imports and exports.
Helen Gould is highlighted as a devoted bowler who owns a premier bowling alley at her Lyndhurst estate in Irvington on Hudson. The article describes the grand facility including a central regulation alley, towers with reception rooms, a tennis court view, and a roof garden, portraying it as a remarkable edifice for entertaining and leisure.
London readers report rich Americans delighted by a royal reception and King Edward's courtesy. They propose a grand donation to revive the Victoria monument fund after recent artistic controversies. In Cleveland Horace Pell died after a self inflicted gunshot wound.
Des Moines reports Professor George D Herron former applied Christianity professor at Grinnell College was tried by ministers and church elders for conduct unbecoming a Christian and a gentleman. Thirteen churches were represented and evidence showed alleged cruelty toward his wife leading to divorce and legal separation. A letter from Herron was read in his defense and the council unanimously expelled him.
Cripple Creek Colorado reports Mrs J W Kimberlin aged 387 years shot and killed herself this morning at her uncle J Parker Floris sant home after her husband died four months earlier. The note cites prolonged illness and despondency. In Cincinnati Ohio two hundred coopers struck for higher wages with five hundred more possible.
vandals destroyed line markers. Harrisburg reports cast iron replacements for the Mason and Dixon line markers formerly present along the border. The note lists ownership and replacement details amid a chaotic transcription of notices about divorce proceedings and a found key punch.
Senator Clark of Montana arrived in New York from Europe and will leave soon for his son's wedding in Butte. He plans a one million dollar check as a gift to the bride. He asserts the Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroad will be built and reports improved health after the foreign trip.
Champion Jeffries invested forty thousand dollars in Fresno lands. After paying his attorney the title was found held by others. Jeffries with his family left for Fresno to recover money or property. Trial starts next week. Also, Miss Helen Spencer of the Central school heads home to Des Moines and will visit Peru normal during alumni reunion.
Gorman, newly elected resident, called the Federation of Labor to order this morning. Plans for betterment of the order were discussed as a telegram congratulating Cripple Creek miners was sent regarding Portland mine conflict. The convention will probably end its labors this afternoon.
In Norfolk on June 7 a double barreled shotgun attached to the cash drawer by a string killed robber William Caddy during a till robbery at Joseph Byrd's store. Byrd had set the trap.
Detroit June 7 state representative Doyle was found dead in a hotel room owned by Edith Manders at the Wentworth in Lansing. The chamber maid said he drank carbolic acid thinking it was whiskey. she was arrested. Doyle was married and his death prompts shock and questions about his personal life.
The Denver chamber of commerce plans a June 18th excursion for business men to northern Colorado via a Union Pacific special train. Stops include Boulder Longmont Berthoud Loveland Fort Collins Windsor Greeley Eaton Rock Springs Rawlins Fort Steele Laramie Cheyenne with three hours in the last city. Cheyenne’s Business Men's Association will likely help host the visitors.
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