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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1900
Page
1
Cheyenne saloon promotes soda as cool relief during hot spell. Ad boasts fruit flavors and a refreshing reception room to ease feverish heat, urging patrons to seek comfort and enjoy the foaming beverage.
A Philadelphia gathering of leading Republicans this week will craft the national convention platform and select officers. Senators Wolcott and Lodge will deliver the principal speeches and serve as temporary and permanent officers. Attendees include Hanna Foraker and Fairbanks with Foraker slated as chairman of the resolutions committee.
W D Mahon, international president of the street railway employes union, reports to Samuel Gompers that car men returning from a trip were peaceably marching when fired upon by a sheriff posse and shot down like dogs. He calls for a strong denouncement by organized wage campaigns of America.
June 1 report from St Louis notes care on all Transit lines with few police guards and no incidents. Sheriff Pohlman defends last night's deputy shooting as justifiable and indisputable, alleging arriving strikers from Illinois aimed to provoke trouble.
Exercisers for the University of Rochester events began yesterday and run to Thursday evening. A Lyceum Theatre address by Prof. William Carey Morey opens the program with a subsequent talk by United States Education Commissioner William T. Harris. Governor Roosevelt, Mayor Carnahan, Hill and others speak. Major General Elwell Otis of the class of 1953 will be among Thursday’s speakers.
New York reports heavy talk ahead of the June 12 match at the Bengide Athletic Club. Terry McGovern is the favorite in betting, while Tommy White of Chicago draws many admirers after his prior bout with McGovern.
Grand Rapids will welcome Admiral Dewey and his party arriving from Detroit this evening. The event coincides with the annual Mareon bees convention currently in session, drawing larger crowds than ever before in the city's history.
A Chicago gathering of the United Irish club cheered a resolution backing the Philippines policy. Col. John P.F. Winerty was reelected and officers received commendations at yesterday afternoon’s meeting.
The Terrible Swede John Lareen set a new world twenty four hour distance record in Los Angeles on June 11. He swam 524 miles, breaking the previous mark of 608 miles, a remarkable feat in long endurance racing.
The Dowager Empress of China is rumored to have fled to the Russian legation at Peking as 4,900 Russians reportedly land at Taku marching toward Peking. Boxers attack the Che Fei mission settlement in Shanghai. Japan seeks the Asahi battleship and Germany moves gunboat Tiger toward China.
Dispatches from Peking report American missionaries in Pao Ting Fu safe for now as Chinese troops are sent to protect them. British Legation shelter sought for other missionaries, with Western powers debating further action. Russia reportedly to hold 4000 troops at Port Arthur awaiting orders. Denmark joins alliance with great powers to address the China situation.
Kansas City on June 11 opens a home products exposition under the auspices of the Manufacturer Association. The expo runs daily through Saturday evening with favorable conditions reported as public attendance begins. New Castle Pennsylvania also holds its annual encampment for the Lone of Voborana divisioo opening today and lasting until the path. Grand Rapids Michigan hosts the Lady Macoilepe convention opening today and running through the 15th with large attendance. A fund of 4000 is being raised to plant a tree bed in padowptta.
Dispatches report two officers and fifteen men killed with over sixty wounded as General Buller’s force breaches toward the Drakensberg. Muted progress at Heilbron and Lindley, with Knox's outpost plan and casualties noted. Buller wins a hard fought advance toward Laing’s Nek.
Quong Chong fled from Chinese health board opposition after being targeted by highbinders who placed a price on his head. He hid in the Six Companies office last night and was moved to safety under guard. Authorities condemn insufficient protection amid two suspicious Chinatown deaths and fear of sulphur fumes in sewers.
Spartanburg holds commencement this evening with the largest ceremony in its history. Bishop A W Wilson will preach the sermon and Hon John R Abney of New York will deliver the literary address Knows Nothing About It. Lincoln Neb confirms no knowledge of any Barton Jones effort. Morris County Women Golf Scene hosts metropolitan district match for amateur championship.
Four more infantry companions arrived to preserve order in Kanlts Germany as anti semite disturbances continued daily and martial law was declared.
A massive electrical storm raged in Silowia yesterday causing widespread damage and killing eleven people. The disaster severely damaged buildings and infrastructure across the city.
The Welstach Commercial Company announces a June dividend payment of five per coal on preferred stock.
Wealthy Chinese banker Wau Sting, en route to Paris and Peking, predicts a Boxer uprising will sweep China, with thousands buried and chaos surpassing Tao Ling rebellion. He urges Western powers to resist but acknowledges China cannot withstand trained foreign troops. He warns of Empress Dowager’s potential forces and the global impact if civilizing progress continues. Summer naval cadet cruises begin Annapolis with Newport and Chesapeake training ships sailing independently along the Atlantic coast.
Waco on June 11 hosts a gathering of mayors from nearly every Texas town. They will address sanitation water supply water works lighting ownership fire bridges streets hospitals public charities sewers sidewalks and related welfare matters.
The eighteenth annual Minnesota State Federation of Labor opened in Red Wing at 10 o'clock with President Neary presiding. Affiliation representation is strong and the federation has been active in organizing. many new members are to be admitted at the convention. In Raton, Mrs. Collins, wife of Santa Fe Fireman Herman Collins, died by suicide using strychnine, her fourth attempt.
Henry Lindacy, a Black man, staggered into a Victor drug store in a dying condition after a morning beating. Police hunt the assailants, described as Black men.
The Red Men convention opened today in Reading at the opera house with grand chiefs making headquarters at the Hotel Penn. Separately, Detroit Women’s Club members hold a reunion this afternoon at the Detroit Women’s Club in Detroit Michigan.
Cheyenne hack line announces reduced funeral rates from five to three dollars and invites callers to reach Heaney's for service day or night by phone. The ad emphasizes available passenger transportation and citywide response options.
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