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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1901
Page
1
In Des Moines Iowa on June 12 Eljah Heathcote a contractor shot his wife multiple times at close range after entering her room. He held her at arm's length and fired six rounds, killing her. Heathcote is jailed awaiting murder trial amid reports of jealousy over another contractor.
Washington June 12 President McKinley's declaration on a possible third term lists many options. Included are Senators Allison Beveridge Fairbanks Cullom Foraker Hanna Lodge Platt Spencer plus Vice President Roosevelt Governor Odell Funston and Attorney General Griggs. King Edward Presents Medals London June 12 King Edward personally awarded war medals to three thousand British soldiers for gallant conduct.
Chief Hazen, longtime head of the government secret service, resigns to take effect today. Known as the most successful officer in ferreting out major cases, he plans to open a private detective association of his own.
London June 12 Sir Thomas Lipton plans another bid to join the royal yacht squadron with King Edward as his sponsor. Previously Lipton faced a blackball despite a push to win the American Cup. The Duke of Cornwall to be elected vice admiral in place of the king.
Washington reports from the sick room at the White House say Mrs. McKinley shows steady improvement though still weak. Dr. Rixey expects further betterment if no relapse occurs in the next few days.
Denver June 12 The jury in Senator Patterson libel suit asked for further instructions this morning after a night of deliberations. A disagreement is feared with a majority favoring acquittal and upholding the Republican party against the plaintiff.
Dora Monroe, a Nebraska University student, admitted to multiple thefts from classmates. A trunk of stolen items was recovered. Doctors diagnose kleptomania. Prosecutors announce no charges will be filed.
Washington reports the Georgetown Convent Alumni elected Mrs. J. C. Walsh of St. Louis as president with notable vice presidents including Mrs. Russell Harrison Mrs. Brockholt Cutting of New York and Mrs. Mary McArr of New Mexico. The secretary is Mrs. Albert Tegis Kelley of San Francisco. Coronation in January is rumored as King Edward's date. The American Federation of Labor launches a campaign against cheap foreign labor seeking to re enact the Chinese exclusion act to cover all Orientals.
Richmond June 12 Amid a Virginia constitutional revision meeting the proposal to tax payers finance separate schools for white and colored children faces strong opposition. Advocates warn against denying black education as danger to voters and public governance while opponents fear intensified segregation and stigma.
Boston clerics led by Bishop Mallilieu protest the YMCA reception at the Museum of Fine Arts arguing mixed social gathering among men and women amid masculine statues is improper and challenges art’s decency. Bruno Hobbs of Cripple Creek Colorado was named secretary at the jubilee convention.
A London cable in the Tribune reports peace in South Africa remains a cuckoo song with no likely settlement for months. Mrs Botha's movements are mysterious but considered unlikely to achieve results. British arms successes are noted as frequent yet not decisive, with peace not expected before fall.
The flood swept the village of Nander in Tyrole at dawn. Twenty eight people are missing after the disaster.
In Kansas City on June 12 the Shriners enjoyed a day of weather and merriment at the stock yards and a drill. They elected F. J. Shaeffer of Philadelphia as imperial potentate and chose the next general assembly site between Saratoga Springs and San Francisco. George Phillips, the corn king, is convalescing in Chicago after nervous strain from his corn corner.
A large strike, the biggest yet in the area, erupted at the Columbia mine in Lake City today. In Columbia South Carolina the cases against planters charged with holding enslaved Black workers under labor contracts are set for tomorrow with no convictions anticipated.
In Woodward Iowa the village business section was leveled by a morning fire. Separate item notes Governor Samford of Alabama died after a long illness, triggering the Senate president to assume the Alabama governorship.
A judgment by Ed Stokes led to the seizure of select pictures from the Hoffman House Bar, including Bougereau’s famous Nymphs, long the venue’s centerpiece for two decades.
Elizabeth Flagler daughter of Brigadier General Flagler, chief of ordnance, wed Dr. George McKean today in Cape Breton. The marriage ends a five year penance after she killed a colored boy while him stealing fruit, a act she committed to scare him. She served a short jail term and chose voluntary exile.
Kansas City Missouri June 12 G F Bernhart a prosecution witness in the Lulu Kennedy murder trial depicted a vivid death scene He testified Lulu Kennedy stood over her dying husband with a clinched fist and eyes like fire He said Kennedy kicked the head turning it and declared you will never seduce another girl The state plans rebuttal testimony tomorrow.
In New York on June 12 Secretary Long Secretary Hitchcock and Postmaster General Smith publish glowing eulogies of President McKinley and praise his pledge to retire at the end of his term.
Berlin June 12 A cable reports Count Von Waldersee has altered plans and will travel directly from Shanghai to Hamburg arriving August first.
Four tons of dynamite to be exploded under the harbor mouth as old war disposal. Expected deep blasts will kill many fish nearby. Also reports an enormous Boer refugee death rate at Pretoria race course. Local forecast notes fair weather in Cheyenne region with warmer temperatures tonight. Heavy rainfalls recorded at Williston Havre North Platte and 24 hour data shows 0.87 inch precipitation. W S Palmer section director.
Thirteen head of first class driving horses and a span of blacks 16 hands high. Also 6 registered short horn bulls raised by B N Newby with pedigrees. Sale Friday June 14 in Greeley Colorado. Auctioneer P Kemmerer. Also an advertisement for printing services by The Leader Printing House urging high quality stock and modern machinery.
Omaha World Herald reports bull fights planned at the Grant Street Fair in South Omaha from July 2 to 18. Governor Savage disputes a Philadelphia Record claim while Nebraska Humane Society seeks assurances. Pete Maddox sails to El Paso to arrange events. irrigation debate across Wyoming, Montana, and the West highlighted by editor Bradley. Bright Newsboy Claire Holcombe departs for Aurora. City fire alarm boxes will be tested tomorrow from 10 to 11.
On a Shreveport plantation this morning a fatal shooting occurred during a quarrel. John Gray Foster, brother-in-law of Governor McMillay, was struck by a Black man.
Boss Croker's horse Flambard ridden by Lester Reiff won the Imperial Handicap in London. The purse nears twenty thousand dollars, with Hartlewood and Dinneen for the rigging and IXL stables noted in the coverage.
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