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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1901
Page
4
The Che Cheyenne Leader issue lists editor and proprietor A Slack and business manager K W De Belle with George H Evans as city editor, including contact details for the long distance telephone service and paper duties.
Summer golf in Laramie scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. Two Laramie runaways captured in Denver. Meyer Frank of Newcastle named notary public. Northern train delayed three hours due to Orin connections. Contract awarded for sixty foot shaft at Sherman Comstock mine. City clerk arrested on wife’s complaint. Frank Parker sold ranch near Laramie to Dave McCullough for 7500 dollars. Passenger on No. 6 slightly hurt stepping from car. A dance soon in A O U W by delivery wagon drivers. Warren houses on Sixteenth and Warren progress rapidly. McArthur Brothers awarded shed contract for training grad ing outfit. Union Pacific Building and Loan association to be organized at master mechanic’s office meeting. Building and loan interested parties urged to attend tonight. B W Woodman injured in face near Laramie from shell exploding while wolf shooting. Tribune note: last night’s dance program was advertisement. Business leaders to petition Union Pacific for Elk Street fair rates next month. Expect shorter Omaha to Ogden trip with new route via Union Pacific Chicago to San Francisco. Railroadmen wary of new compound engines after fatal east division explosion Wednesday night.
A string of notices reports residents traveling to Denver and Laramie, visitors returning home, and a Norweigan trip. It notes Mrs. C Hanson visiting sisters in Idaho, and several local residents in town for various reasons. A funeral for Christopher O'Brien is announced for tomorrow with engineers invited to attend. Mrs. E R Stevens dies at 64 from cancer. funeral set for 2:30 at the Baptist church with survivors Roy, George, and Mrs. William Hopkinsannoo
A strawberry festival and dance at Turner Hall last night drew a good crowd for the Carnegie library project. Dozens of books were donated and many more promised, with an orchestra supplying sixteen numbers and a dining room serving ice cream and strawberries. The event, led by Robert Morris, aims to bolster the new library, while proceeds enabled refreshments for county institutions.
Since the death of Maurice P. Dinneen the first member of the C K A to die in the state, interest has grown in the order in the city. The local branch initiated last evening and expects many more applications. Insurance costs more but offers stability with a $564,000 reserve fund invested mainly in U S bonds. The Madonna Leo XII blessing and the St Louis convention support the Catholic view. A luncheon of strawberries and cream and cake followed the meeting.
Captain Brierley James Brierley arrives to take command of the Indians for the summer season. Conductor G. W. Golf travels to Haswell Nebraska after learning his brother is dying by telegram. Y M I ball set for June 20 at Turner Hall with 50 cent admission.
Frontier day committee chaired by A D Kelley and others met at Mayor Murray's office and scheduled a grand fall celebration for August 28 and 29 featuring a 35 Indian band, vaudeville ball, wild west exhibitions, races, and multiple music bands. A $10 prize was offered for best frontier event suggestion, and Judge Martin was named chairman of the Indians committee.
Philippine veterans who served with the Eighth Army Corps in the Islands met to organize a local chapter of the National Society of the Army of the Philippines. J Sherman elected chair, H Brookhart secretary. Committees to draft by laws and eligibility, meeting set for June 21 to establish a permanent organization. Charity donation of 25 dollars noted. Also mentions Cheyenne Lodge A F and A M donation receipt to Jacksonville sufferers and Leonard L Deitrick commissioned as second lieutenant of cavalry. Young Men's Institute ball set for Turner hall on June 20 with 50 cent admission.
Reports claimed a Wyoming quarantine attack succeeded but officials say the verdict and actions, including sheep dipping and costs, upheld strict quarantine enforcement. The case involved Beckstead and sheep in transit through Evanston and drew criticism as a local affair. Wright’s leg was set after a separate accident, with his recovery noted. The Leader promotes June events at Turner Hall and AOW hall socials.
The jury in the Orlo McSwain murder case returned a verdict of murder in the second degree last night and he faces a punishment ranging from twenty years to life. A new trial will be sought. The killing occurred January 2 in a Baggs saloon during a dispute over a girl at a dance.
At about 10 o'clock last night a miscreant cut a guy rope holding the timber derrick at the new Carnegie Library. The falling timber struck stone steps and was diverted away from two stone columns, narrowly avoiding serious damage. The culprit, if found, faces severe consequences.
J O Chatham a Brunswick hotel night clerk was assaulted by two strangers J Ford and Ed Olson claiming Omaha as home The men intended robbery Chatham resisted and was beaten breaking his nose and jaw The robbers fled to hills pursued by officers fired on them and were captured later in town
Washington dispatch dated June 12 reports Miss Stelle Reel superintendent of Indian schools returning from a southwest inspection tour. In the Osage reservation her party crossed a swollen stream and she leapt from a moving buggy, then swam to shore safely. The piece notes an upcoming Methodist church lecture by Judge Carroll on Lincoln and the Sleeping Sentinel with 25 cent admission.
A sixteen year old boy Charles M Casey son of a Denver resident employed as a cook's helper in Fort Steele grading camp was badly injured while riding a box car at Athul. Struck by a cattle guard he was thrown to the ground and brought to the county hospital unconscious with paralysis of the lower limbs and faces slim odds of recovery. Real estate transfers follow with two sales in blocks 237 and 291 totaling 875 dollars. John Lafoya is arraigned for assault with intent to kill Joe Vigil and is bound over to district court in 250 dollars bond.
Manager Cahill reports securing about 175 of the 300 guarantee for summer games while local fans lag in contributions. He appeals to the public to help ensure a crack team and good summer matches. Prof. Mead’s condition remains unsettled with no word of improvement or deterioration received today.
St Peter sburg reports a large fire in shipyards on the Neverrest riverbank causing extensive property damage and twelve workmen perished. The notice also advertises a YMCA ball at Turner Hall on June 20 and Denver Overland Park Races with round trip tickets offered for four thousand three hundred eighty dollars, valid June 15, 22, and 26, with return within five days and no ticket date later than June.
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