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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1901
Page
4
Short items report arrivals, weather, events, and notices across Laramie and surrounding areas. Ornamental cornice for Carnegie library. summer school closed. camping trip postponed. rainfall halting construction. upcoming lectures and sports events. a sheriff shooting case. locals sentenced to the bug ward. marriages and new restaurant openings. English government horse purchases finalizing in Wheatland.
Notices urge Odd Fellows to gather at the Odd Fellows hall at 1 30 p m on Sunday June 16 to decorate graves of deceased members and attend memorial services. Rebekah Lodge No 5 members similarly called to meet at the hall on Sunday at 1 30 p m for memorial observances led by Anna Rose N G.
George Colangelo returns from Rock Springs to dispute reports about Dr Giacomo in a case involving Lizzie Brown. Colangelo says Giacomo had a preliminary hearing and was bound over for assault with intent to kill for the alleged imprisonment. Brown claims the doctor caused a black eye during a fit and cannot explain why she stayed at the house.
Conductor W H Woolston suffered a smashed nose and deep cut after being thrown headfirst from a box car when a wheel broke in Cheyenne and Northern yards at Fort Russell. He rolled under a car and escaped with a strained left instep, while Perry took the northbound freight. Woolston was treated at home after initial care in a Cheyenne caboose.
Cody June 14 Special Correspondence The Mormon colony in the Big Horn basin reports rapid canal progress with an 800 foot tunnel through a hill and 6500 feet completed. About $85,000 has been spent, and 3,000 acres of beach land are now flooded and cultivable. The Burling ton contract has funded 23 miles of grading totaling $80,000 in payments.
The Retail Clerks of the city met at Union hall with about thirty signing the charter. A second meeting is set for next Friday to recruit more clerks and form a permanent group. They urge a joint session with merchants to gauge support for 6 pm closings on weekdays, possibly 7 pm after talks.
A meeting of prospective members to form the Railroad Employes' Buildings and Loan Association was held in the master mechanic's office. Weather kept attendance small. 525 shares subscribed. Organization to be laid over one week while subscriptions for the remainder are secured. A soliciting committee will be paid from funds. Stock Growers' National Bank named as depository. One thousand city pamphlets to explain purpose and provisions. Name chosen for the new association.
Report from Laramie states Colorado capitalists have quietly secured leases on twelve square miles of oil lands near the city and will drill wells at once. The area between Caldwell and Jelm is believed to hold large petroleum quantities. A local elocutionary and piano recital by Ida Helen Rodkey and Mrs. C. C. Clark is set for next Monday at 8 PM in the Presbyterian church with 25 cent admission.
Fort Russell officers say two months will bring additional troops to the post though not enough to fully garrison it. They expect a material addition to the company already there. A Baptist church social drew many youths despite bad weather with performances by Misses Davis Hazel Dickson and others followed by a spelling match and refreshments.
Charles Casey sixteen year old boy who broke his back on a freight train south of the city was brought home to Denver by his father. doctors say death is certain. Durant hose company plans a grand picnic to Fort tomorrow with all members meeting at the hose house at 5 30 a m.
Dr J H Conway of this city was chosen head physician of the state at the Modern Woodmen of America head camp session in St Paul Minnesota. The honor recognizes his active lodge work during residence here. Memorial Day services planned by Odd Fellows and Knights of Maccabees. Denver Overland Park Racts advertise $4 30 round trip tickets for select June dates with five day return limit.
The D W C team arrives from Denver to face the Indians at Athletic park in the afternoon. Both lineups list crack players and local fans expect an exciting game with Clarke Paurot Ramey Eichoff Stephenson Lawr ence Preston McGruder Maider for D W C and Bilerley Glaze Leary Green Kroell Shoels Graham Grindle for the Indians.
Eugene Olmstead, son of prominent ranchers, is killed when his father’s revolver fires as he removes it from a wall nail. The act shocks the community and prompts mourning across the town. Funeral services for Christopher O'Brien, longtime respected resident, are held at St Marys Cathedral with high mass, as he is laid to rest in Catholic Cemetery. Waiters and expressmen in the city prepare to organize unions at Union Hall.
The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company plans a 400 mile extension from Lander Wyoming to Billings Montana passing through sparsely connected regions and including the Mormon colony in the Big Horn country. First 100 miles south of Billings to be built this year.
Michael Hines died at St. Joseph's hospital Omaha from severe burns suffered when a gasoline hose broke sparking a May 28 explosion in the city machine shop. A sister lives in Omaha and his funeral is set there. Mrs. 2 R Stevens was buried earlier today at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Davis officiating.
Senator Warren offers Robert C Morris a complete set of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies for the new Carnegie library. The 131 volumes include official civil war correspondence and an atlas of maps, forts, routes, and battlefield views. The set is bound in plain black and sized for convenient use. Ladies wool suits advertised at WM Myers Co.
Miss Marie Buchanan, a gifted young violinist, will play Traumerie by Schumann in the morning and Palm Branches by Faure in the evening at the Methodist church tomorrow. Special service has ended to Cumberland, Uinta county, and will be supplied from Kemmerer. Summer in Park with Prof. J O Churchill and family starts Monday for Estes Park Colorado.
Burlington grading outfits begin work on three interior reservoirs for stockmen shipping cattle along their line. Y M L going to Y M T L hall June 20th for an evening program. Turner hall admission fifty cents.
Announcement for the marriage of Miss Elizabeth Shiras Smith and Mr. Dugald Robert Whitaker at St. Mark's Cathedral at noon on June 26 with arrangements shown for the ceremony and reception.
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