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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1903
Page
3
The text lists office staff roles including H. A. Black editor and proprietor A B Yeager business manager and George H. F. Evans city editor.
High noon wedding at the Hay mansion on Ferguson street united Miss Mildred Hay and Captain Charles William Foster in an Episcopal ceremony officiated by Dr. George C. Rafter. About seventy guests attended a breakfast, with numerous local and Fort Russell attendees. The couple depart for a three month grand tour from New York to London visiting Europe. Local forecast notes fair weather for Cheyenne and vicinity with mild temperatures.
Tomorrow in Laramie the Sells and Downs circus arrives while the G A R veterans captivate the city. A colored Odd Fellows concert starts at Turner hall tonight at 8 30. Other items note a cash legacy, a ten pound baby, and union activities. Mothie and child fare well.
A Salt Lake City couple on a Denver bound train faced a chaotic morning after the groom Marsden missed his wife during a stop. He chased the wrong eastbound train and, after two hours, telegraphed to meet in Denver that evening amid the frenzied search. The page also notes a Pedro C Lara murder case in Cheyenne with two accomplices, Tom Horn and P D Shepardson, awaiting trial.
A fragment notes a public sale of a book titled One Feve Life at a Time priced over six dollars. The text references a crime and mentions public attention and a line about a Godallet agi. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
Senator Warren received a letter from the president praising Wyoming noting it has come to a perfect beauty. The president expresses pleasure with him and the state’s development as Mrs Roosevelt shares his satisfaction.
The Second Infantry battalion staff and band arrived at 10:50 p m from the west to a large delegation. Commander Huff led a Denver delegation of G A R men in an informal reunion with veterans. The Second Infantry Band conducted tunes under Bandmaster Christian Bartholomes and the troops were sent to Fort Russell. Meanwhile Daisy Fletcher of Hartville faces trial for alleged liquor selling without a license as criminal cases near conclusion.
Judge RB H Scott departs for Sundance Wyoming to chair the murder trial of Jones D Hicks accused of killing Bob Bryson in a Gillette saloon last fall. Hicks says he did not fire the fatal shot and implicates Dodds. case draws great interest in northern Wyoming.
Wyoming officials warn that the $40,000 bounty appropriation for predator pelts will be exhausted within weeks leaving no funds for bounties in the next year. Declining payouts, higher state losses, and possible cross-state talks to adopt a uniform bounty rate across Montana South Dakota Utah Colorado and Nebraska are reported.
Last night the city council with Mayor Keefe and aldermen Sladek Cranwell Foust Stuler and Warren present, few items discussed. An ordinance to prohibit fishing in lakes near the city was introduced. Reservoir work bills from contractor Gaffey were presented and paid.
Wanted notices list washing at home or by the day at 1702 Snyder Street, carpet closing and laying at 1606 Endy Street Union Dye Works, and laborers for the Cheyenne dam 26 miles northwest of Cheyenne. Wages $2.26 to $2.50 per day with a $6 weekly board allowance. No time checks or incentive pay.
For sale fresh milch cows apply at 1401 East Twentieth Street. For sale at W. and Dinneen's stable one fine mare one yearling and a six months old stallion. For sale good traveling team and camp wagon complete outfit. For sale four lots in good location inquire at this office. Three lots on Twelfth Street near Thaws inquire of Albert Chapman real estate agent.
Government statisticians estimate winter exposure losses through April 1 1903 for Idaho Montana Wyoming Colorado Utah North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska including January 1 1903 sheep totals and percentages. Also a grazing permit issued for 24540 sheep on the Big Horn forest reserve Wyoming from June 1 to September 30.
Furnished rooms for rent in brick blocks with electric light and janitorial service at about one dollar a month and up. Various sizes and arrangements offered by the Warren Emporium in town.
The Gentie drone arrives tomorrow for two performances at the ground north of the capitol. Authorities seek John H. Byrton of Elwood, last heard from in Bransiog three months ago. Articles for the Usine Humboldt Oil Co with 600000 capital filed for New Ol company.
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