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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1902
Page
2
The fragment lists B. A. Black as editor and proprietor with George H. Evans credited as city editor, indicating the publication’s masthead roles.
Local items note Donald McDonalds homeward trip to Diamond ranch and the 1902-3 Wyoming university catalog. Notables Alonzo Lowley becomes notary public in Lusk and various officials return from conventions in Douglas and Denver. Boilermakers strike impacts business. a rattlesnake bite heals. a dancing pavilion near Keefe is near completion. pugilist Jack Graham aims for July 4 fight in Douglas.
Special dispatch reports the county building front in Basin Wyoming collapsed this morning. The brick fell outward demolishing the front and despite prior safety concerns and rods installed for reinforcement no injuries occurred.
At a recent trustees meeting Wyoming University reelected Ki Smiley as president of the faculty and named a large slate of faculty including Aven Nelson Justus Freeland Soule Henry Merz Edwin Slosson Wilbur Knight and more. A separate incident reports a drunken man named Law caused a disturbance at Greenburg Secondhand Store on Elm Street.
For the first time Laramie County will hold two conventions this summer. Precinct primaries in early July will choose delegates to county and state conventions. The state convention in Rawlins on July 15 will nominate state office candidates, and a later county convention will nominate county officers for the fall election including the district judge.
The Wyoming University board in Laramie voted to increase faculty pay across ranks. The president gains 200 dollars to 3000, regular professors from 1700 to 1800, English and philosophy associate from 1100 to 1300, mathematics and pedagogy associate from 1400 to 1600, business college principal from 1200 to 1390, and the business college assistant from 660 to 750. The move follows seven resignations for better offers elsewhere.
Army officers await a report from a special commission on a new service uniform. The plan includes khaki for all, privates in knickerbockers, a vizored cap replacing the helmet, a shorter sword, and a capike like the German army. A canvas bag will replace the knapsack, suspended mid back.
Hon T F Burke and T T Tynan returned from Laramie where they attended the Wyoming University board meeting. Burke said the university now matches the nation’s great schools in scholarship with faculty reports and student work backing the rise. A freshman reportedly entered Harvard without exams and continued as a sophomore there.
A high pressure area settles over the upper Missouri valley bringing unusually cool weather across the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado with 10 to 20 degree below normal readings. Helena reports 32 degrees as a low while the Pacific coast enjoys warming. Rain extends from Montana through Colorado to Michigan and Illinois. Local 24 hour data show a high of 73 and a low of 37 with 0.8 inch of precipitation.
Robert Bloom, the year old son of M. A. Bloom a Tongue river ranchman, was killed Saturday when dragged by a horse while herding for Stephen Darnell. The Meeteetae News says the boy likely untied the bridle and fell asleep. The body suffered severe injuries. Real estate listings note ten lots on Maxwell, 20th and 22nd streets. inquire with Albert Chapman.
A Cleveland special reports Miss Mabel Hanna wed Harry Parsons after arranging for him to become her father Senator Hanna's private secretary. Parsons, once poor and unknown, rises to near-access through the plan and the wedding occurs at the Hanna residence with a small, elite gathering. Gifted by the Hanna fortune, the couple sails for Buffalo and Saint Ste Marie after a private ceremony as the father accepts the match.
Wanted room in private family by two young men of exemplary habits with location rent and conveniences to N F care of Leader. wanted agents to canvas for books with good wages and light work at quire 1520 Snyder street. Anted at once 250 native year ling steers Perry Williams Cheyenne. Wanted room and board furnished or unfurnished for light housekeeping by mail or at 600 East Eighteenth Street.
Multiple items offered for sale and rent including restaurant fixtures household furniture a six room house four lots three lots near Thames and Albert Chapman real estate agent Inquiries at various addresses and offices Also cut flowers at Chafin's greenhouse and services at Padgett's barber shop with bath facilities provided.
State of Wyoming Lara mie county Cheyenne June 2 1902 notice to stockholders July 17 1902 meeting at J A Van Oradel office to consider an application signed by a majority of stockholders to increase capital stock from 1 000 000 to 1 260 000 shares all common stock to be treasury stock for sale to finance future development near Barer City Oregon President C W Wilson Secretary J W McCoy
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