Cheyenne Events and Local Notes June 21 1901
In Cheyenne today the Ladies Aid Society met with Mrs B T Bainum. the Woman's Relief Corps plans a dance at A C U W hall. A Carnegie library is nearly finished up to the second story. Union organization efforts for waiters and railroad workers continue. New lights are being added on East Seventeenth Street and near the Soldiers' home. A Philippine Veterans meeting will establish a permanent group tonight. A four foot seam of ore found at Van Horn's Gold Hill mine near Laramie. Union Pacific Baseball dance to raise funds for new uniforms. Eli Crumrine named as a delegate to the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress at Cripple Creek July 16-19. Olden baseball team to play two games vs Indians. $100 wagered on the visitors winning both. John Shaffer, injured in the Como wreck, discharged from Laramie hospital and passing through en route east. At 4:30 pm Judge Becker united Frank G Gowing and Miss Anna A Leverents in marriage at Metropolitan hotel. groom works as machinist helper and couple will reside in Cheyenne. Mrs Edwards of Iron Mountain, with newborn twins, is critically ill. her mother Mrs Hayford and Dr J H Hayford depart with Mabel Hayford to Iron Mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
Union Hall
Railroad Employes Building & Loan Association
East Seventeenth Street
Soldiers’ Home
Philippine Veterans
Gold Hill
van Horn Syndicate
Laramie
Union Pacific
Eli Crumrine
Richards
Cripple Creek
Indians
John Shaffer
Como
Line Up and Local News from Fort Russell and Cheyenne
The Golden nine and Indians announce Saturday and Sunday lineups with Lempke pitching for Golden. Laramie accepts a game with Cheyenne on the 26th. Wages rise for car men effective June 1. Tin Horns plan a Silver Crown picnic on July 4. Deserters at Fort Russell remain uncaptured. Company M infantry to arrive for target practice at Fort Russell around July 1. Gallen Brewery gains a new wagon. McGarvey versus Baron rent case moves to district court. Deputy Sheriff returns with thief Mason from Sidney for a Vendome hotel theft hearing tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Nine
Indians
Lempke
Golden
McIntyre
R. Hartzell
Hl. Hartzell
Gow
Clark
Parshall
Taylor
Matthews
Williams
Green
Graham
Brierley
Kroell
Sheels
Bennett
Grindle
Trudgeon
Leary
Glaze
Sub
Company M Twenty-third Infantry
Fort Logan
Fort Russell
Sidney
W. H. Mason
Vendome Hotel
Joint meeting of congressmen and engineers yields no action
Western irrigation talks end with plan draft by State Engineer Fred Bond but no concrete measures. Attendance sparse as senators and representatives take summer vacations. A Washington meeting planned in three days to decide on a unified approach for reclamation of the arid west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Irrigation Investigations
Fred Bond
Congress
H. J. Burkett
Nebraska
Washington
F E. W. Mondell
Inter Ocean
H. B. Burkett
Green River Lumber expands as facilities grow and weddings noted
Green River Lumber reports 350000 tiles and mine props on the river up from 130000 last year. A three bridge replacement program and heavier tracks to support locomotives are under way. Joiner work includes five new company houses for Utinion Pacific dispatchers and a large superintendent residence to start next week. Conductor Kelley ferried three wedding parties to Bridal Train stops at Rock Springs Rawlins and Laramie. A. H. Christensen oversees rail work with over 150 men. A. A. Uttley wed Irene Howell in Rock Springs last Wednesday before the couple left for Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green River
Green River Lumber Company
Utinion Pacific
A .H. Christensen
Rock Springs
Kelley
Rawlins
Laramie Cuy
A. A. Uttley
Green River Lumber and Thecomany
Irene Howell
Buffalo, N. Y
Sympathy Given To Prof Elwood Mead For Arm Loss
The state engineers adopted a resolution expressing sympathy for Prof Elwood Mead head of irrigation investigations at the U S department of agriculture after he lost an arm in an accident The group wishes him speedy restoration and continuation of his work in western development The secretary will send a copy of the resolution Also a cowboy in Lara mie from Bosler was treated for a broken shoulder after being kicked by a horse
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Engineers
Elwood Mead
United States Department of Agriculture
Iim
Prof
Mead
D. W. Ross
Fred Bond
Laramie
Bosler
Philippine Teach ers Seeks Applicants for Island Posts
Wyoming superintendent T. T. Tynan sets July 1 as the deadline for applications to teach in the Philippine islands. Salaries offered are 1200 dollars yearly, with three years service, Manila voyage paid, and government transport from San Francisco on July 28. Applicants must be graduates with teaching experience and must sign contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. T. Tynan
Wyoming
Philippine Islands
Manila
San Francisco
War Department
Ecker in Jail After Evanston Shooting Near Big Piney
George Ecker, who killed Deputy Sheriff C. B. Holden and wounded Fred Reardon near Big Piney, is jailed in Evanston after capture at Rock Springs. A mob rumor and accusations of harboring Ecker threaten Sam Reed and his ranching family as authorities seek to curb a wave of gun violence in Northern Uinta County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Wyo
George Ecker
C. B. Holden
Fred Reardon
Big Finey
Rock Spring
Sam Reed
Horse Creek
Big Piney
Holden
Weker
Tred Reardon
Bix Piney
Reed
Ecker
Wecker
Eeker
Lunk House
Reardon
Weber
Rock Springs
James
Uinta County
Tan
Fifty Three Convicts Sentenced In Two Murder Trials
Special to Leader Rawlins June 21. The last two murder trials in Carbon County raise debate over 53 convictions under Prosecuting Attorney Merrill in two and a half years. County attorneys claim defending the accused is nearly useless when charges are filed. Mead plans to go to Italy to study irrigation and will depart after recovering from a recent accident. Stores offer 24 cent items at Davis and Kelley’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins
Wyo
Merrill
Carbon County
Moore Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Special to the Leader, Rawlins, Wye, June 20 George Moore, a colored man, was found guilty of murder in the second degree by a swift jury verdict at 11 o clock last night. He killed James Edmunds, a fellow colored man, following a dispute over a colored woman at Han ha on January 26. Moore attacked Edmunds at the boiler house, fracturing Edmunds skull and causing death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins
Wye
George Moore
Moore
James Edmunds
Hanha
Edmunds
McDonald Addresses Union Meeting In Butte Hall
President McDonald of Butte Montana spoke to about fifty union members at Union hall last night. He presented Western unionization statistics from 9 30 to 11 00 pm and kept the audience engaged. Unions plan a weekly organ but no start date is set. painters will offer at July's first meeting. colored laborers organize Saturday night and clerks finalize tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald
Butte, Mont
Western Federal Union
Painters’ Union
Union Hall
West
Auto Stage Line Between Sheridan and Buffalo
George Shelter and N B E Gaston of Sheridan signed a contract with an Omaha firm to build a vehicle capable of 100 miles daily between Sheridan and Buffalo. The nine passenger stage weighs 1500 pounds and is powered by a ten horsepower gasoline motor at a cost of 12 dollars per pound. The pair will test the machine from Omaha to Sheridan once ready. Roads are dry-worn nine months and fair the remaining three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Sheridan
Killing Without Trial Report Shocks Lagos District
Federal authorities probe the killing of more than twenty prisoners by mounted police in Lagos district Zacatecas. Three inmates accused of minor offenses were shot on the spot instead of being sent to prison, prompting relatives to seek protection and aid from local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zacatecas
Mex
Lagos
New Office Alex Stewart Appointed General Foreman
The circular announces Alex Stewart named general foreman of all shops and engine houses at Cheyenne effective June 20 1901. Stewart replaces no one retire. Lomerine remains foreman of engines and machinery while Stewart oversees all shops and engine houses on the Wyoming division. Stewart's long UP service and Evanston stint led to the promotion amid reshuffles by Master Mechanic McKeen and Superintendent Higgins. The Daily Wedding notes Judge Becker unites Bert Richey and Bettie Frahs of Denver in marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKeen
Omaha
Alex. Stewart
Cheyenne
Samuel Higgins
Stewart
North Platte
Wyoming
Lemerine
Tribune
Lomerine
Union Pacific
Evanston
Higgins
Mr. McKeen
Judge Becker
Bert Richey
Bettie Frahs
Denver
South
Two Divorce Cases Set for Hearing Tomorrow
Two divorce cases will come up for hearing tomorrow before Judge Scott in the district court. The number of divorces granted this month has been unusually small. Davis & Kelley advertise Saturday sale of items for 26 cents. subscribe for the Leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Bridges Washed Out as Heavy Rains Ravage North
Reports from the northern state describe unabated rains causing disastrous floods. Bridges along country roads east of Sundance are washed out blocking travel while Beulah faces inundation. Overflows report from Aladdin Belle Fourche and Deadwood with five inches of rain in a week collapsing building foundations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sundance
Beulah
Aladdin
Belle Fourche
Deadwood
Mayors Plan Lake Minnehaha Park and Launch Project
Mayor Murray hires a man to oversee summer renovations at Lake Minnehaha including weed removal and a refined cycle track. A steam launch project progresses with a boat house. a Pueblo bridge contractor will begin work on the Fort Laramie bridge, due for completion by October 1. The state land board leases 80,000 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Lake Minnehaha
Sbollen “Bridge Company of
Pueblo
Fort Laramie
State Land Board
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H. A. Slack
E. W. DE Belle
George H. Evans
Ladies’ Aid Society
B. T. Bainum
Woman's Relief Corps
A. C. U. W. Hall
Edwards
Iron Mountain
Mrs. Hayford
J. H. Hayford
Mabel Hayford
Ed High School
Tin Horn Club
Silver Crown
Richardson Bros
Gallen Brewing Company
Gase
CG. I. McGarvey
J. H. Baron
Baron
District Court
James Graham
Texas
Salt Lake
Hartlewood & Dinneen
IXL
Cowhick Dry Goods Company
Philippine Teachers
Elks
Cahill Brothers
J. D. Carey
B. H. Smalley
William Yost
Copperton
California
Davis & Kelley’s
Italy
Davis & Kelley's
Mensa Diy
GS Mar
Ople’s ST
Ravord
HE Messige Dry Goods Company
Alex
W. R. McKeen, JR
W. Seventeenth ST
CS Food
Service
Cash Modern
West 17Th St
W. U, Telegraph Co
Bon-Ton
Merly
New York
Sixteenth Street
Ainner
Ders
Bon Ton Restaurant Co
W Riner
Kimberley
Lake
Minnehaha
Hofmann Bros
West Sixteenth Street
B. S. Karchmer
Rochester
Red Oxfords
Wm. Myers & Co
Whitcomb
Vreeland & Stone
GEO
H. Nagle
Chas, EH. Miller
Corson
Sec
Treas
Union, Mercantile, Co
Ferguson
Bed
Buechner & Son
Ferguson Buechner & Son Iegll Fergus
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