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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1900
Page
1
A fragment describes a palace at the southwest corner near Seves tewmth and Verguson argets drawing crowds. The passage extols a beverage named Ganymede and a drink called the lime, noting busy foot traffic and crowd activity in a city center.
Conflicting reports from Shanghai and Berlin center on whether Chinese ministers left Pekin and where they now are as 4000 to 10000 troops approach Pekin. Kempff’s cable to Washington says ministers are not with them in Tien Tein. reports conflict over minister location and safety.
Kansas City report says Bryan supporters split over adopting a 16 to 1 free silver platform. Some fear nominating before the platform is set, while Ex-Governor Stone and other Democrats doubt specific 16 to 1 language. The platform battle is expected to dominate the committee race as Tammany figures arrive.
Kansas City June 29 1500 delegates expected for the Silver Republican convention opening Wednesday. H M Teller of Colorado named temporary chairman with Judge L W Brown of Ohio likely permanent chair. Charles A Towne of Minnesota arrives to chair the national committee meeting Tuesday and complete arrangements. Delegates represent 25 states and cross party lines on the vice presidential issue.
Benjamin H. Snell was hanged in Washington at 12 07 pm for a horrific crime against Lissle Woeisenberger a 16 year old girl The Brooklyn reached Hong Kong and will sail to Taku while Admiral Remey prepares to assume command of the fleet next week The Caesar heads to Norfolk to outfit for foreign service as part of navy wartime preparations
A June report from London states the viceroy of Kwang Province has summoned Chinese militia units to Sahoe Olguers to protect foreigners and maintain order during unsettled conditions.
Gardiner Hovmayek departed for Chighema from New York on June 20. The note references Wa Preah Greworks and a location at Corey's book store, implying a trade or literary context.
Charles Koch and Mary Duran were found dead side by side in a hotel room on Lexington Avenue. A note declared a double suicide to prevent murder charges and named the couple, with Mary from Windsor Locks Connecticut and Koch from Hartford. A second letter spoke of parting and not fearing death but separation.
Controller Coler acknowledged organizing a syndicate that sold Over bonds of Greater New York. He testified rumors spurred him to form a syndicate offering an unconditional bid at a fair price. Friends of Coler threaten injunction to block a bond issue awarded to Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
Sult, before Justice Maren and a Brooklyn jury, sues the Equitable Life Assurance Society for $100,000. Charles A. Decker, executor of Frank M. Brady, seeks payment on Brady’s life policy taken Sept 6 1899. Brady was found dead Oct 10 1900 in Manhattan with a bullet wound. Mrs. Brady died by her own hand in March. The defense cites a suicide clause voiding the policy if the holder suicides within a year and alleges fraud.
Howard Gould plans two major homes, a $760000 city residence on Fifth Avenue at Seventy third Street and a $350000 country house at Gandw Whitney. Construction begins after Mrs. Gould and her husband return from Europe next October. The city mansion will feature a large automobile court and a marble lined street level hallway with bronze gateways reflecting French Empire architecture. Gould previously purchased the land for $600000 and gifted it to his bride.
New York June 2 Roosevelt voices outrage at the crowd of shutterbugs at Sagamore Hill. He vows legal steps to stop the photographers after relentless cameras focus on his family and grounds. He warns he will surround the premises with men to keep them off if the invasions continue.
Tacoma reports Capt Ralph Platt arriving from China claiming to be the accredited agent of the emperor’s friends. He plans to press Washington for intervention while carrying credentials and seeking audience with officials. Chicago dispatch notes Gen Chaffee rushing to China aboard the Grant to Nagasaki and then Taku, with Ninth Infantry already en route from Manila.
The article notes ex Union Pacific conductor E. B. Bond has accepted the role of business manager at the Leader, praising him as energetic and upright. It mentions social scenes and humor at a meeting and discusses July Fourth railroad fares for the region, including return dates and limits.
Fireworks of all kinds promised at The Rapt Store on Ferguson Avenue. A grand ball is slated for Turver Hall in July with details to follow.
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