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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1901
Page
1
Berlin June 29 The great auto race ends as Fornier crosses at 11 38 am to roaring crowds. Emperor William congratulates the driver son of the hour faster than expected. The threeleg course spanned Paris Axachappelle Hanover Berlin totaling 1207 kilometers with cheers along the entire route.
New York June 29 A West Virginia man J M Camden aged 738 years will receive a thousand dollars daily for forty eight years from a coal lands sale in the Fairmont region. The Fairmont Coal company backed by J Pierpont Morgan buys Camden's twenty five thousand acres valued at forty million. Cash price half a million with three hundred thousand annually until fifteen million paid.
New York on June 29 decisions were made to reorganize and reopen the Seventh National Bank. A stockholder statement is being prepared and prominent financiers will take hold of the wrecked institution. No arrests anticipated as evidence failed to warrant charges. Marquand & Co liabilities are disputed with assignee denying eight million and claiming about four million with commonly good securities.
Sterling III and Sadie Freysinger died after their buggy bound with a live wire during a violent electrical storm. Investigation notes the pair were riding when contact occurred.
In Butte Montana on June 29 Charles Green head bookkeeper at Leyson's jewelry house is under arrest on a charge of embezzlement. Officials predict losses will exceed twenty thousand dollars.
Washington reports General Ludlow, recently arrived from the Philippines, is asked to come for treatment as he battles consumption. He is to go to Buffalo aboard the Pan American Special of the Michigan Central via Niagara Falls, leaving Chicago at 6 p.m. and arriving 7 45 the next morning. Ticket office 119 Adams Street.
London reports a new blue book on India noting relief efforts for 1893 and 1900 famine sufferers total about one hundred million dollars over two years. Plague mortality reached six hundred thousand. Population rose by six million in ten years instead of nineteen million, with loss from famine causing the decline.
New York reports a cable stating wine from the royal cellars of London is sold for more than one hundred thousand dollars. Dealers value the stock around forty five thousand, but buyers paid any price due to its royal origin.
A Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel beneath Baltimore street caved in early this morning. The New York and Jacksonville train was stopped as debris covered the locomotive and crew escaped over the tender. Water mains ruptured and tracks washed away threatening nearby homes. The main line is obstructed.
Louisville reports the probable first Kentucky case of self harm by a Black man, Dr. Samuel Taylor, who hanged himself from a tall cottonwood tree this morning. The act is linked to distress over indictments tied to lottery tickets.
Pittsburg June 29 The Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers failed to secure a wage scale with American Steel Co and American Steel Hoop Co after a conference. A strike order was issued by President Shafter, affecting all union sheet mills and more than twenty thousand skilled workers.
Four thousand soldiers will be paid off tomorrow and immediately start eastward for home. The Southern Pacific has added extra trains and staff of ticket sellers. This marks the first time the government has paid off troops and allowed immediate departure for home. The Presidio is busy with final preparations.
New York reports extreme heat with 20 prostrations and two deaths as temperatures reach 90 degrees in Boston Philadelphia Chicago St. Louis and Detroit. The heat wave extends five to nine days with severe suffering noted coast to middle west.
Vancouver reports rich gold strikes on Lake creek with miners netting thousands daily. California fire ripples burn eight thousand acres in San Joaquin valley. losses put at fifty thousand dollars.
The Atlantic express on the Pennsylvania railroad derailed after an obstruction on the track this morning. Several passengers were injured, two fatally and one seriously, in what is described as a deliberate act of wrecking aimed at loot. Authorities offer large rewards for the capture of the culprits. Also noted are fishing party plans to Pole creek with extensive gear and an advance guard for transport, plus university catalogue from the printer and sale notices for rail passes and local printing services.
L Voorhees returns from Silver Crown after inspecting the Fairview mine noting the shaft may extend 100 feet shortly as the vein shows well. He says Silver Crown is rich and compares its potential to Cripple Creek if Cheyenne built a $20,000 smelter to process its low grade ore.
The Convent of the Holy Child Jesus staged a high quality closing program with orchestra, chorus, solos, and selections. About 300 pupils studied there this year and attendance is expected to rise. local officials note pleasant events like Denver Street Fair and Elks races. Traveling updates include Denver trip notes by City Marshal Ingalls and a change in acting marshal duties. Subscribe for the Leader at 50 cents monthly.
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