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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1902
Page
4
Newsroom telephones listed with office and staff credits including editor proprietor A E Black business manager Robert Mickel and city editor George H Evans and multiple contact lines.
Two informal bowling teams played a match game at Schmitt alley last night. A list of varied items follows including smallpox reports at Guernsey, court actions involving Woodard, and speeches by Attorney General Van Orsdel slated for April 14.
Frank Bond sends thirty Wyoming Audubon Society buttons to Clearmont to mark the formation of a new society there. It becomes the third club in the state joining Cheyenne and Cambria, with plans for groups in Laramie and Saratoga. Prince Henry Shot rumor follows a newsboy’s cry and a dealer explains the prince was only half shot after drinking Milwaukee beer.
The T. T. Card club met last evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy. Refreshments were served and Mrs. Dillman and Mr. M. P. Keefe won the honors at cards.
Special this week features lace curtains and curtain materials from William Myers & Co offering a selection for home fashion and interior decor.
The World’s Fair commission met at the state capitol in Geologist Beeler’s office and adopted bylaws for governing the body. State Treasurer Abbott was named custodian of the commission funds. A letter from President Francis discussed postponement to 1904, but plans indicate the exposition will run in 1903.
Honeybug Robinson, arrested yesterday for stealing a valuable horsehair lap robe and other articles, confessed the items were taken from the I. X. L. barn. A double charge of petit larceny is preferred. two prior offenses imply a grand larceny outcome and a term in prison.
Tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock a Woman’s Relief Corps meeting will initiate new members. Mrs. E. J. Nagle and Miss Fisher will entertain after the initiations at the O. O. F. hall.
The motion for a new trial was overruled by Judge Brame after arguments. The prisoner remained cool during the trial. The case will go to the state supreme court once a bill of exceptions is prepared, with a possible stay of execution pending Supreme Court review of the legal questions.
Earl Carter arrives from Laramie and Superintendent Park conducts a westward inspection tour. Mrs. Susan McKenzie is ill at home while Andrew McAdam and wife ride the morning Denver train. Henry Corn returns to Denver from a city visit with Judge 8. T. Corn. W R McKeen and Whitney head west. Mrs. McCalmond hosts a visitor from Council Bluffs, guest of Mrs. Thomas Longhurst. E E Harriman departs Omaha, likely returning via Cheyenne. D O Clark of Asian Pacific Coal passes through in his private car. Harry P Hynde and guests from Salt Lake return from Denver. Aven Nelson, Roberts, and Robert Homer fly back to Laramie after World’s Fair meeting. John Fawell, Thomas Traweek, L W Clelland, A W Bristol, and C A Guernsey visit the city. Baseball star Harry Pendergraft discharged from county hospital after typhoid illness.
John T. Norton, the attorney under arrest for using the mails for fraudulent purposes, is due in Cheyenne for a preliminary examination Saturday before the U.S. commissioner. Norton left for Denver to pursue a supposed Mabel Dundas, whether real or not, while his bondsman Fred LaPash followed later and is believed to have arrested him to return for trial.
The Laramie city council approved a new ordinance prohibiting selling drugs, medicines, and life dangerous articles without physician prescription. Investigations found many youths and several young women buying catarrhal remedies and becoming addicted, prompting the ordinance’s passage.
Cora A. Ransom sells lot 6 block 172 to Andrew Clark as he builds a residence. Jennie Conway sells 25 feet of lot 7 block 499 to Eleanor Lambert for 176 dollars. The Jones grocery stock is being installed on Ferguson street and the new store will open shortly.
County commissioners ask County Attorney Bioll for an opinion on whether they can issue liquor licenses to keepers of houses of ill fame in the city. No action will be taken until the opinion is rendered.
William Gravel, day clerk at the latter Ocean, resigned and left today for Denver. He is succeeded by Walter Kellogg, formerly a clerk at the Normandie. Hammond Lord Andohthadvinee daily to Arp and, tiammend.
Contractor M P Keefe finishes a $56 000 government contract for four large buildings at Fort Russell. Two double quarters have just been occupied by officers, with the damaged third set to be finished by month’s end. The guard house cost 10 000 and three double quarters ran about 15 000 each, greatly enhancing the post’s appearance.
Ranchman James Boyle in Cheyenne alleges an unnamed enemy tried to poison him and his son after returning to their Chalk Bluffs ranch. Canned goods with small holes under labels are being tested for poison as Boyle and his son recover from hours of illness. The Salt Lake papers note Union Pacific awarded grading work to Utah Construction in Ogden for the Nebraska division. Cheyenne editor J. D. Hurd, former Wyoming Democrat legislator, has died in Central City, Colorado. E Clarke advertises collarettes scarfs and a raccoon buggy robe at 517 West Sixteenth St.
Otto Gramm of Laramie has been elected a director of the Laramie Hahn's Peak and Pacific railroad company. His longrailroad involvement reflects local appreciation and the new line's rapid progress boosts Laramie and Wyoming prospects.
At noon today Judge Bec ker joined Edward A. Anderson and Nora B. Anderson in marriage at the Metropolitan hotel Loveland couple and two witnesses attended The best man attempted a kiss imitation but was stopped by the groom causing a notable diversion as reported by Judge Hecker Also contains several unrelated advertisements and filler text.
Gussie Buechner son of jeweler H. E Buechner narrowly escaped electrocution when a detached live wire from an overhead incandescent light fell onto his bed shortly after midnight. He awoke choking from smoke and flames, fought the fire with help from his hands and feet scorched, clothes partially burned, no serious injuries.
Rose Coghlan appears Monday in Forget Me Not, with praise for her performance and family legacy. Jack and the Beanstalk opera at the city theater promises impressive new and existing scenes with Isabelle Underwood and a 50-plus chorus. Also listed are ads for William Myers & Co and sewer construction bids due March 8 1902 with a $26 bid bond.
Ad fragment advertises a suit offered at five dollars, claiming a savings from twelve dollars. The readable portion emphasizes a one time discount and urges quick purchase before stock ends.
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