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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1902
Page
4
Publication details show The Cheyenne Leader issue with editor and proprietor A Slack and city editor George H Evans. No explicit event or news item is present in the fragment, but it identifies the paper’s masthead and staff. The entry designates issue numbers 93 and 1818 along with management roles.
Tonight in this city Miss Rose Coghlan, renowned American actress, stars in Forget Me Not as Countess Stephanie. Strong advance sale signals high interest and a major artistic draw. Curtain rises at 8 15 with admission 25 cents.
A Saturday morning blaze north of Big Prairie scorched about sixty square miles of pasture, destroying 700 bales of hay and costing Martin Breither, Dolan Brothers, and the Warren Live Stock Company substantial losses. Origin linked to a sheep herder's cigarette stub. investigation planned.
Ogden dispatch reports Senator W A Clark of Montana lost a suit in the second district court. He sued C Ducheneau J J Cortez and others for 2500 on promissory notes for money loaned. Defendants claim debt cancelled by stock in the Wyoming Coal company which Clark took and kept.
Mrs Fred McKie formerly Mayme Buechner writes from La Junta Colo to her parents describing a recent brutal crime at a house where she stayed. Bloodhounds from Camp City are assisting in the search for the suspect as residents fear a reign of terror among women. A local man offers 100 reward money and city authorities in Cody adopt a strong gambling ban with fines for violations.
In United States district court today the Wyoming Railroad and Iron Co versus Edward Hosmer et al occupied the entire session as demurrer arguments over the Sunrise iron mines title, valued by an attorney at about 1 million dollars. Also, P. J. Dunn of Fort Steele was arrested on assault with intent to kill after firing on a neighboring rancher. preliminary hearing set for March 12 in Rawlins.
Reverend H. H. McQuilkin of the Presbyterian church will travel to Rawlins next Monday to conduct services all of next week and part of the subsequent week, assisting local congregants.
Yesterday afternoon the new Carnegie library opened between 2 and 5 o clock drawing several hundred visitors. The building is practically completed awaiting book transfer from the county library and final arrangements before full opening. Exclamations greeted the exquisite interior and its finish.
Conductor William Hall suffers painful injuries after a fall from a furniture car on a fast moving train in Rawlins. Seventy miners are discharged at Glencoe Wyoming mines under a reduction order. all single men released while married workers are retained.
Louis Brandt, a popular gang foreman in the shops, is the father of a baby boy born this morning at his home.
The first supply of stone from Rawlina was shipped Saturday night and will reach the site tomorrow. The stone saw mill will be set up immediately to process the stone. W. C. Deming, editor of the Tribune, returned yesterday from a two month stay in Warren Ohio and Kentucky.
8. N. Martin sold his interest and left for Denver. F. A. Sutzer and F. M. Paterson are now proprietors. In Carbon County treasurer R. C. Magor died revealing the safe combination, and safe experts have failed to open the private safe, with dynamite considered as a last resort.
Standing room only crowds mark Rose Coghlan’s Forget Me Not tour as she portrays social intrigues of Stephanie De Mohrivart. The last act delivers a powerful emotional display, with New York–level production values noted amid the tour’s eight seasons.
The Balgation Army meetings on the streets attract big crowds with the latest session lasting eight hours in the district court room and drawing strong attendance.
Unknown burglar entered Andrew McAdam's carpenter shop on Seventeenth Street within three days and stole a fine bicycle wheel owned by Darius Milla. Police have the description and are investigating. McAdam has been away. wheel discovered missing upon his return after an entry via a removed window sash. The thief exited through an unlocked back door. no other items appear disturbed.
Fred Starr is on trial in Newcastle for murder in the first degree after allegedly shooting and killing a young man employed at his ranch in Weston county. Starr pleaded not guilty at arraignment last Tuesday and a jury was seated Thursday for the trial. Prosecution is led by Hon. M. B. Camplin, with F. G. Harmer of Kearney assisting defense. public sentiment in Newcastle is divided as the case proceeds. Evanston plans water system improvements with bonds of 45000 to be issued.
Paul Compton of Wyoming has organized the Walla Walla Live Stock Company in Washington and will raise cattle on a large scale. He will leave his Wyoming ranch to take active management soon. Capital stock is fixed at 60000 dollars and over 9000 acres of land have been purchased for range use.
Kemmerer coal mines in Wyoming push for government use in yards and vessels of Uncle Sam in the Pacific. Tests show equal or superior fuel quality to current Pacific coal, with potential cheaper coastal delivery. President Quealey has discussed the matter with Washington officials.
Three of the victims of Mabel Dundas who were in the city Saturday to appear against the winsome miss of the blue eyes and perfect form returned yesterday to their homes. They will return Saturday when Norton will be given his preliminary hearing.
A Washington dispatch reports February progress at Union Iron Work San Francisco on monitor Wyo ming with 6 percent of its construction. The vessel is about 8 percent complete. Senator Clark Wyoming backs an amendment to pay James Graham 49.60 for daily Altamont to Aspen mail and 9 for an unpaid Lander post office order. Keefe Hall workers move to Masonic temple completion, soon finishing in about three months. Twenty-one men join Granger gravel pits crew to ballast 120 miles of track between Green River and Ogden, with ballast cars in tow.
Charles Mans of Laramie remains violently insane after attempting suicide with severed wrists in Rawlins. His brother from Hazelton, Pa., travels to aid him as a mob is said to pursue. Mans imagines rape guilt and mob justice, resisting care.
Requisition papers are obtained for Tom Morgan a young Jew arrested at Pocatello Idaho and to be brought back to Kemmerer to answer burglary charges. Authorities traced theft at Boston Wyoming Mercantile Co last week with goods recovered. The post office department says Upton Wyoming becomes a domestic money order office on April 1.
The editor of the Labor News Nels Young is reported to be greatly improved and expected to recover after three days of serious illness. Nebraska Examining Board members for train rules toured the city east end, with H B Helijcker Conductor W R Cahill and J C Strachorn aiding, plus F D Johnston of Cheyenne overseeing mail service and Glencoe route plans. Diamondville News reports Union Pacific employee Christ Briessel lost a hand at the old soda works near Laramie and was sent to Denver for probable amputation.
Today at noon at the bride's Thome street home A D Mc Nell known as Sandy McNell the Scotch policeman wed Mrs William Ford of the city The couple left on the afternoon train for a Colorado wedding tour McNell has long resided in Cheyenne and is praised as detective and patrolman Mrs Ford has lived in Cheyenne about three years and was previously married to William Ford a clerk in Dinneen's store The ceremony was witnessed by a small circle of friends
A posted notice in Laramie lists a public auction for the Temple of Economy building on March 18 after a recent bankruptcy. Separate ads offer a general housework position with Mrs D R Whitaker and a sheet music sale at 211 West Sixteenth Street.
Notice notes Walton, formerly of Rawlins, who eloped with a Denver society girl to Salt Lake and wed a Mormon bishop. Also lists 1901 city tax arrears notices for Cheyenne with April 22 publication and May 2 sale dates.
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