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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1902
Page
4
The message lists a long distance telephone office with numbers 03 and 181, under the supervision of Slack as proprietor and Mickel as business manager, with Evans as city official contact.
Judge Brame ill and worsened by chill. Sessions at Bikes meeting next Monday. Salvation Army women dispose of The War Cry. Chief Engineer Berry heads to Salt Lake. Potter runs for marshal of Hiawatha. Judge W. R. Kelly tours Harriman lines. Boy observes Carnegie library ledge. Norton case interest wanes until new trial. Keefe hall third story progress. dance pavilion under roof. Gantz sheep quarantined after escape. Marines pass through en route to San Francisco. Capitol saloon fixtures soon for card rooms. Montana and South Dakota join cattle quarantine. Henschke loses finger. amputated. Book Constance ordered by local stores. Garland infant burns risk. Superintendent Higgins inspects shops, returns east. Walter C. Ware to design new Salt Lake church. Two church socials tonight Poverty Soshul and Baptist. Fort Donelan quartermaster to buy horses for Thirteenth Artillery. Laramie Golf club officers named. Police eject soldiers from Chicago house. Sumption recovering from malaria. not consumption. Charles Weston wins pool title in New York. Belzum foot crushed in shop accident. Hobo falls from train near Crow Creek. 30 000 railroad ties for regional railroad work. Deed filed for Converse property purchase by Slack. 10000 dollars.
The Bosler ranch foreman Duncan Clark and his men reportedly quit over a demand to swear for Tom Horn at the trial. Clark denies the report and says he will start his own business. The W R C plans a merchants supper at Turner hall on Monday March 17 from 5 to 8 with a 25 cent price.
A Poverty Social to be held at the Presbyterian church this evening is expected to provide an entertaining and novel program for attendees.
Union Pacific plans another mandatory physical screening for train crews following past mass discharges. Firemen already oppose the tests, and other lodges plan to join in resisting the company. The earlier exam led to many terminations for various physical deficiencies.
A communication signed Taxpayer to the Leader complains about the poor condition of the side and crosswalks in the western portion of the city and criticizes the city for neglecting repairs. The Leader will publish the writer’s name if provided.
A Omaha based group forms the Omaha Wyoming Oil Company with capital of 100000 to merge oil interests in Uinta county Wyoming. L E Nebergall named head of development work and a April 6 meeting planned to elect directors. Andrew Rosewater appointed to verify claim status and liaise with Nebergall.
Jack Moran of Chicago prepares to face Kid Winchester at Hanna Monday night. He has drawn multiple challenges including Kid Gilsey of Cleveland now in Denver and Billy Morgan of Thermopolis Wyoming. Moran accepts a Moran win means Moran receives $100 a side with the winner taking all.
Union Pacific headquarters in Omaha says reports of enlarging Green River shops are erroneous. A new depot, modern and suited to the town, is planned for this summer. Employees will receive club rooms funded by the company, not an opera house lease. Mrs. Robert McGuire moves to Utah with her husband. Cheyenne Railroad club will hear Harry Breitenstein on Model Shop Practice.
A Chicago couple's affair ends in threats of murder on a Union Pacific grading project near Lookout Wyoming. Guiseppe Salgino confronts Pedro who ran away with his wife Francesca two years earlier. Police intervene as tensions mount on the Cheyenne bound train and at the Lookout camp. Also notes missing Florence Ely and nephew Frank Rogers and UP dining car service to start April first.
The board of trade committee led by J L Murray Ed Hoffmann and E B Johnston reported progress on building a brick plant here. They will inspect clay deposits on Liron Mountain and nearby adobe clay to evaluate red pressed brick production and expect to form a company.
Omaha announces that John Francis, longtime general passenger agent for the western Burlington lines, is named general passenger agent of the entire Burlington system, replacing Euston in Chicago who becomes general traffic manager. Francis is praised for faithful service over the years.
Lyman J. Gage urged the American Association of Bank Clerks that capable men can be placed in top roles with high pay as the nation’s population grows. The Leader offers a free scholarship to the voter who gains the most votes, encouraging early and frequent voting for a friend.
Three deserters from Fort Russell have been caught and brought back to the post to stand a court martial for their crime against military law. Hoodlums have sabotaged a foot passageway with a wire across a via duct causing severe falls. they should be caught and punished. Barney Sage buys a lot near the capitol for 800 dollars to build a home thereon. Mrs Mayne Reed, injured when run over by a horse and wagon while rescuing her baby, has no internal injuries and will recover soon.
John Hefferon left this afternoon for St Paul to accept a position in the shops there. He will be joined by his wife Mamie Brown once he is settled.
Late yesterday Judge Scott granted a decree of divorce to Catherine Beck from Marius Beck on the ground of cruelty. The petition says Beck struck his wife in the eye during a quarrel. he now resides in Laramie and works in the machine shops there.
Charles Sav age, accused of diamond theft, allegedly used the alias Seales while living in Cheyenne and was well known by that name among local residents.
Tonight at 8 o clock the Fort orchestra performs three selections with instrumental and vocal solos. Admission is 25 cents and refreshments cost 10 cents in church parlors after the program. Mr and Mrs Charles Devore depart for Denver where Devore will work as a brakeman transferred from Cheyenne.
Tomorrow morning Judge J A Ri ner travels to Laramie for a lecture at the university on The Books We Should Read. In the afternoon he will deliver another talk titled An Outline of the Origin and Results of Constitutional Government.
Rawlins Wyoming March 12 the first carload of furniture arrived yesterday for the big Ferris hotel and is being installed today. Two hostlers have been laid off at the round house owing to slack dusi ness on the road.
Judge Craig of Rawihing is in the city on legal business and will return west tonight or tomorrow.
You cannot afford to miss the Poverty Social at the Presbyterian church this evening. A good program and plenty of fun is promised to all.
Casper authorities say they have identified the author of the life threatening letter sent to Judge Bramel over his involvement in the Woodard case. The suspect will be arrested. Bramel received the threat due to his link to the Woodard matter.
Mrs Matthews and Mr Leafe will each render a bolo at the Baptist Young People's entertainment this evening.
Mrs. O L Bulkley ill with the grip. David McFarlane arrives from his ranch. Attorney M H Grenbaum of Byanaton in the city. John Hefferson leaves for St Paul. Mr and Mrs John Greive depart for Denver. John Underwood arrives from a ranch near Iron Mountain. Master McKeen heads to Ogden. Miss Mayme Dillman visits Denver. Mrs John Long travels to Topeka. Miss Edna Bennett teaches at Chugwater and visits the city. State Auditor Grant and wife go to Laramie and return tomorrow. BH B Morton and D H Croat noted visiting. Frank H Stotte of Sheridan and Robinson of Laramie are in Cheyenne. Mr and Mrs Jatt travel to Kansas City or Chicago for health reasons.
Police recovered a wheel stolen last week from Andrew McAdam's car center shop. It was found behind the Inter Ocean hotel, the thief likely left it in fear of capture.
Frederikke Nellaen, a Norwegian actress missionary, will preach tonight in Woodman Hall and tomorrow evening at the courthouse. She used an interpreter in addressing English audiences as she cannot speak English.
Four unruly youths caused trouble on train No. 3 near Medicine Bow. Conductor Adam Schilling alerted sheriff at Rawlins. the four were arrested on arrival and jailed overnight.
A notice for a Poverty Social event hosted by the Presbyterian church on March 13 at 7 20 p m. The poem references old clothes and a few pennies as part of the program.
A fragment from a piece titled Did you Know What happened to the two little eggs reveals a voice about one egg becoming an angel. The text hints at a moral or fable tone with implied transformation and a childlike question.
The city council will review the board of appraisers report on property along Warren avenue at the next meeting. It cannot be made public before then. Also tonight Mr Galyean gives a cornet solo and Mr DuBois a piano solo at the Baptist Young People event starting at 8.
George Kerl, a Black man arrested in Cheyenne for robbing J R Edwards at Galt Lake, has been discharged after evidence shows no involvement. Another Black man remains held for the crime. A Fort orchestra program features Jakobo waki's Erminie in the evening.
Fashion note announces new colorings for ladies shirt waists and silk waist patterns available at updated prices. Manufacturer unclear. market item brief highlights latest style in multiple colors and black.
Preliminary hearing for attorney J. T. Norton set for Saturday. he is expected to waive examination and be bound over to federal court for trial with a $1000 bond. Denver men to act as sureties. Norton resides on the south side and rarely appears in public. rumors of confinement denied. Rolling Mill at Laramie owned by Union Pacific and leased to the C. F. L. Co. caught fire yesterday afternoon, damaging the roof up to $600.
C A Hamilton of Rock Springs and superintendent of water division No 4 tours the Union Pacific to gauge sentiment for a U S marshal appointment. An old soldier under the president s order he hopes for the position. A New England social is planned by Christian Endeavorers Friday at the First Congregational church with 10 cent admission. Also sale ads for household furniture at 1919 Eddy street Friday and Saturday.
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