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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1902
Page
4
Entire store flooded by upstairs hydrant water. Damaged three hundred suits and men's and boys underwear must be sold at once. Fine $12.00 suits offered for $5.00. underwear marks cut from 75c to 45c. Come quick and get first pick.
Ten days remain before Charles Woodard, condemned for Sheriff Ricker’s murder at Casper, faces execution. Attorney Bennett, who defended Woodard, says no steps have been taken toward appealing to the Supreme Court and that his visit to the city was unrelated to the case. He notes the condemned man will likely die without further defense and that reports of large funds being spent are incorrect.
Dispatch to the Denver Republican says Grand Encampment city council will pass an ordinance permitting open gambling. A number of gambling venues opened recently but operators have not obtained licenses.
The Salvation Army has secured a corrugated iron building at the southeast corner of Eighteenth and Eddy streets for a permanent barracks. A Saturday night dedication meeting will feature Ensign Brenner of New York City as presider and preacher and a noted vocalist and musical specialty artist. He will perform on empty bottles, described as remarkable.
The Elks Lodge at Sheridan organizes Elk Oil to secure and develop oil lands in the Big Horn basin with a capital of $15,000.
William Brown was arrested in Laramie and brought to Rawlins to face a charge of stealing a suit of clothes. A grip with the clothes was found in his possession while he claims he was robbed in a box car and that his garments were swapped.
A large petition will be presented to the city council protesting liquor licenses for brothel keepers. Residents form a committee to remove these houses from the city. A third amended petition seeks an injunction to compel the mayor to order their removal. The Carroll Lyceum course continues with talks by T. B. Kennedy and C. F. Fishback, ending April 7 by W. C. Deming.
A 26 year old Cheyenne woman known as Alice Hayes dies at the county hospital after a life of romance and crime. She had fled Canada with a lover at 15, later killed him when he deserted her, and later lived as a kept woman before contracting a loathsome disease. Her real name remains undisclosed. two aunts reside in Raymond Nebraska and her father lives in Canada.
Fire in No 1 mine near Rock Springs started from a burning wick tossed into trash. Tank cars were used to reach the mouth of the seventh entry two thousand five hundred feet down the slope. Firefighters extinguished the blaze after an hour, preventing a potential disaster like the Diamondville incident.
A Senate special dispatch reports the bill allocating 100000 dollars for purchasing a site and erecting a public building in Laramie Wyoming has passed the Senate today. Also notes Fred Hofmann has completed a residence on East Eighteenth Street and moved in.
The Cheyenne Railway club held a meeting last night with about fifty members present. Harry Breitenstein presented a paper on Modern Shop Practice. A telephone line project advances from Sundance to Moorcroft via Crook county. Five Plays Next Week at the opera house with The Man From Mexico by the Frawley company. Bullet From Base of Brain reports a delicate operation in Thermopelia removing a bullet from a patient who was shot earlier.
Noting the lack of marriage licenses since March 11, county clerks prepare for district court actions. Judge Wm G Ewing of Chicago lectures at the courthouse free of charge, attracting a large audience. Weather: Cheyenne area partly cloudy with a cold wave moderating, highs around 48 and lows near 27 with no precipitation.
A Washington dispatch reports the senate judiciary committee approved Senator Clark of Wyoming to report Warren's bill giving jurors and witnesses $3 daily plus travel reimbursements of 15 cents per mile for stage and 10 cents per mile for railway travel. The item comes via the Chicago News.
William F. Cody known as Buffalo Bill is arranging a 5 000 to 6 000 person Swedish settlement in the Big Horn valley Wyoming. He met Gustave Wallenberg in Chicago to lead the proposed colony. Cody calls irrigation farming safest and most profitable, noting government homesteads are pre empted and arid lands are open to settlers.
The dialogue depicts a couple planning a discreet elopement with a noon escape to a street corner and a debate over carriage costs. A separate note mentions a waiter from the White Head Block restaurant in trouble after a failed assault, breaking a back door with a rock to reach an opponent.
The fire bell rang several times in a desultory manner today due to crossed wires, causing alarm as the mechanism malfunctioned.
A large crowd watched Moran defeat Kid Winchester in a quick bout at Hanan. Earlier preliminaries included a draw between Sam Roddo and Tommy Davis and a stale six round clash between Jack Haverly and Chick Q Nell. Referee Dave Grimiths and official J C Helen oversaw the event at Wheeler Goodale's grocery.
Dan W. Gill arranged the sale of the Horrie house to Albert Chapman for Charles Miller for $6,510. The two story brick residence sits on two lots on the southwest corner of Central avenue and Nineteenth street, with fine trees and lawns. Judge Jesse Knight currently occupies the property. Chapman will take possession as his home.
The paper notes increased ads welcome and a move of the Short Story column to page three. It also reports 150 Italian laborers traveling from Chicago through Cheyenne to Rock Springs for Union Pacific ballast work, with contractor R A Pertzborn joining the Federal Labor Union. A birthday party for Julius Wellnitz’s home is described with euchre and dancing, and Wheeler & Goodale advertise special grocery prices tomorrow.
President E B Smiley Vice President F D Emery and Trustee H L Stevens traveled through the city en route to Colorado Nebraska and eastern states to observe experimental station practices. Hattie Hanson infant daughter of A H Hanson underwent a delicate mastoid operation to drain skull pus and protect her life with Dr L P Desmond as surgeon. Mrs Mike Leahy died at Dolores station near Cheyenne of rheumatism of the heart. A Goat Herder Heard From mentions Pat Campbell a goat herder in Knoxville suburbs.
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