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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1902
Page
3
Readable line lists Walter Slack proprietor Mickel business manager and H Evans city editor indicating editorial leadership and ownership for the publication.
Suter to undergo operation and return from Los Angeles next week. Lacey injured in a fall at Laramie. Funeral held for Dalton Stevens in Rawlins. A surprise Bike band in Cheyenne. Stone building material found near Basin City. Cheyenne & Northern train delay due to engine issue. Marriage of James B. Sharp and Cola Helm. Banks and businesses closed for Jess Looms funeral. Big Horn irrigation work advances twelve miles. Stone masons’ shed completed at federal building. Harper’s Weekly donations to state university library. Snow and thunder reported in Cheyenne weather.
Joseph Eason seventh district engineer returns from the east with new draft plates for locomotives that improve coal burning and engine steaming. The invention, tested by the Lincoln Central, Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroads, could make Eason wealthy if successful.
The Pioneer saloon on Sixteenth Street is being torn down by Hoff man Brothers and replaced with a plate glass front under contract to Barney Sage, signaling city business prosperity. Florence B Bingham files for divorce in Denver courts citing desertion. former Laramie Republican editor is mentioned amid her case.
One thousand homeseekers from drought regions in Nebraska Kansas Iowa and Indiana are planned to visit Laramie county Wyoming over the next six months. J R Mason of Central City Nebraska leads agents and aims to bring twenty six parties totaling about 1 000 people to inspect Wheatland lands for settlements under Union Pacific day rail fare incentives.
Last evening the Carroll Lyceum Lecture at the Methodist church drew a large crowd. W. C. Deming presided as T. Blake Kennedy spoke on The Young Man's Heritage, delivering an eloquent half hour on current privileges and renown for the youth. Next Monday Hon. C. F. Fishback of Towlins will give the next address.
The Elka group organized a four teen piece band in six hours to play at the funeral of Jess H. Loomis. An Erie lodge parade band of twenty five pieces is planned for the summer with the Cheyenne delegation to the Elks carnival in Salt Lake. Led by Prof. Nazel.
The Evanston court will convene next month for seven criminal trials including the lead case Thomas Sanford charged with murder in the first degree. Others on the docket include Andrew Erickson forgery George Johanson felonious assault Jack Howard stealing the rock William Heap Jr obtaining money under false pretenses Matthew Burke robbery and Henry Sorenson incorigibility.
Stockholm reports trials at Marca of a new aerial torpedo by Swedish artillery commandant Unga. London Tribune correspondent says results are highly satisfactory. Details are secret but the device is described as a heavy engine with potential to rescue survivors from wrecked ships and to attack enemy forces from the air.
Charles M Reeves states the St Louis World's Fair will cover 1200 acres and cost about 30 million dollars, roughly double past expositions. By opening May 1 1902 the city will have spent 20 million, with 5 million from the assembly and 5 million private subscriptions. Reeves and Taylor will visit Cheyenne April 15 to 18 to confer with Wyoming's world fair commission.
The county clerk’s office holds an old map by Fred Bond costing no less than $300. Some claim the western boundary of Laramie county has not been specifically located. Travel from Cheyenne to Casper takes a day, with arrival around 9 PM. The county paid $175 to the city for smallpox care last month. The county board may delay their north trip until April. A marriage license was issued to John B. Sharp of Divide Colorado and Cora Helm of Canon City Colorado. John Butt provided three coyote pelts and received bounty papers.
Last evening twenty city newsboys met at Union Hall and formed a Newsboys Union for mutual protection. No nonmember may sell papers locally and the group will enforce its laws. Officers elected include Richie Grace president Frank Lyona vice president Ora Kriets recording secretary Harry Clark financial secretary Harry Patton warden Milage Grace treasurer Norman Black conductor and Fred Schaffer mascot.
Wyoming Insurance Commissioner Lero y Grant certifies Hartford Fire Insurance Company Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Traders Insurance Company and National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford are compliant with Wyoming law and authorized to transact fire insurance for the current year in Cheyenne. Dates span January 30 1902 February 6 1902 and February 10 1902.
Cheyenne Wyoming notes that the German American Insurance Company of New York is authorized to transact fire insurance for the current year after compliance with state insurance laws. The notice confirms proper licensure and regulatory adherence.
Rev. E. B. Tarbill, superintendent of Methodist missions for Wyoming, will leave Los Angeles this week and return to Cheyenne on April 1. His wife remains in Los Angeles for her health. Reports of an eastern minister being offered his post were false.
Certification states that American Central Insurance Company of St. Louis is authorized for the Missouri state run. Signature and seal attest to the official act dated January 22, 2002 in Cheyenne Wyoming with witness to the hand and seal of the commissioner.
The Cheyenne Business College girls basketball team will travel to Greeley to play the local college team Friday evening. The exact roster is not yet decided. A prior match with Greeley fell through, but a return game in Cheyenne is anticipated.
Reports from Rome indicate the pope has named Sebastian Gebhart Mesumer bishop of Green Bay as a candidate for Archbishop of Manila. Mesumer, 62, was formerly canon law professor at Seton Hall and bishop of Green Bay since 169. His elevation would follow the departure of Nozalada de Vila who resigns Manila and returns to Spain.
The Moderated Women's Club plans a meeting in Los Angeles in May. The Cheyenne to Los Angeles rate is listed as 40.
The Interior Department invites sealed proposals for Indian Service provisions including beef flour bacon beans coffee sugar and other subsistence items plus boots saddlery hardware and medical supplies. Separate bids will seek blankets woolen and cotton goods clothing notions hats caps and related goods. Bidders to file by April 16 and May 1 1902 in Chicago and New York City with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
A brief note records a change in a personal relationship where one party decides to stop inviting a marriage proposal. The reversal signals a shift in romantic plans and communications between the involved individuals.
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