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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1902
Page
4
A Newark shop invites shoppers to choose Spring Shoes likened to picking flowers. The prose compares footwear beauty to blossoms and pitches a garden like store atmosphere led by Mr. and Mrs. Good Dresser.
Heavy rains and melting snows endanger the Cheyenne and Northern line with streams rising toward flood levels. Bridges may be carried away and service delayed, possibly delaying Woodard papers nearing Caspar. Officials report no expected trouble though cattlemen warn of severe torrents blocking traffic within forty eight hours.
Prospective subscribers unable to view all who wish tickets for the Leonora Jackson concert at the opera house on April 4 may place reserve orders at Dr. Crook Palace Pharmacy or Roedel's or mail to Paul Emerson. Price on lower floor is $1. A crazy soldier removed from No. 6 train for assault on passengers and crew has recovered and was sent east on No. 2 yesterday.
State Auditor Grant and F B Sheldon are in Rawlins while Harry B Henderson returns home from the east. Deputy Secretary of State R P Fuller arrives from Salt Lake City. Miss D F Fitger departs for Rawlins for several weeks. Dan Brees the Wyoming division air brake inspector visits from Laramie. Mrs W B Farnsworth travels to Horse Creek to see Mrs H Andrews. Mike Johnson visits Laramie where he once worked. Mrs Minnie Peckham returns to Rawlins from Cheyenne. A J Huffmaster Lander Mary Bishop Ava A M Gibson Douglas G M Shields Pine Bluffs Miss Clark Casper are visiting the city.
State Auditor Grant and H B Shel don, clerk of the board of charities and reform, went to Rawlins yesterday to accept the plumbing contract just completed by P S Cook and amounting to about $3000.
The Hon Mrobergs received two old and five young Angora rabbits from Australia. They plan an Easter exhibition in their show window. The rabbits are pure white and described as very beautiful creatures.
Mrs Ward relocates her dressmaking business to 1919 KDDY and invites customers to visit the new store. The notice signals a fresh location and ongoing service for patrons.
The Wyoming Supreme Court at noon ordered a stay of execution for Charles Woodard, condemned for the Sheriff Ricker murder, until his petition in error and motion for stay are heard. The stay delays the hanging for about 105 days, with further deliberation to follow, and officials expect no lynching.
Funeral exercises for Joes H Loomis former First National bank assistant cashier were held at the Cheyenne Club amid Elks turnout weathered by cold. Interment to be in Ionia Michigan with Loomis’ brother. services included Episcopal readings and Elks rites. A quartet performed as "The Vacant Chair" was sung by H B Buechner.
The report claims Attorney John T. Norton won a federal case due to the dead letter office decision on unopened mail to Mabel Dundas. Officials deny any weakening of the case and assert additional letters would support, not undermine, the prosecution.
Rev. E. T. Everett assumes charge as editor of The Garland Guard becoming the state’s only preacher editor and bringing new leadership to the paper.
Assessment No. 141 Woodman of the World lists twenty nine deaths with Samuel J. Groo among them. Groo died by his own hand at Cokeville and held $2000 in insurance.
Harry Webber makes his initial bow in Nip and Tuck at the Heacka opera house before a large Monday night audience. The comedy drama earns praise for Webber's varied dialects and strong comic timing as he shapes each character.
Father George Bryant, Woodard's Catholic adviser, says the condemned murderer is not light hearted. Bryant, once Cheyenne, now Casper pastor, testified Woodard has repented and been baptized in his jail cell. He notes Woodard bears the fate with resignation and intense anguish.
Cheyenne lodge passes condolence resolutions for Jess H. Loomis and adjourns. Union Pacific faces Soldiers in a ball game at Fort Russell next Sunday between the Thirteenth artillery and shopmen. A Boulevards Park benefit game for Frank Pendergraft follows two weeks later. W. F. Wing, dairy expert, killed in Seattle while installing a creamery plant. Ride for Continental Oil warehouse construction open until March 29. plans available at William Du office.
Casper editorial notes a jail interview with Charles Woodard, the condemned killer. Woodard asks for a lengthy story about his hanging and jokes about asbestos paper for a copy sent downstairs. Mention of watch repairman D. Miller at 1709 Ferguson St.
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