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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1902
Page
2
The item highlights subscription tensions with Casper editors and Denvers rail talks, notes Green River soda works nearing operation, profiles Mrs. Caroline Fairfield Corbin and anti-suffrage views, cites a Casper murder suicide dispatch, and mentions Roosevelt’s Cuba ambassadorship talks and Denver Carnegie library funding debates.
The Caspar attorney C de B Bennett admitted to lying to the city editor to spur support for his client in the Woodard case. The Casper Leader denounces him as a fabricator and calls out weak subterfuges amid public shock over the incident. The piece cites the Chicago Record-Herald and highlights the broader distrust in local legal figures.
A decorative mountain lion gift intended for the president caused a stir when feared to be a live animal. It was revealed to be taxidermy and was placed in the White House basement, with options for display in the private area or the library.
Washington reports a quiet probe into the ship subsidy bill with a likely Republican opposition. An informal house poll shows many Republicans against action and a sizable minority against it altogether, making passage unlikely this session. Iowa delegates favor the two Iowa senators against the measure, while Senate supporters insist it can pass.
State officers Grant and Sheldon return from western trip as few visitors are noted at the State Capitol. Wallace Bond may return from the North tomorrow. Wolf bounties will be paid tomorrow with new month funding. Secretary of State receipts for the current quarter reach 15 351 20 dollars. Superintendent of Public Instruction prepares funds for school districts. Supreme Court session yields opinions. State Land Board heard two patent applications at Sheridan and Rawlins and leased over 20 000 acres for 1 000 to 15 000 dollars yearly. State pay day observed with officers drawing salaries. Auditor receipts for the quarter end total 16 331 96 dollars. New incorporations include Boulder Central Oil Evanston Beckwith Building McKenzie Oil Pawnee Oil and Gas Worth Gold Coin Mining Cheyenne and Colorado Springs Ore Mining and Reduction. War Bonnet Live Stock dissolved by stockholders December 18 1801. Subscribe for Thecader.
President Roosevelt told western lawmakers he opposes key provisions of the Hansbrough irrigation bill as written, favoring federal oversight over water appropriation and use. He warned the measure faces a veto unless altered to align with his plan, signaling slim passage without changes.
Chicago March 21 The finest private car in the world is nearing completion at the Pullman Palace Car company in Pullman. Charles M Schwab president of United States Steel Corp owns the car costing about 40000 dollars. The Louis XV style interior features hand carved furniture tapestries damasks velours and a red Mr Schwab and blue for his wife rooms a green dining room and mahogany wood with inlays. The car includes a bathroom private rooms a kitchen refrigerating plant and a 16 seat dining room observing end stretches twenty feet long with large windows for an outdoor feel. An artist from Boston M Annette Frisble painted panels and ceiling decorations. Architect J Frank Jobson says no private car is more handsome. Schwab expected to receive the palace soon.
Cheyenne Wyoming invites bids on two bond issues to fund water and sewer extensions. The $86,000 water extension bonds mature in 30 years with 10 year redemption and 4.5 percent max interest, and the $15,000 sewer extension bonds mature in 20 years with 10 year redemption. Proposals due April 15, 1902, with deposits required. opening at 9 a.m. Elite bidders must provide legal opinions and may face bid rejection.
Notice announces a special stockholders meeting of Wyoming Development and Transportation Company in Laramie on April 24 1902 to consider doubling capital stock and moving the principal office to Laramie. It also reports letters of administration granted March 17 1902 to Kimile Richardson for the estate of John Ganther with six month claim filing and one year bar.
The Department of the Interior announces a contest affidavit by John B. French against homestead entry No. fesk wake Soren 2 1892 in NW 14 Section 15 Township 23 N Range 60 W. Theodore C. Conkling contestee allegedly abandoned the land since 1896 with continuous absence since spring 1896. Final hearing set May 26, 1902 at 10 a.m. before the U.S. district register in Cheyenne following an affidavit filed March 24 1902.
Contest affidavit filed by Edwin A. Francis against John L. Taylor over land in township 26 north range 62 west notes alleged lack of improvements and abandonment with military service clause. Due diligence hindered, response required by 10 a m 1902 before United States commissioner. Also notices a special stockholders meeting of Happy Thought Mining Company on April 26 1902 at Burke Clark law offices Cheyenne Wyoming to vote on capital stock increase from 100000 to 200000 dollars and shares from 1 million to 2 million with par value 1 cent each.
Fragmentary timetable notes list daily and partial routes with stations like Cheyenne Fort Russell Little Bear La Grange and South Bend. Entries include odd timings such as 9.00 am 2.00 pm and 10.06 pm, with lines named COLORADO AND SOUTHERN and B. & M. Reference to daily except Sunday and Monday am arrivals.
Cheyenne Lodge No 1 A F A M holds regular meetings on the second and fourth Tuesdays each month. Visitors are examined at 1 1 a.m. in the basement hall.
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