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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1902
Page
2
Short OCR fragment lists Long Distance Office Telephone House Telephone No 04 1816 with names B A Black editor proprietor Robert Mickel business manager George W Evans city editor.
The brief notes report a Cheyenne Glee Club postponement to May 27 and a Cheyenne district Lutheran Augustana meeting. Others note calls to Wyoming churches, jail transfers, and travels of horse shipments to Britain, plus local weddings, concerts, and civic notices.
A Washington dispatch reports Representative Mondell of Wyoming called at the White House to present Hon J A Van Oradel Wyoming attorney general who is in Washington on a brief business visit.
Still at large after forty eight hours of searching for assistant Katie Hopkins. A negro arrested last night was released and left town. Early this morning a Mexican suspect was arrested thirty five miles west but released after proof he was in Echo on the assault day. Vigilance remains as posses return empty handed and the guilty party is hoped to be captured and brought to justice.
A Turner Hall stock company seeks police aid to stop theft of their prized Silver Lining prop during a week of performances. The article riffs on morality, war reporting, and modern decadence with satirical references to Sodom and Gomorrah and public dancing halls.
A. J. Parshall, ex-assistant state engineer, reports from the headwaters of the Middle Crow and tributaries that snowfall is near gone and streams are dropping. He urges early reservoir construction and stricter water restraint in Cheyenne to preserve supply for fall use. He plans further surveys of snow storage in the Middle Crow and North Crow headwaters.
Under Alderman C. E. Adamson guidance several Market street wholesale fruit and vegetable dealers plan a Wyoming fishing trip along the Little Laramie river. A photo from Norman Towson shows a 10.5 pound rainbow trout, 28.5 inches long, 17 inches around, caught Wednesday, fueling the excursion and expectations of good sport on the river.
Judge Scott traveled north this morning to hear amateur spending at Douglas. The district court term starts May 26 with heavy criminal business expected but light elgil docket. County clerk D R Cowhick left for Colorado and will be absent a week or more. The clerk is preparing the bar and trial dockets for the coming term. A marriage license was issued to Glenn L Hill and Etta M Howellis of Denver Colorado.
Sheriff James and Colonel Ketchum found John Zonalla a Pinlander lying nude on the highway about a mile from the city. He claimed to have come from Murray Utah where he worked at a smelter. He was jailed for safe keeping.
Unknown raiders toppled the cap of an oil well enclosure at the Union Pacific Railroad site in Spring Valley. Oil now flows from the well, with the same high grade as initial samples, while guards are posted after the incident. The raid aimed to prove land value for minerals over agriculture in a contested claim.
A small but enthusiastic crowd watched the Indians defeat Union Pacifics 13 to 2 in a muddy game at Athletic Park. New pitcher Green made his debut under rough conditions as Cheyenne managers met to discuss league formation amid forecasts of showers and storm risk.
At a Saturday night meeting the United Moderns chose officers for the ensuing year. Chancellor Dr. J. H. Conway past chancellor N. R. Davia orator W. J Keenright regent Patrick Mahoney warden F. H. Miller financier H. B. Henderson.
A Finn miner died at Rock Springs state hospital from injuries suffered last Thursday in No. 1 Mine at Cumberland. Another Finn was seriously injured in the same blast while tamping powder, both men hurled by the explosion. one mangled and later fed at the hospital, the other alive and recovering.
A listed figure offers to remove evil influences reunite separated lovers settle quarrels locate lost or stolen articles and missing friends. He claims skill to locate mines and mineral bodies and provide psychological readings of ores and reveal hidden treasures and great oriental secrets.
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