, 1896-03-20
THE GOSSIP NONGERS.
Laramie Has More Than Her
Just Proportion.
RECENTLY ILLUSTRATED.
How n Case wa. Tried In Justice
Court and TesiImony Introduced
All In the Mind. OF the In
dusirtous Tale
ILLUSTRATED.

Probably every town is troubled
slanderers. but Laramie has more than
her proportion. Some day some one of
these persons will be called to an ac-
counting in the courts and learned
that 1t is a crime to beSmirch the good
name OF a neighbor. Of late this GUS
tom seems to have been growing and
tales of a trivial nature have been so
enlarged in their transmission from
mouth to mouth that serious conse-
quences have almost resulted.
In n instance rumors were so
grossly enlarged that a post norton
and inquest was thought advisable by
the authorities. Doctors were charged
with a heinous crime and young men
with offenses that would send them to
the penitentiary. The result was hat
the testimony amounted to nothing
and the case fell fiat.
But so far as idle gossip is concerned
this cast was not as bad as another of
recent date. The story was freely cir
culated that a young woman had had a
well known young man arrested
charged with a serious crime: that he
was arraigned in one of the police
courts: the evidence for the prosecu-
ton and the defense was related; it
was told how a letter was introduced
which eXonerated the defendant in a
measure from guilt. and various other
matters in connection with the trial
were graphically depicted by the tale
bearers. The facts were hat no young
man was ever arrested. as related, and
no trial whatever was held. The story
was manufactured from whole cloth.
Subsequently the young man mention
ed as being implicated left the city. but
whether because of guilt or not is I'M
known.
Yesterday it was stated all over Lar
annie that a young woman of unques-
toned reputation had taken a dose of
poison and was lying at deaths door.
iNCStISalio floNVS ALdt thNlc Is HOl
the slightest foundation for the story.
How these stories get started is a
mystery. but they do. and they do not
lose anything while they are on the go.
BY RAIL 1854 MILES.
When the great trans-Siberian rail-
road now in course of construction is
finished it will be possible to make
this trip. which will be a direct con-
n~ection between the United States and
St. Petersburg, Russia. The whole
distance will be covered by rail except
feriiage across Behring Strait, and
even this may be done by car ferries,
floating the cars across bodily. This
immense CONSTITUTIONAL project is be-
ing prosecuted in five divisions. each
division being worked from either end
so as to complete the line as soon as
possible. Commerce is but a second
airy consideration in this huge project,
its primary object being a s%trategetic
move to bring Russia near to the CEN
ter Of Asiatic powers and right at the
doors of India. The avowed object is
to check English aggression in Asia.
The whole line is being built in the
most substantial manner, and is from
point to point practically straight. The
Russian government is also building a
line of steamers to ply between Vladi-
vostock, Russia, and some port In
Alaska. The United States is to build
a railroad terminating at some point
north of Alaska. and wherever this
terminal is decided upon will also be
the port for the steamer line.
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