The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-25
wYoMING WHISPERS.
Free Silver Meeting at Lander
Death of a County Commissioners
Other Occurrences.

LANDER, wyo, Aug. 24.-Pursuant
to cali for free coiaage mass meet
ing at the court house, Wednesday
evening, the 18th, the court room was
well filled at an early hour. Mat. Boor-
land was elected chairman and the
meeting called to order. Charley Allen
was called for-and Charley is ready to
talk or the silver question at any and
all times. Charley plays the tuba IN
the band and was about out of wind,
but he came to the front and for the
next hour held the audience spellbound.
After Mr.. Aliens address, steps were
taken TO effect permanent organiza.
tion-known as the Bryan and SeWaH
Free Coinage club.
There were only three or four people
in the room but what joined the club,
and when they had all been enrolled,
the following officers were elected:
Charley Allen, president; Mat Boorland,
Vice-president; J. NJ. Farlow. secretary;
John Williamson, corresponding secre-
tary; Orson Grimmett, treasurer; James
Couch. A. Gerstle and w. +. Chalmers,
executive committee.
The Lander cornet band was present
in full uniform and furnished some of
their best music for the occasion, and
right here, to show what the outside
world thinks of Lander's band, 1 want
10 Say lutIG WSIS LMO Nl0NSA4AS lAACh,
one from New York and the other from
Omaha, standing on the corner when
the band played the first piece, and they
began to enquire what was on the
boards for the evening. On being in
formed that it was just part of our
home band, they were more surprised
than ever. and both agreed it was the
best they had heard for long time.
ROGERS SUICIDE.
This morning about 10 o'clock the
body OF George A. Rogers, county COM
missioner of Fremont county, was found
dead in bed in room II, Hotel Fremont,
of this place. The coroner was imme-
diately notified and an inquest held.
On examination it was found that he
had placed a 3S-calibre Colts revolver
against his right temple and fired, the
ball passing straight through his head
and coming out directly above the left
ear, probably causing instant DEATH
as he apparently had never moved after
he pulled the trigger. He leaves wife
and three little boys. Mr.. Rogers came
into Lander from his ranch on Little
Papoogie last Tuesday. During the day
he took a few drinks with some friends,
and before he was ready to go home
night was on, and he decided to wait
until morning and occupied the room
in which he was found this morning.
During Wednesday and Thursday he
WAS RAnDnnk most Oh the TIME, DuI
drank very little except mineral water.
Thursday night about u o'clock he had
lost what money he had and quit the
game and started down town.
He stopped at Coalters saloon and
asked to borrow q gun. Mr.. Coalter,
seeing he was sober and not excited,
loaned him the So Colts revolver with
8 cartridges in it. He then went back
to the hotel bar and walked through
the saloon to the back yard 'and back
into the saloon. and STOOD looking at
the game a few minutes and went out.
This was about 1890 and the last time
any one saw him alive.
About 5:45 this morning, shot was
heard, but no particular attention was
paid TO it, as it is a common occurrence.
William Jones, sr., was not over 100 feet
from the hotel and heard the shot, and
at the same time saw some pigeons
fly up in the street in front of the build
ing and supposed some one had shot at
the birds, and paid no more attention to
st. Several others heard the shot and
thought nothing of it, About 10 o'clock
man was sent with some water to the
rooms and found Mr.. Rogers as above
stated, with the revolver still in his
hand The sad news was Immediately
sent to his family and relatives, and
after the inquest the body was taken
charge of by the undertaken, W. S.
Firestone.
Mr.. Rogers left a letter addressed to
his wife, in which he stated that after
due consideration he had decided that
his family would be better off without
him. as he did not appear capable of
conducting himself in a proper manner
for a father; that his example was bad
etc. and for this reason he had decided
to commit the rash act.
Mr.. Rodgers was a member of Wyo-
ming lodge No. 2 A. F. & A. NJ; also
the X. p and Woodman lodges of this
place
Hon. Mike Murphy, W. B. Trosper
sr., W. B. Trosper, jr., and Fred Ham
iiton returned from their National Park
trip yesterday.
7. ]. Dessert and wife, Miss May
Crandall and August Dupont started fol