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, 1898-08-12
|lDlAN TROUBLES
s&9AH0 BANNOCkS DEFY A FIRE.
MONT COUNTY GAME
WARDEN.
Indians Were Surly and invited
= Warde1's Party to DO Battle
.0rave Fears That the Redskins
Will Resist Any Attempt to Stop
Their Hunting.

A SPECIAL from Lander to the Denver
Republican says:
William c. Pyle, deputy game war
4en q Fremont county tor the upper
Mtnd. river country. arrived here last
esonjng, after riding continuously for
tAlrty-six hours, and brought the news
that = large number CT the Bannock In
0tans Of the Shoshone and Bannock
Indian agency at Fort Hall. Idaho.
were in the vicinity of Union pass
GlaI.shtering deer and elk.
Mr.. Pyle was notified that three
Aucks and their Quaws were in the
couatry killing game. and. with eight
petsons, ven to arrest them. lie and
Afs party came upon them at the Big
Bead OF Wind river. and. instead of
sfAfoe Indian bucks and their squaws.
touht forty bucks AM three squaws.
~ tound evidence of the slaughtering
Stsnme.
TIE Indians were most surly, and
NAen approached a sto the killing of
oene. 1t a signal they surrounded the
party on three sides and invited them
to battle with loud whoops.
0eeing that his force was too small
TO cope with them. Mr.. Pyle drew off
ANd came to Fort Washable for as
etofAnce. Captain Nickerson, the agent
sakAAe Shoshone Indian agency. was alb
OoDt from the agnecy. and Mr.. PYLE
Nans to Lander for help and met Mr..
tSSckerson here. The agent immediate
~ rsturned to the agency, aud called
fupou the commanding officer at Fort
WAahakie for aid to get the Indians
~ to their reservation. The COVER
~ has been advised of the state of af-
iEtss.
There are grave fears that these In
9la1s will act extremely ugly and re-
~ any attempt to stop their hunting
~ Wyoming. They have always claim
~ this as their hunting grounds. and
have made their boasts that they will
~cSntinue hunting here and nothing
shall stop them. The people of the
Wind river country are determined to
protect the game, and should the In
dams be allowed to remain there will
be trouble. 1t is hoped, however. that
The Indian department will take steps
Immediately to return the IndiaNs to
their reservation and thus avoid any
b!oodshed.
, 1898-08-12
OUR PREMIUMS.

The Republican is now Offering q fine
Rand-McNally double map (the world
on n side ard the United States on
the other) as a premium for each year
ly subscription which is paid in ad-
vance; and a copy Of the Standard War
Atlas for a six months subscription.
These valuable works may BE- seen
at our office; and to those who do not
care to pay a year or six months in
advance. W will sell the map for 81, or
the atlas for so cents,
, 1898-08-12
E ARE OTHER

Is n of he up-to-date slang express
sions. This refers to railroads as we'll
as other things. There are other rail-
roads, we will admit, but there ar NO
others having Electric Lighted trains
between the Missouri river and Chi
cago. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St
Paul railway leads in all things. Elec-
trio Lighted, Steam Heated. vestbuled
trains running over a stone ballasted
steel rail track give you q service
equalled by no other line. Through
sleepers from Denver to Chicago.
Through Tourist Cars from San Fran
cisco to Chicago. We are the short line
between Omaha and Chicago. Why not
get the best at the same price you pay
for an inferior article. Try our line
once and you will use no other. For
time tables. maps, ETC.. call on or ad-
dress,
l. L. L. DOWNING,
l. Commercial Agent,
212 8. West Temple st.,
Salt Lake CITY. Utah.
, 1898-08-12
TURBULENT INDIANS.
Unlawfully Strengthening Game and Re-
sist Arrest.

Governor Richards has sent the fol-
lowing startling and self-explanatory
dispatch to the secretary of the in
tenior. says the Cheyenne Sun-Leader:
Cheyenne, Wyo, Aug. Ito the
Secretary. of the Interior, Washington,
D. Gust received the following:
"~'Shoshone Agency. Wyo.-W. A..
Richards. Governor, Cheyenne. Wyo.-
Went to arrest three Indians killing
game; found forty Bannocks with
thirty elk carcasses in one camp: re-
cIsted arrest: called on agent at Sho-
shone agency for assistance: will know
trlis evening if I can get same. I am
promised a company of soldiers by
him. II l can't get them, will call for
Jockson's Hole men.
CIV. C. PYLE.
Deputy State Game Warden
Twill you please instruct the agent
Of the Bannccks to send for these In
dtans, also have commanding officer at
Fort Washable ordered to assist state
authorities in arresting them. State
troops all in the United States service.
"WM. A. RICHARDS.
Governor of Wyoming
"Washington. d. c.. Aug. II. 1885,
Hon. w. A. Richards. Governor of Wy
oming. Cheyenne. Wyo.-Your tele-
ran received. Commissioner of In
dian affairs has been requested to in
struct agent to render what assistance
he can. c. N. BLISS,
Secretary"
, 1898-08-12

The St. Louis Republic gives no Gre
fence to the story that the first. case
or yellow fever at Santiago was de-
de.oped in a Kentucky officer who fell
asleep with his mouth open and was
rained full of water.
, 1898-08-12
REVIEWED.
Resume of Wyoming News by a Man
With Fun in His Composition.
TDenver Evening Post.1

denver Evening Post.J
Rawlins Republican: The Buffalo
Voice likens the free silver issue to
"B!anco's ghost" We have frequently
noticed the resemblance-death and
destruction follows its rule.
A 'arge delegation of Shoshone In
lians will participate in the Frontier
lay sports at cheyenne. September >
and G. and bring back 20 the memory
Of the old settlers the stirring days
when E~aldheadod men experienced a
,%Ieelirg of safety that was rot shared
by their neighbors who wore mere pro-
luctiye heads.
The fall campaign has reached the
primary stage in Wyoming, and the
Late editors have applied for dimits
from their churches until the battle
las been fought and they have again
elapsed into Il God-serving state of
mind.
Editor Andy McMicken has retired
rom the Rawlins Journal, and will
spend the remainder of his life-lease
in %repenting of his manifold editorial
sins and endeavoring to SO live that
when called aloft the We'll done, thou
good and faithful servant welcome
may await him at the main entrance.
The paper will in the future be under
she editorial management of Will Reid,
L reformed populist.
Som. Cheyenne ladies gave a Saw
Notwithstanding" party last
week. But very little wood was "sawn."
owing to a pressure of conversational
recreation.
The Sheridan Enterprise looks upon
The Stamping Of marriage documents
as a patriotic duty and calls upon the
yCurlg men who We're held back from
the front by a feeling of unconquer-
able timidity to help along the cause
ny doubling up with girls not under OPP
ion to soldier boys.
The streets of Casper are now adorn-
I'd with 300 cedar trees. in the shade OF
which the oldest inhabitart" will
scme day loaf and tell newcomers wild,
soul-stirring fables of the days when
Indians were so numerous that it
wasn't safe to~oIen the door at night
to turn the dog out.
The Saratoga Sun has cleaned in
The Wyoming newspaper heavens for
sight years without an eclipse. seven
years CT which it has been under the
management of Editor Crawford. The
people of the upper Platte valley al
most wear ont their copies reading
them at home. and then contribute
them to the Sunday schools.
Editor OFT OF the Laramie Times
complains of the large number of
Denver people who go up there on
fishing excursions. He doesn't care
how many fish they catch and expert
ences only a slight pang of regret
when they fish and drink bait on Sun
day. but the wild stories OF their
catches shock him dreadfully.
Only seventeen delegates responded
% the call for the democratic courty
convention at Laramie. All the ohers
had either one to war or had been
led astray by the wicked teachings of
The Republican.
, 1898-08-12

who's that fellow who holds his
head SO high?" That's Prof. Twitters.
He is the author of the suggestion that
every high school should have an In
structor in cannon practice. Chicago
Journal.
, 1898-08-12

The Danish brotherhood and the
North Star society will give a joint
public picnic at Hutton's Grove on
Sunday, August 81. Large dancing
floor and the best music in the city. Re-
treatment stands. Athletic field
sports, in which prizes will be awarded.
Everybody invited. 3O6eod4t
, 1898-08-12

Mothers Praise Hoods ~Sarsaparilla.
because. by its great blood en,iching
Qualities, 1t gives rosy cheeks and viz.
orous appetites to pale and puny chill.
Iren.
, 1898-08-12
HERE'S A SNAP.

A small house on First street, three
lots, good fence, barn and water. may
be had for $500. All the time you want
to pay for it. Inquire at this office.
, 1898-08-12

Il spent 500 ON my silver wedding
present to my wife" What IL TT" II
don't know: she hasn't got through ex-
changing It yet"-Chcago News.
, 1898-08-12
CHEYENNE LETTER
THE CAPITAL IN THE THROES OF
THE MERRY-GO-ROUND
EXCITEMENT.

The Union Pacific Depot Park-Pecu-
liar and Distressing Condition Liza
BILE to lie Brought About by Rail
road Changes-Notes and Per-
sonals Pertaining to Laramie Peo-
pie at the Magic City.
, 1898-08-12

Hoods Pills arc the favorite famll,
:athartis and hver medicine. Price &c
, 1898-08-12
TO CONTRACTORS.

Bids will be received for the con-
struction of $3.50 feet OF ditch at the
Albany placer grounds, where all in
formation regarding same can be OBJ
tanned. All bids to be in by goth of
August, 1898. ~
, 1898-08-12
Plenty Of Peaches,
Plums. Apples
and Berries at the
Laramie Grocery Co.'s
Plenty Of A No. l
veal, spring chickens
and a full line of fruits
and vegetables at the
Pacific market.
H. @. ROT4HWELL,
Consulting Engineer.

When he woke in the morning there
wasn't a vestige Of his clothing in the
room" "All stolen p" No. His wife
had on his outing shirt and his bicycle
coat; his daughter had his cap. his sash
and his stockings, and the pet dog had
u away with his knickerhocksrs and
his shoes."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
, 1898-08-12

Plenty Of A No. /
veal, spring chickens
and q full line Of fruits.
and vegetables at the
Pacific market.
, 1898-08-12

-. Republican only soc DER month.
, 1898-08-12

Furnished Housekeeping rooms to-
ent. Sayer Hansen. Isl III stsssE
, 1898-08-12

The Republican aoss, an kials q ~
printing 5e.
, 1898-08-12

Among the prominent railroad ~
whom n now meets upon the streets
OF Cheyenne are Conductors r. g. Bow
man. Frank Bevans and Thomas Cum
innings, formerly Of the SixtA distgscG
, 1898-08-12

A full market line at
Payne's.
, 1898-08-12

rAe Ras.sl,s.. oa,y =. ~ .o.ta
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-20
The Modern American Tory

(FTOm the New York Evening Post)
Cuba Is ruined and there is nothing to
look forward to but the complete exhaus-
ton of one side or the other. This, as
we have said, was known before, but Mr.
Proctor's presentation of the subject and
the freshness of his observations. bring
it before us with more vlvldness than
ever.
Does this pitiful condition concern us
in any other way than as it appeals to
us as a Christian people to relieve human
distress by furnishing food to the hungry
and clothing to the naked? In other
words. does it warrant US in declaring
war against Spain? Perhaps this cues
ton may be answered best by asking
whether we should think of interfering
in case Cuba were a colony of France?
OF course not; but why not? Because
France would be able to prevent us from
doing so by force. If the same condition
of affairs were found in the island of
Martinique that exists in Cuba TODAY. we
should never think of interfering. Such
a condition, or a worse one, did exist at
one time in the island of Haiti when she
was a French colony, but nobody In
America thought of interfering nor would
anybody think of it today if it were re-
peated under like conditions of owner
ship. If we would not interfere with a
French possession, because France is our
equal in power why should we interfere
with a Spanish possession? Because
Spain is weak? Is that a reason which
we can reconcile to our consciences?
When will the sword be sheathed if we
assume the character of regulator of
wrongs on the American continent?
What will be the remoter consequences
| of the taste of blood? Wien a war is;
once begun nobody can tell how it will
end. and for this reason if for no other,
| ought we to restrict ourselves to defend
| ing our own soil and our own honor,
| leaving the consequences of other people 5
wars and rebellons to rest on their own
| hands
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-20
SUNDAY, MARCH %, 1893.
The Cantnre of Pando.

There is little reason TO doubt that
the story Of Pando's capture by Calixto
Garcia is true. For two weeks he has
been ''incOmunicado, and Marshal
BIanco has been unable to ascertain his
whereabouts. Pando started out with
forty battalions and thirteen gunboats
10 conquer the eastern provinces. He
found the lines of Calixto Garcia on the
Cauto River, where that stream emp
ties into the sea, and he assaulted them
with army and navy combined. only to
meet with ignominious defeat. Then
he was compelled TO fall back upon the
fcrtifcations Of Manzanillo, on the
south shore Of cuba. Here he recuperat-
cd the remains of his army and moved
westward by sea and land, through the
province Of Puerto Principe TO strong
strategic point known as Ciejo de Avi-
liza. II was at this latter place that the
eliminating battle appears to have been
fought
According TO the reports sent TO US,
Calixto Garcia, with his whole effective
force, followed Pando from Santiago de
Cuba while the grand old "Liberador'
Maxine Gomez swung around from
Santa Clara, and the two armies caught
the Spanish general in q cul de sac. II is
believed in Havana that Pando and all
his troops are prisoners. The same
thing has been suspected for a week,
and the suppressed agitation against
Americans in the city is evidence that
the grapevine telegraph carried the
ID 6
the official account.
Without absolutely asserting belief in
the truth Of the story, We may say that
il is more than a probability. The
Times has been advised from its staff
correspondents in the field that q con-
certed movement TO bag Pando and his
twenty thousand men had been ar
ranged between the commanders Of the
Cuban forces in Santa Clara and San
tiago de Cuba We have been waiting
very patiently to hear how the
scheme might work Pando appears to
have contributed to il with the faulty
usual in Spanish commanders. Every
military man in Washington viii say
that if he has not been captured, he
ought 10 have been. Those who know
the topography Of the position where he
is said TO have met his defeat will un-
derstand how easy il might have been
10 bottle him up and give him the stern
alternative Of surrender or humiliation.
If there is anything that Spaniard
does not like il is humiliation.
The value OF this Cuban victory, at
this particular juncture cannot be
overestimated. If corroborated, il
viii render IL impossible for the
Administration to cajole or bully
Congress into participation in any
settlement Of the Cuban war, which
shall not involve some considera-
ton Of the wishes OF the Cuban patri-
OTIS. Moreover, it viii demonstrate 10 the
world how very ridiculous is the pre-
sumption Of Spain that ii can subjugate
the free Republic Of Cuba by force and
arms
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-20
A Case of Total Depruvity.

Something happened not long ago, in
the Indian Territory, which shows just
how fiendish a man can be in a civil
lied country, and escape due punish
ment. OF course, a man in these waste
corners Of our land is allowed more lat
itude than he would be where things
are more settled; TO a certain extent
that is necessary. And an exaggeratiOn
of that opinion is doubtless the cause
of this particular incident. There are
always some men who, if they are
given an inch, will take an ell.
There was a white man named Ross,
about thirty-five years old, who came
TO the Indian Territory from MISSISSIPPI
pi. and settled among the Choctaws,
and one of the first things he did was
TO marry a sixteen-year- Indian girl.
The girl may or may not have been
consulted in the arrangement At any
rate. little while after he married her
he saw fit to tie her TO a wagon wheel
and amuse himself by firing as near to
her head as he could without hitting it.
He assured her he was doing this mere
~ to scare her, and perhaps she ought
not to have objected to his amusing
himself in that way, but it was rather
trying to the nerves. Next day, find
ing that she had told her mother what
had happened, he took club and beat
her nearly to death. The next thing he
did was to take her out into the woods,
tie her to d tree, and leave her there
for a day. When he next paid attention
to her il was in the nature of a climax.
He fastened her TO powder keg nearly
full of powder and arranged a slow
match in such a way that in course of
/ several minutes the powder would blow
/ the girl TO atoms, destroy her cabin,
and create cOniagration that would
/ hide the evidences Of the crime Then
/ he retired to a safe distance leaving her
/ to her fate owing to "a fortunate acct
dent, however. the fire failed to reach
! the powder, the girl WAS rescued, and
/ the rascal caught. After all these facts
were brought out at the trial, the jury
sentenced Ross to three and half years
in the pententary.
The moral Of this infamous business
is that most people need some educa-
ton in the matter of right and justice
In districts where Indian depredations
have been especially terrible, juries are
VIGOROUSLY unfair to Indian criminals
and disposed to give every chance Il
White criminals. The people are more
or less governed by the primitive no
tons of tribal warfare, which justify
the killing Of any member of a hostile
tribe. But if justice means anything
and if human rights are anything bu
name, enlightened people should Dc
their utmost to get rid Of this primeva
idea No human being should be helt
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-20

diocrities whom Mckinley has gathered
about him that the contrast is startling
1t is particularly startling at the present
moment. when in the arts of diplomacy
Sagasta is pitted against Day
Sagasta is septuaSenarlan OF great
talents of wide experience, of brilliant
mast. He is not a lawyer. as many states
men are. His early education was as an
engineer. He became an editor, but ever
since 1854. save at periods when he was IN
exile in France because the displeasure OF
Isabella rested upon him. he has been IN
nublfc life and in the very front dank or
SDanish affairs. He was minister under
Prin after the fall of Isabella, minister
of Snain under Amadeus. of foreign ar
fairs under Serrano. and upon the death
Of AInhonso XII in 1850 was again called
To tho head of affairs. He is urbane, II
somewhat cratic bitter and aggressive
when he wishes to be. but pFotouholy
versed in international law the usaGeS OF
counts and the ms and outs of diplomacy
He has been at times a royalist ana a
Renublican. and through all the varying
fortunes of Spain for nearly fifty years
save when the frown OF lsabeHa was
heavy upon him. he has managed auroltly
and successfully to keep in touch Win
affairs and sometimes to direct them.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-20
why Not Recognize Authority

We are at q loss 10 understand why
fhe proposition to increase the rank Of
the general commanding the American
Army TO that Of a lieutenant general
should be opposed in any quarter. The
personal equation has nothing TO do
with IL. II is a matter Of principle, Of
organization and Of bringing our mill
tary system more in line with that Of
the chief war powers Of the world. The
antagonism TO this simple and sensible
technical suggestion is amazingly
strange. II is possible that it may mean
that the notion Of reorganizing the
army upon scientific modern lines is OBJ
noxious TO the views Of our best bust
ness interests They may feel that il
Is better 10 keep the military arm Of
the Government IN a condition Of police
organization. with no high officers Ia
give it dignity and individuality, and
thus to minimize its influence with the
people.
The whole propaganda is un-Amerl-
can and foolish. For a long time this
country refused TO give a rank higher
than commodore TO any man in its
Navy. The consequence was that, wher
our chief naval commanders We're COM
PEELED to represent their nations dig
nifty abroad they were ranked below
and had to give official precedence to
the admiraIs, vice admirals and rear
admirals Of the most insignificant
States. We have progressed sufficient.
ly in the paths Of civilization TO rem
edy this defect by constituting rear ad-
mirals. We should go further, and es-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-20
ECHOES FROM ABROAD,

trial has just come to a close in
Athens which shed a flood of light on
the causes of the heretofore ineXplicabIe
inefiiciency of the Greek navy in that
country's war with Turkey. The facts
were brought out at the hearing of the
case of Midshipman KOkoris, against
whom the charge was made of ''calum-
niously denouncing" Commodore Sach-
tours land his confederates'' as traitors
10 the country's cause.
Instead of securing the conviction of
the midshipman, however, his charges
were proved by 1l2 naval officers. and
Sachtouris, along with Commodore
Kriezis, will now have to face a charge
of high treason brought by Mr.. Levidis,
who was Grecian minister of marine dur
ing the hostilities and whose orders the
commodores failed to obey. Both the ac-
cused officers are court favorites, KrieZis
latter doubtless will do all he can with
safety to prevent a conviction being Sc
cured. This is considered all the more
likely because it is generally believed in
the Greek capital, and this belief was
strengthened by testimony at KokOris' :
trial that King George sent TO Sach-
touris secret orders in cipher counter
handing those issued by his minister of
marine. This suspicion regarding the
| king also is Corroborated in a measure
by the tone of the palace press. which is
trying to divert attention from Sach-
tourists duplicity by violent attacks on
| Levidis.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-20

responsible fdr the crimes of his father,
his grandfather, -or his race or tribe.
This white scoundrel should have been
treated with precisely the same severity
with which an Indian would be treated
who should dare abuse a white woman
in this way. Our Government has taken
from the Indian tribes, so far as it can,
the power of attending to their own
vengeance 1t says, in effect, You must
not revenge yourselves on this man who
has iII-treated this woman; you must
not torture him or hang him or pun
ish him according to your laws
because that would be barbarous
and unlawful. If you will become civil
lied we will attend to those things.
And then it overlooks the deeds of
white mobs who lynch Indians without
proof of crime, and gives white man
small penitentiary sentence for a
crime Of peculiar and uncalled-Ior
fiendishness. The Creeks and the Choc-
taws are peaceable Indians, and have
not been guilty of depredations against
the whites. They should be treated
with the justice which is so loudly
claimed as an attribute Of the eau
casian race.