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, 1900-09-22

State and national mining laws at
The Republican once; 40 cents ger
copy.
, 1900-09-22

To prevent consumption quickly cure
throat and lung troubles with One Mn
ute Coush Cure. Laramie Drug Co.
, 1900-09-22
WILL NOT YELLED
NINE OWNERS IN Pennsylvania
ARE FIRM IN THEIR
REFUSAL.

William v. S. Thorne Gives Views Of
Empioyers-Henry George, Jr-
Trying to Effect a meeting-mob
Violence in the Shenandoah Dis
triet-The Situation Summed Up.
, 1900-09-22

DeWitt's Little Early Risers are
prompt. palatable, pleasant. powerful.
purifying little pills. Laramie Drug
Co.
, 1900-09-22
GUOD FOR ALL TINE.

To appreciate the value Of the E1pan-
son Atlas, 4 must g a copy. II
It were advertised At the price or IS, tn
stead OF so cents, the public would form
IN advance a more correct estimate of
its worth While 1t u intended prt-
nar!ly to add Information to current
war news, It indeed Is . standard work
tor All tina.
, 1900-09-22
NEW YORK NEWS
BIG TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH
COMBINE is A PROB.
ABILITY.
Deer Hunter in Adirondacks
Shoots Two Persons-Harcus Oa.
" Setter-OeHey Arch 70 be
Torn Do~n-A Terrible Fall.

New York, Sept. Elm its forth.
coming issue the Electric Review will
say
There have been rumors Of late
concerning the probable amalgamation
OF all telephone and telegraph com
pauies in the United States. The Elec-
tr!cal Review was recently informed
that rapid progress was being made
n this direction BY the financial inter
ests OF four leading companies. These
are the American Telephone and Tele-
graph company. which now includes
the American Bell Telephone com
pany, the Telephone. Telegraph and
Gable company Of America. Western
Union Telegraph company and the
Postal Telegraph-Cable company, It
is predicted by those in a position to
know that these interests will be con,
soIidated into L big company to be
known as the National Telephone and
Telegraph company. probably before
the end Of the present year.
Mrs. Jack" Astor Wins Tennis Cup.
Mrs Jack" Aston, at Newport,
won the september cup. offered by her
husband. in the mixed doubles tennis
tournament. Cyril Hatch was her
partner. Five sets were necessary to
decide the match. At one time it look
ed as il Mrs. Aston would be defeated.
The opposing pair were Miss Alice
Blight and Gerald Lowthers. "Stuyves"
Leroy was selected referee. while
Harry Lehr and Robert S~edgewick
had positions on the side lines. Mrs.
Aston opened with a weak game, but
when the third set was reached she
was in her best form, some OF her
plays being brilliant. The summary:
Mrs. J. J. Astor and Cyril Hatch beat
Miss Alice Blight and Gerald Low
theirs: 0-5, g.. 90. 81 and IS.
, 1900-09-22

Thousands have beeu cured Of palpits-
ton. liver trouble shOrtue-- Of breath pain
in the side. hackache. and numerous other
complaints BY the Use Of Dr. Pierce Golden
Medical Discovery This medicine acts
directly upon the stomach the organs Of
digestion and nutrition and the blood max
ing glands. and the fact that il cures 20
many forms Of disease 3, the bes, proof that
these disease originate IN the stomach and
must b. cur.l ,h--w-h The -t-r.-h
, 1900-09-22

LARAMIE LODGE NO. 3Oi, FRA.
TERNAL UNION OF AMERICA.
Meets third Thursday OF each month
il G. A. r. hall.
May Baird Campbell. F. NJ.
lnez McCutcheon, Secretary,
, 1900-09-22

WYOMING CIRCLE NO. PSI, WO-
MEN OF WOODCRAFT. Meets first
and third Friday evenings in |. o. o.
F. hall. Elizabeth Graham. v. G..
Janet Crawford, Clerk.
, 1900-09-22

New York, Sept. 2l.-Iu its forth
coming issue the Electric Review will
, 1900-09-22
Smelling Pei Tang Forts.

Berlin. Sept IA dispatch re-
ceived from Taku, dated today, Sep
TENDER II, says:
Yesterday evening the Pei Tang
forts opened dre on the Russian In
fantry camp. wounding twenty-five
, 1900-09-22
SOCIETY DIRECTORY

Secretaries OF organizations will
please notify this office OF any change
OF officers or other correction desired.
, 1900-09-22

LARAMIE REBEKAH LODGE 80.
l, |. o. o. F. Meets second and
fourth Thursday evenings in l O o f.
hall. Sarah Smart, y. G.
Lena Grass, Secretary.
, 1900-09-22


Meets second and fourth Frtcays Il
each month IN / o. 0. :, hall
Emue l Prtc.ett, Lady Co1-
Helen add, Record KeeD=r-
WAsATCH TRIBE 40. 2. L o. 2
VI. Meets the second aat fourth FRI
days Of zach month in / O. o. ?. hall
Henry ". Koch, S=ctsu
Charles ". S!ss=n, c. Of R
LARAMIE TENT no. !. K 0. 7. N
Meets every Tuesday evening II / O.
y F. hall F. ". Otc- Coz
/ R. swtgert, R. K
CUSTER POST NO. G. 4 Z
Meets second and fourth Monday ='-
enings in G. \. r. hall.
E. 2. GasksI. P. c.
J. A Coketa!r, AdIt.
CUSTER CORPS NO. 20. ". P c.
Meets first and third Monday eTeaings
in G.. A. r. hall.
Mrs. Lizzie Reals. Pres.
Mrs. Olivia Peaie. Secretary.
WASHINGTON CAMP NO. !, P. 0.
;. Of 4. Meets second I fourth
Wednesday evenings in G. \. r hall.
G. W. DeForest, Pres.
o. s. Jackson, R. S.
CACTUS LOYAL ORANGE LODGE
30. 232, Meets first and third Sat
urday evenings in / o. o. F. hall.
E. D. Titus. W. VI.
7. R. Cummings, Secretary.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION NJ.
lV3, B. Of L. E. Meets first and third
Saturday evenings at 100 in G. A R
hall.
James King, Jr., Chief Engineer.
Farley Mathison, First Assistant.
BLACK HILLS LODGE no. So, B.
o: l.. F. Meets every Friday at . p.
N. in G. \. r. hall.
R. E. Haskell, Master.
B. ]. Harnish, Secretary.
R. ". BANTER. JR.. LODGE NO.
81, B. OF R. X. 7. Meets first We'd
nesday afternoon and third Wednes-
day evening in C. a. R. hall.
o. ar Morris, Master.
II. VI. Burns, Secretary.
GEM OF THE ROCKIES LODGE
no. S., G. l.. \. to the B. of L. E.
Meets first and third Thursday after
Moons in G. A. r. hall.
Mrs. Dave Reid, President.
Mrs. G.. NJ. Harris, Sec'y.
MOUNTAIN HOME LODGE NO. 81,
L. a. to the B. OF R. T. Meets in G.
A. R. hall second and fourth Thurs
days at $50
Mrs. J. J. Storey, Mistress.
Miss Kate Featherstone, Sec'y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24

feet of space between the sides being filed UP with
mud reduced TO the consistency OF cement. The
Stored towers above the gates TERED with in
cllned openings, made to look as If they masked
cannon, and actually painted with white and black
circles to make the dsusiOn complete, in order TO
CHEAT the god Of war as he passes by. These
painted bricks are good example Of Chinese civil
lzation. Even though they be but simulacra, ii is
the natural duty Of a Chinaman to respect them
II they contained the finest of artillery. The APP
pearance is right and the appearance is everything
No gate IN China admits direct TO Enclosure. and
inside the great gate OF Picking there is curve
to the important and busiest thoroughfare. in
which are to be found the principal trades and
hosteres
great difference exists between the Imperial
capital and the provincial cities. in that the main
streets of Picking of adequate width. although
stalls and booths have been set up between the
frontage and the roadway either side. The
buildings rarely stories high, most of them
have a flat roof protected by carved wooden
parapet Another difference between the north and
the midlands is that the cold Of the Monaghan
desert and the high ATTITUDES make the people close
in the fronts with boards and paper windows. while
wadded portiere keeps out the wind Signboards
scrolls, banners and trade embems are in front or
yellow and black with characters Of brightest gold,
they make striking show of color that is relief
from the uniform monOtony of Chinese costume,
and the gold is particularly effective as a means of
distinction. Amid trade signs, some, notably those
of the barber and the pawnbroker. are not unlike
the old signs of the West; the bootmakers have
the same as can be seen in Nuremberg to-day;
others with many colored paper scraps and strips,
less Ineligible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24

ing from Europe there occur mistakes Of pro-
nunciation at which the Chinese are hugely
amused. Every vowel has four tones and 10 the
untutored ear three are very much the same.
There Is a theory abroad that too much Chinese
learning makes little mad. and among our
Consuls ii is a standing joke TO echo the talk OF
their fellow countrymen and say: 'rOf course we
are all lunatics; you see we talk Chinese One
wonders how far the isolation OF the Chinese has
contributed the extraordinary difficulty Of their
Clearly case of action and reaction.
In the Forbidden City, which contains the i'm
Perial palaces. foreigner sets foot. except
Wnen the STATS Of the legations carry their con-
ordinations TO the Emperor the New Year
Day-the 9th Of February OF the Chinese calendar
-and IN the rare cases OF special audience,
OF which took place when Prince Henry OF Prussia
was personally received by the Emperor the
very door. This question OF audience has for the
last hundred years been of the highest political
Importance First came the demand for the per-
romance OF the kotOw: then the right OF audi
ence completely conceded in 1873: lastly the place
OF audience, toward the satisfactory solution OF
Whlch much was done when Sir Nicholas O'COnOr
was received. not, formerly in the Hall OF Trib-
utSFy Nations, but at palace within the For
plQden City. Chinese prejudice never disappears
Pe1ore the light, but il is daily being broken down
Dy IT'S own weight under external pressure. In
years 10 come even the horrors OF the Picking cart
may be discarded by foreign residents in favor OF
the foreign rickshaw. but this depends
tne -mend1ng Of Chinese roads than the mending
or Chinese manners. How long will the dry bones
i've? But for the interfering hand OF the bar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24

able men in China than those who advised him
not one of the reform edicts he issued could be
round fault with in the slightest particular If
tney should be examined to-day.
Inc European nations and business Americans
are getting TO have feelings about China of I'M
aduterated. sckening selhshness. II is all what they
can get out OF It, while for those who in China,
working for her people and her, Il Is all how she
can be helped business was In here talk
ing with me the other day who was going TO Wash
lngton TO see II he could not reap little some
thing out of the present msfortunes Of China 1t
may be that the Emperor little hasty, but
You can't always get reform by going at 1t short
steps at time 1t is true that the Empress Dow
ager is stronger character than the Emperor,
but not better.
There is simply nothing in the belief that Russia
has any great interest in the Boxers, except to
press them. She has about all the territory she
needs-ports and all. It is only the natural feeling
that she should have the first say about questions
arising upon her borders that leads her to take
the chief place among foreign Powers in the pres
ent riots. She is by far the most influential nation
in China.
The Ar1s-ican Board OF Foreign Missions of the
Congregational Society has had news from
China" said the Rev. DR.. Charles c. Creegan,
the district secretary. Its mission at Tien-Tsin
was the first one established there. The Rev. DR..
Henry Blodgett. now stationed at Picking, the
founder"
The French missionaries have sent out cir
cular letter from Kiang-Nang, dated April IS,
which gives something OF interest about the at
tacks of Boxers upon the missionaries. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24

Pei-Ta-Ho, the place where the American Consul
az Shanghai says in a dispatch the gunboat Nash
vie took aboard thlrty-three missionaries VINO
later arrived az Che-FOo, yesterday described
By Isaac T. Hesdland, professor OF mental ana
moral philosophy in the University Of Picking he
said that Il was q little summer resort for mission
aries on the Gulf Of Pe-chi-n, Two hundred miles
northeast Of T1en-Tsin- There the business men or
China and their families &c. Civil engineers. their
wives and children are also residents OF the little
settlement. and people who go there 10 study the
Chinese language. Il is not the map Professor
Headland sure there were no Methodist mis-
slofarles there IN speaking about the general stu
alton the professor said:
II might be, some one has said, that this will
Ply the Chrlslianiziug Of China back fifty years
men AGAIN, and more likely, IL may send things
iIeeo az equal time II the Powers should put the
L-lAPtiOl 16aln on the throne and heip MIN carry
49, Lla pioeressiEe IDEAS China will jump toward
-EAe t4s'a Ne do not believe that u Is Tor the
49, s-lafe q emma 20 have her territory dlVldeQ
a-IiYSnS me dlnerent Western nations There Is
F--s 40 leeo or such partition If these countries
noeta only give their good will 70 the troubled
.o,.lfffz y men the Emperor was IN power ana
-'-Seii70 DS ihe proEressiyes-there are no more
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24

Rev. F J. Lamb, Of the College of St. Francis
Xavier. has just received copy. II said that the
rioters were extremely aggressive in five provinces.
and had several times attacked the Catholic COM
munities- part of the letter follows
The Catholics were well armed. and resisted the
attack and drove off the Boxers There were very
few fatalities the part Of the Christians Inc
gagement that of Yu-Chang the Boxers LETT
thirty dead the field. At the Episcopal resi-
Pechil Province, the Boxers made bloody as
sault In Tien-Tsin ii is generally believed that
the concessions. The Boxers wish rather 10
set FIRE 10 the quarters so as TO rob the places
patton of such attack corps Of French volun-
JeerS has been organized. The corps numbers
twenty. and is under command Of a lieutenant
Another letter. from Tchang-Kia-Tchoang. has
Deen translated follows:
The most interesting item is the defence made
Boxers. About eight hundred OF these rooberS
attacked the houses Of the Christians there. The
CHRISTIANS, aIth9ugh rev IN number maze a d
half. and the arrival Of the soldiers put the
brigands 10 flight. The Boxers lost at least thirty
killed. and large number were wounded, many
whom died the day II truly edIrylng
TO the spirit OF faith with which our Chris
tians acted Before the attack they knelt in
prayer and even during tumuIt they might be
heard invoking the aid Of the Holy Virgin. At
present there is q calm. which however We do not
expect be of long duration. The rebels have
again begun their reunions in the north, and We
know for certain that they have patrons among
Of the Christians have shown a marked increase
in fervor. a large number of those who have been
rather than 10 recant. This is great consolation
10 US. In instance native Christian, Isor,
whom the Boxers hoped TO win over TO their cause
account OF MS past frleudlnesS 70 ther refused
to yield. His ears were cut and ne was put 10
torture for four days before he escaped. The
NiCeTOy OF PechlH has issued a decree calling on
Christians and mont Christians live in peace, but
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24
FRIENDS HERE ANXIOUS.
DOUBT ABOUT MISSIONARIES.
pR7FF CABLE DISPATCH TO METHODIST So
Getty AROUsEs APPREHENsIoN-PE-
KING PROFESSOR SPEAKS.

flemish the centre Of the hercest fighting be-
tween the foreign troops and the Boxers, is a
c,ief station OF the Methodist Episcopal Board of
r-o-eign Missions Il was there that during the
carly part Of the present trouble the members of
the Tsun-Hua station were ordered for safety. In
au there are about forty church members in
the city counting the members Of the missionaries
Fs-,,i1ies This cable dispatch came 10 Secretary
A 2 Leonard OF the Board. and has left the Of
hce-s n doubt and anxiety about what has been
going on in Tien-Tsin:
7-ien-Tsir bombarded. Picking very serious. Hop
l.ne Brown King saved gunbOat- BROWN.
This message gives comfort only in that it as
sureS the safety Of these three missionaries by
saving as Dr. Leonard interprets II. that they have
been taken aboard a gunboat. II brought no news
q the many other missionaries and their families
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24

bat instead by not saying anything about them.
il has been greatly more disturbing than news
a-aL The home officers are in doubt 10 whether
70 believe that the others had already been rescued
IL some ether way and that Hopkins. Brown and
King were the last TO be saved. 10 believe that
ali me others have been killed. The date Of the
message June 10. and that It's starting place was
Che-Foo were also hard 10 explain
III is certainly very confusing Dr. Leonard said
81 hardly know what TO say about il. II only men
hons rhe safety Of three missionaries and We have
quite number at Tien-Tsin."
The list OF the Methodist missionaries at Ten
Tsin is: The Rev. J. n Pyke. who is in charge and
whose home Is in Indiana; the Rev F. Brown. wife
and I've children, home. England. appointed in 1886
from the Ohio Conference; the Rev. J. F. Hayner.
wife and three children, home, Ohio. appointed in
1898 from the New-York Conference; the Rev. g.
r Davis. home. Ohio appointed in 1881 from the
Detroit Conference: the Rev. ". T. Hobart family
il the United States home. Michigan. appointed in
1852 the Rev. II. s Hopkins NJ D, wife and three
children home. Massac hUseJts. appointed in 1886;
the Rev. H King. wife and three children, home.
Michigan: J. Victor Martin. family; the Rev.
Dr. ". r Walker wife and child: home, Ind
lana.
The Wonen's Foreign Missionary Society has
these workers there: Miss Francis O. Wilson. Chi
cago: DIT. Rachel r. Benn, Pennsylvania; Miss Ella
Indiana: Miss Mary E. Shockley Ohio; Miss Edna
O. TeTry. n D. Long Island, and Miss Miranda
CroucAer.
The CongregationaIists have the following mis-
siouaries in Tien-Tsin:
TIE Rev T Aiken. Maud l. Aiken, the Rev;
Franklin NJ Chaplin the Rev John L Mater and
Mary L Matter
The BaptIsts. Episcopalians and Presbyterians
have no missionaries IN Tien-Tsin-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24

particularly in the Imperial city live most of the
leading and Opulent class, and, therefore Ine
than is the rule elsewhere. fugh brlck VANS,
a single stone entrance. surround a multitude
OF courts, fanked by tile rooted owelIlng rooms,
It is curious and universal custom among IAe
Chinese 10 put up immediately facing the outer
door stone or brick screen, bearing tablets OF
painted scrolls. inscribed with the names OF dl-
cestors classical texts The object according TO
time houored superstition, IS to ward off evil spr-
its for the demon on entering knocks his head
and GOES av-av sorrovful Whv the aforesaid
gate yet not sufficient TO wheel round the screen,
IS difficult for the unintiated to understand There
is attempt at osteutation, or even or decent
comfort, about these dwelling places
CITIES WITHIN THE CITY.
The four cities Of Picking the Chinese. the
Tartar the Imperial and the Forbidden. Each Is
QuGdrilateral and marked OF by wall from out
side TO centre IN the order gwen save mat Ins
not encrce, the remainder. Originally the Chinese
had be kept at a safe distance IN subsection 70
now superfuous, although there survives a per-
ceptibe variety o. type, in spite of the mixture OF
blood ana the Mahchu women qIess tieli LaII IN IN
different fashion, secured at the BACK Dy a long
bar that is turned down after marriage Within
the Chinese city is q vast open space. the two
great Enclosures OF which are green Win trees ana
dedicated respectively. on the north and south TO
the Temple OF Agriculture and the Temple Of
Heaven. In the middle 4-4ngdom there are three
great systems of religion of worship and Of phil
osophy working together in harmony with q Gov
eminent which patronizes and conforms to each
without friction and without fusion.
,aT+,,rIt e. 2 q bT+ |Tsoisr has had the nonI1iar
object of the wonder Of yeneration of men II
the official classes, by reason Of their training,
mainly ConfusanIst-that is to say, agnostic in
their Intellectual sympa thes-that does not absolve
them their Imperial master from the regular
and elaborate oDserVance OF me great state ser
and heaven are invoked by the Emperor without
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24
THE CITY OF PEKING.
BY H. w. LAWSON.
From The London Daily Telegraph.

From The London Daily Telegraph.
Picking lends itself TO nickname and ALTERATION
An English Minister described 1t the place OF
dirt, dust and disdain." Others have found 1t.
like LORD Amherst. city of despair. Henry Nor
man says that the two moments when one ap-
preciates il the first sight OF its frownng gates
and the last. Whatever II is or is to the men
of long views It must always be of the
centres of human interest and International
lauons During the dynasty of those Mngs whose
name the war cry of the Taipings, and is to-
day in the mouths Of many Of the secret societies
that form the great difficulty of Chinese rule and
management it city of but second i'm
portance- Their attention was given TO the embel-
lishment Of the half wasted city of Marking,
often called the national capital" but Peking has
been the Imperial capital since the Ia Tsngs seized
the throne, and those who are qualified TO speak
of opinion that notion of degrading 1t
pride of place suit the convenience of
European diplomacy is foredoomed to failure. It
is not only the capital of the Manchus, it is the
capital of the mandarins The official world is OF
the Pekngese stamp, and Pekingese is the official
language. the tongue of the graduate and educated
man. To the it has pleasanter and softer
sound than the rough dialects of the provinces,
and il been dev eloped and moulded to the
elaborate and ornate phrases of polite society
The Ssh" is often heard instead of harder and
more uncouth conjunctOns.
In the four cities which make up the capital and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24
LARGE SAVING TO THE CITY.

CORPORATION COUNSEL SAYS TWO COURT OF
APPEALS DECISIONS INVOLVE 100000
Corporation Counsel Whalen has expressed the
oDinion that the city will save about 100000 on
account OF TWO decisions which were handed down
bv the Court Of Appeals on Friday The hrst de-
cision is against the New-York Central and Hud-
con River Railroad Company. which sought 10
"a "a te assessments for local improvements It's
property in the Twenty-third and Iwenty-fourth
F,,"ia5 dismisses the appeal IN the Whitlock-ave
oseessment case. in The Bronx
rrbe CORPORATION Counsel has asserted that the
decisions sustain the charter provisions as 70
Ils-T1ents upon property for local improvements
; ~ will nut stop much speculative litigation
nv nroperty owners VINO try 10 eVade the payment
OF assessments