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, 1900-12-22

| 1t looks now as If the Laramie
Plains Live Stock Protective associa-
ton would cease to offer a bounty on
wolves, coyotes and cats. A meeting
was CALLED for this morning in the city
hall and despite the fact that plenty of
notice was given of the meeting there
was SC small an attendance that it
was deemed advisable to do nothing.
The money raised by the association
a year ago has been completely ex-
hausted and as there was no provision
for the perpetuation Of the association
it is dissolved unless further action be
taken.
The association has done a good
work in the lessening Of the number
of predatory animals. Between March
5 and December Is of this year the
number Of scalps taken, and the
amounts on them respectively were as
follows:
Coyotes, $40; bounty paid, $3.50.
Wolves, 40; bounty paid $3.50.
Wolf pups, II; bounty paid. $685..
Cats, 54; amount paid, $54.
Total amount paid out. s2,199.
Discouraged Now.
From the very organization of the
association the money has been con
tributed by less than half the stock
men Of the country. This morning 1t
appeared from the meager attendance
at the meeting that the partial clear.
, 1900-12-22
BRIEFLY MENTIONED

At the Presbyterian church Sunday
evening the pastor will give an illus
trated lecture on The Life of Christ
in Art" Many pictures of the great
artists will be shown. Admission free.
Collection.
The weather indications today are
quite favorable for a white Christ
mas" A regular blizzard has been pre-
vailing in the neighborhood of Rock
River and the storm is plainly visible
in the west. 1t is also showing on
Sherman hill, and it does not seem pos
sible that Laramie can escape.
Messrs. Lane and Lorne, two accom-
plished musicians, arrived in the city
today and will remain about a week.
These gentlemen visited Laramie
about -four years ago and during their
stay here played for one of the Tilacum
club dances. 1t is probable a dance
will be arranged during their present
stay, in order that the young people
may enjoy the fine music they pro-
duce.
A bold robbery was committed yes
terday afternoon in C. j. Peterson's
tailor shop. Somebody got away with
a trousers pattern that was hanging in
the display window. The loss was not
noticed till late in the afternoon and
Mr.. Peterson has no idea when or by
wrom the goods were stolen. 1t must
have been a matter of some difficulty
to make away with the roll Of goods in
broad daylight.
, 1900-12-22
DARING De WET
DASHED THROUGH A MEX AND
ESCAPED WITH HIS
MEN.
Magnificent SpectacIe-The Whole
Boer Army, With Steyn Leading
and De Vet Bringing Up the Rear,
GalIoped Thought the British
Line.

Bloemfontein, Dec. 20.-The details
of General De Vets escape from the
encircling British columns show that
it was one of the boldest incidents of
the war. When HaasbrOek's command
joined De Wet December IL, some fif-
teen miles east of ~Thabanchu, Gener-
al Knox was only about IN hour dis
tant, and the Boer situation seemed
desperate. But De Wet was equal to
the occasion. Dispatching Haasbroek
westward to make a feint at Victoria
mex, General De Wet prepared to
break through the British columns at
Springhau mex pass. about four miles
ahead. At the entrance were two for
titled posts, while artillery was posted
eastward, watching the Beers. Sud
denly a magnificent spectacle was pre-
scented. The whole Boer army of $500
men started at a gallop in open order
through the mex. President Steyn and
Peit Fourie led the charge and De Wet
brought up the rear. The British ri
fes and guns doomed and ratified in
c~essantly.
Magnificent Daring.
The Beers first tried the eastern
route; but encountering artillery,
they diverged and galloped to the front
, 1900-12-22
WILLING
TO PAY PART OF THE COST OF
ACCIDENT INSURANCE FOR
ITS EMPLOYEES.
Circular on the Subject-RaiIroad
the Purpose of Such Insurance.
Not in any Way Compulsory

The management of the Union Pa,
cific has taken a new step in the direc.
ton of encouraging accident insurance
among it's employees. Hereafter it will
bear one-fourth to one-third of the cost
of such accident insurance, and while
the insurance is not made compulso-
ry the company plainly desires to en-
courage it. The circular that has Just
been received on this subject is as fol-
lows:
Omaha. Neb., Dec. Is, 1900.
Notice to All Employees:
Accident Insurance.
Union Pacific Railroad company IN
unce to it's employees that it has en-
tered into a contract with he Aetna
Life Insurance company, of Hartford,
Conn, the oldest and largest company
issuing accident policies. whereby all
employees may obtain the best of ac-
cident policies.
To aid it's employees to secure reliable
protection for themselves and fami-
lies in cases of disabling or fatal ac-
cidents, the railroad company will
bear one-third (1-3) of the premium,
or cost, of the insurance for all con-
ductors, baggagemen, brakemen and
locomotive engineers and firemen, yard
fOremen and %switchmen. and bridge
, 1900-12-22

of the hill to the westward, where the
fire of only a single post was effective.
The whole maneuver was a piece of
magnificent daring and it's success
was complete, in spite Of the loss Of
a fifteeen-pounder and twenty-five pris-
oners.
The British force detached after
Haasbroek came in contact with his
commando at nightfall. The burghers
were scattered and Welsh yeomary
galloped among the %retreating Beers,
using their revolvers and the butt ends
of their rifles with a great effect.
An incident of the fight was the gal
lop of a British ammunition wagon
through the scattered Beers, the gun
ners using their revolvers freely.
, 1900-12-22

them than heretofore will avail them
selves of it
This action on the part of the COM
pany must be clearly understood as
being in no respect compulsory on it's
employes,-they being at liberty to &C
cept or reject it as their judgment or
preference may dictate.
Full information concerning, and ap-
plications for, this insurance may be
had at the Offices of all superintend-
ents, master mechanics, and district
foremen, at any time after Jan. /, 1900.
HORACE G. BURT, President.
, 1900-12-22

Now is the time when Group and
ung troubles prove rapidly fatal. The
only harmless remedy that produces
immediate results is One Minute Cough
Cure. 1t is very pleasant to take and
can be relied upon to quickly cure
coughs, colds and all diseases. 1t will
prevent consumption. Laramie Drug
company.
, 1900-12-22

The Union Pacific has announced
its rate of one fare for the round trip
for the Christmas holidays. Tickets
will be On sale Dec. %, "a, rs, 80 and
81 and January l..
, 1900-12-22

There will be an examination Of
teachers for first, second and third
class certificates at the office Of the
county superintendent, 267 Second
street. Dec. 2sth and 29th, 1900.
c. H. SIMPSON, Superintendent
, 1900-12-22
EASTERN STAR OFFICERS
For ENSUING YEAR.

The following officers for Alpha
Chapter No. /, o. E. s., were elected
and appointed at the last regular meet.
ing:
Worthy Matron-Mrs. Helen Kidd.
Worthy Patron-Mr. w. S. Ingham.
Associate Matron-Mrs. Fannie Set
tele.
Secretary-Mrs. Mary Hynds.
Treasurer-Mrs. S. Z. Gardiner.
Conductress-Mrs. Sarah Haskins.
Assistant Conductress-Mrs. Emma
Cummings.
Adah-Miss Tessie WEIGH.
Ruth-Miss Manda Burke.
Esther-Mrs. NJ. E. Stickney.
Martha-Miss Iva WEIGH.
Electa-Miss Blanche Durlacher.
Warden-Mrs. Luama Bramel.
Sentinel-Mrs. Kate Fenwick.
Organist-Mrs. Anna DeLario.
Marshal-Mrs. May Riggs.
Chaplain-Mrs. Fannie Fisher.
, 1900-12-22
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.

Handsome presents for men, wo-
men and children. During the next
week we will put out special bargains
in Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry,
Clocks, Silverware, Sterling Novelties,
at greatly reduced prices. Our goods
are the best. Our prices as low as the
lowest. We can sell lower than any
jeweIry house in the city on account Of
our light expenses.
Giv US a CALL.
JESSE CONVERSE.
, 1900-12-22

FOR SALE-250 tons of good hay.
Can be fed in field, plenty of good run
ming water. Address,
C. II. JONES',
10St6 1872 Mandel, Wyo.
, 1900-12-22

FOR SALE-Three brick houses on
University and Sixth street, either to.
ether or separately. Apply to
o19-3m Il. A. WILKINSON.
, 1900-12-22
Pure Apple Cider 80
to 4Oc gal. Trainings

State and national mining laws at
The Republican office. 40 cents per
copy.
, 1900-12-22

Dressed Turkeys, the finest
in town, Pelton'S.
, 1900-12-22
n o
BOUNTY ON WOLVES AND
COYOTES IN THIS
COUNTY.

Laramie Plains Live Stock Protective
Association viii Not Continue Its
Efforts to Wipe Out the Preda.
tory Misunderstanding This Morn.
ing Was Shiny Attended and
Those Present Gave Up.
, 1900-12-22

A handsome and use.
full Christmas gift is one
Of our toilet soap and
perfume souvenir box
es at IS and 75c at
Trainings.
, 1900-12-22
A fine assortment of
mixed new nuts Is to
zoe at Trainings.

Special low prices on
Candy at Laramie Groc-
cry Co.
, 1900-12-22

Our candy stock is
large and very cheap.
Prices 10. 124 and 15c
at Trainings.
, 1900-12-22

1OStG 1872
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been taken into full confidence, so hi
had learned nothing worth telling, and
while the others were debating what tc
do with him. he suddenly took the
alarm and decamped between suns
HID he remained he would undoubted-
| ly have met with an accident. and
suppose l would have been an accessory
before the fact. That was one case
that came under my personal observa-
ton. On another occasion a Russian
! spy came here to locate q couple of Nj
| hilists who had been journalists in ST
| Petersburg. He found one of them
working in shoe shop, disclosed his
identity frankly and told the refugee to
be perfectly tranquil. He said he was
sending in fake reports to the govern
| ment, simply to get expense money, and
proposed that they work up a big Nj
hilist scare and divide what they could
| squeeze out of the secret service bu-
reau. The proposition was politly de-
clined. / saw the fellows papers and
credentials myself; they Were undoubt-
dly genuine.
1.-THE expense of maintaining such a
service must have been enormous, and,
since New Orleans was SO closely
watched, one can imagine the elabo-
rate espionage that was no doubt main
tanned in some of the northern cities
which have large Russian colonies
There were very few traitors among the
Nihilists themselves. and during my
acquaintance with the local group l
knew OF but one instance Of that kind.
= hoI live FL,
man who had betrayed several Of his
comrades in Russia came to this coun-
try for safety, and If | remember
rightly first, settled in Mobile. His
presence was known to the brotherhood,
which simply ignored him, and. as a
matter of fact, he was in no danger
whatever, but the villain was torment
ed by the fear of retribution and the
idea finally developed into an absolute
mania. He left Mobile and went from
one place to another, occasionally APP
pealing to the police for protection and
finally landed at Galveston. I heard of
the case through the newspapers and
asked my friend confidentialy whether
the man was really apt to be molested.
Not in the least he replied, we can't
dllOfu 10 get INTO trTouple Over MN anu,
besides, we feel safe in leaving him to
hiseonscience.' AS events proved they
were quite right. The badgered, phan-
tom-haunted wretch crept into the cor
ner of vacant lot and shot himself
through the heart. SO you seethere is
a good deal of unsupported drama and
tragedy beneath the prosaic surface Of
everyday life, and If we knew only
fraction of what is going on ALA round
us / dare say we would lose our taste
for the theater and the novel. I speak
freely of these experiences
because my little friend the watchma-
kerhas been dead these half dozen
years poorf elbow, and / doubt whether
a single oneof his old companions in
is still living in New Or
leans New Orleans Tmes-D Democrat.
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PERHAPS.

'They say the wife of Lii Hung Chang
has 1000 gowns"
Most of them tea gowns, of course"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Edith-Uncle George is it painful
operation when man has his leg pull
ed? And do they take anything?
Uncle George-Gas is usually admins
tered, J. believe.-Boston Transcript.
summergirl Oazily)-Td like good
novel.
Harold D'Rygoods posing as CLUB
man." absently)-Third floor-second
counter to the right. Life.
Midsummer Research-"I haven't
been down to the office for three days"
"Sick?"
mo; my family are going away, and
I've been helping them find the keys to
the trunks. "-Chicago Record.
This sacred FIRE" said the guide,
proudly, burns night and day. 1t is
never permitted to so out"
"Jest the same as the fire in that
there railroad eatin' house Of mine to
home" said the blase tourist,-Indiar-
apolis Press.
"Will you give it up now?" demand
ed the scorpion, administering another
sting.
"Never" shrieked the centipede, COM
ing back at its antagonist gamely
Never, while have leg to stand on!'
Chicago Tribune
Dear me! There are those pleasant
people we met on the train; we don't
want to be bothered with them, do
we?
NO; and we can safely go on the
plan that they don't want to be both
cred with us. indianapolis Journal.
How you must enjoy getting out to
your country home and casting dull care
to the winds after your hard days toll
in the hot and dusty city,"
Casting dull care to the winds! Oh,
say, now, you wouldn't call it dull to
chase a runaway COW three miles after
dark, would you? '-Detroit Free Press.
He carefully prepared the small gar
den plot, while his wife, deeply interest
ed in his labor, stood watching him.
After he had put in the seeds and
smoothed over the bed his wife took his
arm to accompany him to the house,
Ind on the way she asked: when will
he seeds come up, John?" Laying his
1and caressngly on her shoulder, the
smart man said: II don't expect them
% come up at all, my dear" You
lon't!" she exclaimed. ''Then why have
you gone to all that trouble?" With a
mile that springs from superior knowl- |
'dge he answered. The seeds won't |
'ome up, but the plants and flowers
will, by and by" Yet he was wrong, |
or his neighbours hens got into his gar
len and the seeds did come up. Col |
ier's Weekly
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RUssIA's SECRET SERVICE.

Some Outcroppings of it's Presence in
This Country in the Past Year.
THE Russian secret police have al
ways been popular stock characters in
sensa tional novels,''s said man who
generally knows what he Is talking
about, but, of course, the average
header has his private doubts about
such people really existing. That, let
me inform you, is where the average
reader is mistaken. During the reign Of
the present Car things have been pref
ty qquiet in Russia; but before that
time, when Nihilsm was rampant and
refugees were coming here by the ship
load, the imperial government had a
small army of spies all over the world
to keep track of the movements of ex
lied revolutionary leaders. 1t was their
business to ingratiate themselves with
the suspects, pretend sympathy with
the cause and post the officials as to
any mischief that might be Matching
abroad. Plenty of that exciting work
has gone on right under our noses in
this very city,
"A number of years ago, to cite a
case in point which can't harm any
DOuy at plG SSlll L 1lldue the
ance of a little Russian matchmaker
who lived on Bourbon street and was
remarkably well educated and interest
ing fellow. We meet so many well-edu-
Gated foreigners, however, in all kinds
of stations that I never suspected there
was anything out of the commonplace
in this mans history until one day,
when we We're taking dinner together,
he suddenly burst into tears I was
astonished, and he told me, in much ag-
itation, that the day was the anniversa-
ry of the death of his brother and that
he had been trying in vain all the
to control himself The broth
err was hanged at st. Petersburg for
in the assassination of the
Gar. Once the ice was broken, the lit
tie man made me to some extent his
and I learned many curious
things about the Nihilist refugees. He
was the son of a Russian gentleman of
wealth, but, like most children of the
upper classes, had been taught a trade
Consequently he had Matchmaking to
fall back on when he was forced to fly
with many other revolutionists, after
the Gear was killed.
However, to get back to the secret /
service: There We're at that time ten or
4 dozen Nihilist refugees in New Or |
cans. and they used to meet regularly
. a room on Cont street to talk things
over. One day a new exile turned up
n the person of young man who |
claimed to have been run out of Mos |
sow as o suspect. He was not a mem
Der of the order, but he professed warm 7
for it and was gradually ac- /
,epted as comrade by the others. ! /
Used to hear great deal about him I
rom the little matchmaker, who was
naturally generous and unsuspicious
md had been impressed by his zeal and
That sort of thing went
IN for four or five months. Then one
hight my friend the Nihilist came to
ne in great excitement and told me the
lew recruit was a Russian spy. I
ouldn't believe it; it sounded too mel
but he showed me a letter
hat was convincing, 1t came from
eliable correspondent in Germany, in
loed the fellows photograph and gave
lis complete record. He was secret
gent of some note. Luckily he hadn't
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they, too, would close their doors The
absence Of the preachers does not indi-
cate either that their churches abandon
their work or that the preachers lapse
into idleness. The organized charitable
work goes on, and the churches unite
to support preaching services during the
months when the regular congregations
are absent. The long vacation of the
modern city minister goes with the Pc
culian strain Of intense preoccupation,
unrelieved by old fashioned exchanging,
which without it could not be long en-
dured. A record of ministerial vaca-
tions would make the newspaper critic
seek new field for reflection.
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A LOFTY AMBITION.

Mr.. Bryan certainly says some fine
things For instance: I do not want
you to think that my happiness de-
ponds upon any public office within the
gift of the people of this country. /
have {. higher ambition than to be pres
ident. The man whose happiness de-
ponds upon what others do for him may
be doomed to disappointment, but if
ones happiness depends upon what he
does for others he need not be disap-
pointed. hope you will credit me with
an ambition to do what I can to make
this nation SO great and good that to be
a simple citizen will be greater than to
be king in any other land.
Mr.. Bryan said this in his speech to
the Irish societies of Cook county, Illi-
nois. 1t sounded all right and it reads
all right. 1t is fortunate for Mr.. Bryan
that he has a higher ambition than 70
be president.
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TIE B EST CONTENTION CITY.

| This being the best city in Connecti-
cut to hold any kind of convention in,
it is not surprising that many Demo-
Gratis want the Democratic State con-
prising that a New Haven paper thinks
that New Haven is entitled to the con-
vention, and that it will be Cheeky in
Hartford to put forward claims for the
convention in opposition to the claims
of New Haven. The Hartford Times
sees the situation and comes down,
though rather ungracefuliy, as follows:
If New Haven really wants the conven-
ton as badly as all this indicates it
might be good policy to let her have it
without opposition. After all, the dele
gates are those who take the action
and carry the responsibility, and the
delegates are the same, whether they
meet in New Haven, or Hartford, or
Bridgeport, or Podunk If New Haven
feels that it is not prominent enough
in the minds of the people of Connect
lieut. and that having the convention
will give it boom, by all means let it
have a lift.
OF course New Haven wants the con-
vention, just as she wants anything
that is picturesque and entertaining.
And the Times is entirely right in say
ing that the delegates will be the same
wherever they meet. New Haven does
not feel that it isnot prominent enough
in the minds of the people of Connect
icut, but it does feel that it is so pleas
antly prominent In their minds that
they like to come here whenever they
can get any excuse for coming. Why
should Democratic delegates even if
they are not as good as Republicans, be
sentenced to go to Hartford, next door
to Wethersfield?
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NOT WORKING SMOOTHLY,

Brother Bryans paramount issue"
isn't working just as he would like to
have it work. Many of his old friends
have expanded more than he has dur
ing the last two years, and though their
hearts may still be as true to 16 to I as
his heart is, they can't stand with him
on his new paramount platform. One
of those who can't thus stand is Sena-
tor Stewart of Nevada, who left the Re-
publican party four years ago because
it said Gold" Now he leaves Bryan
because Bryan says imperialism"
Senator Stewart called at Republican
headquarters in New York yesterday
and said that he had decided to vote
for Mckinley. OF course Senator Stew
arts action is significant of the change
that has taken place in the minds of
many in the West who voted for Bryan
four years ago. They are not going to
vote against their own interests this
year.
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ANCIENT WEATHER STORIES.
Probably as Many Exaggerations Then
AS Now

Probably as Many Exaggerations Their
AS Now.
| We find the "early" and the later
rain to-day in Palestine precisely as de-
scribed $500 years ago. Jordan over
/ flows all it's banks in February to-day
exactly as it did in Joshua's time, thir-
ty-three centuries ago Plants taken
from mummy cases in Egypt, which
must have been gathered more than
5000 years since, are practically of the
same size and have the same appear
ance as those growing to-day. Records
of vntages in France for over 700 years
show practically the same dates as to-
day, Actual observations of rainfall
for over sixty years at st. Petersburg
show no change appreciate to us,
though, of course, the earliest obser-
vatiors We're extremely crude and
somewhat unreliable Facts of this kind
might be adduced to fill small VOL
ume.
On the other hand, we have records
of most extraordinary cold weather in
ancient times. One winter the light
wine in France froze. Another winter
the River Pc froze over so as to bear
teams Gan unheard of phenomenon to-
day.. In this journal for June it is
stated that "Pernassus and Socrate,
now free from snow, We're covered with
it in classic antiquity" Also, "the
name Greeland. which strikes us as so
singularly Inappropriate was not map
plicable at the time it was named, in
the fourteenth century.
1t is entirely probable that descrip-
tons of the cold in ancient times We're
much exaggerated. Parnassus and So
crate have snow at times and in ear
lier days, when protection against the
cold and snow was much less than now,
a little snow would go q long way. The
earlier voyagers from Iceland, more
than 1000 years ago, leaving land of
almost perpetual ice and snow and
reaching a land in the summer with its
beautiful green color, to the unaccus-
toned eyes would very naturally give
the name of Grceland to it. In the
summer time, it is said, Greenland pre-
sents most beautiful green near the
Danish settlements to this day. Our
oldest inhabitants, who have been wont
to describe the terrible cold and deep
SHOWS of their boyhood days which does
or can occur to-day, completely lost
their reckoning in the last winter
when reading of a ship that had sunk
In New York harbor by weight OF the
Ice upon it; also that washington had
81 inches OF snow on a level and
the lowest temperature ever noted in
that fair city. A careful study will
show no appreciable change in the eli
mate of this earth since the early his
eric times. OF course, nothing here
ldduced touches climatic changes in
glacial times, which changes have been
established beyond question. Popular
Science Monthly.