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, 1902-02-17
CLARENCE WooDARD
DESERTS HIS BROTHER

Deputy Sheriff Milne has returned
to Casper from Rawlins, where he left
Clarence Woodland to begin his long
term In the p%enitentiary. He says that
Woodland said he had very little sym
pathy for his brother, Charles Wood
ard, the alleged murderer of Sheriff
Kicker. He said he should suffer all
the punishment that can be meted out
to him. He says Charles crimes are
responsible for his Incarceration in the
p~enitentiary and he doesn't care much
what becomes Of his brother.
, 1902-02-17

He went east soon afterwards. lectur-
ed all over the country, filled the press
of the nation every week with his hui.
morous letters for years. built a fine
home at Asheville, n. c.. and died
there abopt half a dozen years ago.
Bill Ny}kand Halsey Rhoads did not
drink a df( p of wine. But the fumes
filled them With merriment.
Every banqueter was loaded to the
muzzle with anecdotes.
Bill Nye's response to the toast was
expected to be supremacy funny. In
stead it was a tiresome detail of sta,
tistics delivered with a serious couhte-
nance. When we got impatient enough
to mob him he smiled. Then We saw
the sell. He made several genuinely
funny speeches during the night. In
expressing his gratitude just before
daylight he could hardly refrain from
shedding tears. Many years after
ward. in Lettering here, he hunted me
up and told me that the appreciation
which we showed him at that famous
banquet had been the making Of him.
At daylight l got sleepy and. with
Wolfe Londoner, went home in a car.
riage. Bill Nye was sent t o the Wind
SCR ia another carriage. Then came
n of eugene Fields practical jokes.
He formed the remaining banqueters
in line and marched them into such
saloons as that of Kentucky Jones and
Cyrus Eaton. ending the march at the
Windsor. All kept silent. The sa-
looms were just oper Cor the morning
and the barkeepers wanted to talk
while preparing the drinks which Field
ordered. But not a word was spoken.
Then. after drinking. Field marched
them out in military order without
mentioning pay. At the Windsor he
bribed n bell boy after another to
take a ard Of one of the party to Nye.
The latter wanted to sleep and tried
to bride a porter to go after his tor
mentors with a shotgun. Finally he
gave up. dressed, came down, and jok-
ed with them until noon. Years after
wards he wrote a story about the sleep
%lessness Of Denver journalists and call
ed it Insomnia"
Halsey Rhoades says that Rothacker
did not discover Nye. Rhoads was q
reporter on the Tribune under City
Editor Thomas F. Dawson. now pri-
vate secretary to Senator Teller,
when Nye's first funny letter came.
He wanted SIS for it. Dawson consid-
cred that price as cheap. But Herman
Beckerts. the Tribune owner told
Dawson to write Nye and offer him 81.
Nye accepted the 81 and Dawson pub
lished the letter prominently with eff
fective headlines.
About myself I should. OF course, be
brief. A loyal Missourian, captured
by the rebels at the battle OF Marks
Mill when but II. graduated at the
Kentucky university in 1870. | had
years Of turbulent experience in
New Orleans journalism and politics
when I came to Denver physically and
financially broken. expecting soon to
die. Here | recovered my health and
acquired an ample fortune in the boom
only to let it slip through my fingers
during the long depression. lost all
but sleep.
, 1902-02-17
PENSION FOR WIDOW
OF DECEASED SOLDIER.

Commissioner of Pensions H. Clay
Evans this mo. ming notified the par
ties in interest lat the pension of
Mrs. Olivia II. p, widow of the late
Edmund Peale, who served in Com
pany e, Seventy-first Pennsylvania,
during the civil war, had been grant
ed, carrying IS & month, with 81 per
month additional for each of two
minor children. The pension was is
sued in very short order, and dates
from October 25
, 1902-02-17
SPORTSMEN ARRANGING A
SHOOTING CONTEST.

Frank Rofee, Jim Towson. Fred
Tregoning and Will Thees are arrang-
ing a shooting contest for a prize, to
be held shortly, as each claims to be
the best ever" The match will be at
twenty-five clay pigeons. Each has
his friends and admirers and each will
be backed for all he Is worth. The
date has not been fixed.
, 1902-02-17
"OLE OLSON" DELIGHTED
A LARGE AUDIENCE.

Ben Hendricks and his company pro
duced "Ole Olson" before a large and
fashionable audience at the Manager
Saturday night and succeeded in pleas
ing all present. The play is a pretty
story and was helped out by good por,
trayal, while the singing was good, es'
pecially that of the Swedish ladies
quartette, the ladies responding to a
number of very hearty encores Mr..
Hendricks sustained the title role in
good shape.
, 1902-02-17
WANT STAR ROUTE
TO COLORADO TOWN,

Postmaster Beltz has been furnish
ed with papers to fill concerning a
star route from Laramie to Gleneyre,
a distance of about forty miles. A pc
tition has been forwarded to the post
office department to have route estab-
lished. and the postmaster here has
been asked to prepare a statement GOV
ering the matter.
, 1902-02-17
THE GAMBLERS WILL
SUE FOR LICENSE

There has been no change at Chey-
enne in the plan of campaign that will
be inaugurated by the gambling ele-
ment on the 21st. The county commits
sioners will be asked to grant a Ii
cense. the board will refuse and suit
will then be instituted to compel the is
suance of the license on the ground
that the new law is invalid.
, 1902-02-17
PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY
IN TEMPLE CASE.

in bankruptcy had been filed in the
Temple OF Economy case in the Office
of Frank Clark, referee in bankruptcy,
in Cheyenne. The assets are given at
about $50. 900, the liabilities being per
haps $23, 900 greater. The matter will
be heard before the referee in bank.
ruptcy.
, 1902-02-17
Wanted for u, S, Army.

Able-bodied unmarried men be-
tween ages Of 81 and IS; citizens of
United States. Of good character and
temperate habits, who can speak, read
and write English. For Information
apply to Recruiting Oficer, Temple
Building. Laramie, Wyo. ~
, 1902-02-17
Railroad Notes,

The Sunday trains were on time.
Business was rather brisk in a
freight way yesterday.
Switchman Lizonby is on the sick
list today and Mr.. Marvin Is working
in his stead.
Charlie Stone, who had a part of one
, 1902-02-17
NEW POSTMASTER AT
WOODS LANDING.

C. l.. Klein, who removed from Lara
ME to Woods landing Il few months
ago,h has been made postmaster at that
place.
, 1902-02-17
SURVEYOR
Ie RENoMINATED.

The president on Saturday sen to
the senate the nomination of Alpheus
P. Hanson, surveyor general Of Wyo-
ming, re-appointed.
, 1902-02-17
MEETING OF THE
ExEcIIrlvE c0MMITrEE

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The executive committee OF the Lar
annie Woman's club will meet with
Mrs. Bellamy tomorrow afternoon. at
4 o'clock, for the transaction Of routine
business.
, 1902-02-17

We carry the most up-to-date line of
mems shoes In town. Woodruff &
Terry.
, 1902-02-17

Charlie Stone, who had a part of one
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LONDON HOUSE JUMPERS.
they Take Possession and Hold the Premi.
ses Against All Corners.


As q property agent In London. let me
say that the public can never form any con
ception OF the number Of empty house
jumpers" who exist in the metropolis and
who, seeing a house empty and apparently
ne rlacted. boldly break In and take pos
session. and continue to hold the premises
against all Corners, even whom they are dis
Tine jumper usually chooses his house
with great elaboration As an instance,
property owner. who, viii keep, bis houses
emttv FOR years rather than let them ut
anything below the rent ne has himself set
The jumper secs such house as one Of those
then them no - one ne thinks Of disposs-ssina him.
III the owner happens to come around. Even
{ could give You an Instance at Brirton
inquiry for two years In this case the house
was furnishe one; and The owner, A. official
tne Jumper was filing the house with dodgers
AID doing very well out Of the affair; three
months were expended in legal processes
IL q Oman. of the Otherwise quite respect
able and lone. lorn female. kind. In such
places near London IA Brighton there are
.ionaily. occupied. and these the Jumper Sc
saustted and never paid rent for. years.
one s 70 sos who w 81
not long aso In this case the Jumper had
taken possession Of the houses--placss neg
lssio d. sPS mi to
Ing material. and no one had ever thought OF
gus.ttifcaSinf his LiSht; ,h9ush the houses
But small house property Z the usu. %sTS Of
tho jumper.
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twice - Many Mfiiions Of Cases Canned
This Year o. Last.

TWICE ~ Many Mlllions Of Cases Canned
This Year - Last.
Such q demand for canned to matoes
has arisen that more than double the guam
tity put up last year has been packed in
the last few months. There have been
canned for consumption between now
and next summer 9,lo4 sl2 cases OF tomatoes
or more than two hundred million tins,
case containing two dozen tins OF tomatoes.
Last year the packers only put up 4sis,22i
cases.
The American Grocer. which has been
collecting figures on this enormous tomato
pack, attributes it in part to the fact that
in the three preceding years the amount Of
tomatoes put up was short Of the require
ments. The result was that, for the first
time In a quarter OF a century or more,
stocks were completely exhausted. leaving
the market in Canada as we'll as in the
United States so bare that 1t for ced an
early start this year on the pack. which
went into consumption as fast "a 1t was
available.
This put premium on canned tomatoes.
Every factory has been worked TO it's max
imum capacity and in spite Of an irregular
crop-New York's, owing to the wet weather
being almost a total faiure-the produce
ton In beyond the usual requirements.
and there is hope Of saving a small supply
for next year in case the crop should be
poor.
Maryland has canned the most tomatoes,
putting up ASA 1882 cases against q million
and three-quarters last year. Nebraska
was the least productive State. 1t has
supplied only 3,352 cases.
Authorities on the tomato market say
that the unusual high purchasing power
OF the people. due To the general prosperity.
has created an enormous demand for pre-
pared foods, and. in spite Of the higher cost
Of tomatoes the demand In urgent and in
cessant. SO. in spite Of the increased
production II is not likely that canned to-
matoes will be anv cheaper than usual.
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THE UNMARRIED MILLIONS.
One.third More Bachelors Than Spinstef,
In the United States.


The fate Of the unsophistcated man
who declared In q public address that there
we're 100 900 superluous women in Massa-
chusett' has never been definitely ascer-
tanned. It Is known. however, that this
was his concluding public declaration on
Without the fear OF his fate, another
computer came forward recently to declare
that the proportion Of unmarried girls
OF fact, It Is steadily diminishing In the
United States and, as q veteran advocate
Of the extension Of the legal rights Of women
has pointed out, there are now In the United
States 800 900 more single men Of mar
riaseable age than there are single women.
married men, io,As.lSs; unmarried girls
and women, ISIS sic.
The male population Of ths United States,
through the excess OF male immigration,
and the higher male birth rate, Is more
than million In excess Of the female. Tho
woman than for man and tho marriage
able age for women V several years younger
than the average for men.
As a consequence Of ths the number
Of widows Is very largely in excess Of the
n9m6 sc OF @ sns Pf,ng
are more divorced women who have not
remarked than there are divorced men,
and for all these reasons the number Of
single men Of manageable ace 10 larger
than the number Of single won,sn.
In New York II In $4,000, In Pennsylvania
$40 900. in Ohio 10000, in Illinois 200. 900.
In California 150.0 900, In Texas 10000 and in
Kansas $4,000.
In Massachusetts, tho number Of unmar-
ried men exceeds the number Of unmarried
women by only few thousand. In Utah
there are IS, 900 unmarried men and $4,000
unmarried women Of manageable age.
In Washington, the capital, the number
Of single men is 1900 and Of single women
the same.
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Applications for the above Catalogues should b. addressed to
THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, MANAGERS
Esd Square South. New York.
SLEIGHRIDE FOR A HORSE.
John Brown Solves the Problem q Cetting
Down an Icy Hin.

Down an Icy Hill.
BANGOR. Me. Dec. 27.-The people aloos
the st. Croix River are telling how John
Brown Of st. Stephen gave his horse Q Light
ming ride down an ICY hill the other day.
Brown lives on one Of the ridges back q
the town, and the other morning when he
had urgent business in st. Stephen. he found
to his surprise that the snow had vanished
during the night. The business would not
wait. and so Brown started with his smooth
shod nag, and was dragged along In low
bodied sled over alternate patches Of bare
ground and ice.
All went well until he reached the top Of
Westons hill, q very steep incline three
quarters of a mile long. CHANGING down
the ICY toboggan chute, Brown decided that
It would be dangerous to attempt the descent
with bis smooth-shcd horse, and he stood
irresoluts until suddenly . bright thought
struck him.
By dint Of little coaxing and prodding be
managed to get the horse on board the sled.
and then before the ama1ed nag could
back out. he gave the sled push. jumped
on behind and away they went, like comet,
down the hill. The horse stood perfectly
still, with his feet braced, as II he under
stood what was going on.
People along the road rushed out to see
the sight Of a man and horse coastins down
the steepest hill on the st. Croix. and they
expected every minute to see the outfit 70 TO
smash. But Brown knew a thing or two
about steering, the horse never once moved
from his rigid position on the sled, and finally
they reached the foot Of the Hill and went
shooting along a quarter of a mile further
on the level road stopping at the door OF a
blacksmiths shop.
There the horse was sharp shod and the
journey to st. Stephen was resumed With
the horse In the shafts and Brown In the eeat
To-day Brown is regarded as man OF nerve,
while his nag has the distinction OF being the
only horse thereabouts that ever got Q
sleighride down hill.
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THIS FOX WAS WISE.
How He Got the Better q Party q Vel.
Equipped Hunter.
Prom fhs phiiodsink,n Kovfk A,

From the philadelphia n ORTIZ Awsyicon.
The Radnor Hunt went a-huntine yes-
terday and cane near to catching Q fox.
II was the annual Christmas chase. The
sncwclad hills and meadows. the sharp dir
and the spread In the greut old dining room
afterwarc were 40 good a. ANYTHING Of the
kind In an old-faohoned English novel. Tho
spread was particularly pleasing. The riders.
among whom were many worIcn. gathered at
the clubhouse at 10 0 clock and few minutes
later John T.. Valentine. the 81. +. H., gave
the signal for the start. David Sharp was
the huntsman and Harry Harrison the
whipper-in. Out spread the pack Of about
FORTY hounds and with loud blast they we're
OF.
took W a scent and presently dslodged q
large and lively fox. Then the fun hogan.
He set of in full view OF the hunters and In an
instnnt they were all galloping hot on his trail
Through the Ellison and Drexel estrtos the
chass led. skirtad the place of Rudolph Ellis
cpd finally reached the farm OF Stewart Wood.
made straight for a big old tree. went mp II
like brown streak and nestled comforts bly,
on one OF tss sTpsI Sranshe
looked :. one .ooth;y. IT " crses psSS Md
@ u hS%ns u De ys fss Of hume ane
grily. Then Paul DencR Mills swung leg
the chase along. lie climbed up as near
the fox as he could get, shook the boughs
Wit. all the strength Of lis arms and yelled
half a minute, and he was way before Mills
reacted, the ground again and found lis
companions staring ut one another harder
than ever. some Of them with the suspicion
OF n smile
When everybody had reco vered, l.. G.
Afemus and George McFadden took three
Of the hounds and set out 81 In. They found
the scent. but did not get Wit In spea king dis
tnnce OF the fox, VII mcrrily trlpped along
until lost TO sig 4 In tire offing
He finally found cover on the Lewis farm,
and tie hunters could not start him again.
luncheon. REWARD won I've Nunt.
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FAT MEN, INDEED.
The Majsr Tells Of Friends in HIS Old Hsme
Out In ArkansAs.

Speaking Of fat men," said the Major,
@the two latest men ever knew were
fellow.townsmen OF mine when / was liv-
ing in West Slabbington. Ark.
They certainly were big men and they
were-no fun intended-the stoute@ of
friends. They never met without shaking
hands II they could find q medium Of COM
munication; they couldn't shake without
one.
what they used to do was to get q man
Of reasonable thinness to stand between
them and extend his arms and the two
big men would take one Of the
intermedisrys hands and the other the
other one, and thus they'd shake by proxy.
OF course the whole town knew Of this,
and everybody humored the big men.
HUNDRED them? More than that; every
body that was eligible used to feel it his
duty to help these two great-again no pun
intended-these two great friends shake
shpke hanc's
more than once have seen q man who
was hurryinR into the post of1oe on Main
street stop short on the stops when nc saw
the big men approaching each other and
turn back and go and stand between them
and raiso his arms like two extended wings,
with hands far outstretched, for the two
Idt littHus W HTdsp. lHdt was tueN nanu-
shake; and this duty to his fellow men
performed, the man who had stood be-
tween them would hurry up the POST Office
steps once more. and this time 90 in and get
his mail.
1T was common thing for the men Of
the town thus TO serve this two bulky friends,
and to do them this service came, in fact,
to be a sort Of test OF good citizenship,
or at least Of the qualities that commend a
man most to his fellow citizens. He was
thou ht to be rather u churlish fellow, and
outside the pale Of the best people, who
was too thoughtlcss or too selfish to atop
when occasion required and help the two
men Of rotundity shake.
SOut Of this observance OF common
custom. arising naturally enough from
the delay involved In Il, some curious ex-
periences came to individual Observers
! remember well the case Of man whose
great aunt was sick in q town just over
the line In Missouri.
This man was hurTying to catch tho
tratn-and there were only two trains a
together. His duty was plain, and he
was man OF scrupuous punct iliousness
stop, which he did; waiting, with no out
ward trace OF his inward feeling. while tho
two men exchanged their usual friendly
greeting.
-He missed his train, this man did, and a
legacy that e would otherwise have got {;
for his great aunt was dead when he did get
there and by reason OF his delay she had
cut him out OF her will But on the other
hand
-This same man, not a month later, was
stopped again, In the same manner, and
again he halted, without . moments hesi-
taficn. But the train he missed this time
was wrecked with Iona Of life that has
OF the country So while In the one inst ance
his politeness had cost him legacy, In the
other, In every probability. It had saved
him his life.
And have no doubt whatever that the
lesson Of thoughtfulness. courtesy, and
seH-denial taught by the conduct OF all
thoee considerable Intermediates, was OF
benoft to the whole community"
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The List or Referees.

The following is a list OF referees appointed In
eases In the Supreme Court last week
BY Justice Fitzgcrald.
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MEXICO CITY, Mex. Dec. 27.-The Econo-
mista Mericano estimates this seasons
tobacco crop in Mexico at ~ 900 900 pounds.
1t says that the greater part OF the crop
II already sold in the United States for de-
livery MS Gathered
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PUGILIST IN INSANE WARD. =
Starts In 10 Prove Ills Right TO the Tiue
Jack O'Brien, He SAYS,

A man who said he was Jack O'Brien.
pugilist. and gave his address an $50 East
Sixty-ffth street. came to Bellevue yes
terday with his mother who wanted him
examined a TO his sanity. When he got
into the ward he started out to prove that
he had given his occupation correctly. The
attendants couldn't handle him and called
IN policeman. With his aid they got him
into strait jacket.
There are two or three Jack O'Rriens
who are prizefghters Of more or less
reputation.
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JULIE orr HERE.
VIII Not CONFIRM MIR. Faversham's An.
nouncement Of Their Csming Marriage.

Miss Julie Opp, the actress, was q pas
senger on the American Line steamship
Philadelphia, that arrived yesterday. She
went to the Wellington Hotel.
Mr.. Faversham has announced that they
will be married In five OF six weeks. Miss
Opp said yesterday:
Il will neither deny nor confirm the re-
port that l am to marry Mr.. Faversham.
! have come here on business. Mr.. Froh-
man cabled for me to come and expect to
get 10 work SOON
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