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, 1902-11-03
AT A TEMPERANCE MEETING.
Orator Meant Well, But the Audience
Misunderstood Him.

It was at a temperance meeting,
and Jones, who vowed he could not
make a speech to save his life. was
told he really must say a few words,
and thai being a stranger in The
place his remarks would have some
OF the force of novelty, and be listen
ed to most attcntively. Thus urged,
he at last made a virtue of necessity
and the speech OF the evening.
Ladies and gcntlcmon-l cannot
address you like the gentleman vino
has just sat down. Nature doDs rot
give us all the power of expressing
our thoughts and experiences in
flowing language, but | can give You
a piece of good advice in plain
words. | recommend each one here
to do as | have done all my life.
thanks to the example of a sensible
father, and | cannot do better tIan
repeat to you the four words in which
he summed up the wise advice he
gave me. My friends, | say to every
one of you here present, if you wish
to be happy, Drink like a fish | have
lone so and" but here the speak
err was interrupted by the rather
violent behavior of the chairman. who
seized him by the Coattails and eiac-
ulated, Sir. sir. | must protest.
while at the same time murmurs, aC-
%companied by laughter, came from
the audience. ard those in tn" front
row regarded the orator with looks
of blank amaZcmert.
1t was some minutes before Jones
| could make himself heard again and
then he remarked. Il always thought
that fish drank water, but. OF course.
if | am wrong | am quite prepared
To-" and then. led by the chair
man and the front row of temperance
advocates, a sound of applause rang
out such as had V greeted any
speaker in that room before.
, 1902-11-03
CHARGED WITH CASTING
ANOTHER MANS CHEZ

Isaac Erdman, a machinist who had
been working in the Union Pacific
shops at Rawlins, but who came here
Friday night to work in the Laramie
shops. was arrested yesterday at hi:
home at Mrs. Fitzgerald's boarding
house and taken to Rawlins by Sher-
if McDaniels this afternoon. to answer
the charge Of stealing a check from a
fellow employe and cashing it at Raw
Inns.
Erdman says that he and two COM
panions were gambling, when he lost
all his money. One Of the others
agreed to loan him the money and gave
him the check. He denied stealing it.
The other nan will charge him wit
breaking into his trunk. stealing the
check. forging the edorsement and get
ting it cashed.
, 1902-11-03
DENVER MAN READY TO
ERECT DRILLING RIGS.

Charles Walter. managing director
Of the Belgo-American Drilling trust.
while in Denver yesterday had a long
and a very interesting interview with
George B. Harmon, the we'll known oil
and gas man. who declared himself
ready to put three rigs in the fields of
Wyoming at a few days notice and
will contract for any number in any
field up to 100. Mr.. Walter says he
may be induced to accept the offer. an
when seer by a reporter was prepar-
ing a %cablegram on the subject to the
board Of directors at Brussels.
, 1902-11-03
A good Mans Overcoat for $3.50 at
& Terry's.
Asleep Amid Flames.

Breaking into a blazing home, some
fIemen lately dragged the sleeping in
mates from death. Fancied security.
and death e It's that way when
you neglect coughs and colds. Don't
consumption gives perfect protection
against all throat. chest and lung
troubles. Keep it near. and avoid suf-
spoonful stops a late cough. persistent
use the most stubborn. Harmless and
nice tasting, it's guaranteed to salts,
fly by Chas. N. Settele, pioneer drug,
gist. Price soc and $1.OO. Trial bot,
ties free.
, 1902-11-03
POLLING
PLACES AT ELECTION TO BE HELD
TOMORROW IN THE SIX LAR.
AMIE PRECINCTS.
First at City Hall, Second at Court
House, Third at Hose House,
Fourth at East Side School, Fifth
at 116 Garfield end Sixth at West
Side Hose House-Judges and
Clerks.

For the information of the public.
The Republican this afternoon prints
a list of the polling places in the city
of Laramie. with the names of the
judges and clerks of election and 9th
err information of value to the voter.
The polling places are as follows:
Precinct No. /. at city hall-Judges.
Geo. Matlack, VIM. Cameron and J. S
Watkins. Clerks, E. A. Wilkinson and
Fl. f. Root.
Precinct No. 2. at court house
Judges. VIM. Cordiner, Hugh Hynds
and L. Abrams. Clerks. Russell But
Ter and Frank Holiday.
Precinct No. 3, at hose house
Judges, Gus Johnson. w. H. Bass and
b. f. Bramel. Clerks. Amanda Burke
and Sadie Roth.
Precinct No. 4. at school house
Judges. w. A. Jameson. W. B. SUIT
phin and c. w. DeKay. Clerks. AIDA
Ulen and Bertha Erne.
Precinct No. 5. at 115 Garfield street
Judges, Joseph Lohlein. F. Prahl and
Geo. ]. Morgan. Clerks. T. v. Rush
worth and Tessie WEIGH.
Precinct No. 6, at hose house
Judges. W. J.. Beckwith. John Elm
quist and Pat O'Connor. Clerks.
James X. Johnson and Obin Klingen.
Section 81. division /. title 4. chap
ter 8. revised statutes of Wyoming,
1899 provides that at all elections
a poll shall be opened at the place OF
election. At each polling precinct
such poll shall be opened as soon af-
ter 9 o'clock in the forenoon as posi-
BILE, and shall be kept open without
any adjournment until 5 O'Clock in the
afternoon. at which time such poll
shall be closed"
Sec. 3l2. When opening the polls,
one Of the clerks or judges of the cleo
ton shall make proclamation of the
same, and at least thirty minutes be.
fore the closing Of the polls proclama-
ton shall be made in like manner OF
the time when the polls shall be
closed.
Sec. 1927. At all elections each quail
flied elector, who shall not have regis
tered as a voter according to law. shall
be entitled to vote thereat. if the fail
ure to register is caused by sickness
or absence during the last preceding
registration period. But before such
persons vote shall be accepted, he
shall make an affidavit in writing duly
c~orroborated by the affidavit Of W.
qualified electors of the precinct at
which he offers to vote. giving his
place Of residence. as near as may be,
and stating the length Of time he has
resident in his county and in the state,
and that such person offering to vote
was absent or by sickness unable to
register during the last preceding reg
istrat4oa period. Such affidavit sh:
be administered by one Of the judges
OF election. without charge. and 1t
shall be returned by them with the poll
lists.
, 1902-11-03
Dents Gloves at Woodruff & Terry's

The Republicans reputation for first
class work extends all over the state.
ard therefore II you are satisfied with
only a smudge Of ink or paper take
your business elsewhere. We're moi
In the market for that class Of work.
, 1902-11-03

Sec. 339. After preparing his ballot.
the elector shall fold it so that the
face of the ballot will be concealed.
and SO that the endorsement thereon
may be seen. He shall then vote forth
with and before leaving the polling
place.
, 1902-11-03
Dents Gloves at Woodruff & Terry's

Cut this out and take 1t to Frank H.
Eggleston's drug store and get a free
sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver tablets, the best physic. They
cleanse and invigorate the stomach,
improve the appetite and regulate the
bowels. Regular size. 25c per box.
, 1902-11-03
Mrs. Ollie Shearer. midwife. 116 End.

Pocket maps and reference books OF
Wyoming only Is cents at The Repub
Ncea omca.
, 1902-11-03

# you appreciate good workmanship
there is but one place you will go FOR
your printing-to The Republican OF
fee. THE Rest is our motto.
, 1902-11-03

Lovett is doing the paperinE; the
other fellows can't compete and are do
ing the kicking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-06

lines will be supplied by them with
power for pumping, threshing and run
ming plows and other farm machinery
The machines will be run by electric
motors and charged by the electric line
Trolley cars will take the produce to
market the same as they already do in
some parts of Ohto. The old-time ped
ding wagon may be succeeded by q
store in a trolley car which will go
through the country, bringing the store
directly to the doors of the farmers.
Many Americans. too. Mr., Paine thinks.
will have private trolley cars. fitted up
with all the conveniences of a home. in
which they may take their outings and
travel through the country at will. the
same as multimillionaires who own
private railroad cars. The heating.
lighting and cooking OF such cars Will
all be done by electricity. and the occu-
pants can go where the trolley. lines
run. paying for the right of their cars
to run over the lines they use.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-06
ARE THEY OFFICERS.

On the 9Th of last month, Francis
Lewis, a crippled soldier. aged 66 years,
was walking along on Fourth street
near Kansas avenue when a man in a
carriage ran over him. The old man
was struck SO suddenly that he did not
even see the man or his rig to describe
him. Officers PARCELS and Chas. Lind
say supported the old man to the cor
ner, where they left him in a dazed con-
dition. He claims he heard one of the
officers say he knew the man who drove
over him. Both officers claimed later
that they did not know the man. al
though they failed to stop him or take
his name, as customary in such cases.
The old man thinks it looks suspicious
~ like the officers had some reason Tor
shielding the driver. and is confident
that he heard one OF them say he knew
the man and knew where he lived. al
though he was in dazed condition and
cannot remember what name the officer
gave him. OF course the police would
back a reckless driver who drove over
an old man in this manner. for they
failed to show any concern about the
result?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-06
EKA STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY

Is running for office In Riley county
and developing some speed"
Old settlers and their families will be
admitted free at the RelOit fair. The
gate man that has to decide on what
constitutes an old settler IL to be pftied.
The Emporia band is between Satan
and the deep sea. Atchison wants them
for her corn carnival and Uncle Sam,
who supports them, suggests they APP
pear at Fort Riley at the same time.
A young groom en- route to California
with his bride forged check at Sylvia
and will spend his honeymoon in JAIL
Why is 1t when a man wants to be fast
that he selects an innocent woman for q
pacemaker?
Among a list of Indians attending
Haskell are noted Asa Bad Yellow Hairs
Thomas Ghost Bear, Jessie Ghost Dog,
Lizzie Kick Hard. Paul No Two Horns,
Mabel One Feather. and Robert Yellow
Horse.
A flock OF 200 sand hill cranes few
over Leavenworth yesterday, en- route
south, while at the same time a flock OF
wild geese were passing north In .
case Of that kind what is the govern
ment weather man to predict?
A Kansas City. Kas., mob refused to
take the sheriff's word that the wanted
prisoners were out of Jail, but searched
the bastile for themselves. Some men
are SO skeptical that they won't believe
in chicken salad unless they see the
feathers in it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-06
INVASION OF THE TROLLEY.

Inc part winch the trolley car seems
destined to play in even the rural life
of the American citizen is little realized
by the average person, especially in the
west, where the rural trolley is by no
means common. A few weeks ago AL
bert Bigelow Paine, q formerly-of-Kan-
sas man, by the way, started from New
York to ride by trolley to Chicago, or
to cover as much of the distance as
possible in that manner. He actually
rode about half the distance, using
steam cars for the balance. It was
possible to ride through the entire state
of Ohio with the exception of a short
distance between gainesville and Ash
tabula and plans are already under way
to fill this gap. The cars sped along
through the country at the rate of thir-
ty miles an hour or more, stopping
wherever necessary at cross roads to let
off or take on rural passengers. The
cars are fine electric coaches There are
also express cars running on the rural
! lines in Ohio. cars which stop at the
very doors of the farmers and take on
| all sorts Of produce. even to horses and
cattle, and carried away to market in
| the city.
Il was especially impressed" says
] Mr. Paine, in writing of his experiences
In the Worlds Work for September, ''by
/ the use which the Ohio farmers make
| of the electric roads. They do not now
find it necessary to drive to town with
their farm produce. They get on every
4 where with baskets of eggs, fruit and
vegetables. and go home laden with sup
| plies. No more taking the horses from
| the pillow. or chasing the family nag up
and down long field, to drag through
| mud or dust at last to the vi1lage-a ted
| tous trip in, a toilsome journey home at
| evening. Nothing to do now but load
| up the baskets. signal the car, and
clang. buzz. and away to town-to arr
| rive there quickly and cleaniy, in time
| to finish business and be at home for
dinner. or to go on to the next town or
| city, if village markets prove unsatis-
factory. And all at SO slight a cost.
| The team left at home can earn enough
to pay the fares over and over again y
Mr.. Paine makes some suggestions re-
garding the future of the trolley line
which brings forward some new ideas.
The trolley line is undoubtedly only in
its infancy, although some of the CEN
trail states, Ohio especially, is already
almost network of rural trolley lines
The line which it is proposed to build
from Topeka to Dover may be only the
beginning of an extensive system which
shall connect most of the towns of Kan
sas within a few years. It ws~Ild moi
be surprising, at the rate the trolle,
| idea is advancing. if within the next de-
| cade it will be possible to go by trolley
1 from Denver to Boston
And with it the trolley will bring 9TH
er advantages to the farmer. Mr. Pains
believes that within ten years four.
hfths of the farms adjacent to electric
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-06
HELP THE FAIR

The first step toward an annual state
fair will be made when the Kansas Elk
position is lopened Monday. 1t is the
hope of those interested in the venture
that the state legislature will come to
the aid of the exposition and enable the
officers to make it what it should be, an
annual state fair where all the prod
ucts and resources of Kansas may be
exhibited and an attraction which will
bring people from neighboring states to
see the proof of the richness of our
commonwealth.
The hope of state fair is not en-
tangled by any money making ideas.
What the cattle raisers. the horsemen.
the farmers. the fruit raisers. the
miners and the manufacturers of the
entire state wish is a state fair where
all can exhibit their wares and prod-
ucts. What the Kansas State exposi-
ton hopes to do is to afford this oppor-
unity. Tie desire of the directors is
that the fair grounds may be provided
with substantial and suitable buildings
and departments. A private enterprise
can not accomplish this in a short time.
It will take years. Therefore, the leg
islature should make appropriations for
the erection of stables. oavilions and
large display buildings.
In Iowa and other states the 1egisla-
lures aid the state fairs. At Des Moines
= $4,000 pavilion has been built this
gear with state funds. There. during
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-06
IAYHAwKER JoTs.

An active Clay county dog caught
large sand hill crane on the stable LOT
pond.
Dry creek. Osborne county, not only
got full this week but did considerable
damage.
Autumn has come" exclaimed We'll
lington editor. And yet he must see the
autumn leaves.
OF course it would be at Industry.
where the lightning kills five head OF
cattle in a fash.
A Butler county woman has q half
gallon of preserved figs from q tree Of
her own raising.
A Winfield citizen who is the father of
twins will attempt to show that man
can serve two masters
Fred Gray went to Germany Tues
day." says the Meade News, Ito paint
the German Lutheran church"
Brighter days are coming for Ottawa
boafdefs. The Marsh house Is to be
renovated and rejuvenated
At Ell Dorado the political barnstorm-
ers kindly take to the woods to prac-
tice their maiden speeches.
| An Ottawa woman's idea Of annoying
a neighbor is to empty q can Of fishing
worms in the neighbor's well.
| Seventeen fat steers of q Claflin stock
man became overheated and died re-
Gently. And yet it hasn't been SO very
hot,
A Topeka man mourns for $50 that
| he paid for a gold brick. It's funny
that when q man Is taken in he feels
/ put out
One of the attractions OF Cimarron b
a lake in the center OF the town. with
hogs and geese hourly stirring up the
water.
II Mr.. T. T. Kelly were wise he would
| move from under the shadow Of Nom
Pelee ere the election day engulfmen'
came.
A Chase county lawyer who ia out or
the river after dsh nearly every day
says he Is becoming q regular anglo.
maniac on the subject
Topeka milkman claims to have
blooded COWS, and his customers tudg,
ing from the milk. think they must b.
blue blooded.
Did the cowboy who rode up and dowE
| WeiiinEton's streets on Sunday swear.
ing and shaking a beer bottle make 9
holy show of himself?
A Riley citizen over SO years of ag.
walked to Manhattan and home through
the mud, Is miles. the other afternoon
and declared he enjoyed the trip.
Speaking Of odd names on the tick
cts says Charlie Blakesley. mi. Col
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-06
GLOBE SIGHTS.

lF'rom the Atchison Globe.1
We have remarked that the Confess
sions of a Wife are usually roasts o.
her husband.
Man" said q philosophic doctor to-
day, lis a queer animal" We're on;
we know it.
At Winfield two Of the carnival COM
mittee have gone crazy, and the others
are going.
Il am ashamed every time I take .
chew of tobacco" a man said today.
Still, chew"
Don't bother the manager of the pic
mic any more than is necessary; he PROB
ably has his hands full.
We have pulled out three items to-
day, to oblige people. We hope the few
remaining are satisfactory.
Butter is cheaper in New York than
it is in Atchison, though we are geo.
graphically located on the cows back
Can anyone explain 1t?
There is probably no man in the world
whose ideas of pleasure are more per-
verted than the one who makes love r.
two women tOnce.
men seem to have tried every means OF
getting along except that of teaching
their daughters to do housework-
Men abuse a woman who comes dowI
town and roars. but when ever the
butcher or baker offends every maj
sends his wife to complain about it.
Most men seem to take pleasure II
annoying each other. Ever remark how
much you admire the man who make!
you feel better after meeting him?
There is some excuse when father
pays for his children to take musi'
lessons, but can you conceive Of an ex
cuse for the husband who gives his wifi
a musical education7
1t is recalled that the Atchison maj
who once ran away with girl. desert
ing his wife and children. had always
carried pictures of his family with hin
wherever he went.
Where did the idea originate that Their,
is money in a tea store in AtchiSon
Half a dozen men have made faflure
in this venture, but there is probably
man somewhere thinking that IL he cal
get to it first he can make fortune b,
operating a tea store in Atchison? D.
men ever profit from experience?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-06
why SCHOOLS ARE FULL

One of the pleasing influences which
the prevailing good times'-and most
people who have natural inclination
toward optimism will admit that they
have been good" for many months
is that upon the educational conditions
OF the country. The subject Is especially
timely this very week.
Within the next fortnight all over this
great country the universities, colleges.
high and common schools will swing their
doors to admit the army OF young men
and women who are to enter and pre-
pare themselves for the realities of to-
morroW's bumps with the world. And
there has been such general abund-
ance of work for those who were willing
to seize their opportunities for engaging
In the same, and the compensation has
been SO fair that it has placed many
boy or girl who had put of his college
education from one semester to another,
in such a position to undertake the pur-
suit of this long coveted ambition Tor
betterment of self. And by this it is not
to be understood that every boy or g1ri
who has had desire to get scholastic
training is the son or daughter OF par
ents in abject poverty. But the homes
from which come the best students VINO
later round out into the most capable
citizenship, are those of the young peo-
pie who when times are hard have to
give up some of their plans and remain
at home to assist in the support of the
family. Or perhaps if unhampered In
that way they have found conditions
such that they have not been able to lay
by sum that would warrant them UNI
dertaking a course of study away from
- them
until the prosperous era OF this time.
The prospects indicate that the en-
rollment in all the institutions of learn
ing will be larger than any past faiis
and largely for this prosperity which as
mentioned has cleared the way for the
young people in one way or another
directly or indirectly, dependent upon
their own resources for support, is this
condition resulting. 1t should be a mat
ter of felicitation to this great expand
ing nation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TELEGRAPH1c SUMMARY.

TELEGRAPII1C SUMMARY.
Labor day celebrations are held in all
parts OF country with unusual enthusi-
asm-
Edward Eggleston. author of 1.-THE
Hoosier Schoolmaster." dies at Jones
Lock, st. George. New York.
Peter Mortensen. condemned Utah
murdered, awaited himself OF state law
to choose death by shooting instead Of
hanging.
Explorer Evelyn B. Baldwin declared
incompetent by Capt. preilick. member
of his crew; discharge of Capt. Johans-
engineer.
Striking miners in ambush on Flat
Top wv Va-) coal field. and firing on
nonunion men; Pocahontas Baby mine
set on fire. but blaze now under con-
troll.
Fred Marriott, a San Francisco news
paper man, is shot and seriously wound
ed by Thomas H. Williams. Jr., presi-
dent of the Jockey club and Truxton
Beale. ex-U. S. minister to Persia and
Greece.
Mont Pelee has again become active
and total destruction of the island of
Martinique is threatened. The zone of
destruction parallels that of last Mays
disaster. People who were removed
| from fatal region returned by French
government to meet horrible death
and thousands are killed.
Twenty-Five co1ored passengers ar e
| killed in wreck on the Southern rail-
| way in Alabama
| Eighteen vessels are driven ashore at
| Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony, and five
are wrecked with loss OF their entire
| crews
| Cruiser Brooklyn struck uncharted
rock near Dumping lighthouse and
may be badly damaged; two plates and
frames reported bent and trip to dry
dock.
Iowa Democratic state convention
Des Moines. controlled by gold men and
effort to reafflrm Kansas City silver
plank defeated. 3a4 to 344.
| Senators Quay and Penrose, Pennsyl-
vania, failed to settle miners strike
| Reading company's president declared
| operators must manage their own bust
ness and that arbitration is impossible
President Roosevelt injured and mar
| rowly escaped death in collision of his car.
rage with electric car near Pfttsdeld
Mass; William CRAIG. secret service
agent. killed.
Five men killed at Williamsburg. n
T.. by collapse OF steel tank under
which they were working.
Ohio Democratic state convention
cheered Tom L. johnson for 1904 presi-
dental nomination.; Kansas City plat
LOCAL. SUMMARY.
4 Labor day celebrated on a more elab
crate scale than for years. Immense
crowds OF people turned out for thu
Ministerial union announces its In
dorsement of Stah1 and Stebbins thu
independent candidates for sheriff and
| county attorney.
DIR. w. B. Swan, secretary of the stat
board of health, drowned at Ludington
!. Mich.
Board of education votes to submit /
proposition to issue $215, 900 in bonds +.
build a new manual training Htel
| school. and other school buildings.
Announcement made that Presiden
Roosevelt will visit Topeka on Sunda.