, 1902-03-06
OMIN IN BRIEF.

d. V. Burrell of Rocky Ford raised
il.S70 pounds of sugar beets on one
acre Of sugar beets last season. Also
won state premium on his Rocky Ford
cantaloupes and watermelons.
Wyoming officials state that the rec
ufds do not show that Benjamin If.
Daniels. whose appointment has caus-
ID so much discussion, was ever In
rarcerated in the state penitentiary.
Word has beer received from Wash
ington of the appointment of George
Van Nedtra rs superintendent OF con-
struction OF the federal building at
Cheyenne and that he will arrive
March LIST. This is taken to indicate
that work OH the superstructure of the
building will be commenced at that
time.
The Cheyenne police took from the
Denver train William Brock and Jetf
| Kerl, wanted in Salt Lake for highway
robbery. The men are both negroes.
Three 500 bills were found concealed
in their undertaking. A description
of them was telegraphed to that city,
and Chief Hilton wired in reply that
an officer would be sent after them.
Charles Woodland is to he guarded
closely until the day of his execution
arrives, as there are rumOrs that his
friends are preparing for IA Jail deliv-
cry. Mrs. Woodland Is suspected of
having n band in the former escape,
and is a woman of nerve enough to
attempt another delivery if there was
any chance Of success. She is still in
Casper. The date set for Woodlands
execution is Good Friday.
Two important rulings from Sccre-
tary Hitchcock have been received Mt
the land offices. Both are reversals of
decisions made by Commissioner Her
mann. The first is in the ease of Fry.
VS.. Kuper and is in brief as follows:
That in the Communication of homestead
entries constructive residence from the
late of entry will be recognized when
settlement is made and residence es-
tablished within six months thereaf-
ter. This case was taken up on an APP
peal supported by the argument that
a homestead entryman may commute
entry after six months constructive
residence and eight months active res
ldence." The other ruling gives n mar
ried woman the right to make an adj
ditiOnal entry If she has been qualified
to make an original entry.
The meeting of the Wyoming consis-
tory which began Tuesday is attract
Ing n large number of Masons. The
services and ceremonies are said to be
very interesting, especially SO because
Of the attendance of so many thirty
third degree members. 1t is seldom
that as many as ten or a dozen thirty
thirds gather in one town and Chcy-
enne Masons feel highly honored be
cause of the large attendance of mem
bers who have reached the highest pos
sible rung in the ladder of Masonry.
Members are present from many states,
and among the number are men who
have visited almost all of the Masonic
temples in the United States, and all
agree that the Cheyenne temple is the
finest and best arranged building of its
Kind they have ever seen. 1t is one of
q very few temples that are used ex-
clusively for work in the higher de-
grees, and also for strictly Masonic
purposes.
Charles Woodward. murderer of
sheriff william C.. Kicker, the Natrona
county officer who was shot at Wood
wards ranch in the Rattlesnake noun
tains last month. will be hanged on
Friday, March 2sth. Judge c. w.
Bramel passed the sentence at 10
o'clock Monday morning. the sentence
covering several typewriter pages.
The he closing sentences follow: Lis
ten, now, you, Charles Francis Wood
ward, are TO be taken from hence to
the county Jail. until March 18th, at
which time you will be taken to an en-
closure specially prepared within the
Jail yard and there hanged by the
neck until you are dead, and may God.
whose laws you have broken and be
fore whose tribunal you must then ap-
pear. have mercy on your soul"
Woodward showed no signs of emotion
and he seems TO he resigned TO his
fate. On the way back TO the Jail he
talked and laughed with those about
him, the only times he exhibited emo
ton being when reference was made
TO his wife.