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, 1903-03-17

The cowboy exhibition vas given at
the stock yards this afternoon and at
tracted a large crowd. There was a
parade at 2 o'clock, headed by the I'm
perial Military band, and including a
large number of cowboys mounted and
in the uniform of the range. The exhi-
bition at the stock yards was in pro-
gress at the time the forms for this
impression of The Republican were
closed.
A young lady who came here a few
days from Chicago, and who heard be-
fore she left that city of the desperate
nature of the cowboys, was made the
victim of a raid by the assembled cow
boys this morning, and those wearing
bright new ribbon from the store are
the perpetrators of the raid. They
went TO the store in a body and asked
the young milliner from Chicago for
some ribbon. Jack" Martin was the
spokesman for the party, and he as
sured her that they had no intention
of killing anyone on this trip, but that
on a former raid they had swum in
gore. They were after ribbon and de.
termined to have it, and if she would
give it to them quietly, SC much the
better. The price was no object.
The young lady turned first red and
then white, and the way the ribbon
begun to unwind from the spools anG
rolls was 4 caution. The men got what
they were after, put their pistols bach
and retired from the store. Then the
other employees appeared on the scene
and congratulated the "tenderfoot" or
her presence OF mind. She knows
enough to make a small book when she
writes home to Ter eastern friends.
The exhibition was witnessed by {
large number of friends of the COW
coys, and it is predicted the dance a
the M~aennerchor hail tonight will b.
a hummer"
, 1903-03-17
EVANS CASE HEARD
IN DISTRICT COURT

After a continuance had been grant
ed in the case of the state against Will
lam Evans, charged with forgery, in
the district court yesterday afternoon,
the defendant changed his mind and
determined to proceed with the hear
ing. The following jury was impaneled
to hear the case and placed in charge
of George Gray as bailif: Ralph
Lasher. Fred Goetz, Will Graham, NJ.
j.. Coughlin, William George, Bert
Kern, John Davis, VIII Thees, sayer
Hansen, ]. E. Erwin. julius Schwatke
and W. G. Nagle.
The evidence of the defendant was
concluded at 2 O'Clock this afternoon,
and Mrs. Burress was called in rebuff
tai. County Attorney Gibson repre-
sented the state and Judge Groesbeck
for defendant.
, 1903-03-17
REPROACH.

Little bit O. sunshine,
Bout an hour or so;
Den de storm clouds gather
An de wind begins to blow.
Mahch is like some people,
Savin' up DER gold;
Has a liberal impulse,
But it mighty soon gifts cold.
o, Mahch, why does you ack so?
Yoh ways is mighty queer.
You's jes' about de stingiest month
We meets in all de year.
Washington Star.
, 1903-03-17
Notice.

The Blair Grocery company, having
sold its business to the Lynch Grocery
company, desires to close up its A.
fairs at once. All persons, knowing
themselves to be indebted to said nrm
are requested to call and settle at
once, and all persons holding claims
against said company are requested to
present their accounts. The books are
in the hands Of John Blair at John
Davis coal once. 17st6
, 1903-03-17
Stations for Sale,

Thoroughbreds and Mammoth Jacks
from the Blue Grass of Kentucky;
Black Percherons, the most popular Of
all draft stations. from Ohio. Good
for the eyes to see this string.
The above sold on easy terms and
long time given. Transportation furn-
ished. Will you come? viii arrive at
Wheatland April l. W. H. DUNN.
, 1903-03-17

The cowboys of the plains will give a
free exhibition at the Laramie stock
yards March 18th. Also a grand ball
in the evening at Maennerchor hall.
Everybody invited. Admission 81.
The names of the riders will appear
later.
, 1903-03-17
WILL BUILD HOUSE

Mrs. J. w. Harris has awarded to
Rogers & Son a contract for the erec-
ton of a story and a half house on
Fremont street, between Fifth and
Sixth streets. and they began work
this morning. The house will be 16x
3S feet in size and cost about 5000.
Mrs. Harris has a number Of other
improvements under consideration.
, 1903-03-17

In connection with our other lines
OF shoes we now have the Florsheim.
Spring Styles now in. See them.
Woodruff G Terry.
, 1903-03-17

Don't fail to see the Great Majestic
Range bake biscuits in three minutes
next week at the Hardware Supply
Co.'s store. Don't get left.
, 1903-03-17

FOR sALE-A Kingsbury plano for
$50; has been In use only three years
and six months. Knight-Locke Plano
Co, 317 I'd st. II
, 1903-03-17

FOR sALE-Lauritz Miller's Four
Mile ranch. Will sell land and stock
or stock alone. Great bargain. Call
at this office. 174tf
, 1903-03-17

WANTED-Position on ranch by
man and wife. Woman first class cook.
No Children. 355 west Garfield.
180t3w1
, 1903-03-17

FOR SALE-One All. P. Charter
gasoline engine; one 14-inch by 6-foot
lathe; shafting, pulleys. hangers and
betting. Laramie Plumbing Co. 177t6
, 1903-03-17

The best and the largest assortment
Of Hats for $3.50 is at Woodruff &
Terry's.
, 1903-03-17

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms. 701
South Second street. 1916
, 1903-03-17

Drypowder fire extinguisher for sale
by Charles Hopkins, agent. 176tf
, 1903-03-17

Baled or loose, or in the stack. Ap.
ply to H. RALPH HALL.
1916 Windsor Barn.
, 1903-03-17

Oil. needles and repairs for all kinia
Of Sewing Machines at 317 South Sec
ond street.
, 1903-03-17

For watch and jevelry repairing, go
to E. Greenwood, next door to post
office.
, 1903-03-17

Secondhand sewing machines, IS
and up, at 317 South Second street.
, 1903-03-17

Sewing machines rented and repair.
ed at 317 South Second street.
, 1903-03-17
COWBOY
PARADE AND EXHIBITION AT THE
STOCK YARDS THIS AFTER
NOON A GRAND SUCCESS.

Participants Marched to the Scene of
the Exhibition Preceded by the
Imperial Military 6and-Young
Lady From Chicago Victim Of Old
Time Cowboy Raid.
, 1903-03-17

See IL Boys Shoes. They can't be
beat. Woodruff & Terry.
, 1903-03-17

We have just received our first ship
ment OF Mems New Spring Suits. See
them. Woodruff G. Terry.
, 1903-03-17

New Spring Styles in Boys Suits
just resolved. Woodruff Z Terry.
, 1903-03-17
HAY

Florsheim Shoes. Woodruff & Terry.
, 1903-03-17
FOR SAL,El
REAL ESTATE, LIVE STOCK, BUILDINGS.
GRAhDfAThfR'S dOCK, BY
c. B. ROOT,
once Opera House, Thjrd at.

omee Opera House, Third Ct.
IMPROVED BUSINESS PROPERTY.
"a st., 1 lot EACH. 1880 to $4,000
Sd st., 2 to 5 lots each. 5000 to 1880
9Th st., house and lot, one block
from public school. 800
West Side, house and II lots. 100
uNIMPRovED.
I'd street, 4 lots, for all. ........S 400
I'd st., 2 lots, a corner. COO
I'd st., l business lot. ......... 1000
West Side, 81 lots. 2.1oo
9Th st., fine corner, 66x132, near
public school a
Entire block south of university.
fronts Thornburgh and Grand
avenue; better take a chance
. s"A5 2,600
132x132 corner University avenue
and Fourth street. This is
not 80 bad either. 2.soo
160 acres on reservation, fenced.
only two miles from Laramie 1000
eUILDiNos-cLock.
TWO frame and one brick, to be re-
moved from p~ostonice site; bids
wanted.
one Grandfather's Clock, about 100
years old, 8 feet high, wooden wheels.
Keeps time. ASK for price.
HORSES.
500 western horses, 200 colts. $500
per head, colts not counted.
, 1903-03-17

Daily Republican 50 cents a month
, 1903-03-17

Furnished rooms, over Lar. Grocery.
, 1903-03-17

plies for his temperance hall.-North
Park Union.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-25
AN ANCIENT CURSE.
This Il What Attaches to 1.-THE Grim
son Dicc,'' of Which a New Novelist
Makea q Thrilling Story.

Mr.. George Nox Mccain has told q par
ticularly lurid story for the good old sum-
mer time In 1.-The Crimson Dice" u. Muir
ray Jordan, PHILADELPHIA. with which the
nerves OF holdaying readers are now TO be
strung up to perilous tension. 1t Is a
tale in which horrors on horrors head &C.
cumulate
And all because one Jack Breslin. an az
nostic archaeologist. comes into possession
of a bronze box containing three crimson
dice found in the skeleton hand Of Cen
turion of the guard eXhumed in Pompeii.
These dice, 1t is stated, are the veritable
ones with which the Judean Legion of Ro-
man soldiery cast lots for the garments of
Christ. A curse of crime and bloodshed ac-
companies their use, and Breslin invokes
this curse by his recklessness.
All sorts Of things happen to him in con-
sequence, and there are several killings
shown to be directly due to tue sinister in
f1uence of the crimson dice. Happily for
Breslin, however, he has sweetheart. a
to figure in this story very much as a spirit
Of good opposed to the forces of evil. and
who exerts all her powers 20 save Breslin
from the curse Of the ancient bones"
which he accumulated In direful moment
1t Is not fair to tell the reader how the
story ends, but when a sweet Philadelphia
Quakeress sets herself to the task OF out
whiting malign power. nearly 2.0N0 years
old and not up TO modern tricks. with the
soul of her sweetheart as the stakes for
which they are contending, the field Is open
for some intelligent guessing. THE Grim
son Dice will be read to the end by any
strong -nerved person who once tegins Its
perusal.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-25
USE THEIR COATS
TO SAVE MAN FROM DEATH.
to ExtinEufsh Flames Which
Envelop His Body.

Patrolmen Farley and Rowe Of the Cen
tral District, with their coats. extnguished
the burning clothing Of John Steele, at Gen.
ter and Market streets. yesterday afternoon.
but not until he had been badly burned.
Steele lives at No. IA Center street. A
gasoline stove in his house exploded md
flames shot to the ceiling. Hoping to save
tho house and furniture. Steele picked up
tho stove and started to carry It from the
house. AS he neared the door gasoline was
spilled on his shirt and caught fire.
Instantly flames enveloped his body and
head. Screaming with pain. Steele started
to run north on Center street. Policemen
Farley and Rowe saw the danger. As they
ran to steele's rescue they drew their coats
from their backs.
At Market street the patrolmen overlook
Steele. Bearing him to the ground they
covered him, despite his struggles, with
their coats. and put out the fire.
Steele was hurried to the City Hospital
Doctor Brown found that one Of his ears
had been nearly burned from his head and
that his hair had been singed off. His face
was scorched and his eyes SO badly blistered
that he may never be able to see again
Policemen Farley and Rowe sustained
slight burns on the hands in extinguishtrg
the flames.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-25
FINDS OIL NEAR FoEf WORTH.
A. P. Langston Tests New Oil
Finding Instrument.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

hEpUbLIC SPEClAA
Dallas, Tex, July AT IL reported per
sistently in Dallas that oil has been dis
covered a few miles west Of Fort Worth.
A. P. Langstou, who owns q patent oil-find
ing instrument was sent to Fort Worth
several days ago by a number Of st. Louis
capitalists to make tests withz his patent,
and 1t Is reported that his investigations
were more than satisfactory
A p. Langston lives in West Dallas, on
the Fort Worth road, and could not be
seen, as he Is away making tests, but his
District Clerk Jones at the Courthouse. adj
mitted that his father had been to Fort
Worth to locate oil.
He said: My father is working in the
interest of a st. Louis concern, the name
spent several days in the vicinity of the
city. and he is satisfied that there Is oil
there in paying quantities"
1t is said that the Datent has received a
thorough test by the st. Louis men, and
they have undoubting faith in 1t. Some
ton in West Dallas. for the benefit of the
st. Louis men, and again in the Corsicana
oil fields.
Several barrels Of oil were buried in the
Trinity River bottom, and Mr.. Langston
was led within g half mile of the location
Within short time he had the oil To-
Not being satisfied with this test. the
capitalists told him to go with them to
Corsicana. When they arrived there he
was told there were two dry oil wells in
them He accomplished this test without
mistake. The ground around the dry
wells had been previously saturated with
oil in order to throw him of the track
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-25

TOO abrupt an ending" II can't help it."
was the answer. cit occurred that way"
AS an example of the humor of President
Lincoln. the following letter to a New York
irm VINO applied for information concern
ing the financial standing of one Of his
nelRhoors is given in Lippincotts True
Abraham Lincoln recently published:
~ ours OF the 10th received. First of all,
he has wife and baby: together they
ought TO be worth s5Oo.0O0 to any man. Sec
ondly, he has an Office In which there is a
table worth $l.50 and three chairs worth,
say. 81. Last of all there Is in one corner
large rat hole. which will bear ooking
into. Respectfully. A. LINCOLN"
What was Mr.. Wordsworth like in per-
sonal appearance?' Canon Rawnsley once
asked an old retainer. who still lives not
far from Rydal Mount. HE was a ugly
faced man. and mean liver" was the
answer. "Ay. and he was a deal ABBOTT
roads We kna." One might have thought
the late poet an ugly customer of desperate
life or a highwayman of vagrant habit.
All that was really meant when translated
was that he was man OF marked features,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-25
McCANN'S CLOTHES NOT FOUND
Prosecuting Attorney Thoroughly
Searches Bonfils Quarry.

Prosecuting Attorney Rowland L. John.
ston of ST. Louis County is satisfied that be
will have to look elsewhere for tho clothes
of James P. Mccain. who Is alleged to have
been killed by Lord" Darlington, than in
the. Bonfils quarry. where the body Of the
murdered turfman was found Juno Is.
Yesterday, in company with Attorney ,.
A Heidorn, he conducted a personal search
for the clothes, but could not ind them.
At the time the body was found there was
about six feet of water in the quarry. Tho
body was nude, and 1t was then supposed
that the clothes had been weighted down
and thrown to the bottom of the quarry to
render identification Of the body more d,f-
ficult.
Deputy Sheriff BelIairs of st. Louis Coun-
ty made several efforts to empty the quarry
and hunt for the clothes. and finally gave
up when informed that it would be drained
by nature in the course Of a month.
There is now less than foot of water IN
the quarry. and if the clothes were there.
Johnston says, he could have found them,
L. Seymour Darlington, the bogus lord"
in the Clayton jail, who Is charged with the
murder of Mccain, is recovering from his
illness. and unless he suffers a relapee will
probably be able 10 go to trial next Thurs
day, the day for which his preliminary
hearing is set.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-25

In Opie Reads latest novel. " The hark-
riders" laird & Lee. Chicago he reveals
his characteristic faults and virtues as Il
teller of stories in which local color ana
native character are the dominant features
There is at times refreshing humor
found in The Harkriders." and then, ag-
gravatinsly. the author permits this hu-
NOR to descend to mere hurlesque III MS
effort after effect. The two leading comedy
characters, the Southern kinsmen, Coiohci
and Major Haririder. are we'll conceived at
the outset and win the liking of the reader.
After a little however, 1t would seem that
Mr.. Read was developing them with one
eye on the stage. and that his main con-
Germ was TO make them very much such
couple as the Judge and the Major, in the
old Frank Chanfrau play of THE Arkansas
Traveller" who should appeal without 1aii
to even the most primitive sense OF hunor
on the part of the audience. Their contin-
ual repettions of "Ah, my dear Major. tho
very man l want to see" and Always the
man want to see. Colonel" is the sort OF
stuff that very cheap laughs are made OF.
The story itself Is of the South immedi-
ately after the Civil War and then the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-25
JACK LONDON,
Author Of THE Call of the Wild"

south Of 1898. the year OF the war with
Spain. and the scene Is laid In Georgia In
the plot there figures an interesting young
woman who Is heiress to 100000 left her
by her father. the legacy being secret until
certain time, however, and much of tho
story's romance develops around this
figure. a very melodramatic villain Is en-
Countered early in the book. one of the good
old sort of villains who stop at nothing in
the furtherance of their maiign schemes and
who would as soon murder man as look
at him. A young Harkrider and his friend,
an officer in the United States Army, may
be described as the hero and assistant hero
Of the story, and the Spanish War creates
opportunity for exploiting th.m more nearly
along contemporaneous lines than is COM
mon in stories of Southern life.
The irritating popularity of Opie Read Is
that he has an instructive discernment for
humorous character, and yet seems to be
too indolent to make the most Of this rare
and precious gift. In the figure Of the
quaint old negr.. Dominion; in that of the
rustic poet, Slab Parker OF Washington Dis
mukes, the most prominent clay-eater in
the neighborhood' of the country maiden,
Callie. wooed by the poet, there is plen-
tiful material, of which more Industrious
and artistically conscientious writer would
have made the richest and most satisfying
use. But not SO with Mr.. Read. He treats
his people with the broadcast and most In
dolent strokes, apparently content II they
score as does the burlesque character Gre
alton of vaudeville entertainment The
appreciative reader, perceivlng the posi-
bilities OF the characters and noting this
careless handling OF them. cannot but feel
q bit rescntful.
1t has long been proverbial. whether based
upon the truth or not, that the Southern
gentleman Of the old order OF things was
an extremely lazy and happy go-lucky in
dividual, and many SouthernerS have found
reason to complain that novelists who
write of Southern life exaggerate these
traits and convey false and misleading
impression to the public mind. Ooie Read
goes farther along this line than any other
of his school. His Colonel and Major Hark
rider are about the most recklessly indo-
lent and helpless humans that one can find
In all fiction They make the reader laugh.
1t is true. but at the same time they pro-
yoke doubt that characters quite 50 ex-
treme ever existed in real life.
1.-The Harkriders' is story that will be
read and enjoyed by those who like the
sort of Southern story which Opie Read
tells, but It is not destined to attain the
popularity Of his two earlier and most
widely read novels, The Jucklins' and
Tho Starbucks." One cannot but regret that
Opie Read will not set himself seriously to
the task Of making the most of his unde-
niable talents. He il the possessor Of nat
ural gifts which would enable him to writo
character novel; Of genuine distinction
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-25
INHERITS THE CHARACTERISTICS"
Albert Sonnischcn Comes of n Race of
Danish WorId-ROaners

Albert Sonnishen. the author OF deep
Sea Nagabonds." was born with the desire
for adventure in his blood.and declares that
the love for wandering Is hereditary, quite
as much as the love for art and things
similar. My forbears were such CAD
abouts." he says. that 1t would be Won
der of wonders If I also did not like to be
moving around the world. Not one of my
male ancestors on my fathers side died in
the land of his birth-Denmark. Two of my
paternal uncles died in Australia one in a
skirmish with bush rangers and the other
captain Of n, South Sea trading schooner.
A third fought in tho Union Army under
Hooker against Bragg. under whom his
brother was serving. great-granduncle
commanded small privateer during Napo-
leonic wars. and did some rather promis-
cuous plundering OF ships on both sides of
the controversy. At the age OF ninety-six
the interesting old rogue could play leap
frog with the boys.
ION my maternal side there is the famous
Australian explorer. Luchardt. who travelled
across the Australian continent and was
lost with his whole expedition OF twenty
men. turning up. alone and demented,
twenty years after. My father fought in
Braggs army IN tho Civil War, but went
West TO Salt Lake with the Mormons. He
split with this party on religious grounds
and made for the coast. finally becoming
Danish Consul at San Francisco"
1t IS not to be wondered at that Mr.
Sonnischen's own career has been teeming
with stirring incidents. He spent two years
in the Philippines. where he was taken
prisoner and held for ten months His new
book treats Of his exciting experiences as
a sailor on ships OF various nations before
the Spanish war. including a ship OF Dali
malta. the Oldest Of the maritime nations
OF Christian Europe.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-25
.orALEs FROM WONDERLAND"

Rudolph Bnumbnch of the Thurtn-
CLAN Forest, Tells Them and They
Arc Translated for American Chill
dren.
italics From Wonderland" Issued from
tho press OF A Lowell & Co., New York. Is
n little and unassuming volume. intended
for children. but Its contents are treat
nevertheless, for older persons whose hearts
have not yet lost all childlikeness.
The stories in this thin volume were writ
ten by Rudolph Baumbach, poet and novel
list. and the Wonderland" in which their
magical events are supposed to have taken
place is the Thuringian Forest of Central
Germany, near which Rudolph Baumbach
has lived all his life. They are taken from
volume in the Camelot SERIES translated
by Helen B. Dole and adapted for American
children by William S. N. SLIDER. Eight in
number, these simple and old-fashioned
tales constitute q mine of treasure for
youthful exploration.
Rudolph Baumbach reveals gift In this
not by any means insignificant department
Of literature which suggests Hans Ander-
sen in its sweetness. simplicity and slnceri-
ty. The Germans lead the world in the tell
ing OF such folklore tales anyway, and the
little volume now under consideration Is
worthy contribution to the worlds stock of
fairy legend American children will doubt
less welcome Tales From Wonderland"
with enthusiastic acclaim and demand more
of Baumbach's work for their delcctation.
And not few grown folks will enjoy these
tales in company with the children.