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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

N BILE railroad presidents in the V United States predict that cleo tricity will supplant steam as motive power on railroads before many more years. Already fuel oil is pushing out coal and before much longer oil will itself be a back number In the race with the all-powerful fluid that gave Benja- min Franklin a start in life. It is hard to see just what are the practical ob- jections to electricity on railroads now, except the fact that 1t would be enor- mously expensive for roads already con- structed for steam operation to change to electricity. But the change Is com ing and 1t will be welcome to the vast public that migrates over the land in the pursuit of business or pleasure. There will be no more smoke, no more dirt, and no more cinders It will indeed be a millenium in railway traffic and even the modest tramp will reap the benefit.
 Science Is now able to tint your eyes while you wait. An operation recently performed at the Eye and Ear hospital in New York demonstrated that the trick is possible and the prospects are that 1t will speedily be taken by society and will speedily be taken up by society and was performed on the eye of a young man that had lost it's color through dis ease. number of minute needles were used to prick holes in the cornea India ink of shade to match the iris was then rubbed into the tiny holes and the job was finished. It is said that the op- eration was entirely successful and there is no reason why 1t could not be re- peated on any persons eyes, giving any shade desired. Thus has science made another step toward making man more beautiful than he was destined to be by nature. It is even now possible to make a woman over again.
 It is reported that Overseer Dowie of Zion City will not be permitted to land his sanctifled person on British soil be- cause he made some uncomplimentary remarks about King Edward while de- livering his addresses in Australia. In other words. Prophet Dowie Is persona non grata in England and it is hardly probable that he will undertake to pay the island a visit.
 The St. Louis papers have no difficulty in finding enough copy to fill their col umns on a dull night, for the big fair can never be talked about too much. St. Louis Is taking a lively interest in the show and large crowds went out Sunday and tramped around In the mud In order to see what is In store for sight seers. The fair seems about to distract attention from the Russo-Japanese tan- gle in the far east, and unless there are some startling developments in the near future the public will be able to enjoy the Pike without dividing attention with the latest war bulletins.
 Capt. James Hall, the man who figured as a hero in Richard H. Dana's Two Years Before the Mast" died last Sat urday at East Braintree, Mass, at the age of 91 years. Hall was second mate and afterwards first mate of the vessel in which Dana sailed around Cape Horn to California Many small boys have de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

The canal zone must be drained and fumigated, or else it will become one long line of hospitals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

San Francisco expects to be the country's front door when the Panama canal is opened.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

Sully is again to the front and this time he will gin cotton, a business in which there is not such a big margin for winning and losing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

Charles Dickens was a good news paper reporter, and he always said his newspaper work aided him materially when he became a novelist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

An Iowa woman engaged to fifteen men at once carried the Chicago uni versity theory as to flirting too far and fast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

MT Carnegie's hero fund will not be large enough to go round, as heroes are appearing in troops on every hand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

Nordica's husband received from her earnings $30O,O0O, and to his credit be it said he did not sue her for non support. She has secured a divorce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

The Rhodes scholarships at Oxford are worth $500 year, but owing to the conditions of residence they are not popular among American boys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

Tiger Hill is the key to the situation along the Yalu, and the tigers tail is a potent factor in New York politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

Chicago's straw hat day is still far in the future Indeed, it is not certain that delegates to the June convention will be permitted to come in under straw hats
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

Our President is to do the czar act in the canal zone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

The whales at Vladivostok have be- come very circumspect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

China dreads more bills with such items as this, Missing Missionary, $2,000 000."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

Grace Greenwood is dead. She wrote fifty years ago for the grandmothers of today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

New York has 143 cases of leprosy in the last ten years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

There is a natural desire to ascer- tain the name of the democratic black horse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

St. Louis might secure spring as a star attraction for the Pike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

Birmingham is now in the hands of the educators.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

Two United States soldiers commit ted suicide at Springfield, Mass, be- cause they were tired of eating beans" That sounds almost like Bos- ton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

Port Arthur seems to possess the faculty of falling perpetually.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

The latest airsnip is the California Eagle, and it is said to be able to fly'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

The vice-presidency is to be rammed into Senator Fairbanks nolens volens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

Fans will soon cease to wear over coats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AnnIston Represented.

Anniston is represented at the educa- tional conference by Superintendent Mur- phy of the public schools and Dr. c. J. Owens. president of Anniston College for Young Ladies.
 Annston College for Young Ladies is one of the leading institutions for women in the south. In former years it has been presided over by such men as Dr. Aber- crombie, now of the state university and pr. A. J. Battle, who served as a college and university president in the south for fifty years. Dr. Owens is said to be the youngest college president in the south, and one of the most capable.
 The college has a location and plant that is ideal. About 300 southern girls are now in attendance, and lthe possibili- ties are almost unlimited The college was built and equipped at cost of about $20O,000. During the summer it is a favorite resort, where many families go to enjoy the mountain air and seen cry and the points of advantage and in- terest.
 Anniston has a picturesque location among the mountains. The temperature rarely reaches 90 degrees and the nights are cool and refreshing. The water Is pure and comes from a remarkable series of springs which haze a capacity of 40,- CO0,000 gallons per day
 Oxford Lake is one of the points of in- terest where every convenience is found, to make it modern lake park.
 The chautauqua which has been so suc- cessful for years, will be conducted Au- gust All under the management of An niston college, and II Is possible that a teachers institute will be conducted in connection with the ehautauqua.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27

Capt James Hall, the man who figured as a hero in Richard H. Dana's Two Years Before the Mast" died last Sat urday at East Braintree, Mass, at the age of 91 years. Hall was second mate and afterwards first mate of the vessel in which Dana sailed around Cape Horn to California Many small boys have de-
, 1904-05-05
NOTES FROM THE COURT HOUSE

There are now four prisoners in the
county Jail.
John w. Connor II Fannie L. Con.
o today sold to DR.. Darwin Z. Brown
lot |, block 204. at the corner OF Sew.
enth and Garfield streets.
The deed for the land sold a day or
two ago by the Millbrook Land and
Live Stock company to Joseph Dallas
was filed for record today.
Attorney General j. A. Van Orsdel
ald Judge Gibson Clark of Cheyenne
were at the court house this afternoon,
attorneys in a Big Horn county case
decided by Judge Carpenter.
A warranty deed was filed today
transferring from the Wyoming Cen,
trail Land and Improvement company
to George R. Eykyn all of section II,
township II, range II. for $500.
Judge Carpenter today rendered a
verdict for the plaintiff in the suit of
the Farmers Canal company against
the Big Horn Basin Development
company, brought here on change of
venue Attorney General Van Orsdel
appeared for the plaintiff and Judge
Gibson Clark of Cheyenne for the de-
PENDANT.
, 1904-05-05
CLOSING
PROGRAM RENDERED BY THE Pu-
Pills OF THE TELLiSoN SCHOOL
LAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
School Taught by Miss, Ida Purdy and
Program One Of Much Excellence
Miss Purdy Now in This City
and Will Attend Coming County
Teachers Institute.

Miss Ida Puriy. the efficient young
teacher of the Tellison school. in the
Horse creek district, is in the city.
and brought with her the program
rendered at the close Of the school last
Friday. Miss Purdy is arranging to
attend the county teachers institute.
which will occur here June 20 for four
days. The program follows:
Song. Before All Lands. School
Recitation. THE Wind. Carl Tellison
Dialogue. Dol White
Hans and Grover Tellison.
Story. "Politeness Pays. Carl Tellison
Recitation. Barbara Frietchie"....
Hans Tellison
Song. Work Song"............S School
Recitation. THE Best of All".......
Morris Tellison
Story. "A Fourth Of July Picnic
Party ........... Hans Tellison
Recitation, The Banner of the
Song. Awake! Salute the Flag.
School
Recitation. "A Wise and Jolly Old
Crow" .......... Sophus Tellison
Story, The Trial of a Fox for Setal-
ing a Chicken. Grover Tellison
Recitation, An Grafton on Corns".
Hans Tellison
Story, Which Was Right?".. ......
Sophus Tellison
Song. 'Noah's Ark. School
Dialogue. What the Dandelion Did
SOphus and Carl Tellison.
Recitation. The Ant and the Lady
Bug ........... Grover Tellison
Song. My Old Kentucky Home,
Good Night. School
, 1904-05-05
BRIEFLY MENTIONED.
Ward primaries tonight.

Ward primaries tonight.
A sprinkle of rain at noon.
Partly cloudy this morning.
Bright and warm this afternoon.
Band concert tomorrow afternoon.
Fine pansy plants at Golden Rule.
The dandelions have begun to bloom.
The ward meetings should be we'll
attended.
Fishing tackle and repairs of all
kinds. Lovejoy's.
All kinds of imported fishing tackle
at Laramie Book company's.
Marshal Stirling is having some OF
the dirt carried off of the streets today.
Mrs. Hegewald is much better today
and her condition is quite encourag.
ing.
The baseball club is anxious to have
a little game with a pickup nine
Sunday.
Have O been to the big shoe sale
at Rauner's? If not, you should lose
no time In doing SO.
julius Merz has been selected to
make the school enumeration for this
year n will start upon the work in
a day or two.
DR.. Ellis, the government sheep in.
spector. is i'll at Hanna and is trying
to be relieved that he may come home
and receive better nursing.
NJ. F. Jukes OF the Ferris studio was
IN the sick list Sunday and Monday
out is able to be at his place of bust.
less again.-Rawlins Republican.
CITY Clerk Holiday will add a
brand new iron fence to the front of
Ais residence property at Fourth street
and Park avenue. The material was
received this morning.
The primary meetings will be called
80 order at s O'Clock tonight. the First
ward meeting at the city hall, the
Second ard at the court house and
the Third ward at the West Side hose
house.
Louis Schlumpf has opened n barber
shop in the basement O fthe Williams
building on Second street and extends
an invitation to all his old friends to
call and see him and also to new Gus
toners to give him a call.
The $500 donated by the council to
the volunteer fire department has
been apportioned, $50 to each of the
hose companies and 5000 to the gym
nasium for the erection of shower
baths and other appliances. A com
mittee consisting Of Chief Lenihan,
Richard Eberhard, Will Mast, Ed
Ferber and Bernie Featherstone will
have charge Of the distribution of the
latter fund.
, 1904-05-05
INQUEST
ON BODY OF LOUIS PETERS DE.
vELOPEO A CLEAR CASE OF
SELF.DESTRUcTiON.
Used Pistol With Only One Cartridge
and Weapon Found Between Mans
Legs, Where II Had Fallen After
|. Bullet Had Been Fired Through
the Head.

Mr.. K. L. Fitch OF this city, who was
empowered by the board of county
commissioners to hold an inquest on
the body of Lewis Peters, the sheep
herder who was found lead near Lit
tie Medicine several days ago. returned
GA the noon train today, having held
the Inquest yesterday II attended to
the burial of the body on the hillside
rear the scene of the tragedy. Mr..
Fitch impaneled a jury consisting Of
j. ii. Bowles. J. A. Wright and w. r.
Cameron, ranchmen in the neighbor.
hood. and determined that the man
had come to his death from a gunshot
wouAd inflicted by his W hand. with
the intention Of taking his life. The
jury found that the bullet entered the
right temple and ranged IA little up
ward. coming out in the upper portion
of the left temple. The pistol was
found between the mans legs, with
one empty shell in the cylinder, there
being no other shells in the other
chambers. showing. TO the minds of
the jurors, that the man had placed
the one cartridge in the weapon and
discharged its bullet into his brain.
b. A. Farley, one of the witnesses.
testified hat Peters had been acting
quccrly for some time, and he was not
surprised to hear that the former sheep
herder had taken his W life.
Peters was found at a cabin on the
open prairie, about ten miles north
west Of Little Medicine postoffice and
a good sixty miles from Medicine Bow,
from whence the coroner drove. He
was found sitting down by the building
and leaning back against the wall, his
head thrown back n the pistol lying
between his legs. Death was instan-
%taneous.
The acting coroner found a card
from Jesse Converse's jewelry store in
this city, upon the blank end of which
Peters had written this in German:
'Das list meme uhr," which, being
translated, means. This is my hour
Nothing else was found that would
throw any light upon the cause of the
suicide. Peters is believed to have
a son. William Peters. somewhere neal
Douglas, Converse county, and a
daughter. whose name is unknown, in
Chicago. There are no relatives about
here, as far as could be learned. Mr..
Fitch found a watch at Mr.. Converse's
which had been left there for repairs.
A coffin was constructed yesterday
by a handy man at Little Medicine, a
grave was dug on the hillside and the
remains of the unfortunate man were
given as decent burial as could be un-
der the peculiar circumstances. The
grave was properly marked for future
Identification.
Mr.. Fitch says he had a most labor.
ious journey, going sixty miles into
the country and holding the inquest in
a drizzling rain, one of the jurymen
utterly refusing to enter the house
against which the body of the suicide
was leaning, and III even permitting
himself to get very close to the corpse.
, 1904-05-05
FOR WYOMING.
KNIVES RECOVERED AND
PROSECUTION IS STOPPED.

w. H. Lee, a hotel cook, who stole
a number of knives from the kitchen
OF the Johnson hotel a day or two ago,
was o~verhauled at Cheyenne last night
and the knives recovered. Mrs. Mac
Intyre. the wife OF the proprietor Of
the cafe, informed a reporter for this
paper this morning that her husband
would not prosecute Lee, the knives
having been returned to the kitchen.
, 1904-05-05
DATE SET FOR
MEETING OF TRUSTEES.

At the meeting of the executive com
mittee of the board Of trustees of the
University of Wyoming at 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, June 20, at 9 a.
m, was fixed as The date for the an
nual meeting Of the board. The COM
mittee will donate $40 to the annual
to be issued by the fraternity So
%cieties Of the university and will pay
Mr.. Reed for his services in the field
during the summer.
, 1904-05-05
GIVEN HEAVY FINE
AND STAY OF EXECUTION

Charlie Keilhauer was fined $50 and
costs in the police court this morning
for disturbing the peace of Fred
Cikanek, but he was given a stay of
execution that he might return to the
ranch where he had been working for
some time. He promised to go back
to the country and be good.
, 1904-05-05
USE SWIFT's PREMIUM HAMS.
SPECIAL PRICE FOR THIS WEEK
OF 15c PER LIB. AT THE LARAMIE
GROCERY co.
Notice.

| am obliged to positively forbid all
t~rsspassers from hunting. shooting and
hshlng on my premises on the Lar
annie river. between Old Wyoming and
cooper Lake stations. 1t has become
a great annoyance to my interests.
ihis means everybody. Now, look
out. | shall enforce the law.
225t6 ORA HALEY
, 1904-05-05
LARAMiElTES' PICTURES
IN DENVER PAPER.

The Denver Post of yesterday con-
tanned portraits of Mrs. Frank ID. Spaf-
ford, president of the Laramie Wo-
mans club. and Captain William
Yates, who has been detailed for an
other year at the university as instruc-
tor in military science and tactics.
, 1904-05-05
MExICANS TO ASSIST
DURING LANDING SEASON.

J. p. Peterson. the employment
agent, today sent twenty-five Next
just from Pueblo. Colo. to the
Flake Hall and other ranches in the
northern part of the county to assist
in the Landing on the sheep ranches.
, 1904-05-05

FOR REkT-Four rooms over c. 8.
Greenbaum's store. Suitable for of.
fee or light housekeeping. Geo. A.
Campbell, agent. 228ts
, 1904-05-05

The Electric Light company will pay
800 for information leading to the
conviction Of any person unlawfully
tampering with any of its poles or
wires. a13m1
, 1904-05-05

FOR sALE-Three horses, harness,
wagon; two milk cows; three burrows,
pack saddle. 1856 Third street. 229t6
, 1904-05-05

FOR SALE OR LEAsE-Ranch on
Four Mile; good terms. Lauritx Miller
4ss Spruce. West Side. 219t1m
, 1904-05-05
CHARITY WHIST CLUB
WILL MEET TONIC

The Charity Whist club will meet at
st. Matthews hall tonight, the host.
esses for the evening being Mrs. Fred
A. Miller, Mrs. e. D. Latimer and Mrs.
Howard Ingham.
, 1904-05-05

cows FOR sALE-Good. fresh, gen.
tie mixers. To be seen ct Mr.. Cham.
%berlain's,, Seven-Mile lake. 227te
, 1904-05-05

Lovett is doing the papering the
other fellows can't compete and are
doing the kicking.
, 1904-05-05

manufactured suits for spring that
hold their shape and fit at Woodruff 4
Terry's.
, 1904-05-05

Shirts 10c, collars and cuffc 2 c, fiat
work Is pieces 15c. City Steam Laun-
dry. Try lis.
, 1904-05-05

The largest and best assortment Of
boys clothing at Woodruff & .Terrv',.
, 1904-05-05

Remember Niethe's dancing schoo
Thursday night at North Star hall. Ev-
erybody invited. 227t3
, 1904-05-05

Ottumwa Copper Co. has a mine.
VIM. Benton 227t5
, 1904-05-05

Furnished hous. for rent. 1ol IN .
, 1904-05-05

Swell dressers will find their kline
OF goods at Woodruff & Terry's.
, 1904-05-05

War on shoes for men and boys at
Woodruff G. Terry's.
, 1904-05-05

Daily Rsps6aca: CO .olaA.
, 1904-05-05

Clothing and shoes. woodruR I
Terry.
, 1904-05-05
DON'T
C.. B. ROOT.
Real Estate and Loans,
Office at Opera House.

FOR SALE
Business, residence, ranch property.
Bank, Maennerchor hall and Strong
mining stocks.
Good Fire-proof Safe. ......... $25.0O
$500 Fine Oak Dresser for. 1900
IS Oak Settee 0 r............ 800
$500 Oak Center Table for. $50
$500 Oak Rocking Chair for. 1.50
5000 Oak Desk Chair for..... 800
1925 Arm Chairs or......... 1.5o
Iron Beds, Wire Cots n Mattresses.
Read Tom Horn for 10 cents. Call
at Office and find out how.
, 1904-05-05

Furnished rooms for light housekeep.
ing. Sayer Hansen, University and 9Th.
, 1904-05-05

Weekly Republican 8 . year.
, 1904-05-05

Daily Republican 6Oc a month.
, 1904-05-05

Daily Republican SOC a month.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-03

School. from which he was graduated
in 1865. He then went TO New York and
began his career as a practicing lawyer.
Entering Politics.
Oliver Payne. son of United States
Senator Henry b. Payne. OF Ohio, and
young Whitney had been intimate
friends in college. and Whitney had
often spent parts OF vacations at tn
Payne house in Cleveland. IL was there
that he met Flora r. Payne. whom h
married in 1869.
Two years after fa marriage Mr.
whitney began TO take an active inter
est in politics. He arrayed himself
against the Tweed corruptionists an
was the chief organizer of the Youn'
Mens Democratic Club. HIS work IN
tho rnemora BILE campaign OF lSH attract
ed the attention of Samuel J. ridden
and the two became friends. II has
been said Of Mr.. Whitney that Iilde2
regarded him as the ablest political pro
tege ne ever had Not long after NJ
Whitney organized the Young Men :
Democratic Club he, with others. form
Ell the organization known as Apollo
Hall. and he was the defeated canui
date of that organization for uistric'
attorney in 1872. He then took an &C
tive part in the organization or tbs
county Democracy. lie was appolntec
an Inspector of schools the same yea.
and ne was active in the campaign o.
1875 which resulted In the election o.
Governor Tilden and Mayor Wickham.
Mayor Wickham made Dir. whitney
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-03

year his horses won about 10000 and
he headed the list OF winning owners. Mr..
Whitney won one Futurity. that OF 1890.
with BallyhOo Bey. and hoped 10 win
last year with his splendid colt inhex-
ible fnhexible was cut down in a race
at Saratoga. however. and was out OF IL
At the close OF the racing season IN
England last fall Mr.. whitney an
nounced that he was going TO retire
from the English turf. Most Of the
horses which he had in training there
were sold at auction In December
few were brought 70 the United states,
most OF which were sent to La Belle
Farm for breeding purposes. The prin-
cipal sire at La Belle Is the famous
Hamburg. for which Mr.. Whitney paid
$4,000
In 1901 Mr. Whitney. with August Bel
mont and others. acquired the Saratoga
race track Mr.. Whitney was made
president OF the association, and hello
the Office at the time Of his death he
said that the race meetings at the
Springs ought 20 be the finest in this
country, and that he intended to make
the Saratoga course the Newmarket OF
America He 80 far succeeded that the
stakes offered by the Saratoga Associa-
ton are among the richest in the coun-
try and attract the best horses Of both
East and West.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-03
.HITNEY'S
LIFE WAS ONE
OF ENERGY

William Collins Whitney was born
in Conway. Franklin county, Mass, on
July "a. 1881 He came from the best
Puritan stock OF New England, being
a descendant IN the eighth generation
OF John Whitney, an English Puritan.
who settled in Massachusetts in 1875.
On his mothers side he was descended
from william Bradford, governor OF
Plymouth Colony. His father was
Brig. Gen James Scollay Whitney, one
Of the most prominent Democrats OF
his day in Massachusetts, as well as a
successful mar Of affairs
After preparing for college at the
Williston Seminary, at Easthampton,
Mass. young Whitney entered Yale In
1853 and WIS graduated with honors IN
the class Of 1853. Twenty-Five wears af-
ter his graduation Yale conferred on
Mr.. Whitney the degree Of doctor Of
laws In the autumn following his
graduation from Yale. General Whit
ney sent his son to the Harvard Law