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, 1904-06-20
it was buried l n the cemetery here.

it was buried In the cemetery here.
Mr.. Smith learned that his brother
had been working for Bakers grading
camp in Colorado until the Sd of May,
when he severed his connection with
that concern, receiving his money and
left. He was travelling overland with
a man named Frank Zehner of New,
port. Neb. They camped near Ward
Tuesday night. The next morning
Zehner missed Smith from the tent,
and when he vent to search for him
found him outside in his underclothes,
lying dead or the ground.
Smiths parents live in New Jersey.
They were notified of his death, their
address being found, together with
that of the brother at Topeka, in a
memorandum book in the dead mans
pockets. 1t was decided.to inter the
remains here, and afterward, II the
parents, who are quite old, SO decide,
it could be taken up and sen to the
old home in New Jersey. The deceas-
ed was 81 years Of age and a single
man. He left home about three years
ago.
, 1904-06-20
SMITHS BODY BURIED
IN CEMETERY HERE

The body of Lemuel C. Smith, the
young mar found dead near Ward,
Colo, last Wednesday. and noted in
a telephone message from Ward to
The Republican that afternoon. was
brought to the city last Saturday
night by NJ. J. Capron. the undertaken
at Walden, and was met here by the
brother of the deceased, Joseph NJ,
Smith, a machinist for the Santa Fe
shops at Topeka. Kas. The body was
taken to STRIKERS undertaking rooms
and kept until Sunday morning. when
, 1904-06-20

Mcintosh, Jessie Trewartha, Grace
Peabody and Agnes Brebner.
The personnel Of the Choral Uu.Jr
is as follows: Mrs. Soule. Misses An
ME Reid. Mildred Mcintosh, Allie
Bangs, Jessie and Wilma Trewartha
Evelyn and Miriam Corthell, Eta Ken
needy, Grace Peabody. Title Frale'
and Agnes .Brebner, Prof. Soule. Prof
Marquardt. Messrs. A. c. Jones, Bruc'
Jones. Harold Merriam. George Perry.
am and Herbert Kennedy.
The players in the Imperial orchos.
ira r Misses Rebeca Cook and Thyra
Thirkeildsen. Prof. Merz, Messrs Cow.
lie. Ballard. Charles Frazee, Goodalc.
Isberg. Pope and Byrnes.
The exercises closed with the sing
ing of a hymn by the congregation.
and Rev. Walton pronounced the brur-
diction.
, 1904-06-20
GOLD BEARING ROCK
FOUND NEAR BINFORO,

Quite a little excitement has been
caused recently in the vicinity of Bin
ford, in the Laramie peak country, by
the discovery of large bodies of Gin
nabar and gold bearing rock, says the
Wheatland World. The prospecting
is being done by Louis Satter and a
Mr.. Faulkner, who represents Denver
capitalists. Assays from the find show
returns of $2S in gold and $40 in quick
silver. The properties are to be in
spected soon by an expert, when start
ling facts are expected to be disclosed.
, 1904-06-20
SLUMS OF NEW YORK
DISCUSSED LAST NIGHT.

DR.. Frederic Bell. described as
"America's original song lecturer,
prince of orators, and apostle of truth
and liberty" delivered his first lecture
at Maennerchor last night to an audi
ence that nearly filed the hall. The
subject of the lecture a Midnight
Scenes in the Slums of New York
City" DR.. Belle is a Yorkshireman by
birth. but he has lived for the greater
part of his life in the United States.
For four years he labored as a mid
night missionary in the New York
slums. In his lecture he ]recounted
his personal experiences. II was en-
phatically true. he said. that one-half
of New York did not know how the
other half existed. He had had as
much experience in slum work as any
man in C~hristendom. A great deal was
heard about fallen women, but he
wanted to say that for every fallen
woman there was a fallen mar
somewhere. He had been led into his
work in the slums because he loved
those who were low down. In the
Fourth ward of New York, where he
began to labor. were to be found peo-
| pie of the lowest type. The lecture
was interspersed with the singing Of
simple gospel solos, such as the lee
turer had sung in his visits to the low
est dives. He had found the song mes
sage to be a great power of itself in
winning men Il women from the
ways of sin. Tonight Dl. Bell will lee,
ture on Love. Courtship. Marriage
and Divorce"
, 1904-06-20
Cures Old Sores,

Westmoreland, Kan, May 5. 1902,
Ballard Snow Liniment Co.: Your
Snow Liniment cured an old sore on
the side of my chin that was suppos'
ed to be a cancer. The sore was stub.
born and would not yield to treatment,
until l tried Snow Liniment, which did
Mrs. Sophia J. Carson, Allensville,
Mif1in Co., Pa, has a sore and mis-.
trusts that it is a cancer. Please send
her a SOC bottle. Sold by all druggists.
, 1904-06-20
Acute Rheumatism.

Deep tearing or w%renching pains, oc
casionedb by getting wet through; worse
when at rest, oil on first moving the
limbs and in cold or damp weather, is
cured quickly by Billiards. Snow Lini
ment. Oscar Oleson, Gibson City, Ill.
writes, Feb. &c, 1902: "A year ago
was troubled with a pain in my back
It soon got so bad | could not bend
over. One bottle of Billiards. Snow
Liniment cured me-" 25c, soc, 81. Fol-
sale by all druggists.
, 1904-06-20
WILL RENT HER HOUSE
AND ROOM WITH FRIEND.

Mrs. Gust Olson has decided to rent
OF sell her residence on Hodgeman av-
enue, and has taken rooms with Mr..
anr Mrs. Skoggerson. She was unwill-
ing to stay alone in the house and so
has decided to dispose of her furni-
ture and occupy rooms.
, 1904-06-20
Annual Meeting, Imperial Council, No.
bIes of the Mystic Shrine.

Atlantic City, N. j., July 1915, 1904.
$51.6O for round trip from Laramie,
Wyo. On sale July 9 and 10. Limit
extended to August 3rd, 1904, by de
post.
, 1904-06-20

A complete line of legal blanks
The Republican ONCE.
, 1904-06-20
SPECIAL RATES
Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
ST IOuiS Mo

From Laramie, Wyo, tickets on sale
daily up to November 18th, 1904. $34.7O
for round trip, limited to December
18th, 1904.
, 1904-06-20
ST., LOUIS AND r U
SPECIAL EXCURSIONS

On Saturday. June 25th, the Union
Pacific will run a popular excursion
from Laramie, Wyo., to st. Louis and
return at the low rate Of
S22.0o
Tickets will have final return limits
Of fifteen days. illustrated guide to
Worlds Fair free on application.
Inquire Of
p. R. BREIsCH.
Agent o.. p. R. R. Co..
Laramie. Wyo.
, 1904-06-20
Annual Meeting Grand Lodge Benevo
lent and Protective Order of Elks,

Tent and ProtectIVe Order OF !
Cincinnati, Ohio, July 1928, 1904
$3.50 for round trip from Laramie
Wyo. On sale July Is, 16 and II, 1904
Limit extended to August 18, by de
post.
For further information, apply to
E. r. BRE1SCH,
Agent, Laramie, Wyo.
Laramie, Wyo.. May 26, 1904.
, 1904-06-20

historical Department."
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-04-23

found-distressing scenes-the In
quest-the yerdict-mysterious dis
covery with regard to a FIRST class pas
senger-ioul play suspected, Verdict
Of Wiiful Murder," And SO on and
so on he retraced his way through the
whole OF that dark tragedy-wasting
what he felt To be precious time. but
unable to tear his attention away
from these records Of the past.
At last he rammed the paper back
into its pigeon hole and turned his
attention again to the drawer be
meath. When II at last yielded To
his efforts. he was rewarded by the
sight OF fatty folded packet of
parchment. tied with tape-the iden-
teal last will and testament which he
had heard spoken OF so often BY the
cook But this. though OF interest in
one way. was not that OF which he
was in search. and he began to feel
qualm Of fear lest. after all, his
quest should prove useless.
His eye. roaming restlessly about.
was caught by the CLEAN OF brass In a
dark corner. The candle. which was
sufficient to light him at his task. still
ieft the greater part of the room in
scmidarkness. and there was some
thing over there. In that corner, which
he had not taken into account.
II was an old fashioned piece Of fur
niture-the only shabby and evidently
second hand article in the room. 1t
was an upright article and was divid-
ed into tao portions. the lower CON
tanning drawers and the upper being
shut In with doors. which were fitted
with brass lock and fastening.
1t was OLD and much scratched. and
had apparently seen considerable use;
but must have been a good article
originally. He took the candle IN his
hand and. crossing the room. inspect
cd IL closely There is look about
holding the candle up higher
"as though 1t might have a history
attached TO IT, II looks with a sud
den impulse-.'as though II might be
trusted TO keep a secret" He put the
candle upon the mantelpiece close by
and agaiR resumed his burglarious
operations. Il shall soon be able to
pass iHuSNSi a. oAi NNPeiicHeou housc-
breaker. at this rate" he remarked to
himself. with grim irony. as the lock
turned traitor. and the door. swinging
open, revealed a number OF drawers
within. each garnished with a lock
| and brass handle Which should he
| attack first7 Much time had already
been wasted. and at that moment. as
| though In answer, the clock on the
mantelpiece chimed three. while the
clock in the hall without repeated the
/ hour after It.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-04-23
cARNEoIE's HERO FUND.
Five Million Dollars for injured He
roes and Dependents.

Pittsburg. April 1e.-Andrew Car
negie has created a fund OF S5.coO.0Oo
for the benefit of the dependents OF
those losing their lives in heroic ef-
fort to save their fellow men, or for
the heroes themselves IL injured only.
Provision is also made for medals TO
be given In commemoration Of heroic
acts.
The endowment is to be known as
the hero fund" and consists OF s5,-
600 .00o Of first collateral fye per cent
bonds of the United States Steel Cor
poration. The trust is placed in the
hands of a commission Of twenty.
The commission held its first meet
ing here yesterday and made known
the project The scheme was conceived
by Mr. Carnegie Immediately after the
Harwick mine disaster. when he sum
moned to New York Charles l.. Taylor.
chairman. and F. NJ. Wiimot. manager
of the Andrew Carnegie relief fund. 10
discuss with them plans for the relief
of the sufferers from this catastrophe.
IL is provided that no grant is to be
continued unless IL be soberly and
properly used and the recipients remain
respectable. well behaved members OF
the community.
A medal shall be gwen 10 the nero
widow or next in kin, which shall re-
cite the heroic deed II commentaries,
The medal shall be given for the he
roic act. even II the doer be unin-
tured. and also a sum OF money, should
the commission deem such gift desir-
able.
Mr.. Carnegie warns the commission
against the danger Of interference or
conflict with the pension funds for mu-
nicipal employees that exist In many
cities. and urges It to act in harmony
with such funds. This. as is the case
with all the details of the funds ad-
ministration. is left to the commission.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-04-23
Long Lines Of Kings.

Though Japan be the latest country
to enter the circle Of world powers
her emperor surpasses all sovereign
in the length Of his pedigree. accord
ing TO the London Chronicle. He is
the one hundred and twenty-secon6
member in direct. unbroken descent
OF his family who has sat on the
throne OF Japan The founder OF his
house was, in Japanese legend. a god
dess of the sun, and contemporary
with Nebuchadnezzar. s66 years be
fore the Christian era. On the other
hand. the Romanoffs have been royal
only since 16o1. when they succeeded
TO the sovereignty of the then ex-
tinct house of Rurik. As for other
European rulers. King Edward can &c
back to Cerdic. S95 4. D.. the HaIs.
burgs to 952 A. D.. and the Hohen.
zollerns to the eighth century. but as
kings only to 1901.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-04-23
Why Il Wasn't Local.

In the New York Law School at a
recent lecture on the making of wills
the case of a woman in one of Rider
Haggard's books was cited. This
woman had mans will inscribed in
ink on her back And the will was
held regular and legal because 1t had
been made in writing
After giving this practical illustra.
ton. the professor called on John
Smith. saying:
rs will so inscribed regular and
legal in your opinion7"
No" answered Smith.
Why not?" asked the professor.
Because ito skin game" replied
Smith.
The professor felt angry enough to
order Smith out of the room, but the
class laughed SO much that he de.
cided to overlook the students dip.
paucy.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-04-23
spELLiNG ORIENTAL NAMES.
Rules Adopted by United States Geo
loaical Survey.

Mr. Henry Gannett, geogTaphsr OF
the United States Geological Survey.
las recently received numerous letters
Of Inquiry regarding the proper spell
ing Of the place names in Korea and
Manchuria that have become promi-
uent in the news columns OF the day
since the outbreak of hostillties
between Russia and Japan. The yaria-
ton In spelling observed In the usage
al different newspapers and different
map makers is confusing to the COM
mon mind Mr.. Gannett suggests that
the matter would be much simplified II
Il were generally known that system
81 transliteration OF such names has
nseu adopted by most European ma
tons. by Canada. and by this country.
This plan is published in the second
report Of the United States Board on
Geographic Names"
The confusion arises from the fact
that these geographic names are writ
teu In their native tongues Ia charac-
ters unlike those We employ. Different
PERSONS transliterate them into Roman
Characters In different ways. The value
cf set OF rules that would reduce the
variations In spelling TO a minimum is
apparent
The rules adopted by the Board on
Geographic Names provide that the
yowels shall have the sounds that are
common to the vowels in the language
of southern Europe. IL follows. there
fore. that u has the sound Of 90 II boot
and that Manchurla is therefore pro
ierred TO Manchooria. Chefu to Chefoo.
Amur to Amoor II has been ruled that
al has the sound Of in ice. au the
sound Of ow in how tao-a very fire.
guent combination in the East. heard
Ia named like Mindanao and Nonao-
IS slightly different from the preced-
ing) ei. as In Beirut, has the sound OF
the two Italian yowels. but Is frequent
ly slurred when it Is scarcedly distin-
guishable from ey in the English word
they.
In accordance with the rules. is
always soft" having the sound Of s.
Hard" is represented by k. and It
therefore follows that Korea Is the
accepted form, and not Corea. Other
rules are that eh is always soft, as
IN church: Is sounded as in English
and ph should not be used to repre-
sent this sound. is always hard"
as in get: is always pronounced:
and have the English sound. kh has
the sound OF the oriental cultural; gh
ls another cultural: ng represents in
different words different sounds-two
sounds. as In finger. and one. as in
singer: q should never be employed
for the sound of qu, which Is repre-
ssnted by XIV. as in Kwantung; Is
always a consonant. as in yard. and
should not be used for the sound OF
the vowel 1. as IL is in very or rely.
These rules are recommended as
simple and easy OF application. Their
general acceptance would undoubtedly
10 appreciated by the average reader
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-04-23
Petroleum Production.

The worlds production OF petrole-
um In 1902 amounted to 1s5.i5l,0s9
barrels. OF this the United States and
Russia produced 9l,f4 per cent For
years Russia has led in point OF pro-
duction. but an Increase OF l9,3l17Z2
barrels in the production Of the Unit
ed States in 1902 and a decrease
amounting to i.62s.515 barrels in the
production OF Russia caused these two
countries to change places and put the
United States at the head o, the list
Our country has. however, a stia more
important advantage over It's foremost
petroleum rival More than double
the quantity OF the higher grades Of
refined products is obtained from the
average crude petroleum produced in
tho United States than IS obtained
from Russian oil The United States
produced nearly &c barrels OF refined
products in 1909 for every barrel pro
duced by the rest OF the world.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-04-23

"T will try the third first" he said.
and inserted one OF his skeleton keys
into the lock This drawer-the
third in order from the top-on being
opened showed itself. strangely
enough. to contain three articles. all
OF widely different character.
These were q large and bulky en-
yelope. revolver and a small bottle
Of colorless nniu The young man
could not repress an exclamation Of
surprise and triumph as his eye fell
upon these.
The secret he had been in search OF
so long lay ready TO his hand-the
proofs Of the crime were there wait.
ing for him to grasp them. He knew
ii, ard yet hesiiated. The shock OF
the discovery seemed to paraiyze his
hand. so that for an instant he was
unable 10 stretch forth and take pos
session OF what he believed would
make him master OF mans fate.
Al last he put out his hand. which
trembled as he did 50. and took up the
revolver. II was six-chamber revoi-
yer and glance showed that one
ony OF the chambers had been dir-
charged
A fierce hungry look came over his
face as he rotlced this. and laying the
weapon down, he searched for some
thing which he always carried about
him--the conical shaped bullet which
had been discovered In the stuffing of
the fourth carriage from the engine.
He dropped it into the empty cham.
Der which II fitted exactly.
Proof number one" he said. with
grim Joy. as he felt the dreadful thirst
for blood return upon him with all its
former strength. He laid the revolver
down and took up the small stoppered
bottle. What was this. and what bear
ing had its contents upon the matter,
He removed the stopper and inhaled
the contents carefully. A strong and
unmistakable odor of bitter almonds
greeted him. Prussic acid. beyond
doubt. What did this point to- There
seemed 70 be only one answer pos
sible-Suicide. A means OF escape
provided In case OF the worst happen.
Ing He replaced the stopper and
placed the bottle by the side of the
revolver. while he took up the third
and last article. This was the envel
ope before mentioned. II was large
and thick and sealed In no less than
three places. on IL. In place of an
address, were written the strange
words TO be burned, unopened
after my death"
To be burned unopened. after his
deathi-what did that mean? Why.
IL it were to be burned. unopened. had
he put himself to the pains OF writing
IL? For that the envelope contained
the completed copy OF the true nara.
tive and confession OF the strange
tragedy" he had not the least doubt
But why had he described II as the
strange tragedy Cowardly and de-
testable 1t might well be-but why
strange,
AT any rate. so far from its being
burned. unopened" he said. aloud. Il
will now myself"
He held the letter Ia one hand and,
with the other he was about to break
the seals. when a voice cried:
Stop"
Ito be continued
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-04-23
Doctor. knew . Good Thing.

Congressman John Sharp Williams
tells of a man in Mississippi who Is n
hypochondriac of the first order This
individuals failing is source OF new
er-ending amusement to his fellow
townsmen. II was Of this man that
some one humorously remarked. In an.
swer to question as 10 how the sick
man was getting on. that he CON
planned that he was feeling somewhat
better"
MIR Williams SAYS that the hypo-
chondriac was one day telling a friend
Of his efforts to regain his oldiima
health. He ran over the list of doc.
tors whom he had consulted. Where-
upon the friend remarked.
Well. old man. must say that you
appear to have lots Of faith in doc.
tors"
Certainly have" replied the sick
man. Don't yon think the doctors
would be foolish to LET a good Gus.
toner Ike me die7' - Colorado
Springs Gazette.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-04-23

lie struck a match. and. lighting
the candle. advanced towards the door
of the apartment into the lock Of
which be inserted his duplicate key.
lie entered and closed the door be
hind him, without, however, com
pietely shutting it.
He put his candle down on the writ
ing table while he considered what
was to be done next The waste
paper basket first attracted his atten-
tion as being at once the nearest and
tho easiest object on which to exer-
else his powers Of Investigation.
II was about a quarter fun Of torn
FRAGMENTS. 8hich be promptly
emptled ont before him. \ rapid and
cursory examination was sufficient To
prove that these were Of no import
aucc So he swept them back into
their original receptacle.
The next thing 20 be done must be
to tackle the writing table. How was
this To be accomplished? Shocking
10 relate. he produced from his pocket
nothing less thau-a bunch OF skele-
ton kevsi
To his great disappointment one
after another Of the drawers upon the
right hand proved To be empty. He
turned his attention to those on his
left
He put his hand 10 one and pulled
out the tightly wedEed contents. He
spread Il open: YES. It was a news
paper-some months old. What could
be the reason for preserving IL? A
sudden thought-he looked at the date
and then-Yes. there 1t was on the in
side sheet Terrible Railway Acct
dent, The $50 train from Dover
wrecked and partially consumed"
There was a full account Of that
ghastly affair. with minute details
Of all the h0rroTs-a recollection Of
which returned TO him. most yividly
as he scanned the column. He re-
placed the first. and took down an
other and another
Further details-aumber of bodies
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-04-23

as soon as you can. or"-with a
slightly more leuicnt tone. as he re
fected that. after all. as the fellow
himself had said. there might be rea-
sons. not necessarily bad. foT the con-
cealment-"you can remain until to-
morrow. II you like"
Victory, Another night. which was
all he required
He could scarcely prevent himself
from show ing some signs of eNulta-
tiou All, perhaps by this time to-
morrow the situation might be chang
ed. lie mlshi 5e the judge. and an
other
stay one moment. Mr.. Ferrers
continued.
This time be addressed the woman
Perkins. who had reached the door
As have also a strong objection
60 persons who FRY into other peoples
concerns and interfere with their prl.
vate property. you may as well take
a months notice at the same time.
That will DO; sou can Ro-
The bitor was bit She had not a
word 10 say for herself She had
succeeded in wrgakine her spite upon
him who had despised her attractions
and repulscd her oyertures. but she
had done 1t at the expense Of a good
situation. Moreover, the man whose
disgrace she had labored to secure
laughed in her face as he passed her
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-04-23
CHAPTER XIII.
The Envelope win Three Seals.


II was twelve o'e.ock on Friday
light The clock In the hail below
had struck the hour Another half
hour licked slowly by. and al the end
OF that time a door In the upper part
OF the house was opened softly and
by impercepuble degrees
The room within was in darkness
and the figure OF the man who eau
tiousiy emerged was barely visible in
the general gloom.
He crept lightly on his stoekinEed
feet past the doors Of the rooms on
the upper floor. and began to descend
the staircase
II was much in his favor. the stairs
being so well and so masslvely con-
structed. that there was no startling
and treacherous creak to betray the
feet which trod them secretly In the
dead OF nigat And so he made his
way slowly aud safely to the foor on
which the room was situated into
which he was minded to penetrate.
After careful and uoiseless search,
he succeeded in laying his hand upon
a candle and box OF matches. which,
earlier in the evening he had secreted
in a convenient. but out-of-the way
corner.