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The sun., 1905-09-03

The New York man who lives up the State
invited his friend from Kansas City to spend
Sunday At his house on the Hudson. The
trip was made In one OF the big racing
machines now common sight in the East.
A mile beyond Yonkers the expected
happened. With a sigh the New York
man hattensd himself out under the machine
and tried to mend 1t. The Kansas City man
stood In the middle of the road and leaned
against fence. alternately.
The New York man gave up after an hour
Of perturbation and profanity. and sent a
messenger to the nearest shop for aid.
Meanwhile he and bis guest occupied a seat
in the car and discussed transportation.
Il never was in love with this sort Of
thing" said tho New Yorker, "but barring
accidents Of this character it gets ne there
quicker than anything e(se. Me for flying
machine whsn 1t is perfected"
"Anything that goes by wind Is too uncer-
tain and erratic for me, replied the Kansas
citizen.
did you ever try that brand Of travel?"
-You people in the East think you have
solved the transportation problem, replied
the guest. -Why, man, We had dying
machines In Kansas when you folks were
numbering up and down Broadway in omni-
buses"
THAT vas long time ago."
Il know IL was. can give you the exact
date-lsss. Mind you, don't say that the
machines got up in the air to do business.
But the ono am talking about was run by
wind.
We called It q dry land navy. 1t was
constructed to navigate the plains when
everybody was trying to get to the gold
The sun., 1905-09-03
Disastrous Cruise Of the Towboat

There are many alive to-day who can
remember the disastrous cruise OF the
Pittsburg steam towboat John Porter,
with yellow jack ON board, on the Missis-
sippi and Ohio rivers during the summer
of 1878. In that year thousands Of persons
died from yellow fever in New Orleans,
Vicksburg, Memphis and other places.
The John Porter was q new boat, 200
feet long, valued at S75, 900 and built and
owned by the Cumberland Towing Com
pany Of Pittsburg. She carried q crew.
besides officers, Of twenty-si men.
She left Pittsburg about the last Of June.
1878, on what was destined to be the most
eventful river trip ever taken by any
steamboat in the United States. The boat
was loaded With cotton ties and nails Tor
the New Orleans market. Chester Mahan.
an experienced river man, was the captain.
and Charles Dagleman, ohief engineer.
The boat made q quick trip down stream
and reached New Orleans In due time.
In the meantime yellow fever had be-
come epidemic In the city and Capt. Mahan
found 1t impossible to secure q cargo for
the up river trip. The John Porter left
shortly afterward with three 1000 ton
barges In tow.
Two or three days after she left New
Orleans fever broke out on board. Stops
were made along shore at New Providence,
Vicksburg and Helena. but at each place,
as soon as the local authorities found that
tho John Porter had fever on board. they
used shotgun arguments and drove the
steamer out again into the river. By this
time half Of the crew we're down with the
fever and there had been several deaths.
Finally the steamer arrived at Memphis,
where she lay for several days fast to a
wharfboat in front OF the city.
The city OF Memphis at that time was
in very unsanitary condition. No atten-
tion had been paid to keeping the streets
and alleys clean and the city had no sys-
tenn Of sewerage. The lesson that Memphis
received in 1873, when thousands Of her
citizens died, was not lost. 1t resulted
In making the city what It Is to-day, . health
full we'll drained town With modern sanl-
tary improvements.
1t is an open question whether or not
the John Porter carried yellow fever to
Memphis. At all events after the steamer
was hurried away from the city the fever
at Memphis became moro virulent and
malignant than 1t had been and It was not
long before people were dying at the rate
Of two or three hundred q day.
Meanwhile word had been wired from
town to town that the steamer John Porter
was on her way up stream with many cases
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river everything in the way Of mattresses
and bedding, These things were scattered
for miles down the river and were accused
later Of doing still more to spread the fever.
After some weeks the steamer was
thoroughly fumiSated. and soon after cold
weather set in the craft was brought up
the river to Pittsburg.
Nearly every one OF the original crew
was dead, but the captain got we'll The
chief engineer did not have the fever.
The John Porter was now looked upon
by roustAbouts and river men generally
as q hoodoo. 1t was hard to get men to
work on her. Finally her owners decided
to overhaul the boat, rebuild her in part
and refurnish her from stem to storm. Her
name was changed from John Porter to
Sidney Dillon.
The steamer ran a. towing boat on the
river for several years and became more
and moro Of . hoodoo. She was contin-
ually meeting with accidents, and finally
s3ttled the hoodoo question for all time,
In the eyes OF the river men, by exploding
her boilers and burning to the waters edge
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And yet the youngster has for some
time had hunch that he'll sooner or later
meet his finish at the airship game. He
told me 80 In Toledo no longer ago than
two months, when he was executing .
series Of astonishing performances with
the fish shaped bag that he now has In
These old bags will hash me yet,' he
said, In substance, on that occasion. I'm
always expecting to get it. There are
about forty things that could happen to
q bag Of the kind work with that'd give
me the wind up thud. But don't bother
about this hunch when I'm up In the air
it's only between ascensions that get to
thinking about 1t. know that It's q dan
gerous game, and all that, but it's the game
that I've got mixed up with. that know
more about than anything else, and so
can't stop. I've had some Close shaves
with the fish bag, but have managed to
scramble out OF all Of them, moro through
Just bullheaded luck than anything else,
"Twice out In Los Angeles last winter
I thought WAS goner, and got into
scrape while away up during the series
OF ascensions at the st. Louis exposition
that didn't look very cheorful to me while
II was going on. But wdggled out Of
all Of these n,esses, "a I say, with the aid
Of lot Of luck. But I'm not fooling my
self. The luck thing can't and doesn't
stay with a man all the time, and I'm pretty
liable to get my dose any time. take
every precaution to guard against trouble.
but precautions comprise only about Is
per cent. Of II, at The outside, In the aerial
uona Tho ramainin1 fk par rant ~
trouble simply can't be guarded against
by the most cautious man In the world
30 that the odds arc pretty high against
the fellow who goes In for travelling whsre
the old fashioned folks say human beings
don't belong
'Knabenshue doesn't express himself
The sun., 1905-09-03

And then, without moments warning,
Hugh stalked into the room, carrying my
magazine rife In one hand and the demi-
John Of whisky In the other. Every man
save he was unarmed. Hugh had the drop
on the crowd.
We stared at him. He was handsome
young fellow, and drink had flushed his
checks and lent sparkle to his eyes. He
laughed, lingering his ri0e a. II 1t were q
toy, spinning II around dexterously.
APut that down, Hugh, said John quietly;
.we're having some fun here and We
want you to Join u.s.
DO yer said Hugh, oontemptuously
'well. / have Joined 70, haven't II And
now I'm a-goin' TO have the fun. Dye
know who ami' He glared at each Of US
in turn. 'I'm not wearin' my crown and
robes'-he was In flannel shirt and overalls-
"but I'm the king, that's who / am, and
don't ye forget itl'
He twirled the rife faster Nobody
moved.
.Is that gun loadDd'' said Charlie.
.You betl Seei' he flred into the ceiling
as he spoke. When the noise died away
he added savagely:
sIm the boss tonight, an I'm a-goin' to
make you fellers obey me. A bullet goes
plum into the head Of tho first man as moves
without my say 90. Dye hear?'
I'VE hear" said John quietly. 'All the
same, Hugh, I'd quit this foolin' II was
you"
Shut up yer mouth
John shut his mouth, almost with snap.
And then I saw that grim fxity Of pur-
pose upon his face which Is no moro to be
mistaken CT ignored than the first warn
ing Of the rattlesnake poised for his deadly
stroke.
..I'm the king, amt I. Charlie1'
Sure" said Charlie.
sim the king. boys, amt II Answer
every mothers son OF YET
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Left Yellow Jack in Her Wake All the Way From the Gulf
John Porter Up the Mississippi and the Ohio During the Yellow
Fever Epidemic Of lS7S

wages offered. Thus It was that the John
Porter brought yellow fever into the Ohio
River Valley.
The steamer touched at Louisville, but
was ordered away. Shortly after she loft
Louisville the fever broke out there and
there were some deaths.
By this time nearly every man on board
was either down with the fever or getting
over 1t. What crew she had looked like
a lot Of ghosts. In this state she reached
Cincinnati.
The authorities OF Cincinnati had been
way to that city. A company OF State
militia and battery Of artillery were or
dered out and stationed on the river bank.
The steamer was ordered to keep on. II
she stopped, they said, they would fire on
\her.
Through 1t all Capt. Mahan had stuck
to the three Larges. But the chief engineer.
who was now in command, thought II best
to cast them loose whom opposite Cincinnati.
They were set on fire by the people OF the
city and burned to the waters edge.
The death ship was ordered to keep on
going. Cincinnati did not care where she
went, provided it was somewhere else,
anywhere away from Cincinnati.
The steamer had left q trail Of yellow
fever wherever she had touched. There
is no telling how many Of the crew died,
as there was q constant accession offrcsh
hands. 1t Is estimated that there were
as many as forty deaths on board. Some
Of the crew escaped to the shore and wan
dered into tho interior, where they spread
the fever from place to place.
Tho officers and crew left on board were
desperate. A little moro than a hundred
miles above Cincinnati the steamer was
run aground hard and fast on Possum Bar.
The river was low. It was impossible for
her to go on, and there she remained until
late In the fall. Officers and men went
on shore and scattered.
They made their way to various points,
taking as . companion the much feared
yellow jack. Many cases In the Ohio River
Valley were afterward traced to this Ill
fated boat. Two members Of the crew
got as far az small village in Pennsyl-
vania below Pittsburg whore one Of them
died.
When word reached the Cumberland
Towing Company In Pittsburg that the
John Porter was aground on Possum Bar
and deserted, the company by Offering .
large amount Of money secured a gang Of
men to 20 down to the boat, fumigate her
and bring her up to the city, Almost the
first thing thay did was to throw into the
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OF fever on board.

OF fever on board.
The situation on the boat was shocking.
Nearly all the crew were down with the
fever and the craft was looked upon along
ashore as laden with death. There were
80 many cases on board that the patients
could not get the care they should have
had Supplies were running low and the
supply Of fuel was short.
The healthy members OF the crew went
from hamlet to town and fairly begged
for provisions and fuel, 80 that they could
make their way north and get out Of the
yellow fever belt. Everywhere they landed
1t was the same story, they were driven
OF at the muzzle Of shotguns.
The shotgun quarantine was even more
rigid In those days than 1t has been this
summer All along the river banks, on
with shotguns, rifles and revolvers, on the
lookout. The citizens Of towns yet free
from the fever turned out en- masse when
the John Porter came In sight. staggering
up stream with load Of sickness and death
on board, and warned her to proceed on
her jotkney
She was seeking rest and finding none
Citizens Of the river towns were SO crazed
~ VIC iuco VI toNoI LuohiHS oil iuioaa al
their communities that they had no pity
for anybody but themselves. Once in a
while they were prevailed upon to throw
some provisions on board the Porter from
a rowboat, which then hurried away.
The steamer was undermanned, nearly
everybody being down with fever, dying
or dead. Yet tho steamer finally made out
to reach Cairo, where the captain and crew
had many friends and expected aid.
They found no warm greeting here.
There was less mercy for them than down
the river. They were ordered to Cross
the river and tie up to trees on the Kentr cky
shore. The woods came down to the river
bank and those Of the crew who were able
went on shore and got a supply Of wood.
Here also they received a supply of pro-
visions and Capt. Mahan was taken ILL.,
The steamer lay opposite Cairo for several
days. At length the chief engineer, who
was now in command, thought he would
run up the Ohio as far as Louisville. II
would have been wiser to let the boat stay
| where she was. The steamer had q COM
Portable berth and those OF her crew who
we're yet living were doing fairly we'll
BY Offering big wages the steamer secured
new hands at different points along the
river. Fresh men stepped into the places
OF those dead, only to be taken Ill and die
| in turn. Strange as 1t may seem men were
found willing to risk their lives for the
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Hugh may be through wsshin' UP at any
minute-and it's kinder p,issoual, seein' -
Hugh's father died with his boots on.
@An' It wouldn't surprise me overly
much" remarked Charlie, 'ef that same
sort o. send-oii was In store for Hugh
himself"
Hugh was the cook, who saw red when
ever he smelled whisky The boss whis-
pered to me that his father had been strung
up to q telegraph post, Just outside tho
county town.
Hes bad egg, he concluded. ~ Hugh.
but he's derned good cook, a. cooks 60 In
these parts"
Sing us song. Charlie, said ono Of the
cowboys.
After little pressing, Charlie broke into .
mournful ditty; sort Of recifd!ipo. setting
forth, in dismal procession the misadvsn-
lures and mkeries Of . tramp. The COM
pany listened with interest and sympathy
Looking at the spare hgures and bronzed
faces about the fireplace, one realized
vaguely that In the inexorable trend Of
events their picturesque occupation must
be taken from them within q decade. And
dlsnounted, what awaited them save .
dreary tramp afoot through the country
across which they had ridden % gaily In the
past?
While Charlie was singing kept an eye
ON the door, looking for Hugh the cook.
I had not had more than glimpse Of him
and the son Of man who had been lynched
stirred my curiosity. But he did not come
In.
After a couple Of songs somebody pro-
nosad nm exhibition of hiRh kicking. which
led to other feats Of strength and activity.
The fun had begun. One could see the
grave faces Of these silent men change;
as their blood began to circulate. one felt
as they felt, the throb Of excitement, the
pulse beating fercely beneath the touch
OF competition.
, 1905-01-23
MONDAY. JANUARY %, 1904.
TO REPEAL THE LANDER ACT.

In the house Of representatives Sat.
urday Hon. Jerome 8. Atherly of AL
bany county introduced a bill for an
act to repeal the law providing Tor an
agricultural college at Lander.
This is exactly what should have
been done years ago: in fact. the law
should never have been passed. In the
Srst place the constitution Of the state
provided for the location of the state
university with. all its departments at
the City of Laramie. At the time OF
the passage of the constitution the ag-
ri%cultural college was one of the de
partments of the state university and
therefore its location at this point was
fixed by the fundamental law. Subse-
quently, however, through one of those
unexplainable Legislative freaks, a law
was passed providing for submitting
the location of the agricultural college
to a vote of the people Notwithstanding
the fact that the constitution had al
ready located the agricultural college
40 "a uePuA thiChS VI tlC Sthte uliN'ial-
ty at this point. This law, which failed
to receive the careful attention OF our
Legislators its Importance demanded.
provided that no city or town could be
a candidate having an elevation in ex
cess of 5000 feet above the sea. This
provision Of course barred most of the
towns of the state. It also, MS a mat
tie of fact, prevented Lander from be,
coming a legal candidate. but it was
placed in nomination under the provis
ions of this Unconstitutional act and
was voted upon, receiving more votes
than and other city named. Lander is
5,372 feet above sea level and was,
therefore, even under the provisions
of this statute, not entitled to become
a candidate.
Every two years since that vote was
taken, there has been a struggle in the
state legislature by the delegation from
Fremont county for a division of the
state university, but the effort has
always met with defeat. the members
OF the legislature being of the opinion
that such action and the taking away
of the agricultural college funds-its
chief support-would be detrimental to
the best interests Of higher education
in the entire state.
The bill now introduced by Mr.. Ath-
erly simply aims to repeal this law and
u;pa oil y~estipa If ~ frnm the statutes
, 1905-01-23

The influence of Japan's conflict
with Russia cannot be measured. 1t
is already manifested in China and sew
oIal other eastern countries are to
have a new history under modern in
Rueuces. The influence of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters has been strongly
manifested among the sick during the
past half century. Thousands of peo-
pie, who had almost given up hope OF
ever being well again, have been re-
stored TO robust health through the
Filters. Naturally they continue prais-
ing it and urging their friends to try
it. DO YOU suffer from a weak stom-
ach, inactive liver or kidneys; then
don't fail to try the Bitters. 1t posi-
lively cures these ailments as well as
insomnia. nervousness, indigestion,
dyspepsia, hluating, chills, colds or ma
laria, fever and ague. Thousand3 have
found this true.
, 1905-01-23
WHY IT SUCCEEDS.
Because Its For One Thing Only and
Laramie Is Learning This.


Nothing can be good for everything.
Doing one thing well brings success.
Doan's Kidney Pills do one thing
only
They're for sick kidneys.
They + b~ackache; ever kidney
Ill.
Here is Laramie evidence to prove il.
A. j. Johnson OF 706 Eighth street
says: when | first learned about
Doan's Kidney Plus and went to the
Laramie Drug Co.'S store for them the
pain in my hack was just commencing.
| used the treatment as directed and
the aching ceased. So pleased was !
with the speedy ure that l advised
a friend OF mine to try the remedy and
following my advice she took a course
of the treatment. The results were
equally as pronounced as in my case.
This, l think stamps Doan's Kidney
Pills as a medicine up to the represen-
tations made for it. 1 should always
be pleased to advise it's use."
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N.
V, sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name Doan's and take
no substitute.
, 1905-01-23
SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM.
Bill Nye Makes Some Interesting sus-
gestions.

A number of friends having person.
ally asked me to express an opinion
upon the matter of an established
school of journalism, as spoken of by
ex-Mayor Henry c. Robinson, of Hart,
ford. Connecticut, and many more
through the west who are strangers to
me personally, having written me to
give my views upon the subject, | have
consented in so far that | will under
take a simple synopsis of what the
course should embrace.
l most heartily indOrse the move
ment, If it may be called such ct this
early stage. Knowing a little of the
intricacies of this branch of the profess
sion, l am going to state fully my be
lief as to its Importance, and the ne
cessity for a thorough training upon it.
meet almost everywhere news
paper men who are totany untitled for
the high Office of public educators
through the all-powerful press. The
woods Is full of them. We know that
one out of a thousand OF those who
are today classed as journalists is fit
for that position.
| know hat to be the case, because
people tell me so.
| cannot call to mind today. in all
my wide journalistic acquaintance, a
solitary man who has not been pro
bounced an ass by one or more of my
'ellow-men. This Is Indeed a terrible
state of affairs. VI
In many instances these harsh criti-
.isms r made by those who do not
,now, without submitting themselves
a tremendous mental strain, the diff
erence between q "lower case" q and
he old Calvinistic doctrine Of unani-
nous damnation, but that makes no
, 1905-01-23
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

AT the Johnson-Joseph Stephens,
Kansas City; L. S. Hentner. kearney,
Neb.: Ira Griffin, Grand Island; Fred
A. Williams, Denver; II. T. Weber,
Thurher Weber. John Pearson, John
Nordin. John Stread, Woods.
At the kuster-B. l.. Bishop. Salt
Lake: j. Nelson, Medicine Bow.
At the Phillips. II. Gerber, Chey-
enne: Patrick Lynch, Buford.
At the Union Pacifc-h. A.. Schok-
necht, St. Louis; j. C. Hopper, st. Jo-
seph; /. X. Greenbaum, Louisville,
Ky; b. Bollak, Chicago; j. Donnelly,
l.. c. Erhard. Omaha; NJ. II. Mark,
Denver; II, D. McCutcheon, ranch.
, 1905-01-23

and submit himself on the color
Of his ska 10 the worlds test. Then
he will meet with insults enough TO
spice a plethora of honors.
In Kansas, of all states. he has now
felt the ever-impending sting-Kansas,
the sta,e whose soil was first redden
ed with blood shed hat the negroes of
the land might be free. From Topeka,
where he had walked arm in arm witt
the governor to address the two houses
of the legislature, the judges of the SUI
preme court and the state officers, as
sembled together, he passed to Wich-
tia. where he could not find a place
to lay his head till a humble mar of
his own race took him in. Such is the
daily drama of his life; in public one
of the great men of the age, in private
deemed unworthy of supper and bed
in the buildings the white men occupy.
From this incident, it is true, one
could easily overestimate the extent
of the, social prejudice that exists
against men OF color in states like Kan.
sas. It was rather a commercial than
a social prejudice hat caused the no
tel-Ieepers to turn him away. His
two dollars might ave cost the hotel
keeper who accepted them twenty
And that would not be business. Many
a white mans home would have beer
opened to him had his stress beer
known. and yet in all probability BY
far the majority would have been clos
ed, just as were the hotels.
Common enough such %lmcIaent:
doubtless are in Mr.. W~ashington's life
ana nothing becomes him better thar
that he goes on calmly about his goot
work without letting them trouble hin
in tho least nor lead him to fretr@lnes:
or repining -Record-Herald
, 1905-01-23

The proprie.ors and makers of DR..
Pierce's Fayorite Prescription now feel
fully warranted III offering to pay $500
in legal money of the United States, for
any case of Leucorrhea, Female Weak
ness. Prolapsus. or Falling of Womb
which they cannot cure. AIl'they ask is
a fair and reasonable trial OF their means
of cure.
MI women would study the laws Of health
anu use a little more common sense there would
not be such a large number to-day suffering
with The ills peculiar 10 our sex. writes Mrs
Saliie Martins president Mutual Social Science
Club, of $50 South Halstead Street. Chicago. Iii
linen when medicine is needed if they woulo
take the 'Favorite Prescription they wouf.
have a chance 10 get well. I used DIR. Pierce.
Favorite Prescription three years ago and l.
cured me OF female weakness of several wear.
standing, so I know what l am talking abou
when 1yaise it and always know what tn,
result will be where it is used
Dr.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets should
be used with rFavorite Prescription =
whenever q laxative is required.
, 1905-01-23
WIFE ARRESTED FOR
MURDER OF HUSBAND.

Mrs. Perdue, wife of DR.. Emmett Per-
due, formerly of Encampment, Wyo.,
has been arrested at Richmond, Mo-,
charged with the murder of her hus-
band Wednesday morning. Her broth
Ell, Han Tanner, was arrested as an
accessory. Perdue was shot in the
back of the head. DIR. Perdue had an
owned the Good Shepherd hospital at
that place. He leaves two little chill.
d1en and a large amount of life in.
surance payable to them and their
mother.