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, 1905-02-25

A perfect Wyoming night. a brilliant
ly lighted and tastefuily decorated hall.
richly gowned women, handsome men,
delightful music, a smooth floor and a
daintily appointed buffet luncheon
served to make of the ball by Laramie
lodge, Masons, last night, one of the
prettiest affairs of the season and add
another to the list OF successful events
b. that popular organization. To add
to the attractiveness of the affair,
Grand Master Luckfield of Rawlins
was present and led the grand march.
with Mrs. Fred A. Miller on his arm.
Mr.. Miller acted as master of cere-
monies.
A reception was held from $50 to
$3.50, the receiving party consisting of
Mr.. Luckfield and a number of local
ladies and gentlemen, Mr.. Gramm in
Producing the participants to the dis
tinguished guests. A concert was rem
dered during the reception by Niethe
& Nagel's full orchestra of nine per-
formers, the following program being
rendered:
March, charge of the Light. ......
Brigade" PAUL
Overture, broadway Echoes"......
..... oduuiC
Concert waltz, Remembrance Of.
A>iIltS . . . . .
Overture, Pride of the West. Ferber
Ballad, It's All ask. Rolyn
The grand march was begun at $50,
led by Mr.. Miller as master of cere'
monies, Mr.. Luckfield and Mrs. Miller.
Mr.. Gramm and Mrs. Knight. Mayor
and Mrs. Mckee and Mr.. and Mrs. J. T.
Holiday. About seventy five couples
participated in the grand march and
in the opening waltz which followed.
There were eighteen numbers on the
dance program, beginning with the
grand march-waltz and ending with a
waltz to My Dear Old Southern
Home" A number of extra dances
were interpolated.
The buffet luncheon was served by
Manager Gonden of the Union Pacific
hotel, consisting of choice d~elicacies,
including brick ice cream with the Nal
tese cross of Masonry in pink in the
center of each block. The tables were
lighted with candles in fancy candle
sticks, the service being well nigh
faultless. Fruit punch was served dur.
ing the evening.
The arrangements committee con
sisted of the following gentlemen:
Messrs. r. C. Gardner. Clyde Atherly,
Carl Jackson, F. S. l r. A. Holii-
day, E. Pyng Porter, f. w. Condit n
Fl. J.. King.
, 1905-02-25
INFORMED OF DEATH
OF SISTTR AT CHICAGO.

Mr.. Fred Ihmsen of the Kuster hotel
this morning received a message from
his brother. J. G. Ihmsen, It Chicago.
informing him of the death of their
sister Miss Annie. at his home in Chi
cago. The cause of death was not
given. Miss lhmsen a about fifty
years of age, the elder of a family Of
three boys and three girls. The re-
mains will be taken tonight to the
former home OF the family at pitts.
burg, Pa. where the parents are bur.
led. Mr.. Fred lhmsen will be unable
to be present at the funeral.
, 1905-02-25
CASES DISMISSED IN
THE DISTRICT COURT

On motion of County Attorney Dow
ney, and at the request of the respec-
tive prosecuting witnesses. the case
against Herman George, charged with
assault to commit murder. and Fred
.Greenbeck, charged with mayhem,
were dismissed by Judge Carpenter to.
day. Greenbeck is accused of biting
George on the ear and George was
charged with taking a shot at Green
beck during a fight on the 18th of Dec
ember last. The county attorney al,
leGes that no great harm was done and
that conviction would be hard to Sc
cure, each defendant being principal
witness against the other.
, 1905-02-25
STATEHOOD BILL
MAY FAIL TO PASS
SO MANY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
SENATE AND HOUSE THAT
THEY MAY NOT BE ADJUSTED.
Begin Monday and May Last Dur
ing Week-Senate Names Mem
bers of Conference Committee
Will Study Rubber Plant.

Washington, ID. c., Feb. 25.-The
mittee on the statehood bill will be
held Monday. The deliberations will
continue for the entire week. Wheth
err they will be over before the ad-
Journment ome is questioned. So
many differences ar to be harmonized
between the members of the senate
and the house that it may be demon
strated early in the week that no
agreement can be reached and the
bill will fail.
, 1905-02-25
STOCK EXCHANGE
GREATLY EXCITED
TALK OF GREAT TRANSCONTl.
MENTAL COMBINE MAKES
BIG SATURDAY TRADING.
Rumor That Line Would Include New
York Central, Chicago and North
western and Union P~acific-John
w. Gates Racing to Bedside of
Dying Father.

New York, Feb. PA report of a
sensational trans continental combine
caused great excitement on the stock
exchange this morning. The largest
INDUCED in, caused by the longtime
m of a railroad combination across
the continent, from ocean to ocean, in
Guiding the New York Central, the
Chicago and Northwestern and the
Union Pacific. There were great sales
in these properties, with a continuous
rise. Just before the market closed
they fell off somewhat.
, 1905-02-25

Brown is the leading color in yelling.
A novelty in wells is one of change
able or double shot chiffon.
Animals heads decorate the newest
designs in women's umbrellas.
Special styles in corset covers to
wear with the new lingerie waists are
being introduced.
Wide girdles of Partisan origin are
still in demand. but they are modified
70 suit American ideas and figures.
In the parasol advance guard insert
ed ribbon and hemstitching are pro-
nOunCed features of the coaching type.
Shot silks in the new colorings are
Is soft and drape as gracefully a the
much priced India muslins of olden
lays.
Plum red is enc of the colors favor
I'd by Partisan dressmakers and COM
hines especially well with violet and
heliotrope.
Silk negliges and sacques, principally
of plain and fancy china silk, are ex-
pected to be much in evidence during
the coming season.
This is a silk year. and ribbons of
great beauty are used lavishly on the
new hats. AS a rule they are of the
softest and most pliable silks, and are
and crushed into rosettes. Several
tones of a color are used in these roset-
ties, giving a flower like effect.
There are two styles of bracelets.
The very wide band with the clasp
and the narrow rims OF cold which are
slid upon the arm and which are push
I'd up and down to make them set
gracefully and becomingly. From
ten to twenty of these narrow brace.
Irts are warned and though they are of
new design they look surprisingly like
the bangles of long ago when bangles
We're worn by every woman.
Bands Of velvet. for those who have
nc jeweled necklace, are much worn
around the throat. They are wide
and are worn very snug. At the back
there is set a handsome pin. and in
front there is another pin. or a pend
ant is arranged upon the velvet. Many
women to whom necklaces are not be-
coming are wearing these bands of
black velvet and similar ones around
the wrists. The effect is %strikingly
, 1905-02-25
ARKANSAS RESORT VISITED BY
DESTRUCTIVE AND FATAL
CONFEDERATION EARLY
THIS MORNING.
Fire Devasted One-Fifth of Area Of
City, Consuming County Court
House and Jail, Residences Of
Sheriff and Mayor and Many
Hotels, Business Houses and Resi-
dences.

Hot Springs, Ark, FeD. ga large
part of the town was wiped out by fire
OF unknown origin which started at
2:3O a. m. in the Grand Central block.
Al s a. m. a district a mile and a half
long and several blocks wide had been
burned over, with a property loss over
50. 600, 900. At that hour the flames
were raging in the residence district.
in southern part of town. A high
wind prevailed. The fire department
was hampered by a lack of water.
Sheriff Williams is authority for the
statement that many lives were lost.
Business houses along Central avenue
were dynamited by the tiremen and
saved the north end of city, where the
Eastman, Arlington and Park hotels
and the government buildings are locat.
ed. Among the places destroyed are
the Central hotel, the Lee house, the
Moody house, the court house, county
jeil, Methodist church, Columbia motel
and House of Israel The flames found
fine food in the small frame
buildings, mostly hotels and boarding
houses. All were filled with guests.
The flames spread so rapidly that po-
licemen and firemen were unable TO
reach some of the buildings, where
many persons We're known to be sleep
ing peacefully. From the upper stories
OF hotels and boarding houses many
men INT women were seen to Jump LOT
their lives. Frantic persons ran up
and down the streets seeking rela
tiyes. A great number of people were
, 1905-02-25
REFINERY LAW TO
Be SET| IN MOTION
GOVERNOR HoCH OF KANSAS
WILL LOSE NO TIME IN GET
TING THINGS STARTED.
Attorney General Preparing Form for
Bonds to Be Issued, Which Will
Be Taken by School Commission
When Approved by Supreme court
-convict-Made Brick.

Topeka, Kas., Feb. Ex-Governor
Hoch has decided to put the state re-
fnery law into operation Immediately.
Warden Jewell will next week file a
bond for 500. 1000. Attorney General
Coleman is preparing blanks for $780,
900 in bonds for the construction OF
the plant. The bonds will be sold to
the school commission. The supreme
court will be asked to pass upon them
before the money is paid over. The
warden reports that there is enough
convict made brick at the penitentary
to build the plant, and said he could
start the work by the middle OF
March.
, 1905-02-25
ORE EVERYWHERE IN
THE STRONG NINE,

Contractor E. p. Baker. who came
from Leslie this afternoon. said there
was ore at every urn in the workings
o other veins and each rich in cop.
per. Mr.. Baker stated hat he would be-
gin Monday morning going down on the
shaft. starting from the 26O-foot level.
drifting at certain places. Recently
the mine has done more than forty
feet of drifting. working the most of
the time in good ore. He was accom-
panied to town this afternoon by Will
liam French. the engineer, and Mr..
Haywood.
, 1905-02-25
Conference Committee Named.

Washington, ID. c., Feb. 25.-Mr.
Beveridge in the senate this morning
renewed his motion to send the state,
hood bill to conference. Mr.. Morgan
of Alabama briefly his po-
sition, but permitted the motion to
prevail. The chair appointed as the
conference committee Messrs. Bev-
eridge of Indiana, Nelson of Mime,
sofa and Bate of Tennessee.
, 1905-02-25
Racing to Father IS Bedside,

Ashfork, Ariz., Feb. 25.-John w.
ing on a special, bound for Illinois.
He is racing across the continent to
arrive at his fathers bedside before
death overtakes the old gentleman,
who is supposed to be nearing his end
at St. Charles, Ill.
, 1905-02-25
FIREMAN INJURED
At FORT STEELE

J. c. Schley, a fireman on the Lara
mie-Rawlins section of the miGdle dis
trict, was treated here by DR.. Stevens
yesterday for an injured back, sustain
ed at Fort Steele. He was taking wa
ter at a tank at hat place. when the
spout of the tank fell on him, injuring
his back and causing him to have to
lay off for a few days.
, 1905-02-25
TRAMP WOUNDS COMPANION
WHILE ON ROAD TO CHEY.
ENNE AND is PLACED
UNDER ARREST,
James Andrew Captured as He Was
Beating His Way Back From
Place Of Wounding and Taken to
Cheyenne for Identification by
Victim, Who Lies in Hospital in
That City With Bullet in Neck.

Another shooting scrape is likely to
the docket for the March term of the
district court. The man who did the
shooting is believed to be in the hands
of the officers, his victim being dan
gerOusly wounded in a hospital at
Cheyenne. The arrest of the shooter
vas made by Sheriff Reals at noon
today, in the Union Pacific yards here,
the wounded man being taken from a
freight train at Cheyenne and sem at
once to a hospital, where it was
found he had been shot in the neck
supposed assailant was taken on the
noon train to Cheyenne, where it is e.
pecteG he will be identified and then
returned to this city for trial. His
name, he says, is James Andrews, his
victim giving his name to the CORE
Spondent of The Republican at Chey-
enne as Charles Kohn.
From the facts at hand, Andrews
and kOhn are tramps and were max
ing their way eastward by beating
freight trains. They are supposed to
have boarded Conductor Sherlock's
train here early this morning, hiding
N a box car. The wounded mar was
heard to groan at one of the stations
along the road, and was taken from
the box car and placed in Mr.. Sher-
locks caboose. Andrews is believed
to have left the train at Granite canon
and started bach west. He was picked
up by an incoming freight train, the
conductor of which had been asked to
look out for him. and when the train
reached the yard he was taken in
charge by Sheriff Reals and Alex
Mckay.
Mr.. Reals at once placed himself in
communication with the authorities
At Cheyenne, as a result of which An.
identification by the wounded man.
The shooting occurred in this county,
between Colores and Tie Siding, and
Andrews will be returned to this coun-
ty, if he proves to be Kohn's assailant.
lor prosecution. He processes to know
nothing of the shooting, and was eyi-
IDENTIFY quite surprised at the persist
cnce of the officers in keeping him in
IRONS. He seemed to enjoy being the
center of a group of %curiously inclined
the train to start. He complained to
a pain in his stomach and was
permitted to sit on the step of a car
until the return of Sheriff Reals from
the telephone station.
, 1905-02-25

\ special from Cheyenne to The
Republican at , O'Clock this after
noon says hat Andrews has confessed
to- the shooting of KOhn in a box car
on a freight train his morning. When
b" was taken to the hospital Kohn
at once identified him and Andrews
was not long in telling his part of the
matter.
kohn says he doe not know, ac-
curding to late reports from Cheyenne.
why he was shot. He says that An
Irrws compelled him to throw up his
hands and turn his back. when the
latter began firing. taking three shots
at the other. all of which are said to
have taken effect.
, 1905-02-25

Union Theological seminary has
been made the recipient of a gift Of
81 900 900 by e who does not
wish his name known. The seminary
will have a new site next to Columbia,
and as it can affiliate with the univer-
sity, the sum given will no doubt prove
altogether adequate for the purely
theological needs of the seminary.
, 1905-02-25

A telephone message from The Re
publican's correspondent at Cheyenne
at l:30 O'Clock this afternoon gave the
result of an interview with Kohn in
he and Andrews had been travelling
eastward together, beating their way
on freight trains and however else
they could. They were in a box car
on an ~east-bound freight train from
Laramie this morning. kohn says
Andrews made an unnatural PROPOSE
ton to him, and when he refused the
request, Andrews pulled his pistol and
shot him. He says Andrews lighted a
match to take better aim. The shot
entered the mans neck, near the wind
pipe, ranging backward and down.
ward. The pistol used was a six
shooter, which Andrews afterward put
back in his pocket. The car was dark
at the time and Kohn was unable to
escape from his assailant. He fell to
the floor, losing consciousness, and be-
fore he regained his senses Andrews
had left the car. He was found by
the trainmen n taken to the ca
boose.
The surgeons at the hospital this
afternoon held out slim hope for the
recovery of the man. The wound is a
very serious one, to which is added
the lapse of time between the shooting
hospital.
, 1905-02-25

The Hon. Bird S. Mcguire, delegate
a constituent today which read:
Dear Mr.. MCGUIRE: I have enjoyed
that last package Of garden and flower
seeds you sent me very much. wish
you would send a few flower seeds to
my wife. But please do not send her
any canary seeds. If you did she might
eat them and try to sing. and God
knows I have troubles enough now"
, 1905-02-25

center opened at 9 O'Clock with siege
guns. The Japanese continued their
persistent and systematic advance, and
are reported closing in on the Russians
east flank. The early advent of spring
makes possible heavy operations.
, 1905-02-25
From Senate to Bench.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 25.-The
president sen to the senate today the
nomination Of Joseph Quarles, the SEN
ator from Wisconsin whom La Fol
lette succeeds March 4, to be district
judge of Wisconsin.
, 1905-02-25
pr.f.ct Of police As.as.inated.

Constantinople, Feb. 25.-Dispatches
this morning from Batoun say that the
project Of police and several leading
merchants of that city have been rs
sassinated and a number Of Ottoman
servants have been murdered. The
whole of the CAUCASUS is said to be
seething with d~isafIection. Armenian
Jews and other people Of varied ma
tionalities are aiding the strikers, who
seem to be acting under the orders OF
the rey%ofutionists in st. Petersburg.
, 1905-02-25
SHOOTING ARRAY
ON TRAIN TODAY

with his eyes on the ground. He was
described to Sheriff Reals n his dep
Ui''S as wearing a black cap and a
lung black ~Overcoat. He had the cap
all right. but the oyercOat was missing
and had not been located. He may
have thrown that away. The other
descriptions of the man answered very
Well.
, 1905-02-25
May Be John PauI's Coffin.

Paris. Feb. ga leaden coffin,
which is believed to contain the body
of John Paul Jones. will be opened in
the presence of Ambassador Porter to-
for Identification. The coffin
was found in the abandoned foreign
Protestant cemetery.
, 1905-02-25
Will Investigate Rubber Plant.

Washington, d. c., Feb. 25.-The
secretary of agriculture has decided
to send a specialists to Salida, Colo, to
investigate the rubber plant there,
with a view to national cooperation
if ii is worth while.
, 1905-02-25

The sum of money which it is pro
posed to raise for Harvard before com.
mencement day is 81. 500. 900. and the
class of 1880, the n with which Presi.
dent Roosevelt was graduated will give
Independently the sum Of 500. ooo.
, 1905-02-25
a.ku chI,f Of police Killed.

st. Petersburg. Feb. 25.-Chief OF
Police Kendratovich Of Baku was as
,~assinatsd today by three strikers. As
the chief walked down the street q
crowd surrounded him. A moment
later he was lying dead in a pool OF
his mn blood. The sssassins a down
. sids street, jumped into a vehicle
and diappsassd
, 1905-02-25
Another Hot. Springs Lose. Hotel.

Hot Springs. So. Dakota, Feb. 25.-
The Palace hotel, the leading hostel
ry in the city was destroyed by fire
OF unknown origin this morning. Loss
$500
, 1905-02-25

Andrews is a small man, not more
than % or "a years old, light of build
and walks with a limp, evidently foot
sore from tramping. He is quite surly,
declining to talk much to the officers.
merely remarking that he was making
a lively show for the people of the
city and that his stomach troubled
him. He asked Mr.. Mckay what he
was arrested for, and that gentleman
made some light remark. Andrews
walked down the depot platform with
his hands coupled with handouts and
, 1905-02-25

DID oatAis u Under Way.
Nukaen. Fob. z6.-The big battle
beann this morning. Action in the
, 1905-02-25
THE BALL
A SUCCESS
LARAMIE LODGE, MASONS, ADDS
ANOTHER SOCIAL VICTORY
TO ITS LONG LIST.

One of the Prettiest Affairs of the Year
Given at Maennerchor Hall Last
Night. Representing Some of the
Leading Citizens of the City
Nice Music and Tempting Lunch.
, 1905-02-25

Daily Republican. 80 cent? . month.
, 1905-02-25

Daily Republican. 50 cents a month.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-07-28

uiso possess strategic value for the Turk
lsh government, which is pushing it.
III for the world at large it is of imIor-
tunce because it cannot fail to let the
Influences Of civilized life into Il region
sadly i'll need of them. Mecca has long
been notorious rs II breeding place OF
cholera and other epidemic diseases
winch spread over the globe.
Some M has been having fun with
Surveyor-Gcneral Kelley. \ few days
ago the Reno Gazette published an
article to the effect that Treasurer
Kelley Of the State Of Kansas had been
caught stealing and had been in
vited to resign by the governor. Some
owe, Jealous friend OF Nevada'a surveyor
general hastily read the head lines and
thought it applied to q .nerdl Kelley.
Hot comments were passed upon Gov
crn"r Sparks action in asking hin: to
resign without an investigation. When
the matter WIS finally explained there
WIS a laugh all round and everybody
voted General Kelley IN honest man.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-07-28

and 1901 AMI 1904 aud 1905 and other
valuable information. The next term
will open III Wednesday. Angus, Both,
when all new students will meet the
committee on admission aud cred, ntiuls
III the library Mt o a. M. REGULATIONS
and lectures will begin on Monday,
September ith. Send Ia DR.. Stubs
for Il copy OF the Register.
Two men were disputing over their
respective churches. Finally one called
Il neighbor who WAS passing and asked
his opinion us Ia which was the ouly
church i'll winch To he saved. ~WcD,'
shli he, my son and | have hauled
wheat TO the same mill nigh Oh to forty
years. Now, there are twu roads that
lead from our place to the mill-one's
the valley road, t'otner takes over the
hill. And never vet, friends. has the
miller asked me which road | took, but
no always lsks: is yonr wheat good:'-
Exchange.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-07-28

what there is thee, but the prospects
are exccllhnt i'll several directions
Silver State.
II seems to have becn IL practice in
Ids state for men OF repute to lend their
M to get-rich-quick concerns, that
the harvest Of suckers might be added
To. Whenever "a man is honored with
one OF the highest offices within the gift
Of his constituents, 1t is quite time TINT
ms utilization will: graft should censc.-
Churchill Standard.
y writer, discussing the lost urt OF
early rising, says. The proper time to
rise is when sleep ends" That's a good
th'ng ;" learn. DO you know, il we
haunt seen that III Il paper we should
have gone ON believing that the proper
time to rise WIS when you were right in
tie midst Of .onr soundest sleep.
what Il blessed thing il is for this blind
old world that there ure some men in il
who know nearly everything!
a young man asked IA farmer for his
daughter III marriage. Go into the
orchard ana bring in a parcel Of apples.
Tive the II half Of the number and To
The mother one half Of the balance and
have II apple left over, AMI TO the
daughter II half Of the remainder and
hall an apple over, and have one left for
yourself, without cutting an apple
lh'n II she is willing you can have her
tie solved the problem, and how many
did he bring.
Ray Harris il having a hard time with
his proposed race. One Of the runners
Is still buckiug and Mr.. Mauk is com.
pletely knocked ont 10y II lame back.
caused by too strenuous training. MIR.
Mcsscrly IL all right, though, aud anx.
i"us Tor the race providing Ray don't
hold the stakes. The chances took very
favorable now for the race To iizzlc ont
II tins should happen, Rays Iii 4appont.
ncnt Will bc great and his friends fear
the effect upon his health as hc has rot
been very strong since his seriuus illness
last winter.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-07-28
For men who foil

gers trousers, containing his watch and
60. Tie man had to keep his berth
until he reached Ogden. The hobo
left no c;cw behind him.
There is a pititul story told in the
Bookman OF Philip Bourke Marstpn,
the blind English writer. One day a
particularly good idea came to him, and
he sat down to his typewriter with
enthusiasm. lie wrote rapidly for
honrs and Ind nearly finished the story
when a friend came i'll. ~Read that =
said Marston proudly, and tell lie
what you think Of it. The friend stared
at the happy author und then at the
blank sheet Of paper i'll his hand befor,
he was abs To understand the it'll.
tragedy. The ribbon had been taken
from the typewriter, and Marston's tot
WAS for nothing. He never had the
heart to write that story again.