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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-15
POSTMASTER JAILED
ON CHARGE OF MURDER

Lander, Wyo.. July 14.-The patrons of
in a sore predicament. being unable to
get their mail because w. w. Ehler is
in prison awaiting trial on the charge
OF murder ir the first degree, having
killed T. ]. Storm. a sheepherder. Storms
body was literally filled with lead. No
one can be secured TO take charge of the
postoffice, as there seems to be an i'll
omen cast over the place. The ranchers
have appealed TO the postoffice depart
ment at Washington in vain for relief.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-15
CAUGHT BY DRIkWooD.
Body of Unknown Man Found in
River Near Dillon, Mont.

Helena. July 14-Caught by driftwood
along the bank of the river a mile from
Dillon, the body of an unknown man was
found by two fishermen yesterday. The
body was badly decomposed and its fea-
lures not recognizable Two letters and
Ia note, the latter evidently written bv
She dead man, were found in his cloth
been attached to the battleship Oregon
aud had been transferred TO the Wiscon-
sin on the Pacific coast whittier he is
believed to have been travelling when
drowned. The note was written in Penn
svlvania
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MYSTERIOUS ILLNESS.

Columbus, O.. July 14.-Prison officials
are mystified over the illness of Mrs.
Cassie l.. Chadwick. She is not con-
fined to bed and is able to eat hearth
". but she seems to be listless and a
swelling on her arm is causing her
much pain and annoyance. 1t is not
known what caused the swelling, which
is. said to be growing steadily larger.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-15
EARTHQUAKE AT SEA.

Honolulu, July 1.-THE ship Andre
Theodore, which has arrived here from
Cardiff, reports having experienced a re-
markable phenomenon which was appa-
rently caused by an earthquake, on the
afternoon of April Is: The log entry made
at that time shows that the vessel was vi
oIently agitated for forty-five seconds
The rough sea became suddenly con-
fused. The vessel was south of Australia
when the phenomenon was experienced.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-15
ATTACKED BY DRAGONS.

lula, Russia. July IA detachment
of dragons today attacked a band of
peasants Who had taken possession of
the estate of Nj. Evrienoff. and killed
two, wounded a dozen and dispersed
the band.
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CASE GOES OVER
UNTIL JULY 70
POStponement of Conspiracy
Trial Against Hartje Secured
by Prosecution.
DIVORCE SUIT Is PENDING
MORE SENSATIONAL DlSCLOS-
URES EXPECTED.

Pittsburg. July 14.-Postponement I'M
til Wednesday. July %, was the re-
suit of the hearing of the charges of
conspiracy against Augustus Hartje
who now has pending in the courts a
sensational suit for divorce, his friend
John l.. WelshOns, and Clifford HOoe
a negro and former cOachman, who is
in Jail awaiting trial on the charges
of perjury brought against him in
connection with the divorce suit The
charge of conspiracy against these men
was taken up by. Assistant District
Attorney RObb last week and the hear
ing was set for today Despite the
strenuous opposition of counsel for
Hartje. Alderman King granted the
poStp0nement.
More Sensations Expected.
The trial of the divorce case will be
resumed Monday or Tuesday, but in
the meantime there are indications that
the sensational disclosures are not at
an end. 1t is said tonight that Miss
Ida Scott, sister of Mrs. Mary Scott
Hartje, would go on the witness stand
next week and would swear that she
wrote exhibit No. 81, the envelope
which was directed to Thomas Ma
dine" care of Schulenberg's Stable. Il
was one of Mr. Hartje's strong cards.
as he alleges his wife wrote it. She
will also swear that she wrote exhibits
Nos. SO and a. She will tell why she
wrote to Nadine. and what business
she had with him.
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AGGREGATE OF $2,26s,478.

Washington, July 14.-Quartermaster
General Humphrey of the army has COM
piled a statement showing that the
result of the fire in San Francisco I'M
der the various titles of appropriations for
his department aggregates $2.26S.47S.
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SUED FOR S250,00o.

ST. Louis, July 14.-Suit for $25O.000
damages was filed here today by the
Coyne Bros Plumbing company
against the Crane company, the l.. III.
Rumsey Manufacturing company and
the N. o. Nelson Manufacturing COM
pany. The petition alleges that the
three firms sued are in a trust and
that they refused to sell plumbers sup
plies to the Coyne firm because it was
not in the master plumbers associa-
ton
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-15
gARIEAU ACQUITTED.

Tonopah, New, July H-Walter Bar
ieau, who killed Sheriff Thomas w. Lo-
gan April at Manhattan, was acquitted
by jury today. The defense claimed
self-defense
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-15
BEHEADEo THE GUARD.

Sosmitsa. Russia, July IA band of
,-evolutionists today attacked the munic-
.nal building here, cut off the head of the
guard and escaped with the city funds.
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Threatening Letters.

II was learned tonight that threaten
ing letters have been written to Mrs.
Hartje. Mrs. Alexander w. SlOcum. who
is said to be Mrs. Harties closest woman
friend is constantly attended by physi-
clan and is also guarded by two private
detectives.
Early in the Hartje case SIrs Slocum
was called to the stand to testify as to
Mrs Harties habits, and since her tes-
timony she has been Mrs Hartje's con-
slant attendant. Today Mrs SlOcum re-
ceived a letter commanding her to leave
Pittsburg, retract her testimony given in
favor of Mrs. -Hartje, or she would be
shot.
Mrs Slocum took the letter to Mrs.
Hartje and both women went to the Of
flee of Mr.. Freeman, of counsel for Mrs.
Hartje.
The letters were turned over to the
handwriting experts for reference to the
exhibits in the case.
To might it was reported that while
Mrs Slocum is still attended by a physi
clan she is not seriously i'll beyond being
in an extremely nervous state
1t was also announced that she will not
leave Pittsburg, despite the threatening
letter.
District Attorney Stewart would say
nothing regarding the case.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-15
RAILROADS At
THEIR MERCY
Terminal Association of St.
Louis Have Drop on lnde-
pendent Lines.
SOME IMPORTANT EVIDENCE
JOSEPH RAMSEY, JR., ON WIT.
NESS STAND.

St Louis July 14.-Joseph Ramsey,
Jr. formerly president%of the Wabash
Railroad company. who was president
and general manager of the Terminal
Railroad association from 1892 to 1895,
was the principal witness today in the
governments suit to dissolve the Ter
minai Railway association.
Mr.. Ramsey testified That following
the agreement between the Virgins
Ferry company, the MERCHANTS Bridge
& Terminal Railway company and the
Terminal association, to pool their
earnings, the three Corpora lions ceased
TO solicit business. Mr.. Ramsey said
the new terminal feommunity OF in
terest" pro rated the revenue of all
traffic crossing the Mississippi. The
Eads Bridge company received 80 per
cent as its share the Virgins Ferry
company % per cent and the Merchants
Bridge company 90 per cent. irrespec-
tive of the volumefof business handled
by each Company.
Mr. Ramsey recitee in detail the con-
ditions under which the Terminal as
ISOLATION obtained possession of the
Virgins Ferry company. and how sub
sequently ten OF the fourteen roads
embracing the Terminal combine Sc
cured control OF the Alton bridge, thus
preventing absolutely any railroad from
acquiring an independent entrance into
ST. LSuis,
tinrportant Point Made.
The government scored an important
point when Mr. Ramsey admitted that
the bridge toll at st. Louis is made part
of the through rate on all business TO
and beyond ST Louis,
On eros examination Mr.. Ramsey
said that The Terminal association was
not organized to make money, but sole
ly for the purpose of establishing con-
venient traffic arrangements between
the varicu4 companies composing it.
Mr.. Ramsey was followed by F. II.
Harwood, coal traffic smanager Of the
Illinois Central. who was asked con-
corning the alleged rate agreement be-
tween the ctal carrying roads on the
east side. NJ. Harwood denied that
such an agreement existed
Henry Miller, vice president and gen.
eral manager of the Wabash. and vice
president OF i. the Missouri-IllinOis
Bridge company, operating the Alton
bridge. said that no charges had been
made i'm the operation of the Alton
bridge since il passed into the control
Of The ST Louis railroads
Ccmif tssioner RombaEer then, in ac-
cosdancc with the previous understand
ing 5f attorneys on both sides, ordered
the hearing adjourned until october.
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More Sensations Expected.
Another Coaehman Appears.

Another coachman entered the Hart
ie divorce case this morning. This
coachman, whose name the attorneys
for Hartje Will not diVulge, will ap-
pear as a witness in the case. and will
testify that he secured the famous for
ty letters from tom Nadine, the
coachm9n correspondent in the case,
after gaining Madness confidence. This
witness will be used in n buttal.
The forty famous letters To-Day were
in the custody of Mr.. Hartje's cOun-
sci.
Attorney John NJ. Freeman. of cOun-
sci for Mrs. Hartje, says he will not
be ready to proceed with the trial OF
the case on Monday unless he sets the
lotferS
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Without OIcott's Consent.

Thaw was angry when he heard of this
and the next day he called in the report
ers and made a verbal and still stronger
statement along the same lines. without
Judge Olcott's consent or even knoWi-
edge. 1t was Judge Olcotts turn to get
angry when he saw this second state
ment in the newspapers. and 1t is said
that he laid down the law to Harry Fri
day afternoon and, according TO the story.
received his dismissal as Thaw's legal
representative in connection with the muir
der trial. District Attorney Jerome ac-
companied by two of his assistants,
Messrs. Caravan and hotter, left for the
south tonight to be gone three days. 1t
is renorted today that the district attor-
nev wanted to interview Joseph Leither of
Chicago as to some details of dinner
party at which Thaw was present, but
this was later denied by Mr. Garvan.
Thaw wrote a letter today to Messrs.
BLACK. AIcott. Gruber and Bonynge, for
mallv dismissing them as counsel and
directing that all papers in the case be
turned over to Clifford Hartridge.
Mr.. Hartridge has heretofore acted as
personal counsel to young Thaw.
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MEETING With Young Wife.

Mrs. William w Thaw was accompan-
led on her trip from England by her
son-in-law and daughter: Mr. and Mrs.
soon closeted with Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw. wife of the prisoner. Their meet
ing was said to be most cordial.
Speaking for his mother-in-law. Mr..
Carnegie said to newspaper representa-
tives today. Mrs. Thaw is so nearly
Frustrated over this terrible affair that
she cannot possibly see you. She has
absolutely no statement to make. If she
has anything to say it Will be communi-
Gated through her lawyers some time la
ter-possibly Monday or Tuesday-or not
at all"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-15

Panama, July 14-A telegram received
here from San Salvador says that Hon
duras declared war against Guatemalas
today.
According 10 this same message the
following proclamation has been circu-
lated in Salvador:
General Bonilla, commander of the
Salvadorean army, has repealed the Guat@
emalan forces at Matapama. in Salvador.
ten miles east of the Guatemalan FROM
tier The victorious army of Salvador
retained the positions captured from the
enemy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-15

The advertiser who
tries once and quits is
usually the man who says
it don't pay-Jim'S Junk,
, 1906-08-02
c~oNTAeIoN AND TRADE
Exaggerated Stories Should Be Stopped
And Truth viii Not Hurt.
0 the Editor Of The Republican.

To the Editor of The Republican.
Laramie, Wye, Aug. Don't you
think hat the inherent cussedness
that seems ~inseparable from competi-
ton for trade, as between towns, will
work the "contagion' racket with suf,
icient detriment to all business inter.
ests in Laramie without the aid of idi-
otto prattle or blind prejudices between
professional men?
Patience on the part of all who are
in business here is exhausted and the
public generally is disguised over a
spleen hat hesitates at no exaggera-
ton about contagion in our fair city.
Let the truth be known. When the
truth is understood citizen nor soldier
will not hesitate to %patronize hotels
and other business houses as their con.
v%enience demapds, a patronage that
would run into thousands of dollars
this summer If the fellows with yellow
mouths can be muzzled.
| am informed by the health officer
that there are only eight cases of con
tagion in this city of 5000 people, and
they are strictly q%uarantined.
A MERCHANT.
, 1906-08-02
hat Radium Clock.

The "radium clock which is guar.
anteed to run 1000 years" is interest
ing. Unfortunately the news thus far
communicated to the public concern
ing t is too meager to answer wen
the natural questions which it sug-
gests. Who gave the guarantee? Who
wanted it? How is it to be made
good? Does it carry with 1t a patent
able application of the principle of
perpetual notion? How are the ma
terials of which 1t is built to be pro-
tected against wearing out in much
less time than that which the guar
anty" covers? Two thousand years is
a long time. A piece of mechanism
needs to be very well built to keep
in motion that long and not be con-
sumed by friction, however perfectly
balanced and fabricated. The other
details are negligible.
, 1906-08-02
Just Meandering.

A city girl writes: 1T is a fond
dream of mine to become a farmers
wife and meander with him down
life's pathway All, yes, that is a nice
thing; but when your husband mean
ders off and leaves you without wood
and you have to meander up and down
the lane pulling splinters off the fence
to cook dinner, and when you mean
der along in the wet grass in search of
the COWS till your shoes are the color
of rawhide and your stockings soaked,
and when you meander out across
twenty acres of plowed ground with
a club to drive the hogs out of the
corn field and tear your dress on the
barb-wire fence, when you meander
back home to the house, find that the
billy goat has butted the stuffin' out
of your child and find the old hen with
forty chickens in the parlor, you'll
put your hands on you hips and real
ize that meandering is not what 1t is
cracked up to be.-Osborne (Kan.)
News.
, 1906-08-02

saving in the cost OF power and labor.
But any farmer with a team, IN ordinary
set Of farming implements, and a fair
amount Of Drawn can pillow deeply, cul-
tivate constantly, select, year by year, the
best OF his crops for seed purposes, and
year by year produce better and more
valuable crops than the average farm
resident ever dreams of. What is needed
on the American farm today is a proper
mixture of brain and Drawn, or, rather,
an application of the existing brain and
Drawn to the daily farm problems. There
is no need to go it blind"
, 1906-08-02
E MENTIONED.
A lovely day.

A lovely day.
August magazines at Book Store.
One thousand August records at the
Lovejoy Novelty works.
The bank barometer today recorded
23.4O, a very high figure, indicating
fair weather.
George S. S%prackton was today ap.
pointed postmaster at Clarence, Con.
verse county, Wyo.
The water connection for the govern,
ment building has been made, the pipe
laid and the ditch filled up
The old brick wall of the Mckay
building, on Thornburgh street is be,
ing torn down as unfit for use.
Marshal Sigman has some city pris-
oners and others at work cleaning up
the cutters on Grand emu and other
streets of the city.
Vice President Crumrine of the AL.
bany County National bank had a very
comfortable night asst night and hopes
to be able to visit the bank tomorrow.
A telephone message from the resi-
dence of Mayor ]. B. Mckee this morn
ing states that his honor is somewhat
better today, but that he is still con-
fined to his bed.
Colonel Thomas Stanton, who has
been i'll for a few days at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. w. H Frazee, at
Sixth and Grand avenue, was able to
be down town this afternoon.
Fred ]. Ihmsen was in the city this
morning, looking up hay hands. Did
Smith and Dave Sarver positively de-
clined to accept the tempting offer held
out by the Sherman ranchman.
Mrs. Simpson, the mother of Harvey
and Ben Simpson and Mrs. Doyle and
Mrs. Cook, is worse today than she has
been for several days and her relatives
are alarmed at her weakened condition.
, 1906-08-02
MOONS TOTAL ECLIPSE
Is PARTLY VISIBLE.

A total eclipse of the moon will be-
gin on the morning of August 8. The
hour scheduled for the phenomenon to
begin is 8 o'clock, eastern time, and it
will last one hour and forty-two min.
utes. The eclipse will be visible
throughout the western portion OF
North America, but not in the eastern
states.
On the evening of August 10 a partial
eclipse of the sun will occur. The disc
of the sur will be only about one third
hidden by the noon during the eclipse
and will be visible only in the far north.
, 1906-08-02
MANY SOLDIERS ON
MANEUvER GROUNDS,

Charlie Frazier says the woods are
full of soldiers on the Crow creek
reserve" and mor are on the way.
The regiment of cavalry from Fort
DuChesne, Utah, being now encamped
at the bridge at the foot of Grand av-
enue. The have not yet
commenced, and the men are allowed
some latitude. They spend much of
their time fishing and bathing in the
streams of the reserve
, 1906-08-02
His Labor and His Love.

Before the gateway of his life's demand
Safe Love and Toll. and Toll was worn
and gray,
But Love was fair. Love called-he
chose-snd they
Passed through the happy portals hand
in hand
What one is thls?'' he asked; for ever
planned
A handmade their delight, and all their
Bloomed with the flowers of an endless
May,
The fragrant blossoms of their Eden
land.
Then answered Love: Dear foolish heart
and fond,
Who chooseth Low hath won her serv-
ant. too:
Toll. the eternal. ministers to you:
And thou-thou hast not known. dear
heart and fond"
But he who chooses Toll shall find too
late
That he has left Love weeping at the
gate.
Geo. H. MARYLAND in B~ookloyer's Maya
zine.
, 1906-08-02
FIRST SET OF DOUBLES
IN TENNIS TOURNAMENT

The first set of doubles in the tennis
tournament between the university and
city were commenced this afternoon,
with President Tisdel and Prof. w. F.
Gilkison for the university against
Stephen Downey and VIII McMurray
for the city. The other two sets will
be played later.
, 1906-08-02
Special Examination.

Notice is hereby given hat a special
examination of candidates for teach
ers' certificates will be held at the
university, room II, on the Sd and 4th
of August, 1906.
Each applicant for a certificate
should be present as early as s
O'Clock a. m.
Dated at Laramie, Wyo., August l,
1906. %. II. KNIGHT,
2SSt2 County Superintendent.
, 1906-08-02
English Were Considered Brutes.

A Latin poem of the middle ages
preserved in the Berlin library deals
with the moral or physical PECULIAR.
ties ascribed to countries and TO great
cities. The Englishman is character.
lied as false and tailed and therefore
a brute: "Anglicus a terso caudam
serit; est pecus ergo" This ides,
however, is supposed to have orisl-
mated In a peculiar way of dressing
the hair once in vogue among the
Anglo-Normans.
, 1906-08-02
MAKING REPAIRS ON
NEW GRAND STAGE

The building committee of the
Maennerchor society is having some
repairs to the stage of the New Grand
opera house made. The repairs in
clude the enlarging of the dressing
rooms and other conveniences.
, 1906-08-02
To Complete the Files.

The Carnegie public library would
be glad to hear from anybody who is
in possession OF the old Laramie Sen
tinel,' with a view to completing the
files, which are to be bound as an his
torical record. Address the librarian.
th-wtf
, 1906-08-02
LOST WATCH FOUND
THROUGH LITTLE ADlET.

Ed Cummings, who lost his watch
in the railroad yards here, today re-
ment in The Republican. 1t was pick
ed up by A. H Pendergraft and re-
turned to the advertiser. The adlets
do the business.
, 1906-08-02
WILL START TAX ROLLS
TOMORROW

Deputy Clerk Bernie Featherstone
of the district court will start extend
ing the tax rolls for the county taxes
tomorrow, the assessors having COM
pleted their footings this afternoon.
, 1906-08-02
o O @ @ @ @ @ @ o @ g @ o @ O o c
@ WEATHER REPORT c
FOR WYOMING

@ Washington, D. c., Aug. g. c
Weather forecast for Wyoming: @
c Fair tonight and Friday. C
O @ O 9 G G @ c @ @ o O @ c o @ c
, 1906-08-02
AASENKAMP BUYS THE
RAUNER SHOE STOCK.

A. N. Hasenkamp this morning
bought the P. G. Rauner shoe stock
and had it removed to his store on the
other side of Second street.
, 1906-08-02
GONE TO CONFER
ON DRY FARMING

Prof. B. c. Buffum has gone to the
northern part of the state to confer
with Prof. Elwood Mead on some dry
farming experiments being carried on
there.
, 1906-08-02

FOR RENT-Three-room furnished
house, close to Republican Office. APP
ply Laramie Saddlery Co. If
, 1906-08-02

Have your magazines and music
bound. The Republican bindery will
do good work at reasonable prtceR
, 1906-08-02

WANTED-Girl for general house
work. Gem City Bakery. 29St3
, 1906-08-02

WANTED-A girl for general house
work. Apply to Mrs. Spafford, 1915
Grand avenue. IT,
, 1906-08-02

FOR sALE-Five-room house on fine
corner lot. 452 north Fifth st. tits
, 1906-08-02

FOR RENT--Furnished rooms for
light housekeeping. Sayer Hansen.
, 1906-08-02

LoST-Small open faced watch blue
enameled back set with diamonds. Re
turn this office. Reward. If
, 1906-08-02
ON CONSCIENCE E.

I weight on a mans conscience
gives him inward dyspepsia.
, 1906-08-02

Their. are men whose c~onsciences
will r5t permit them to ride to church
on the trolley car.
, 1906-08-02

IKE conscience of the monopolist
Is as tough as q white pine knot and
will burn as freely.
, 1906-08-02

1t is funny what a fuss some people
make over the money another mans
conscience has allowed him to accum.
ulate.
, 1906-08-02

The man whose conscience wears
tight shoes is not an agreeable COM
panion, as you are always afraid of
treading on its corns.
, 1906-08-02

The conscience of some people
closes its eyes to its own debts, but
keeps them wide open t. the debts of
others.
, 1906-08-02
PEOPLES COLUMN

If you have lost anything; have any
thing to buy or sell; rooms or a house
to rent; in short a want of any kind
to fill try a liner in THE REPUBLI-
CAN. The cost is small and the re-
urns are large.
, 1906-08-02

Confession and restitution are high.
ly recommended for this malady.
Some patients try philanthropy in.
stead and with Indifferent results.
, 1906-08-02

Instead they are driven to the sane
tuary by their coachmen, who are left
to mediate in dignified solitude out.
side in the cold.
, 1906-08-02

Weekly Republican only 81 a year.
, 1906-08-02

First-class table service with room at
Mrs. E. l.. Crater's, 157 north Third
street. 29St6
, 1906-08-02
5ABf SlRL Al
THE BOWMAN HOME.

Mr.. and Mrs. e. E. Bowman, 1908
First street, are rejoicing at the ar
rival of a baby daughter last night,
and mother and babe are doing nicely.
, 1906-08-02
ADVAN TAG
OF CULTURE
MODERN METHODS IN USE IN THE
AGRICULTURE OF STATE
URGED BY WRITER.

Article from Scientific Farm
err Endorsed by Editor of Ranch
mans Reminder For Current
Month-Patriotic Duty to state to
Use Home Advantages.
, 1906-08-02

Very few men are too conscien-
tious to permit their hens to lay eggs
on Sunday. Most men work their
layers overtime.
, 1906-08-02

Transportation furnished for fishing
and picnic parties. L. C. Holiday. If
, 1906-08-02

Daily Republican. so Genus a mcntb.