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, 1906-08-28
CATTLE TRADE IS
HOLDING STRONG
GOOD INQUIRY RIGHT ALONG FOR
GOOD KINDS OF KILL
ING STEERS.
Wyoming Stock Again Brings Top
Price-Good To Choice Steers Are
Quoted at $3.50 to $500 While
Cows n Heifers Sell From $3.50
to $3.sO-Feeders Wanted.

SBNSAd ~ tAAS
South Omaha, Neb., Aug. 2S.-The
weekly letter of Clay, Robinson & Co.,
just issued, shows a good market con-
dition for cattle. 1t is as follows:
Closing trade in the cattle division
last week wound up strong n active.
While prices averaged a little lower
toward the middle of the week prices
on the close showed but little change
for the entire week. There has been
good inquiry right along for the good
kinds of killing steers. The market to-
day opened up strong and active, a
shade higher on the more desirable
kinds and steady on the other grades.
Practically the top today was IS for
a car of cattle belonging to Harry
Farthing, Cheyenne, Wyo., averaging
1850 pounds, with n heifer in the
lot. One choice lot sold at $500 with
a good cut out at considerably lower
figure. The COW trade is in very good
shape and prices show little change
from a week ago. Good steers are
quotable at $3.50 to So; fair to good,
81 to $3.50; good to choice cows and
heifers, $3.50 to $3.50; fair to good,
$3.50 to $40; Gamers, $1.75 to s2.25.
Good Inquiry for Feeders.
There has been good inquiry for
heavy feeding steers, and prices have
held just about the same for the week.
Good to choice kinds are selling at
SAILS to $40; fair to good, s3.s5 to
s4.15; light and medium weights have
continued in just about the same
notches, good to choice at 1886 to
$3.50; fair to good, $40 to $685..
Fair Run of Sheep.
There has been just a fair run OF
sheep at this point. There has been
very good inquiry right along and ev-
erything has found ready sale. Fat
wethers and ewes are 10 to Is cents
higher for the week while all other
killers as we'll as all classes of feeding
stock show no material advance. Good
killing wethers are quotable at S675
to $3.50: good yearlings, $3.50 to $685.;
good wethers, $3.50 to s5.25; good
feeding lambs, Sc to $3.50; good year
lings, IS to $3.50; good wethers, S4.65
to $500; good ewes, $3.50 to s425.
, 1906-08-28

William NJ. owen has had a partic-
ularly hard run of luck the past couple
of days. He has a band of some $500
head of sheep grazing west of the city,
on the Buford lands, on the other side
of the Pioneer canal, and yesterday
these got into some sort of poison
weed, more than 100 head dying as the
result. DR.. Whitehouse and J.. V. De-
Laney, the government inspector at
this point, went to the camp yesterday
afternoon and made a thorough post
mortem examination, p%ronouncing the
cause of death to be poisoning. The
gentlemen went out to the camp again
today to renew their Investigations and
to endeavor to ascertain the exact
weed that is doing the damage.
To Send Carcasses to Washington.
1t is in about this identical location
that Colonel E. ]. Bell lost some sheep
last spring, and George Eykyn had a
similar experience the previous year.
In both of the cases the sheep died as
quickly and mysteriously as those OF
Mr.. Owen. Local sheep men are now
raising money to END on a carcass to
Washington, to the bureau of animal in.
dustry there, that the experts may also
pass upon the cause and determine, if
possible, the weed or grass that is so
fatal.
The result of the further investiga.
ton of DIR. Whitehouse and Inspector
Delaney of the owen sheep this morn.
ing negatived any chance of its being
a case of any poison that could be adj
the weed will be prosecuted all the
more vigorously.
, 1906-08-28
Railroad Notes.

w. A. Jameson returned from Chey.
enne this afternoon.
c. w. Clark, section foreman at
Cooper Lake, is a city visitor.
S. H. Roger today shipped five cars
of cattle from here to Manhattan, Kas.
Carl Christensen and E. E. Bowman
have completed their examinations
and are now f%ull-fedged engineers.
The Union Pacific hotel is caring fo-
a very large number of people these
days, a sure indication Of the way
things are booming here in town.
This is a memorable day in railroad
annals, as it is the date for the re-
cent rate bill to go into effect n be-
come a law, and it is doubtful whether
any similar piece of legislation ever
effected so many and so sweeping
changes as does this new law.
, 1906-08-28
ENGINE AND CARS FOR
CONSTRUCTION WORK

The Laramie, Hahns Peak and Pa,
cifc railroad has purchased an engine
and a train of fiat cars for construction
work. and the same will be here on
October /. Although track laying has
stopped for the present, owing to the
inability of the company to secure de,
livery of rails, yet a large gang of
Japanese are being kept at work level.
ing and surfaclng, and, in fact, Chief
Engineer Stewart was trying this morn,
ing to get additional men from Chey-
enne, none being available at Laramie.
, 1906-08-28
Woman Friuhtfully Mutilated.

New York, Aug. 2S.-Early this
morning Mrs. Anna Moore was found
horribly ripped, slashed and gashed in
a furnished room on Second street.
The dead body presented a frightful
spectacle. No weapon was found.
James Moore, the woman's husband,
has been arrested. He claims to know
nothing about the murder. There was
no n in the house, and none of the
occupants of the neighborhood heard
any sounds of a struggle.
, 1906-08-28
BIG INCREASE IN BUSINESS.
Both Imports and Exports During Last
Six Months Show Up Well.

Washington, d. c., Aug. 2S.-The i'm
ports for July, according to the month
ly statement of foreign is
sued by the department of commerce
and labor, were s1O2, 5S6, 1877, as against
sS4, SIP, SOC for July, 1905, while the
total amount of exports for July, 1906,
was s11,551,415, rs against s107 $780,
421 for July, 1905.
The imports for the seven months
in 1906, ending with July, were $780,
946,127, as against s674,454,O 40 for the
same period in 1905, while the total
exports for the seven months in 1906,
ending with July, were o0,5s4,i45,
Is against $S4S, S99,44O for the same
period in 1905.
, 1906-08-28
EXCURSIONS PLANNED.
Those Atte nding Irrigation Congress
Will Be Shown Points of Interest.

Boise, Idaho, Aug. 2S.-Arrange-
ments have been made for extensive
excursions for delegates to the irriga-
ton congress. These will run as far
west as Weiser; eastward they will
reach to Twin Falls and st. Anthony.
At Twin Falls the delegates will be
taken to all points of scenic interest.
The trains will then go to Idaho Falls
and st. Anthony, giving the delegates
an opportunity to see the irrigation of
the upper Snake A feature of the
congress is to be a series of illustrated
lectures given by representatives Of
government departments. There will
be twelve lectures each day of thirty
minutes each.
, 1906-08-28
Japanese D~istrustfuI.

Washington, d. c., Aug. 2S.-Japan
distrusts the report made by the Unit
ed States in the matter of the killing
of the formers poachers in Alaska,
which showed that the Japanese in the
poaching business are robbers on the
high cas- and should be shot like
burglars. The Japanese embassy has
announced that it intends to send Mr..
Hanehari, the second secretary, to oy-
erlook the proceedings when the trial
of the twelve Japanese prisoners shall
be held at Valdez.
, 1906-08-28
Looking for Fine RambouiIIets.

The F. S. King Bros. Sheep company
is expecting the arrival today of a car
of fine Rambouillet bucks. These
animals will be taken Immediately to
the new dipping watts on the expert
ment farm and there dipped. This car
load is only part of the shipment of
fine stock that the same company is
looking for in the next few days.
, 1906-08-28
BELIEVED TO BE IN DENVER.
Man Who Escaped From Sheriff Neal
Laramie May Be There.

Sheridan, Wyo., Aug. 2S.-Sheriff
Smythe has come into possession of
information which leads him to believe
that Jackson Carney, n of the pris-
oners who recently escaped while be-
ing taken to the state penitentiary at
Rawlins, is in Denver, where relatives
are %concealing him. Carney is the
black sheep of a well connected. east
ern family. At the time of his escape
he was handcuffed to another prisoner,
and no trace of them could be found
after they jumped from a train at some
point between Sherman and Rawlins.
, 1906-08-28
Adopts Strong Resolutions.

The convention adopted strong reso-
lutions indorsing the national admins
tration and Wyoming delegation in
both branches of congress, advocating
a state depository law and recommend
ing the reapportionment of the state.
cossriff Will Continue Fight.
In the convention Governor Brooks
secured 43 votes against Mr.. Cosgriff's
rs. Mr.. Cosgriff, however, will carry
the fight into the Casper convention,
although it is generally conceded that
he has no show of winning. 1t is esti-
mated hat Mr.. Brooks will have more
than 100 votes on the first ballot.
, 1906-08-28

abandon its through passenger and
freight service to Portland on the lines
extending from Weed, Cal, to Natron,
Ore, over the steep grades of the Sis
yikou mountains. 1t contaminated the
purchase yesterday of the California
Northwestern railway, a forty-mile line
extending north of Weed, with a right
of way through to klamath Falls. The
Hartman engineers will rush this
lumber line to completion and connect
it at Klamath Falls with the Oregon
and Eastern railway, now being built
from Natron, south. With the joining
of these two lines all through traffic
from San Francisco and points south
of Weed will be carried to Portland
and the north via klamath Falls, al
though the present Mount Shasta line
will be maintained for local service.
, 1906-08-28
DEAD ON PRAIRIES.
Mexican Herder Thrown From Horse
and Strikes on Rock.

Buffalo, Wyo., Aug. 2S.-The dead
body of Raymond Pacheco, a Mexican
sheep herder. was found a few days
ago on the North Fork of Otto creek,
in the Big Horn mountains, by Jack
Ridley. The horse ridden by Pacheco
became frightened, ran away, throwing
the Mexican off and seriously injuring
the man, who struck on a large stone.
The Mexican doubtless lay on the
prairie until death came to relieve his
suffering, and when found the body
was badly ~decomposed and was buried
near the scene of the accident.
, 1906-08-28
Bio Irrigation Enterprises.

Union Pacific surveyors have been
working in the northern part of Sweet
water county and have decided upon
W enterprises which the Union Pa
cihc will either undertake or interest
capital in their building, says the Rock
Springs Miner. One of these contem-
plates the construction of a canal TAX
ing water out of Green river and re.
claiming a tract of 100,0 900 acres of
land north of the railroad in Sweet
water county and the other involves
the reclamation of another tract of
1900 acres of land south of East fork,
also watered with a ditch from Green
river. Most of this is included in the
great level tract known as the Red
desert, heretofore given over exclu-
sively to the grazing of sheep
Will Take New Route.
The Southern Pacific has decided to
, 1906-08-28
VIII Help Celebrate.

Osawatomie, Kas., Aug. 2S.-Two
troops of cavalry, under command of
Major George Morgan, ordered here to
the home of the late John Brown by
the secretary of war, from Fort Riley,
to take part in the celebration of the
fiftieth anniversary of the battle of
osawatomie, arrived today by special
train. The celebration will begin to-
morrow and continue for three days.
Thursday Vice President Charles w.
Fairbanks will deliver an address.
, 1906-08-28
Negro Uprising impending.

Berlin, Aug. 2S.-Dr. Carl Peters,
back from a tour of South Africa, says
he has come to the conclusion that a
negro rebellion against white rule in
Africa is only a question of time. The
Ethiopian movement, in particular, has
been greatly strengthened during the
present year and its adherents already
possess six daily papers, in which
hatred against the whites is ~assiduous-
ly preached to the Kaffirs. DR.. Peters
does not believe that the dream of the
Afrikanders to constitute a United
States of South Africa will aver be
realized, on the ground that South
Africa cannot nourish itself, and will
always be dependent on European cap
ita1
, 1906-08-28
Want Rules Suspended.

Washington, D. G., Aug. 2S.-Not
less than five organizations have re
quested the secretary of the treasury
to suspend the customs regulations so
that Bryan can leave the liner in the
bay for a tug. They are Tammany,
the Commercial Travellers, the Mis-
souri, Bryanites, the Nebraska Bryan
ties and the New York board of trade.
Each wants the honor. Assistant Sec
rotary Reynolds lodged the bad prop
osition by forcing the organizations to
reach an agreement among themselves.
, 1906-08-28

Chicago, H., Aug. 2S.-The charges
made against the Standard Oil com
pany by two federal grand juries were
incorporated in the longest indictment
in the world. The charges comprise
nearly 1000 separate %offenses, and
the company is liable to be fined from
$1,000, 900 to SIPS, OOO, 900 if convicted
of all the ~offenses
, 1906-08-28
MUST EQUAL
COMPANY LIABILITIES

incendiary origin destroyed the First
Church of Christ recently purchased
by the Catholics and in process of re-
modelling into a Catholic church. The
loss is estimated at $4,000. Father
Agius, secretary to Bishop Bonacum,
said: THE fire was unquestionably
of incendiary origin and l believe a
fanatic kindled it. We have been
warned frequently that the church was
in danger, as some Protestants openly
denounced the conversion of a Christ
ian church into a Catholic"
, 1906-08-28

Denver, Colo, Aug. 2S.-Insurance
Commissioner Rittenhouse has issued
an order that foreign insurance com
panies doing business in Colorado
must make their assets equal to their
liabilities by transferring funds from
the home Office in Europe or otherwise.
The capital of many companies has
been impaired by the San Francisco
disaster, and to protect policy holders
the commissioner has issued the pres
ent order.
, 1906-08-28
Land Aents Must Pay.

Thousands of land INT immigration
agents throughout the west will be
deprived of passes on western rail,
roads by the provisions of the new
rate law. The railroads interpret the
statutes as meaning that the issuance
of transportation to these agents is
discriminatory. Every western road
has been accustomed to carry from
500 to 5000 land agents on its books.
, 1906-08-28
TO
BREAK STRIKE
JAMES FARLEY STARTS FROM
NEW YORK WITH THOUSAND
STRIKE BREAKERS.
Agrees to Win Battle for Street Car
Company in Contention With Men
in San Francisco-Well Provided
With Refreshments, Including a
Good supply of Beer.

New York, Aug. 2S.-James Farley,
the strike breaker, has contracted to
break the street car railway strike in
San Francisco. Shortly after midnight
this morning, he left here with nearly
a thousand men on two special trains
of ten cars each. They were rushed
over the Lehigh Valley on their way to
the Pacific. Farley's detectives to the
number of a dozen were with them.
, 1906-08-28
CHICAGO ATHLETES
WRITE FOR GAME.

Captain Heavey is in receipt of a
letter from the basket ball team of the
Crescent Athletic association Of Chi
cago asking for a game with our mems
team some time in January. The Ores
cent club will be on their way to the
Pacific coast and they are anxious to
arrange for matches along the route.
, 1906-08-28
Declines Private Car.

New York, Aug. 2S.-William Jen-
nings Bryan has declined the invitation
of President Mellen of the New York
and New Haven railway to travel
through New England in the latter's
private car. His daylight trips will be
made in an ordinary chair coach and
night trips in a Pullman. This city is
filling up with Bryan welcomers and
other visitors.
, 1906-08-28
Is RehadY to Hanq.

New York, Aug. 2S.-"You ear hang
as Dol as you please" said Mar
tin Winterstein to a Brooklyn police
man today, after firing a shot at him
to attract attention. Winterstein had
just murdered Mrs. Arson on account
of love trouble and wounded a com
panion of Mrs. Bruhn because she
twitted him.
, 1906-08-28
Plenty of Refreshments.

Every preparation was made to feed
the men on the trip. A great guam
tity of cooked food was put on the
trains and also 5000 bottles of beer.
The men were brought over from
Jersey City in a special ferry boat and
every effort was made to keep the
matter as quiet as possible.
, 1906-08-28
Taqgart Won't RESIGN.

New York, Aug. 2S.-Tom Taggart,
chairman of the democratic national
committee, arrived today with delega-
lions from Indiana to greet Bryan.
Taggart is strongly for Bryan. Wheth-
err Bryan is for Taggart is not settled.
Taggart says he will not resign the
craftsmanship.
, 1906-08-28
Steamer Burned.

Detroit, Mich, Aug. 28.-The steam
er Charles Eddy, plying between De
troit and Cleveland, caught fire on
Lake Huron today. The steamer City
of Mackinac rescued the passengers
and crew. The vessel was ore laden
and was a total loss.
, 1906-08-28
Dipping Watts Working Admirably.

Government Sheep Inspector ]. ".
Delaney reports that the new dipping
watts at the stock yards are working
admirably, giving entire satisfaction in
every particular. Last week he had
1000 sheep put through the vats and
there was not a hitch anywhere.
, 1906-08-28
MINING ENGINEER INSANE.
Was Employed by 5oysen Outfit on
Shoshone Claims.

Lander, Wyo., Aug. 2S.-Eugene Ed
son, a mining engineer, who has been
connected with the Asmus Boysen
outfit on the Shoshone reservation, has
been brought here and will be tried
for insanity. Edison drew No. 100 in
the Shoshone reservation drawing and
has filed on his claim.
, 1906-08-28
Mant More lime.

Washington, Aug. 2S.-The going In
to effect of the new railroad law was
signalized today by the appeal to the
interstate commerce commission by
representatives of the New England
lines for more time to file the sched-
ules and comply with other technical
details.
, 1906-08-28
EVERY EFFORT Is BEING MADE
TO PRESERVE ORDER IN THE
MOB RIDDEN CAPITAL
OF RUSSIA.
Declaration of Martial Law May Be
Looked for at Any Time-council
of Ministers Rejects Proposal for
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AS
sassinations in Five Days is Rec
ord as Warsaw.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 2S.-Extraordi-
nary precautions have been taken to
preserve order in this city. The situa-
ton is acknowledged to be of a grave
character. The declaration of martial
law would occasion no surprise. The
council of ministers has rejected the
proposal for dictatorship.
, 1906-08-28
LARAMIE COUNTY REPUBLICAN,
CONVENTION DECLARES FOR
BROOKS AND SCHNIT-
GER THIS MORNING.
Endorses National Administration, wy
emins's Congressional Delegation,
Advocates State Depository Law
and Recommends Reapportion-
ment of State-cosgriff Will Con-
tinue Fight In State Convention.
Special TO The Republican.

Cheyenne, Wyo, Aug. 2S.-The Lar
annie county republican convention met
here at 10 o'clock this morning and
selected ~twenty-one delegates to the
state convention to be held at Casper
tomorrow. The convention instructed
the delegates to vote for Governor B.
B. Brooks to succeed himself and for
William R. Schnitger for state treas
, 1906-08-28
Custer Proceedings.

Topeka, Kas.. Aug. 2S.-Qua-warranto
proceedings, with a view to ousting
him from office, were instituted today
in the supreme court against T. w.
James, city marshal of Argentine, Kas.
The charges are for not enforcing the
prohibitory law.
, 1906-08-28
Big Factory Burns.

st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 2S.-The plant
of the American Canning company
burned this morning. Loss, $500, 900.
The destruction of nearby structures
rendered a dozen families homeless.
, 1906-08-28
Business Firms ADOPT II,

New York, Aug. 2S.-The simplified
spelling reform has taken hold with
vengeance here. Many business firms
have adopted it in advertising and cor
respondence.
, 1906-08-28
EXTRAORDINARY CARE
IS BEING EXERCISED

Eddy, charge d'affairs at st. Peters
burg, advised the state department to-
day that the Ear has decided to place
the crown lands in the provinces of
Archangle and Zologda at the peas
ants disposal.
, 1906-08-28
Revolt Crushed.

Havana, Aug. 2S.-The revolt in
Matanzas province has been crushed.
The government forces charged the
rebels with machetes, sweeping every
thing before them and killing dozens.
, 1906-08-28
IS
BROKEN
THIS TIME 1T Is IN THE LENGTH
OF INDICTMENT RETURNED
AGAINST THE STANDARD
OIL COMPANY,

Seven Thousand Separate offenses
Are Enumerated In the Bill Re
turned and Company Is liable To
Fines from 100000 to s12s,ooo,-
ooo-Woman's Body Is FrightfuIly
Mutilated n Husband Arrested.
, 1906-08-28
ALICE PRESSED BUTTON.
Presidents Daughter Sets Chimes ir
Motion at Musical Festival.

Cincinnati, O., Aug. 2S.-The fifth
fall musical festival vas opened by
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt-Longworth this
morning, who pressed gold button
which set the chimes in motion.
, 1906-08-28

Woman Falls While Trying to Perform
Parachute Feat.

Wichita, Kas., Aug. 2s.-While try
ing to perform an acrobatic feat on
the bar of a parachute, Mrs. Napier,
an aeronaut, became entangled in a
rope attached to the relief knife n
fell headlong 165 feet. The parachute
did not open and Mrs. Napier's fall
was unbroken. Physicians say she
will only live a few hours.
, 1906-08-28
Huqhes Not a Candidate.

New York, Aug. 2S.--Charles e.
Hughes of insurance investigation
fame, in a cable today, announces that
he will not be a candidate for the re-
publican nomination for governor.
, 1906-08-28
USING SIMPLIFIED SPELLING.
Secretary Loeb Adopts System in All
Communications.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Aug. 2S.-Secre-
tary Loeb is 10Y using the simplified
spelling in all communications sent
out from the presidents office.
, 1906-08-28

When in need Of job printing or any
thing in the book line. call on The Re-
publican. First-class work guaranteed.
, 1906-08-28
Murders BY the Score.

Warsaw, Aug. 2SETwenty-three
murders or assassinations have oc-
Cured in five days. Anarchy prac-
tically prevails. Local officials say the
appointment of General Trepoff as gov
ernor general is necessary to restore
order and have taken steps to bring
this about. Owing to threats of the
soldiers to murder Jews, many are
leaving.
, 1906-08-28
roops Riddle RevoIutionists' House.

Riga, Aug. 2S.-The police and
troops today surrounded a lodging
house where bombs had been discov-
cred. The revolutionists inside fired
rifles and threw bombs. The troops
riddled the house, killing two men and
a woman In the suburbs a student
was killed and several were injured
while resisting arrest.
, 1906-08-28
STATE INSURANCE COMMISSION
Err OF COLORADO MAKES
IMPORTANT ORDER FOR
FOREIGN COMPANIES.

San Francisco Losses Have Impaired
Capital of Many outside Insurance
Concerns and They Must Make
Good-crank Destroys Church Be-
cause Catholics Had Purchased It
Steam Is Destroyed by Fire.
, 1906-08-28

Work of a Crank.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 2S.-Fire of an
, 1906-08-28
SHEEPARE
POISONED
WILLIAM M. OWEN SUFFERS Sc
WE'RE LOSS FROM ANIMALS
EATING WEEDS WEST
OF THE CITY.

Loses Over Hundred Fine Animals in
Less Than Two Days Time-Post-
mortem Examination Held by Gov
eminent Inspector Delaney and
DR.. A. w. Whitehouse-Carcass
May Be Sent to Department.
, 1906-08-28

Daily Republican, so cenrs a month
, 1906-08-28

Crown Lands for Peasants.
Washington, ID. c., Aug. 2S.-Spencer
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-12-14
GALE SWEEPING
San FRANCISCO
DOES ENORMOUS DAMAGE IN THE
CITY AND HARBoR-TOTTER.
ING WALLS LEVELED.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec 10.-A
southeast gale sweeping along the
coast at registered velocity of forty
eight miles an hour today resulted in
the death of one man in San Francis
CO and in the severe injury of several
others. Shipping in the harbor was
damaged considerably, and in all quar-.
tiers of the city tottering walls were
hurled to the ground, blockading
streets and interrupting traffic. Owing
to danger from falling walls street
car service was entirely suspended.
John R. Hyneha~', laborer, en-
ployed at the corner of Stockton and
Broadway, was caught under falling
wall and killed. One of his compan-
ions was so severely injured that his
life is despaired of. In every section
of the burned district ruins were top
pied over.