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More rain last night.
Third and Fremont streets.
Photo albums at Bookstore.
The bank barometer today recorded
23.44.
July records now in at Lovejoy's
Novelty works.
Rains are coming frequently and in
good supply now.
James Naismith has been given the
contract for the Ninth street water
main.
A new safe has been added to the
Office equipment of the experiment sta
ton at the university.
Carl Troederup, who was operated
upon a few days ago, is said to be get
ting along beautifully.
John Holmberg of the Lovejoy Nov
city works is confined to his room with
a severe attack of illness.
A daughter was born at Cheyenne
recently to the wife of Guy A. Rocka,
field, an engineer on the Union Pacific.
Messrs. Marks and Dillrance today
bought six carloads of horses from E.
]. Bell, which they will ship to eastern
markets.
R. B. Macdonald, who has been en-
ployed in The Republican bindery, has
resigned his position and will leave
the city.
Mrs. S. w. Downey, who has been i'll
at her home for two or three days,
was able to be out in her carriage for
a ride this morning.
The Extraordinarily Mining com,
pany, to operate in Wyoming and Ne
vada, with a capital of $1,000, 900, has
been Incorporated at Cheyenne.
William Minnie, the official dog
catcher at Cheyenne, has added 100
dogs to the good" list in that city
since the campaign began June l.
Miss Elizabeth Let's of Kansas City
arrived today to spend a month or so
viii IlG ldlllly VI nSl plOlhSl, Liam
master F. C. Let's, at their home at
Raymond Lynch and his grandmoth
er, Mrs. Kreiger, of Pueblo, left thi:
morning for the Hecht ranch, where
they will visit for a time with relatives
and friends.
A wedding couple from Rawlins
passed through the city today. The
groom is a trainman out of that city,
named Brady, the bride having been a
Miss Wolfe.
John Knight Calkins of Cody, Wyo.,
has enlisted as a naval recruit of the
United States at the Omaha recruiting
agency, along with thirty others from
different portions of the west.
Someone stole several of Colonel
Jabez Cooks chickens last night
Some Of the chickens were taken to g
restaurant on First street, where they
were cooked and eaten. The police
have the case in hand.
, 1906-07-12
HAVING TROUBLE ABOUT
CONNECTION FOR WATER.

Contractor Maxwell is having some
trouble about the water connections
for the government building. He had
hoped to connect with the railroad
main on Second street, but the railroad
company turned him down there. He
now hopes to attach the governments
two-inch pipe to the city's fire hydrant
Ipipe, and the matter will come before
the council at its next meeting. The
washing down and pointing up of
the stone walls was completed today
and passed the inspection Of the super
visor of construction, Mr.. Scofeld.
, 1906-07-12
HAS ACCIDENT.
Daughter of Former Governor of Wye
ring Injured in London.

New York, July 12.-Information has
just been received in New York from
London of a painful accident to Miss
Margaret Baxter, daughter Of former
Governor G. w. Baxter of Wyoming
now a resident of this city.
June %, while dressing for dinner
in the home of her mother, Miss Bax'
ter was severely burned by her dress
coming in contact with a light in an
alcohol lamp.
Her injuries were painful and for q
time greatly alarmed her family. She
is now recovering and in a few weeks
expects to go to Scotland to join sew
eral house parties before returning tc
New York with her mother in the au
tumn.
, 1906-07-12
Due to Gross Negligence.

st. Paul, Mimi, July 1.-THE Dia-
mond 10 officials %nou that no
lives were lost in the wreck of the
Quincy. j.. c. Mass, a st. Paul mer-
chant, aboard the boat, wires that the
accident was the result of gross neg
ligence. He declares that the pas.
sengers were not awakened by the
crew and that the negro roustabouts
seized all the life preservers.
Struck Bar in River.
This statement is borne out by other
passengers. The vessel struck a bar,
, 1906-07-12
HOW DIED.


Shakespeare's Heroine.
The tragic death of Desdemona, ac-
cording to the Paris Menestrel, which
has recently completed some interest
ing researches among the archives OF
the Querini family, of which Shak-
speare's Othello was a member, really
occurred in Crete in the year 1928.
Desdemona. whose name signifies
"damsel of the house of demons" met
her death, according to this new YER
sion in a singular manner
Othello had charged his valet with
the carrying out of his revenge. The
valet accordingly took up a position
close to Desdemona's apartment,
where he started groaning and shut.
fling with his feet.
Othello thereupon requested his
wife to rise and discover the cause
Of the noise.
AS she crossed the threshold a
sackful of grass was flung at her
head. She fell to the ground, and
was then assailed with a succession
of similar grass-flled sacks, being
finally smothered under the falling
ceiling and masonry of the walls,
which had been specially loosened at
Othello's orders.
, 1906-07-12
COLLEGE PRESIDENT
VISITING MOTHER.

Conductor John Burns today re-
ceived a letter from his wife, who Is
with his mother at Michigan City,
Ind, saying that they had just been
Joined by Mr.. Burns brother, Rev. DR..
]. A. Burns, president Of the Holy
Cross college, at Washington, D. c..
who will spend some time with his
mother. Mrs. John Burns writes that
, 1906-07-12
THE coUGHLIN RANCH
SOLD TO CRUMRlNE

The Albany County National bank
today sold to Eli Crumrine, the vice
president of the bank, the Coughlin
ranch, consisting of 1900 acres of fine
land in sections II. 10, 20 and 90, town
ship 16, range rs, for ~$1O,593.3S, and
Mr.. Crumrine will give it to his son,
Edgar Crumrine, of Pennsylvania, for
a home. Mr.. and Mrs. Crumrine are
expected to arrive shortly from the
Keystone state and make their home
on the ranch.
, 1906-07-12
QUINCY OF DIAMOND 10 LINE
STRIKES BAR AND BEGINS TO
SETTLE, PASSENGERS
ALL ESCAPING.
Vessel Headed Toward Shore, Where
Boats Are Used to Form Pontoon
Bridge, Everybody Getting Off,
Some in Scanty Attire-Accident
Said to Be Due to Gross Careless
ness on Part of Boats Crew.

st. Louis, Mo-, July IA. L.
Schnur, clerk of the packet Quincy,
which was reported burned and sunk
near Trempelean, Wis, has advised
the officials of the Diamond 10 line
here by wire that the boat sank in
fourteen feet of water, twelve miles
from Winona. There was no fire and
no passengers were lost. The upper
deck is above water. Private mes
sages say the Quincy struck a snag.
, 1906-07-12
A STEAMBOAT SINKS
IN MISSISSIPPI RIVER

backed off and commenced to settle.
She was headed towards the Wiscon.
sin shore at full speed. A plank was
u from the second deck to the
shore. The passengers crowding about
it caused the boat to keel, throwing a
score into the water. All were res
, 1906-07-12
Found in Refrigerator Car.

Logansport, Ind, July 12.-Grant
Meals, aged 20 years, was taken from
a refrigerator car more dead than
alive today. He boarded it four days
ago at Clay Center, Kas., where the
car was billed to Philadelphia loaded
with eggs. Meals took ten days sup
plies with him.
, 1906-07-12
PRICES Of MEATS
ARE ADVANCING
PACKERS ADMIT ADVANCE, BUT
CLAIM 1T Is DUE TO THE IN
CREASE OF RAW MATERIAL.
Butchers Deny This, and Assert Pack
ers Are Trying to Recoup Losses
Due to Falling Off in Foreign
Trade and Canned Stuffs-After
Washington Ice Trust.

Kansas City, Mo-, July 1.-THE
prices of all meats have been ad-
vanced within the last two days. The
packers admit that they are going to
advance prices generally, but give the
cause as increase in the value of raw
material. Butchers say this is not
true, but the packers are trying to
recoup their foreign losses and fall
down of can meats.
, 1906-07-12
NEW MOTOR CAR ON
TRANSCoNTlNENTAL TRIP.

j. E. Winslow was today instructed
by letter to have ready a guide for a
motor party which is preparing to
make a transcontinental trip, leaving
New York about the 18th of this
month and expecting to reach Laramie
in twenty-five days The guide is from
Laramie to Fort Steele. The car used
is the new Buick "F' type, the COM
pany hoping to establish a new speed
record and repair record from ocean
to ocean.
, 1906-07-12
Two Notes Picked Up.
Cause of Insanity.

Baltimore, Md, July 12.-"High liv-
ing and too much civilization are re-
sponsible for the increase in insanity
says DR.. Charles G. Hall, in charge of
the Mount Hope retreat. Il believe
that by a thorough research it could
be traced in a great part to the pros
perity of the period, the luxurious in
diligence, the designations, the depart
ure from the old standard of rectitude
and the moral deterioration"
, 1906-07-12
CITY PREPARING
FOR B.. P. D. {.
DENVER BEING GOTTEN READY
FOR THE COMING OF ELKs
FROM EVERYWHERE.
Over Sixty Thousand Being Spent for
Entertainment of Visiting Mem
bers of Fraternity and Believed
That Cincinnati Mark of Million
Dollars Will Passed.

Denver, Colo, July 12.-Already the
city is being handsomely decorated for
the coming of the Elks next week, and
today's trains brought in many hun
dreds of the advance guard. Several
of. the downtown thoroughfares were
finely draped with royal purple n
white, the Elk colors.
Money for Entertainment.
Over 100000 is being spent toward
the entertainment of the visitors, and
it is believed the Cincinnati recor will
be broken, when the Elks had their
meeting there and spent over $1,000
900.
, 1906-07-12

Paris, July 12.-Captain Alfred Drey-
fus has at last cleared himself from
the charge made against him and his
good name is restored. The supreme
court today annulled his condemnation
without a new trial. For seven years
Dreyfus has suffered under The false
charge that he was the author of the
famous Bordeaux" by which it was
claimed he had been a traitor to his
country.
, 1906-07-12
In Smoke of Factory.

At n time the gas bag hung direct
ly over the huge smoke stacks of a fac
tory out of which the sparks and Gin
ders were flying. A little later a man
who had caught the guy rope was jerk
ed from his feet, hauled ten feet in the
air and landed unhurt in the top of a
, 1906-07-12
GOVERNOR NICK
IS NOW PROGRAM
PRESIDENT RooSEVELT'S soN-lN
LAW MAY HEAD PARTY IN
FALL OHIO ELECTION.
Political Discussion Among Politicians
in Famous Room at Fifth Avenue
Hotel Has Bearing on PROPOSE
tion-George Fred Williams Says
Bryan Is Too Conservative.

New York, July 12.-At a political
discussion at the famous old repub-
lican rendezvous, parlor R. D., at the
Fifth Avenue hotel, it was agreed that
Congressman Longworth will be a
formidable candidate for the Ohio
governorship. The craftsmanship of
the state convention, for which Long
worth is slated, is said to be a step
towards this end.
, 1906-07-12
BANKER WILL SPEAK
ON SUBJECT OF

At the regular weekly meeting of the
Laramie Literary club, which takes
place this evening at the Carnegie IL
brary, Mr.. Eli Crumrine is to speak
upon the subject of Banks n Bank
ing" Mr.. Merriam and Rev. Walton
are to introduce the subject, THE
Aims and Purposes of the Sunday
School,"
, 1906-07-12
COUNTY LINE LANDS
SOLD BY WARRANTY,

A warranty deed was filed today
transferring from the Warren Live
Stock company to Soren Yensen a
large amount of land in township 10,
large amount of land in township 10,
ranges 20 and II, on the county line
between this county and Laramie coun,
ty, neal Granite canon. There were
2,457.7S acres, the selling price being
1900.
, 1906-07-12

Washington, D. c., July 12.-Indict-
ments under the Sherman antitrust
law, charging conspiracy in restraint
of trade, were returned by the federal
grand jury today against the concerns
and individuals constituting what is
known as the local ice trust.
, 1906-07-12
Ministry Has Resigned.

st. Petersburg, July 1.-THE state
ment has been confirmed that the resig-
nation of the entire cabinet is in the
hands Of the emperor. His majesty is
not yet ready, however, to charge the
constitutional democracy with the task
of forming a ministry, and is trying tc
compromise the issue.
Not Quite Ready.
The Russia today says the country
is not yet ripe for the acceptance of
the principles of a responsible minis
try.
, 1906-07-12
Ran Into Spiked Switches.

Petersburg, Ind, July ia west
bound freight on the Southern railway
ran into spiked switches this morning.
The engineer, fireman and brakeman
We're killed and two trainmen were
seriously injured, the cars being de-
molished. Authorities with blood
hounds are hunting the train wreck
ers
, 1906-07-12
CAPTAIN DREYFUS HAS
BEEN FULLY CLEARED

Dreyfus will re-ente the army. 1t is
reported that promotion to the rank
Of major has been decided upon.
Decree Will Be Posted.
An order was issued hat the courts
decree be posted in all French com.
munes and printed in a hundred news
papers of Dreyfus' selection. No finan-
cial damages was awarded Dreyfus, as
he asked merely that his honor be
cleared. Colonel Picquart, the lone ar
my officer who stuck to Dreyfus and
lost his colonelcy thereby, expects to
be restored to rank with honor.
, 1906-07-12
FISHING AT LUND'S
SINCE THE FOURTH.

DR.. Black of Denver, the travelling
representative of Park, Davis & Co.,
who with his wife has been visiting at
Lund's since the Fourth of July, will
reach the city tomorrow, and they are
expecting to take the train for Denver
at noon. DR.. Black is having a fine
time, has caught several nice messes
of fish, and declares Wyoming fishing
au fat.
, 1906-07-12
HORSES INSPECTED BY
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE,

Sheriff Reals and his deputies have
inspected five carloads of horses being
shipped from Rock River by the Toll
tee Live Stock company, n carload
to be shipped from wyoming by Ora
Haley and seyen carloads to be ship
ped from this city by Marks and Dill
rance. The Haley horses were out
laws being sent to C. B. Irwin at Chey-
enne for exhibition purposes.
, 1906-07-12
More Civil Employees.
Mrs. Roosevelt at Reception.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, July 12.-Mrs.
Roosevelt and Ethel were guests yes
terday at the reception given in the
rectory of Christ Church to celebrate
the silver wedding anniversary of DR..
and Mrs. Henry Homer Washburn.
The president did not attend.
, 1906-07-12
FISHING PARTIES ARE

]. e. Winslow has received word
from parties at North Platte, Denver
and Louisville, Ky, concerning trans
p~ortation to the fishing grounds in this
section. The Laramie plain and its
wonderful fishing are coming to the
notice of the outside world.
, 1906-07-12
ONE YEAR
IN NAVY
SECRETARY BONAPARTE CELE-
BRATES FIRST ANNIVERSARY
OF HIS ACCESSION TO
THE PORTFOLIO.

Says It Has Been Harder to %Reorganize
United States Navy Than to Purify
City, and Declares There Should
Be More Civil Employees in the De.
partment-Mrs. Roosevelt Attends
Reception to Rector.
, 1906-07-12
CHICKEN THIEVES
RAID sToDDARD CooPS.

Chicken thieves last night raided w.
A. S~toddard's coop and stole thirteen
chickens of broiling size. Charlie
Rauner found the prop against his
chicken house door down, but he does
not know whether he lost any fowls or
not.
, 1906-07-12
Thouqhtful Pupil.

While in the full bloom of health
the past summer, a school teacher on
her vacation II day received a letter
from a pupil. which communication
she said brought her abruptly face to
face with the recollection of the frail-
ty of life. Dear Miss B." the
admiring small boy wrote. please
send me your picture. l should like
to have one in case you die"
, 1906-07-12
Red Book Issued.

Washington, D. c., July 12.-The
state department red book" came out
today. 1t contains some state secrets.
One is that the government paid China
on more than one occasion secret in
IDENTITIES, simply to keep on good
terms with that empire.
, 1906-07-12
A BALLOON TRIP
WAS SENSATION
DR.. THOMAS AND ROY kNABEN-
SHUE COVER NEW YORK IN
FLYING MACHINE.
Witnessed by Thousands of People In
Manhattan and Brooklyn, Airship
Coming Almost To Ground at One
Tme-eas Bag Hangs over Chin
ney of Large Factory.

New York, July 12.-Dr. Julian P.
Thomas and Roy Knabenshue, the aero
nauts, made one of the most sensa-
tional balloon trips ever seen on this
side of the Atlantic, thousands of PEG
pie in Manhattan and Brooklyn watch.
ing the zig-zag path of the flying ma
, 1906-07-12

Washington, D. c., July 12.-Secre-
tary B%onaparte today said hat he had
been just one year in the navy depart
ment, and that he had found his eff
fort to ~reorganize the navy a harder
task than to purify a city.
More Civil Employees.
He thought there should be more
civil employees in the department, to
keep it from narrowness and prejudice.
He thinks promotion should be more
rapid and he has no faith in the prac-
ticability of airships.
, 1906-07-12
After Kansas City Ice Trust.

Kansas City, Mo, July 12.-There is
talk of trying to interest the United
States district attorneys office in pros
ecuting the local ice combine. 1t OPP
crates in both Kansas Citys n thus
a in interstate commerce.
, 1906-07-12
Shipment of Gold Stolen.

Seattle, Wash, July Zone hun
dred thousand dollars in gold, con-
signed in Alaska to the Pacific Elk
press company here, was stolen from
the steamer Ida May, between Fair
banks and Fort Collins, Alaska.
, 1906-07-12
Indiana Town Destroyed.

Bonneville, Ind, July 12.-Lynnville,
with a population of 1000, was de-
stroyed by an incendiary fire at mid
night. Twenty-four buildings were
consumed. Loss, $500, 900.
, 1906-07-12

New York, July 12.-"He's getting
entirely too conservative for me-" said
George Fred Williams, after stating
that he will not be in New York to
take part in the Bryan reception.
, 1906-07-12
GOOD DOGS GOING

THE WAY OF BAD.
Complaint is made that good dogs
are being shot and wounded in the
eastern part of the city, There are so
many worthless dogs that it seems a
pity the really valuable ones are
doomed.
, 1906-07-12
Passengers ThinIy Clad.

The vessels boats were then used
to make a pontoon bridge, from which
the passengers waded waist deep in
water to land. The passengers were
taken to La Crosse. Many wore their
night clothes, and the clothing stores
there did a rushing business.
, 1906-07-12
Will BeB Made Major.

The verdict of the court martial
against Alfred Dreyfus, by which he
was sent to Devils island and cashier
ed from the army on the charge of be-
traying army secrets, vas annulIed by
the court of cessation, which reviewed
the case. No new trial was ordered.
, 1906-07-12
Six Killed In Auto Accident.

London, July ia motor bus with
t~hirtyfour passengers from London
to Brighton was overturned today. Six
were killed outright and two died later.
All the others were injured.
, 1906-07-12
Talked With Reporter.

AT another time the balloon came al
most down to the earth and the aero
nauts talked with a reporter. who fol
lowed them in an automobile.
, 1906-07-12
Suicided in a Cell.

Elroy, Wis, July I'm. M. Riggs,
charged with beating Miss Ellison to
death in a Minneapolis hotel yester-
day, committed suicide in his cell by
shooting this morning.
, 1906-07-12

she may not return home until In Sep
TENDER now, the elder lady requiring
much of her time, her health being not
at all satisfactory.
, 1906-07-12
CONDEMNATION ANNULLED AND
CHARGES FOUND TO BE UN-
TRUE IN CASE OF THE
FRENCH OFFICER.

Court of Cessation Finds il His Favor,
Decree to Be Posted in Every
Commune and Printed in Hundred
Newspapers of Dreyfus' Own Sc
leetion-WilI Re-enter Army and
May Be Promoted to Be Colonel.
, 1906-07-12
Not Quite Ready.
Victim of Assassin.

Sevastopol, July 12.-Admiral Chou
kin died at a hospital early today from
the effects of wounds inflicted by an
assassin.
, 1906-07-12

Send a copy of the illustrated Re,
publican to your friend in the east. i
will please hil and benefit the com
munity,
, 1906-07-12

A job of printing done in The Re-
publican Office is a guarantee that 1t
is done right and according to the
, 1906-07-12
A FLOWING WELL
q WELL
ON LOVEJOY PLACE.

ON LACE
w. w. Doyle, who has been drilling
a well on the G. w. Loyejoy place,
near Fort Sanders, is in the city today,
bringing word that he struck a flow of
water at 26O feet. The casing is Ga
inches in diameter and the water flows
over the top of this. Mr.. Doyle is be-
ing congratulated by the owner of the
well and others.
, 1906-07-12
Work Too Intricate.

According to II member of the com.
mittee, the joint bodies find many
things to commend in the Werner sys
tenn. In the country schools, where
the children are able to evolve the best
from their work, they are proving sat
isfactory. In the city schools, on the
contrary, where there is less time and
more machinery, they are not proving
satisfactory. The books produce strong
thinkers, but pupils in the city schools
have so much else to do, and so short
a time to do it in, that they are not
able to give the time they should, and
SO the books are lacking in that par.
ticular. the committees think.
, 1906-07-12
BODY OF HoUSEkEEPER TAKEN
FROM SAME SPOT WHERE
YOUNG GIRL WAS FOUND
DAY OR TWO AGO.
Woman Was ~Housekeeper for Girls
Father, Daughter Looking Upon
Her as OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES nd
ent of Retreat for Mentally Unbal-
anced Advances Theory as to In
crease in Number of Patients.

Toledo, o., July 12.-Mourners re-
turning from the funeral of Clara
Strayer, a 17-year-old girl, who was
supposed to have committed suicide in
the Maumee river Monday, discovered
the body of Katie Winover, house
keeper for the girls father, whom the
girl looked upon as a step-mother,
floating in almost the same place as
was the body of Miss Strayer when
discovered.
Two Notes Picked Up.
Two notes were discovered on the
bank of the river, supposed to be writ
ten by the girl, but are in different
handwriting, in which the girl an
nounces her intention to commit sui.
eide, giving as a reason her treatment
by the housekeeper.
, 1906-07-12
Books moi satlsfaetorY.

There has been considerable COM
plant upon the part both of the teach
ers of the city schools and the patrons,
concerning the arithmetics, and it was
he uaa!inous opinion of tie joint
committee that the books are not sat
isfactory, lacking in some essential
points that would make them success
full. The books have friends among
the teachers, it is true, but there were
so many complaints, and of such a
persistent nature, that the committees
will recommend their retirement. An
other system was not mentioned, the
two committees having only to deal
with the one set.
, 1906-07-12
lis AGAINST
THE BOOKS
REPORT OF JOINT COMMITTEE IN
VESTlGATlNG WERNER SYS-
TEN OF ARITHMETlCS.
Committees Named by Albany County
Teachers Institute and Board of
Education of Laramie School Dis
trict Have Joint Meeting and Come
To Conclusion in Matter.

The committee appointed by the AL,
bany county teachers institute, held
here in June, and consisting of Mrs. e.
c. Holiday and C. P. Arnold, yesterday
afternoon met the committee from the
board of education of school district
No. 1, consisting of w. H. Frazee, G.
"A. Hertzog and A. C. Jones, at a meet,
ing at the Carnegie library building,
and discussed the text book question
assigned to the joint committee. One
member of the teachers institute com
mittee, Miss Moore, was out of the
city. The matter under direct discus
ssion was the Werner system of arith-
metics at present employed in the pub
lie schools of this city, consisting Of
four parts.
, 1906-07-12
Committees Will Report.

Just what action, if any, the board of
education will take, is now not known.
Its committee will make report, the re-
port of the other members of the joint
committee probably going to the aid
of the boards committee.
The committee from the school
board met with Superintendent Lee
and DR.. Brown of the university this
afternoon, to still further discuss the
matter. Prof. Lee says the Werner
books have m things to commend
them and some features that are OBJ
j%ectionable. 1t will not cost a great
new ones would have to be purchased
this summer, anyway.