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, 1906-03-01
LOWEST PRESSURE
FOR MANY MONTHS

lines between this city n the west
being interfered with somewhat.
Lightning in Midwinter.
The storm this morning was accom-
panied at 5 o'clock with a brilliant cleo
trical display to the northeast, which
lasted for some time, but the storm was
so far away that the thunder could not
be heard.
The telephone company's line to
Cheyenne was broken this morning,
and business between the two offices
was suspended, but the other toll lines
out of the city were working all right
at 1 o'clock.
Little new has been received from
the country, but nothing that would
indicate a great deal of harm to the
stock. The storm is general over the
plain, but the weather is not cold and
cattle are being protected on many of
the larger ranches. 1t is predicted
that the snow will not reach a greater
depth than six or seven inches, unless
there be a more severe change than is
now indicated. The storm has crossed
the range and reached Cheyenne be-
fore noon.
, 1906-03-01
NATTER Of SEEDS
UP IN CONGRESS
SUBCOMMITTEE OF COMMITTEE
ON AGRICULTURE VOTES TO
CUT APPROPRIATION.
Majority of Only One in Committee of
Fifteen, and Excellent Chance
That Appropriation Will Be Re,
stored When Members Come to
Consider 1t in the House.

Washington, d. c., March Three
or four weeks ago, when the PROPOSE
ton was first advanced, there were
only two members of the committee
on agriculture, Messrs. Wadsworth and
Cocks of New York, who favored the
proposition to abandon the free dis
%tribution of seeds. Members of con-
Sress, as a rule, have regarded this
free seed distribution as a necessary
evil and few of them have dared op-
nose it. But Secretary Wilson of the
department of agriculture and DR.. Gal
loway, chief of the bureau of plant in
dustry in that department, have adj
mitted that the seed distribution serves
absolutely nos good purpose. Then,
too, state oranges Of Patrons of Hus-
bandry have been sending in protests
against the continuance of this useless
waste of public money. When the sub
committee of the committee on agri.
culture, which had charge of the ap-
preparation bill, reported the measure
to the full committee, it contained a
clause appropriating $3.50, 600, as usual,
for seeds. Much to the establishment
of everyone, including the chairman, a
motion to cut out that appropriation
was adopted by a vote of 8 to Z. OF
course, there is a chance, and an ex-
cellent one, that it will be restored
when the bill comes up for c~onsidera,
ton in the house of representatives.
But the first step has been taken and
there is a chance now that the appro-
priation for seeds which no one wants
and which few dare to oppose will
eventually be stricken from the annual
appropriation.
, 1906-03-01
Reeds Visits Washington,

Washington, d. c., March Ed
ward Reeds of Torrington, Wyo., man
ager OF the Whalen Falls canal, which
has been taken over by the reclama-
ton service under the North Platte
project, is in Washington for the pur-
pose of clearing up some misunder-
standings as to the rights of users of
water under the Whalen canal enter
prise. A most interesting condition
exists in connection with this subject.
The reclamation service when it took
over the physical features of the Wha-
len canal it was with the understand
ing that contracts made with land own
ers to use the water rights of the
canal should remain ~inviolate in the
canal company. 1t now transpires that
some of the users of water In the
ne%ighborhood of the North Platte pro-
ject are in extreme doubts as to
whether they come under the Whalen
canal water or under the North Platte
project. In consequence of this mis-
understanding, the reclamation divis-
ion, after a conference with Mr.. Reeds,
has agreed to refer the whole subject
to Division Engineer Field, whose
headquarters is OIL the North Platte
project, with a view Of arriving at
some agreement satisfactory to all
parties.
, 1906-03-01
Plenty of Snow in Mountains,

w. A. Comfy, who arrived at mid
night from Toltec, driving to Lookout
and thence by train to this city, says
there is plenty of m in the noun
tains, but not much on the plains, and
very little hay has been fed so far,
the range being open most of the time.
The pussy-willows along the banks are
coming into bud, at least a month
ahead of their usual time. They were
out in bud a week ago, Mr.. Comfy says.
Word from the Red desert is that
sheep are suffering from the storm,
there being little chance for shelter
in the desert. The report says that
many have died already, but that the
fiockmasters are getting their herds
into shelter as rapidly as possible.
, 1906-03-01
ARE DIVIDED ON
THE LEASING BILL.
NEBRASKA DELEGATION IN CON-
GREsS NOT UNIT ON MEASURE
RELATING TO THE RANGE.
Wyoming and Colorado Members Are
Against Measure, and Any Bill on
Subject to Succeed Must Apply
Solely to Nebraska-Weather Bu-
reau at Sheridan.

Washington, d. c., March MEM
bers of the Nebraska delegation in
congress are not a unit by H. leans
as to just what the people of Nebraska
desire in the way of land leasing bills.
Delegations from ~neighboring states,
particularly Wyoming and Colorado,
are not in favor of leasing, and opinion
is growing that any bill on the subject,
if it would succeed, must be applicable
to Nebraska alone. Cattlemen of
western Nebraska are greatly inter-
ested in the and leasing bills now
pending in the house. They are writ
ing to the Nebraska senators and rep
~resentatives here, urging them to sup
port such a measure. Mr.. P. A. Yeast
of Hyannis wrote a letter to Senator
Willard setting forth the wishes of the
owners of small herds. The senator
replied as follows:
Wishes of Small Owners.
acknowledging receipt OF your let
ter without date, written at Omaha,
will say: There is Il delegation rep
resenting the cattlemen of Nebraska
now in Washington, trying to hit on a
measure which would be approved by
the Nebraska delegation in congress,
as well as the house n senate COM
mittees on public lands. The house
committee will give these special rel
resentatives a hearing. While l haS
little faith in the success of such a
measure providing for the leasing OF
grazing lands by the government and
believe the best policy would be to sell
the lands outright to the cattlemen,
yet at the same time l have assured
the cattle raisers Of my state that l
would support any reasonable leasing
measure the provisions of which would
promise. to be of benefit to the cattle
industry of Nebraska.
Weather Station at Sheridan.
The weather bureau is authorized to
erect and equip the customary number
of new buildings for the weather SER
vice. One of these will doubtless be
located at Sheridan Wyo. Representa-
tive Mondell has been trying for sew
eral years to secure such a building
for Sheridan but he has never Seen
able to obtain a definite promise from
Prof. Moore that he would build it.
Mr.. Moore, however, told the commit
tee during the hearings that the Sher-
idan station is needed and it will be
erected beyond question this year, as
the committee has granted I'll he asks
for this purpose.
, 1906-03-01
MAGNATE'S WIFE
SEEKS DIVORCE
MRS. COREY PRESUMED TO HAVE
TAKEN UP HER TEMPORARY
RESIDENCE IN DAKOTA.
Registered as Mrs. A. w. Kellogg and
Refused to See Newspaper Report
ers, but There Is Strong Probable
ity That She Is Person Mentioned
in Press Dispatches.

Sioux Falls, S. D., March 1.-Anoth.
er celebrity was added to the Sioux
Falls divorce colony in the person of
Mrs. William Ellis Corey, wife of the
head of the Steel trust. Mrs. Corey,
accompanied by a woman companion,
arrived in Sioux Falls yesterday after
noon from the state of Nevada, where
she has resided since the trouble arose
between herself and Mr.. Corey over
the attention the latter was alleged TO
be paying to a well known actress
When Mrs. Corey arrived here she
went at once to the suite of rooms at
the Cataract hotel which she had en-
gagged by telegraph. She registered as
Mrs. A. w. Kellogg and companion Of
New York city. She refused to see g
newspaper reporter and would make
nc answer to a note asking if she
would admit or deny that she was Mrs
Corey.
Mrs. Corey has remained close in her
apartments since her arrival, but her
companion spent some time at the tel
egraph stand at the hotel sending mes,
sages. Shortly after her arrival Mrs.
Corey had an interview with Judge
Frank R. Aikens, a prominent local at
torney, whose services had been Sc
cured in advance. Mr.. Aikens refused
to deny or admit that Mrs. Kellogg
and Mrs. Corey were one. 1t is learn.
ed, however, on the best of authori' }
that they are the same person.
, 1906-03-01
Hartman a probabIe purchaser.

The Los Angeles Express says that
the Los Angeles and Pacific railroad
and affiliated properties. comprising the
electric lines between that city and
Santa Monica, Hollywood, Sawtelle,
Redondo, Playa Del Ray and other
points along the southern coast, have
been sold n that the probable pur'
chasers include Il. II. Hartman, presi'
dent of the Southern Pacific company;
Kuhn, Loeb 4 Co. of New York and
Standard Oil interests.
1t is also stated that it may possibly
develop that the Gould lines are the
purchasers, but this is thought unlikely.
, 1906-03-01
COMPANIES OF CADETS
DRILL INDOORS

The four companies of cadets at the
University of Wyoming drilled indoors
today, in the gymnasium, using the
manual of arms. The escort of the
color was omitted today, On account of
the storm. There will be inspection
Of arms tomorrow and the boys are get
ting their guns cleaned so that the com-
mandant's white kid gloves will not
suffer. There is some excitement about
the basketball game tomorrow night,
as it is the rubber" between the uni
yersity and the town teams and both
are anxious to win the series. The
faculty has consented to a dance after
the games. DR.. Nelson has added a
splendid new desk to his office equip
ment, the desk belonging to the state
board of horticulture, of which the doc
tor is the secretary.
, 1906-03-01
Will Sail for Orient.

Jacob II. Schiff, head of the banking
firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. of New York,
arrived in Los Angeles yesterday with
a party OF friends, but made no stop.
A few minutes after the arrival of the
Salt Lake special, on which they travel
ed while inspecting the line between
Salt Lake and Los Angeles, Mr.. Schiff
and his party proceeded to Santa Bar
bara, where they will stay three or
four days and go on to San Francisco
to sail for the orient.
, 1906-03-01

enced by the railway postal authori-
ties at Cheyenne to get men to handle
the large volume of mail matter be-
tween Cheyenne and Pocatello and
Cheyenne and Ogden. Several wrecks
of the past year killed no less than five
clerks and wounded and ~incapacitated
others, while many others left the ser
vice and engaged in other business.
A few days ago Clerk Wright rendered
his resignation and has engaged in the
bicycle business. Clerk Wedemeyer
has resigned and will engage in other
business. 1t is stated that there is
not one eligible clerk on the waiting
list for regular appointment. The
chief clerk has advertised for more
clerks to work as subs.
, 1906-03-01
OTIS THAYER
is PROMOTED
POPULAR RoADMAsTER BECOMES
ASSISTANT ENGINEER OF THE
WYOMING DIVISION.
Announcement Made At Cheyenne Yes
terday, Appointment Effective This
neutrality-suspicious. as Section La
borer Eleven Years Ago and
Climbs Well to the Top.

Otis Thayer the popular and efici-
ent roadmaster of the Sidney-Laramie
district of the Union Pacific was today
appointed assistant division engineer
of the Wyoming division, extending
from North Platte to Green River, the
appointment being effective tomorrow,
says the Cheyenne Tribune.
This is a new Office created by the
Union Pacific to relieve the division
engineer of some of his manifold du-
ties. Mr.. Thayer will, in reality, be
general roadmaster," being in charge
of all of the roadmasters on the divis-
ion and matters pertaining to the road.
she new division engineer to succeed
w. H. Peterson has not yet been
named,
From section laborer to assistant di-
vision engineer in eight years is the
remarkable record made by Otis Thay.
er. his rise being due entirely to his
energy and ability. Eleven years age
he was employed at Grand Island on
the Union Pacific as a section laborer
at $1.67 a day, wrking in this capac'
ity for nearly three years, when he was
made section foreman of the Burlington
at Grand Island. One year later he be
came section foreman for the Union
Pacific in charge of ballasting and con
struction gangs, and served in such an
efficient that on March 18th
1903, he was appointed roadmaster OIL
the Wyoming division, holding this pc
sition until his present promotion. Foi
the past two years Otis Thayer has VOL
the gold medal awarded by the Union
Pacific for the best maintained road
masters district on the entire system
which speaks well for his capabilities
and his efficiency. That he will make
good in his new position goes with
out saying.
, 1906-03-01
Heater Pipes In Place.
st. Louis Heiress and German Lieu
tenant to Marry.

Los Angeles, March According to
a formal announcement which has
been made of the plans of the wedding
of Miss Wilhelmina Busch and Lieu,
tenant Edouard Scharrer, the cere
mony is to be performed next Satur
day afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the
Church of the Angels near Gravanend
1t will be followed Immediately by a
reception in the Busch winter resi-
dence in this city from 6 to s o'clock
There will be few guests invited.
, 1906-03-01
High Velocity of Wind.

Between 4 and 8 O'Clock this morning
the wind registered a velocity of sixty
one miles an hour. The standard ba-
'rometer at the First National bank at
2 o'clock this afternoon had moved up
ward less than the tenth of an inch
from the mark observed at IL O'Clock,
when it recorded $3.50. The indications
at 2 o'clock were that the center of the
storm had passed, but it may be several
hours in passing away entirely.
, 1906-03-01
NEW LINE OPENED.
Postal Adds Five Hundred Miles and
Reaches Lumber Regions.
Special to The Republican.

Special 10 Inc republican.
Bangor, Me-, March 1.-The Postal
Cable Telegraph company today com
pleted a direct connection with the
Northern Telegraph company, operat-
ing lines on the Bangor and Aroostook
railroad, thus adding to the Postal
system 500 miles of pole line and $50
places in the famous lumber, agricul.
tural, hunting and fishing regions in
northern Maine. kilograms ere nov
transmitted via the Postal to the
Moosehead lake region and all points
On the Bangor and Aroostook railway.
, 1906-03-01
POPULAR ToLTEC TEACHER
ENJOYING VACATlc

Miss Ida Purdy, who is successfully
teaching the winter term of school at
the Comfy ranch, "a Toltec, and who
did not have a vacation at Christmas.
arrived in the city last night, expect.
ing to remain here until Saturday,
when her duties will be taken up and
the school will not again close until
the end of April. She came down
with w. A. Comfy last night and win
probably return with him on Sntur-
day.
, 1906-03-01
LIVELY DEBATE ON
MODERN NEWSPAPER

There will be a meeting of the Lara
mie Cmmercial club at the Carnegie
auditorium tonight, when the PROPOSE
ton, Has the Daily Newspaper Dete-
riorated?" will be discussed by Messrs.
c. P. Arnold and F. D. Spafford, the
former taking the affirmative and the
latter the negative.
, 1906-03-01
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, 1906-03-01
oAkLEYs WILL BUY
KNIGHT PROPERTY

Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Oakley are con
templating the purchase of the Mrs.
Emma H. Knight property at the cor.
ner of Seventh and Sheridan streets
now occupied by Mrs. C. C. Clark, fol
which they will pay $4,000, and will
make that their home.
, 1906-03-01
NO CRIMINAL CASES

TN uOoTTOC , OOOH 7.
For the first time since Justice NJ. N.
Grant assembled the bench of the JUS
tice of the peace court for Laramie pre-
cinct he will report no criminal cases
for a whole month, his report for Feb
ruary showing that condition of affairs.
He collected $3.50 in fees in civil
cases in the police court, Of which he
is ex-ofHcio the justice.
, 1906-03-01
BACHELORS NIGHT AT
CHARITY WHIST CLUB

The bachelor members of the Charity
Whist club will entertain that popular
organization at Grand Army hall at s
o'clock tonight, and a regal time is
looked for. This may be the last time
some Of the hosts will ever oficiate in
like capacity.
, 1906-03-01
FINED FOR BoTHERlNG
THE DOG CATCHER

George Thomas this morning plead
ed guilty in the police court to inter
fering with Roy Titus, a dog catcher,
and was fined $40 and costs, a~ggregat-
ing $12. He thought the officer had no
right &c catch his unlicensed dog.
, 1906-03-01

Whitney Going to Los Angeles.
Superintendent w. A. Whitney, who
has resigned his position with the I'm,
ion Pacific, will leave Friday for Los
Angeles, in hope of recovering his
health in that salubrius climate.
, 1906-03-01
Hopeful of the Bill.

Hon. Fred w. Gooding, president of
the Idaho Wool Growers association,
and a member of the delegation from
the National Wool Growers associa-
ton, appointed to go to Washington
and work for the passage of the Hey
burn thirty-six-hour bill, passed
through here yesterday en- route to
his home at Shoshoa ne, Idaho. He
speaks hopefully for the passage of
the bill.
, 1906-03-01
MERCHANT TRAIN ROLLING IRON
THIS AFTERNOON AND NOT
LIKELY TO STOP AGAIN
FOR AWHILE.
Furnaces Fired Last Night and charg-
ed With Several Thousand Pounds
Of Scrap This Morning-George De-
Forest Placed in Charge of Water
Service-Uprisht Boiler Receiving
Its Enclosing steel Jacket.

The little mill at the rolling mill
started this morning, and Superintend
ent Jacobus and Boss Roller Ryan be
Ilieyed that unless something happened
to the machinery of the furnaces, nc
further stops would be made for the
present. The fires were lighted in No
2 furnace at s o'clock last night, but
not until 10 o'clock this morning were
the furnaces hot enough for the charge,
several thousand pounds of scrap iron
going in at that time. The mill start.
ed on seven-eighths inch bar a little
more than an hour later. The engine
worked to the entire satisfaction of the
engineer and both boilers were pop.
ping when the engine started. The
shears were running today with full
forces of men, and will be kept going
for the present.
Engineer for the Pumps,
George DeForest, until recently a To-
connective engineer on the Laramie.
Rawlins section, this morning accepted
a position in the big engine room at
the mills, having charge of the water
service and the pumps in the engine
room.
j.. X. Muckley, who was formerly the
inspector for the Union Pacific while
the Colorado Fuel and Iron company
was running the mill, this morning as
sumed the position of shipping clerk,
having charge of the warehouse, just
about completed.
Getting New Boiler Ready.
The jacket for the upright boiler is
going up. The boiler has been tested
with hydrostatic pressure and as soon
as the jacket has been completed and
the smokestack added, the boiler will
be tested under steam pressure. This
boiler is expected to furnish steam for
the big mill engine.
Workmen today began clearing the
site of the two nut machines on the
west side of the mill, the furnaces for
which will be built a little later. The
old spike machines will be torn down
and removed as obsolete. They will be
replaced with automatic spike ma.
chimes, producing the finished spike al
one impression. The furnaces will be
supplied with oil.
Rolls for Pudding Mill.
The roll lathes are handling the pud'
ding rolls. The pudding furnace will
be rebuilt when these rolls are finish
ed and the pudding of iron for the
inineteen-inch mill will commence. The
large rolls will require ome time to
finish. The one in the lathe at the
present time weighed $500 pounds be.
fore the lathe touched it, about one,
third of its weight being removed in the
turning.
Several more carloads of scrap iron
arrived during tie night and the sup
ply is ample to keep the little mill go
ing for some time barring accident to
the mills.
Heater Pipes In Place.
The steam pipes for the heating OF
the warehouse and other parts Of the
mill have been laid and are taking what
waste steam is needed to keep the diff
ferent rooms warm.
The engineers who have been driv.
ing stakes for the grades of the yard
were relieved this morning, the snow
having interfered with further prose,
cution of their work for the present.
, 1906-03-01

F. c. Let's. trainmaster at Laramie,
are in the city today comforting with
the division officials, says the Cheyenne
Tribune.
, 1906-03-01
BAROMETER MAKES NEW LEVEL
AT THIS ALTITUDE, REACH
ING TWENTY-FIVE AND
FlvE-TENTHS.
Snow Began Falling at Seven O'clock
and by Noon Had Reached Depth
of Some Three lnches-Storm
About Green River Said to Be
Very Severe-TeIegraph and Tele-
phone Wires lnterfered With.

March came in like a lion today and
brought with it a trail of snow and a
lower pressure han has been record
ed here for several months. The storm
began here about Z o'clock, although it
began on the Black hills at least an
hour earlier. At 6 o'clock the hills
were entirely out of sight behind the
approaching clouds. Snow fell the
whole of the forenoon, and at / o'clock
it was still falling, the depth at that
time being about three inches on the
level. The storm came from the north
and was accompanied by some wind.
The barmeters at the First National
bank, at the university and at Louis
Miller's store recorded a pressure of
22.50, corrected to this altitude, the
lowest point recorded by either instru-
ment since winter began. There was
no indication at l o'clock that the nee-
die had gone up or would go up for a
time. The thermometer was not very
low, not less than forty degrees above
being noted at noon.
Severe At Green River.
Word from the west is that the storm
at Green River is the worst experience
ed this year. Tram No. s did moi ar
rive until 1925 this forenoon and train
No. 4 was thirty minutes late. Both
trains were well ahead of the eastward
moving storm.
The Western Union wires suffered
some trouble both east and west of
Laramie. There was interruption to
the lines west at 10 o'clock, the inter
ruption between this city and Cheyenne
being somewhat earlier. Some wires
were working and rains were handled
over them.
The Postal was working to Denver
and by way Of Denver to Salt Lake, its
, 1906-03-01

Extra copies Of The Republicans
special edition only 15c each.
, 1906-03-01
He HOLDS
TOGO UP
ADMIRAL LAUDED BY
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT FOR
HIS SAGE ADVICE TO
HIS PEOPLE.

Promulsates Letter Reciting Achieve.
ments of Admiral in Mar With
Russia and Repeats for Benefit of
American Soldiers and Sailors AID.
dress Delivered by Togo Upon the
Conclusion Of the Late War.
, 1906-03-01
Tralnmasters at Cheyenne.

j. f. Clabaugh, Union Pacific train
master at North Platte, William JEFF
'fers, trainmaster at Green River, and