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, 1907-06-27
WARMEST WEEK Of
PRESENT SEASON
WEATHER BULLETIN GIVES IN.
TEREsTING DATA OF CLIMAT-
ILLOGICAL CONDITION.
over Greater Portion of State emper.
ature Did Not Exceed over Eighty
Degrees on Any Day, Wheatland,
However, Getting Weather Up to
Ninety-One Degrees.

Cheyenne, wyo, June z,.-Ihe gen,
eral summary OF the weekly weather
bulletin tor the week ending on Mon
day was as follows:
The week vas the warmest of the
season for the state, although the TEN.
perature averaged IRON three TO seven
degrees per day below the normal over
nearly all sections; Ill the extreme
northeastern Part OF the state the ten.
p%erature was slightly IN excess OF the
normal. Over the greater portion u
the state the temperature did not ex-
coed 50 degrees on any day, but over
some of the lower sections. maximum
temperature ranged from 50 to 80 de,
grees, and at Wheatland, 81 degrees
was reached on the 23d.
Low hinimums.
Minimum temperatures were unusu.
ally low at the opening of the week,
when some light trosts were recorded
at a few OF the stations in the western
part OF the state; alter the 1Sth, the
minimum temperatures were more
seasonable. Clear to partly cloudy
weather prevailed during most u
the week Il the sunshine was
abundant. While showery conditions
prevailed much OF the week, the rain,
fall was light and scattered, and AZ
some stations no rain was recorded;
the average rainfall Tor the state was
below the normal amount.
Temperature of Laramie.
In the table showing the temperature
of different stations for the week, the
following data for Laramie appeared:
Mean temperature for the week ending
June %, 81 degrees; highest, 72; low
est, "a; total rainfall, trace.
The notes of the correspondents for
following:
Trace of Moisture.
The week at Laramie was clear, with
no rainfall except a trace on the 22d.
The temperature averaged about three
degrees per day below the normal; the
highest was ~ degrees on the 22d, and
the lowest was "a degrees on the 10th.
There was no frost during the week,
and not much wind.
The week at Centennial, which was
windy, was warm, and showers occur
red on each of the last three days. the
high water is over, but it will take all
summer for the streams to get down to
their ordinary flow.
, 1907-06-27
NOTES FROM THE COURT HOUSE

A marriage license was issued today
to Albert Bradfield and Mrs. Nina
Lewis, both of Walden, Colo, and they
were married at moo at the Methodist
parsonage by Rev. Trout, pastor of the
Methodist church. They were accom
panied to the city by Mrs. A. L. Fox
of Walden.
w. E. Hiskey and others today filed
amended placer location notices for the
First placer and the Washington placer
mining claims, in township Is,
range 70.
A quitclaim deed from E. NJ. Hicks
and others to Kate Hutton, for lots s
and 8, section I, and lot IA. section Is,
township IA, range II, for s157.S5, was
filed today.
Mrs. Margerita Huempfner Gray to-
day filed a petition for the appointment
of a guardian for the person and es-
tate of Hugh Leo Knadler, a minor,
aged 10 years, and the matter will
come up at the next sitting of the dis
trict court. The minor is possessed of
both real and personal property.
The board of equalization has reach
ed the letter ] in the alphabetical list
of taxpayers of the county.
Erickson and Curtain, two of the
men sent to the county Jail by Justice
Phelan of Rock River a few days ago,
for vagrancy, were released today, hav-
ing served thirteen n one-half days
in all.
, 1907-06-27
cut.oh BEING Rushed.

The work of constructing the Union
Pacific cutoff between Carr, on the
Cheyenne-Denver line, and Borie, on
the main line, west Of Cheyenne, and
also the sub-cut-of between a point on
the Car-Borie cutoff and Corlett, on
the main line, is now in full swing and
Fitzpatrick Bros men are making the
dirt fly at FIVE different points, says the
Cheyenne Leader. Grading camps
have been established at Big Springs
and Warren on the Cheyenne-Denver
liae and at Corlett. Borie and one other
point west of the city. Several nun
dred men and a large number of teams
are employed, and an immense
amount OF grading machinery has been
hauled in. Well regulated commits
saries have been established and the
, 1907-06-27
INCOMING TIDE IS
MAKING TROUBLE
YALE AND HARVARD MATCHES ON
THE THAMES AT NEW LONDON
PUT OFF UNTIL LATER.
Will Follow Varsity Eisht-Ored Race
Scheduled for One This Afternoon
Tidal Conditions May Compel
Crews To Row Down Stream
Hudson-FuIton Dates Fixed,

New London, Conn, June GA
strong northwest breeze, meeting the
incoming tide upon the Thames river,
caused the postponement of the morn
ing events of the freshmen Fights and
the varsity fours of the annual races
between Yale and Harvard universities
until the afternoon tide.
May Row Down Stream.
They will be rowed Immediately fol
lowing the varsity eight race, which is
scheduled for 1 p. M. Tidal conditions
probably will compel the crews to row
down stream. A great crowd has gath
cred to witness the races.
Postponed Until Evening.
At lao this afternoon Referee Meik-
leham announced that the Yale-Har-
ward varsity race would be postponed
until evening because of rough water.
, 1907-06-27
A TRIPLE HANGING
IN A COUNTY JAIL
THREE MEN EXECUTED SINFUL.
TANEOUSLY IN CAPITAL OF
MISSOURI THIS MORNING.
Were Serving Sentence in Penitentiary
for Robbery and Planned Outbreak
More Than Year Ago, Two Prison
Guards and Another Convict Be-
ing Killed in the Attempt.

Jefferson City, Mo, June 27.-Harry
Vaughan, Edward Raymond and Geo.
Ryan we're hanged in the county jail
here simultaneously this morning for
the killing of a prison guard, John
Clay, during a concerted attempt to
escape from the penitentiary on No
vember "a, 1905.
Two Other Men Killed.
Guard E. Allison and a convict, E.
Blake, were shot dead at the same
time. The convicts were serving sent
ences for robbery when the outbreak
was planned.
, 1907-06-27
Cut Block Signal Wires.

The California Limited and other
fast trains of Santa Fe railroad nave
been delay a half hour or more at
Streator, ILL.,, the last few days be-
cause someone has been cutting the
block signal wires, says the Chicago
Tribune. The Streator station Is
crowded whenever a fast train ap
proaches slowly, a brakeman, flag in
hand, walking between the rails ahead
OF the engine. Streator residents say
that several boys are responsible for
the s~evering of the wires.
, 1907-06-27
BELIEVES SHOOTING
WAS ACCIDENTAL.

H. H. Whitman last evening return
ed from Kansas City, where he investt-
gated the death of his brother, Ollie
park recently, says the Cheyenne Lead
er. He had the body, which had been
in the potter's field, disinterred and re-
buried in a private lot, also arranged
for the erection of a monument. From
the location of the wound in the dead
mans head, it is believed that he acct
dentally shot himself With a revolver,
which he was carrying and which prob
ably fell from his pocket.
, 1907-06-27
MEN ON TRIAL FOR
THEFT OF SHEEP.

In Justice Hynds' court this after
noon. William Perue and his son, Geo.
Perue, of the Pioneer canal, were on
trial for the theft of three head of
sheep from Frank Mcdonald of Sheep
mountain, of the value of SO, and in
formations were filed against John
Thomas and Peter Thomas, for the
theft of five sheep, of the value of S.,
and against T. Lewkey for the theft
of three sheep of the value of SO.
County Attorney Downey appeared for
the state and Judge Groesbeck for the
Perues; father and son. The arrests
were made by Deputy Sheriff Thir-
keldsen in the country.
, 1907-06-27
ROLLING MILL FIRE
WELL HANDLED TODAY.

AT $40 this afternoon a pile of in
sulated wire bought from the tele-
phone company and stored in the
yards back of the rolling mills took
fire from a spark from a passing loco
motive, presumably, the fire being
gotten under control in a few minutes
by the mills fire department and the
city department. The wires are heav-
lily coated with a very intiammable
material and there was a dense smoke,
but little damage was done. Agent
Cady of the Union Pacific gives the
fire department great credit for a very
quick run and effective service, hav-
ing water through a long line Of hose
within five minutes after receiving the
alarm after a run almost across the
city.
, 1907-06-27
Uniform Bill of Lading.

Chicago, ILL.,, June PA binding
agreement between shippers and rail
roads, in the form of a uniform bill of
Aading, practically has been agreed
upon by representatives of commercial
interests and all the trunk lines of the
country, and the interstate commerce
commission has concurred. The new
bill will be a part of the interstate CON-
merce law and will constitute a rail.
road receipt, binding on carriers.
, 1907-06-27
SEMI-ANNUAL ELECTION
OE LITERARY SOCIETY.

At the meeting of the Laramie Lit
erary club at the Carnegie public Ii
brary this evening, the subjects for
discussion will be, ''The Work of the
Humane Society in Wyoming" which
will be introduced by Rev. A. Walton,
and 1.-The Preservation of Wild Game"
which will be introduced by Prof. Her
bert Novel;. The semi-annual election
of officers is also to take place this
evening.
, 1907-06-27
FOUND IN FIELD.
Dead Body Of Colorado Woman Dis
covered Yesterday.

Fort Collins, Colo, June 27.-The
dead body of Mrs. ID. B. Walthal of
Bellvue, sever miles west of here, was
found by beet workers yesterday
morning. 1t was lying by the roadside
within a few feet of the p%ostofiice.
Death had evidently resulted from
of violence on the body and no indi-
cation of foul play. She had been
dead several hours when her body was
discovered.
, 1907-06-27
CALLED TO DENVER
ON ACCOUNT OF ILLNESS.

J. E. Winslow was called to Denver
today by a telegram informing him OF
the dangerous illness of his brother
in-law, NJ. A. Bunker Of Greeley, who
was operated upon in that city for APP
pendicitis. Mr.. Winslow had barely
time after the receipt of the message
to catch the train. The telegram con-
yeyed the intimation that the chances
were greatly against the recovery of
Mr.. Bunker.
, 1907-06-27
Body Given Decent Burial.

H. H. Whitman returned last night
from Kansas City, where he investi.
gated the death of his brother, Ollie
Whitman, found dead in a park of that
city with a bullet hole through his
head, says the Cheyenne Tribune. The
body was removed from the Potter's
field and given a decent interment in
the city cemetery.
, 1907-06-27
Hudson-FuIton Celebration.

New York, June 27.-The days from
September 18th to 26th will be set
apart for the celebration of the Booth
anniversary OF the discovery of the
Hudson river and of the Tooth ami.
versary of the first application of steam
to navigation by Robert Fulton, which
was made on the Hudson.
Decision Reached Yesterday.
This decision was reached by the
Hudson-Fulton celebration commission
yesterday, in accordance with the re-
port of the committee on scope and
plan.
, 1907-06-27

A Northern Pacific freight train ran
over and killed two graders of the
Milwaukee road, Ellery Bruce and
Harry Sigsmund, on Sunday morning.
a mile from Terry, Mont. The bodies
of the men were terribly mangled and
Coroner Grey's conclusion upon inves-
tigation was that the men were intoX.
icated and sleeping on the track.
, 1907-06-27
TWENTY MILLIONS IN
NEW CARS FOR WEST
counts. The maximum total fine of
$29, 000, 900 is possible and the judge
wishes to ascertain the financial on
dition of the company before fixing the
fine
Asks Test of the Law.

Uniontown, Pa, June 27.-In its eff.
fort to have the two-cent fare law in
Pennsylvania declared unconstitutional,
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, occu
plying the Pittsburg and Connellsville
road, has filed an equity suit here ask
ing that the layS be declared void and
that the Count of Fayette be perpetu.
ally e%njoined from recovering from the
railroad any penalty imposed by the
act.
, 1907-06-27
MAKING CHANGES
AT THE UNIVERSITY.

William Dubois, the Cheyenne archi-
tect, was asked to prepare the working
plans for some changes in the toilet
rooms in the basement Of the univer-
sity, so hat the changes can be made
during the present summer vacation.
He will send the plans when they are
prepared and the contract will be ad-
vertised for.
, 1907-06-27
LIGHTNING KILLS THREE.
Electrical Storm With Fatal Effects
Follows Day of Extreme Heat.

storm which swept over this city and
surrounding territory yesterday even
ing, following a day of sweltering heat,
soaked with humidity, lightning killed
three persons, injured several others
and caused many fires, doing consid-
cradle damage. In this city two church
steeples were tori to fragments by
lightning bolts.
, 1907-06-27
LANDS.
Large Tract in Cheyenne District Un-
der Carey Act.

Washington. d. c., June 27.-The
acting secretary of the interior has
approved list No. AZ, segregating I'M
der the Carey act 1906 acres in the
Cheyenne land district of Wyoming.
July / one clerk in the p~ostofice at
Rock Springs, Wyo., will be promoted
from $500 to $500.
, 1907-06-27
A SECOND
LOCOMOTIVE
LARAMIE PLAINS LINE NEGOTl'
ATiNG FOR PURCHASE OF
A SECOND ENGINE.
First Engine Now In Shops Undergo
ing Repairs for Business Rush
Wyoming Division Engines Sent 10
North Platte to Assist In Raising
Freight Blockade-RaiIroad News
Engine for Plains Line.

Negotiations are pending between
the operating officials Of the Union Pa
cifc and the officials of the Laramie
Plains line for the purchase for the
Laramie-Centennial division of engine
No. 1900, now In service on work
trains on the Wyoming division. 1t is
believed the engine will be transferred
within the next few weeks, when bust
ness on the Union Pacific slackens up
a bit and it car be spared.
, 1907-06-27
Brinqs Family to CITY.

Charles w Burnh, signal %maintainer
for the block signal system west of
this city, was Joined here last night by
his wife and children from Lake City,
Ia, and they will occupy the company
house at the corner of Second and
Clark streets for a home.
, 1907-06-27

a former resident of this city, left for
home yesterday afternoon, after a visit
with friends here. He had been in
New York state to attend the funeral
of his mother, and stopped off here en-
route to Pocatello, where he is run
, 1907-06-27
Mail Carriers On Strike.

Butte, Mont, June 27.-All the mail
carriers in this city went on strike last
night, declaring that they could not live
in Butte on the present scale of wages,
despite the increase which becomes eff
July list. The men have been
receiving $500 the first year and $3.50
for succeeding years.
, 1907-06-27
Can Drive Auto Himself.

District Foreman Dan Sullivan is
now able, according to the reasoning
of Trainmaster Let's, to drive his auto
at a rate of twenty miles an hour on
straight road, with no cattle or other
distractions in sight, but as Mr.. Let's
has no automobile, and perhaps could
not run one if he had, he may be a
little prejudiced against the handsome
foreman.
, 1907-06-27
INJURED BOY HAS EVERY
PROSPECT OF RECOVERY,

DR.. James Ballard and DR. Hamilton
returned at 4 o'clock this afternoon
from Woods, where they had been to
see the little Pollock boy injured by
the fall of a horse Gay before yesterday,
and said the lad was improving, with
every prospect of recovery.
, 1907-06-27
Enoine in the Shops.

The Laramie Plains line engine, No.
l, is in the Union Pacific shops for
complete overhauling for the big bust
ness looked for one week from today,
when the Eagles of the city and their
friends will ~"excurt'' to Centennial for
the Fourth of July celebration. Fire
man Freeman Bower is having a de-
lightful time while the engine is in the
shops.
, 1907-06-27
HARTMAN, GOULD AND OTHER
LARGE SYSTEMS PLACING
TREMENDOUS ORDERS FOR
NEW ROLLING STOCK.
Heavy Contracts About to Be Made
for Locomotives Also for Western
Lines-subnoenas for Heads of
Parent Company of the Standard
Oil Company-Would Test Consti-
nationality OF Two-cent Fare Law.

q New York, June 27.-The Har- .
@ riman, Gould and other large rail @
@ roa systems have placed car con- 9
@ tracts within the past few days Q
O calling for the expenditure of up @
O wards of SIS, OO0, 900, and orders @
Q are pending for cars to the value @
@ of full $40, 10000 more. Heavy 9
@ contracts are about to be made G
@ also for locomotives for western G
@ lines. 9
. @ @ @ @ Q Q Q @ O @ 9
, 1907-06-27

graders are as comfortably %quartered
as is possible. The work of building
the cutoff will consume several
months, but is is expected that the new
line will be in operation some time be-
fore snow flies.
, 1907-06-27
WON BY
Natives of Islands Take Two Honors
in Yale Law Class.

New Haven, Conn, June 27.-In the
Yale law graduating class, of the three
honors, two were won by Filipinos.
Jose Escalar of Pampanga takes a
magma cum alude honor and Mariana
Honorable de Joya of Bolanzas takes
an honor cum laude.
, 1907-06-27
Blockade at North Platte.

Several of the 200 class engines
belonging to the Cheynne-Laramie
district of the Wyoming division have
been ZEN to North Platte, where a
freight blockade exists, in an effort to
clear the line of the large number of
cars accumulated there. There is no
sign of a blockade anywhere on the
Wyoming division.
, 1907-06-27
Sentence Date Postponed.

San Francisco, Cal, June 27.-The
passing of sentence upon Mayor
Schmitz, convicted of extortion in the
French restaurant cases, was today
postponed until July s.
, 1907-06-27
Some Hiah Officials.

The officials of the parent concern
summoned to testify are John D. Rookie
Teller, president; William Rockefeller,
John D. Archibald and Henry Rogers,
vice presidents w. H. Tilford, treas
urer; G. M. Pratt, secretary; w. H.
Howe, assistant treasurer and Charles
T. White, assistant secretary.
Cause Of the Issuance.
The issuance of these subpoenas was
the direct result of the refusal of the
attorneys for the Standard OIL COM
pany yesterday to inform the court Of
the financial condition Of the Indiana
company.
Wants to Know Finances.
The Standard Oil company of Indi'
ana was indicted upon a charge of U.S.
ing illegsi freight rates rendered it by
the Chicago and Alton and after a long
trial was found guilty on sixty-two
, 1907-06-27
Wrenched His Back,

John Bernard, a Union Pacific car
penter, is in a hospital at Cheyenne
suffering with a badly wrenched back,
the result of an accident at Bushnell,
east of Cheyenne, yesterday.
, 1907-06-27

from 4 per cent to I per cent, has is
sued another circular to its fellow
shareholders, whose support it is seek
ing, in which it gives a detailed state
ment of the assets of the company,
, 1907-06-27
Want LARGER Dividends.

The minority committee of the share
holders of the United States Express
company, which is e~ndeavoring to per-
suade the management to increase the
annual disbursements on the shares
, 1907-06-27
Is Now a Brakeman.

Otto Hoppe, for a long time a calle"
at the administers office here, has
been made a brakeman and assigned to
Conductor HILLS crew on the Laramie.
Rawlins district.
, 1907-06-27
Wants to See the Heads.

Chicago, ILL.,, June 27.-Subpoenas
were today issued in the United States
district court for the leading officers Of
the Standard Oil company of New Jer.
sey and the Standard Oil company of
, 1907-06-27
THIRD STREET LADY
IC REpnRTEr

Mrs. Richard Tregoning, who has
been i'll with heart trouble, added to a
eyere cold, was reported better by-her
physician this morning, with prospect
of recovery.
, 1907-06-27
CLOSE TO PRESIDENT.
Bolt of Lightning Strikes Flag Pole
at Oyster Bay.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, June 27.-Light-
ming shattered a flag pole 100 feet
from the executive Office here last aft
No one was injured.
, 1907-06-27
Panama Law Amended.

That order amended the law of Pana'
ma, which had been made applicable
to the zone, and its purpose was to per
init ministers of Protestant denomina-
lions to celebrate marriages. Before
that only priests of the Catholic church
could perform legal marriage.
, 1907-06-27
Sent to the HOSPITAL.

c. o. Lewis, an employee at the roll
ing mills, vas sent to the hospital at
Denver today for treatment for rheu-
matism.
, 1907-06-27
Thrown over and Set Up.

The fact that the marriage system OF
the zone was thrown I'VE and then set
up again has been a act concealed in
the files of the White House and the
isthmian canal commission. On March
Is President Roosevelt, by executive
order, authorized ministers to "recos-
nize'' religious societies or denomina-
lions, the forms and usages of whose
orders permitted, to celebrate mar
ri a oaS
, 1907-06-27
Operators Are Hopeful.

San Francisco, Cal, June PA
hopeful sentiment prevails at the head
quarters OF the striking commercial
t~elegraphers. The men still assert that
the companies are badly crippled.
Strike Without Hint.
President Small, denying that
the operators at Chicago and 9TH
er large cities are TO be called out,
reiterated his former statement that it
is desired by the union officials to pre-.
vent a general strike, but if it is found
necessary to call out men at other
points, no hint of such intention would
be given until the strike order is actu-
ally transmitted.
, 1907-06-27
Executive Order Issued.

By executive order, issued on the last
day of May, all marriages celebrated
under conditions similar to that of Miss
Collins were validated and a new mar,
rage system was provided for the
, 1907-06-27
NEW SYSTEM FOR
ZONE MARRIAGES
EXECUTIVE ORDER CLEARS UP
DOUBT OF LEGALITY OF
CERTAIN CEREMONIES.
Daughter of Justice Collins of Panama
Supreme Court Not Sure That She
Wa Legal Wife Assured by Action
Of the Observation-Disclosures Law
Was Changed to Fit.

Washington, June 27.-To reassure "a
daughter of Justice Collins of the su.
preme court of the canal zone, Presi-
lent Roosevelt has given to that bit
of the earth's surface a new marriage
system. Miss Collins was married in
May, but she was o sure until June
that the ceremony which had been. per-
formed was legally binding.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-10
STOMACH PUMP
To Be APPLIED
Effort viii Be Made to Compel
{. H. Hartman to Answer
Certain Questions.

Washington. April According to
decision reached by the interstate
commerce commission today. +. H.
Hartman viii be made to appear in a
United States circuit court in New
York in answer 10 proceedings to com
pei him to answer certain questions
which he refused to answer when he
was on the stand at the recent hearing
by the commission in New York. The
action viii be brought as soon as
MessTs. Kellogg and Severance. special
counsel. can prepare the case for court
The hearing before which mir. Harri-
man appeared was in connection with
certain transactions of the Union Pa
cific. On advice of counsel he refused
to answer the questions put to him 1t
was brought out in the testimony that
the Union Pacific owned large
amount Of Southern Pacific stock. Mr..
Hartman was asked whether any. and.
# so. how much of that stock belonged
to himself. when he bought il and what
price he paid for it. but he declined to
answer.
Another question which he refused
TO answer, and that on which the COM
mission desires light. was whether or
not any of the directors of the Union
Pacific were interested in the sale of
certain shares of stock of the New
York Central railroad at the time they
were sold to the Union Pacific.