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The oasis., 1907-06-29
A MIXED M ESS.

Developments in San Francisco show one of the strangeSt mixtures ever presented by human affairs anywhere, and the tangled situation seems impossible of ad- justment. The mayor of the city has been convicted of a felony, and Is awaiting sentence, while one of his partners in crime has been named acting mayor by others of his self confessed partners likewise in crime (the board of supervisors) ], to whom the mayor has refused to deliver the office, in which refusal he is supported by the entire police force of the city, without whose aid he cannot be ejected and the other man installed. Yet to satisfy the alleged legal claims of both sides nothing Is done without the re- spective signatures of both claim. ants. The treasurer will not pay warrant unless signed by both; and in other matters united action of the two Is necessary. In that view the Situation seems comical as an opera bouffe or a farce comedy were 1t not so serious from the standpoint of good government. Viewing 1t from that standpoint the matter is one of the gravest concern. And it forces the inev- itable conclusion that in one cf the chief cities of the republic a govern ment of the people by the people for the people Is very close to the point of breaking down. It forces d conclusion that under popular government rascality and crimln- ality may entrench themselves so thoroughly and completely that to dislodge them is we'll nigh inn possible. The powers of evil have ramified their hold so completely upon the public SCI vice that mak- ing common cause against those influences that seek to dispossess them they are able to maintain their hold indefinitely, name their successors, anf in the near future displacc the fearless attorneys who are probing their rascality, and cause abandonment of the very prosecutions which have exposed them and brought them to book.
 The very means by which the situation has been brought about is taken in hand by those who desire the prosecution thwarted to becloud the issue and work public
The oasis., 1907-06-29

FRoM his dignified retirement Grover Cleveland has emerged to declare that ''the man who kills for the sake of killing is game hog" But he says nothing about fishing.
The oasis., 1907-06-29

JAPAN will not make war against the United States; but it would be just as we'll should Uncle Sam con- centrate in Pacific waters a naval force superior to any fleet Japan could send.
The oasis., 1907-06-29

WITH the sensations sprung in the murder trial at Boise and the graft trial in San Francisco those of the Thaw trial have sunk into insignificance, and are forgotten.
The oasis., 1907-06-29

sympathy against the prosecution l,y ascfihng improper motives to
 thc man who has done the most Co make possible Che probing of the
 graft scandal which has been ac. complished It is known full well that Mir. Rudolph Spreckels, a very
 wealthy citizen of the stricken
 metropolis, made possible the fer
 reting out of the crime now exposed in high places by contribution of the munificent sum of $l00,000 to defray the expense of the necessary detective and legal work that has been done to fasten evidences of guilt upon the grafters and the benefciaries of their graft, and has led to wholesale indictment of
 millionaires and capitalists who have bought official fevors from men in the municipal government. Those who have been indicted for having bribed supervisors and officials to grant valuable franchises now becloud the issue by brazenly asserting that Spreckels seeks to wrest to himself and his own uses the very franchises they are accused by indictments duly found by a grand jury of having secured by wholesale bribery. And art fully the tale is told and its various phases harped upon in the columns of a subservient press to becloud the real issues and create some loophole whereby the guilty men may escape. Some there are who contribute to the discomhture of the prosecution through a simple hatred of the chief torney, Frank Heney. They know he Is doing a great work-one in which he should be upheld; but they hate him, so they would prefer to see failure attend his efforts.
 Another feature of the condition of affairs in San Francisco Is that the rascality and wrong have been developed under an administration that was elected to office through class hatred. Both the old parties were relegated to back seats by the new labor union party which set out to purify politics and make the municipal government all 1t should be. Once in power the representa- tives of the workingmen seemed as ready II not more SO, to fall be- meath the blandishments of the criminal rich than were the representatives of the old parties they supplanted. Is not the moral perfectly obvious?
The oasis., 1907-06-29

HAVING demonstrated by saEa- pies that he keeps in stock all varieties of weather, the weather bureau man is requested to send along now some good weather.
The oasis., 1907-06-29

ANOTHER coal shortage next winter is predicted. But that is six months away. To meet ice bills is the chief worry now.
The oasis., 1907-06-29

Wow! Wasn't that an awful fit thrown by the feeble minded freak in last Saturdays issue of the alleged daily newspaper?
The oasis., 1907-06-29

WHENEVER vexed or irritated Senator Pettus of Alabama, swears in Latin. Whats the use? No one knows what he means.
The oasis., 1907-06-29

IN WHAT hades of fix would be some of the republican aspirants for federal offices in Arizona should Uncle Joe Cannon be the next president.
The oasis., 1907-06-29

OPERATION of the pure food law has raised the price of whisky two cents per gallon. A good excuse for setting smaller glass over the bar
The oasis., 1907-06-29

HAD not TIE OASIS shown itself so abundantly able to maintain an uphill battle some people would not be so sore against it.
The oasis., 1907-06-29

THE Old Ticket" which means Roosevelt and Fairbanks in 1908, sounds pretty good.
The oasis., 1907-06-29
EDITORIAL NOTES.

MAN was made to work and be worked" and woman was made to work him.
The oasis., 1907-06-29

UNCLAIMED blessings are how bachelor maids" of uncertain ages now describe themselves.
The oasis., 1907-06-29
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, 1907-10-08

Chicago, H., Oct. S.-The first game
of the series for the worlds champion
ship in baseball began this afternoon
between the Chicago Nationals, cham
pions of that organization, and the De.
troits, champions of the American
league. The weather was bright and
sunny, with light breezes.
Waited for Hours.
The gates of the National league
park opened at 11.3O, and although
the game was not scheduled for three
hours, 1000 enthusiasts were lined up
for the first chance to buy tickets.
Not a Seat Left.
The throng increased rapidly, anf
long before the game commenced there
was not a vacant seat in the grand
stand, the bleachers were filled, and an
enormous crowd filled the outfield.
Both Sides Confident.
Leaders of both teams expressed con-
fidence of winning before the game
started. Chicago's battery will be Ov.
erall and King; Detroits, Donovan
and Schmidt.
, 1907-10-08
NOTES FROM THE COURT HOUSE

w. C. Harnden today presented four.
teen coyotes for bounty and James
Hunt presented one.
Ora Haley toady sold to Francis S.
King, Herbert ]. King and Joseph II.
King, for 1876 so, 251 acres in section
20, township II, range 70.
Olive M. ana James E. Weightman
today sold by warranty to Maggie NJ.
Brodie, for 81 and other consldera.
tons, part of lot l, block 25S, in this
city.
James NJ. Christensen today filed his
petition for letters of administration
of the estate of Jennie Christensen,
deceased, in The office of the clerk Of
the district court.
Not a civil suit of any sort has
been started in the district court here
since the 9Th of September, a some,
what remarkable condition of affairs.
Somewhat tough on the lawyers"
Frank and William Keefe, brothers.
charged with the murder of Tom King
at Rawlins several years ago, are now
IN that city, under bond to appear at
the Carbon county district court, and
it is not considered likely that Frank
Keefe will be brought here for trial.
William Keefe is not charged in this
county with the crime. Judge Craig
having assumed jurisdiction, it is prob,
able that the trial of the brothers will
be held there.
, 1907-10-08
UNREQUITED AFFECTION CAUSES
KANSAS GIRL TO KILL HER.
SELF WITH RAZOR FOR
MARRIED MAN.
Whitiow Makes Voluntary
Confession Giving Details Of Death
of May Sapp When He Refused to
Leave His Family of Wife and
Three Children and Elope With
Her-Throat Siashed With Razor.

2 lola, Kas., Oct. S.-A sensation was
sprung mere late last night by SaInuei
Il. Wnltlow, a grain II Iced mer-
chant, when he made a voluntary con
III the presence OF the snerl1,
county prosecutor and otners, that
Miss May Sapp, the beautiful O-year-
olu daughter ot j. w. Sapp, d prom
lnent farmer OF Moran, Aas., con-
mlIIed suicide because of unrequlLed
Ioye tor HIM.
throat Siashed With Razor.
The glri was found dead III the yard
OF her rather S home on the nlght OIL
september II, with her throat slashed
uy a razor Il was GUN close by her.
Wnltlow is 40 years old ana mas d
wlIe and three children. He has al
ways borne a good reputation.
wanted Him TO Elope.
Whitlow formerly was a school
teacher and the glrl was one oil his
pupils. Whitlow Told the o1ncers he
ana the glrl a never been intimate,
de declared the girl was infatuated
and had repeatedly. asked him to leave
nls family and run away win her.
Said Relations Must Cease.
He said that on the night OF the
tragedy he met her in the rear OF her
nome and told her that their relations
must cease, whereupon she drew the
razor across her throat.
Tried to Kill Himself.
WhitloW attempted to commit sui
eide while being brought to lola from
Moran in a carriage by the sheriff,
drinking wood alcohol. He was re
vived by physicians and placed under
arrest. The members OF the Sapp fam
lily insist that the girl did no Kill
herself.
, 1907-10-08
WOLF PACK
COM TO GRIEF.

The gray wolf pack that for two
years has been ravaging herds from
the Horse creek brakes to the outskirts
of Cheyenne, came to grief Sunday
morning, when it was encountered by
John James, George Jacobs, Pete Laur-
itsen and Andy Matson, antelope hunt
ers from Cheyenne. The quartette Of
hunters, as they emerged from the
Horse creek brakes, saw O ma distant
hill what they took to be a bunch of
antelope. Leaving their horses, they
cautiously stalked the game, getting
within 200 yards before they were oh.
served. Then, to their establishment,
they discovered the game was not an
telepe but enormous gray wolves. The
hunters opened fire, killed two wolves
outright and severely wounded two
others, the latter escaping. When
they went to pick up the dead animals
they found the cause for the lack of
caution on the part of the wolves--the
almost devoured carcass of a buck an
telope. The head OF the antelope.
bearing a fine pair of horns, had not
been mutilated and was brought to
town by the hunters, together with the
dead wolves.
, 1907-10-08
MAY BE OPPOSITION
To PRESENT CONTROL
that the Hartman policies were to
receive an emphatic endorsement.
Railroads Are Complaining.

New York, Oct. s.-Complaints
against anti-railroad legislation Of va
rious states characterizes the annual
reports of three railroad companies.
the Santa Fe, Wabash and Chesapeake
and Ohio, which have just been issued.
President Edward P. Ripley of the
Santa Fe says of the rate reductions:
Ripley on Rate Legislation.
1T is hoped and believed that the
country will DOT realize that its re-
cent attitude toward railroad COM
panies in general has not been just to
their stockholders and bondholders,
and also that unless the confidence of
investors in the security and stability
of railway Investments is restored. it
will be impossible to obtain the addi-
tional railway facilities which are nee
sar to the development of the
country"
Will Undertake No New Work.
Ripley adds that the Santa Fe's d.
rectors have suspended various ex-
t~ensive projects which were contem-
plated, and will limit the company's
capital expenditures to the completion
of improvements to which the COM
pany is already committed.
, 1907-10-08
TO
MEET LOCALS
FIRST FOOTBALL GAME OF PRES
EMIT SEASON TO BE PLAYED
ON THE LOCAL CAMPUS.
Fort Russell Team, Which So Far Has
Taken Every Game Played, Will
Be Matched Against Locals and
Promise to Even Up for Former
Defeats-ExcelIent Sport Promised

The first match game of football Will
be played on the university campus
Saturday, October ~. Fort D. A. Rus
sell is coming, determined to wreak
vengeance for past defeats. The team
will be here next Saturday afternoon.
So far this season the team has won
every game played, and spectators Will
see a number one game. 1t may be
the last game of the season played
here, and no one should miss 1t.
Clean Playing by Soldiers.
Two years ago last Thanksgiving the
Fort Russell boys played upon the
campus and all who saw that game
we're impressed with their clean play
ing and sportsman-like conduct. 1t
was remarked that the game was the
cleanest and best exhibition of football
ever given in the city.
Brushing Up on Points.
The football squad is a most excel
lent lot Of men and will not doubt
work hard to scalp the university
Since Saturdays game the %universit,
has been brushing up on points thai
they seemed to lack and will give
good account of themselves.
, 1907-10-08
BELOW REQUIREMENTS.
Composition Of Paper for Stamped En-
veiopes Not Good Enough.

Washington, D. c., Oct. S.-Postmas-
ter General Meyer has suspended the
payment of moneys due from his de-
partment to the Hartford Manufactur-
ing company Of Hartford, Conn, and
has submitted the matter to the attor-
ney general for such further action as
may be deemed proper. The Hartford
Manufacturing company up to July,
last, supplied the stamped envelopes
and newspaper wrappers sold at post
Offices. Chemical analysis of wrap
pers have disclosed the fact that the
composition of the envelope paper has
been below the requirements of the
contract, and, according to the compu-
tations of the experts of the p~ostofice
department, the company has in the
last four years wrongfully benefited to
the extent of about 1925, 900.
, 1907-10-08
FREIGHT Crews at North Platte.

F%orty-eight freight crews are now
running into North Platte, t~wenty-four
on the east district and an equal num-
Der on the west district, CT a total of
144 men, exclusive of those on the ex-
ira list of brakemen and conductors.
This Is said to be the largest number
ever employed in the history of the
road and yet with this increased force
of train crews and a like increase of
engine crews, the road is congested
with traffic and the movement of
freight is painfully slow. Much of the
delay is due to the present tonnage
system which compels the crews to
take a certain sized train regardless of
the engine condition or the state of
weather. Engines are loaded down
beyond their capacity, and instead of
going over a district in ten or twelve
hours, from eighteen to thirty hours
are required. To the novice this would
seem an Improbable system, but the
railroad officials probably know their
business.
, 1907-10-08
WERE LOVE SONGS.
Book in Old Testament Wronsfully
Accredited to Solomon.

Baltimore, Md, Oct. S...Paul Haupt,
professor of Semetic languages In the
Johns Hopkins university, who aston
ished Biblical students a year age by a
fat denial that Jonah was ever swal-
lowed by a whale, has announced that
he had finished his translation of the
Songs of Solomon. He declares that
Solomon never wrote the songs. "The
Songs of Solomon" said the professor,
were written fully 600 years after his
reign, which was in $50 B. c. The
book is a collection of love songs, deal
ing particularly with the love of Christ,
who was to come, for man. 1t was
written in the neighborhood of Damas-
GUS"
, 1907-10-08
BRYAN PLANNING
To QUIT THE FIELD
INTIMATioN FROM WASHINGTON
THAT HE Is ABOUT TO DE-
CLARE HIMSELF OUT.
Accepts Invitation 10 Address Students
Of George Washington University
on Twenty-fifth Of November,
When He says He Has An Impor-
tant Announcement to Make.
Special to The Republican.

Special to The Republican.
Washington, Oct SIS William Jen'
nings Bryan next month to declare
himself out OF b running for the
nomination for president? h Is a
question that has agitated the demo-
cracy for the last week, ever since
a significant letter was received nero
from the Nebraskan. There Is soma
reason to believe that Mr.. Bryan a
selected Washington as the nos SUIT
able place for such a declaration, n
this fact holsters up the rumor That
he will not again be a candidate Tor
the head OF the democratic ticket.
An Important Announcement.
The letter in question was receiver
by Prof. c. W. A. Veditz, dean of the
college of the political sciences OF
George Washington university. 1t was
an acceptance of an invitation to the
Nebraskan to deliver an address before
the students on November rs, n IN
it Mr.. Bryan declared his Intention Vi
making an important announcement
on that occasion. Only recently the
announcement ON behalf of the peer
less one" was made that he would
take occasion at an early date to let
the country know just where he stood
On the question Of the nomination.
South Drifting Away.
During the last few weeks there has
been a noticeable drift in sentiment
in the south away from the Nebras-
kan's standard. The southern de-
mocracy is beginning to feel its oats"
and believes 1t is entitled to a consid-
Grafton that has been denied it in the
past. The open invitation of Henry
Watterson that Mr.. Bryan withdraw
, 1907-10-08
WILL HOLD MEETING
OF STATE BOARD.

There will be a meeting of the state
ditorium of the Carnegie building to-
morrow, beginning at 8 a. m. n con-
tinuing for three days. There are six
applications for certificates on file, but
three of the applicants have not fully
complied with the requirements of the
board and their applications may not
be taken up at this meeting. The board
consists of DR.. Rohrbaugh of Casper,
chairman; DR.. Chambers of Cheyenne,
vice chairman, and DR.. S. B. Miller IF
this city, secretary. Or. Rohrbaugh
will not be able to attend the meeting
in this city. DR.. Chambers is looked
for tonight.
, 1907-10-08
BATTLESHIP KENTUCKY GROUND
ED OFF lAMBERT'S POINT IN
THE ELIZABETH RIVER
THIS MORNING.
Vessel Was On Way to Norfolk Navy
Yard TO Be Repaired Before Join,
ing s~attIeship Fleet to Pacific
Coast-Believed Battleship Unin.
jured and Will Be Floated at High
Tide-Accidents of Day.

Norfolk, Va, Oct. 8.-The battleship
Kentucky, which passed the Virginia
capes yesterday en- route to the Nor,
folk navy yard for repairs, prior to
sailing with the b~attleship fleet foi
the Pacific coast, was grounded off
Lambert's point today while proceed
ing up the Elizabeth river.
Nose in Soft Mud. y,
Her nose is stuck in soft mud of
the fats neal the long coal piers. Tugs
went to her assistance and she is ex-
pected to be tioated at high tide with
out material injury. Many groundings
have occurred there, but none have re
suited seriously.
, 1907-10-08
NEW TYPEWRITER IN
THE BUSINESS OFFICE.

l.. G. Wrather of Denver, represent
ing the Smith-Premier typewriter in
this territory, this afternoon placed a
new machine in the business depart
ment of this office, n of the tri-color
machines and one of the best and
handiest typewriters manufactured.
The old machine, in use in the city
editors room for more than six years,
was replaced by the nearly new ma
chine from the business office to make
room for the latest. The old machine
has perhaps turned out more copy"
in the nearly seven years of its service
than any other typewriter in the state.
All the local and editorial copy for
The Republican is made on the Smith.
Premier machines.
, 1907-10-08
SMASHED PLATE GLASS
AND SUFFER IN COURT.

Two residents of the city, full of
fighting whisky, engaged in a scuHe
at Murphy's saloon this morning,
breaking one Of the panes of plate
glass in the window. In the police
court this afternoon they were fined
S. and costs each for drunkenness and
disorderly conduct, the fine and costs
amounting to $3.50 each, and they were
required in addition to make good the
cost of the glass, $62.5O. They were
given a few minutes to try to raise
the amount necessary.
, 1907-10-08
STATE ASSOCIATION
WILL MEET HERE.

The Wyoming Wool Growers asso'
citation will meet here next January
and Colonel e. ]. Bell figures that from
800 to 400 delegates and visitors will be
present. including the largest number
of representatives of the bureau of
animal industry and other government
bureaus from Washington ever gath.
cred at I similar meeting. The work
of preparing for t~iis gathering has al.
ready begun, and Colonel Bell is intec,
esting the citizens. The delegates viii,
go from here to Helena, Mont, where
the national association will meet.
, 1907-10-08
SEEKS RECONCILIATION.
Head Of Theosophists Hastens to Bed
side Of Her Brother.

New York, Oct. 8.-Mrs. Katherine
Tingley. head of the Universal Broth
erhood, an organization of t~heosophists,
has cut short her tour of evengeliza.
ton in foreign countries and will hast
en- to New York in an endeavor to
reach the bedside Of her brother,
James Wescott, and become r%econciled
before his death. They have not held
any communication in twenty-five
years. Mr.. Wescott is i'll of pneu-
monia.
, 1907-10-08
No Opposition in First Hour.

No opposition to the Hartman
regime had shown itself during the
first hour of balloting. A great part,
rs per cent, of Union Pacific stock
represented at the meeting, mostly
by proxy" had been voted at that
time, and all the votes had been for
the reelection of the present board of
directors. The ballots also carried
an endorsement of the Hartman ad-
min%istration The polls will remain
open until 3 D. m.
, 1907-10-08
May Succeed Tower.

New York, Oct. S.-A Berlin dis
patch to the Times states that it is
reported in well informed quarters
there that Assistant Secretary OF
State Bacon will be appointed as Am.
bassador Towers successor. Tower
has asked to be relieved as ambassa.
dor to Germany, on account Of his
private business affairs.
, 1907-10-08
INVESTED HIS EARNINGS
IN MINING Cl AIMS

Oscar Johnson returned yesterday
from Ely, New, having been at work
for the electric light company of that
place. Mr.. Johnson says that wages
are good in hat part of the globe, he
investing the greater part of his earn
ings in mining claims, having six good
ones.
, 1907-10-08
RIvERToN SHEEPMEN
SHIP LARGE NUMBERS.

Sheepmen of Riverton have shipped
%, 900 head of sheep and lambs to mar
ket during the present fall. The top
price for Riverton lambs was received
by Madden & Chandler, who disposed
of 1850 head, for 90l Of which the,
were paid $40 per 100 pounds, or at
the rate of $4.97 for each lamb.
, 1907-10-08
No Truth in Report.

Berlin, Oct. S.-A semi-oficial denial
is published by the LoKal Anzeiger to-
day of a statement made in a Wash.
ington dispatch to the London Mail,
to the effect that Germany intended to
send a fleet under Admiral Prince
Henry of Prussia to visit the Atlantic
ports of the United States, when the
American battleship feet sails for the
Pacific, as a mark Of friendship for
America.
To Cause Hard Feeling.
The report is defined by the Lokal
Anzeiger as being IAN invention design.
ed to a hostile feeling against
Germany on the part of other interest
ed countries
, 1907-10-08
THE IRRIGATION CUP
TAKEN TO CHEYENNE.

Prof. H. T. NOVEL; went to Cheyenne
this afternoon, taking with him the
silver cup awarded for the best state
collection of grains, and which will be
placed on exhibition in that city for a
while. The cup will be returned to
this city and placed permanently in
the university.