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, 1907-07-01
Terms Of Subscription.
NOT ADEQUATE.

Colonel b J. Bell offer the Kinkard
act of Nebraska as a soltion of the
kard law permits the entry OF a sec
caid law permits the entry of a sec
ton of land in a body. does not allow
Communication and requires improve
ments to be made to the extent of
$500.
section of grazing land in Wyoming
will o maintain a family. 1t is fairly
well established that nothing less than
-four sections of III grazing land will
support sufficient stock to make a liv-
ing for the average stockman. That
being true, it would be just as unwise
to give a man a section as n quarter
section. One-fourth of a living is just
as bad from "A practical standpoint as
no living at all-and 100 acres of graz
ing land is no living at all.
If the government is to make a de-
parture upon purely grazing lands
from the old l60-acre homestead. Il
sufficiently to permit n person TO
take enough land to maintain himself
and those dependent upon him 1t is
Just as reasonable to permit one to en-
ter 1850 acres of grazing land as 1t Is
to permit the entry of l60 acres OF
good farming land. AS a matter OF
fact the farm land offers the quickest,
the surest, the most permanent and
the greatest return.
What The Republican favors is pos
session under law Until such posses
sion can be brought about, there can
be neither ~permanence to the stock
mans business nor cessation to range
troubles.
Colonel Bell compares the North
Platte land district to our own, and
says that 500 families have been pro
vided with homes in the former dis
trict during the past year and that
only $50 families have located under
the l6O-acre law in the Cheyenne dis
trict. We dc not know from whom
Colonel Bell obtained his figures, but
If he will make inquiry at he Chey.
enne land office he will find that ap-
proximately 600 homestead entries
VI. tnns
nave oeeh h'aue sn'e -.
mostly III sou'n'e,h "n.,,.~ ~.
" "neie io"" peopi, - t,,t
the SCORE WIN 'ne uI mm ornns
'ues -, 7, tb.v succeed all
without lrrisa.'oh' u go
wei ana soou' oar,, succeed
VIII not mean u ~ st.to
IN the more anu ss ,eo aoros
o even WIN ioui ouomia
Inc raihiai, IA " - h,.
county uu.nns ,ne p" - nar IN,
a'ei"seu aooe - to aorht,ess
num-. Al Nor'h ria.'e " 80. IN
peeh III eNeesS -. ,oost
'he Lafain'e pa ~ nrecini.
nlne-een'hs oi "so ;n,hos II
tatlon does ho' eN'e.u
must also oe ''Nen - NJ,
that the a'e'ase 49,.
Platte district Is iuhy ',oVV s,r,n. a
than 'he onesenne -, oucum
, 1907-07-01
MOSQUITO DOPE AT MILLS.
Notice of Stockholders, MEETING.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of The Wyoming Central Land
and Improvement company, a corpora.
ton Incorporated and existing under
the laws of the territory of Wyoming,
now State of Wyoming, will be held at
the office of said company in the City
of Laramie, County of Albany, State
of Wyoming, on Saturday, the Sri
day of August, 1907, at 10 O'Clock a. m.
for the purpose of electing nine trus'
tees to manage the affairs of said com
pany for the ensuing year., and for the
transaction of such other business as
may properly come before the meeting.
Dated Laramie, wyoming, July LIST,
1907. A. C. JONES,
S. w. Downey, President.
Secretary j4-a1
D,;1,r pN,,l1;aa- EA .A,tr "a month
, 1907-07-01
Doesn't Know Who

S~NS' Ms" 49,
According to the Cheyenne press, a
conference was held In that city the
other day between representative citi'
zens of Crook. Converse and Natrona
counties and Cheyenne attorneys and
1t is announced that sufficient funds
are now forthcoming to carry the ques.
ton OF the constitutionality of the re
cent apportionment law to the highest
courts, me hat action will be taken In
a short time. Should the act be declar'
ed unconstitutional 1t will be neces'
sary for the governor to call an extra
session of the legislature, as the next
legislatures election is provided for
by the law in question. Converse coun-
ty Is said to lie behind the movement;
but nobody here seems to know just
who the gentlemen are.-Douglas
Budget.
, 1907-07-01
We Are Barred d.

We Are Barred
Editor Chaplin of The Laramie Re
publican will please take notice that
the streams in the Saratoga valley are
all clear and trout rising to the fly;
but If he is caught west of the Medi-
cine Bow range this summer it will go
hard with him.-Saratoga Sun.
, 1907-07-01
STATE R E
One of the Rest

One Of the Best
The University of Wyoming ut Lar
annie is one of the best educational In
Istitutions in the west-Douglas
Budget.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-28
SOUTHERN OBJECTS
TO HURRIED move
Files Protest Against Certifying
North Carolina Penalty Case
to Higher8Court
GLENN SAYS HE'S INDIGNANT.
Contends That II Will Delay
Final Determination Of the
Question.
GLENN SAYS HE'S INDIGNANT

Question.

Especial to The Times -Dlspatch,l
RALEIGH, N. C,, August 27.-An
unexpected turn was taken in the
States litigation with tie Southern
Railway Company over the enforce
ment Of the 2 IA cert passenger act
to- day, when Colonel w. B. Rodman,
for the Southern Railway Company,
filed a written protest with the clerk
of the Wake county Superior Court
against the action OF thiss clerk of the
court in certifying up y the supreme
coust 5daY Y the !, 81 vi skin the appea
Of the Southern from the fine OF $4,000
Il. Long for violation OF the gate act
the purpose of the certification being
to have the hearing set much earlier
| than the sixth week Of the term, when
it would come up regularly.
Governor%Glenn says he is astonishet
and indignant at this action on the
part of the Southern Railway Com
pany, which, he declares is clearly
carrying out the companys policy OF
impeding efforts of the State sto en-
force it's laws.
One of the special conditions Of ths
recent agreement, ne says. by Wnlcl
pended was that this very case shoult
| be hurried through the courts In the
| shortest possible time to the .unttec
States Supreme Court. In carrying ou'
his part of the agreement for. the State
| he, said he had within the past few
days written to Merrman & Merriman
at Asheville, counsel for the State, tc
aid in every way possible in getting
tho southerns appeals there to the
Supreme Court of the United States
tha counsel for the Southern had due
notice ea OF the purpose to move the
hearing up in the Wake county case
notice having been sent some days agt
| by Ex-Governor Aycock himself.
The understanding now is that th'
Supreme Court will hear the motor
on the part of Ex-Governor Aycock TO
morrow morning for an early hearing
| OF the Wake appeal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-28
SECRETARY T AFT
ON.VVRECKEDTRAIN
Passengers Excited and Shaken
Up, but None Of Them
Injured.

KANSAS CITY, MO. August 27.-The
passenger train No. 1ol on the St.
Louis and San Francisco Railway. car
ryinE Secretary of War Taft was de-
rallied this afternoon near Spring Hill.
Kan. No one was hurt. A switch flew
open after the engine and baggage car
had passed. The mail car was derailed
and dragged 500 feet over the ties. The
were shaken up although
the train was running slowly.
Secretary Taft was en- route from
Springfield. Mo-. to Kansas City. His
train was due here at $3.50. but tho
wreck delayed 1t three hours, necessi-
tating a change inNthes plans for his
entertainment hero. An automobile
tour of the boulevards was abandoned
and q, public reception at the Hotel
Baltimore was held at a later hour
than first scheduled United States
Senator Warner and other prominent
Missourians We're in the Taft party.
Spring Hill is twenty-five miles south
west Of this city In Kansas.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-28
LAKE GIVES UP
MISSING WOMAN
.----------4- -------- ----------- ----------,--
Find Body Of M[issE.Agnes Ma
guire, Who Strangely
Disappeared.
NO EVIDENCE Q OF FOUL PLAY
mo EVIDENCED FOUL PLAY
Young Woman Must Have Be
come Panicstricken and &
Leaped In.

& LAKE HOPATCONCi. N. j., August
27.-The body of Miss Agnes Mcguire,
the former Brooklyn schoolteacher, who
mysteriously disappeared last satur-
day night, was found in Lake Hopat-
cong this morning.
Constable Christie had been dragging
tho lake with graphing irons during
the night and this morning, and about
9:15 o'clock he brought9$the body to
the surface.
1t was found directly In front OF
Camp Lookout, at Noland's Point, and
net far from the5 station of the Cen
near there that Miss Mcguire dlsap-
peared.
James Garrison and William Snyder
two Paterson young men. who are stay
Ing at Excelsior Camp. near Camp
Lookout, helped Constable Christie to
bring the body ashore. 1t was carried
into the boathouso of Allen's Hotel
and Christie remained at the door and
kept the curious out The news OF the
finding OF tho body BECAME: Quickly
known all around the lalte:.a1d. parties
OF campers began to set outs fors Nolan's
Point In launches and boats .of+ every
description.
Father Notified.
There was soon n big crowd at AL
f'Sa . NV eso'ily AcW Pei
sons We're admitted to see the body of
the girl. Tho body showed no marks
| OF violence. and tho only theory enter
| tanned is that the young woman wan
dcred into the water In hsr fright. and
| that her death was accidental.
| AS soon as the body had been brought
| to land Coroner Hltchins, of Dover,
! was notified by telephone. and he was
expected to arrive here later In the
day. Mr., Maguire, the dead girls
father, who stopped last night at Do
YER. was also told by telephone of the
finding OF the body. He Immediately
started for this place.
story OF Tragedy.
Miss Mcguire had been visiting at
her uncle's home, In Dover, N. j., when
on Saturday evening her cousin.
| Charles Mcguire, clerk In the Dover
lpost-onlce. took her for a drive to
Camp Lookout, at Nolan's Point. on
| Lake IIopatcong. They arrived at the
camp after dark, and lust as thun-
ldcrstorm was about to occur 1Iitching
his horse to tree. Charles Mcguire
left his cousin waiting in the carriage.
While he went to the camp to get some
lclothlng. He said he was absent only
| u few minutes, but when lie returned
| Agnes was gone, leaving no trace Of
1.-The route she had taken. Charles said
| he supposed tho young woman, who
| was of Il nervous temperament, be-
came frightened by the vivid flashes of
| lightning after he left her alone, and
trying to reach tho camp, lost her way
| III the woods.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-28
IS NOT A SUIT
AGAINST STATE
Judge Pritchard Renders Opinion
in North Carolina Rate

AsHEylLLE, N. c., August 27.--
Judge Pritchard. in the United States
Circuit Court in a long-exSppected Sp opana pa y I
of the Southern Railway against the
Corporation Commission and ,tne At
torney-General of North Carolina,tup
holds the jurisdiction OF his coufttoan 60, a
against officials during the railroad
rate controversy, and declares that
the suit is not one against the State
within the meaning OF the eleventh
amendment to the Federal Constitu-
THAT amendment holds the judicial
power Of the United States shall not
extend to any suit against ia state py
citizens of another State. The decision
says that State Legislature cannot
so frame an act as to deprive a citizen
of d right vouchsafed him by the Fed
eral Constitution; ana !. uoeS th1s hot pus
Of its Jurisdiction, and the sooner
those questions are definitely deter
mined the better 1t VIII be fora par
ties concerned
ton Commissioner are stlll charged
upon t their power being THAT they
shall not make a maXiinula ny rata cent ~
per mile. The Corporation Commits
sion and the Attorney are
specially charged with the duty OF
securing the enforceihehL " ssGtioi
of the passenger rate act. which pro-
vides heavy penalties and, fines for q
failure Of railroads and their officials
10 comply With that act AZ laws !,
existence on tho passage OF that act
bearing on supervision Sand control OF
railroads etc., arc to be construed IN
connection with the rate t,,a act" .c,s,o,
saws. THAT d Circuit Court. OF the
United States IN the exercise Of its
Jurisdiction should be powerless TO az al
| sert Alright Il which Is guaranteed by
TThis is in no sense suityagainst the
State, nor can II be successfully con-
tended that tho state Is In any wise. n
party in interest, In so far as the
Inertia Of the controversy are con
cerned. Tt cannot be reasonably in-
|sisted that THIS Is. q suit to- prevent
| the state from enforcing any right
which II tDossesses, nor can II be salt
: Continued, on Second Pagc.l xxx
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-28
MILLION IN
MONEY BEGGING
Charges Refunded for Railway
Overcharges on Lumber
Are Unclaimed.

Q'rom Our Regular Correspondent.)
s WASHINGTON, ID. c.. August az
Two million and Il half OF railroad
money In tho South Is begging an
owner. That amount is due shippers Of
yellow pine lumber In the Southern
States. A similar amount has been
claimed, but claimants for the balance
have not shown up,
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion rendered a decision some time ago
that the railroads of several of the
states of the South had been guilty
OF overchargng shippers of yellow
pine lumber, and this decision was af-
firmed by the Supreme Court, The
total amount found to be due shippers
was five millions. that Is, that was the
aggregate of the claims filed with tho
commission. Nearly one hundred
claimants for reparation appeared on
sent in their claims.
The time within which claims for
renaration could w filled VIII exprie
|to7morrow,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-28
COUPLE ELOPED
A SECOND TIME;
WED AT H.ALIF AK
Mr.. Tyler and Miss Duvall Es-
cape Watchful Parents.
Forgiven.

Mr. Wexford Tyler and Miss Alma
Duvall, who just week ago yester-
day were foiled In their purpose when
they went to Washington. made q sec
ond attempt at elopement yesterday,
and. after running the gauntlet OF
their parents watchfuness. succeeded
In getting to Halifax Courthouse.
where they were, married. The groom
Is about twenty years of age and the
bride eighteen.
Plotting and planning, making every
endeavor TO escape the vigilance OF
obtecting parents. arranging a bright
and happy program for the future
have taken UP many a moonlight
might. and Tuesday week ago yes
terday the young couple determined
to try their chances against all the
world. and eloped to Washington. But
they We're missed, and an ever-watch-
ful parent had message sent to the
authorities in Washington, and the
wedding was prevented. Nonplussed
for the time, they returned to Rich
mond.
The parents thought they would
make the attempt again last Sunday,
but they were mistaken, Mr.. Tyler
was TOO wise to try itsso soon, and
he waited a more opportune time, when
their fears might have calnled, and ~ t
would seem that the young lovers. .Wer o
resigned to their lot. Yesterday. show :
ever, was the time set for thej eiope-
tmenr, and Mr.. Tyler donned his work Z
ling ci otiies as usual and dr-.went& osten-
| 'sibly OFF TO his work.
He made his way. however, to a
}friend's house, there changed his
clothes, and fastened over to Man
chester, where the brde-elect was
anxiously awaiting him. Everything
had gone smoothly. and they took the
l.S:15 train for Halifax.
There their youth and apparent anX-
| ety betrayed them. The clerk OF the
| court declared that there were no
more licenses; that they had all been
fused up and no more could be Sc
| cured. The judge was seen. but ne
| felgEed helplessness, and the couple
were in a quandary. They were soon
| Gained, however. and 1t was but a
matter Of few minutes before the
| nuptial knot was tied. and they were
made man and wife. They had but
eight minutes in which to catch the
| train back, and there was not time to
| telegraph home
One OF the parents in the meanwhile
lhad missed them, and another telegram
4 was sent to Washington. but 1t was
| the wrong trail. When Mr.. and Mrs
Tyler arrived home. stern and unfor-
! giving parents met him at the door
| The girls mother. remembering, per-
| hans the romance of her own youth
4 opened her arms and took her daugh-
/ ty,I . .i K
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-28
ONE WOMAN TRIES
TO KILL ANOTHER
Roxie Ferguson Fires at Mrs
Ferguson Three Times and
Two Bullets Strike Her.
Ispeclal 10 The Times. DIspatch.J J

BRISTOL VA, August 27--RoSie
Ferguson, a young woman, made a
desperate attempt to kill Mrs. James
Ferguson, In her own house on State
Street this afternoon. While endeav-
.orIng to break through the door,
which was being held by Mrs. Fer
guson, the Intruder fired three shots
Into the house. two of which struck
Mrs. Ferguson, one lodging in her eli
bow and tho other striking In her left
hip. Roxie Ferguson WAS locked UP.
She admits having tried to Kill Mrs,
Ferguson saying that 1T WAS because
the iatter had robbed her; OF tho af-
sfection OF a young man who was In
the house at tho time, Mrs Ferguson
denies having received any attention
from the man 4. I
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-28
FALL OF WIRE
CAUSES DEATH.
Railroad Brakeman Instantly
Killed by Live Wire Charg
ing Iron Rail,
Special to The 'rimes-Dlspatch.

A CLIFTON FORGE. VA. August 27--
Edward Pullen. brakeman on tho
James River Division of the @. & @.
railroad, met with tragic death late
last night by being electrocuted as he
was in the act of climbing on the ca
boose for trip to Gladstone. A live
electric wire had fallen across the
caboose and charged all the iron work
Of the car, Pullen took hold OF the
iron handle and was instantly killed.
He was discovered by Brakeman Dakin,
who gave the alarm and had the cur
rent cut off, SO as to save others from
n like fate, rullen Is survived by his
wife and one child. His remains were
taken to Eagle Rock to-day for inter
ment. his native home. The accident
is regarded as&the first OF its kind
TO occur in this part Of the country.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-28
THINKS CITY LOST
BY SHORT MEASURE
IIobsons Wants City Home
Wood Secrets Brought to
Light.
10 PROBE DEEPER NOW
Committee Asks Council for
Money to Employ Expert
Accountant.
PROBE DEEPER NOW
Committee Asks Council for

Satisfied that more searching in
vestigation will reveal condition Of
affairs at the City Home far more ugly.
than the actual tampering with bids,
the Committee on Relief OF the Poor
adopted a resolution last tnightrequest-
Ing City Council to appropriate the
sum of $3.50 for the employment OF an
expert accountant to examine the
books and records Of the institution,
especially in, the matter of measuring
wood.
1t has been openly limited heretofore
that no diligence Whatever was eXer-
ci5ed In these measurements and no
official seems to know whether the
paid for. It was brought out In the
tcs timony last week that Mr.. Loven-
stein and Captain Paul attended to
this work. Captain Paul. however,
showed little familiarity with the sub
ject when on the stand and he was
so badly mixed UP In his statements
that DR. Williams wanted to know II
he held both ends of the tape at the
same time while running over. the piles.
The committee, therefore. was anxious
to find out If the home had received
fair and square deal In, View OF the
fact that there had been graft in hand
ling the Dds Alter athe accounlan
has made report the committee Will
probably recall several witnesses, and
1T is possible that another scandal
will come 20 ight
NIuy Help Grand Jury.
Mr.. Graham =. Iobson. who has
Ibeen putting the City Home through
| the third degree, said that he had re-
quested a special meeting of the COM
~ order n more thOrOurh ln-
lyestigation 1t was well understood
lie said. that the grand jury would take
up the matter, and lie believed that If
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-28
MANY IHIsHMEN ARf0 ARRESTED
FOR UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY

.LoNGroRD, IRELAND. August 27.---
James p. Farrell, irish Nationalist
ford, and forty others We're ARRESTED
to-day and held for trial on the charge
OF taking part In IAN unlawful assem-
bly, likely to cause a riot"
Mr. Farrell had been holding meet
lngs, at which exciting scenes oc-
Cured between Nationalists anu mem
bers OF the Sim Fein Society. Larse
here; trouple being anticipated.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-28
New Rural Routes,

WASHINGTON D. C.s5August 27.---
Rural route No !, ordered established
In November at Midland Famquier
county, Va, serving 400 .-peaple and
,l03 falnilleg, Il
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-28
Hoard Met, Then Adjourned.

yha Board of Aldermen met last
night, but there was Just n bara
quorum, and the mestiny adjourned
after the rollscall.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-28

at this interesting moment, when the
Fate and fortunes of Mr.. Kohlsaat hung
In the balance. the failure to send a
card of invitation worked the change
Of front that has made the New Yorker
the glass Of fashion and the mold OF
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ND, VA, WElDN lssDAY, AUGUsr g, 1907.

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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-10-01
It PLEASED THE JUDGE

By the terms Of the will which
was admitted for probate, the entire
estate was turned over to the Henry
Waterhouse Trust Company, Limited,
as Executor, 10 handle for the heirs.
In making the order of admission,
the Judge commented upon the wis
dom of such course, and stated that
be hoped that such a practice would
become common. The Trust Com
pany having large experience in es-
tate matters, and being familiar with
securities of all kinds, was in a po-
sition to execute the provisions OF a
tageously than private individual
could.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-10-01
What H0CAI Says
Of Planters CONSPIRACY

A marked copy of the Hochi Shin.
bun of Toxic has been received by
the b u | c | n and the following is
a translation of the article to which
special attention is called:
COMMUNICATION.
The Hawaiian planters have bribed
the San Francisco officials and en-
cowaged the labor unions, to create
antl.Japanese feeling in order to pass
Il law excluding the japanese from
entering the United States. They
even communicated with their repre-.
sentative at Washington, requesting
him to use his best effort towards
passing the exclusion act. The law
has passed according to the expecta-
ton of the Planters. They think this
is the end of the whole thing. In
spite of the passage of this exclusion
act, the Hawaii Japanese will keep up
going to Vancouver and-Mexico on the
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-10-01
St(Y. MEI(AlF Would
NOT HOG It ALI

Washington, Sept. 1s.--:The bat
tleship fleet will come back here, -
said Secretary Metcalf today, but
the fleet of sixteen cruisers will be
ample to protect the Coast, and there
are three battleships there also, the
Oregon, Nebraska and Wisconsin.
Naturally the battleships would have
to come Jack some time.
There is no reason why there
should be any discussion over the
determination to. send the fleet to the
Pacific Coast. II is very poor patriot
ism for persons to urge that the fleet
he kept here because the supplies will
be bought and money spent else.
where II 1t is not.