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, 1907-09-26
GOAL RATES FROM
WESTERN MINES
UNION PACIFIC ANSWERS COM.
PLANT OF NEBRASKA STATE
RAILWAY COMMISSION.
Latter Complained to Interstate Rail-
Way Commission That Blanket
Rate from Rock Springs and Han,
ma Were Unjust, Unreasonable,
Unlawful and Excessive.

Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 26.-In answer,
ing the complaint of the Nebraska
state railway commission today, be-
fore the interstate commerce commits.
sion, against the rate on Goa ship
ments from the west, the Union Pacific
railroad denied that the rates on its
lines from Rock Springs and Hanna,
Wyo., are unexceptionable and unjust.
and alleged hat each and all these
rates are, under all conditions and
circumstances surrounding said ship,
ments, just, reasonable and lawful and
not excessive, not exorbitant, and not
in violation of the act to regulate COM
merce or the amendatory or supple,
mental acts.
Complained Of Blanket Rate.
The Nebraska commission complain
ed of a blanket rate Of $3.50 from Rock
Springs and Of $3.50 from Hanna.
, 1907-09-26
CAME TO PLAINS
To LOOK AT RANCH.

Mr.. j. l.. Carper Of the Federal Loan
and Securities company Of Des Moines,
Ia, and John l.. Schee, president OF
the Indianola Trust company of In
dianola, Ia, accompanied by Ralph f.
Cakes of Des Moines and w. E. Chap,
lin of the United States land Office at
in the city from Cheyenne at 3 O'Clock
this afternoon, leaving Cheyenne at
IL a. m. and being detained somewhat
on the way. The Iowa gentlemen are
here to look at some ranch property in
the Laramie plain and will go to the
country tomorrow.
, 1907-09-26
REPORTS RECEIVED Of
R|GHT-OF WAY FIGHT
OF summary justice should the guilty
ones be captured.
leIevier DISCHARGED.

Phoenix, Ariz., Sept. &c. G. Lele-
vier, who was held for %extradition on
complaint of the Mexican government,
which charged him of the larceny of
two checks from the Mexican mails,
was discharged, on motion of United
states District Attorney Alexander.
who caused the warrant to be issued
on which Lelevier vas jailed last July.
Lelevier's son, Fred. will be tried at
tucson on an identical charge.
Claim to Be Innocent
Both father and son claim to be in
nocent of the crime charged and as
sert that their arrest was only a ruse
to get them across the border into
Mexico, where they would be prose-
cuted on political charges.
, 1907-09-26
Arrested for Attempted Bribery.

Ffndlay, o., Sept. 26.-L. B. Will
hanson was arrested yesterday. on an
indictment charging him with attempt
ing to bride Chase Thompson, a juror
in the case of the state of Ohio against
the Standard Oil company, which was
tried here last June.
Asked Jurors Wife.
Mrs. Thompson said that Williamson
asked her to persuade her husband to
disagree and hang the jury. The final
vote of the jury was eight to four for
conviction.
Williamson Owns Up.
Williamson admitted today that he
made the proposition to Mrs. Thomp-
son, saying that her husband would be
paid from $500 to s 1000 should the
jury disagree.
, 1907-09-26
FOUND NO SAWDUST
IN PLATTE RIVER.

S. H. Campbell returned last nighl
from Rawlins, where he had gone to
look after some complaints thai the
sawmill at Fort Steele was %poluting
the waters of the North Platte river
by emptying its sawdust into the
stream. Mr.. Campbell found the com
plant unfounded, as the mill is putting
no sawdust into the stream. The COM
pany is filing up some holes in the
bank of the stream left when the rail
road graders completed a large I'LL
there but found no sawdust on the
water, and believed none had been
thrown into the stream. The fish com,
missioner had ven received complaint
that the stuff had reached Douglas and
was communicating the city's water
supply.
, 1907-09-26
THE RECORD PRICE.
Milk About to Go to Nine Cents a
Quart in New York.

New York, Sept. 26.-Milk will sell
in this city at a higher price this win
ter than it has commanded in a gen.
Grafton and probably, say the dealers,
at the highest price it has ever brought
here. Two Of the three big milk con
Germs already have announced In
creases in prices, one applying to the
retail trade in bottled milk and the
other to the wholesale or can delivery.
The third company is expected soon to
fall in line. The changes will go into
effect on October l.. Nine cents a
quart will be charged for bottled milk
instead of s cents.
This unprecedented price for milk Is
explained as being due in part to an
actual shortage in the supply, which
has existed for a year. The principal
causes, however, are the increased de-
mands of the dairy farmers and the
increased cost of bottling and deliv-
ering.
, 1907-09-26
WRIT OF
Attorney General Young Trying te
Force Company to Comply.

st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 26.-Attorney
General Young has obtained from the
county court a writ of mandamus di-
rected against the Northern Pacific
Railroad company to compel it to com,
ply with the commodity rate law,
whose operation was enjoined by
Judge Lochren of the United States
court. The railroad official will prob.
ably ask Judge Lochren for an order
citing Attorney General Young for con-
tempt of the United States court. 1t the
attorney generals declared in contempt
a writ of habeas corpus will be issued
and the matter will be taken to the
United States supreme court for q
final decision as to the states right to
regulate rates.
, 1907-09-26

Portland, Ore, Sept. ga cable to
the Oregonian from Valdez gives
meager details of the battle yesterday
morning, in Keystone canon, fifteen
miles from Valdez, between the forces
of the Copper River and Northwestern
INT the Alaska Home railroads, in
their contention over a right-of-way.
1t is said that one man was killed and
three others may die of their wounds.
Hassey at the Head.
The Copper River force was headed
by Ed Hassey, ex-United States mar
shall. Massey paid the Home railroad
surveyors a visit and said his men
would shoot if they advanced into the
canon. The surveyors continued their
work. The cable says they were shot
at from ambush and had no chance to
fight or escape.
Talk Of Summary Justice.
Deputy United States marshals are
securing the woods for the men who
did the shooting. Valdez citizens talk
, 1907-09-26

Chicago, ILL.,, Sept. 26.-Wilbur
Glenn Voliva, who successfully grasp
ed the reins of government Of Zion
CITY from the hands of John Alexander
Dowie, and expected to reign in his
stead after the death Of Dowie, last
night announced to thousands Of his
followers in that city torn by many
factions that he had given up the fight
there.
Lost New Mexican Options.
He said he had lost the option upon
the land in New Mexico where he ex-
pected to found a new colony, but
would buy property adjacent to Zion
City and found a colony there.
Backing Did Not Come.
No explanation of how he lost the
New Mexico options was ~vouchsafed
by Voliva. 1t was generally under
stood, however, that he failed to re-
, 1907-09-26

London, Sept. 26.-Sir Thomas Lip.
ton, although bitterly disappointed at
the failure of the New York Yacht club
to accept his recent challenge, today
authorized the Associated Press to
announce that he vas prepared TO chal.
lenge with a ninety-foot boat, under the
New York Yacht club rules,
May Yet Send Challenger.
Sir Thomas has not given up hope
of sending a yacht to Sandy Hook in
1908. He has already te!egfaphed to
Will Fife, his designer, to come to
London for a consultation.
Not Coming Under o!d Rule.
Sir Thomas Is emphatic in declaring
that he would not challenge under the
old rule, as no designer pf nogs In
Great Britain is willing TO Design a
boat similar to the previous Shamrocks,
and the danger of sailing SUCH freaks
across the Atlantic is 80 great that
Sir Thomas is unwilling to risk lives
in such a venture.
The Universal Rule.
He said he had been led to believe
that If lie challenged under the uni.
versal rule" for races in the United
States, there was every possibility of
the challenge being favorably re
ceived.
Disappointment Follows.
Hence his disappointment at the re-
fusal of the New York Yacht club to
accept his original challenge.
, 1907-09-26

@ Chicago, Ill, Sept. 26.-Andrew 8
O Boughan, aged n, who helped to .
@ construct the first telegraph line .
q from Chicago to the Pacific coast 9
g died of bronchitis yesterday 9
Q Boughan was in the continuous {
3 employ of the Western Union 9
Q Telegraph company for A years. 9
@ When he retired four years ago 6
9 he was a department manager. g
. @ Q . g Q {, {, q 9 g . 4 u . O &
, 1907-09-26
GOVERNMENT GETTING HISTORY
OF LAND FRAUD IN MARIA
TIVE FORM BEFORE
BOISE JURY.
Witnesses Found Who Are Willing to
Confess to Making False Affidavits
When Taking Out Timber Claims
-MiIburn Advised Building of
Terminal Station at Centre Bridge
for National Transit Company.

Boise, Idaho, Sept. 26.-Having &C.
complished much of the tedious work
of identifying and placing on record
the papers in about half a hundred al
legged fraudulent claims filed on timber
lands in the interest of the Barber
Lumber company, the government at
torneys in charge of the prosecution Of
United States Senator William E.
Borah, who acted as attorney for the
began today to unfold in
narrative form the details of the al
legged conspiracy, which is said to have
begun in 1899 and to have continued
down to the filing in 1904 of the last
of the 1OS deeds to the lumber corpo-
Willing to Confess Perjury.
Witnesses who are willing to con-
fess to making false afidavits when
out timber claims will have
largely to do with the presentation of
the governments case.
The Dummy Trustee.
In his opening statement to the jury,
NJ. C. Burch announced that the gov
eminent would offer as one of its
principal witnesses George S. Long,
who, it is alleged, acted as the dummy
trustee" to receive title to the claims
from dummy entrymen and transfer
the property later to the Barber Lum-
Der company, a Wisconsin corporation.
A Central Figure.
Former Governor Frank Steunen-
berg IS promised as a central fgdre in
the governments cas
, 1907-09-26
TABLES OF
THE TAXES
COMPILATION OF FIGURES FROM
TAX ROLLS FOR THE TAXES
OF THE CURRENT YEAR.
Alphabetically Arranged List of Pay
ers and Totals Under Each Letter
Railroad Taxes at the End
Some Totals of Other Taxes for
the Different Funds.

Guy Dayton, who this afternoon COM
pleted the tax book for the county
taxes of 1907, inc who turned the
books over to the county treasurer at
4 O'Clock this afternoon, has compiled
a peculiar and interesting table of the
taxes to be paid this fall. These are
by letters of the alphabet, the tax
payers being arranged alphabetically
in the book. The following table is
the showing made under this arrange
ment:
, 1907-09-26
CASHIER
Louisiana Man Found to Be Short in
His Accounts.

Baton Rouge, La, Sept. 26.-Oscar
Kondert, formerly cashier of the First
National bank here, is missing, while
federal court officers are searching for
him with a warrant charging him with
a defalcation of $50 200. 1t is alleged
that the shortage was discovered over
a month ago, but that Kondert and his
friends made good the greater part of
the loss. The bank officials, it is said,
declared themselves as satisfied, but
the federal officers decided to prose
cute the case.
, 1907-09-26
CAME TO UNIVERSITY
FROM SOUTH DAKOTA.

Oscar P~restegard, a promising young
man of Aberdeen, S. D., arrived in the
city last night to attend the Univer,
sity of Wyoming, bringing a letter Of
introduction from Rev. ]. W. Taylor,
formerly pastor of the Methodist
church here, recommending the young
gentleman to the friendship of E. D.
Hiskey and other members of the To-
cal church. Mr.. Prestegard enrolled
himself as a student at the university
this morning. Mr.. Taylor said he was
a member Of his Sunday school there
and every way deserving the friendship
of his Laramie friends.
, 1907-09-26
leyman, returned this morning from a
brief visit at Denver, but did no re.
sumo his position in the office today.
Engineer Reinstated.

G. v. Mclaughlin, general chairman
for the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen, today no.i-
fed members of Black Hills lodge that
he had succeeded in securing the rein,
statement of F. D. Chapman as an en-.
giner on the Laramie Cheyenne dis
trict. Mr.. Chapman had an accident
at Sherman a few months ago, his en-.
CINE striking the caboose Of a train
ahead of him.
, 1907-09-26
Get Increase in Pay.

Members of the local lodge of the
Brotherhood Of Railway Trainmen
have been notified that the s%witchmen
OF the Union Pacific system will get
an additional two cents an hour. A
raise Of one cent an hour took effect
the first Of September and an add
tional raise Of a like amount will &c
into effect the first of October. The
boys here are already beginning to ge,
a little chesty and fail to notice any
lesser parsonage than a millionaire.
, 1907-09-26
Killed HimseIf After Confession.

Elgin, ILL.,, Sept. 26.-Cyrus Baldwin,
aged So, one of the wealthiest resi-,
dents of Kane county, killed himself
today by eating paris green after he
that he had murdered his
aged wife by smashing her skull with
hammer. Mrs. Baldwin was found
dead yesterday.
, 1907-09-26
UNWRlTTEN LAW.
Jury in Killing Case Recommends Min,
imum Punishment.

Chicago, ILL.,, Sept. 26.-Amasa C..
Campbell, a wealthy lumber merchant
Of Amigo, Wis, who killed DR.. Ben
jamin Farris in the Stock Exchange
building here last winter and whose
defense was the unwritten law"
found mercy at the hands of a jury.
which found him guilty of m~anslaugh-
ter in Judge Windes' court here last
night. Accompanying the verdict was
a recommendation by the jury that the
punishment be fixed at one year in the
penitentiary, the minimum penalty al
lowed by law.
, 1907-09-26
Negro Settlement for California.

Los Angeles, Cal, Sept. ga pro-
ject to establish a large colony of ne
groes in Riverside and San Diego
counties, near Marietta, is being pro-
noted by an association which is about
to be incorporated.
Not communistic Colony.
Colonel Allen Allensworth. is said TO
be one of the promoters. He said the
colony will not be communistic, but
land will be offered in small tracts at
low prices.
, 1907-09-26
Rushing the Road.

A. G.. Heltzell Of Denver. special
agent for one Of the insurance COM
panies represented In the R. e Fitch
agency here, was in the city this morn
ing, coming from the west last night
and intending to leave for Denver on
.he delayed noon train. He spent some
ume at Saratoga and in that section.
they are rushing the grading Of that
road from Saratoga to Encampment,"
ne said, and the feeling at Saratoga
" mat 1t will be completed to En-
sampment and perhaps into Routt
.ounty, Colo, where there are some
Immense coal fields. The grading is
sung forward and the bridge timbers
20 being Sotten out The road. a.
, 1907-09-26
Cars Set on Fire.

One o: the frequent occurrences nov
is the putting out Of fires on the roofs
Of boxcars, many reports coming to
the trainmaster's office during the
day. The use Of Hanna coal causes
large number Of sparks. No serious
fires have resulted. Two such acct
dent reports wereqreceived within an
hour this morning.
, 1907-09-26
Four Cases Reported.

Toxic, Sept. 26.-Four cases of
cholera are reported at Yokohama and
other suspected cases are under OBJ
%servation. A total of 1900 cases OF
cholera throughout Japan was rarort-
ed today, and the government is taking
stringent measures to eradicate the dis
ease,
, 1907-09-26
Returns From North Platte.

Trainmaster Fred c. Let's returned
this morning from North Platte, with.
er he had gone with his sister, Mrs.
Silvers. and her husband, whom he met
at Creole Mr.. Silvers was informed
there tina his father was dangerously
i'll at Webster City, Ia, and he hast
ened homeward, giving up his LARAMIE
visit for the present.
, 1907-09-26
CHORAL UNION WILL
HOLD FIRST MEETING.

The Laramie Choral union will hold
its first meeting at the Carnegie IL
brary Monday, September 80, at 1880
D. m. for the transaction Of business
necessary to the fall reopening. The
finances are in a very flourishing con-
dition. The president will appreciate
1t IL all old members bring as many Of
their musical friends as they can In
duce to come.
, 1907-09-26
pisappointment Follows.

Hence his disappointment at the re-
fusal of the New York Yacht club to
accept his original challenge.
, 1907-09-26
WAITING for Cars.

-Four outfits are here today, waiting
for cars to load for the east. Hunter
has three cars of cattle, Campbell mas
five cars and c. A. Judy has three cars.
Lantz being here with a carload d
horses to be sent eastward when he
gets a car.
, 1907-09-26
Will Outline His Plans.

La Crosse, Wis, Sept. 26.-Chairman
Manson of the democratic state COM
mittee has notified the local democrats
that the campaigning tour of William
J. Bryan in this state will be made in
November and that Bryan will speak
at a dozen points, outlining his plans
for the campaign of 9O8.
, 1907-09-26
conservatory pamaqed.

Pleasant Hill, Mo-, Sept. ga boil
err exploded early today in the conserv-
atories Of George M. Kellogg, a florist.
three miles from here, partly destroy
ing the building. Damage, SIC. 5000.
These Conservatives are among the
largest in the west.
, 1907-09-26
Visiting In Wisconsin.

Mrs. Ed Gilman, wife of the engi'
neer, and bright little daughter are
the guests of relatives in Wisconsin,
where they are spending some time.
In the meantime, Mr.. Gilman is living
with the family of his brother-in-law,
Henry Corey.
, 1907-09-26
Stock at the Yards.

The following shipments of sheep
were at the yards here this morning:
Lawson & Hatch, Montpelier, Idaho,
to Chicago, thirteen cars; Knowlton
& Meyers, Arco to Chicago, three cars;
Haley & Sanders, Montpelier to Chi
cago, fourteen cars.
, 1907-09-26
General Strike Declared.

Havana, Sept. 26.-The general
strike of the employees of the United
railroads and The Havana Central Elcc-
trio railroad was declared today. A
tie-up of all railroads on the island Is
feared.
, 1907-09-26
Returned to Rawlins.

d. w. Burg. chief clerk In the once
of District Foreman Ed Tierney AT
Rawlins, returned to that city today
after a brief visit with friends In tnis
city. He was a guest at the ohnso
during his stay In the city.
, 1907-09-26
went With Special Train.

Superintendent Stewart and Auditor
Emmons Of the Laramie Plains II
left at 10 O'Clock today with a special
train of empty stock cars for Centen-
NAL, where the Big creek cattle are
being loaded. President Miller was
already on the ground
, 1907-09-26
HELPED TO
BUILD W.U.
MAN WHO WORKED ON FIRST
TELEGRAPH LINE FROM CHI
cAoo TO PACIFIC COAST
DEAD AT CHICAGO.

Boughan Had Been Continu-
ousIy Employed by the Western
Union Telegraph Company for For.
ty-four Years, Retiring Four Years
Ago as Head Of Experimentation
fessed to Murder and Suicided.
, 1907-09-26
HERE FOR TREATMENT
For SPRAINEp ANKLE.

= Miss Neville Of the John Benedict
ranch is in the city to be treated for
a sprained ankle, sustained yesterday
by stepping into a hole In the walk.
and will return to the ranch this Of.
ternoon Or tomorrow.
, 1907-09-26
-Four Candidates.

Black Hills lodge, Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen.
will have four candidates for initiation
at its meeting tomorrow afternoon,
and other business on hand will make
the session an unusually lively one.
, 1907-09-26
Returned to Camp.

J. D. Garrison, in charge Of the sur
veying corps running a line from the
Laramie Plains road to North park,
who spent the day yesterday in the
Office Of Superintendent Stewart, left
for the Boswell ranch this morning
and will join the surveying party from
there.
, 1907-09-26
conspire. Against Police.

Havana, Sept. 26.-The secret ser
vice police today arrested General Mas
SO PARA, General Juan Ducassi and
General Lara Miret, charged with con
spring against public order.
, 1907-09-26
One Redeeminu Trait.

Mrs. Krossway's next door n~eighbor
had passed away.
Well. I'll say this for her. said
Mrs. K~rossway, with a sigh. "She was
a good borrower.'-Chicago Tribune.
, 1907-09-26
VOL|VA SURRENDERS
HIS FIGHT FOR ZION

ceive the financial backing he had ex-
pected.
Formal Notice to vacate.
Voliva said he had received formal
notice from John c. Haley, receiver Of
Zion City, to vacate the premises he
used as Offices and a publication plant.
Voliva branded his treatment by the
receiver as persecution.
, 1907-09-26
Two BattIeships Named.

Washington, Sept. 26.-"North Da-
kota" n Delaware" will be the
names OF the two 20,OO0-ton battle.
ships for which contracts were recent
ly awarded BY the navy department.
, 1907-09-26
Special Train Sent Out,

Conductor Ross Hines and Brake
man Charlie Davis went to Centennial
this morning with a special train of
empty stock cars to be used in loading
the North park cattle at that place.
, 1907-09-26
THE PLANS
ARE STATED
JUDGE MiLLlkEN TELLS REAL
ESTATE EXCHANGE OF THE
pENvE R-sEATTLE ROAD.
invited to Address That Body At Lunch.
con at Noon Yesterday, Showing
Map Of Proposed Road and Giving
Hammer Of Financing the Concern
Gross Continental Lines.

Judge j. D. Milliken, president OF the
Northwestern Land and Iron company,
the holding company Of the proposed
Denver, Laramie and Northwestern
Railroad company, addressed the real
estate exchange at its weekly luncheon
at the Brown Palace hotel at noon to-
day at the request Of that body, says
the Denver Times. The address was
on the proposed railroad from Denver
to Seattle, the methods under which
IT would be financed and the ad'
vantages its construction would be to
Denver.
Coast to Coast System.
A map was shown which outlined
the proposed route. It showed that
when constructed through from Sea
attic to Denver 1t would form a coast
to coast system by connecting with
other roads here for the Gulf OF Mexi'
co, which would be shorter than the
distance travelled at present. The route
from Seattle to Galveston, through
Denver, would be less IN distance thai
from San Francisco, Portland or Seat
tie to Chicago by several hundred
miles.
Plan to Raise Funds.
The approximate distance from Seat
tie to Denver over the route Of the
proposed road will be 1,400 miles and
from Seattle to the gulf, 1000 miles
Judge Milliken in speaking of the
financial side OF the road, said that IL
the six big insurance companies in
this country were able to accumulate
$4,000, 600, 900 on an average OF s1ot
for each policyholder he felt confident
the people could be counted upon FOL
$4,000, 900. This amount would be used
in constructing the first part of the
road and the road then built would bt
security for further financing. He
pointed out how this plan has beer
successful in putting through n o.
the principal trunk lines under con
struction.
Gross Continental Lines.
He stated that 1t would be only fit.
miles farther for q person to g
through Denver on the new road from
Seattle to the Atlantic coast than Oh
any of the direct lines now built. Tbi'
road would cross every ~transcontinen
tai road and give them all Denver con
nections.
, 1907-09-26

Conductor Henry Morgan left this
afternoon for Omaha to join his wife,
who went yesterday, and they will Wis.
1t there for the next fortnight or mora.
, 1907-09-26
Mad. His First Trip.

mick" Murphy, who was recentis
promoted from brakeman to conductor
made his first trip to Rawlins yestet-
day n ia congratulated by his com
rades on q very successful run.
, 1907-09-26
Some Totals.

The poll tax assessed in the county
amounts to SALSA; state tax, $685.,
905.93; county tax, $36,3S7; general
school tax, s9,129.61; special school
tax, $~21,S19.26; school bond interest
tax, district No. l, s1,131.22; library
tax, s2,610.92; county bond interest
tax, 5 3,913.64.
, 1907-09-26

The Republican Is the best advertIs,
Ing medium in the city and count for
1t reaches all the people all the time
, 1907-09-26
Is NOW JAMiToR
AT ALBANY NATIONAL,

Colonel Jabez Cook is now the JAM
tor and engineer at the Albany Coun.
ty National bank, having succeeded Y.
Sato in that position.
, 1907-09-26
COMMITTEE MEETING
THIS AFTERNOON,

The executive committee Of the
board of trustees of the University OF
Wyoming met this afternoon, at 3
o'clock, at the office Of the secretary.
at the university, for the disposal Of
the business of the past month.
, 1907-09-26

Try The Republican want column
It brings results.
, 1907-09-26
COUNTY FAIRS AND

At the meeting this evening of the
Laramie Literary club the subject for
discussion will be County Fairs and
Farmers Institutes"