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, 1908-04-08
STORY HOUR
REAL TREAT
CHILDREN TO BE ENTERTAINED
WITH ILLUSTRATED TALK
BY MISS MERRIAM.
That Lady Within the Past Year Has
Herself Visited the Scenes of
Some Of Barry's Peter Pan Stories
and Will Have Pictures of places
and Figures in Noted Gardens.

A great treat is promised for the
children at this weeks STORY hour
at the Carnegie library, which Is to
Jake place at 4 o'clock Friday after
noon. Miss Ethel Merriam has pre-
pared the celebrated story of Peter
ran In Kensington Gardens" by ]. M.
Barry, in a shortened form, and has
ufawn a number of enlarged sketches
vi the beautiful pictures by Arthur
neckham, which lend so much en-
chantment to the story in its book
form. Miss Merriam, within the past
year, was a visitor at Kensington gar
uens in London, and has been able to
fahsfer SOME of the vivid recollec-
uons she has of that fascinating place
mo the pictures she has drawn.
Pictures Of Fairies.
me children next Friday, and any
larger folks who care to come, will
not only hear about the wonderful ad-
'ehlures of "Peter"' and his goat, but
VIII see realistic representation of
many OF the strange little people who
i've In Kensington gardens, such as
ee inherent fairies, Solomon, Betwixt-
ana'between, Shelley, Mrs. Finch, NAL
nne' Brownie, and other wonderful
pefsons, as well as the places where
they lived.
, 1908-04-08
REALLY BIG ATTRACTION
TOMORROW EVENING

If Laramie the~atergoers are really
sincere in their contention for high
class productions they should show
their appreciation by attending the
performance at the Opera House to,
morrow, Thursday, evening. 1t will be
the most pleasing musical comedy
that was ever presented here. A conf
edy with music well describes THE
District Leader" Joseph N. Howard's
music, a real plot and an excellent
company have made this production
n of the hits of the season. 1t is
enough to say that Mr.. Howard wrote
the music. That fact alone guaran-
tees the ca%tchiness and beauty of the
songs which are plentiful in THE Dis
trict Leader" but although the writ
ing of a plot is something new for the
popular composer, in this, his latest
effort, the story is az much of a fea-
ture as the music, and is Of the same
degree of excellence. AS every num-
Der in THE District Leader" Is a pro.
nounced hit, some idea of the quality
of the plot may be obtained. Miss
Ethel Dewey heads a company made
up in part of Frederick c. Truesdell,
Albert Deneir, Frank Weed, Gustave
Neville, Nina Marley and Vera Hamik
ton, and is assisted Dy a large chorus.
All the principals have made hits in
, 1908-04-08
PROHIBITION FIFTY
YEARS AGO AND TODAY.

This is not the first wave of prohibi-
ton that has swept over the country,
says Ferdinand Cowle Inglehart, in the
Fifty-four years ago there was one that
swept over the northern states with
as great violence as the n that is
now raging owe the south. Then
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York,
Delaware, Michigan, Indiana and Iowa,
by acts of their legislatures, forbade
the manufacture n sale OF ~intoxicat-
ing liquors as a beverage. Nine
northern states wen dry" in a single
year, the year 1855.
The liquor men, dazed and %frighten-
ed at the revolution, set themselves
desperately to resist it. By n %pretense
or another there was widespread multi
fcation of prohibition. One state
after another receded from its radical
action, until nearly all adopted the
system of license. So that, upon to a
year ago, of the IS states that had
tried the experiment of prohibition
only three-Maine, Kansas and North
Dakota-remained in tne ranks, they
having adopted constitutional prohibi'
ton.
Will the present prohibition legisla'
ton be ephemeral like that of half a
century ago or will it be permanent?
There is every reason to believe that
it will be permanent. There were
more elements of permanency in the
earlier movement than appeared on
the surface; for during all the years
that the state were falling out of tho
prohibitory column the people were
steadily removing the saloon by
local option till at the time there
were but three prohibition states left
the liquor traffic had been abolished
from two-thirds of the territory oc-
cupied by one-half of the population
of the United States. OF the 36,000,'
600 people who nave expelled the
saloon only 1000, 900 have done SO
by state prohibitory laws, and 26,000,'
600 have effected the removal by local
ODtion
, 1908-04-08
Special Japanese Party.

A special party of Japanese business
men and men of note in the kingdom
passed through the city this morning
on their way to Washington. The
party occupied a special sleeper and
the train carried a dining car for their
use. They were accompanied eastward
by a number of prominent business
men of San Francisco, who will intro,
duce them to members of congress and
have them presented at the White
house. The special ears formed a part
of the Overland Limited train, which
was drawn by W engines, reaching
here about 9 O'Clock this morning.
, 1908-04-08
To Rearranse Freight Terminals.

In order to comply with the federal
law prohibiting railroads from working
their trainmen than sixteen
hours at a time, the Union Pacific is
taking active steps to divide the dis
lance from Denver to Ellis, Kas., into
three divisions instead of two, as at
present, says the Denver Republican.
In order to do this the company will
spend nearly 100000 on terminal
buildings at Hugo, Colo, and Sharon
Springs, Kas. The present terminal
between here and Ellis, is Cheyenne
Wells, Colo. The run from Denver to
Cheyenne wells is 1T miles, and from
Cheyenne Wells to Ellis 100. The new
arrangement of terminals will cut the
distance into three divisions, averag-
ing 112 miles each. Hugo is los miles
east of Denver and Sharon Springs los
miles east Of Hugo.
, 1908-04-08
Romance In Cement.

There ismuch of the romantic, says
Popular Mechanic, in the development
of the cement belt" from a farm land
none too rich at that to teeming val
ley filed with %laborers, skilled and uu.
skilled. Farmers who for years barely
succeed in making enough from Their
farms to meet the mortgage interest
suddenly found themselves rich be.
yond the most extraordinary flights OF
their imagination. Barren rocky soil
upon which the wild carrot, the golden,
rod and the Canada thistle were the
prolific crops, and where the tiller of
the soil more frequently than not
damned the rocks which were to prove
his fortune, suddenly became worth
hundreds of dollars al acre.
, 1908-04-08
WILL sow WHEAT
For CEREAL COMPANY.

officers of the Overland Cereal com,
pany, with Offices in the Temple block
at Second and Thornburgh streets,
yesterday afternoon closed contracts
with the following parties for sowing
wheat for the company during the
coming season: j. F. White of Rock
River, 80 acres; Diamond Cattle com,
pany of Rock River, 60 acres; c. ].
Phelan of Rock River, 40 acres; Her.
bert ]. King of Rock River, 40 acres.
The officers are today consulting with
Mr.. Ehrlich of Minneapolis with a
view to the purchase of machinery for
the Touring mill here.
, 1908-04-08
BOYS TAKE BLOW
At BLQCH's BLOCK
JUNIOR CLASS AT NEW YORK UN.
lvERsITY SUSPENDED FOR
HAZING A FRESHMAN.
Latter on Campus as Juniors Leave
Office of President After Being
Informed of Suspension and Is Set
Upon, Cooler Counsel Preventing
More Serious Trouble.

ior class of the New York university
We're suspended from the university
for three days by the faculty today for
hazing Henry Bloch, a freshman.
Bloch was on the campus and met the
chapel today, after the announcement
of the faculty's action.
Bloch Almost Loses Block.
There was another alteration be-
tween him and some of the class and
Bloch was knocked down. Cooler
members of the juniors interposed and
prevented further trouble.
, 1908-04-08
MAKING ARRANGEMENTS
FOR CONCERT TOUR,

Mrs. Slavens Clark, director Of the
school of music of the University of
Wyoming, who will take the University
Girls Glee and Mandolin club to the
western part of the state on a concert
tour for the benefit of the sufferers by
the Hanna mine explosion, is today en-
gagged with Agent A. B. Cady Of the
Union Pacific freight and passenger
office in arranging the details of the
railroad journey. The party will ira.
vel in its own car, covering six dates
during the week beginning on the goth,
giving the initial entertainment in this
city on the evening Of April 16.
, 1908-04-08
Found Empty Purse
ROMAN SENATOR AND
METHODS OF VOTING.

when l was in Rome" said the
senator, 81 attended a session of the
Italian parliament. What amazed me
vas the way they voted there. They
did it by pushing a button. On each
members desk were three buttons
marked, respectively, Aye No and
Abstain The man, when his name
was called, instead of shouting as we
do, just pressed a button, and his vote
was recorded automatically by an
electric printing apparatus."-New
York Times.
, 1908-04-08
Kisses Hand of kino.
THE SACRED cANTATA
AT CATHEDRAL TONIGHT

The sacred cantata, "Olivet to Cal
vary" will be sung again tonight at
the cathedral, and for the last time
next Wednesday. Each Wednesday
evening has seen a larger and better
pleased congregation. The cantata
has proved a great help to the Lenten
services. Next Sunday being Palm
Sunday, there will be the usual pro.
cession with palms in memory of the
triumphal entry of the Savior into Je.
rusalam amid the waving of the palm
branches by the people.
, 1908-04-08
Former Operator Visiting Here.

Ben Ball, formerly an operator in
the local telegraph office, and Mrs. Ball
are in the city, having just returned
from a visit to the Pacific coast, and
will go from here to Cheyenne, where
Mr.. Ball will resume his position. He
says business conditions in the west
are not bad and that they are steadily
improving. Mr.. and Mrs. Ball visited
at San Francisco, sailed to the Gaia.
lima islands and visited up and down
the coast considerably.
, 1908-04-08

ed, he decided to walk the eighteen
miles to the city. A storm blew up
during the afternoon, and just as he
reached the Laramie river bridge, al
most to the city, the train overlook
him and beat him to the Fremont
street depot. Mr.. Northrup says the
only thing he gained was experience
and the principal thing he learned
was that the race is not always to
the swift
, 1908-04-08
WARRANTY DEEDS FILED
FOR RECORD TODAY.

The following warranty deeds we're
filed for record at the county clerks
Office today: arnN
G. M. Downey and wife of Salt Lake
to Norma Downey, for S., the whole
of block 343, Laramie.
Norma Downey to Sheridan Downey,
for $500, the block above described.
McAlvoy Jane Harris to Sheridan
Downey, lot /. block 15J. FOR So.
, 1908-04-08
May Make Warlike Display.

Chicago, ILL.,, April ga Tribune
dispatch from Washington says: Plans
are being elaborated in detail for the
mobilization of the joint military and
naval forces in Venezuelan waters as
soon as possible after President Roose-
welt obtains congressional sanction to
resort to force against President Cas-
tro.
Tentative Plans Forming.
1t may not be deemed necessary by
the administration to make this DEM
onstration, but the war and navy de-
, 1908-04-08

stone" carrying a party of eastern in.
vestors, passed through the city yes
terday afternoon, en- route to Elk
mountain and points around there, the
fasteners going to inspect the coal
lands owned by the Northwestern
Land and Iron company. The car was
Joined here by Mr.. Kent, one of the
officers of the company.
, 1908-04-08
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

The board Of county commissioners
will make a trip over the road be-
tween this city and the maneuve
groungs on Grow creek tomorrow, and
may let a contract for some repairs
to the road. The board will place
tue road in excellent condition in view
of the fact that the army maneuvels
will likely be held there this summer,
as the camp will bring a large num-
Der of visitors to the city and from
the city to the reserve.
, 1908-04-08
Chicago Live Stock Market.

Chicago, April S.-Cattle-Receipts
about $4,000 head. Market steady to
strong. Beeves, $4.6O@7.3O; cows and
heifers, s2.1046.20; Texans, s4.50@
$40; calves, s4.5O@6.5O; westerns,
$4.50Q5.50; stockers and feeders, 1925
@5.35.
Sheep-Receipts, about $4,000 head.
Market steady. Westerns, s4.7596.SO;
yearlings, $6.25@725; lambs, $4,000
1855; western, s6.2597.SO.
, 1908-04-08
La Toilette Wins Delegation.
C%rittenden Elected.

Kansas City, Mo-, April S.-Com-
plete returns show the election of
Thomas T. Crittenden, jr., (democrat)
for mayor, over Henry M. Beardsley,
lrepublican), by a plurality Of 1900
votes. The complete democratic tick
ct, with the exception Of police Judge
and city treasurer, was elected. In
addition the democrats also secured
their entire upper house ticket and
nine of the fourteen aldermen.
independence Democratic.
At Independence, Mo-, the demo-
, 1908-04-08

The Denver, Laramie and North
Westerns first special car, the yellow
, 1908-04-08
MARKET REPORTS
Live Stock at South Omaha.

South Omaha, April S.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts, 5000 head. Market slow to 10c
and 15c lower. Western steers, s2.75@
600; Texas steers, s3.OO@5.25; range
cows and heifers, s2.75@5.OO; Gamers,
S2.0043.50; stockers and feeders, $500
@5.35; calves, s3.OO@5.75; bulls. $500
@5.25.
Sheep-Receipts, 1000 head. Market
1O@15c lower. Yearlings, $6.0O@7.20;
wethers, s5.75@6.S5; ewes, $5.OO@6.40;
lambs, $6.75@7.75.
, 1908-04-08
johnson Will Accept.

Chicago. Ill. April S.-Governor
Johnson of Minnesota. who passed
through here today, said: 81 am a
candidate for the presidency in the
sense that II ! gain the nomination I
shall accept it and make every effort
to be elected. | am not making a per-
sonal campaign, and do not expect t.
seek instructed delegates"
, 1908-04-08
Nip and Tuck in Colorado.

Denver, Colo. April S.-Nineteen of
thirty-five towns in Colorado which
voted yesterday on the question of 10.
cal option went for no-license and six
teen voted to license saloons. The
a~nti-saloon element won four towns
formerly wet and the liquor element
gained five towns.
, 1908-04-08
The Reasoning of Ants.

With its microscopic brain the ant
has not the power of reason (safd M.
Henry Hill, at the London Institute,
recently. Experiments have proved
that; but it is excessively Initiative
has marvellous power of adaptation.
and accomplisheG all its remarkable
work through the medium of plastic
instinct
, 1908-04-08
Will Have to Move

Baggage Agent A. B. Caverly has
been notified that Mrs. Charles M.
Nissen, who owns the house in which
he lives on south Fifth street, is com
Ing home from New York about the
first of May, when he VIII have to va
cate. and today Mrs. Caverly is at the
pleasant task Of hunting a house.
, 1908-04-08

their respective parts, and together
with such song successes as Heart to
Let" whats the Use of Dreaming"
Same Old Story" Home is Home
and Something Doing Around My
Heart" have made THE District
Leader" a well rounded entertainment
calculated to please the present up-to-
date audiences. Seats now on sale.
Prices, $1.5O, s1.00, 75c and SOC.
, 1908-04-08
Harmon Not a Candidate.

Cincinnati, O., April 8.-Judson
Harmon. former attorney general O;
the United States, who has been fire.
quently mentioned for Governor of
Ohio, gave out a statement today in
which he says he is not a candidate
and could not accept the nomination
this year.
, 1908-04-08
PRESIDENT OPPOSES
THE jim CROW" LAW

partments are both mapping a tenta-
tive military movement.
Must Have Congressional Sanction.
The president cannot constitutionally
declare war against Venezuela, and
legislative authority would be neces-
sary for such a campaign; therefore,
the present preparation of plans, it is
understood will merely be in accord
with the policy of mapping u a
campaign for possible emergencies.
Very Explicit Preparations.
The directions given in the present
instance are, however, the most ex-
plicit made since the army and navy
were ordered to prepare for participa-
ton in the international relief column
against Picking.
, 1908-04-08
Lumber Company Fined.

Grand Rapids, Mich, April S.-Judge
knappen in the United States district
court today sentenced the Stearns Salt
ana Lumber company of Ludington,
Mich, to pay a fine of $4,000 for ac-
cepting rebates from the Pere Mar
quette railroad or lumber shipments.
, 1908-04-08
Dirlsible from a Distance.

The German admiralty has, it Is re,
ported. requested three engineers of
Muelheim to give a demonstration be-
fore the naval authorities at Keil of 9
boat invented by them, which, 1t is
claimed, is dirigible by electricity from
a distance.
, 1908-04-08
Wisconsin Delegates for BRYAN.

Milwaukee, Wis, April S.-The DEM
ocrats yesterday elected delegates at
large and in the districts to the ma
tional convention, the list being the
same as nominated at the February
state convention, which we're instruct
ed for Bryan.
, 1908-04-08
Going Through Golden Gate.

Paso Robes. April Sit has been
finally decided that Admiral Evans
will not rejoin the feet at San Diego
or participate in any of the celebra-
tons in southern California. The ad-
miral pleaded with his doctor today,
but the best the medical man would
promise was that Evans could board
the Connecticut at Monterey and tako
the fleet through the Golden Gate.
, 1908-04-08
Urges Decreased Cotton ACREAGE.

Atlanta, Ga, April SIN a signed
statement to the farmers of the south.
issued today, Harvie Jordan, president
OF the Southern Cotton association,
urges a reduction of the cotton acre
age SO per cent. Unless this is done,
he says the prices will be low next
fall. He also urges the growers to
hold what remnants of cotton they
have.
, 1908-04-08
Many Saloons Voted Out.

Chicago, ILL.,, April s.-The great
liquor contest in Illinois result
ed in a drawn battle, with the saloons
winning decisively in most of the lars-
er cities but losing III scores of small
Ter ones, LOLA saloons being voted out
of existence. Returns by townships
show that 1913, or more than three.
fourths of the total, 1,O12, were clos
ed to the saloon.
, 1908-04-08
IS MADE
PRIME MINISTER
APPOINTED BY KING EDWARD TO
VACANCY CAUSED BY RETIRE.
MENT OF ZIMMERMAN.
First rendered Resignation as Chan
cellor of the Exchequer and Then
Kisses Hand of King as Latter
Makes ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
sannerman in Very Poor Health.

London, April S.-The vacancy in the
office of prime minister of Great Bri-
tain, caused by the resignation last
Sunday of Sir Henry Campbell-Bran-
herman on account of i'll health, was
filled today at Biarritz, France, during
an audience there between King Ed
ward and Herbert H. Asquith, who
had been summoned from London.
Kisses Hand of King.
Asquith first rendered his resigna.
ton as chancellor of the e%xchequer
and Immediately thereafter kissed the
hand of the king on his appointment
to the post of prime minister and first
lord of the treasury.
, 1908-04-08
At the Union Pacific.

The following guests were register
ed at the Union Pacific hotel last
night: T.. G. Gordon, S. F. Lincoln,
e. ]. Ramsay, A. H. Bridgeman, w.
II. Dearstyne and w. E. Taylor, Dem
yer; d. G. Petty, Fort Collins, Colo;
|. p. Deweese, Kansas City; H. B.
Schwartz, Green River; E. c. Clau,
sen, Cheyenne.
, 1908-04-08
WRITES LETTER TO ATTORNEY
GENERAL TO ENFORCE IN
TERSTATE COMMERCE
REGULATIONS.
Directs Proceedings by Injunction to
Compel Railroads to Furnish Same
Accommodations in South for
White and Black Passengers Pay
ing Same Rate of Fare-May- Mob.
ilize Forces in Venezuelan Waters.

@ Washington, d. c., April s. 6
@ President Roosevelt today made 9
@ public his letter of April 2 to the Q
G attorney general directing pro- @
@ ceedings by Injunction to COM -
G pei certain railroads of the south 9
G to furnish equal accommodation Q
G to white and negro passengers. G
@ C @ G C G G C 9 G G c G G G G o
, 1908-04-08
HAS TAKEN OPTION

OTN y 6TO HHTNOTI.
Daniel c. Burton of Chicago left for
home today, after having completed
option on a large ranch in this vicin-
ity. He will return in a few days,
bringing other Chicago parties, when
it is expected the option will be taken
up and the deal consummated, the
option is upon nearly eight thousand
acres belonging to the Wyoming Cen
trail Land and Improvement company.
, 1908-04-08
CLOSING Stock ouotatlnn..

New York, April S.-Union Pacific,
127A; Southern Pacific, 741s Achison,
76$ do preferred, So; New York Cen
trail, 9Sh; Pennsylvania, 1863; Anal
gamated, sos Steel, 34s do pre-
ferred, 9SH2.
, 1908-04-08
Grain and Provisions at CHICAGO.

Chicago, April s. Wheat - May.
91%c; July, S6% 9S6hc. Corn-May,
67Ac; July, 64hc. Oats-May, $3.50;
July, 43&c.
Pork-May, $3.50; July, s13.S5.
Lard-May, sS.37h; July, $500
S.62h. Ribs-May, $7.22h; July. $3.50.
, 1908-04-08
TWENTY-FOUR OF THlRTY-FiVE
ALDERMEN ELECTED BY
THAT PARTY IN YESTER-
DAYS ELECTION.
Mayor will Have Largest Republican
Backing Given to Any Executive
in Past Thirty Years-MiIwaukee
and Kansas City Captured BY the
Democrats-Liquor Question Cuts
Big Figure in Two States.

Chicago, ILL.,, April S.-Thirty-ive
aldermen were elected yesterday in
Chicago, and of these twenty-four were
republicans. Mayor Busse will enter
the second year of his term with a
larger party majority back Of him
than any mayor has had in the last
thirty wears
, 1908-04-08
Railroad Company Dissolved.

At Cheyenne yesterday the stock
holders of the Wyoming State railway,
organized for the purpose of connect
ing the Salt Creek and Lander oil
wells with the Chicago and Northwest,
ern railway, voted to dissolve the com
pany. The stockholders we're E. r.
White, Fenimore Chatterton, George
Bidwell, Gibson Clark and ]. H. LobelI.
, 1908-04-08

Among the visiting railroad men to-
day are C. P. Gardner, the passenger
engineer, and q. C. C~lausen, the SUI
pervisor of bridges and buildings for
the Wyoming division.
, 1908-04-08
Business Gettinn batter

Business at the shops is quite brisk.
showing a revival all along the Wyo-
ming division, and more men will have
to be added to the working force in a
few days, it is confidently believed.
, 1908-04-08
had A LONG WALK
THROUGH SNOW STORM

~. NJ. Northrup OF Mandel is in the
Today, arriving yesterday after.
on a buying trip. Mr.. Northrup
.sed at Millbrook yesterday, Just
me train had pulled out from that
th.u o Centennial, and rather
walt several hours until it return
, 1908-04-08
Prominent Pythian MORALLY Wounded

FroHTHeHt PytHTdh WortdTy
Springfield, Mo, April S.-Judge
James A. Frick, an attorney and past
grand chancellor of the Knights of
the temple and mortally wounded at
midnight.
Found Empty Purse.
The police found him on the street
corner, within a block of his home.
An empty purse, which had contained
$500, was found near the body.
, 1908-04-08
MARRIAGE LICENSE TO
ARLINGTON YOUNG LADY.

A marriage license vas issued today
to Walter Allan Hixson of this city
and Miss George S. Mcintyre of Ar
1ington, daughter of w. A. Mcintyre of
Rock River. The marriage will oc-
u in this city on Wednesday of next
week.
, 1908-04-08
New York Financial Market.
New York, April S.-Money on cal
lsy. 1h@1A per cent.


New York, April S.-Lead quiet, 1895
piUo; lake copper easy, s12.S7h@
1900; bar silver, 54Bc per ounce.
st. Louis, April S.-Spelter nominal.
S4'55.
, 1908-04-08
IS CARRIED
BY THE REPUBLICANS
cratic ticket, with the exception Of
two aldermen, was elected.
Honors Divided.

At Kansas City, Kas., the democrats
and republicans each elected three al
dermen. With the followers the dem
ocrats will control the council.