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this year that the salary of the captain
be raised to $50 per month, the eng!-
.neer to SIS per month and the driver
to $40 per month. And also that an
arc light be placed at the intersection
of the streets in front of the hose
house, as the small light now in use is
inadequate.
In conclusion l would extend my sin
cere thanks to the mayor, chairman of
the fire department committee, and the
members of the city council for their
kindly aid in getting the department
built up to such a high standard of ex.
cellence, which has now developed in
to n of the best equipped depart
ments in the state, and l also wish 10
express my thanks to the assistant
chief and other members of the de,
partment in their various capacities,
who have always performed their du-
ties to the best of their ability when
under the most trying circumstances.
Very respectfully submitted,
OTTO GRAMM,
Chief of Fire Department.
, 1908-01-20
UNCLE SAM IN ROLE OF CUPID
Forced to Act as Matrimonial Agent in
the Philippines.

One of the little details that fall tc
the Philippine government is that OF
finding husbands for the orphan girls
of the institution, bearing the name OF
the Hospicio de San Jose, and to dc
this is no easy matter. Before the
Filipino will consent to go to the altar
he has to be shown a monetary advan.
tage-in fact, a bride without a dowry
wouldn't get a husband in a thousand
years. Uncle Sans agents, after
wondering why there was such a
dearth of bridegrooms for their pretty
charges of the Hospicio, finally dis.
covered that in order to marry them
off dowries would have to be found.
AS the result a matrimonial brokerage
commission has been formed. Through
this, $3.50 is offered to any young
Filipino of good character who will
take n of the orphan maids as his
life mate, but no bargain is closed I'm.
til after official cupids have thorough.
ly examined into the history of the
husband-to-be.
, 1908-01-20
First Printer Found,

A French semi-scientifc magazine
does away with the discussion as to
who was the first printer. Here is it's
story: When Agesilaus observed be-
fore the battle that made his name
that his soldiers doubted success, he
wrote on his hands, inverting the let
ters. the word Victory" in Greek, of
course. When the priest appeared
with the sacrifice, a bulls liver, the
great captain laid his hand on the
flesh and kept it there for some time.
After he removed it the word "vic-
tory was printed there, patent to all
eyes, and this Greek was undoubtedly
the first printer. The soldiers saw
what they supposed to be "a message
from the gods" and fought like lions.
, 1908-01-20

Editor C. w. Williams of the GuerE
sey Gazette u that he is going
TO Rawlins to take charge of the Raw
Inns Republican. He is to retain his
ownership of the Guernsey Gazette anu
says that he has lost no faith in north
ern Laramie county. The change is
purely a business one, Rawlins Offering
q little broader field for Mr.. Williams
capabilities. Since coming to Wyo.
ming the Gazette man has made a host
of friends. His honesty of purpose and
strict attention TO business, combined
with a humor possessed by few, nave
won for him a warm place in the hearts
of all with whom he has come in con,
tact.
, 1908-01-20
STATE PRESS
He Rose to the Occasion

The New York Sunday papers are
congratulating Secretary of wal Taft
on his success in meeting the cross
fire of questions directed at him at
Cooper institute, New York, last week.
Cooper union is called the Peoples
Institute" The great hall holds about
5000 persons and there are usually
present many "e~astsiders," including
men active In the labor movement, so
cialists of all stripes, men who toll and
men who seek to lead those who toll.
Anticipating the fun at Cooper union,
the New York Mail said the day before
the speech was delivered:
when Mr.. Taft has ended his
speech, according to the custom of the
Peoples Institute, Director Charles
Sprague Smith will invite discussion
in the form of questions from the au'
dience.
There are invariably in these gath,
erings men who can put questions
.keenly and who can load thier ques'
tons with grape and shrapnel of con
troversy, and it is quite likely that the
secretary will receive some hot broad
sides.
This closing half-hour of a Peoples
Institute meeting is always exciting,
The audience holds its breath, the
questioner gets a good hearing, he
frames his verbal thrust well as a rule,
and he strikes forcibly at the very mar
row of the question.
Few men have been brave enough
to speak on this platform ON contro.
versial questions. Secretary Taft's
handling Of such a burning problem
whether he is pacific or bold, is sure
TO draw the fire of men who are prac
ticed at hurting their own ideas with
cutting force in the face of a speaker
How well the big secretary of wal
comported himself in the face OF that
big audience and the questions asked
the country now knows. There was
no hesitation, no weakening, no EN-
barrassment, buta frank reply to every
interrogatory according to its merits.
Wyoming Tribune.
, 1908-01-20
HAZING.

Occasionally the dispatches contain
accounts of college hazings that make
ones blood boil. 1t is inconceivable
how young men can lose their sense
of fairness II justice to such IN eX-
tent that they will resort to cruelty and
torture that frequently makes invalids
for life N sometimes causes death.
There is generally an element OF
thoughttulness IN these alleged college
FRANKS, but more frequently a spirit Of
pure c~ussedness predominates. A dis.
patch from Louisville, Ky, contains an
account of the manner in which a
young man was hazed to his death
which is appalling in the extreme. The
dispatch says:
AS a result Of exposure while being
hazed by fellow students when attend,
ing Rose polytechnic institute at Terre
Haute, Ind, two years ago, William
KEEPER jr., of this city, 20 years of age,
died at San Antonio, Tex. His father
was on his way TO Texas at the time
n will not learn of his sons death
untl his arrival there.
KEEPER was a student at a Louis,
vile training school, from which, af,
ter being graduated, he went to Rose.
He was an athlete at the local school
and entered the freshman class at col
lege in the engineering course, with
bright scholastic and athletic prospects
While studying in his room ne was
SET nnnn Inv mpglynI gtnIAnfg urhA ,ar
ried him TO a cemetery and tied him
with his back to a tombstone. KEEPER
took the matter in good part, but made
the request that his overcoat be given
him. The others rolled up his coat
collar, but left him on the chilly groun1
and so securely fastened hat he could
not ever nov his chilled arms and
legs. Thus he was found by the sexton
on the following morning completely
exhausted.
For W weeks afterward he had a
severe cold which developed into pneu'
monia and he was brought home. He
never recovered his strength and was
unable to return to school. After be,
ing an invalid for more than a year
tuberculosis developed and he was SEM
TO the southwest, leaving here on New
Years day. He grew rapidly worse
and died at San Antonio after having
been forced to abandon a plan to go
to Colorado.
KEEPER was 6 feet 2 inches in height
and before his severe hazing was in
perfect physical condition. He nlayad
full back on the local eleven and is re.
membered as a star player behind the
line. He did not tell Of the hazing or
make any public matter of it until TAX.
en- i'll with pneumonia.
His parents have observed his ear
nest request that no trouble be made
for the thoughtless fellow students
who caused his illness and death"
, 1908-01-20
Russian Post Office SAVINGS Bank.

Consul T. E. Heenan, of Odessa,
states that although the post Office
savings bank system in Russia is of
comparatively late origin, it shows a
healthy development. The annual in
crease in the deposits now averages
about SAG, 900. The amoun on de-
post on August 1, 1903. was s501,-
100000, and on the same date in 1907
1t had reached 1856, 500, 900. As there
has not been any real advance in the
national prosperity to explain such an
Increase in the nations savings, the
rush to the savings bank can only be
accounted for by the fact of the peo-
pie not desiring to retain large sums
in their homes.-Consular Report.
, 1908-01-20

Fremont Imaginary.
Box number 22 located at Seventh
and University Imaginary.
Box number 90 located at Fifth and
Clark.
Box number "a located at Seventh
and Grand.
Box number 25 located at Eighth
and Sheridan.
Box number rs located at Ninth and
Custer Imaginary.
Box number 81 located at Pine AMI
University.
Box number 32 located at Pine and
Custer.
Box number "a located at Cedar and
Fremont Imaginary.
, 1908-01-20
Warming in lime.

In his desire to use fine language,
the darby of the south frequently al
lows his ideas to become a trife con-
fused, as well as confusing. A hand
Dill announcing a ''colored picnic" to
be held in a grove near Mobile was
once freely circulated. After various
enticing announcements concerning
the delights in store for the partakers
n this entertainment, the bill con
Guided with the following p~erplexing
notice, printed in italics: Good be-
hayior will be strictly and reservedly
enjoined upon all present, and moth
ing Will be left undone which will tend
TO mar the pleasure of the company
-Harper's Weekly.
, 1908-01-20

While at Helena Governor Brooks
was the guest of Governor Toole CT
Montana. The latter was n cousin OF
our former Judge Bramel and made
anxious inquiry relating to the judge
and his people. Governor Brooks says
he appreciated to the fullest extent the
courtesy shown MIN by Montana's chief
executive.
, 1908-01-20
List of Fire Alarm Boxes.

Box number IL located at Second
and Grand.
Box number 10 located at Second
and Park.
Box number IA located at Fifth and
Custer.
Box number Is located at Fourth
and Thornburgh Imaginary.
Box number 16 located at First and
Thornburgh Imaginary.
Box number 81 located at Third AMI
, 1908-01-20
ALL FOND o. MAKING NOISE.
It's the Way of Mankind to Seek to
Create an Impression.

Lincoln" said Mr.. MacGilkamby,
told a story about a little steamboat
running on the Wabash river with a
whistle so big that when the captain
blew it he had to tie up to the bank
for an hour or two to get up steam
enough to go on. He had only a little
boat, but he wanted to make as much
noise as anybody on the river. AND
isn't 1t so, in a way, with our friends
the automobilists? If you don't see
1t you can't tell by the sound of the
horn whether the machine coming is
a veritable battle ship of a car with a
limousine body and with IA extra
tires clamped to it, and with hampers
and baskets strapped to it all over,
and with sever trunks on the roof, a
regular house on wheels driven by
100 horsepower engine; or a rickety
little secondhand two horsepower
runabout, for the floppy little ruhabout
is altogether likely to carry a bigger
and louder horn than the majestic
touring car. And still, are steamboat
men and a~utomobilists the only people
that like to put up a big front? Don't
we all of us, big and little, like to
make all the noise we can in the
world?"
, 1908-01-20
present.

1t may appear 4 trifie strange, but It
is nevertheless true that two years ago
DIR. j. NJ. Wilson of Douglas, eX-presi
dent of the Wyoming Wool Growers
association, was a very strong advocate
of range control and leasing. The Re,
publican will give full particulars in a
few days. The Doctors arguments
were sound, logical and conclusive.
, 1908-01-20

Congressman Bonynge OF Colorado Is
e~ndeavoring to have the time in which
final proof may be made under the
desert land act extended two years.
If this amendment becomes a law final
proofs will be permitted at any time
within six years instead Of four, as at
nrsgpnf
, 1908-01-20

A PENALTY OF 8 PER CENT, AND
8 PER GENT INTEREST PER
ANNuM Is NOW ADDED TO ALL
TAXES FOR 1907 AND MUST BE
PAID. n. MAYNARD,
j4f4 DIV COUNTY TREASURER.
, 1908-01-20

Doughty delegates home from Helena
boast of the buckets OF blood they shed
in trying TO defend the fame of their
former president. Hard work. wasn't
it? And all they succeeded in getting
into the record was just what the Lar
annie record shows. Nothing! Must
be they are unable to get around their
scribe, these pharisees.
, 1908-01-20

PILES CURED IN 6 TO IA DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to
cure and cast OF Itching, Blind, Bleed.
ing or Protruding Piles in 6 to IA days
or money refunded. soc. mw.f
, 1908-01-20
HOME FROM CHEYENNE

NFTER SHORT VTST 7.
Mrs. Emma Howell Knight and her
son, Howell Knight, returned Sunday
afternoon from Cheyenne, where they
had been for a few days, the guests of
the family of Mr.. and Mrs. II. e. Grain.
, 1908-01-20

We will hear from the other side
of the deadline this week. The Ma.
tional Live Stock association is having
its innings.
, 1908-01-20

And then, after Walsh mas served
four hundred or five hundred of that
five hundred n forty years, he may
be q better man.
, 1908-01-20
Terms Of Subscription,

Goodbye, Los Angeles limited. Com,
again when travel picks up.
, 1908-01-20

are in his favor, and while Il few indi.
yiduals may have another choice it BE-
hooves the republican PARTY of this
state to stand solidIy for one man, and
that selection should of course be con.
trolled by the majority.
That selection for president of the
United States is Taft-let 1t be known
far and wide and let Wyoming present
q solid front when convention time ar,
riyes.-Rawlins Republican.
o
Advance Agent of Peace
William H. Taft, whom the re-
publican central committees of many
states are recommending for the pres
idential nomination, is a man of rare
tact and superb executive ability as
has been demonstrated on many occa'
sions. His trip to Rome in 1902 70
confer with Pope Leo in regard to the
purchasing of the church agricultural
lands in the Philippines was a deli
ate mission successfully performed
and the negotiations ended in an agree
ment by which the United States final
ly acquired title to the lands. His
successful work as civil governor o!
the Philippines resulted in bringing
order ou+ of chaos for the oppressed
people of those islands.
His mission to Cuba in 1906 resulted
in ~suppressing a proposed revolution
and many other instances may be cited
where the tact and finesse OF William
H. Taft have gained for him an en-
viable reputation as the Advance
Agent of Peace and Harmony" Wyo.
ming a do no better than to send an
instructed delegation to the national
convention next June for Secretary
Taft.-Riverton Republican.
, 1908-01-20

Grand Junction shipped more than
nine hundred carloads of fruit, for
which approximately a million dollars
was received. Record prices were paid
for this fruit. Colorado is advancing
rapidly in the raising of all kinds OF
fruit and the methods employed there
are so strictly up to date that the
growers invariably get the best prices
going.
, 1908-01-20
None SO Erratic-

lNolC oO
The editorial writer On the Sheridan
Enterprise don't seem to have a very
good opinion of the newspapers of the
state who don't howl like a coyote al
everything that is done in Cheyenne
whether it is good or bad, and he saws
that they are afraid of losing state and
federal patronage. We don't believe
that any state has a more Independent
press than Wyoming. There are very
few of the newspaper editors who can
be bought, bluffed Or bulldozed. 1t is
true we cannot all look alike upon all
questions, but the machine, or the
Cheyenne ring, or whatever you may
call it, has but little influence over any
of the newspapers. There is not a
newspaper editor in the state but wh1
is fully as independent as the Enter
prise editorial writer, and we are also
pleased to note that none are so er'
ratic.-Casper Tribune.
, 1908-01-20

For fine job printing, leave orders at
me Republican Office.
, 1908-01-20

Daily Republican, so cents . month
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-10
"Thc Girl Question:"

Never has Joseph L. Howard writ
ten more catchy music-music that is
SO easy to remember and which it is
impossible not to Whstle-than he
has in The Girl Question" the latest
La Sale theatre success which comes
to the Gennett on Jan. 16, under the
of the Askin-S Singer COM
pany, who sent this city The Time.
The Place and The Girl" and The
Umpire" The Girl Question" is by
the same authors as these big success
SEES and the La Sale Theatre company
is still playing it to the S. r. o. sign
at every performance despite the fact
that it has already passed the 200th
mark in Chicago The company which
will be seen here is headed by Paul
Nicholson, Angevine Norton, Florence
Ackley and a dozen otner well-hnOwn
principals, who will be supported by a
chorus which for beauty, ginger and
dancing ability has never been excell-
ed
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-10

Orrine Treatment to Be Used at Home
Without Publicity or Loss Of
Time from Business.

The best aid to temperance is some
thing that will strengthen the drunk
ards wrecked nervous system and cure
his unnatural craving for drink. We
believe that any man who really de-
sires to be cured of the liquor habit
can cure himself by using Orrine. This
remarkable treatment has made so
many cures that we are glad to sell it
under all absolute guarantee to refund
the money If it does not cure.
1t is in two forms: No. that can be
given secretly, and No. > for those who
wish to be cured. 1t is not only the
most reliable treatment known, but
it is also the most economical as it
costs only 81 a box and there is no de-
tention from the usual duties, while if
cure is not effected, tlere is no ex-
pense whatever. Mail orders filled on
receipt of price in plain sealed package.
Write for free booklet The Orrine
Co Washington d. c., or A. G. Luken
4 Co., Richmond Ind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-10
BOGUS MONEY WAS
STOLEN BY MISTAKE
New Castle Man Admitted His
Intent, However.

New Castle, Ind, Jan. 10.-Harrison
Williams, who is charged with steal
ing eleven 500 bills from James Daw-
son here last fall, makes a novel eX-
PLANTATION. Williams was arrested at
the home of relatives i'll Muncie after
two months search had been made in
this state and in Kentucky. To the
officers he said he did break open a
trunk at the Dawson home and take
what he thought were yellow 500 gold
certificates Instead the bills were
bogus money and not worth anything
at all. To substantiate this story sew
eral of the bills were given to the Of
ficers. They were found to be only
advertising money"
Relatives of Dawson. who is at the
present time out of the city, say the
story is false. and that real money was
taken. Williams is in Jail and IS
charged with grand larceny.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-10
WOMEN WIN BATTLE
FOR ORPHANS HOME
Succeed After Bitter Struggle
Lasting Five Years.

Kokomo, Ind. Jan. 1O.-After a fight
of five years the women of the Or
phans' Home board were successful to-
day in securing an appropriation of
$4,000 the limit of the law, for the
building of an orphans home. This
appropriation was obtained i'll the face
of the persistent and active opposition
of Amos W. Butler. secretary of the
state board of charities. The women
of the board were present yesterday i'll
force expecting the appearance of Sec
rotary Butler, who recently addressed
a letter to all the officials of the county
against the orphans home project, in
Guiding the members of the county
council, who voted the appropriate.
today. The women expected to have
spicy remarks for his benefit, but were
disappointed in his absence.
AS a result of the women's victory
the holdings of Mr.. Butler in this coun.
ty. said to exceed POO acres of land
will be subject to taxation for the es-
tablishment of the institution which he
fought bitterly and which is in con
flict with the general policy of the
state board of charities.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-10
AbyssInianS Sweep Down on
Little Italian Colony and
Commit Murder.
RED SEA FLEET ORDERED.
1T WILL GO IN DEFENSE OF The
COAST GARRISONS-D DISPATCH
ES INDICATE TROUBLE is OF A
SERIOUS NATURE

Rome, January 1o,-News has been
received here of serious trouble i'll
Italian Somaliland on the east coast
OF Africa, which has resulted i'll
pitched battles between the Italian
forces there and the Abyssinians. One
dispatch reports a raid by 1000 Abys-
siniaus near Lugh, the furthermOst
Italian station in the interior, the
Abyssinians robbing. killing and i'm
prisoning many of the merchants. III
a number of engagements that follow
ed. both sides. according 10 the reports
suffered heavy losses.
The Italian government has ordered
the squadron now in the Red Sea 10
proceed to the coast of SOmaliland in
order to protect the towns along the
coast, as the entire territory is gar.
risoned by not more than 1000 natives
under command Of Italian officers. The
Italian minister is to present protest
to King Menelik against the violation
of the status quo.
Late night dispatches indicate that
the trouble is Of a very serious nature
1t is learned that Lugh was besieged
by the Abyssinians and destroyed aft
er desperate and unequal fight and
that its defenders were killed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-10
It Is Claimed That a Dozen
Errors in Law Resulted
In Conviction.
CHARGED WITH THE CRIME.
eNT,cEp PRETTY "BILLY" BROWN
INTO THE ADlRON D A c x
WHERE, PROSECUTION CLAIM
ED. GILLETTE DROWNED GIRL.

Albany, n Y, Jan. 10.-A new trial
for Chester Gillette, on the ground ol
nearly a dozen errors Of law in the
trial which resulted in his conviction
and sentence Of death for the murder
of his sweetheart, Grace Cor billy }
Brown, at Big Moose Lake, in the Adj
rondacks, on July II, 1906, was asked
of the court of appeals yesterday pE
former Senator 4. NJ. Mills. OF LIIti"
Falls, who has been Gillette'S counsel
since his arrest. The appeal is OPP
posed by Geo. w Ward, of DolgeVlll",
who was district attorney of IIerIhi-
mcr at the time Of the murder ana
OF the trial.
Gillette, it is charged, enticcd Miss
Brown, who was about TO become the
mother of a child OF which he mas
never denied the paternity, to Big
Moose Lake, III the AdirOndackS, in
July. 1906. took her out in a boat to a
lonely part of the lake. and AS dusk
was falling struck her on the head and
face with his tennis racquet or some
other weapon and threw her uncon-
sclous Douy lhto tllc "dt'l' WHICH, IT.
IS claimed, drowning completed the
work Of murder.
The defense claimed that the girl,
in despair at her plight suddenly
aros2 in the boat, exclaiming, Il will
end it all" and before her companion
could prevent leaped into the water,
overturuing the boat as she jumped.
Gillette claimed that he WAS unable to
rescue her
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-10
ROOSEVELT MAY NOT
SPEAK At DEDICATION
Those Interested Got Bad
News From Washington.

Washington, Jan. 10.-President
Roosevelt feels that it will be next to
impossible for him to attend the I'M
yelling of the monument of Gen. Har-
risOn at indianapolis. The president
can not get away from Washington in
any event until after congress ad-
journs, and as this is long session
there is no certainty as to when ad-
journment will take place. The pres
ident will be very busy until congress
quits work, and then to undertake the
preparation of an address for such an
important occasion would be a hard
task.
The president has not said positive
ly that he can not go to Indianapolis,
but, he has indicated that it is very
doubtful whether he can do so. Mean
while those who are interested in max
ing the dedication a great occasion
have not entirely given up hope and
every effort will be made to induce
the president to accept the invitation