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, 1908-02-20
LARAMIE, WYOMING, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20. 1908.
JONES INTERVIEWED.
Down on Roosevelt and Says Bryan
and Taft Have no Chance.

New York, Feb. 20.-Charles b
Jones, chairman Of the national prohib.
ition committee, said yesterday, in an
Interview here, that President Roose.
welt had lost the confidence of the
lrrohibitionists because he had not ar,
rayed the powers of the government
against liquor. Bryan, he said, had no
chance of election to the presidency
and Taft no chance of getting the re
publican nomination because they are
in sympathy with the prohibition
movement. Jones is enthusiastic over
the rapid growth Of the prohibition
sentiment.
, 1908-02-20
HARTMAN WINS IN
THE FISH CONTENTION

holding stock of other corporations,
and said that the fact that the pur-
chaser might be a foreign corporation
and the stock that of a domestic cor
poration could not change the rule of
law.
Charter Power Conferred.
The court denied that there is any
rule of American law prohibiting one
corporation from holding stock in an
other corporation, when the first cor
poration has in it's charter specific
power to do so.
Not Competing Lines.
The decision further says that the
Union Pacific and Illinois Central are
not competing lines.
No Appeal in Sight.
Attorneys for Fish agree hat the
decision of Judge Ball cannot be ap-
pealed from. Attorney Farrar, for
Fish, said the case would now have to
be tried on it's merits, the decree en-
tered, and then he would be able to
appeal. He said he would go ahead to
try the merits of the cas- as soon as
possible.
, 1908-02-20
Warfare In Manchuria.

Portland, Ore, Feb. 20.-Advices
have been received at Portland from
Hong Kong and other Chinese cities
that a species of guerilla warfare has
broken out in Manchuria between the
Japanese soldiers, who make up the
army of occupation, and native Chinese
bent on driving out of the country the
representatives of the power whom
they fear as an encroaching menace
1t it said that several conflicts hav :
occurred between the soldiers and thu
people and hat the Japanese have
been entirely driven from the towns of
Hop CT Bin and En- Tai Hop Gil.
, 1908-02-20
Movement Under Way.

M. j. Barry of Cheyenne and Lara
H'e' manager of the Barry Bros. book.
Store at the corner of Second and
! uorhourgh streets, made the above
I'ulaFk to a representative of The Re
puoilcan at noon today, after the re-
poFCer had been summoned on pur-
pose TO hear the matter. The state
'nent lacked in no particular of that
pOSilVeness wanting to convince that
luere was truth behind it and action
y auJusted that result is bound to fol.
Nv MT. Barry said he had been talk
s m4th certain financial interests and
confident that nothing but the
ueUalis are to come to secure for this
Wy What it needs without question
hrSt-class modern playhouse, where
.He needs of the town in a theatrical
way can be met.
W Sites in View.
we nave two splendid sites IN
new,' Mr.. Barry continued, both OF
"nich meet the requirements of ths
fnan l nave in mind-location both
a theatrical and business stand
CO.., me proposed building will be
hauon of amusement and bust
80 stores on the street flool
all nces N the second story, usint
~ aisoie room and providing som.
n,aHl emu Necessary to make tn,
Tns."se also a business proportion
VIII Will not interfere in the leas
tbsa ehe interior arrangement OF tn,
which will be modern and III
, 1908-02-20
STOESSEL GIVEN
DEATH SENTENCE
RUSSIAN GENERAL CONVICTED IN
CAPITAL OF THAT NATION
EARLY THIS EVENING.
Recommendation of Communication to
Ten Years in Fortress Follows the
Death Sentence-General Fock
Reprimanded and Generals Smir
noff and Reiss Were Acquitted.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 2O.-In the Sto-
essel case the court tonight sentenced
the general to death and recommended
that the sentence be commuted to ten
years Imprisonment in a fortress AMI
that he be excluded from the service
Fock Reprimanded.
General Flock was reprimanded and
Generals Smirnoff and Reiss acquitted
The generals were in charge Of Port
Arthur at the time OF its surrender to
the japanese, being blamed for giving
up at that time.
, 1908-02-20

Chicago. H., Feb. 20.-Judge Ball
dissolved the injunction against the
Illinois Central granted to StuyVesant
vieb last October. This decision is in
favor of Hartman.
Union Pacific May Vote.
The decision of Judge Ball in the
SUPERIOR court today releases 2S6,23l
shares of stock from the effects of the
Injunction granted to Fish and allows
tbe Union Pacific and the Railroad
Securities company of New Jersey,
which control that stock, to vote it at
the annual meeting which will be held
in his city March rs
A Long Opinion.
The decision of Judge Ball was
quite extended, amounting to about
10000 words. After citing the history
of the case and going at considerable
length into the various claims and as
s%ertions of both sides, the court con
tinued:
The Judge Quoted.
There is but n ground upon
which this bill can be maintained. If
the Union Pacific has no right to buy,
hold or own either in Illinois Central
or the Securities company, or either
of them is intruding in this election
wholly without right, then-I think the
bona ide stockholders, without alleg-
ing lr%reparable injury. may ask the
court to throw them out.
An Important Question.
This brings us to the question, Is
there in the public policy of this state
a prohibition against voting by a for
eign corporation of stock in a domestic
corporation, which stock it purchased
and paid for and holds under express
power granted to it by the state of its
creation?"
May Hold other Stock.
The court declared hat corporations
per Sc are not barred from using and
, 1908-02-20
PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES
INVITED TO ATTEND.

Miss Adsit, in charge of the training
department at the university, has
especially invited the Grand Army of
the Republic, the Women's Relief
corps n the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution to attend the patriotic
exercises to be given by the depart
ment at the university auditorium to-
morrow evening, seats being reserved
especially for them.
, 1908-02-20
Brakeman owns to Robbery.

F. L. Smith, the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas brakeman on the Eldoraio
train which was robbed Saturday night
of a package containing $4,000, con
fessed last night to having distracted
the package from the conductors iron
box IL took the officers today to the
express car, where the money was
found secreted, says & special dispatch
from Nevada, Mo, of the 18th. Smith
is held under a charge of grand lar.
ceny.
, 1908-02-20
orders Maintenance of Rate.

In deciding the case of the MeI.
chants Traffic association against The
Pacific Express company 1t Washing.
Ton yesterday, the interstate commerce
commission made effective a stipula.
ton at the recent hearing that the
complaint be dismissed and ordered
the maintenance for not less than two
years at a rate Of So cents per 100
pounds on milk II ream from st.
Paul, Neb., to Denver, Colo.
, 1908-02-20
Reception to Baron,

Washington, D. c., Feb. 2O.-A for
NAL reception to Baron Takahira as
ambassador of Japan to the United
States took place at the White house
at 2:45 this afternoon. The ambas-
sador was brought to the White house
IN President Roosevelt's private car
riage, accompanied by Colonel Bron-
well. the presidents military aide.
Suite Present in Uniform.
The suite Of the ambassador In dip
lomatic, military and naval uniforms
was present at the reception.
, 1908-02-20

AM RICAN LEADS.
kendalIville After Long Night
In Deep Snow Drifts.

Fort Wayne, Ind, Feb. 2O.-The
American a in the New York-Paris
race arrived at Kendallville this morn.
ing, after having been stalled the
greater part of the night in snow drifts
east of that city. The French car
came in a short time later. Farmers
along the route turned out late at night
shovel way the blockading drifts
for The American.
, 1908-02-20
PHOTOGRAPH
OF WELL KNOWN WRITER.

Although the photographs of many
celebrities are included in the collec-
ton of the Denver Press club, there is
Lone of Eugene Field. taken in his a
ly days when he was winning fame FOR
himself on Denver dailies, and the club
is very eager to secure a photograph
taken at that time, says the Denver
Times. The famous poet, who worked
here at the same time that Bill Nye,
Rothacker n Ziegenfuss did, had
many friends here, and it seems prob.
able that omeone has a photograph of
him as he appeared then. 1t would be
easy to get n of him taken in later
years, but the club wants n of him
as he was when in Denver.
, 1908-02-20
WE'LL HAVE
OPERA HOUSE
POSITIVE STATEMENT MADE BY
MAN WHO is INTERESTING
HIMSELF IN THE NATTER
M J. Barry of Barry Brothers Now
Working Out the General Plans
and Looking for Site, Combining
Business and Playhouse Features
Will Cost About $4,000.

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paper a give expression to it G
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y era house, and that it will be rea- G
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, 1908-02-20
FORMER RESIDENT HERE
nIEc IN col {

A telegram was received here today
announcing the death at his home at
Fowler, Colo, last night of Anthony
Wayne, a former well known and well
liked resident of this city, who leaves
Z. wife, the sister of the late Mrs. Os.
car Rogers of this city. Mr.. and Mrs.
Wayne left Laramie some ten or a doz-
en- years ago, but have kept in touch
with the people of this city since, 80
that the announcement of his death
will find many here who will mourn at
his taking away. He was about 30
years of 6
, 1908-02-20
Killed BY Motor Car.

w. j. cambridge, a prominent ranch.
err and sheepman of Orchard, Colo.
was killed Tuesday night by the I'm.
Pacific motor train while in the
act of tagging the engineer in an #
fort to have him stop. The circum-
stances surrounding the accident are
shrouded in mystery.
, 1908-02-20
WILL LET CONTRACT
FOR NINE WORK

T. Percy Rolfe, manager of the Key
stone mines at Keystone, is in the city
for a day or two, here to arrange for
awarding a contract for some work TO
in that mine has o widened to moro
than seven feet and that the outlook
for success is quite good, although lit.
tie work is being done just now. He
will return to the mine later in the
week.
, 1908-02-20
WILL REVISE THE
REVENUE LA VS.
GOVERNOR APPOINTS HONORARY
COMMISSION TO lNvEsTI-
GATE AND MAKE REPORT
Commission Requested to Meet at
Cheyenne as Early as Convenient
and Recommend Such Changes and
Amendments of Organic and Sta.
tute Laws as May Be Necessary.


Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 2O.-Governor
Brooks has appointed a commission
TO investigate and make recommends.
tons relating to the revenue laws OF
the state. The letter is as follows, a
copy being addressed to each member
of the proposed commission:
The Governors Letter.
MY Dear Sir:-In obedience to
widespread public interest o nthe sub
ject of taxation, l have determined to
appoint an honorary commission of
five well known citizens to examine the
taxation laws Of Wyoming and recon-.
mend to me, for transmission to the
next session of our state legislature,
such changes n amendments in the
organic or statute laws of the state a,
will adjust any irr%egularity that may
exist in the burden of taxation, evolv
ing a system in line with the best
public policy and with the best thought
upon the subject.
Names of the Commission.
You Ire hereby appointed one o.
the five members of the proposed com
mission and 1 urgently request you Il
accept the work in the name of and
for the benefit of the state. The con-
mission as selected will consist of Hon.
William R. Schnitger of Laramie coun.
ty, Hon. William e. Mullen of Sheri.
can county, Hon. A. D. Cook of Con
verse county, Hon. John w. Hay of
Sweetwater county and Hon. l.. j. Du-
hig of Fremont county.
Early Meeting Suggested.
1T is suggested that the commission
this day appointed meet at Cheyenne
at the earliest convenience and organ
iZe for the purpose of assuming the du.
ties they have been asked to perform
Very truly yours,
"B. B. BROOKS, Governor"
Personnel of Commission.
Mr.. Schniter is the secretary of state
of the state of Wyoming, Mr.. Mullen
is the attorney general of the state,
MT. Cook is the state superintendent OF
public instruction, Mr.. Hay is a prom.
inent banker of Rock Springs and Mr..
Duhig is the editor of the Thermopolis
Record.
, 1908-02-20
PROMINENT STOCKMEN
WILL BE The SPEAKERS.

At the meeting of the Literary cluD
this evening at the Carnegie library,
the same subject as that discussed last
week will again be taken up, The Res.
clutions Regarding the Conduct of the
Public Range and the Forest Reserves
Adopted By the Wyoming Wool Grow.
ers at Their Convention in Laramie
and by the National Association at IT.
Meeting at Helena" Several promi
nent stockmen and citizens have sighi.
fed their intention to speak and every
n interested in the subject is invit.
ed TO attend the meeting.
Daily Republican. 80 cents n month
, 1908-02-20
DENNlE SMYTH LOSES
TWO VALUABLE HOUNDS.

The dog p~oisoner is still at work in
Ogden, say the Ogden correspondent
of the Salt Lake Tribune. Tuesday
morning two valuable hounds belong
ing to D. A. Smyth were given meat
saturated with ~strychnine, which prov
ed fatal in a few minutes. A bulldog
owned by an employe at the Whit
House cafe was later found in the
throes of death from the same aus
, 1908-02-20
COWS BEING
FOR TuBE RCu

DR.. A. w. Whitehouse will begin to-
morrow the tests for bovine tubercu-
losis of cows voluntarily presented to
him. These tests will have the adj
vantage of official tests, whether the
proposed test ordinance becomes a law
or not, and if it does, cows tested now
viii! not be required to be presented
under the new law.
, 1908-02-20
GOVERNOR IS ON
ROAD To MEXICO
ACCOMPANYING PARTY OF CON-
VERSE COUNTY CAPITALISTS
TO LOOK AFTER INTERESTS.
Interested in Large Timber Lands in
That Republic, Having Quarter
Cheyenne Man as Manager and
Fremont Man in Charge of Mills.
Special to The Republican

Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 2O.-Governor
B.. B. Brooks, his brother, John Brooks
of Casper, and other prominent citizens
of Casper and Natrona county left on
the afternoon train today for Old Mex
leo, going to Kansas City from here
and thence over the Orient road.
Have Timber interests.
The governor and party are inter
ested in a large timber project in that
republic, where they have investments
to the amount of a quarter of a million
dollars. The project is being very sue
cessfully operated, the holdings includ-
ing $4,000 acres of splendid timber
land, with extensive sawmills and fac
tories.
Cheyenne Man as MANAGER.
Hon. Clarence T. Richardson, for
merly of this city, is the general man
ager of the company's affairs in Mex
leo, j.. ID. Woodruff of Fremont county
being in charge of the mills in the
field.
, 1908-02-20

Callao, Peru, Feb. 2O.-The Amer
ican battleship fleet has been sighted
OF this port. The latest wireless dis
patch from the Connecticut says that
Admiral Evans is still in poor health
ana e Admiral Charles NJ. Thomas
Is IN charge of the fleet. Callao is
crowded with persons eager to witness
the arrival of the vessels
, 1908-02-20
NOT COMING
IN BIC NUMBERS
SECRETARY STRAUS MAKES THE
STATEMENT AT THE MEET
= ING OF THE CABINET.
In January There Was Large Decrease
in Number of Japanese Arriving in
the United States, Number in This
Country and Hawaii Being less
Than One Thousand.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 2O.-At tue
cabinet meeting. Secretary Straus of
the department of commerce and labor
laid before the president some sight.
icant figures as to immigration.
Large Decrease in Japs.
The figures show that for January
there was a large decrease in the num-.
her of japanese arriving in the Unite
The total arrivals for both
the mainland and Hawaii were 971, as
compared with about 500 for January,
1907. Mr.. Straus did o offer any ex.
PLANTATION as to the falling off in Jap
anese arrivals.
From Other Countries.
AS to the immigration to the United
States from other countries, Mr.. Straus
said the total for January was, in
round numbers, 300, as compared with
5,4O0 in January one year ago, a H.
of so per cent Mr.. Straus
showed that for the months of July
August, September and October the
total immigration to the United States
was 463 900, while the emigration for
the same period was 10000.
Large outgo of Foreigners.
The figures on emigration for No
yember, December, January and Febru.
airy, not yet prepared, are expected -
show a still greater ratio as compared
to immigration, there having been q
large outgo of foreigners in November
and December.
, 1908-02-20
Cruisers at San Francisco

San Francisco, Cal, Feb. 2O.-The
armored cruisers West Virginia, Mary
land. Tennessee and Washington ar
rived here this morning from Magda.
leha Bay The cruisers Colorado and
pennsylvania, which accompanied
them up the coast, did not enter the
bay, but proceeded northward to the
bremerton navy yard. The four big
vessels anchored near the battleship
Nebraska.
, 1908-02-20
Will Return With Bride.

L. Spiesen, a machinist employed at
the Union Pacific shops, leaves today
for Chicago, says the Cheyenne Tri.
bune. There is a young lady in Chi.
cago who is waiting for Spiesen, and
when he returns he brings with him
a young bride.
, 1908-02-20

Washington, d. c., Feb. 2O.-Briga-
der General Francis S. Dodge, United
States army, retired, who was awarded
a medal of honor by congress for dis
tinguished %gallantry at the battle of
White river in Colorado, in the Indian
campaign in the sixties. died at his
residence here yesterday. General
Dodge served with the Twenty-third
Massachusetts volunteers during the
Civil war.
, 1908-02-20
CHEYENNE NEGREss is
AGAIN IN THE TOT

Stella Graham. a colored woman, is
again at the police station, having es-
capped from the poor house, and CONS
to Cheyenne TO procure cocaine, says
the Cheyenne Tribune. The
has been a source of trouble to the po-
lice for several weeks past. This Is
the third time she has left the poor
farm. She will probably be ordered
to leave town.
, 1908-02-20
LARAMIE YOUNG LADY o
RETlJRNG To LEoInAh In

Miss Georgia Glidden of this city, a
graduate OF the nurse training school
of the Wyoming general hospital at
Sheridan, has returned to that institu
ton, having severed her connection
with a private hospital at Cody.
, 1908-02-20
Home from Elk Mountain.

DR.. ]. V. Delaney, the government
live stock inspector, returned last
from Elk mountain, where he had
for a few days looking after some
stock inspections. He says the wealth
er at Elk mountain has been miserably
mean for a few days.
, 1908-02-20
FIRE CHIEF DEAD.
Head of Cheyenne Department Victim
Of Heart Failure This Morning.
Special to The Republican.

opttTuI W IHU "TttUUDTICdM.
Cheyenne, Wyo,, Feb. 20.-Phil Ker-
rigan of this city, for several years
chief of the Cheyenne fire department,
was found dead in his bed this MORN
ing, death having evidently resulted
from heart failure, as he had not COM
planned of illness and none of his
friends were expecting so sad an end
ing of a well spent life. Mr.. Kerrigan
was about 46 years of age and leaves
a son of IL years, his wife having died
some years ago.
, 1908-02-20

Trainmaster Let's advises that there
is a vacancy for switchman at Hanna,
and that the oldest man in point of
service applying before the 25th can
have the place.
, 1908-02-20
Too Bio For His Clothes.

Engineer Tom McHugh of the Lar
annie Cheyenne district passenger ~
who has been at Los Angeles and 9th.
coast cities for a few days, has re.
turned, greatly improved in health,
, 1908-02-20
May Close Offices.
Operators Not obtainabIe.

to date in every way. The building, as
planned SO far, will cost from $35, 900
to $4,000, and will be a neat, tasty
structure, a credit to the community
1t is certain to be a go and 1 shall
keep you posted"
, 1908-02-20
Paying Checks Today.

The Union Pacific pay checks s0r
January were being handled by the
banks and stores today, the number
and size being smaller this month than
last.
, 1908-02-20

Auditor l. w. Emmons of the Lar
annie Plains line made a business trip
to Centennial this morning. returning
on the afternoon train.
, 1908-02-20

RAILROAD NOTES
Left for Idaho.

Conductor Ed Garrity left this after
noon for Rupert, Idaho, where he will
visit with his wife and daughter for b
few weeks.
, 1908-02-20
Both Decline to Talk.

New York, Feb. 2O.-Both Hartman
and Fish, who is in this city, declined
to comment on the decision by Judge
Ball in the Illinois Central case until
they had seen the full text of the de-
cision.
, 1908-02-20
Serious Proposition.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 2O.-A prop
osition very serious to many people
residing in the vicinity of small rail
road stations throughout the country
is presented to the interstate COM
merce commission in an informal petit
ton, in which the Wabash Railroad
company asks an extension of time in
putting into effect the nine-hour law
which applies to employees who direct
the movement of trains.
May Close Offices.
1t is declared in the petition that un-
less an order for extension is made,
either by the commission or congress,
the only alternative will be the closing
of a large number of stations on the
Wabash railroad.
Operators Not Obtainable.
The company says it is not able thus
far to secure competent operators in
such numbers as will enable it to COM
ply with the act. 1t is pointed out
that in order to comply with the law
it will be necessary to transfer opera
tors now in the employ of the company
and close many of the smaller stations.
, 1908-02-20

He finds it almost necessary to bur
d new suit of clothes, as he has out
grown some of the old ones. The but.
tons are popping off by the dozens.
, 1908-02-20
INJUNCTION DISSOLVED IN
LENGTHY OPINION BY JUDGE
RAIL OF THE SUPERIOR
COURT AT CHICAGO.

,,,ion pacific Has Right to Vote Stock
of Illinois Road Owned by 1t at
Annual Meeting to Be Held March
Ok and Fish viii Be Ousted From
ANY Control of That Property
peculiar Situation Arises.
, 1908-02-20
DEATH OF SENIOR MEMBER FROM
SOUTH CAROLINA FOLLOWS
AN OPERATION FOR
APPENDICITIS.

Was Born in South Carolina, Served
Several Terms in Congress and
Was Sent to Senate in Place of
Senator Mclauren-Senate and
House Receive Notice and Ad-
iourn Out of Respect to Memory.
, 1908-02-20
SENATOR LAT|MER
DIES IN WASHINGTON


mark of respect the house at 1:12 ad-
journed.
, 1908-02-20

Washington, D. c., Feb. 2O.-Sen-
ator Asbury C. Latimer of South Car
DINA died at $3.50 o'clock this morning.
He had been in the Providence hos
pital since Sunday, when he under
went operation for appendicitis. 1t
was then discovered that the bowels
had become twisted and little hope of
recovery vas entertained by the doc
tors.
, 1908-02-20
Native of South Carolina.

Senator Latimer was born July 81,
1851, in South Carolina, and had served
five terms as a member of congress
from South Carolina, and was elected
to the senate in 1902, taking his seat
March 4, 1903. He was a democrat
and resided at Bolton, S. C.
FeeIinsIy Referred to Dead Senator.
Chaplain Hull, in his prayer at the
opening of the senate today, referred
feelinsly to the death of Senator Lati.
mer. After the adoption of appropriate
resolutions and appointing a commit
to take charge of the funeral. the
senate adjourned until tomorrow.
House Adjourns Out of Respect.
In the house Mr.. Finley of South
offered resolutions of regret
at the death Of Senator Latimer. The
speaker announced the committee to
attend the funeral, and as a further