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, 1908-02-10
SENATOR BURNHAM INTRODUCES
MEASURE FOR PACKAGES
ON RURAL DELIVERY
MAIL ROUTES.
Price Fixed at Five Cents for the First
Pound and TWO Cents for Each
Additional Pound or Fraction Up
to Eleven Pounds-Restricted to
Packages offered by Merchants
and Patrons on the Line.

Washington, d. c., Feb. Ex-senator
Burnham of New Hampshire today in
troduced in congress a measure to
provide for a rural delivery parcels
post. 1t has the endorsement of Pres
ident Roosevelt and Postmaster Gen.
eral Meyer. The rate of postage is
fixed at 5 cents for the first pound and
2 cents for each additional pound or
fraction thereof up to eleven pounds
Service Restricted.
The service is restricted to such
parcels as are offered by merchants
whose places of business are on the
rural delivery route and residents on
such routes.
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BIC STEEL PLANTS
ARE BACK At WORK

ginning of the financial depression,
the company will be at work IN full
time shortly.
Salem Plant on Double Turn.
The plant of the American Steel and
Wire company at Salem. O., resumed
double-turn operations this morning.
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Alleoed Mail Thief Arrested.

Waco, Tex, Feb. 10.-John A. Gee,
aged 80 years, who was arrested at
Bryan, Tex, Saturday, was brought
theft of two mail pouches at Temple
last December.
Threw Money Orders Away.
The pouches were looted near Waco.
and $4,000 in money orders, checks
and drafts were thrown into the
stream, while all the money in the
letters was taken.
, 1908-02-10
BUSINESS
MEETING
COMMERCIAL CLUB DISPosEs OF
CONSIDERABLE ROUTINE FOR
THE GOOD OF THE TOWN.
War Department viii Be Communicate
ed With Concerning the Proposed
Maneuvers Of United States and
State Troops on Grow creek-New
Secretary Elected Sunday.

At a special meeting of the Laramie
Commercial club yesterday, called for
the purpose of taking up the summed
army maneuvers at the Crow creek for.
est reserve maneuver camp, a commit
tee of seven members, consisting OF
I. H. Simpson, N. e. Corthell, F. H.
Eggleston, s. H. Campbell, W. H. Hol-
liday, ]. E. Winslow and Fred A. Mil
Ter, was appointed to take the matter
up with the war department, the I'm
ion Pacific Railroad company and the
maneuvers will be held in August and
September, when a large number of
regular and state troops will be quar-
tered at the camp and vast amounts of
supplies will be consumed. The rail
road company will be asked to make
Laramie the loading and unloading
point, the county commissioners will
be asked to place the fourteen miles
Of road between the city and the camp
In hauling condition and the war de-
partment will be urged to have the
troops and supplies brought here and
sent to camp.
Endorsing Railroad Proposition.
The club also appointed a committee
oil three, composed of F. H. Eggleston,
I. L.. Patched and Otto Gramm, to
draft a resolution endorsing the plans
OF the Denver, Laramie and Northwest
ern Railway company, which is propos-
ing to build a line of road from Denver
through Laramie to Lander and the
northwest The plans Of the company
We're made known to the club, and re-
ceived the hearty commentator Of
mat organization. The committee will
report the resolution to the club at a
later date.
+. H. Eggleston and James Naismith,
representing the club, will be sent to
the Citizens Coal company's mines
west of this city to make report upon
mat proposition. The company is
working upon the development of the
immense body of coal and the club will
render such aid as the committee viii:
see fit to recommend. One of the veins
Is several feet in thickness. The com
hhttee will visit the mines some day
this week.
New Secretary Elected.
II. A. Gonden, secretary of the Com
"nerelal club, having rendered his resig
na'ion when he removed from the city
eue club at its meeting yesterday elect
u frank H. Eggleston to the vacancy
anu ne at once assumed the duties o
' position. No other changes vert
maae in the officers of the club at thil
meeting.
Place Of Meeting.
'he club decided to hold it's mex
, 1908-02-10
RAVISHER OF WHITE GIRL HANG.
ED AFTER BATTLE WITH
MILITIA AND POSSE
OF DEPUTIES.

Soldiers n Officers Overpowered by
Two Thousand Lynchers, Several
Shots Being Exchanged and Two
of Mob Observation-Disclosures to
Wreck Train Filled With Soldiers
Prevented by Error Of Wreckers.
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Threw Money Orders Away.
Bank President Kills Himself.

Connorsville, Ind, Feb. 1O.-Francis
T. Roots, president of the First Ma
toni bank. committed suicide today
by shooting. He had been in bad
health. Roots served several terms
in the legislature and was identified
with a number of business interests.
, 1908-02-10
Want Labor Ticket.

New York, Feb. 10.-At the meeting
of the Central Federation union yes,
terday, President Samuel Gompers of
the American Federation of Labor was
requested by a resolution to call a con-
vention of labor union representatives
for the purpose of nominating candi,
dates for president and vice president
of the United States and adopting a
platform for a national labor party.
Judges Assaulted.
The recent decisions of the supreme
court, in which labor laws were de.
clared unconstitutional, were criticised
and the judges, it was said, owed their
appointment to men opposed to unions
and must be superseded before labor
would receive justice.
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tails in reply because the appointment
of a postmaster outside of the com,
munity in which he lived was not of
interest to the public.
Interested in General Way.
While the people Of the country
are not interested in the specific de.
tails of appointments, they are inter,
ested in the general propositions enun.
ciated by the president; they are in.
~terested in knowing that the appoint,
ments are made with an eye single
to the good of the public service"
The Bryson Matter.
He then referred to the case OF
Charles H. Bryson, who was appointed
postmaster at Athens, Ohio, without
Foraker's solicitation, but upon the
recommendation of Representative Al,
fred Douglas.
Bryson in Interview.
Later Bryson in an interview stated
that Taft was losing strength in Ohio
and Foraker vas gaining. A little
while after the interview Bryson re-
ceived a letter from Douglass telling
him of a talk he had with the postmas.
ter general.
Douglass Was Sent For.
According to this letter, Douglass
has been sent for and was told that
the president had decided not to ap.
point Bryson after all.
, 1908-02-10
DIXIE IS GETTING
TOUCH Of WINTER
SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW AT SPAR
TANBURG AND THERMoME-
TER To TWENTY-FIVE.
Heaviest Snowfall for Many Years and
Coolest Spell of Season-Rain at
SIeet and Wire Communication is
Almost Entirely Suspended.

9 Spartanburg, S. c., Feb. 10 c
o S%partanburg is buried under sew c
. en- inches of snow, the heaviest {
6 snow fall for many years. The 6
6 weather is the coolest of the win c
@ ter, % degrees above zero. c
G G q 9 @ g 9 O Q
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Looking Into Coal Proposition
Leaves Splendid Family.

The basketball teams from the Chey.
enne Athletic club and the state pre-
paratory school of the University of
Wyoming will have a game at the uni
versity gymnasium Wednesday night.
the 18th, starting at S:15, and it prom
ises TO be a daisy"
, 1908-02-10

meeting on the 18th of this month, and
the secretary was directed to confer
with the trustees of the Carnegie build
ing concerning the use of the audito.
rum for a meeting place. Many OF
the meetings of the club will be hello
in the afternoon hereafter, and often
the city hall is occupied on official busI
ness at the time the club desires to
meet.
, 1908-02-10
ALL SIGN 1T.
State Officials Petition for Pardon OF
Caleb Powers in Kentucky.

Special to The Republican.
Cheyenne, WyO., Feb. lO.-A petition
for the pardon of Caleb Powers, for.
mer secretary Of state of the state of
Kentucky, who is in prison in that state
charged with completely in the murder
of Governor Goebel of that state some
years ago, was circulated in the state
house this morning and every state OF.
fetal to whom it was presented signed
it. The petition will be sent to the
governor Of Kentucky. Powers vas re.
Gently tried for the fourth time. the
Jury failing to agree.
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Move to Consolidate.

A committee OF three consisting OF
James Naismith. James NJ. Christen.
sen and w. H. Holiday, was appoint
cd to confer with the board. Of COVER
nors of the Albany club with a view
to the consolidation Of the two organi.
cations. 1t is planned to place the Com.
mercial club on a strictly business ba-
sis, n new life will be given it. The
plans will be furthered to include all
business propositions that demand the
attention of the citizens of the city.
The committee IS expected to report at
The next meeting of the club.
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October 25th last, was reopened for
business today, the deficiency of $l65,
900 having been made good by the
stockholders.
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OF
A PIONEER
OLD TIME CITIZEN OF CITY DIES
WHILE FAMILY ARE ATTEND
ING CHURCH SERVICES.
Frederick Prahi, Who Came from Den.
mark When Town Was Very
Young, and Who Became Leading
Business Man, Takes His Own Life
While in Fit of Mental Alteration.

Frederick Prahl, born in Denmark
November 2S, 1899, n who has been
a resident of this city for the past
thirty-seven years, coming here from
Nebraska, where he stopped for a short
time after arriving in America, died
in the kitchen Of his home on Pine
street at a little after IL o'clock yes
terday, having hung himself with q
small rope used as a cord to tie up
trunks for shipment. He was left
alone in the house while Mrs. Prahl
was at Sunday school and church ser.
vices at the West Side church. His
daughter, Mrs. Carrie Greenbeck,
found him hanging by the door, and
hastily summoning help, the body was
cut down.
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FORAKER
IS ANGRY
SENATOR FROM OHIO MAKES AID.
DRESS ATTACKING PRESI-
DENTS LETTER TO INDI-
ANA STATESMAN.

Senator Declares That Roosevelt is
Making Appointments for Bsnefi,
of Certain Presidential Aspirants
and Refers TO Bryson Case, Presi.
dent Having Changed His Mind
About His Appointment.
, 1908-02-10
INMAN GETS
CONTRACT
LARAMIE MAN WILL BUILD GIRLS
DORMlTORY AT THE UNlvER-
SlTY OF WYOMING.
Seven Bids Submitted for Building,
Four for Plumbing and Heating
Fixtures-Sheridan Member Ten
ders Resisnation-Busy Session.

The board of trustees of the Uni
versity of Wyoming did not complete
their Saturday meeting until long after
the dinner hour, the sessions continu-
ing until near s o'clock. Mr.. Burke
and Miss knight. the Cheyenne men,
Ders, returned on the train that night,
Mr.. Crawford going to his home at
Saratoga on Sunday. Mrs. Stone re
manned for a longer visit with the
family of her brother, Hon. c. p. Ar
mold. The board disposed of consid.
cradle business of Importance, making
1t one of the busiest sessions Tor some
time.
Building Contract Awarded.
The contract for the erection of the
Woman's building was awarded to C.
R. Inman of this city, there having
been seven bids from contractors in
this city, Cheyenne and Denver. The
nearest bid to that by Mr.. Inman was
by the Boston and Wyoming Lumber
company, but that bid was not con,
sidered in connection with the award,
ing of the contract, being about $500
greater than the lowest bid, Mr..
Gramm, the general manager of the
company, preferring that it be elimi.
mated. The contract price, $21, S23.43,
includes the building and plumbing and
heating, but not the electric wiring, as
the board decided to change the speci.
f%ications for that and advertise for
bids later. The wires are to be in.
closed instead of being open as the
specifications provided, making a diff.
ference in the cost of the work.
Bids on Women's Hall.
c. R. Inman & Co., Laramie. .s19,156.46
George S. Sell, Cheyenne. 24,760.O0
Boston and Wyoming Lumber
company, Laramie ........ 19,640.70
j. Sorensen, Cheyenne. ...... 22, 200. 90
Allen n Meyer, Cheyenne. 2O,197.O o.
". H. Holiday company, Lar
annie . 19,SS0.0O
M. ]. Kenney, Denver. 2O,99O.O 90
Plumbing and Heating.
w. H. Imam & Co, Laramie. So, $3.50. 81
The Laramie Plumbing COM
pany 4,245.00
John E. Boyle, Cheyenne. 3,9S5.O0
James w. Cordiner, Laramie. $500. 90
Electric Wiring and Fixtures.
Wright and Lawson, Cheyenne $685.. 90
The Capitol Electric Co., c. F.
Hastings. Cheyenne ........ APT. so
Bellamy and Son. Laramie. $500
Roy e. Phillips, Laramie. ..... $4,000
R. B. Knott, Cheyenne. 4O6.4O
After consultation with the architect,
William Dubois, the board decided it
would be safer to have enclosed cleo.
trio wiring rather than open, as the
bids indicate, hence the architect, Mr..
Dubois, will ~re-advertise for bids on
this style of wiring.
Changes in Specifications.
The board decided to substitute slate
for the roof instead of tin and also to
have metal laths substituted for wood,
adding to the safety Of the building in
case of fire. The plans were so pre-
pared as to permit an addition to the
building in future as more room IS
needed. Mr.. Inman is expected to
complete his bond within ten days an
proceed with the work. promising /,
ready for occupancy by the first OF
September. The site has been select
ed, the money provided and the con
Continued on page L.,
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No Previous %Intimation.

Mr.. Prahl, who was in his 10th year,
had been i'll for some time and his
friends believe his failing health hau
undermined his reason, and that in a
fit of temporary mental alteration he
said nothing TO any member of his
family concerning the act, and they
believe he had not contemplated it
until a few moments before the com
mission of the deed. When Mrs. Prahi
left the house for the church her hus,
band asked some questions about the
dinner then in process of preparation
and seemed to be feeling as well as
usual.
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Soldiers Used Guns as Clubs.

When the soldiers and negro alight-
ed from the train the mob surged
around them and a fierce hand-to-hand
fight ensued, the soldiers clubbing the
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slept very well Saturday night and
did not complain more than usual on
Sunday forenoon. His death was a
sad blow to the wife and children, four
of whom were at the house a few min
utes after word of his death reached
them. The youngest daughter, Clara,
arrived from Evanston last night and
all are now with their mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Prahl had five chill
dren-three daughters and two sons,
all of whom live in this city, all being
married but one. They are Mrs. Frei
da Woods, wife of the pastor of the
Trinity Lutheran church; Mrs. Fred
Greenbeck, John Prahl, head ~janitor
at the university; Harry Prahl, mana
ger of the Laramie Drug company, and
Miss Clara Prahl, a graduate of the
University of Wyoming and a teacher
in the public schools at Evanston, Wyo.
He had a nephew in California, but his
present whereabouts are unknown to
the family. There are no other rela-
| ives living here.
Held Many Offices.
The deceased vas a member of the
West Side church, being born and
reared as a Lutheran. He had been
a member of the Danish brotherhood,
holding office in Blichers lodge from
time to time, but his membership had
lapsed. He belonged to no other secret
aocietv and carried no life insurance.
He served as county commissioner OF
Albany county, was for several years
a member of the board of trustees OF
the school district and for a part OF
the time it's secretary, he had been a
councilman from the Third ward and
two or three years ago was employed
to take the school enumeration OF this
district. In whatever walk in life, he
had the esteem of his fellow men. his
family, being one of the Oldest in point
of residence, was also one of the most
highly respected, and today his wife Is
looked up to not alone by the people
of her own country but by all who
know her. The sons and daughters are
respected residents, the boys being
prominent in business circles.
Coroner's Inquest.
Coroner Ballard took charge OF the
remains of MI. Prahl within a few
minutes of the finding of the body in
the kitchen, and this morning held an
inquest at the city hall, the jury con-
sisting of Axel Bloom. John Johnson
and George Skogerson. The jury re-
turned a verdict of death by his WI
hands by hanging, during a fit of tenn
porary mental alteration. The re-
mains may be seen by friends at the
home on Pine street between the hours
of 10 and IL tomorrow forenoon. The
casket will not be opened at the
| church. Funeral services will be held
at the West Side church at 2:30 Tues
| day afternoon, with services by Rev.
| Oscar Woods. The ~pallbearers will be
| selected from among the members of
! the family.
, 1908-02-10
A MOB TAKES NEGRO
FROM STATE TROOPS
Battle for Five Minutes.

members of the mob with their mus
kets.
Battle for Five Minutes.
The fight lasted for five minutes and
the military started with the prisoner
for the court house, when the mob, re-
inforced and recognized, made an
other attack, secured the prisoner and
hanged him to a telegraph pole.
, 1908-02-10
RAILROAD LOSSES
IN HIGHER COURT
DAMAGE CASES APPEALED TO SU-
PREME COURT DECIDED BY
THAT TRIBUNAL TODAY.
Morris Receivers Damages for Ship
men Of Horses and Pollock to Be
Recouped for Loss of Couple Of
Animals in Transit Rehearing
Denied in the Boswell Case.
Special to The RepuhlIcan

Cheyenne, Wyo, Feb. 10.-In the su.
preme court this morning, in the ap,
peal of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railroad company, plaintiff in
error, against A. j. Morris, defendant
in error, damages to a shipment of
horses belonging to Morris, on appeal
from the district court of Sheridan
county, the decision was in favor of
the defendant in error, the railroad
losing its contention.
Lost Two Horses,
In the case of F. j. Pollock, also of
Sheridan, against the same company,
for damages for the loss of two horses,
the decision favored Pollock. The
man had a shipment of two cars of
horses on the road, and when he came
to unload the animals two of them
were missing. The railroad company
refused to pay for these and was sued
for the value of the animals. In the
Sheridan district court judgment was
for the plaintiff, and this judgment was
sustained by the supreme court
Judge Matson of the First judicial dis
trict sat in this case.
Rehearing Denied.
The petition for a %rehearing in the
case of N. K. Boswell against the Firsr
National bank of Laramie was denied
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Was to Have Been Tried.

Brookhaven, Miss, Feb. lO.-Pigot
assaulted Miss Williams, a young
white woman, several days G and
was to have been tried today.
In Charge of Sheriff.
Pigot reached Brookhaven from
Jackson shortly after 7 o'clock, in Gus
tody of Sheriff Frank Greer and under
the escort of the Capitol light guard,
ordered into service by the governor
to protect the negro during the trial.
, 1908-02-10
BANK RESUMES.

Stockholders Replace Deficiency Of
Hundred and Sixty-five Thousand.
, 1908-02-10

A number of ties We're placed across
the track on a bridge over a small
creek a mile north of Lockport, and
an effort was made to pry up one Of
the rails. A freight train ran into the
obstruction and the front end of the
engine was wrecked.
, 1908-02-10
Attempt to Wreck Troop Train.

Joliet, Ill. Feb. 1O.-What is be-
lieyed to have been a deliberate plot
to wreck the Santa Fe fast mail, car
rying two carloads of United States
soldiers from Chicago to Kansas City,
yesterday, was foiled through the APP
parent mistake of the supposed train
wreckers in placing the distractions
on the track used by e%astbound in
stead of westbound trains.
, 1908-02-10
Found BY Daughter.


Mrs. Greenbeck had been with her
children to Sunday school. At the
conclusion of that service she started
with the children to a ~neighbor's, in.
tending to leave the little ones there
while she went 10 church. She stop
ped at her fathers home as she passed,
and seeing one hand in the doorway
leading from the store to the kitchen,
thought her father was attempting to
hide from his grandchildren for amuse.
ment. The daughter wen through the
front room and irto the kitchen, seeing
the true state of affairs, and then she
gave the alarm.
Prominent Business Man.
Mr.. Prdhl was one OF the earlier set.
tiers in Laramie, For a time he con
Quoted a store on the west side, later
erecting the buildings at the corner of
Second and Kearney streets, which ia
now occupied by Jacob Berner as an
office and lumber house. Here his
business grew ard expanded until no
became a leading grocer and dry goods
dealer. Later the business was cor,
ried on by his wife, afterwards being
removed to its present location on
Pine street, just west Of the West Side
hose house. The residence adjoins the
l-.or, - .bo Month
Suffered Severe Falls.
In the panic of 1893 Mr.. Prahl's
business suffered with the business de.
pression and much Of his trade fell
away. The blow seemed to unnerv
him, he lost ambition, and he was new.
err again able to recover his mercantile
standing. Twice within the past few
months he fell on the railroad track
while crossing at night from the city
and it is believed that the last fall
tended to unsettle his mental condition
While he was depressed and sad, he
lid not complain. but was tenderly a
ed for by his wife and children. He
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New York, Feb. 10.-The First Ma
tional Bank Of Brooklyn, which closed
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& Historical Department.; Cheyenne, wyoming
, 1908-02-10

Continued on page L.,
, 1908-02-10

Place OF Meeting.
-He club decided to hold it's next
, 1908-02-10
No Need For Details.

Foraker referred to the presidents
in the morning papers, and
he did not propose to go into de.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-07
si1ns NIcBee For Taft.

Regardless of past Affiliations,
students of affairs. delivers and think
ers, are fast lining up for Judge Taft.
A recent example is that of Silas Nc
bee, editor of the 'Churchman," of
New York. In an interview he says:
Il, am a North Carolinan by birth
and lifelong Democrat. 1 shall
vote for Mr.. Taft because he has 1t
in his heart to bring my people of the
South back into absolute union with
the national life and to their his
toric place as a controlling force in
the nation, and to do which would
immortalfze him as a statesman.
''I shall vote for him because he
more nearly represents my ideas of
government, of social order and
economic policy than any living Dem
ocrat, or any man before the people
today, save alone Theodore Roose-
welt, who is the only Republican
President I have ever voted for. Mr..
Taft has administered every trust
committed to him by the nation with
an eye single to the nations good and
for the highest interests of the peo-
pie that compose the nation"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-07

our Democratic friends have failed
thus far to tell the people what ac-
ton Louis Bennett took before the
county court of Braxton county to
have the assessment of his valuable
timber and prospective oil and gas
lands reduced. Several days ago the
Telegram called attention to the
charge that he took steps in that
county to dodge taxation and it ASH
ed the Democratic newspapers to
come to his defense, if they could.
So far they have been silent. What
is the matter that they do not speak
out? Is it possible they have discov-
cred the charge to be true? 1t GER
tainIy is up to them tip rove it is
untrue. Better make an investiga-
ton of the county records at Sutton
but no that would not do. Our
Democratic friends know that and
are steering clear of any thing of
that kind They do not want to read
in black and white that their candi-
date for governor did any thing any
where to dodge his taxes.