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, 1908-03-10
THE HUNOERER"
REBUkED BY KING
EDWARD THE SEVENTH SAYS
TIMES ERRED IN GIVING
OUT PRIVATE LETTERS.
Exchange of Notes Between Emperor
William of Germany and Lord
Tweedmouth Condemned, King
Says, BY Parliament, Public and
Majority of the British Press.

Berlin, March 10.-A local news
agency declares today that King Ed
ward sent a letter to Emperor William
of Germany, couched in cordial and
friendly terms, in which he takes the
view that the British parliament, the
public n a majority of the press of
England sharply disapproves the &C.
ton of the London Times in revealing
the exchange of private correspond
ence between the emperor and Lord
ish admiralty.
, 1908-03-10
Mothers Congress in Session.

Washington, d. c., March 10.-Dele-
gates representing every state and ter
ritory in the Union and the leading
countries of the world assembled here
today to attend the international con-
gress on the welfare of the child, I'M
der the auspices of the National Moth
ers' congress. The congress will be in
session all week, and promises % be
the most notable of the kind ever held.
, 1908-03-10
THE FIRST
IN COUNTRY
HARTMAN HAS OCEAN TO OCEAN
ROAD WITH UNION PACIFIC
AS PRINCIPAL LINK.
secures Possession of Central of Geor.
sia, Which Will Be Added to Iii.
nois Central and Give Him First
Line Under One Ownership fror,
Atlantic to Pacific Seaboard.

Inc Georgia railroad commission has
nouhced through Chairman Lendon
I"' me Central of Georgia railway is
now the property of E. H. Hartman
tuat the road will be turned over
Che management of the Illinois Cen
e. ms gives Mr.. Hartman the
Is ocean-to-ocean system in the coun-
ny The announcement is made on
sas authority Of Mr.. Hartman him.
III who informed the commission
r. months ago that he had bought
tho georgia Central, but requested that
sne Information be withheld from the
min until the fight for control of the
iuois Central was settled.
, 1908-03-10
Closes Omaha Office.

The Missouri Pacific railroad has
discontinued its Nebraska division.
with offices in Omaha and consolidated
the work with its Kansas City aud
Atchison, Kas., offices. Employees oil
the Omaha office are sent to various
other divisions with the exception Or
train dispatchers and train masters, in
Guiding sixteen men, who will remain
II Omaha. The first Jews the Omaha
men had of the abandonment of this
office was when orders were received
by telegraph Yesterday morning.
, 1908-03-10
SaIuted Passing Train.

Special TO The Republican
Ridge, Wyo., March 10.-The Ameri'
can car and its two c~onsorts passed
here a. 10: 20 this morning. Train No
4 was passing at the time and the en
gineer blew his whistle as a greeting,
the members of the auto party empty
ing their pistols into the air. The en-
glneer was j. w. Costin of Laramie.
All well and car running together,
the pilot car leading, followed by the
racer and the Goodale car.
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INFORMED OF DEATH
OF VENERABLE FATHER.

Warren Richardson last night re-
ceived a telegram from Seattle stating
that his father, Warren Richardson.
ST., had died at that place, says the
Cheyenne Leader. Mr.. Richardson, the
elder, was n of the early settlers of
Cheyenne, coming to the city in 1870,
when he took charge of the Wyoming
News. He leaves a wife, three sons,
Warren, Clarence. B. and Emile, and
three daughters, Miss Valeria and
Miss Laura V. Richardson and Mrs.
liver Johnson, all residents of Chey-
enne.
, 1908-03-10
DEMANDS LARGE SUM
BUT TAKES BREAKFAST

he consistent story of his life and o.
the shooting, and later, wnen being OK
amined by %alienists, began to claim
that he could not remember until final
ly his answers to the questions be.
came foolish. After being admonisE.
ed, he again answered for a time in a
rational way.
Bullet in the Heart.
Drs. H. l.. Taylor and Edward T.
Dean, who performed the autopsy, tes-
titled that the cause of Father Leo's
death was a bullet wound in the heart.
Coroner Rollins produced the bulle.
which caused the death.
Wiling to Pretend Insanity.
August L. Matte was the interpre
ter at the various interviews with Alio
held by the district attorney and his
~alienists. He said that at one time
Alio declared that if the physicians
wished to make him out insane he was
willing to act the part.
Seen Coming from Church.
Matte said that Alio told him he
was accommodated from the Cathc.
lie church because he had been seen
coming from a Protestant church and
for that Isl he could not get work
or a place to live in in Italy.
Wife Untrue to Him.
In South America, Matte testified,
Alto said he was told by a co%untryman
that his wife had been untrue to him
, 1908-03-10
Looking Over the Field.

A party of eastern investors passed
through the city this afternoon, the
guests of officials of the Denver, Lar
annie and Northwestern Railway com
pany and the Northwestern Land and
Iron company, en- route to Hanna 10
inspect the coal landG and other prop
critics of the two companies. Another
carload is looked for on Saturday and
a third car on Tuesday of next week
They are brought from eastern points
TO be shown what the companies rep
resent in the way of Investments.
, 1908-03-10
AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE IN THE
TRANSCoNTINENTAL RACE
LEAVES FOR WEST EARLY
THIS FORENOON.
Hope to Reach That City Tonight, but
Some Doubt Expressed, as North
Platte River Is to Cross and Only
Railroad and Ice Bridges Avail
able-Reception and Banquet Ten
dered to Visitors Last Evening.

The American racing car, driven by
e. Linn Mathewson of Denver and
carrying George Shuster and George
Miller of Buffalo and Captain Jansen
of Norway, left here for Rawlins at
1920 this morning, plotted by Elmer
Lovejoy in a REQ and with C. E. Van
Loan of the Denver Post, Charles Du-
PREF of New York, the official pho
t%ographer, and NJ. B. Fletcher of Den
yer, and the run to Rawlins will prob
ably be concluded today although
there is some doubt of this. 1t is
learned that the cars will have to
cross the North Platte river on the
railroad bridge or make a detour of
several miles, as the wagon bridge at
Fort Steele is considered unsafe and
the ice in the river, which has af-
forded a bridge for several months, is
said to be breaking up. Mr.. Lovejoy
was not willing to undertake a night
trip to that city, and persuaded the
party to spend the night here. Will
Goodale left with the party for Raw
Inns in his Maxwell car, carrying some
local men.
, 1908-03-10
R~ECEiVERSHIP ASKED.
Mercantile Trust Company Against In
ternational and Great Northern.

Houston, Texas, March 10.-An an
cillary bill was filed here today in thu
federal court asking for a ~receivership
on behalf of the Mercantile Trust com
pany of Boston against the Interna
tional and Great Northern railroad.
, 1908-03-10
Tobacco Raiser's Son Shot.

GAINESVILLE, Tenn, March 10.-Near
Woodford, fifteen miles from Clarks-
vile, Brown Bennett, son of an asso,
clate tobacco raiser, was found this
morning in the road dying with a bull
let wound in his head. 1t is believed
that young Bennett was a night rider
and was shot by parties whom he and
his comrades attacked.
, 1908-03-10
Another AImshouse Fire,

San Francisco, Cal, March 1O.-One
of the buildings of the city and county
almshouse burned this morning. AS
far as known, the 141 patients in that
building were removed safe.y, though
five are reported as injured. 1t is sta
ed that three patients lost their lives
The fire broke out on the second
floor and quickly spread. 1t is suppos-
ed to have been caused by a defective
fuse.
, 1908-03-10
WILL BE SENT TO
PRIVATE SANlTARIUM.

A young man whose parents reside
in this city was declared of unsounG
mental condition in the district court
this morning, but he will not be sent
to h e-insane asylum, his parents pre-
ferring to have him placed in a private
sanitarium. Judge Carpenter is TAX
ing considerable interest in the case.
, 1908-03-10

Washington, D. c., March 1O.-Proof
that Poor 10" is not the lazy man he
is at times represented TO be is fur
nished in a letter from H. 7. F. Corey,
general manager of the California De
velopment company Of Calexico, Cal,
to Charles E. Dagnett, supervisor OF
Indian employment at Albuquerque, N.
NJ. The letter a just been received
at the bureau of Indian affairs.
Efficient and Satisfactory.
Corey testifes that the work of 500
Indians of the Yuma, Digeno, Cocopah,
Mariopa, Pima and Papago tribes in
the Salton sink reclamation was eff
fcient and in the highest degree sat
%isfactory.
Indians Acclimated.
Corey declares his belief that the
work could not have been carried to
a successful conclusion without the
labor of these Indians, who are accli-
mated to the desert.
, 1908-03-10
Would Kill kinu.
Alfonso in Barcelona.

Barcelona, March 10.-King Alfonso
arrived in this city today n pro-
ceejed to the residence of General
Linares, captain general of Catalonia,
where he will stay during his visit
here. Order was maintained through
out Barcelona.
, 1908-03-10
Saw the Racers Come.

NM eiintenden Anderson of the WY
terna aiVision was here yesterday af-
wban ana was on Second street
from ne Dig American car rolled in
ron Cheyenne, breaking it's runninr
0 more than twenty days in
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Wealthy Planter Loses Heavily

Brooksville, KY, March 10.-Fifty or
more night riders came into town early
today, in buggies and on horseback,
and burned fifteen thousand pounds Of
tobacco belonging to Robert Stenton,
a wealthy planter.
, 1908-03-10
Half Way at Noon.

Special to The Republican.
Medicine Bow, Wyo., March 10.-The
American car reached Medicine Bow
at 11:15. The roads are bad with lots
of snow. Medicine Bow is 69.2 miles
from Rawlins and 56.6 miles from La.
annie.
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Guards and Prisoners Fiaht,

Pontiac, IL, March 10.-Half a doz-
en- guards and as many prisoners were
injured yesterday in a fight following
the desperate attempt of 700 cvnvicts
to escape from the state reformatory
The ring leaders, Chicago criminals,
were herded into the top gallery,
where, on a narrow platform, they
fought until the disturbance was
Ouelled
, 1908-03-10
Leaves Grand Island.

Grand Island, Neb., March 10.-The
Italian car in the New York to Paris
race left here at $40 this morning
with fine weather and good roads
ahead.
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Passes Through kearney.

Kearney, Ned, March 10.-The Ital-
ian car passed here at 10 O'Clock. 1T
made torty-ive miles in two hours
Kearney is 1904 miles west of Ch9y-
enne.
, 1908-03-10
Funeral of Dispatcher.

The funeral of Patrick Joseph Walsh
of Cheyenne, formerly a train dispatch
er here and a resident of Laramie with
his family for several years, was held
, 1908-03-10
at Cheyenne yesterday, attended b,
many friends.
Superintendent Goes West.

superintendent Anderson, Assistant
Superintendent McKeown and Assist
ant Engineer Thayer went west this
morning, Mr.. Anderson's car being az.
tached to a local freight train.
, 1908-03-10

The total annual capacity for the
production of pig iron by the United
States Steel corporation at the pres
ent time is about 25, 900, 900 tons.
, 1908-03-10
Efficient and Satisfactory.
Missionary Convention Opens.

Pittsburg. Pa, March 10.-The first
international convention under the
auspices of the Young Peoples Mis-
sionary movement opened here today.
In addition to the 1900 delegates from
, 1908-03-10

its trip across the continent. Colonel
Anderson saw the party leave Chey-
enne, with one of Charlie Twins a C
ing teams hitched to a light wagon
heading the procession. He started
himself for Laramie by train, and was
here in time to see the end, of the lap,
but would like to know what became
of Mr.. Irwin.
, 1908-03-10
Italian RUSHING Westward.

Lexington, Neb., March 10.-The ltal
ian car arrived here at 11:40, having
travelled seventy-five miles in three
and one-half hours.
, 1908-03-10
Good Time to Rock River.

Special to The Republican.
Rock River, Wyo., March 10.-The
American car reached Rock River a.
Gas and left for the west three min.
utes later. Rock River is IT'S miles
from Rawlins.
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Took Entire Possession.

The riders took possession of the
town and shot into the cabins occupied
by negroes. The raid followed a warn
ing given the negroes two weeks ago
to leave the town.
, 1908-03-10
FIRE DRILL AT
EAST SIDE SCHOOL.

cNoT OTOC OCFTOOE.
The East Side school had a fire drill
this afternoon, emptying the building
without commotion in less than a
minute. No one knew the alarm was
coming, not even the teachers, but
there was no confusion and nothing
to alarm anyone. The children did
not realize until they were outside
what was happening.
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nor that the language he spoke was in
danger of bringing him insult.
An site Autojst.

Hon. ]. H. Symons, n of the auto
mobile enthusiasts of the city, who
gets more supreme enjoyment from
his splendid car than many would from
a tandem team of thoroughbreds, told
of the tremendous appetites he works
up for himself and his friends in his
frequent summer excursions to the
different points of interest about Lar
annie. Mr.. Symons grew quite elo-
quent and enthusiastic in naming the
numerous beauty spots about Laramie,
declaring that the sand formations of
Sand creek were miniature %reproduc-
tons of the grandeur of Yellowstone
National park and in many respects
just as beautiful. He spoke of the
nearby mountains, with their water
falls and deep canons and towering
peaks, reached within an hour or two
by automobile from Laramie, and de-
clared that he could endorse the oft
repeated statement that this is Gods
country" with not a particle of irrev-
erence in the assertion.
, 1908-03-10

Shipment on the Way.
The last carloads of the tie preserv
ing plant were sent to Topeka today
, 1908-03-10
Wipes Out His Family.

Seattle, Wash, March 10.-W. w.
Mckay, a citizen of Tenion, Thurston
county, killed his wife and three chill.
'dren and then shot himself last night.
, 1908-03-10
Niaht Riders at Work.

Paducah, KY, March 10.-A hundred
masked night riders rode into Birm
ingham, Marshall county, late last
night, shot six negroes, one of them.
it is believed, fatally, and whipped five
others.
, 1908-03-10
AMERICAN CAR REACHES POINT
MIDWAY BETWEEN LARAMIE
AND RAWllNS ABOUT
NOON TODAY.
Encountered Some Drifts and Progress
Was Slower Than During First
Stage of the Race-Pilot Car Lead
ing, Followed by Thomas and
Goodale's Maxwell-Progress Of
Italian and German Racers Today,

Laramie, Wyo, March 10.-The
American car left here at 1885 this
morning for Rawlins, III miles ives.
The roads are reported to be bad.
, 1908-03-10
LETTER0F
A WIDOW
TELLS OF HER EXPERIENCE WITH
BIG SHEEP COMPANY ON
SCHOOL SECTION LEASED
FROM THE STATE.
While She and Her Children Attended
Funeral of Her Husband for Three
Days In This City Sheep Wagon
Moved to Very Edge of Her Land
and Sheep Allowed to Craze Upon
It All the Time.
Garrett, Wyo., March Z, 1905
Editor of The Republican.

To the Editor of The Republican.
If you have room in your paper,
would like to say that / cannot voucn
letter, for l am not posted on land
questions very well, but can say that /
am the widow he refers to in his letter
about the large company eating out.
Every word ne said of them regarding
me is true and much more. Thaie
sheep have been on nearly all our deed.
ed land and have been on al we rem
and we pay more than a hundred dol.
lars for rented land, nearly all of which
goes to the state and for the public
schools. Their sheep have been over
all of section Sc, which l have rente1
for nearly two years. My son., and one
of your University boys pulled their
sheepwagon off OF our decided land, but
they continued to herd on said land.
Paid No Attention.
l sent my son to see them a number
of times. They paid no attention what
eve to him. One of my little girls
went and asked the herder TO stay off
while my son was on the roundup; he
was away three weeks, and these sheep
were on our land about every day
there were three herds. One herd was
around the corrals and barns for weeks
l only had a boy Is years old and
could do nothing. The three days we
were at my husbands funeral they
moved a sheep-wagon and camped ii
on the very edge of their land and
herded on this school section all the
time. My son asked the herder to
stay off; he said he had orders to herl
there; then my son wrote the manager
and asked him to move them. Here
is a portion of his letter:
, 1908-03-10
UNKNOWN ANARCHIST THREAT
FMS DESTRUCTION OF BANK
AT OMAHA WITH BOTTLE
OF NITRoGLYcERINE.

Tells Cashier Kansas City Bank Owes
Him and AS All Are Banded To-
aether, Omaha Bank Will Do as
Wei as the Other-Cashier Finds
He is Hungry and Takes Him to
Breakfast, Where He is Arrested.
, 1908-03-10
Banquet for Visitors.

The American party were rendered
a reception and banquet at the Union
Pacific hotel last night, about forty
citizens sitting with them at the table.
The banquet began at 8 O'Clock and it
was after 10 when the party broke up.
Hon. Otto Gramm presided as toast
master, with the visitors and dis
tinguished citizens neal him at the
two long tables. The banquet was
arranged by the local newspaper men,
the Laramie Commercial club and the
Laramie Automobile club. all three
being represented. Among the news.
paper men present were N. E. Corthell,
C. l.. Patched and r. l.. McGraw for
the Boomerang, and James Mathison
for The Republican. Mr.. Corthell was
the representative of the press on the
toast list.
, 1908-03-10
AT NAPOLEON BURNED
THIS MORNING BEFORE Chill.
DREN HAD TAKEN THEIR
POSITIONS THEREIN.

Eight Hundred Enrolled, But Many
Had Not Arrived and Others Were
Playing in Yard When Fire in At
tic Was Discovered by Superin-
tendent and PrincipaI-Score of
Firemen Injured in New York.
, 1908-03-10
Expects Uprising in India.

DR.. Arthur II, Ewing, president of
the Christian college at Allahabad,
India, who is attending the convention,
believes an uprising in India is GER
tain and a serious crisis inevitable,
, 1908-03-10
RIGHT HAND MOST
SENSITIVE To Toll

The right hand, which Is more sensi-
live to the touch than the left, is less
sensitive than the latter to the effect
of heat and cold.
, 1908-03-10
INDIAN IS I.
NOT LAZY
GENERAL MANAGER OF DEVELOP,
MENT COMPANY COMMENDS
THEM FOR WORK IN REC
LAMATioN SERVICE.

Says Yuma, Digeno, Cocopah, Mariopa,
Pima and Papago Tribes Rendered
Efficient and Satisfactory Service
in Salton Sea Scheme, Being Ac-
cIimated and Willing to Work.
Missionary Convent Meets.
, 1908-03-10

Proof of a welLoutlined plot to over.
throw the guards and free 1900 pris
oners was discovered by the officials
, 1908-03-10

nearly all parts of the world, there
were 1000 Pittsburgers registered.
Some of the Speakers.
Rev. John Willis Baer of Los Ange-
les led the devotional services and
Rev. James l.. Vance of Newark, N. j.,
delivered an address on the Resource.
ton Gift"
, 1908-03-10
Firemen Injured This Morning.

New York, March 10.-A score of
firemen were injured, several of them
seriously, hundreds of persons were
driven from their homes and many
buildings were threatened by a fire
early today which destroyed the six.
story building at SO West Eighteenth
street.
, 1908-03-10

omaha, Neb., March 10.-At il
o'clock this morning an unknown al
archist entered the Merchants Ma,
tional bank in this city m demand ii
a large sum of money, at the sans
time displaying a bottle believed 10
contain nitroglycerine, and threatened
to blow up the bank if his demand was
not complied with.
A Rambling Talker.
The man talked to Vice President
Luther Drake in a rambling manner
about having 5000 in the National
Bank of Commerce a. Kansas City
when it failed.
Would Blow Up Bank.
Since you fellows are in together
YOU had better just hand me over my
money or I'll blow you and this bank
and all of us to hell" said the
stranger.
Tasted on Purpose.
1--WE been studying over this mat
ter several days and have not eatel
tnins vi ~
mah' VIM was M Nv
accepted an 81
last WIN DtaA
ro''eenan H, r""
Aiter 'hey 'eu ~ "
fresiueh' haniiiooh' VIM a. o'e
heard par OIL inc 'onVers.ion eeht
lot pohoenan' VINO aiie'.eu 1ne n'
at tne 'aoie III
ue ne carried was sn h
LOT an ahaiysis Vi lls ooh'h's'
State May Conclude Today.
Denver, Colo. March 1O.-When the
trial Of Giuseppe Alto, charged with
the murder of Father Leo Heinrichs,
was resumed before Judge Greeley w.
Whitford in the criminal division Of
the district court today, the indica-
tons wer that the state would be able
to present its entire case. including
the testimony of the insanity experts
, 1908-03-10
SCHOOL HOUSE
DESTROYED BY FIRE


shower of SHARKS and d great volume
of smoke.
From Defective Flue.
The fire evidently caught from a de-
fective fiue where it ran through ths
attic.
Had Eight Hundred Pupils.
The building is a total loss. Eight
hundred pupils were enrolled in the
school.
, 1908-03-10
Insane Man With Rifle.

Christina, Norway, March 10.-A
Swede, apparently insane, fusiladei
noon today. He fired altogether a doz,
en- bullets, several of which crashed
through the windows and embedded
themselves in the interior walls of
the castle.
Would Kill King.
The man was seized by the police
and disarmed. He declared it was his
intention to kill King Haakon. The
king and queen were absent from the
castle.
, 1908-03-10

Daily Republican, SO cent? a mouth
, 1908-03-10
"WeIcome to Our City"

At 9 O'Clock, after the guests had
discussed an excellent menu, Mr..
Gramm introduced Hon. Will McMur-
ray, the city attorney, who delivered
the address of welcome on behalf of
Mayor Spalding for the city, who was
prevented from attending. Mr.. Nc
Murray babe the strangers welcome
within our gates and gave them God
speed in their journey to Paris, stat
ing that he was proud to know that the
makers of the race had placed Lar
annie on their map.
, 1908-03-10

Among the buildings threatened is
the big Siegel-Cooper department
store. The fire caused a total loss of
5000, 900.
, 1908-03-10
Experiences With Hoosiers.

Experiences With Hoosiers.
Captain Hanson, the Norwegian,
who is cosmopolitan in his experience
and who has travelled the world over,
told of some of the experiences the
party had in fighting its way across
the country from New York to Lar
annie, referring facetiously to their ex-
perience in northern Indiana especial
ly, where they had been made to pay
and been made to dig snow, in in
stance paying for a tunnel through a
huge drift when a slight detour, they
found afterwards, would have saved
them the worry and expense. Captain
Hanson is the military man of the
party and will be of service to them
in their trip to and through Siberia,
speaking the Russian tongue luently.
Newspaper Man at Close.
c. e. Van Loan of the Denver Post,
who boasts of never an issue of that
paper without a Van Loan story" was
the last speaker of the evening, max
ing some pretty and humorous local
hits. The party was a very successful
one, the visitors receiving the best
wishes of every man present.
Car in the Shops.
The Thomas car was given the most
thorough overhauling at the Lovejoy
Novelty works last night and yester-
day afternoon it has received since
leaving Chicago. 1t did not require
a great deal of repairing, but the en-
gines were cleaned and the machinery
placed in irst-class shape. Mr.. Math-
ewson. who drove the car from Chey-
enne and who will take it to Rawlins,
says it is one of the finest he ever
1T was taken from the stock
room five days before the beginning
of the race, and is just like hundreds
of others made by the Thomas com
pany and sold to autoists in the reg
ular way"
Photograph of Big Racer.
A University of Wyoming banner
was added to the equipment here and
it was covered with penciled names
before leaving town. In the garage
yesterday afternoon Rogers, the pho
t~ogTapher, secured a splendid picture
of the machine. manned by Mr.. Love
joys young son, with little Cora John
son n two other bright children as
his companions in the seats. 1t vas
as pretty a picture as will be made of
the car in it's long trip from New York
to Paris.