Show ROMANCES OF THE WIRE THE public should beware of sensational sat ional dispatches dated from cheyenne wyoming there was one in the NEWS of march 1 11 I 1 1 in n reference to the massacre of five french tourists in yellowstone park which though carrying details that bear the semblance of truth is probably founded on fiction A telegram from st paul refers to this dispatch as a sample of others from the same source and declares it to be what to is in telegraphic parlance vulgarly denominated J a fake the scenes of these romances of the wire are all laid in wyoming and the people of that territory should take steps to put a stop to the MIR mill which is grinding out these theae griets of falsehood they are damaging the reputation of wyoming A place in which murders and robberies Y and riots are reported to be common diversions is not likely to prove very attractive either to tourists or people seeking a permanent i home A short time ago a dispatch from the same source appeared in the th eastern papers describing a fight in 10 a railroad car alleged to h have a ve been occasioned by a row over some fo male converts who were being conveyed to utah in a company of scandinavian emigrants two imaginary mormon elders we were made to be the villains of the wry story and an irate danish brother the hero who rescued his sisters from their grasp and inflicted summary vengeance on the elders this was published as truth and commented upon with the usual misconception of mormon principles and practices that distinguishes the outbursts of the average anti mormon editor the young man at cheyenne who is doing this sensational work is too enterprising for a mere local dispatcher of occasional items he should be retained by some daily like the 11 liberal 11 organ of this city where he would find a wider field for his went talent at any rate the associated press ress ought to put a stopper on his nights flights of imagination as the various papers which have been gulled by them are becoming indignant and are calling for investigation if he had confined himself to the invention of Mor mormon mow atrocities he might have gone on for some time without arousing much hostility the public appetite for such morsels never seems to be satiated but he has gone a little blittle too far it seems and will low have to subside for a season or he be squelched by an aroused public take all dispatches dated cheyenne wyoming own oun grano salts |