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Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-07-14
RAILROAD ITEMS.

Arrangements have been made by
which a number of employees on the
Pennsylvania lines will leave for
China, to introduce on the Imperial
road the use of the Westinghouse
air-brake and other improvements in
use on American roads. The party
includes two engineers, telegraph
superintendent, bridge builder,
civil engineer and a master mechanic.
All are skilled men in their depart
ments, and are paid handsomely for
their services while abroad.
A passenger train on the Pennsyl-
vania road, running between Altoona
and Pittsburg, on the Fourth made
phenomenal record. The distance
is III miles, and 1886 passengers
were handled on the train. OF course
there was not that number of pas
sengers on the train at one time, but
that number of tickets were collect
ed, representing excursionists and
others who got on and off of the
train at the various stopping places.
The Rio Grande division of the
Texas E Pacific made a run of
train of fruit from Ell Paso to Fort
Worth Tuesday, that is worth re-
cording. The distance is 6l5 miles,
with three changes of crews and en-
giDes, and the run was made in %
hours, or an average run of % miles
per hour, not including stops. Con-
sidering the nature of the country
traversed, this run equals any of the
fast runs made on northern roads.
The train consisted of IA cars of
fruit for northern markets.
The Union Pacific is making ar,
rangements for carrying a shipment
of California fruit enroute to Europe.
Heretofore the California growers
have been barred from the London
and Paris markets, on account of the !
distance and heavy cost of transpor-
tation. They are now making up
consignment of five cars that will go
through from San Francisco to New
York in seven days, and thence by |
fast boat across the Atlantic. This,
1t is said, will be the first lot of Cal
lfornia fruit offered for sale in the
cities of Europe.
The Pecos high bridge is now en-
tirely covered with galvanized iron.
This is done for the purpose of pro-
tecting the wooden guard rails and
ties from fire. 1t took about 10000
square feet of iron to cover the
bridge and about 1000 yards on
either side of the immense structure.
There is also a rerailing device over
the bridge, which is to put a car on
the track, if it Is derailed, before it
gets ON the bridge. In addition to
the timber guard rail, there is also a
guard rail composed of 52-pound
steel, which renders it impossible for
a car or train to get off the track
should it be derailed.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-07-14
TERRITORIAL.

There is not an empty house in the
city and the demand is great and
still growing, says the Socorro Chief
tain.
Socorro has been visited by sew
eral fine rains of late, the one Thurs
day evening being the best that has
fallen for months.
The agricultural college has writ
ten President Brooks asking 100 feet
of space along the main hall and
apart from the larger exhibit to be
made by the college. Dona Ana
county will make a large display of
cereals, fruits and minerals.-Cit-
izen.
Mr.. Charles Lummis says that one
rime he was offered a Navajo girl
for ten horses. The price of girls
has evidently gone up. since this
writer travelled in that region, for
brave offered us his wife and little 6
year old girl for breech-loading shot
gun.-Pueblo Star.
The injunction suit of George L.
Brooks and others against the Albn-
querque Water company, growing
out of that corporations poor service
and exorbitant charges, will be taken
to Santa Fe on change of venue,
Judge Lee, of Albuquerque, being
personally interested in the result of
the contest. The hearing will take
place about the 27th inst.
In the case of the Aztec-Junction
City contest over the San Juan
county seat, transcript of the volum-
inous record has been finished and
the case will probably be filed for
hearing at the approaching term OF
the territorial supreme court, which
opens on tho 25th inst. The time
for filing suits for this term expires
on Friday next, the 10Th inst.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-07-14

BEATTY'S PIANOS, SFGASs %S145n,d 5 S2S Sears %p.
Cat1g free. Ad Dan'l F. Beatty, washntn,NJ.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-07-14

Tonight's passenger trains are bull
letined on time.
Mr.. Alden, national bank exam
iner, is in town today.
The year old child of Mr.. War.
der, of Watrous, died yesterday.
On view at the Golden Rule gro.
Gerry, an "Irish thrush, caught a nap
ping" by John Young. Its voice is
superb, voluminous, monotonous.
1t is to be hoped that our citizens
will keep away from the dangerous
holes in the arroyo, after such timely
warning as they have had within the
last few days.
Jack Creighton deserves some of
the credit for securing Gonzales from
that dangerous hole in the Pecos
arroyo this morning. He jumped in
where few men would dare to go and
helped Wthers to land the body.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-07-14

The merchants of a city who build
large stores, fill them with fine as
sortment of goods and pay heavy
taxes to community, and become
permanent residents of city, are
without doubt entitled to the consid-
Grafton and patronage of the commu-
nifty IN which they are residing and
doing business. While not demand
ing, they solicit patronage and
request an examination of their goods
before taking your money and send
ing it away.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-07-14

If you drop 10 cents per week in
the FREE PRESS slot we will do the
rest.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-07-14

BEATTY'S PIANOS, oRGANs, S33 up. Want
Beatty, Washington, N. j.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-03-31
bleeding the Nation.

That most fruitful source OF Congress
sional scandals, the Congressional flu
neral. threatens TO break out again
This time it is in the House Ccmmitte
on Accounts. 1t appears that the enter
prising firm of uEdertakers IN knoxville,
Tenn, who We're the funeral directors -
on the occasion of the late Congressman
Houk's burial, have considered tho
United States Government customer
that might be charged special rates.
They have sent bill for 81 .974.30 as tho
total cost of burying the dead legislator
AS general thing, no questions arc
asked by the subcommittee which
audits the funeral bill, but this year the
committee, with the recollection of tho
many severe criticisms made over tho
Hearst funeral, determined to examine
the accounts closer than is ordinarily
done. The members of the committee
found to their surprise that the enter
prising undertakers had inserted items
in their bill like this: Burial casket,
81 200: trimmings, 5000; drapinS tho
church, $50; stcnographer at church.
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VIII Sue tOr DNm gnS.

II the heirs of the late Malta gentry
claim as big an indemnity as the saiicrs
Of the Baltimore demand of Chile, an |
get it, the New Orleans people will Ic
reduced to beggary.-New York Con-
nrercial.
THE families of the eleven Italians
lynched i'm New Orleans have cnterc |
suit in the Federal Circuit Court there
for damages of $50, ,00O each. A fine CT
$3.50, 900 on New Orleans would be a
good lesson TO her.-Pittsburg Times.
The families OF the Italian victims of
the New Orleans lynching last spring
have brought suit in the United States
District Court for damages. II Italy
will be satisfied with this, it will pe a
very convenient settlement Of the whole
quarrel.-Buffalo Express.
The families of the non-naturalized
Italians lynched in the New Orleans af-
fair are to bring suit against the city for
damages. If they win their suit it will
he in order for the relatives Of the mur-
dered Hennessy 10 bring suit against
them.-Baltimore American.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-03-31
Ihc Alliance W;.:l.c.

H"mlin Garland in III Mar h Arena,
the only great monthly in this couEtry
ii; h ing the battles of labor, has very
instructive article on the Alliance wedge
in Congress. 1t is impossible for us in
detail to follow this devoted lo1y of
men. Their position is of necessity a
forlorn hope. They can only hold the
ground until sufficient re-enforcement
comes from the people. But while they
cannot expect to secure any favorable
legislation from this Congress, they are
making it very warm for the managers OF
all the corrupt schemes Of both the old
parties. Mr.. Watson, on a question Of
privilege, scored Speaker Crisp's
clerk for his NAL gnant partisan
misrepresentation of his action. There
is no more formidable. abuse O.
the privilege of the floor than to secure
places as clerks and b. supported by the
governm ent for the purpose of ma!ign-
ing members. Watson was equal to
the occasion, and plowad the Speak r
and his clerk beam deep.
Mr.. Otis did splendid work in his ef-
fort to strike out the appropriation pay
ing the current expenses of the city of
Was hington. OF course he could not
succeed, but he could show how the
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-03-31
SIG; photographs. s31." 1t occurred to

SIG; photographs. s3l.' 1t occurred to
tho members OF the committee that
81 200 for burial casket was rather too
high figure. They made inquiries, and
learned that the most expensive casket
of which they could be informed was the
so-called Spear caskct, which costs $3.50.
They also, by looking over the bills for
the Senate funeral expenses, found that
the Hearst casket had only cost $3.50,
and yet the Hearst funeral had been
expensive.
Mrs. Houk, the widow Of Judge Houk,
is now In Washington and is much dis
tressed ut the exorbitant bill of the un-
dertakers. She, herself, expected to pay
the expenses OF her husbands burial and
offered to do SO before the amount was
made known. but she was promptly in
formed by the undertakcrs that she need
| not concern herself about it. as 1.-The
government always pays the bills"
The Committee on Accounts proposes
! to put stop to this system Of indefinite
charge, and has notified the undertakers
| that they must give n very definite ac-
| count of the $500 worth of "trimmin:ys, "
| of which no one seems to know any
thing, and that the y must cut down their
] charge for the casket to something like
$500
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-03-31
Ceu Il Wants the Earth.

JAY GOULD wants the castle Of Cha
pultep,c and would give abou5 SO o.
900, about what it cost the American
Government to take it in the NJ x eal
war.-Minneapol;s Times.
PROBABLY the story that Jay Goal l
has offered the Mexican Government
S7,t0a,001 for the castle of Chapultcaco
is a hoax. Tn fancy of the wizard does
not lie in the direction of relics-unlcss
they be relics of railroads he has su =
ceeded in rc2king.-Baltimore Ameri-
can.
JAY GOULD is said to have offerc |
S7,0G0,G 600 for the castle Of Chapultepec,
Mexico. This is probably canard.
Gould will not buy an institution which
cannot be stocked and bonded for more
than it is worth. Castles are not in his
line, and the Mcxicans can rest easy
Omaha Bee.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-03-31
THAYER STILL FULL OF FIGHT.
lie Files u Motion for the Reopcning of
the Guberna :orial Contest.

Ex-Governor Thayer. by his attorneys,
Mcssrs. J. II. Blair, {. A. Goss and eN-
Chief Justice NJ. Il. Reese. appeared in
the Supreme Court at Lincoln, Neb., and
filed motion for leave to reopen the
Thaycr-Boyd guhernatorial contest ease.
asking that the Judgment rendered Mar.
16, 1892, on the man late of the
Supreme Court of the United States.
that the defend mt go hence without
delay and recover his costs, and
execution be awarded thereupon,
be called, vacated. and set aside;
that the relator be given leave to
file a reply to the answer of the de-
feEdant, and that tn, case be then set
for trial. A ro!i.e was also served on
Governor Boyd, informing him that at
the opening OF the court, or as soon
thereafter as the case can be hearl,
this motion for reopening of the case
will be presented to the court. Cover
Eor Boyd is unconccrncd and is attend
ing to the duties of his Off ce as thou I'll
there was no claimant to his title. He
says that il the court allows the ease to
be rcopened he will be readily abe TO
prove his citizenship and will continue
10 act as Governor Of Nebraska until
such time as his successor shall be
e!e ted and qualified.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-03-31

nearly all the Sena- FIX MAJOR PALMER.
tors except Stanford had gone home.
Suddenly he came into my office, eppar-
emily in great mental distress, and
wanted to know If | could lend him $50.
/ had but S2j and asked the Senator il
that wouli be sufficient. He said that
it wouldn't: that he must have $50 at
once. He didn't explain why he wanted
it, but l naturally conciuied that it was
to carry out some sudden phiianthropic
impulse. Doubtless some of the many
mendicants that throng the Capitol had
poured a tale of woe into Stanford's ear,
and it was in response to such an appeal
that the Senator wanted $50 at once. l
suggested the disbursing officer again,
and we went together to that autccrat,
but he coolly informed me that Stanford
had drawn all the salary that was due
him to date, and it was against the rules
Of the Office to pay out any money in adj
vance. He refused to advance us even
So 10 add to my s25 and help the Scna-
tor out OF the difficulty. It has long been
the rule of the disbursng officer of the
Senate not to allow any Senator to over
draw his account. Finally | apFcEied to
u friend of mine and he loaned us S.,
and thus between US we managed to
bridge over the difficulty temporarily.
ut struck me as being very ridiculous
that man of Stanford's wealth should
find himself compelled to ask in vain for
a loan Of s. from Uncle Sam, but that
was an Instance where he did it,"
Some of these millionaire Senators
have queer supers.itiOns. Ex-senator
Fair lived in constant dread of poverty
He once said to his private secretary
when the later exhibited surprise at a
remarkably striking exhibition of fru-
gality on the Senator's part: George,
you know that I'm worth at the very
lowest $40 1000, 600, and yet I'm contin-
ually haunted by a fear that l will some
day be reduced to poverty. 1t is a
strange feeling that continually hovers
over inc and am unable to shake it off. "
Tho late Senator Anthony Of Rhode
Island paid all his creditors from time
to time with checks on single Boston
bank. 1t was II great Inconvenience
often to persons receiving the checks,
and merchants here in Washington fire.
qucntiy complained because he did not
check on the banks in Washington.
His private secretary one day sug-
ges4d to him that it would be a good
plan to open an account with one OF the
local banks against which he co;lld check
for the benefit of local creditors. The
Senator demurred to this idea, and said
that ever since he had bsen able to afford
bank account he had made it a busi-
ness to check against a single bank in
Boston. He said in this way he thought
he was better able to guard against forg-
cries or other accidents which result in
financial losses.
1t was a wholly unique and original
scheme Of financiering, and the Senator
explained it in these words: Il had tC
devote nearly half my life to the task OF
accumulating what have, and now tha,
have it find that it will require the
remainder OF my life devising schemes
to guard 1t
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-03-31
calculate, lie doesn't lcok at all like

calculate, lie doesn't lcok at all like
most OF the caricatures of him in the
comic papers!' Still another will re-
mark, What a pleasant old gentleman!
And so 1t goes, each person having his
or her own impression to express.
1t seems 10 me very queer that COM
rarativcly few of the strangers who
come to the White House know how to
address the Pre- sident. OF course, the
proper form is, How do you do. Mr..
PRESIDENT" But am constantly asked
by people who feel nervous about meet
ing the chief executive what they ought
to say to him. Many are SO emtar-
rasseI that they make no remarks what
ever. / remem mber that on enc occasion
an elderly person, evidently from rural
parts, rushed up to me and cried, Il
voted for your grandfather years ago,
and voted for you in 1858. Hope l
may have Il chance to help elect Sill
another member Of the Harrison family
to the presidency some-day! Doubt
less, he had prepared the speech care
fully in adv; nee.
"The brides who visi: Washington
always want to be introduced to the
President. Newly married couples ara
apt to hunt up congressman from their
district and ask for points on this sub
ject among other things. The best
politicians among Senators and Repre-
sentativos are always attentive to such
couples. They often go out Of their way
to see that they have Il good time at the
capital, because they know that such
services will never be for5 gotten. The
people will go back home ard tell all
their neighbors how nice their Congress
men have been to them. There il many
a legislator for the nation who, without
any abilities in the way of statesman
ship. gets and keeps his place through
cultivating popularity. TO remember
peoples names is Il great thing. !
know man in a great wholesale estah-
lishment in Chicago who gets 81 900 a
year just for remembering names. His
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-03-31
StrawS show.

The surface indications Of a complete
breakup of old party lines are very
strong. In kansaa, Mr.. ingalls, unites
with the q. A. r., and makes very
wordy protestation OF his unfaltering
Repubicanism but he states that he
has served notice on the Eastern wing
of the party that there must be Il change
in favor of the demands of the West for
more money, or there Will be Il more
serious detection. Thcrcuron the To-
polka Capital tells Mr. ingalls, that the
Republican party has no need for either
him or his advice.
The Democrats in Kansas have de-
cided not to call conventions.
In South Dakota the remnants of the
Republic an party are i'll most bitter
contest. Th" rank and file are deter
mined that neither Senator Pcttigrew
nor Governor Miliettc shall be repre-
scntcd in the national convention, aud
it is simply a deeper cleavage than the
one which took the first indept ndents
off. And the Democrats are as hope
ltsSly broken. In other States the sep
arat.on is not SO clearly marked as in
Kansas and South Dakota, but the entire
Northwest is bTok. n up. and former
affiliations will ctuat for little or moth
ing this year. The Congressional dele
.ations and the electoral votes of Kan
sas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North
Dakota and Minnesota may this early he
set down i'll the Peoples party column.
The South is also becoming an inter-
esting field for speculation, 1t is GER
tain to be no longer the solid South, "
but who is to make the division? Not
the Republican party. The People s
,,-tV ,i.,,, Il
skill. What will hc the new alignment
i 20. revealed. but it is coming, and in
its coming old things will pass away.
The Congressional delegations from
the South will be in line with the de-
mands of the ST. L@u.s conference. and
the Peoples party will take as many
electoral Votes from the Democrats in
the South as it has done in the North
west
There are also many surprises in
store for ol party managers in other
States. Probably not SO much Of Il sur
prise as being compelled TO manifest a
feeling of surprise. Be that as it may,
th' present condition i'll Indiana, Mich
!gan and other States is causing untold
Disturbances in the councils of both old
parties. They see the people are sliding
from under them. They see new issues
and new combinations. The News. OF
this city. whose only politics is gold
lays there must be- Il new calculation OF
chances. This has hut one meaning
As we have often said, plutocracy
will divide it, corruption fund between
Democrats and Republicans only, St
long as il is cer.a II one or til" other
VIII toe in power. The time has com.
wncn Noneybags will choose his stand
ard bearer, and there can be but little
question which party organization will
be chos.n. The other will 10 LIFT to g
10 ri. ces. There will be but two parti,
il this country when the great battle is
set hetw, en- the piutocrats and the peo'
pie. 1t is Hu h nearer al hand thar
some people ara a~ar" of.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-03-31

$3.50 more than in 1889. The executio..s
in 1891 numbered only 1913, of which 27
took place in the North and 96 in the
South. That is. one murderer in 4S re-
ceived capital punishment. During the
same period the lynch:nss which out
ragged instead of avenged the law num-
bcrcd l9j, or 6S more than in any pre-
vious yeaS. The lynchings all occurred
in the States west Of Ohio and south of
MarNland
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-03-31
SALISBURY MUST ANSWER


Another visorou. Mt, Sen, by the Pr,si-
ii mt to the Premier.
Washington special: There has Ecen
q long and earnest session OF the Ca
met. Tn" subject was the BehliH- Sea
matter No material statement is pub
1ishcd as to he discussion or conclusions.
Nor has any information as yet been
given rs TO the nature Of Lord Sails
bury's reply. The Only official in:orma
ton that has thus far been obtained re-
garding the Salisbury noe is that it is
deemed by the admin s.r ration a ; uHsat-
isfactory and cvasivn. BY this il is un
dcrstood that Lord Salisbury neither
al,soiut. Is rejects nor agrees to the pro-
posed modus vivcndi. An absolute re-
lection would have been more accep'a
BILE TO this Government than the vague
and unsatisfactory answer that has
come.
Il is ase,rtainel that one result of the
Cabin # meeting was that an thcr dis
patch was sent t. l. r | Sails bury by this
Gorernmt One wao should know
says this dispatch is ptremptoIy in tone
and that it demands speedy cate@ori-
cal answer to the inquiry us to whether
| or not a modus vivcn.ii will be agreed
upon. Your correspond nt's informant
says tha. the dispatch sent Lord Sails
bury g N many respects as vigorous as
the famous c.cnt d spatch by President
Harris II TO Chill. which is charact crizCd
as the u.tinatum.
There seems be among the Senators
more of disp,, ition to reject the arhi-
tration treaty than here was few days
ag,. Ii is not probable that the Presi-
dent will send 10 the Senate the last
communication from Lord Salisbury
until Il reply shall have been received to
the last note sent to Great Britain 10y the
| direction o. the President.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-03-31
HAVE SEEN THE PRESIDES /

business is to speak to every one who
comes in by name and to introduce the
customer to the clerk of the department
sought. If he does not Introduce the
person to the clerk by name, the clerk is
expected to find out the name and COM
municate it quietly to the gentleman
near the door, who bids him or her good
by by name. This always fl,tters peo-
pie and they come back again.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-03-31

In the old days in Western Penl

In the old days in Western Penn
sylvania. when people had little
money to pay for teachers, and could
spare their boys but little time from
the work of the fields, schoo' kept"
almost necessarily during the few
weeks when it was in session, with
no Saturday holidays and very brief
rccesseS. At one little Schoolhousc
among the mountains an Old-fashion-
ed Irish schoo!master was once en-
p!oycd. who kept his boys grinding
steadily at their tasks, but gave them
permission to nihbie from their lunch
basket, sometimes as they worked.
One day, while the master was in-
structing Il class in the rule of three,
he 1ticed that one of his pupils was
paying more attention to piece Of
apple pie than to the lesson. .Arrah,
there" said the master: Jack Bales,
be listening to the lisson. will ye."
I'm listening, sir, said the boy. "Lis-
team, Is it :" exclaimed the master:
then it's listenin' wild one ear We are,
an atm poi with the other San
Francisco Argonaut.