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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-16
A womAN's GOOD WORK.

The continued .ffort Of Mrs. Julia b
Nelson has resulted In the organization Of
club at Wagon Mound, Of which Mrs. g.
NJ. Howe is president; Mrs. Nellie J. VIII
cox, secretary Rev. Samuel Padilla, treas
urer.
AT Springer, Mrs, Nelson organized, with
sixteen members, president, Mrs. Carrie
Littrell; vice president, Mr.. p. Falle; Sec
retary, Mrs. Clara Maxwell; treasurer,
Mrs. T. Ccdlln.
There 10 not a spot In the whole United
States con nsidered so unpromising field as
New Mexico fer the work Of the suffragists.
Wi h twenty CLUBS at work. which, at the
very lowest estimate, must mean MEM
bersbip of 200, this impression OF the Terri
tory should speedily lie changed-that is,
IL the women are at ell In
earnest ard are willing to continue the
effort, after Mrs. Nelson has passed be-
yond our borders. Her zeal and earnest
ness, her sincerity and ability, have been
shown In what she has accomplished, for
nowhere has she encountered greater dit-
fculties, or found necessity for more real
pioneer effort, than in this sunny land.
Such self-sacri6cing, persistent, individual
work should rouse the people OF New Mex
leo to carry forward this movement,
which is for their own advantage and ad-
vaIcement. Attention Is called to the fact
that both men and women are interested
and working in this cause, and our great
statesmen and thinkers almost universally
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-16
His Tenth Anniversary. 4

MADRID, Spain, May 16.-Littl'
King Alphonso, the nominal ruler 0
Spain, will celebrate his tenth birth
day, tomorrow. II. as said, the youth
full monarch is child of unusual in
telligence and has already occupied
himself with the study of state pr.b-
lens, he may recognize with the rest Of
the world that since his accession to
the Boarbon throne on the day of his
birth, ten years ago, his domain and
his subjects haYe steadily sunk deeper
ia The mire Of bankruptcy. Rnt nsith-
er the depletion of The royal treasury,
nor the con.tant dow of disagreeable
intelligence over the cables from Cuba
have been allowed to aft OF tho cele-
bration of the sovereign's birthday, md
extensive preparations are being made
throughout the land for the usual fes-
tive obsetvances Tomorrow.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-16
A SILVER SENTIMENT
It is Expressed in the Marriage
Of Senator Stewart's GaaHagh-
ter, To-Day.
CORONATION OF THE CAR
Tribute to be Paid to Col. John
A. Cockerill, the Dead News
paper Man.
LITTLE KING ALPHoNso

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 16 The
marriage of Miss May Belle Stewart,
daughter of Senator William M. Stew
art, of Nevada, and Mr.. Frank Pay
son, of Baltimore, was solemnizsd
here, to-day. 1t being the wish of
Senator Stewards family that no dis
play should be made, the wedding is a
simple function, only the immediate
friends Of the two contracting families
being present. The story has been
told at the capitol, and not denied by
he father Of the bride, that when his
daughter consulted him regarding the
date OF the wedding-the bridegroom
having already been found acceptable
he manifested his silver prociivities
by fixing the l6;h day ofthe month, at
O'Clock, thus indicating that, IN his
judgment, the l6 to doctrine should
be carried to every extreme.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-16
HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGISTS.

BY request THE OPTIC below publishes
members OF the senior class of the city
high school, descriptive Of their recent triI
to the hot springs canon:
Bright and early, yesterday morning
| the senior class, accompanied by Mes
| danes, Cochran, Carruth, Wood and Miss
| Allen, assembled at the city hall building,
| armed with lunch baskets and all the neces.
! saries for geological expedition.
| The class spirit ran high and this rare
event was looked forward to with great an
ticipations,
The cbiigiug conductor, n. c. DIury,
baving consented to take US to tho end of
the springs branch, we boarded the train.
Our tourney was uneven tful, until about .
stubborn. COW di, pated the right OF way
with the train. q
Our destination was safely reached, and
after desirable location for camp bad
Leen selected on the bank Of the Gallinas
river. the class then proceeded to geo!ogize
10 scientific manner.
The rocks at the foot of the mountain are
OF the earliest formation, the Archean.
We passed oyer rocks Characteristic of all
the ages from the ArcheaR to the
PsychoZoe,
The first spscimine found, that was wer.
thy OF note, was some early coal fcrma-
tion, which. WHEN broker open, revealed
the traces OF the Lepidodendrid. or fern,
which Is always CHARACTERISTIC Of coal.
With great difficulty, we assembled the
mountain, aud by the time We had reached
! that coveted goal, the top, many beautiful
aud rare fossils had been found, among
which Wss the com plete fossil OF gaster-
opoS, resefsbling very much a conch shell;
| al. o, the fossil sEoIl of the lamellibranc
| class.
F, ,eling somewhat tired. we descsnded
the mountain and reached camp aboas
1890.
The dinner having baeu prepared by the
ladies, all irdnlged in hearty repsst, re-
gardess OF the sore feet and tired liMbs,
After a much needed rest was taken, the
class repaired to romantic spot and re-
hearsed the closing day orations.
Those first thi ough Nth their orattnns.
walked back to the springs to explore the
cave. By the aid of torch new apart
ment was discovered, which may prove Of
interest later on,
At8:30 our train arrived and we were
conveyed safely home. On cur way home
the Toys tried to increase their lHrg
capacity by yelling our alweys familiar
class yell, "Pink and lavender. Hurrah !!
Hurrixi High schpol graduates Of 96."
After having spent m interesting and
instructive day, each one departed for bis
or her home. feeling very much in need OF
wash basin, soap and watsr.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-16
Mrs. PletzeI's Future.

i'HILApELPHIA, Pa May 16 Mrs.
Hannah pieizel, The wife of Bepjsmin
Pieizel, aad the nolher of The Pie'zel
children, all OF whom are supposed to
have been victims Of II. II. Holmes,
will make her fulure-home 10 Ealva,
Illinois. Here her psrcDts, who are
poor and hard working, but highly-r,-
spected people. reside. Lawyer Fahy.
who has been looking after Mrs. Piet-
xel's interest, has set ou foot su :
cessin! private subscription ia her be-
haN. Dsstrict AltuIney Graham has
also voinnteeFed 10 make over to her,
sor her own ase. sII photographs, let
sera Of Holmes, and 6-ber relics CON
nected ,sith tie recent tIisi. Several
fffers. none 0f which have 40 TAR been
accepted by Mrs. PIeizeI, have been
ms5e Tor ihese BY musepps and othe,
show touses.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-16
A DEADLY CYCLONE
Over 100 Persons Were Killed
and as Many Wounded
Down in Texas.
GOV. ALTGELD is TO SPEAK
John II. Smith Fatally Shot by
Lafc Gibson, Out From
Phoenix, A. L.
MRS. PlETzEL'S FUTURE

SHERMAN, Texas, May &c. Yester.
day, cyclone started near The town
of Justin, in Denton county, 100 miles
distant, and swept across the country
in this direction with most frightful
velocity. 1t passed on north, after
having sadly wrecked many buildings
in this immediate vicinity and else.
where. Ii Is estimated that over 100
persons have been killed and probably
MS many more injured. Passing
through this place the stoim king was
only two blocks wide, but it stripped
every hing IN its path. Many of the
dead bodies are horribly mutilated.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-16

LAWRENCE. Kan, May 16 The
photograph taken by Prof LII Blake,
of Kansas university, at the lecture,
Monday night, iu this city, for the To-
cation OF bullet that had been i'm
bedded in the foot of viii
Lonain, OF Garnett, for the
last year, and which surgeons had
been unable TO locate, was successful.
On development the location Of the
bullet was seer, and an operation by
Drs. Bum aud Anderson found the
bullet just as 1; bad been located by
the ''K-ray" photograph, and it was
removed.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-16
Norwegian Independence.

MSNNEAroLIs, MINI May lG.-Tc-
dav il the anniversary of Norwegian
ina, pendence, ard loyal Scandinavians
of Minneapolis, st. Paul and neighbor
ing cities united in celebrating the day
by unreiling the bust statue of Ole
Bull, OF. rather cast OF the statue,
which itsef will not be completed be
fore fall. The ceremonies took place
sn the exposition building, which was
ciowhed almost TO srffocation with en-
tinsiastic Norwegians anxious TO honor
tie memory CT their eminent country
man.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-16
Coronation Of the Gar i.

New YORK, N. Y, May ia dis
patch from Moscow says: On the eve
Of the Inauguration of the ceremonies
incident to the coronation ofs4he czar,
Moscow is in q turmoil ofspreperatiop
For two weeks past, every train ha;
brought its quota OF visitors OF greater
or lesser note, while the Imperial
family has been journeying by easy
stages across the empire with its eyes
directed upon this ancient city.
Every thing is now pronounced in
readiness for the triumphant opening
on Monday of month Of continuous
ceremonial and pleasure.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-16
Gov. AItgeld to Speak.

CHICAGO, Illinois, May l6 -Tc
night Coz. John r. Altgeld, the leader
OF the silverites in this state, will porr
broadside from Krupp battery into
the camp Of his opponents, through the
medium of speech to be delivered at
the Auditorium. The chief magistrate
of the commonwealth comes thus to the
Sront in response 10 petition signed
by ex-senator Lyman Trumbull and
many other noted politicians, inc'ud-
ing Carter II. Harrison, son Of the
martyred mayor; Judge ). z. McCon
nell, Hon A. 0. Stxton and G. y.
Darrow, who was one Of the leading
counsel for Eugene V. Debs.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-16
Fatal Shooting.

TEGNIx, Ariz May 16 The re-
Port is confirmed that Lafe Gibson
shot ard killed John r. Smith al
Hamrson's ranch on Eagle creek, out
from this pIace.i Gibson has surren-
dered to the authorities and claims
justiliuble homicide on the grounds Eof
selkdefeHse. He has been released
from custody. Smith is brother of
Captain Smith. who Killed Mace
Slaughter, year ago.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-16
Yale, the Fayessfe.

NEW YORK, N. T., May 16.--The
most asemorable intercollegiate meet.
ing of track athletics iu the history OF
this city begon on Manhattan Field at
2 o'clt tx, this afternoon, in the pres
ence Of an immense ihrong IF specta-
tors. The occasion is the dual track
game+ between Yale and Princeton
and the popular interest taken in the
event is fully equal TO that which in
former years has been bestowed con-
clusigely n The Yale Harvard games.
III is d lficult mstter TO pick the
winners. though The odds fsred
about town this morning slightly fa-
yur.d Yale.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-16

Rp!!zA!!! q! .! &c. RsS;lIsgl!
ABS0A.UTEEX EUEsE


CHICAGO. ILL.,, May is. Practically
under the auspices of the United States
government as a signal station, The re-
erection Of the worlds fair Ferris
wheel, on the north side OF the city,
was signalized, this afternoon, in the
presence of large crowd. 1t has a
height tf 305 feet above the lake level,
and in addition to thirty passenger
carriages, is fitted up with five ele-
gantly equipped dining and buffet
cars.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-16
Illinois Republicans.

CHICAGO, H., May l6. -5Delegates
favorable 10 Mckinley were elected to.
day at the republican congressional
COZ vention Of tie Fourth Illinois DIS
sEici, wbict. pr.or 10 the state 'conven-
sioh. was machine territory. Con-
GRESHAM G. w. Woodman. who has
distinguished himself in the house as
an advocate cf belligerent rights for
1 uba, will pIoLably fail of re. .nomina.
kinn this afternoon. Hon. George II.
gNasis is prominent candidate for ST.
H.cais
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-16
A rarber Found Dead.

ROCKY FORD, Colo, May 16.--FranI
Anderson, a barber by trade, residing
ut the new town of Manzanola, this
county, had been IN the city, transact
ing business. Late in the afternoon,
he started home and when nearing
shat place, he was discovered hanging
over the wagon, his head resting on
abe wheel, dead. The coroner was no
aified and an Inquest is in progress.
AT one time The deceased worked in
DenVer.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-16
Bnptist Anniyerearies.

AsBuRY PARK, IN. j.. May 16 =
The annual Baptist anniversaries will
take place here pext week, and the
hotel registers already give evidence
that the great derominational meeting
will be well attended by Distinguished
cburchmen and mission workers from
every section of the country.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-16

Wall paper and picture mouldiugs, all
new 1895 patterns, at H. G. Coors' 126tf
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-16

The new building on Bridge street can
now be rented for balls. entertainments,
meetings, etc., at reasonable rates. In
quire at the hardware store OF ID. Winter
nitz. lJO-tf
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-16
Your Stomach.

Your Stomach.
Disease elsewhere cannot be conquered.
II your stomach does not do Its work we'll.
Macbeth mineral water is certain cure
for indigestion and other disorders of the
stomach. Begin In the proper manner to
build up your system by drinking Macbeth
water, fresh from the well every morning.
AT Roth's meat market. 1l4-tf
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-16

nON'T PAY RENT-SIOO cash and S8 @
1month for seventy months, VIII pay for
a three room residence, with good yard
and good neighborhood; centrally located.
Residence lots i've years time.
1l3tf j. III. TEITLEBAUN
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-16

Hartman is agent for Wanamaker q
Brown and Mills & Merrill, fine tailor
made clothing. See samples at Hartman's
store. 60-tf
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-16
BUSINESS POINTERS.

Walter Dearden, assayer and chemist
Trinidad, Colo. 1871 \
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EsOR sALE.-At Watrous, N. NJ, $50 head
IL of good yearling steers. For price and
other particulars, wlite to Ed, ID. ood-
bury or IL. E. Byers, Warrous. N. M.-15sm1
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-16

NOR SALE--A ladies' bicycle, in good con
Il dition, cheap .l62t3 Mrs, WM. GREEN.
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MONEY TO LOAN.-S7, 800 on choice
IXA city realty IN sums to suit. Long time
prerorre1-pri1cipals only. p. o. Box 3z7, /,
East Las Vegas. 1856
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

LtOR SALE.--Cheap, one copy compiled
u laws OF 1884, BoxN, East as Vegas. 1t
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-17
Lincoln Items.

The ice is still in the lake, but it Is
tha wing around the edges and every
body is spearing fish. We are living
on fish.
Glib Straw Is building an addition
to his house.
They have commenced seeding In
Scandia Valley.
The roads are in an wful condi-
tiOn.
VIM. Long is shipping lumber as
fast as he can get cars.
Annie Staples was at Little Falls
Monday to see an eye specialist.
Amos Randall now has a wagon
to be hauled by his horse. As soon
as the roads get passable l expect
he will be taking the girls ont riding.
The blind pig is still in business
from all appearances. They say
fighting is bad for the eyes.
One man with team WORKED all
winter ut $35 per month, and went
home with $lS in all,-the balance
went for poker and red eye.
Our teacher, Miss Pedly, spent last
Sunday with her parents at Little
Falls.
Gust johnson and brOther-in-law,
were at Staples the first OF the week
on business.
W. B. Hash is dragging his
meadow to smooth down same.
SpOhn and Howard were at Little
Falls the first of the week. with their
families, having their pictures take n.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-17
Swan River Items.

Not much news from Swan River
this week excepting what relates tC
the big flood. Swan River reached
the highest mark Sunday and Mon
day that it has reached for ten years
It rose five, feet in.twenty four hours
The water was five or six feet deer
in the road just north Of the bridge
at Crossland's place. The river IL
now falling and teams are crossing
at said bridge.
The dam has gone out at Swan
River mill. Logs from the dam
struck the middle pier Of the bridge
which is just below the dam. knock
ing the top off, which let the centre
Of the bridge drop into the water
and onto the broken pier, leaving
the bridge v shaped. We reached
the bridge Coming from Little Falls)
soon after with a Swan River school
ma'am. who had to get back to her
school the next morning, il possible.
1t looked risky. but we took the
horses apart and crossed all right.
Soon after the bridge went out.
What was known as the Clyde
bridge has gone out, also the old
Ledoux bridge and private bridge
ut Solomon Dingmun's place. The
bridge at W. +. Kay's is damaged
so that it cannot be used. 1t will
cost our town good deal to make
good the damage caused by the flood.
J. H. Kay had Il 3-yearold steer
killed by.lightning the 1lth. 1t was
insured in the Continental, and he
will probably get paid for it.
Seeding will not begin for a week,
with good weather. The late spring
will reduce the acreage in wheat and
increase that Of corn. Rye has
wintered we'll and is beginning to
get green.
Thele is some complaint OF farmers
losing small pigs this spring, but
there will be enough left to make
pork cheap this fall.
+. f. NJ.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-17
Parker Town Items.

3A "a =
y P1enty 81 rain; the Little Elk river
has .never been 80 high. Nearly the
entire meadow is covered with water.
P. =. DeMuss and sons started for
North Dakota this week, where they
expect to farm on a large scale.
Miss Ina Dakin has postponed
teaching for u few days on account
Of high water.
Chas. Eastman takes charge of the
DeMOss farm this week.
Miss Myrtle DeMoss commences
her school east of Little Falls this
week.
j. W. Gish has started his saw mill.
E. G. Hill has started his drive Oil
the Little Elk, with fair prospect
of getting the logs out.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-17
Swanville Items.

> The work train Ia still here and
the ties are being loaded quite
rapidly.
Peter lIealy is here this week on
husiness; he has been in the pinerisS
the past winter.
Quite n bad accident happened t"
Mrs. NJ. H. Vincent on Wednesday
morning. She was coming down
stairs and slipped and fell to the
bottom breaking her arm just above
the wrist. She went to Long Prairie
and had DR.. Christie attenu to 1t.
Farmers in this vicinity are plow-
ing and getting ready for seeding.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
August Krousey died on Tuesday.
G. H. Enke. of Little Falls. was
here over Sunday.
Prof. Mcintyre now has about
fifty pupils enrolled and the number
ls increasing daily.
Gilbert Vincent. Joseph Pepin and
Louis Blair drove to Little Fails on
Monday.
"a. Flood went to Little Falls
on Tuesday.
The heavry rains Saturday and
Sunday caused several waahouts on
this line. and the work train came
out on Sunday to block up the track
and get It rendy for tie Monday
trains. The section men OF this
place and Burtrum were also out on
Sunday repairing the track.
A little five-vear-Old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. August Pfeiier died ON Satur-
day, and the funeral was held on
Monday. Rev. KOllman preached
the funeral sermon.
The Junior society oi this place
received n very encouraging letter
from Miss Bertha Rhodes, OF Mime
apOlis, which was read to them on
Sunday by Mary Adams, secretary
of the society.
Mr.. Arthur Daily, Of Ne''.. a SON
in-law Of Geo. Seth Of this place.
arrived here on Saturday and will
make his home here In the future.
1 Mr.. Daily will move his family here
in a short time.
Frank Fldred, who has been living
on the McRne farm for the pnst year
has rented w. A. Blteman's house
and moved into town. The Mclaae
farm has been rented to one Of the
new settlers from Carver county.
Mrs. z. A. Flood went to Little
Falls on Thursday of last week and
returned on Saturday.
Married nv Justice !. J. McRac on
Thursday, April ., Michael Joseph
to Miss Clara Sauder. Miss Belle
Stith acted M brides maid and
Frank Joseph. brother OF the groom,
as grOoms man. The young couple
have the best wishes Of their many
| friends here.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-17
From Wednesdays Daily.
NO DANGER HERE.

No UANUTN IIFIlTI.
There has been little change in the
condition of things in the Mississippi
at this point since yesterday and the
fears that were expressed yesterday
that great damage might be done to
the bridges and other improvements
on the river at this place, are almost
wholly dispelled.
The large jam of logs and ice which
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-17

formed above the city Tuesday
morning. moved last night and now
rests against the piers of the upper
bridges. and those structures are
both substantial and will no doubt
stand the strain.
T. The Unly quarter from which there
need he any further apprehension ia
the large jam III logs and ice which
extends from Belle Prairie rapids,
about five miles above the city. u
mile or more up river. should this
jam break before the ice is broken up
and comes down on the jam above
the bridges it ia likely to endamger
the superstructures Of thOs. bridges.
/. The channel il now clear from the
dam to the mill. A small jam oiiOgs
and ice formed against the middle
pier of the broadway bri6ge, but it
was cleared away by crew M men
and a light dynamite blast. Owing
to the movement Of the up river
jams. the water has varied some
what. but since this morning it has
raised n few inches.
ON THE SMALL STREAMS.
On the smaller streams, particu'
larry Platte river, the water is re-
ported to have fallen considerably y
today. However, a telephone mes.
sage was received from Rich Prairie
last evening stating that all the dams
on Skunk brook had been washed
away, and also the Estey dam, on
Hillman, the main dam on that
stream for driving purposes. II
addition to that 1t was also stNtet
that at that time the Pine knoi
dam, just above Rice lake. was carried
away.
I II these reports are true, and there
Is hut little reason to donbt them
it will entail Il great amount of ex
pense to get those streams In con
dition IT, drive the large amount .
logs on them this seasOn.
A number of people We're in from
Rich Prairie today and say thn,
Platte has fallen several feet, ant
can bc CROSSE q on the bridge ON thu
lower road. But little damage wat
done to it more than carrying away
Il part of the east side approach.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-17
SAFE AT ST. CLOUD.

The ice and logs that were gOrged
in the Mississippi atSt. Cloud passed
over the dam about 10 o'clock Tues
day morning without doing any
damage to those improvements.
The river is still high at that place,
but as there are no further Obstruc-
tions in the stream. the high water
will do no more harm there.