Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-04-09

railroad from Roswell up the Pecos
and thence northeasterly to q connec.
ton with either the Santa Fe or Rock
Island lines, bids fair now to be a sub
stantIal reality at an early day. The
fling of the construction company's
charter here, yesterday, as announced
exclusively in THE OPTIc, means much
when taken into consideration with the
fact that for the past week q repre-
sentative OF one Of the big New York
trust companies has been in and about
Eddy and Roswell to make a report on
existing conditions. The fling Of pa
pers here by the construction company
signifies q favorable report by this
trust representative to his capitalistic
associates and that means the early
sale OF the bonds. the new road will
be 225 miles in length and will cost, 1t
is said. at last 81, 100000
The assassination Of Geo. Smith, the
well. known ranchman In the American
valley district of Socorro county, looks
like q most heArtless affair. An old
feud among prominent and wealthy
cattle raisers Is no doubt back OF IL,
aud the case promises to become a
celebrated one before the detectives
and the courts are through with 1t.
Unfortunately, Sheriff Bursum Is not at
his post of duty. Bursum is in Wash
ington working with Catrsn to have
Hugh Price appointed governor.
Mayor. elect q. A. Spiess has given
1t out cold that he will al an early day
break away from the law firm Of
Catron, Specs g. Gortner and run a law
shop Of his own. 1t is claimed that
certain Catronist politicians knitted
Spiess in Tuesdays election and that
his election is in reality a defeat for
Catron and his henchmen.
Private Information from Albuquer-
que is to the effect that A. A. Grant
and q local syndicate are about to es-
tablish a wooden factory there. A
practical manufacturer OF cloth writes
from Nebraska to Gov. Lorion Miller
offering to take the management OF
such an enterprise and agreeing to put
S., 900 into the concern.
As matters now stand, no one here
would be surprised to see the
govsrnorship held up until the
18th Of the month, il not
The president has said he
would "not be pushed" The contest
between Prince, Collier and Wallace is
animated, and IL may be that
Prince, who is said to be In the lead,
backed by the silver state senators, will
make it so hot for bis Territorial OPP
..onents, that Mckinley will be glad to
an outsider, in which event G
D. Pray, of Iowa, who is supported by
Senator Allison, ex-Judge Z. P. Seeds
and Major w. H. H. Llewellyn, will
secure the plum. Prince is said to
have burnt several holes in Wallace's
or tried to, and he Is also al
to have worked with M. w.
Mills, of Springer, in filing charges Of
q gross nature against Collier, which
subsequently, he had to Withdraw, ad-
hitting, it is said, that he did not be-
Iieve them. Wallace declines to make
, "dirty fight" on anybody, though If
be is crowded teo hard, he may 60 to
Washington before the middle Of the
month and be prepared 10 present a
STEW lines'' Of his own to the powers
hat be.
Since writing the last above para
| have met Mr.. Wallace and
earn that he departs for Washington,
;o-night, stopping off at Las Vegas for
/ consultation with officers OF the New
wool growers ASSOCIATION. He
goes to the national capital as the &C.
representative of the New
wool-growers, to make protest
before the senate finance committee, on
tuesday next, against the wool seized.
lle in the Dingley tariff act. Mrs.
Wallace will accompany him as far as
Canton, Ohio, where she will stop to
yisit her sister, who is seriously iii.
While In Washington, Mr.. Wallace will
'all at the department OF the interior
ind he will have a good word to say
or Sheriff FL. G.. Kinsell as Postmaster
Chos. p. Cables successor as custodian
4 the Fort Marcy property here.
JUNIUs.
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