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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13
DOMESTIC TRAGEDY
A Kentucky Man KiIIssHis Son,
Wounds his Daughter and
Sister and Suicides
GEN. JOS. SHELBY is DEAD
Mr.. Searles Again Finds it Con.
venient to be Absent Omthe I.
LexOw Investigation.
THE CRETAN INSURGENTS

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, February 13
John Mars, a member of the firm
Of Kaufman, Wilson S Co., killed bis
son, wounded his daughter, and tried
to kill his wife. this morning, after
which he suicided by shooting.
The bloodiest domestic tragedy that
ever happened here, took place at 8
O'Clock, this morning, when John
Marrs killed his four-year-old sob, shot
his fourteen-yea daughter, Helen,
trying to kill his sister, Ida, and then
killing himself. Mars was forty years
old and well-known merchant. He
began his wholesale butchering direct
ly after he awoke. He was evidently
insane. After the shooting, he locked
himself in. The doors were forced
open and Marrs was found. A hor
riele spectacle presented itself, the
head being almost severed from the
body In his left hand, was razor
and on the floor, large, old-fashioned
revolver was found, with four empty
chambers. On the bed was the boy.
with bullet hole in the forehead, and
his throat cut from ear to ear. Helen
was picked up in the hall, unconscious,
bullet having struck her in the head.
Ida Marrs wounds are not dangerous
Mrs. Mars is in precarious condition.
Zen years ago, John Marrs was in an
Insane asylum.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13
EDITORS EN- ROUTE.
Delegates to the National Editorial Association
Travelling In Style.

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, February IS =
Publishers and editors of both sexes
are very much IN evidence about the
union station aud Terminal hotel, this
morning, and later in the day, their
numbers will have doubled or quad
rupled. These men and women are
delegates to the twelfth annual conven-
tion of the national editorial associa-
tion which convenes, on Tuesday, at
Galveston, and tonight they will take
their departure by two special trains OF
gorgeous palace cars.
National Secretary J. M. Page, OF
Jerseyville, who is in charge OF the
arrangements, had his hands full, this
morning, In rounding up and register
ing the arrivals, but he expects to have
everyone Of the delegates corraled and
safe in berth before the departure Of
the second special.
Every state east Of the Rockies is
represented at the Terminal hotel, thus
morning, while the men beyond that
point who create public opinion will
catch the special on the wing or go by
other routes to Galveston Many men
and women Of national reputation in
the newspaper field had registered up
to noon to-day, aud others will be in ON
the early evening trains from New
York Massachusetts, Pennsylvania,
Michigan and Illinois.
There will be no formal receptions
to the delegates en- route, although the
local writers at Fort Smith, Arkansas,
and Paris, Texas, will extend greetings
during the stops for meals 1t is ex
pectea that Galveston will be reached
in time for evening dinner on Monday
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13
THE MARDI GRAS.
It VIII be One Of the Most Successful Ia the
History of New Orleans. p

NEW ORLEANS, La, February 13.--
The coming mardi gras will be one OF
the most successful in the history of
the Crescent City. This muck seems
assured by the extraordinary number
of advance applications for accommo-
dations that have been received by
the hotels and lodging houses, and the
arrangements that are being made by
citizens of means to entertain special
guests.
The committees having charge of
the numerous features of the event, are
holding daily sessions, and in spectac-
ulur way, also, it is expected that the
carnival will eclipse all previous efforts.
Carnival week opens on March LIST,
but for week before this, the knights
of Momus and the various mystic
krewes will give their tableaux and
balls at the French opera house.
Plans are also beng made for an
elaborate daylight bicycle parade dur
ing carnival week. The riders will be
in grotesqne attire and masked, and
the affair will be'not only an innova
tion but decided novelty.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13
COUNCIL BILLS PASSED.
Another Hinkis School Bill introduced in the
Upper House.

Special Telegram 10 The Optic.
SANTA FE, N NJ, February 18th, '97
House bill No. s, by John Morrow
Au act to provide for the payment Of
wages Of ~orkingmer employed inthe
mines in the Territory of New Mexico,
in lawful money of the United States,
and to protect said workingmen
In the management Of and
the control of their own
earnings. passed the council, this
morning; also, H. b. ls, by Jose D.
Sena, an act to amend an act entitled
IAN act providing for q board OF equal.
and prescribing its duties"
Another important school bill, OF the
Hinkle order, was introduced In the
this morning.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13
Had p. officer.

BALTIMo rE, Md, February 13-
Commapder-in- Chief Clarkson, of the
G. A. R who for the last week has
been visiting the departments Of Massa.
chusetts and Rhode Island, is expected
to arrive here tonight to visit relatives,
and will bs given right royal recep
tion by the local veterans His officia
visit to the department. will not tax
place until the end OF next week, when
the annual rally is to be held at HI
gerstown. On Monday and Tuesday,
he will be the guest of the department
of the Potomac at Washington.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13
FIRST INSTANCE.
A Civil Case Carried to the English House Of
Lords.

LONDON, England, February 49,
Formal notice has been filed with the
court Of appeals that Miss Beattie, the
nurse who recently unsuccessfully sued
prominent surgeon for heavy dam.
ages for performing an operation to
which she insisted she had not consent
ed, and whose case has attracted wide
attention, especially in Catholic cir
cIes, has decided to carry her appeal to
the house OF lords, which is the court
of last resort
This is the first time in the history
of English jurisprudence that civil
case. especially OF such nature, has
been carried to the upper house.
The legal expense of this appeal,
which will run ir tbe .neighborhood Of
$1O0,0 900, has been subscribed by a
number of wealthy ladies', whose SYM
pathies are with Miss Baattie. and who
believe that the matter is one of such
great Importance to the sex. that 1t
should be definitely determined by the
tribunal of last resort for all time.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13
LExoW COMMITTEE.
Mr.. searies Again Finds II Convenient to be
Absent.

NEW YORK, N. Y, February 13.-
On the assembling OF the Lexow com.
mittee, this morning, John F. Searles,
secretary and treasurer of the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining company, was call
ed. There was no response from Mr.
,Searles, who had to leave town. "Mr
iSearles'', it was said, twill be present
any day next week that the committee
desires. :" Mr.. Lexow asked where the
books and other docum ents of the
American Sugar Refining company,
promised to be on hand to-day, were.
i He replied that he did not know.
'"Well," +" said Mr.. Lexow, ssMr. Shep-
ard promised to have them here to day.
However, if Mr.. Searles will be here
on Monday morning with the books,
of the company, we will excuse him
this time -
George HI. Miller and Lawson N
Fuller were also called. Both gentle
men testified as to the value OF proper
ties of the sugar trust.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13
EAsr Side -cArHoL1o CHunoH. = Higt

EAST SIDE CATHOLIC CHURCH. = High
mass. Sunday morning, at 10 O'Clock.
Asperges Me-. Wsls: Kyris and Credo
Peters,, Agnus Del, Concone; Offertcry
solo, Ave Verum, Mrs. p. Gonzales. Ser.
mon by Rev. Fr. 4. P. OtKeefs, "septua-
gesima Sunday Tantum Ergo, Gull, by
the full choir; o Salutaris, solo, Mrs. DR.
L. Hernandez. Low, mass at Upper Lai
Vegas. by FIR. O'Ksefe, at a. M; Sunday
school and instruction for the children oi
the frst communion class, at p. m. Daily
mass at 1880 o. m.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13
.undereround Wires.

{ LONDON, Eogland, February 13.--
The postmaster general has made an
official statement to the chamber oil
commerce that it is intended by the
government-to bury underground all
the telegraph wires between the lead.
ing cities, in order that the existing
overhead routes may be available ex-
'clusively for telephone wires; the tele
phone service Of Great Britain as wei
as the telegraph service being under
control of the government.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13
The Final namas

BROOKLYN. N. r., February 13.--
The second and final days games of
the international chess match are be-
ing played, to-day. The indications
point to the probability that the New
mes trophy will remain in the hands of
The American team. The game will
end, late this evening.
10 the play in the international chess
match, to-day, Locock resigned the
game to Showalter and Barry beat
Lawrence. The game now stands !:
America, Q; Great Britain, /.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13

WALL STREET, N. Y February Is =
Business resumed in the stock exchange,
this morning, with quiet and irreg-
ular market. Industrials, generally,
were lower; St. Paul and Atchison
preferred. higher. The changes, how
ever. were confined to fractions
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13
THE CONGRESSES.
Topics Of Consideration Ia the Houses at
Washington, To-day.

WASHINGTON, D. c., February 13 =
Senator Perkins, of California, to-day
introduced a joint resolution, which
was read and passed, authorizing the
secretary of the navy to place at the
disposal of the chamber of commerce
of San Francisco q suitable United
States ship for the purpose of tran
sporting to the famishing poor of India,
contributions of wheat and corn. MIR.
Morgan, OF Alabama, made an effort
to have taken up the joint resolution
for the abrogation of the Clayton
Bulwer treaty, bat was prevented by
consideration of the arbitration treaty
in secret session.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN ,CHURcH.-Regu-
lar services, tomorrow, at II .. m. and
7:30p. m. The morning subject will be
Divine Forces Baffied;n the theme Of thu
evening sermon will be, can Early EXP ri.
ment in Christian Socialism," The Sun.
day school meets at 9:45 a. M, and the So
ciety of Christian Endeavor at 8 6:45 p. m
Ali people are heartily welcomed, and ths
church particularly enjoys tho attendance
of visitors and strangers in the city.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13
To-Day,s Dead

ADRIAN, Missouri, February 49,
General Joe o. Shelby died at his
farm near here, this morning at 4
O'Clock.
( VIENNA, Austria, February 1S-Herr
Mitterwurszsr, the comedian, who was
we'll known in America, is dead.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13

CANTON, Ohio. February Is Major
McKlnley's sole callers. this morning.
were DR.. and Mrs. H. Seward Webb,
of New York. Mrs Webb was a
Vanderbilt. Dir. Webb talked an hour
with the presldent-eleot, and left at
noon CO g special train foT Cleveland
DIR. Webb has been quietly mentioned
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13
RitzsImmons in Pueblo.

PUEBLO, Colo, February 1s.-Bob
Filzsimmons and party arrived here,
this morning. He gives an exhibition
tonight. Julian leaves for Nevada,
this afternoon. ahead of the parry
Fi,z zsimmons will remain IN Colorado
until Tuesday evening, when he goes
direct to his training quarters near
Carson, Nevada.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13
senator-..EiecfIM..o,n m.

CHICAGO, Illinois. February 49,
Senator-elect Mason was taken sudden
ly Ill with nervous prostration, ut noon
to.day, and was unconscious for thirty
minutes. consultation OF physicians
was held andit was decided to take
him south. s
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13

WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CEuRcH.--First
mass at $3.50: second mass at 8; high mass
at 10; Sunday school and Bsnsdiction at 3
The Sunday school commencss the regular
course for first communion. which will take
place on the feast OF 1t, Joseph, March oh
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13

ST. PAuL's CHuRUH.--Ths services on
Sunday will be as follows: Morning pray
er at $50 a. M; Ordination ssrvics and
Holy Communion atAl1 O'Clock a. m. All
are cordially invited. Confirmation SER
vices at pm. There will be no evening
service.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13

FIRST METHoDIsr CHURoH.-A good class
for young men, in the southwest corner Of
the church, at 9:45 O'Clock; at IL 100, an
nual sermon of the JUNIOR Order of United
American Workmen; class meeting at
noon; topic, "True Citizenship" Rev. J,
F Kellogg will preach at the Mountain
house, hot springs, in the afternoon. At
night, sermon by the pastor, ga Friend at
Court.n
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13

NEW YORK, N. Y, February 49,
The weekly statement of associated
banks shows the following changes
Reserve, decrease. $2,291, 285; loans,
increase, 80, 1858, 100; specie, increase,
$63, 900; legal tenders, decrease. $3.-
766, 800; deposits, decrease. 1886, 700;
circulation, decrease, S64 900. The
banks now hold $51 SOS, 900 in excess
of the legal requirements.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13

The house went went into committee
OF the whole, to-day, for further con-
sideration of the sundry civil appro-
pnatlon bill, upon which the house had
just entered when it adjourned yes
terday.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13

MT. PLEASANT, Iowa, February Srd, 1897.
Mr.. Peter Rotb:-For six years l have
been troubled with dyspepsia and found
nothing that would give me any relief till
found the MacBsth Mineral water and
nowI am we'll and eat any thing.
Yours truly.
II CHAs. p. TRACY.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13
TWO BANK FAILURES
A Savings Bank at West Super
ior and Merchants National
at Helena, Montana.
FEW CALLERS AT CANTON
The Famishing Poor Of India Re-
ceiving Timely Attention In
Halls of Congress.
THE EDITORIAL MEETING

WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, February 13
The State Trust and Savings bank
suspended. this morning.
WASHINGTON. D c., February IS -
The Merchants National bank, oi
Helena, Mont failed, this morning
The banks capital was $3.50, 900; sur
plus, SIC, 900; undivided profits. $685.
900; due to banks, S125 900; owed IN
dividual depositors, 1881 900. The
treasury department says that bad
management caused the failure.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13

JEWISH CHURcH.-The usual divine ser.
vices will be held In the synagogue, to-
morrow morning, at IL O'Clock. sLife
Ennobled by Labor.' will be the subject of
Rev. L. Schreiber's address.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13

A meeting of the senate committee
on foreign -elatiors, this morning,
made it apparent that an agreement
could not be reached on the treaty arbi-
tration with Great Britain. The con-
tending factions are irreconcilisble. A
long discussion, to-day, proved this
state of case. An amendment was
framed, but it will not bring harmony.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13

Anybody wishing to learn how to make
Battenberg lace, call on Mira. We'll, at resi-
dencs of Mrs. Colman, opposite court
house. 6l-6t
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13

Annual conventiony National American
Suffrage association at Dess Moines. Iowa.
Jan. 25th, Feb. lst '97. Fare and one. third
on certificate lam. CT. JONES, Agent. y
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13

FRAxKF ,Rr, Kentucky, February IS.
Both petitions for re-hearing in the
jackson and WalIing cases were over
ruled by the court Of sppeals, this
morning.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13

II you want to buy or sell cattle, wool or
sheep, don't fail to see or write j. Mininrn,
wool and live stock broker East Las We
gas, New Mexico. He will save 70
money w222&dtf
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13

PrTrsBURa. Penn, February 15.-
At D. NJ. the score 10 the bicycle race
stands: Waller. 1882 miles. s laps !;
Gimm, 1,osO, 9; schock. 1.o6s; Han.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13

The published estimate of the total
appropriations for the fifty-fonrth con-
gress gives the figures at $1,044 ,463, :
600.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13
PLACES OF woR SHIP. /.

No preaching services at the Baptist
church, Tomorrow. Other services a.
usual
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-13

Special sales for the ensuing month.
Millinery below cost, Mrs. 3. A. CARR.
35-tf
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-15

IF man keeps his eyes open, he
sees many funny thing while riding
on street cars, - said regular patron of
the Peters avenue line. IF you will
take a ride on this line some dark
night, frequently ahead of the car
you'll see light waved across the track,
and if you watch closely you will see
the motorman begin applying the brakes,
and thecar will stop, and a smiling col
ored gentleman will board the car and
laughingly say that he got this car to
stop for him. found, upon asking a
conductor one day, that the negroes in
this part of the town have caught on to
the fact that as that part Of the city is
black at night the motormen Of the
swift moving cars cannot detect their
presence ON the track in sufficient time
to stop their cars for them, so they, fig
uratively, hang out light for the car
to stop, and it seems to work both to
the satisfaction of the colored population
and the motormen on the cars. Neces-
sity is the mother Of invention, and 1t
seems our colored brother has hit upon
scheme to offset the lack Of lights on
those streets back of town traversed by
electric cars.-New Orleans Picayune.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-15

One excellent use to which the new K
rays can be put should interest women.
1t seems that by their aid one can read
lily determine whether diamonds are
real or false, for the rays pass quite
through real diamonds, leaving them
transparent, and not at all through false
ones. A real parure when photographed
would show only the mounting, but in
a false one all the stones would turn
out black. Strangely enough, the K rays
will not penetrate glass. Eyeglasses, if
photographed, come out black. This
proved useful in the case of Vienna
glassworker who got bit of glass into
his finger. By the aid of the rays it VIE
discovered, extracted and the workman
cured. st. James Gazette.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-15
well-Liehted Ocean Highways.

The best lighted bit Of ocean high
way is that known as THE Downs,
where lights are much needed to warn
ships away from the Goodwin Sands
which stretch from Dover to Ramsgate,
at a distance of about five miles from
the mainland. There are four light
ships for the protection and lighting OF
that short bit Of ocean highway. The
Suez Canal has now been so brilliantly
illuminated at night by electric lights
that the time required for passing
through it has consequently been re-
duced from forty-eight hours In the
year 1888 to twenty-seven hours by the
wear 1888, and since then to twenty
four hours. There are lighthouses in
the proportion of one to fourteen miles
In England, one to thirty-four In Ire
land, and one to thirty-nine In Scot
land. Throughout the world there are
about 5000; England having SIT, Uni
ted States S02, Canada and Newfound
land 4e4, France 444; around the Euro
pean coasts there are SAT-.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-15
Spring has come.

Spring has come.
1t is time for all persons to think serious
ly oftheir health.
But that doesn't mean taking the first
spring remedy that happens to be offered.
Persons who make it their business TO
get the most effective remedy to be had are
sure to carry home Paines celery COM
pound. No other remedy is capable of
cleansing the blood, nourishing the nerves
and regulating the bowels and digestive
organs like Paine's celery compound.
Ifyou are troubled at all by rheumatism,
neuralgia, headaches or sleeplessness, even
if these attacks come only now and then,
now is the time to purify the system of
them. Don't procrastinate and daily till
frightened into doing something when you
| find the task of getting well has assumed
desperate proportions.
/ Palne's celery compound will cure kidney
/ trouble, heart palpitation and disordered
/ liver accurately, intelligently ana perma-
nently when other remedies only raise
hopes that are never fulfilled.
Paine's celery compound, which owes it:
origin to the most distinguished physician
and investigator this country ever produced
Prof. Edward 4. Phelps, Md, LID, Of
Dartmouth college, has been publicly in
dorsed among medical experts as the only
spring remedy in any sense entitled to thai
name.
1t can bo said without fear of cnntraaic
ton that no other remedy can truthful.
refer to men and women so responsible, 81
trustworthy, so convincing, because o
their straightforward, enthusiastic an'
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-15
Ito BE CoNTINUED.)
A philadslnhia Street Car 1dxl.

The old Callowhill street horse cars,
relics of the antetrolley days, were never
remarkable for great speed. A lady and
gentleman boarded one of these cars the
other night about 1880 O'Clock and
after jogging along for several blocks
the car came to standstill. Then the
front door opened and the drivers heao
appeared. Say, Bill, it called back
to the conductor, "won't you run over
to the drug store and buy NE q stampf
I've got TO write to my girl tonight. =
Nothing loath, Bill did as requested and,
after u short chat with the clerk, saun-
tered leisurely back to his car. AT Six
teenth street the lady and gentleman
alighted, expecting to take north
bound car, but none was in sight. Turn
ing to the conductor, the gentleman re-
marked jestingIy: ''You kept us waiting
while you got your stamp. Why not
wait here until our car comes?" Bill
motioned to the driver. who was watch
ing him, and said: Jim, this gem
wants me to wait here until their Cal
comes. Can't we 90 it," why, cert,
replied jim. The Sixteenth street car
were blocked, and it was ten minute
before one came along. GOOD night,
called Bill as his two passengers alight
ed. "See youse againP'-Philadelphi
Record.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-15

Brooklyn contains more people who
look to see that which does not exist,
and which they know does not exist,
than any city in the world. And ii is
simply because of habit. Nearly all the
railroads in that city, in the older part
of the city, or Brooklyn as it was before
williamsburg was annexed and assimi-
lated, converge at the city hall, and
until two or three years ago the town
clock was in the cupola of that building.
During the many years that it announc-
ed the time by bell and indicated it on
its four dials to the Brooklynites every
person who passed "the hall' looked to
see what time it was. The habit became
an instinct to most Brooklynites, and
today, although they know that fire de-
stroyed the cupola, clock aud all, there
is hardly person who steps from car
at the City Hall square or passes the
building who does not look inquiringly
toward the spot where the clock was
but is not New York Times