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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-22
AN INDIANA MARRIAGE.
Congressman Steele q Daughter to Wed Meme
Der Of Congress.

MARION, Ind, September 22 The
marriage of Miss Meta Steele, daugh-
ter OF Congressman Geo. w. Steele,
first governor OF Oklahoma Territory.
and who, for five successive terms, has
been sent to Washington from the
eleventh district, and Congressman
Hugh Reid Belknap, Of Chicago, will
be solemnized, tonight, at the Geth-
seme Episcopal church. The groom Is
the only son of the late Gen. BeIknap,
secretary of war in General Grants
second cabinet. Guests from twenty
states will be present at the function.
Congressman Jesse .Overstreet, OF In
and George Steele, Jr., Of
the naval academy at Annapolis. will
be the groomsmeD, and Miss Bertha
Wolcott, of Keokuk, Iowa. will lead
the small procession of bridesmaids.
The groom has been known as the
handsomest bachelor in congress, and
is great favorlte in the social circles
OF Washington and Chicago. The
couple met at Washington, where the
bride elect has, for two successive
seasons, resided with her parents at
The EbbitL house.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-22
CALLED TO ORDER.
The Twelfth National Encampment Of the
Union Veteran Legion.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 22.-
Standing room in the board OF trade
auditorium was at a premium this
morning, when the opening public ex-
ercises Of the twelfth national en-
campment of the Union veteran le-
gion was inaugurated. National Com
mander John p. Donahoe, of Della
ware, called the gathering to order at
l o'clock, and prayer was offered by
Rt. Rev. John A Watterson, Catholic
bishop of Columbus. Welcomes were
expressed 10 behalf Of the state by
Gov. Bushnell, for the city, by Mayor
Samuel L. Black, and for the boys that
wore the blue by Senator Foraker and
Congressman Leniz. Response was
made by Gen. Donahoe and patriotic
songs were rendered by quartet. The
twelfth national encampment was for
mally organized at 3o'clock, this after
noon, in secret session, when the ma
tional commander and subordinate
nficers submitted their reports.
The annual reunion of the army OF
the Cumberland will be opened, to-
night at the new auditorium. The
orator of the day will be Major j. II
Wilson of Della ware.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-22

TEMPERANCE WORKERS.
A Demonstration Held at the Conference Of
Untarans In Saratoga.

SARATOGA, N. r., September 22.--
o.day's session If the national con
ference OF UnitariaDs and liberal
Christians, was opened at 9 O'Clock
with O devotional service conducted by
Rev. E. F. Hayward. The special
order for the morning session was the
consideration OF sThe Old Theology
and the New Rev. John w. Chad
wick, Of Boston, spoke upon the sub
ject in relation to history and philoso-
ply. Rev. DIR w. S. Cove discussed
it in relation to Biblical criticism,
while Rev. Charles T. Dole considered
the points of contact and difference
between Unitarians and the new or
thodoxy.
Possibly the most striking event Of
the week was the demonstration held
this afternoon in convention hall under
the auspices OF the Unitarian temper
auce society Rev DR.. George Her
bert Hosmer, OF Boston. presided, and
the principal address was delivered by
Mrs. Leonora M. Lake, of St. Louis,
well known as labor agitator, and
vice president of the Catholic total
abstinence union of America.
Following Mrs. Lake, Rev. i. X.
of Ann Arhor, Mich, de-
iyered an eloquent address.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-22
THH BARTHNDHRs.
They Ask not to be Barred From Joining Secret
Organizations.

DETROIT, Mich, September 22.--
Delegates Of the local unions through
out the country of the hotel and restan
rant employees national alliance anc
the bartenders' national league Of
America will assemble In this city nexl
Monday tor the biennial convention Of
the joint organization. Gies hotel has
been designated by the national execu-
tive board as headquarters and the
national committee on credentials will
meet on Saturday for the purpose OF
receiving the delegates and issuing the
necessary tickets to the convention, the
proceedings cf which will be conduc!-
ed in-secret.
It is understood that the delegates
from some of the New York locals,
representing the bartenders' branch OF
the order, Will bring up the question OF
the exclusion of men engaged in the
liquor traffic by numerous secret orders
as an outcome OF action taken by the
supreme bodies OF such orders. The
ground will be taken that bartenders,
being SIMPLY employees and being
moreover, as a class, abstemious in the
matter of the use Of inioxicants, they
should not be placed on the same plane
with proprietors of the establishments
in which they are employed, land should
not on account of their particular oc-
cupation be Disseminated against as
members of secret organizations that
have placed liquor sellers under ban.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-22
A New York Man VIII Testify to Talking With
Mrs. Leutgert.

CHICAGO, Illinois, September 22.--
The defense began this morning. with
an attack on the states circumstantial
evidence. Ex-Judge VIM. A. Vincent,
the leading counsel for the defendant,
made the opening statement, and said
the defense will bring witness to
show that Mrs. Luetgert's disappear
ance was not shock, nor surprise,
and she was not dead on May 1st, as
she had been seen since, and is pre-
sumably still alive. He declared the
presence Of the rings in the vat would
be satisfactorily explained, while the
bones found there we're those of ami
mails, boiling in the val on the night of
May Let as an attempt by the prisoner,
at soap-making.
Boston, September 22.-Adolphus
Cretty, of New York, also asserts that
he talked with Mrs. Luetgert six days
after the date OF the supposed murder.
While here, last night, he said he
would 60 to Chicago and testify, de-
claring he could not be mistaken in
either the time or the woman.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-22
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SOVEREIGN GRAND LODGE.
The Grand Decoration Of chivalry to Be Con-
fer ed Tonight.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, September 22.-
The sovereign grand lodge Of Odd
Fellows resumed its business session
this morning and number Of resolu-
tions relating to the judiciary of the
order. finance, constitution. legisla-
ton, were referred to the appropriate
committees without reading and with
out DEBATE. The grand lodge held but
one session, to-day, and this afternoon
the representatives were taken to the
fair grounds. where they witnessed q
continuation of the prize drills of the
patriarchs militant. From the fair,
carriages were taken 10 the monu.
ment erected in homer of Abraham
lincoln, and after inspecting the pile,
a souvenir was presented to each men,
Der of the grand lodge, the lodges OF
Spring field being the donors. To-
might The grand decoration of chivalry
will be conferred by the grand sire, the
exercises taking place on the grounds
before the5main front OF the state cap
itol, and the prizes will also beawarded
to the successful competitors in the
drill of the patriarchs militant.
The sovereign grand lodge Of Odd
Fellows, will hold their next annual
convention at Boston.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-22
Getting Along In Years.

OSHKOSH, Wis, September 22.-
Congratulations, personally conveyed,
and also through the medium Of del
uge of telegraphic dispatches and
letters, are pouring in this morning
upon ex-senator Philetas Sawyer IL
is the eighty first anniversary Of the
birth of the most distinguished republi-
can statesman that the Badger state
has contributed to the galaxy Of men
of national fame, and thus, notwith-
standing the fact that his life has been
marked 10 its early stages by priva-
tions. and later by many decades of
arduous work In the interest of his
country, he has passed by eleven years
the span Of life allotted man by the
prophet.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-22

The Federation Of Labor Con-
yention in Washington Dis
cuss the Situation.
A BIG INDIANA MARRIAGE
Cuban Affairs Receive Slight
Notice, Pending an Answer
From Spain.
A MONETARY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, d. c., September %.
The grievances of number Of the
labor organizations throughout the
country were passed upon and satis-
factorlly adjusted in the labor fedora
ton here, to-day. It was decided to,
continue with the present organizers 10
the mining districts of West Virginia
and Illinois, and also, appoint two ad-
diuonal organizers to aid the miners
in those states in effecting an early
settlement OF their wage scale, based
upon an agreement Of the convention.
IL is expected that the conference of
operators with the miners committee
at Charleston, w. Va, this afternoon,
will result in total victory for the
miners in that state.
The council has under consideration
the matser of securing assistance TO
aid the miners to continue to prosecute
the fight until victory shall be com
plete and general.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-22
THE FEyER'S SPREAD
A Long List Of Southern
Towns Are AffIicted--Feve
Stricken Steamer.
A CYCLONE IN THE SOUTH
The Prophet Who Predicts the
Sudden Death of Mckinley
Pronounced Insane.
LEUTGERTS TALE OF WOE

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, September 23.-The
cool weather in the south has enconr-
aged the physicians and people. The
yellow fever has not become epidemic,
and there is an improved condition of
patients. Although number of new
cases are reported, the situation is gen.
orally better than for several days. At
no place is there cause for alarm, un-
less it be at Edwards, Miss, and de-
tention camp was established there,
yesterday, aud facilities for handling
cases were added.
Many towns decided, to-day, to raise
the quarantine against freight from
New Orleans, and the quarantine
against Cairo has been abolished Lo.
cal physicians insist that the two cases
in the Marine hospital are malaria. No
new cases have appeared at Mobile,
and the physicians are beginning to
doubt Its being yellow fever No cases
we're reported In Mobile, yesterday,
end no deaths.
NEW ORLEANS, September 22.-Nlne
new cases, but no deaths, is the record
here.
EDWARDS, Miss, September 20 -
Sixteen new cases, and one death, is
the situation 10 Edwards.
New ORLEANS, September 22.-Tbe
first news given out, this morning. at
thesboard of health, was that two deaths
had occurred. One was DR.. Lowell,
who took the disease while treating
others who recovered.
NEW YORK, N. Y, September 22 -
The Columbian steamer "Flnance, y
arrived this morning from Colon with
twenty-three passengers. Two cases of
yellow fever in mild form were
aboard, and the steamer will be de-
tanned for thorough disinfection, and
the passengers will be transferred to
Hoffman's island for observation.
GALVESTON, Texas, September 20 -
Yellow fever has broken out IN Beau
mont, Texas. One death at that place
was announced by the state health
officer, to be due to the scourge.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-22
Pending an Answer.

WAsHINGToN. ID. O., September 22.
Pending the reply by the Spanish
government to the formal tender OF
the good offices of the United States
by Minister Woodford, little attention
is being paid to General Lee or the
Cuban question by the administration.
The matter was referred to at u cabl-
net meeting, but went no further, and
no developments of Importance have
arisen to hinder his departure. The
president, accompanied by Secretary
Alger and Attorney General McKenna,
left the city last night for North Adams,
Massachusetts, where he will remain
at least a week.
NORTH ADAMS. Mass, Septem Der
22 President Mckinley and party ar
rived here at 9:45 a. m. A great
crowd lined the platform, and the ar
rival of the train was greeted with
cheers. President Mckinley stepped
out upon the platform, bowed and
shook hands with probably 100 people.
The train proceeded to Adams, where
the party were at once driven to
the Plunkett residence. Both North
Adams and Adams are elaborately
decorated, and business is at stand
still
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-22
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THB MONETARY COMMISSION.
Members of tire August Body are Arriving
in Washington.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. September
% All members of the monetary
committee have arrived, with the ex-
ception of Louis Carnett, vf San Fran
cisco, and Sluy7esant Fish. of New
YORK, The other members of the com
mission now here are ex-senator Ed
munds, of Vermont; ex-Secretary
Charles S Fairehild, of New York ;
Professor Langhlin, of Chicago; Col.
George B. leighton, of St. Louis; T.
G. Bunch, OF Admission, Alabama; j..
w Fries and Judge R. s. Taylor. of
Fort Wayne, Indiana; c. Stewart Pat
terson, Of Philadelphia and w. B
Dean, of st. Paul. The only business
likely to be transacted AT to days ses-
sion, which IS called for 2 p. m is the
organization of the commission.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-22
PRONOUNCED INSANE.
The Prophet Who Predicted McKinley's Death
is Under Surveillance.

WASHINGTON. d. c., .,September % ~
Joseph Bloomfield Jackson, the prophet
who was arrested Monday night, for
fear be might personally carry out the
prediction that the president, or may
be, cabinet officer, would meet with
sudden and violent death, has been
pronounced insane. The physicians
do not think he will recover, and say
that his mental malady was induced by
extreme terror and anxiety, inclted by
the st Louis cyclone. He will be kept
in safety until his wife and friends, who
reside in Pittsburg, and who have been
telegraphed for, arrive.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-22
FEDERAL Amendments

WASHINGTON, D c., september 22.
The president has mado the follow :
ing appointments: United States mar
shals-Lee Bennett, for the northern
district. and John Hammer, for the
southern district of the Indian Terri
tory; United States district attorneys
VIM. B johnson, for the southern dis
trict, and John w. Wilkins, for the
central district of the Indian Terri
tory; registers of land offices--James
Hill, at Jackson, Miss; Charles B.
Moores, at Oregon City. Oregon; to be
receiver of public moneys-George G.
Matthews. at Jackson. Miss.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-22
A Hurricane in the Rast

WASHINGTON. D c 4, September % =
At 9 O'clock this morning, the weather
bureau says that great storm is COM
ing up the coast. and will reach New
Jersey. 10 morrow, The center now be-
ing eff Charleston, s. G., where the
winds velocity is fifty two miles per
hour. II will probably increase in
violence as it progresses, and warn
ings have been orderedsup at all of the
stations from Jacksonville, Florida, to
Cape Cod, Massachusetts. while hurri-
cane signals nre displayed from Will
mington, North Carolina. TO Florida.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-22
Probable street Car strike.

CHICAGO, Illinois, September 20 "A
tie.up Of all the street car railway sys-
TENS in Chicago is threatened. Nine
conductors Of the Chicago city rail-
way company were discharged, ysster-
day, and their fellow workmen demand
their Reinstatement. A general strike
may follow.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-22
Nebraska Cold democrats.

OMAHA, Neb September 22 "A
delegate convention of the, gold demo-
Gratis of the state will be held, to-
right. in this city. for the purpose of
nominating Judge of the supreme
court and two regents of the state
university. The state central com
mittee, with T j. Mahoney presiding,
Is in session, this afternoon. There Is
a general consensus of opinion that a
good organization should be main
tanned. and that vigorous fight should
be made in the coming campaign.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-22
President Kruger Sick.

LONDON, September % There is
strong confirmation Of the report that
President Kruger, of the South African
republic, is suffering from Bright's
disease in very advanced stage and
is not likely to live more than eighteen
months, at most.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-22
Want More Gold.

TACOMA, Wash, September % -
Late advices from Juneau, Alaska, say
tha, the miners are rushing from ths.
point 20 Berner's bay, where mines,
fortv miles distant, are attracting them
to rich bodies Of ore.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-22
A sentence commnfed.

PARIS, Texas, September 20 &C. l..
Addinton, who was to be executed Fri
day, for murder, has received a com.
mutation Of sentence from President
Mckinley When the message was read
to him he broke down and wept.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-22
Gold Returning.

NEW YORK, N. Y September 22 ---
A caole dispatch to the Arbitrage house
states that 81 600 900 in gold has been
Withdrawn from the Bank of Eng land,
presumably for shipment to the United
States.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-22

Letter-heads, statements, cards, envel-
opes, invitations, programs, etc., etc., in
abundance, at this office. Call and get
prices. tt
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-22

NEW YoRK, September 29.--Silver,
bS1S; lead 81.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-22

A NEW WITNESS
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-22

In ali It's Numerous and d.
verse branches done as II
should be at THR OPTIC Job
Rooms.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-10
ROSS JAoKsON,s WILL.
His Estate Bequeathed in Trust fol
His Widow and Daughter.

His Estate Bequeathed in Trust for
His Widow and Daughter.
The will of ]. Ross Jackson, the we'll
known newspaper writer, who died in this
City on the Goth of last month, was filed
for probate yesterday.
1t is not determined what the value OF
the estate will be, but it is understood to
be considerable, consisting of cash, bonds
and an interest in banking institution
established many years ago at Paterson,
n. j., by the father of the tsstator.
The second section of the will provides
as follows:
Second-I give, devise and beoueath my en-
tire estate, real personal and mixed, and
wheresoever situated, to William z. Lawlor.
and to his successor or SUCCESSORS in office, in
trust for the following purposes that is to saw :
the lives of my wife, Amelia, and our dauph-
ter, Mary Caroline Johnson, and during the
life of the survivor Of them; and TO hold man
age and control the said trust property and
estate. and quarterly to pay over the net in.
come derived therefrom TO my said wife. Anne
liza. during her life, and after her death quar-
terly 10 nav the net income derived therefrom
to our said daughter, during her life, if she
shall survive her mother. Said trust shall
terminate upon the death OF the survivor OF
my said wife and daughter
William p. Lawlor was nominated as
the executor of the will without bonds.
The instrument is dated December 81,
three DAYS before the testator's death, and
is witnessed by Carrot McEnerney and J.
J. Groom.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-10

another, saying, HAS he resigned2"
Being assured that such was a fact, he
then asked, What in Halifax did he
want to resign for?" but not receiving an
answer, he remarked that as the resigna-
ton had been sent in, Lieutenant. Colonel
Victor D. Duboce is, by reason Of his rank,
in line of promotion, and then added that
there is no telling who will be the man TO
command the First Infantry.
Colonel Macdonald, who is manager of
prominent insurance company of this
City, has been connected with the Ma
tonal Guard of this State since 1878. The
record of his service is as follows: -Pri-
vate Com pany F, Second Infantry (artil-
lery), April 3, 1873; corporal Company f,
Second Artillery, November 3, 1880; cap
tain and aid-de-camp Second Brigade,
November %, 1880, TO January 81, 1882;
private of Light Battery a, Second Artil-
lery, February 1. 1882; corporal Battery
a, Second Artillery, May l, 1882; second
Lieutenant Battery A, June g. 1882; first
lieutenant Battery A, Second Artillery,
ond Artillery, October 90 1887; colonel Of
the Second Artillery, May %, 1885, This
last-named position he held until the re-
cent reorganization of the guard, and on
the 4th of last January he was chosen
colonel of the First Infantry, Second
Brigade.
In the several positions in the guard
filed by Colonel Macdonald he always
proved a conscientious man, whether in
the ranks or in command, and as an Off
Ger he won the esteem of nearly every
man Of his command and of his superiors.
Should Lieutenant Colonel Duboce sue
ceed o the command of the regiment it Is
likely that Major Charles Buxton, whose
connection with the guard dates from
April A. 1884, when he joined as private
of Battery G, Second Artillery, will be
promoted to the lieutenant-coloneIcy,
but that is only the talk OF the street, as
there are others who would like to wear
the silver leaves on their shoulder straps.
Colonel Macdonald in a communication
to the lieutenant colonel, in which he an
nounced his determination to part with
his command, pays him high comp!i-
ment for the manner he controlled the
affairs of the First when he was in tenn
porary command. For several days prior
to yesterday Colonel Macdonald spent
many hours In the Office of the adiutant-
general at Sacramento. Yesterday he left
for the East to be absent for some time, as
it was announced in THE CALL last Mon
day that he would.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-10
THE FIRST LOSES
ITS COMMANDER
Colonel William Macdonald
Tenders His Resignation
to Gen. Warfield.
H Says That Business Will Not
Permit Him to Attend to
the Command.
Speculation as to Who Will Succeed
the Retiring Ofcer-One Who Is
in the Line of Promotion.

Colonel William Macdonald, command
ing the First Infantry, Second Brigade,
N. G. O., has tired of military life and
yesterday morning sent his resignation to
Brigadier-General R. II. WarfeId, who in
turn will transmit it to COMMANDMENTS
Chief James H. Budd, when it will be
acted upon, and no doubt it will be ac-
cepted, as the colonel has for some time
contemplated the action taken, assigning
that his business engagements would not
permit him TO give to the command the
time required.
For some time past 1t had been known
by the officers of the guard that the
colonel intended to retire, but the matter
was kept dead secret" until yesterday
morning, when the fact became known,
and no sooner was it made known than
the talk turned upon who will be his pos
sible successor.
The brigadier general, when asked
about the matter, adopted the Yankee
method of meeting a question by asking