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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-12-08

new postmaster will soon be announced.
Gov. Il. S. stoyer and SIgfried Gruns-
field, brother of the present postmaster,
are seeking the appointment. New
Mexico support is about equally divided
between them, and strong Kansas
pull is working for Gov. Stover. Local
influence. If there is anything in petit
tions. is with Mr.. Grunsfeld, aud be
also has powerful New York and
Washington backing.
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Gov. Otero is having time Of it
getting away to Washington He was
detained at Santa Fe yesterday on bus
iness with IT,. Mclaughlin. manager
Of the Santa Fe. Copper company at San
Pedro. Mr.. Mclaughlin passed through
Cerrilos last night TO meet the COVER
nor: 1t appears that the extensive cop
per interests which the 0tero family
claim In south Santa Fe county have
been or are about to be sold to the
sLewisshon Brothers of New York and
Boston, and that while the governor is
east on this trip he will confer with
them. He expects to pass through Las
Vegas early tomorrow morning.
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For sale at bargain, one thorough
bred, petigreed yearsold Jersey bull.
Inquire of A. We'll, Bridge street, 21tf
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PARIS, Dec. 8.-The treaty is finished
Judge Day said: 1--WE have settled all
points to which there is possibility of
agreement. Only the engrossing re-
mains. The Spaniards today refused
to cede to the United States coal sta
tion in the Caroline islands,"
THE MAINE INCIDENT.
Madrid papers are disposed to revive
the question of the Maine and excite
public opinion against the United
States on account of the reference made
to this subject in President McKinley's
message They report that Senior Mon
tero Rios, president of the Spanish
commission, made an impassioned de-
nunciation of President Mckinley at
the last joint meeting of that commits.
sion. But these reports are practically
without foundation.
MR.. RIOS is HOT.
Sen0r Rios referred to the Maine acci-
dent but only in calmly worded SEN
tence, expressing regret that the Presi-
dent had spoken, as the Spaniards
thought. unjustly of them. The Span
iards had already proposed at this con-
ference to have the responsibility of the
Mains explosion reported upon by q
Joint commission of European powers.
The American commissioners refused
to listen to this, and permitted Rios
reference to the Presidents mes
sage to pass unch llenged as its dis
cussion would have provoked bad
blood.
FRENCH BOND-HOLDERs.
The French government is reported
TO have resolved to take up the case of
French holders of Cuban bonds and 1t
is believed that France will declare the
reputation of these bonds is the result
of the treaty Of the victorious nation
imposed upon Spain. They argue that
the treaty responsibility has been shift
ed upon America, therefore the French
government will endeavor to exact some
pledge for payment or the guarantee
of bonds.
rv...-se ARE QUITE NERVOUS.
The American peace commissioners
entered the joint conference to-day in
nervous frame of mind having reasons
to believe that possibility existed,
even at this late hour, that there might
be a rupture. as the commissioners for
Spain do not conceal the fact of hav-
ing failed to gain all important points
they we're indifferent as to whether the
conferences to-day result in signing the
treaty by which Spain looses all her
..AIns.s1n
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Postmaster E. A, Grunsfeld, at AIbu-
querque, has completed his four years
term of service in that position, and
has made, very wisely, his plans to step
down and out at an early date. The
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yards beyond. Captain Smith said after
wards that this was undoubtedly an eight
inch armor-piercing projectile, and that it
would have passed through the Morrill's
boilers had be not changed her course in
the nick of time. All the guns of the water
battery were now at work. One OF them
cut the jacobs ladder of the Vicksburg
adrift and another carried away a portion
of the rigging. AS the Morrill, and the
Vicksburg steamed away their after guns
were used, but only a few shots were fired
The Morrill's six-inch gun was elevated for
a thousand yards and struck the earth
works repeatedly. The Vicksburg fired but
three shots from her six-pounder.
The Spaniards continued to fire shot and
she'll for twenty minutes, but the shots
were ineffective. Some of them were so
wild that they aroused the American Jack
les" to jeers. The Spaniards only ceased
firing when the Morrill, and Vicksburg were
completely out of range. If all the Spanish
gunners had been suffering from strabismus
their practice could not have been worse
But the officers of both the Morrill, and
Vicksburg frankly admit their own reck-
lessness and the narrow escape of their
vessels from destruction. They are Yirmly
convinced that the pursuit of the schooner
was neatly planned trick, which almost
proved successful.
If any one of the shots had struck the
thin skin Of either vessel it would have Of
fered no more resistance than a piece of
paper to a rife ball. The accurate range of
the first few shots is accounted for by the
fact that the Spanish officers had ample
time to make observations. The bearings
of the two vessels were probably taken
with a range finder at the Santa Clara bat
terry, and as this battery is probably cen
nected by wire with MORO, they were en-
abled to take bearings from both points
the positions of the vessels pretty accu-
rately. With such opportunity for o5serva-
ton it would have been no great trick for
an American gunner to drop a shell down
the smokestack of a vessel.
AS soon as the ships sheered off, after
the first fire. the Spanish gunners lost the
range and their practice became ludicrous.
fore opening fire, Captain Smith says. it
would have been well-nigh impossible to
have missed the barge. Later in the day
the Morrill, captured the Spanish schooner
Espana, bound for Havana, and toWed the
prize to Key West.
On Friday the French schoolship Frigette
Dobourdieu, carrying thirty guns in all. en-
ped by the Morrill,, and two salutes were
fired by the Annapolis before she showed
her flag.
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HEADQUARTERS FOR 10000.
Number of Troops Wanted at Chicka-
manga This Week.

CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL PARK,
Ga. May Sit was given out officially to-
day that forty thousand men OF the volun-
soon as they have been mustered into the
government service. With ten regiments
Of regulars now here. filed to war strength,
the army at this point will number fifty
thousand men. 1t was also announced that
Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, Maj. Gen. Joseph
Wheeler and Maj. Gen. James II, Wilson
would be in command the purpose being to
form the volunteer men into three army
corps. The following recently appointed
brigadier ger IS, ex-colonels of the regu-
lar army, have IN assigned to the volun-
teer army here: A. S. Burt, late of the
Twenty-ffth Infantry; General Sumner, late
colonel Third Cavalry; General Snider,
colonel Nineteenth Infantry. Other assign
ments can be expected at any moment The
first installment of equipments for recruits
arrived to-day and were distributed. Re-
crujts are now coming in rapidly. One hun
dred reached here to-day, and information
from recruiting officers is to the effect that
all the recruits required will be obtained in
a comparatively short time. 1t has been
decided to locate the camp of the volunteer
army on the west side of the Lafayette
road, near Chickamauga creek and force
of men has been put to work preparing the
ground and getting it in readiness for occu-
pancy. The railroad company will begin to-
morrow putting in additional siding and
erecting depots for the proper handling of
the volunteers and their equipments
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FREEZE OUT NAIL TRUST
UNION LABOR AND ANTITRUST CON-
Germs MAY COMBINE.
Demonstration of Gas-Belt working
men at Muncie the First of the
Summer Meetings.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

ANDERSON, Ind, May S-The Arrow
Wire Nail Company, whose plants located in
this city have been closed down three years
held secret session in Cincinnati the past
week with other antitrust concerns and
representatives of organized labor, and
planned campaign against the newly or
ganized Wire Nail Trust. Organized labor
is interested, inasmuch as the new trust
has not only notified workmen of reductions
ranging from to 80 per cent, but has also
adopted plan of unsteady operation. 1t is
proposed to get all of the union carpenters
in the county to refuse to drive a trust
nail. 1t is also proposed to organize fathers
the same way. Officials of the two national
unions referred to have already taken the
matter up. 1t is then proposed to thoroughly
organize the antitrust wire nail mills and
put the Arrow plants in this city into oper
alton A big wire drawing mill is to be
erected in connection with the Arrow mills,
and this mill is to furnish finished wire not
only to the Arrow, but to all other anti
trust concerns that need supplies of this
kind. Another wire mill for similar purpose
is to be erected in connection with the anti
nails are to have copyrighted label, which
will be cast on every nail, and the carpen-
terS and fathers are expected to require
nails with the stamp. 1t is hoped this plan
Will prove disastrous to the Nail Trust
which now controls the fourteen largest
plants. The Amalgamated Association is in
tereSted In the antitrust movement
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special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON Ind, May S.-Four years
ago Judge West and Squire Crickenberger,
Of this city, were elected justices of the
peace for the township, Squire McCarty, a
former incumbent, being defeated. He
scraped up a statute that permitted, he
claimed, the appointment of two more JUS
tices Of the peace for this township. owing
to population Democratic county commits
sioners availed themselves of this claim
and appointed McCarty and James Dun
ham, another Democrat, to the two extra
offices which they created. This necessi-
tated extra constableS. 1t was found that
four justices. all running at about the top
notch possible in fees, could not make a
living. McCarty was able to get most of
the business. The two regularly elected
men brought suit to test the appointments,
and at last Judge Ryan last evening made
a ruling in which he holds that the COM
missioners had no right to create the offices
and that the appointments of McCarty and
Durham were invalid. The prosecutor will
institute quo warranto proceedings.
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Dividing Up the Delegates.
Special to .he Indianapolis Journal.

Speclal TO ;he indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, May s.-What
looked to be a hot contest for Republican
congressional delegates here Saturday
dwlndled to very tame affair." For the
past week A. O. Marsh, the Randolph can
didate. A. L. Sharpe, the Wells county as
plrant, and George Cromer, of Delaware
county, have been residents of this city. AS
most of the delegates of the county are Sc
iected IN Licking township in which Hart
lord City is located, the fight was made
mere. few minutes before opening of
the convention compromise was effected
Or the seven delegates in this township it
was Was agreed to let T, Marsh and Cromer select
Two each and Sharpe three. There are
fourteen congressional delegates from the
county, and Sharpe, of Button, claims to
nave nine Judge Marsh in speech before
the convention asserted that in the Joint
representative convention of Blackford and
randolph counties, at Redkey. next Tues
Gay, the man selected by the Blackford
county delegation would receive the nom
ination. AS ex-Mayor John A. Bonham, Of
TINS city. is the only candidate, his nomina-
ton is certain. The congressional conven-
tlon OF the Eighth district will be held at
Decatur, Nav "a.
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COIIet Estate Claims.
0 the Indianapolis Journal.

Speclal 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
TERREl HAUTE, Ind, May S.-There is
to be held in New York tomorrow con-
ference affecting the estate of the late Jo-
sephus Coliett, of this city, who died sevt
eral years ago, bequeathing property val
ued at more than half a million dollars.
Among the requests was one of $4,000 for
the Rose Polytechnic Institute, of this city,
and another of like amount for an orphans
home in Vermillion county, where Mr.. Col
lett was born and lived until manhood.
After his death the holders of notes for
several hundred thousand dollars given by
.: j. Mackey, formerly president OF the
evansville d Terre Haute road, and indors-
ed by Mr.. Collett, brought suit against the
estate, thereby preventing the execution of
the will. The question of liability has been
before the courts since then, and the de-
clsions so far rendered have been against
the Eastern holders of the Mackey paper
Several months ago a compromise was
nearly efIected, when one creditor raised
an objection. 1t is now said there is good
prospect of making compromise settle
ment. If it is accomplished the requests
will be available at an early date.
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NEIGHBORS FALL OUT.
The Sims and Campbell Families All
in the Fracas.

Bicycle Patrolmen Schroeder and STREET.
were called at an early hour yesterday
morning to Wabash street and Senate av-
enue where they arrived in time to stop
serious family row. They were not in time
however, to prevent several colored people
being cut more or less seriously. According
to the information obtained by the police,
there has been bad blood between Robert
Sims and James Campbell who live oppo-
site each other on Wabash street, near Sem
ate avenue Sims came home late under the
influence of whisky and called Campbell
to his porch. When Campbell came out
Sims hurled brick at him. the police say.
1t hit him on the head and feled him to the
ground, cutting a deep scalp wound over
the eye. Campbell ran into his own
house and procured long knife and made
for Sims and began carving him. The first
blow landed on Sims's head. cutting his ear
in two and laying the skull bare for five
inches back of the ear.
Mrs. Sims her sister and Mrs. Campbell
gathered around the men TO stop the fight.
BY this time Campbell was in a frenzy and
he struck out right and left with the knife.
Mrs Sims received cut across the face and
her sister was cut in the arm, the wound
the shoulder to half way between the elbow
and wrist. While the fight was in progress
Ed Harvey. brother of Mrs. Sims, was sent
for and arrived just as the police did He
was armed with a big club. The police ar
rested all the people, including Harvey.
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UNION LABOR DEMONSTRATION.
First of u Series of Gas-BeIt Meet
ings Held at Muncie.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, May S.-The first demon
strat1on in the interests of union labor for
the present summer season in the Indiana
gas belt occurred in this city to-day, it be-
ing starter for a series of such demon
STATIONS to occur at different points in the
next few months. 1t was expected that at
least three special trainloads of visitors
would be present from other manufacturing
FOWLS in the belt, but there were only a
Few visitLrs A feature of the day was a
street parade by the different unions of the
CITY, IN which about five hundred members
Of fifteen different local organizations par
ticlpated, led by the Indiana Iron Works
Band and flying fancy banners and large
hags. tic parade was witnessed by thou
SANDS OF people who thronged the streets.
After the parade a programme at the op-
era house was carried out. After the adj
dress OF welcome from Mayor George w.
Crom2r who is an ardent trades unionist
and whose words have done much for the
cause. the address of the day was made
by PresideE- M. d. Rockford, of the Indi-
ana Miners Association
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JACKSON. Miss. May S.--Robert I. Bar
low, one Of the six heroes who were wound
ed in the battle of Manila, is a native OF
Mississippi, born and raised in Copiah coun-
ty. He was on board the Baltimore and
was injured in the explosion on it's deck.
Barlow is now thirty years OF age and has
been in tho service of the United States six
years. Eight years ago he enlisted in the
regular army, and having served a term of
five years was honorably discharged. About
a year ago he entered the navy as u seaman
on board tho Baltimore. His mother is
widow and lives with her son, DIR. II. Fl.
Barlow, at Barlow, Copiah county, a little
town twenty miles southwest On Hazel
hurst DIR. II. H. Barlow, brother of the
brave seaman, is a well-to-do merchant and
physician. Robert Barlow received his mill
tary bent from his early training, having
been educated at the Agricultural Mechan-
ical College at Starkville. Miss. His father
died before he joined the army.
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Spain May Sell Converts.

LONDON, May 9.-The Vienna corre-
spondent of the Standard says: THE Water
land, the Vatican organ, advises the adj
illustrators of church property in Spanish
dominions to take measures with all speed
whereby the title to that property and the
usufruct of it would be secured by way OF
timely transfer to trustworthy private in
dviduals. Nobody knows what is going to
happen in Spain, and not only are we pre-
pared to learn that conquest of the Phil
ippines is to be followed by the abolition OF
converts and monasteries, but we are also
informed of an intention in Spain, in case
of further reverses, to close all the con-
vents and sell their estates for the nation.
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CAMP UNDER WATER.
Severe Experience of Pennsylvania
Guards mt Camp Hastings.

WUuEuS az OsA1nP
MOUNT GRETNA, Pa. May Scamp
Hastings was submerged in mud and water
to-day, and the recruits who are encamped
in the barracks were subjected to con-
dition of weather that has been the worst
ia the history of the Pennsylvania National
Guard. From o'clock this morning until
o'clock tonight it rained in torrents with
h cessation. In addition the wind blew
uriously during the early hours of the
storm. and many of the tents were blown
over and the occupants were forced to turn
out in the rain and get them in shape to-
day. In all three of the brigades the men
were given a test of their mettle, but in
the first brigade particularly were the
hardest experiences met. This camp is on
the extreme of the line, two miles from the
station, and situated in a low land. AS the
rain fell ii became a Veritable swamp, and
the ground with the cold wind made sleep
impossible.
The regiments there were forced to spend
the night and all the day in water and
mud TO their shoe tops. Those companies
not fortunate enough to have company
mess or supplies on hand We're forced to
go hungry all day. the roads being so cut
up that it was impossible to get teams
through with supplies. BY nightfall, how
ever, the men were all cared for, and huge
camp fires We're lighted, around which the
men bivouacked Governor Hastings to-
night ordered that no more recruits be
taken to the barracks until the weather
cOntWtlOnS changed. All lndI arrive VIII De
housed at Lebanon.
This morning there were but few men on
the sick list, but during the day several
slight symptoms of pneumonia developed
Comparatively few visitors came to camp
to-day. Notwithstanding the storm the
work OF examining officers. enlisting men
and recruits was pushed forward. Battery
b, of Pittsburg, mustered in during
the afternoon. AS far as can be learned
all the officers were accepted but two.
4Colonels Washabough, of the Sixth Regi-
ment and Magee. of the Eighth. They are
held under advisement. 1t is expected that
the mastering of the regiments will begin
tomorrow.
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LONDON, May "a special dispatch
from Madrid says that $50 persons have
been arrested at Talavera. The mob tried
to burn the railway station at Vallacanas,
southeast of Woledo At La Union, all the
prisoners have been liberated and tranquil
ity has been restored there, but only after
serious street lighting in which three min
ers were killed. The municipal building at
Soria has been destroyed. The Madrid cor
respondent Of the Daily Mail says that fresh
disturbances are reported in the provinces
at Aimaden and ELSEWHERE.
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Young Covert a New Gunner.

RACINE, Wis, May S-Richard Covert.
Of this city, on board the cruiser Baltimore.
and one OF the injured is a son of George
Covert, United States mail carrier. He
was born in Racine and is nineteen years
old. His first military experience was OBJ
tanned in the local company here He was
graduated from the Second ward school and
afterward attended a business college and
became stenographer Last July he went
to Milwaukee and enlisted in the navy and
was placed on board the Vermont, and was
afterward transferred to the Baltimore as a
gunner His father received Il letter from
him dated at Honolulu. in which he said
they were loading ammunition, and that
when the letter was received they would be
al Hong-kong
other Racine boys. are also on the Balu-
more.
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is corporal in the First Regiment. and II
in camp at Springfield. Four other broth
ers also live in Chicago. NJ. G.. BudingeI
is over seventy years old and partly help
less. and his wife is sixty-ave years old.
Both have worried intensely since the first
news came that battle had been fought
by Dewey's fleet. Though they hoped their
son was unlnjured, the doubt was worse
than the certainty, and for several days
Mrs. Budinger has been nearly Ill from the
effects of nervous apprehension. Michael
Budinger was nineteen years old when he
enlisted last summer. He went from Chi
cago to New York. and was on board the
training ship for two months before he was
sent to San Francisco. where he joined the
Baltimore. His injuries are not serious.