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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-02

NOR RENT-A fpe-room, furnished
IL house, north Seventh street. Apply
at 425 north Third street. 90 TT
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-02

,EOR sALE.-One thousand cedar posts,
~ by A. We'll. II ct
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-02

Block is selling mems shgass very low, at
present. IL
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-02

Notice Fields inviting card.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-02

The extension Of the Pecos valley rail-
road, from Roswell north east seems now
an assured fact. The following kilograms
concerning the matter, have been taken
from the Denver Nesos:
CoLoRADo SPRINGS, Colo, January 81
Percy Hagerman, this afternoon received
a telegram from J. J.. Hagerman, now in
New York city, to the effect that negotia-
tions had been completed for the sale of
$2, 600, 900 in bonds to extend the Pecos
valley railway from Roswell. N. NJ, to
Washburn, Tex, a distance of 210 miles.
The announcement is also made that a
contract has been signed with a large
eastern steel company for the immediate
delivery of 20, 800 tons of steel rails which
will be used In building this extension.
Bids ON new rolling stock and equipments
are also under consideration by Mr.. Hager-
man, and it is believed that the road will
be completed and in operation within six
months. The extension from Roswell, N.
NJ, to Washburn, Tex, will be built
by q newly incorporated company called
the Pecos Valley 81 Northeastern railroad
company, with which the Pecos Valley
railroad company will be consolidated.
The receivership now holding over the
latter company will be dissolved at once.
Interest on the -, 600, 1000 worth Of bonds
has been prepaid for two years and the
new company will rave every opportunity
to bring to the front the rich country that
the railroad will pierce.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-02

GOOD ROOMS: These, with board, can
NJ be had at 403 Sixth street, corner Ma
lonal, oo'tr
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-02

Try one of those new caps at Blocks.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-02

NOR RENr-Two rooms, newly fur
Il nished, in a most. desirable place on
the plaza. All improvements, including
bath room, will rent separate IL desired.
For information, inquire of Mrs. 8. b..
Davis, on the Plaza. x2ttf
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-02
WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEB. ., 1903
STREET TALK.

Blocks for Dunlap hats.
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WILL nap THE pENvER 8 GUILE.

SANTA FEE, N. NJ, January 31.-Governor
Otero, at 2 p. NJ, received a dispatch from
New York City, signed by J. ]. Hsgerman,
of Colorado Springs, and e. o. Faulkner,
manager of the Pecos Valley railroad, an
nouncing that the bonds of the Pecos VAL
ley extension bad been placed and thatthe
road from Roswell, N. NJ, to the Texas
Panhandle would be completed by next
October. The new line will tap the Denver
& Gulf road at Washburn, 2l5 miles north
west of Roswell. This will give the Pecos
Valley road a northern connection to Dem
yer via the Uuion Pacific, Denver & Gulf.
The completion of this link means q great
deal for southern New Mexico, and willhe
OF immense benefit In eettling up that part
of the Territory in short order n in
developing its magnificent resources.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-02

woodmen OF the World, tonight.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-02

NOR RENT.-An unfurnished room, En-
IL quire of the Las Vegas telephone com
pany, ~ s. lostt
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

EOR RENT-Nicely furnished room. In
= puirc at 40S Fifth streets 73-tf
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-03

Everybody has heard or read of the
famous nosnitable house and big garden
of Champrosay, almost s PARK; on m,+ the
view of the long, white road OF Corben.
No one but is familiar now with the little
study, and the cane-b65tomed cn th De fao
Nine. Daudets work table, with all the
details of a laborious and agreeable soil
expansive nature babe him shun the en-
differing and morose single solitude. He
lived. talked, gesticulated, In Tying
ms Tlta and critic in
one beloved being. Here he worked as
siduously, when he was not running rot
along the Seine before rheumatism held
him captive; and when the light Went,
there were the tranquil evenings with ms
9 Wfe n little edns sooRs and e
ed talks for the child upon his knees. ana
their baby abed, the needle, like the pen,
selves with duets on the piano III mid mid
night But for pain there would have
been no cloud upon his life, as far as its
private setting and accomplishment went.
For, like Stevenson, he was ever surprls-
ingly susceptible to every form Oh en-
chantment.
Wagner "hypnotizes" him; the violin sur
prises him into delirium. He can forget
himself for a whole day talking of mozart
or padding along a silent stream; an un-
expected luncheon in a village inn. where
he finds a wheezy old spinet. sends him
into an afternoon paradise He seems
never to have sulked, except perhaps.
against the institute. Then. unfortunate,
" instead of laughing, as he has laughed
at Provence, instead of giving US announcer
irresistible galejado, he took what he
called ICES chinoiseries'' too seriously an 10
too ill-humoredly, and produced one OF
his weakest books, 81 Immortel II IS
book he ought never to have written,
for it touches his own reputation far
more heavily than the institute 1t is
ouisite sense Of the ludicrous as Daudet
failed to see the absurdity of his attack
upon a composite body ltne That or the
five academies, which he apostrophiZes as
a single criminal-Fortnightly Review.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-03
SHORT SHRIFT
FOR THE SLAYER
OF A YUKONER
Double Tragedy Near
Lake TesIin.
MINER KILLED AS He SLEPT
COMPANIONS SOON AVENGE HIS
DEATH.
Murderer Is Riddled With Bullets by
Pursuers, His Brother As
sisting in Melting Out
Justice.
MINER KILLED AS HE SLEPT
COMPANIONS SOON AVENGE HIS
DEATH.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

VICTORIA, B. c., Oct. 2.-Charles
Vain, an Englishman. who has Just
returned from prospecting trip up the
HootalinQua, tells of a tragedy enacted
about thirty miles down from Lake
Teslin. A party of French Canadians
who went in by the Stikeen route last
winter were encamped there. One of
their number, Alphonse Leclair was
murdered by Xavier Lauzon. another
of the party All members of the party
hail from Quebec. The victim had won
about SIS from the murderer at cards.
Lauzon alleged that he cheated and
swore to be avenged. That night
was about eight weeks ago-the muir
derer crept to where his victim lay
asleep in his sleeping bag and plunged
q hunting knife into his PROSTATE form
several times, killing Leclair almost IN
stantly. Lauzon then fed.
On discovering the horrible crime III
the morning the other members OF the
party soon connected LauZOn with the
murder. for they had heard his threats
and at once organized a pursuit. Ldu-
ION was captured after a chase OF
about five hours and riddled with Dull
let's by his late comrades. One was MS
brother, who, forgetting his relation
ship in his indignation at the coward
" murder, helped the lynchers- ne
miners did not report the Tragedy 10
any of the authorities on the way; puI
It is expected they will make a Iull re-
port on reaching Dawson.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-03
DENNY BELIEVES THE
EMPEROR Is ALIVE

NEW YORK, Oct. "A Washington
special to the Herald says: Charles
DENLY, former Minister to China, is OPP
timistic in his views ON the Celestial
empire He does not fear a revolution
there; he does not believe the Emperor
is dead and he is confident there will be
no partition of the empire.
1.-THE instant the Emperor Is dead,
said Mr.. DENLY, "the fact will be cabled
to the State Department, which has not
yet been so advised. I remember the
Emperor was more than friendly. He
was devoted to the Empress Dowager
and he gave her recently the credit of
new officers created and announced"
If there were in other respects differ
ent shades of policy represented by the
Empress Dowager and Emperor. Mr..
DENLY said, both represented the idea
of material progress
There are now said Mr.. DENLY,
Eight hundred miles of railway build
ing out of Peking, and the building Of
other lines will rapidly follow all Amer
lean enterprises. But this does not
mean the foreshadowlng of a partition
ing of the Empire. AS l have stated
before. there will be no partition Of
China. There will be privileges and
ports acquired by nations and strips of
territory here and there. but nothing
more, Our commercial exchanges with
China have doubled within a short time
and will continue to increase"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-03
BALTIMORE ORDERED
TO A CHINESE PORT

NEW YORK, Oct. "A Washington
special to the Herald says: Instruc-
lions have been sent by Secretary Long
to Rear Admiral Dewey directing him
to send the protected cruiser Baltimore
at once to Tientsin, China.
This action shows conclusively the
concern felt by the administration at
the existing conditions of affairs in the
Celestial empire. 1t would seem to in
dictate that more sensational informa
ton had been received from Minister
Conger than the authorities made pub
lie.
1t was assured, however, that advices
from the Minister at Picking simply snow
the turbulent condition of affairs exist
ing throughout the empire. In the dis
patch made public by the state Depart
ment yesterday the Minister announced
that riots had occurred at points not
then known. In view Oh the prospect
of trouble In Picking in consequence of
the probable death Of the Emperor ana
the efforts which will probably be made
by his adherents to seek revenge or at
least assured safety for themselves the
authorities deemed it wise to- place
ship as near the capital as possible,
where members of the American Legal
lions and ConSulates near the capital
may find refuge in case of need.
After a consultation with the Presi-
dent, Secretary Long directed Captain
A. S. Crowninshield, Chief of the Bu-
reau of Navigation, to prepare instruc-
tions to the rear admiral to send the
Baltimore to Tientsin without delay.
These orders were signed and sent yes
terday afternoon and it is believed that
the ship is now on her way to her deS-
tination.
1t Is also evident from the instruc-
tfons directing the Baltimore to proceed
to Tientsin that the administration is
either more relieved concerning the in
ternational situation in the Philippines
or that the danger to Americans and
American interests in China is greater
than in the islands held by Rear Admi-
raj Deweys force. So far as Germany
is concerned, the authorities are salts
fed that her attitude is now as correct
as they can desire. The Baltimore can,
therefore, be spared from Manila, espe-
cially as the need for the presence of
an American ship at Tientsin is
greater
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-03
SITUATION IN
CHINA GROWING
MORE SERIOUS
Feeling of Anxiety
Exists.
DOUBT AS TO THE EMPEROR
BELIEF AT WASHINGTON THAT
he rs DEAD.
Instructions Sent to Secretary Long
to Dispatch the Cruiser
Baltimore to
Tientsir.
Special dispatch to The Call.

WASHINGTON, Oct. "A brief dis
patch was received to-day at the State
Department from Minister Conger at
Picking concerning the situation there
He says nothing concerning the re-
ported death of the Emperor, but states
that a feeling of anxiety exists, add
ing that de does not consider the situa-
ton especially critical at present The
State Department officials do not dis
credit the report of the Emperor's
death, and some do not hesitate to ex-
press their acceptable of the report of
his assassination. The Chinese Min
lister. however, discredits the entire re-
port of a tragedy.
II do not believe that the Emperor
has been ASA ssinate9 " he said to an
Associated Press reporter tonight. l
have no confirmation of the report.
do you believe the Emperor to be
dead?" he was asked.
L hope he is not" was the reply.
'Yet 1 do not know. Sick men some
times die and the Emperor may be
dead. Men die natural deaths in China
as elsewhere"
He then repeated the assurance that
he had received no information what
ever and said he would hope for re-
assuring news until he was personally
advised of the condition of affairs.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-03
GENERAL PRECIPITATION.
Rain and Snow Descend Upon the
Mountains

SACRAMENTO, Oct. 2.-Several show
ers fell here to-day, and at the railroad
Office II is learned that during the past
two DAYS there has been generous fall
Of rain and snow in the mountains. Above
Blue Canyon snow fell Tor over thirty
hours hut as 1t thawed nearly as fast as
il came down, only thin coating now
covers the ground. Below Blue Canyon
and along the foothills the rain came
down steadily though there was no
heavy downpour. On Thursday last the
rain came down all day in the Mount
Shasta region and a noticeable rise in the
river was the result 1t is believed, by
farmers that grapes on the vine VIII be
considerably damaged by the rains, and
that late peaches also will suffer- though
to what extent can only be surmised.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-03
WOULD RETURN
TO CALIFORNIA
Shafter in Love With
the State.
AWAITS MERRITT'S COMING
WILL THEN RESUME HIS OLD
COMMAND.
General Says He Would Testify Will
ingly Before the Investigating
Board if Called Upon
to Do So.
WILL THEN RESUME HIS OLD
COMMAND.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, Oct. General
Shafter arrived in this city to-day
from Montauk Point. He will go to
Governors Island tomorrow to take
command of the Department of the
East, to which he is assigned. When
asked if he expected to remain long in
command of the Department of the
East, General Shafter said:
Il expect to remain in command of
the Department of the East until Cen
eraI Merritt arrives from Manila. On
his arrival, l expect he will take COM
mand and l will return and reassume
charge of the Department of the Pa
cffic. / like California and l want to
make 1t my permanent home. During
my command there l made many
friends and like the climate and asso-
Citations there"
When General Shafter was asked If
he had been summoned to testify be-
fore the commission appointed to in
vestigate army matters, he said:
Il have not yet been notified to ap-
pear before the commission. / do not
know what 1 could say of Importance,
but if 1 am wanted 1 shall certainly
respond to my notification"
General Shafter was asked II he
thought the present army was held in
readiness, without mastering out any
more soldiers, for the purpose OF await
ing the decision of the Paris Council.
He said:
There are not enough soldiers now to
garrison all the posts. There is need of
loo, 900 soldiers for that purpose. l do
not know what the intention of the War
Department is. 1t may be that the sol
diers are being held in the event or
trouble occurring in the Philippines,
Cuba or Porto Rico. Everything is in
allegiance now. / have no different
knowledge of what the War Depart
ment intends, but 1t is certainly safe
to hold a large number OF soldiers IN
readiness"
Concerning the controversy between
General Miles and the War Department
he said:
II have no statement whatever to
make. 1 have nothing whatever to COM
plain about l did my duty as L
thought best, and tried to do 1T faith
fully for the best interests OF all. II
will be time enough to make statements
when my superiors complain ana can
me to account. There is no use stirring
up matters"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-03
FULLER ESTABLISHES
THREE WORLDS RECORDS

SAN JOSE, Oct. 2.-George Fuller of the
Olympic Club Wheelmen of San Francisco
established new one-third, one-half and
two-thirds mile records at the Garden
City Wheelmen's track to-day. He start
ed for the quarter mile and five mile rec
ords, but failed. Fuller was paced by
tandem teams from the Bay City Wheel
men. the Reliance Club of Oakland and
the Garden City Wheelmen. Each record
was a distinct trial, with flying start
The one-third mile was made in :35 4-5,
beating the record formerly held by Stan
ley Hewitt of 81 2-5. He made the half
mile in SO 4-5, lowering F. G. Peck's rec
ord of :57 A record of lip 1-5 was es-
tablished for the two-thirds mile. Fuller
rode the quarter mile in :25 1-5 and the
five miles in 1898 "A.
The Garden City Wheelmen intended to
hold a race matinee this morning, but
rain and threatening weather kept the
crowd away and the races were aban-
Adoned. A one mile. handicap was run.
(which resulted as follows: q. McNiss
first. Ivan Treadwell second, /. Letcher
third. Time, 2:15 2-5.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-03
LONE OUTLAW ROBS
AN OREGON STAGE
Carries of Registered Letters Con-
tanning About Thousand
Dollars

EMPIRE CITY, Or Oct. 2-About I
o'clock this morning the Roseburg-M Myrtle
Point stage was robbed about one mile
east of the latter place by one man with
a revolver. The driver, named Baker,
was commanded to halt, and after obey
ing was ordered 10 throw out the mail
bag. Baker threw the way sack to the
robber, who Immediately told him it was
the registered bag he wanted. After get
ting the registered sack the highwayman
told him to drive on.
Baker cannot give subscription of the
robber. There We're sixteen registered
letters in the sack, containing between
$500 and $1,000 Sheriff Gage was notified
and was upon the track this forenoon,
but at last accounts had discovered no
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-03
QUARTZ FINDS ON
DOMINION CREEK

VICTORIA. B. c., Oct. There are
about sixty Klondikers on the steam
ship Dirigo. which reached victoria
this evening from Skaguay, but few or
them brought big fortunes, the ma
jority being men hurrying out before
winter shall have caught them in the
interior without work.
The miners who left Dawson City on
September Il, coming up the river on
the sternwheeler Ora, bring news that
Dawson City was electrified just prior
to their leaving by big finds of quartz.
Great lodges and gold-bearing lodes
were found on the bench of Hunker
and Dominion Greeks. The reports
concerning the more recent discovery
near Dominion are of such character
as to arouse great interest in quartz
prospecting.
The main find. which is situated in
the locality of the Dominion, from
which most of the creeks derive their
source, is sixteen feet in width and OF
a honeycomb nature, carrying quanu-
ties Of galena and chloride. The as
says give 81 40 silver and SO so gold:
The diScoVerer of the Dominion 'hnd
was w. J. Partridge, lately hotel
keeper OF this city. He has disposed
Of four-ffths of his interests to the
North American Transportation and
Trading Company Inc properties are
being vigorously worked, and it is ex-
pected will give big results.
A rich strike on Selvin River, on the
Dawson side of the Selkirk; is attract
ing many miners from the metropolis:
A number of citizens of Dawson held
a consultation with Ogilvie on Septem-
Der 10, and it was resolved to 1ncorpor-
ate Dawson. Ogilvie was interviewed
at Dawson and said the royalty was
NOT likely 10 be changed He will in
vestigate charges against the Gold
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-03
DAYLIGHT SWIM.

A Young woman wearing mask and
attired in a bathing suit caused sensa-
ton in the Lake Shore drive yesterday
afternoon by plunging into the lake at the
foot of Bellevue place.
A breeze blew from the lake, and the
water was comfortably warm. About 4
o'clock, when a hundred urchins were
padding along the beach and taxing a
dip at the south end of the Lincoln PARK
seaWall a closed private carriage stopped
at Bellevue place. A footman in livery
jumped to the door and opened II
A young woman in a blue bathing sult
stepped out and ran gracefully across the
grass plat. AS she went she adjusted a
mask to a handsome, smiling race WIN WIZ
her sunbrowned arms. At the end OF the
seawall the unknown bather stepped nm
bly, in the water. In moment she was
well out in the lake swimming win q
strong, steady stroke toward the crib on
Walton place.
curious spectators. When 200 yards from
shore she turned and swan on her PACK.
Her eyes were toward the ,5 5es,essn ses
saw a looked-for face she raised her arm
and coquettishly waved her hand
No one on the seawall saw the carria &c
slim AWAY but as the woman neared the
crib the amazed spectators saw the Venl-
Gle drive up ready to receive her at tne
foot of Walton place me GRID to"aru
which the woman swan is low one, e1-
tending northward about 30 feet. 1t is
nearly half mile from the south enc OF
the seawall to the crib but when the Iait
swimmer reached 1t she swung hersel1
on IT with as much ease as an athlete.
On reaching the shore the young woman
was met by Policeman Charles CONAN
besides her servants. After a brief, polite
barley with the officer she stepped into
her carriage and was soon out of sight
down the drive. , =, .
smiling policeman, 1.-The girls fellow lives
over here on the drive somewhere. She
takes his dare on a wager of a diamond
ring to swim across to the crib in broad
daylight She is all pluck and she does
it, sticking him for diamond ring. See;
| threatened to arrest her.. but Wnen
with that kind of grit go."-Chicago Rec
ord.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-03
DIFFERENCES WILL CANADA.
Lord Herscheu Says They Are Of a
Minor Character.

MONTREAL, Oct. 2.-Lord HerscneH'
chairman of the international Comnlls-
zion now in session in Quebec, was BAN
Quoted bv the bar of Montreal last even
ing In reply to a toast in his honor he
said that the proceedings Of the e confer ,r1.ed
ence had shown him that the dil1 1aIeds
t DgS of a minor character, and he aid
not see why they should not be easily ao-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-03
Valuable Dogs Perish.

D SAN RAFAEL, Oct 2.-The dog kennel
of ]. E Lucas, near Reeds station. was
destroyed by fire last evening and eleven
valuable dogs persisted in the flames
The dogs were collectively valued "a, at
Guided some of the finest canine speci-
mems in the State. Several took prizes ., at
The Kennel took fire from sparks in a
painful of ashes carelessly burned near the
kennel by a servant.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-03
Fatal SHOOTING ACCIDENT.

Folett, aged 16, was accidentally shot and
killed with a rifle this evening near the
Clackamas hatchery. He was standing
on q log and set the gun on the GROUND
the hammer, discharging the gun. It's
contents entered his abdomen and ranged
inward.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-03
NAV BE CHARGED WITH
CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY
Warrants Said TO Have Been issued FOR the
Arrest of Senator Quay ana otners IN
Connection With Bank Failure.


in the
doors the day q
OnT Receiver q
prospective q
Q McManes Pes,leH' - W ' - ~ ~" O~- *
could not reached lo-hisN-
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-03
YOUNG LIS CHIEF
ADVISOR H0N0RED

LONDON, Oct. According to a dis
patch to the Times from Shanghai.
Chuahi-Ta-Pou has been appointed
President OF the Court of Censors and a
member of the Grand Council. He is
Young Lis chief supporter and was re-
Gently dismissed from office by the En-
peror. The projected imperial review
of the forces at Tien Tsin has been
abandoned.