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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-09-18
Ben Rake TestifIes.

Frankfort, KY, Sept. 1S-Ben Rake,
the stable boy, was the first witness
called at the Howard trial today. He
substantially corroborated the Bow
man Gaines testimony that Howard
was in Frankfort the day of the Goe-
bel assassination.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-09-18
Flohtlnu Al nomatIpoort.

Lorenzo Marques, Sept. 1S-Fight--
ing is proceeding at Komatipoort. All
the available men have been sent to
the frontier 1t is expected the Ko-
matipoort bridge will be destroyed.
There is great uneasiness here. With
the occupation of Komatipoort the
British would be able to cut off all
supplies reaching the Beers by the
railroad from the Portuguese territory
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-09-18
The Cuban Elections.

Santiago de Cuba, Sept. 1S-Elec-
aions of delegates to the constitutional
convention resulted in favor Of the
black party throughout this entire
province. The whites now openly de-
clare themselves to be annexationists.
Ten thousand colored men. wearing
badges containing a skull and cross
bones, aignifying death to the repub-
aiean party, paraded last night A
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-09-18
BARGAINS for Everybody.

Just received new line of samples
from Trout, Lancaster, Ohio, and Lam
un & Co, Chicago. also have
some misfit clothing which will be
sold at a great bargain. Dyeing,
cleaning and repairing a speciality.
]. B. Allen. 26S-tf
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-09-18
A Fatal coIIIsIon.

Liverpool, Sept 1s-The British
steamer Gordon Castle" and German
steamer "Stormarn" collided in Car
digan bay Sunday night, both vessels
sank. Twenty persons on the Cor
don Castle" were lost.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-09-18

FOR RENT-One seven room brick
house on Twelfth street, with bath
room, etc. One seven room frame
house on Twelfth street; one frame
cottage 612 Main street. Apply to
Charles F. Owings, care J. A. Dick, or
Mrs. Bucci, on premises. 257-tf
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-09-18
McKInIex Back 70 WashInaton

Canton. Ohio, Sept. 1S-President
Mckinley started for Washington this
afternoon. 1t is said matters con-
nected with the Chinese situation call
him to the capital.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-09-18
Coal Goes Up.

Philadelphia, Sept 1S-The Phila-
delphia & Reading coal and iron COM
pany announced this afternoon that
all grades of coal advanced twenty
FIVE cents ton.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-09-18
VEGAS NEW MEXICO TUESDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER

mills in operation. Territory wools
are SLOW For fine medium and hne
staple in. 4s q 5oc is asked Fleece
woods are slow. with prices nominal
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-09-18
Bryan to An Immense crowd.

Fort Scott, Kas.. Sept. 1s-Bryan
addressed an immense audience at
the public square here today.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-09-18

Washington. Sept 1s-The census
bureau announces the population of
Pueblo. Colo. 2s.157 against 24.55s in
1890.
Washington. Sept. 1S-The census
bureau announces the population of
Butte, Mont. sO,47O as against 1923
in 1890.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-09-18

mock funeral Of the republican party
was held today attended by Loco
colored persons.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-09-18
DressmakeTs Announcement.

Miss Wheeler, herself an accom-
plished dressmaker, will from this
date take orders for the well known
house of Chas. A. Stevens, of Chicago.
Orders will include dresses of all
styles desired. Samples and dress
trimmings displayed at any time Res
idence, COL, corner Fifth street and
Washington avenue. 2f6-tf
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-09-18

For fine watch, clock, and jewelry
repairing, go to Frank Six. the Center
street jeweler. 257-1m
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-09-18

Telephone F. ]. Gehring when in
need of transfer, baggage or ex-
press wagon. Las Vegas Phone 8,
Colorado Phone 40. ]. 3. Moore, sue
cessor to F. McSpadden. E6-tf
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-09-18

Brings business. Ifyou want
to buy anything, rent any
thing, sell anything. the best
and quickest results are 70 be
had through The Optic wants.
00ooaoae0eee
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Fashions as THEY IRE
Seen at THE Exposition
The Smart Set Wear All Manner of Costumes
at the Great French Show

nAR1S is for the time the, gayest
place on earth. There is nothing
to compare with it, and it is all
the exposition. Each day adds to it's
popularity. ~,
1t was the fashion, and indeed still
is, in the smart set to pooh-pooh it,
but it is fashionable also to go and
dine and spend the evening there. Peo-
pie say that they despise the exhibit
ton, but that they 60 there just for
something to do. When one does4meet
them they always seem to be enjoy
ing themselves, however. The most
fashionable restaurant, and the one
where one gets the best food and wine
is, strange to say, the German one.
1t is most beautifully decorated in the
"new art" style, with good deal of
inlaid wood and stained glass of quaint
design. It is not, however, the gayest
restaurant. Close by it is Spanish
place where one can dine, and where,
although the food is not very good, one
is almost certain to be amused. At one
end of the table is stage where man.
dolin orchestra plays all the evening,
and where later on, when dinner is
over and the evening visitors begin to
arrive, there is some excellent Spanish
dancing. Each evening the crowd is
so great that it is almost impossible
after seven o'clock to get table, and
there arc always plenty of smart peo-
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he meets here and in Washington.
Beside the southern European, JAP
anese and South American diplomats
with whom he is so often seen, he
looks like a giant. He is as easy-go-
ing and popular as big men are apt
u be. His personal popularity in New
York and Washington has great deal
to do with the change in political SEN
timent towards Great Britain.
Mr.. Reed is good example of the
way in which big men disapper in q
big city. often see him eating an
ample lunch in one of those down
cellar restaurants 80 common in the
crowded portions of the business Sec
tion.. He generally sits with two or
three other good fellows, stays at table
q considerable tipe-everybody in
New York does that-tells q good
story or two, and goes back TO his
law Office. He enjoys life. He makes
money easily.
The city IL full of men who made
Of themselves national figures in their
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Ame,1can and English
alliances in THE East

When They Have Fought the Ignorance. Superstition
and Barbarism of the Orient Together

being reinforced by the Leva1t, tho
American captain prepared to settle
the dispute in his own way. Four hum
dred of our marines and sailors were
landed, and charged over the muddy
fields in the face of murderous fire,
and in few minutes they were inside
the fort with the Chinese gunners in a
rout. It had been our fight, but it had
helped to settle England's grievance.
In many other instances in the east
have the stars and stripes and the
union jack covered the same work.
When our commerce with China was in
its infancy, and our boats were few and
small, piracy was the scourge of the
eastern seas. All nations suffered
alike, but it remained for England and
America, acting together, to rid the
seas of the villains who preyed upon
the ships of all nations. In that work
the differences of the past were forgot
ten; sailors from both countries
poured out their blood alike that the
seas might be safe, and Chinese piracy
is to-day thing of the past.
AS result of this there stands to-
day on English soil in Hong-Kong a
monument that bears both the emblem
of America and England. 1t is mon
ument erected by the English gocern-
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N1SPATCHES from London have
been persistent in their demand

H1SPATCHES from London have
been persistent in their demand
Tor concurrent action in China
between England and America, some
going so far as to suggest If not de-
mand that America be selected as the
power to settle the eastern difficulty
and punish the Boxers.
England fears the increasing power
of Russia in the far east. She dislikes
to place in the way of the cars gov
eminent an opportunity to secure a
stronger foothold in China than that
government now has. At the same time
there is not nation in Europe to
whom England cares to turn to ask
assistance in saving the trade of China
for the world, or in preventing its seiz-
ure by the Russian Bear.
And then, too, England does not cas-
lily forget, probably not so easily as we
do, that Americans and Englishmen
have fought side by side in past times
in the orient, and that the stars and
stripes and the union jack float over the
same graves in both China and Japan.
During these troublous times in
China, when an English admiral is
commanding American marines, all
fighting common enemy, it is well to
look back at the history of the two ma
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-07-20
PERSONAL AND 1lfpERsoNA1.,

The original manuscript Of the
speech favoring the admission of Kan.
sas into the union, made by William II
Seward, has been secured by the Kan,
sas State Historical society. :4,.t II,
A Massachusetts, man has just takes
out q patent. for a music typewriter.
Music copying has come to be a profes
sion, SO much Of it. is demanded for or
ehestras, choruses and bands. -.
Ii Hung Chang, the Chinese multi.
millionaire, maintains at his own ex.
pense q well-equipped force of about
5000 soldiers, all devoted to theirve
cradle chief and ready to do his behest,
be the same what it may.
Will am G. Nash, of Weymouth.
Mass, is thought to be the Oldest grocer
in the United States, he having en-.
tered the business as an employe in
1881, a. nd having conducted store OF
his own for the last 81 years.
A Washington optician is exhibiting
in his window curiosity in the shape
of horn trimmed monocle, with cord
attached, which was worn by Lord
Cardigan, when he led the charge OF
the light brigade at Balaklava.
mckinley and Bryan are men of i'm.
mense and enduring physical power"
says J ohm J. ingalls,. "Their vitality
has no been impaired by riot or excess.
Both have the stature and tempera-
ment that indicate and accompany
longevity"
The invitations which have been re-
ceived in Network city for fashionable
wedding which is to be celebrated out
of tow n consist Of enough cards to puz-
zle the average recipient. They even in
clude a card to show to the ticket chop
per at the ferry and one which entities
the holder to transportation on the
train which is to be run for the wed.
ding guests.
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Exhibition skirt" which people are to
wear later in the summer, and which
is to be quite short. I cannot, how.
ever, imagine the Parisienne of to-day
in anything like a skirt of sensible
length.
AS society visits the exposition in the
evenings more than at any other time
of the day, it is the evening costumes
that will describe and illustrate. OF
course, these are not the decollete
gowns of the ballroom, but are the
gowns that are customarily worn for
dining and concert, and range from the
tailor made to the elaborate affairs of
the theater. They are in silks, cloths,
satins and muslins. and the tickle ma
ture Dame Fashion causes to be worn
one evening tailor made, and the next
a handsome concert or theater gown.
For this reason everyone may choose
what they wish to wear and be in fash
ion.
One of these exposition gowns that I
saw in the German restaurant few
evenings ago was most becoming az
L
of Venetian cloth in drab. The skirt
had an accordion plating of silk
around the bottom, witfa tunic in seal
lops edged With embroidery appliqued
on. Side plaits over the hips and at
the back. A vest of white cloth, with
gold buttons, and tight fitting bolero
with turnover collar, and large revers
edged with embroidery applique.
A more dressy gown was of soft blue
taffeta. The skirt was gathered at the
back. A deep aounce of real point de
Alencon with finish at the top of white
chiffon in folds and rosettes at the
foot of the skirt. The bodice had the
entire front of white chiffon, dotted
with blue, with the silk cut low, and
edged with ruchings of chiffon. A
girdle at the waist line of blue taffeta,
with two large buttons in front set
with gems.
An elaborate gown on the concert
order was of yellow crepe de chine,
trimmed with black French lace. The
skirt was in clusters of three tucks all
around, with deep pointed tunic e.
feet in front, where there were nine
wee ruff1es edged with black lace. The
bodice was in tucks, with high stock
and bolero of black lace. The bolero
was fastened in front with a rosette
and long streamers of chiffon. The
sleeves were tucked to the elbow, then
a puff, then tucked to the wrist, where
they finish with puff. =,
Acharming bodice worn with black
silk skirt that saw in. the Spanish,
restaurant was of bluette and white
striped silk, with bertha Of bluette
panne velvet and point lace over tie;
bertha, and caught together ut one,
side with q large chou of white taSs:
feta ribbon. SADIE MERRITT
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cover. People were wondering what
country the pair hailed from, as one
does wonser about everybody during
this exhibition time. The lady was I'M
doubtedl, a Parisienne, said several
people; she was too neat and smart to
be anything else. Then some one
glanced at her boots and discovered
that they were yellow. Certainly she
must be either a foreigner or provin-
cial.. And they were right; she was
Russian.
!. OF course for exhibition wear wraps
are most useful. They generally take
the form of long or semi-long cloth
coats, most of which are of empire de-
sign. The favorite evening coat for
exhibition wear is of some light colored
cloth, and is cut so as to give bolero
effect at the top. From the bolero the
coat hangs in plaits to some few inches
above the edge of the gown. A great
many taffeta coats of similar design are
also being worn, particularly in black
Some women, too, come in tailor made
coats and skirts of elaborate descrip-
ton, with some very dressy blouses.
And this is perhaps the most practical
kind of toilette: for it is so very much
easier to hold ones skirts out of the
dust without a long cloak than with
one. And the dust at the exhibition
is, as may be imagined, appalling.
There is good deal of talk of a special
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the caricaturists, but In time of ex.
element they flash white and even
he il of no more than medium height.
but very robust, with Zig full chest
and well-filled muscles. I SHOULD say
that his height was no more than five
feet eight; his weight ordinarily
about 40 pounds, though he has been
getting fat since his election as gov.
ernor.
If the appearance Of the man is that
of rugged strength, his manner is that
of restless Gagged thing. He over.
flows with vigor; he can t keep still
He has no leisure; if any such thing
threatens him, he chops down a tree
or skylarks with his children, or sails
a boat on Oyster bay, a lovely sheet
of water jutting from Long Island
like letter ~
Mr. Roosevelt is not rich, as riches
go nowadays-not nearly so rich as
Seth Low, for instance. He is we'll to
do. His family is one of the Oldest
and best known in New York, but in
the course of two centuries its wealth
has not been evenly distributed be.
tween all it's branches, and subdivision
between numerous children has kept
any of them from being very wealthy.
His home is comparatively modest
one; he has no city house.
The Roosevelt family has given to
New York the great hospital that
bears their name; it's cost to date, in.
Guiding the Sims operating auditori-
UNI for medical students, has been
nearly $3,0O0,000. Theodore Roose.
welt is not worth anything like such
a sum as the dead and gone Roosevelts
have put into this single work.
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AMERICAN GRAVES IN MEXICO.
Many Railroad Lines There Are
Dotted with Mounds Marked By
= Simple Cross,

How many of the hundreds of Amer.
can tourists who make trip through
Mexico have ever noticed the little
wooden crosses that line every rail-
road route through the country, and
how many of those who have noticed
them, asks an eastern exchange, know
that in most instances they mark the
grave OF some compatriot who has met
sudden death through some accident?
To those unfamiliar with Mexican
methods this may seem strange, but it
Is a fact that of the many Americans
who are killed on the railroads in Mex
leo very few are inferred in consecrated
ground. Most of these pathetic little
grave marks have rotted off, and now
lie fl at on the graves, but they will be
replaced some day, for the native Mex
lean of the lower class, with all his
hate. of the ''gringo," never allows a
grave long to remain unmarked If he
knows it. He is superstitious to the
last degree, and he firmly believes that
should he allow the day of his patron
saint to pass without his attending to
the graves in the immediate vicinity of
his home he would forever be haunted
by the spirit of the neglected graves
occupant.
On the Rascon mountains, probably
the most dangerous piece of railroad
track in the republic, there are 1868 of
these little crosses in about 80 miles,,
and almost without exception they
mark the graves of American railroad
men. These graves are scattered all
over the mountainside, but in every
case. they are just where the inquest, il
there was one, was held.
The interment of the dead in Mex
leo is very expensive matter. For
time the railroad men who went from
the states to operate the roads there
tlied to give to all Americans who were
killed on their division a. decent burial.
but the tax on the few permanent ones
was too great and the plan was prac-
'ties1ly abandoned. -.
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ONE MISTAKE HE MADE.
The Always Correct Man Told the
Policeman That He Didn't
Own the Shoes.

He is a revered husband and q re-
spected father and he merits all the
respect and admiration which is law
mistake. If he does approach such a
thing occasionally it is only near
enough to make his family realize how
much more worthy he is than other
men, and the pedestal upon which he
is installed becomes only more solid
than than before. But the other day
the revered husband. and respected
father made slight blunder. It was
a warm evening and he was sitting on
the front steps.
This happened in Brooklyn, says the
Chicago Chronicle, where people sit
out on the front stoop in the evening
and talk across to their neighbors on
the next stoop. The man on this par
ticular evening was tired, the evening
air was refreshing and he sat out long
after the family had retired. It was
so CO mfortable there in the dark that
he thought he might be even more
comfortable, and he slipped off his
shoes. He had worn them all day and
he had been too tired to change them.
But all pleasant things must come
to an end, and finally, feeling re-
freshed, he, too, retired and in a mo-
ment was sound asleep. It seemed to
him that he had hardly touched the
bed, when he was aroused by long
ring at the door bell. He was angry
and, going to the window, put out his
head and called, in a surly tone:
"Who's there?"
IAN officer" said a voice below.
"Are these your shoes I have found
on the steps?" The early dawn was
beginning to show and he saw a po-
liceman below holding pair of shoes
in his hand. The idea of waking a
man from sound sleep for ridiculous
thing like that!
NO." he called back. II don't keep
my shoes on the front steps," and in
a minute he was in bed and asleep
again.
But when the "getting up" bell rang
a few hours later a strange thing hap
pened. He could not find his shoes
anywhere. Then he remembered the
officers call, he remembered removing
his shoes on the stoop the night be-
fore and when he went down to the
police station to identify and reclaim
his property he was apparently in
most amiable frame of mind.
1--WE have the most careful officers
In Il be city on our block" he said to
the sergeant in charge, in a friendly
tone.
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pie present; for it has become the fash
ion to go there.
After leaving the Spanish cafe peo-
pie cross the river and disport them
selves in the Rue de Paris, where all
the theaters are situated. 1t is leafy
alley brilliantly Illuminated with Chi
nese lanterns and other lights, and pre-
sents somewhat the aspect Of fair.
At some of the theaters the actors and
actresses in fantastic garb stand out
side on a raised platform and invite
the crowd to enter. And of course the
crowd, being a Partisan one, chaffs
them, which makes matters amusing.
The correct garb for evening wear at
the exhibition has not been strictly
limited by fashion as regards either
men or women. Most men of course
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OF YELLOW CREPE DE CHINE
TRIMMED WITH BLACK LACE.

wear evening dress, but great many
do not. Lots of smart young men, on
the other handl who wouldsofs course
never dream of dining at an ordinary
restaurant unless they were in correct
evening attire, come to the exhibition
in morning costume. Astothe:women,
they wear theater and street costumes
unfortunately. No Parisienne, how
ever, would carry out, the morning cos
tune idea to the extent Of appearing at
the exhibition in the evening in yellow
boots. I heard this made the subject
Of discussion one night this week.
A very pretty and we'll dressed WON
m came into the German restaurant
accompanied by bel. husband, who waS
one: Of those nondescript individuals
whose nationality 1t il not easy to dis
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ClrCu"SIduCcS Y y
make a good "story." 1t was very
hot weather; one or two of the chill
dren were quite badly hurt.
Mr.. Reick was the Newark reporter
of the Herald. He began in that paper
a mad dog scare, at first for the sole
purpose of increasing his weekly
"space," which might in ordinary times
be worth $40 or so.
The scare spread. People began to
kill harmless dogs; the ones that had
bitten the children were locked up.
Presently a fund was raised to send
the children to Paris, to be treated by
Pasteur for hydrophobia. It was a
great affair for Mr.. Reick and the Her
aid.
That mad dog scare had some mo-
mentous consequences.
1t made Mr.. Reick city editor (prac-
tically managing editor) of the Her
aid, with salary Of $4,000 year.
It spoiled the children, who weren't
used to having such a fuss made over
them.
It caused DR.. Gibier, who died the
other day. to set up in New York the
first Pasteur institute in the country,
so that other dog-bite patients might
not have to travel so far.
1t was the precedent for a fresh
series of mad-dog scares every season
since, so soon as the hot weather
opens. Time and again have seen a
Zig crowd of people in New York stam-
peded in the most foolish way by a six
inch poodle in fit brought on by over
feeding.
By the way, after the Newark ex-
element was all over, the dogs which
had caused It were quietly released.
They were not mad. But that fact, not
being sensational, never got into the
newspapers.