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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-04-12
As to who will be the Next Gen
eral to be Recalled
from Africa.
FIGHT AT wEPENER STILL ON
Beers Allow 10 Per Cent of Each
Command to Lay Off to :
Plant Crops.
BATTLE AT ELANDsLAAGTE

London, April PA dispatch from
Elandslaagte, dated yesterday, says:
Fighting was renewed beyond Eland-
slaagte this afternoon The Beers
steadily advanced upon the British po-
sitions. There was a continuous rife
fire, Boer big guns were in action.
The British replied effectively and af-
ter two hours fighting, the Beers were
checked"
London, April 12-Elandslaagte and
Wepener still monopolize the attention.
At both places series of indecisive
actions are occurring. The Boer re-
port fighting, April 10th, at Eland-
slaagte AYERS the advance on the Brit
ish camp was made with a loss of only
three mules and two horses, while the
British losses were heavy. The bonn
bardment lasted all day.
Nothing has been learned regarding
the rumor of Colonel Baden-PowelPs
death, nor is there anything tending
to show how long the general advance
towards Pretoria will be delayed. In
absence of exciting developments, pub
lie interest centers more upon the
personality of the new commanders
and in suppositions as to who the next
general will be to be sent home.
Pretoria, April 1.-THE Free State
Gazette" publishes orders to the eff
feet that no person Communicated for |
active service has a right to send a
substitute without the consent of the
Landdrost. The Gazette" says 10
per cent of each command will be re.
heved by ballot for nAriAas 90 s-rsise
days. This is intended to meet the |
wishes of burghers desiring to plant
crops.
A heavy cannonade was heard this
morning in the direction of Bloemfon-
tein, situated midway between Wind
burg and Boshof, in the Orange Free
State north of Brandfort Advices
from Boer headquarters in Natal, say
that after heavy bombardment the
British are retiring in the direction
of Ladysmith and the federals are
going to their old positions.
Advices from Wepener, where the
British force is surrounded say the
battle continues favorable to the fed
erals About 1,50O British troops are
said to be there.
Bloemfontein, April 11-According
to information received here the Boer
activity eastward of the railroad and
in proximity to the border is largely
due to the fact that Presidents Kruger
and Steyn found the burghers unwill-
ing to remain with their commands
unless actively employed, as they are
convinced the British game is wait
Ing one. It is believed the Boer
movement was originally designed to
Oblige Roberts to weaken his force at
Bloemfontein in order to protect the
railroad, when the Beers would have
attempted to re-capture the capital
But the burghers are evidently ignor-
ant of the enormous forces Roberts
has at his disposal. Advices from
Karee Siding say the Beers are busily
entrenching their position east of
Brandfort, running parallel with the
railroad, while still strongly holding
the waterworks.
London, April Pit now appears
that General Brabant himself is at
Aliwal North and only portion of his
column is at Wepener.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-04-12
BUILDING Collapsed.

Pittsburg, Pa, April 12-The big
double front four story brick building
at the corner of Wood street and Sec
ond avenue, occupied by the Arm
strong-McKelvy lead and oil COM
pany collapsed today, burying two
clerks, two customers and four car
penters who were remodelling the in
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-04-12
Oil Lands For sale,

If you had chance to make for
tune would you improve it? have
80 acres of oil bearing land in the
great oil district Of Southern Cali
fornia, for sale, as l have no means to
develop wells. zUE G. PECK.
Rooms 5O4 and sos Douglas build
ing, Los Angeles, Calf. 11S-m1
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-04-12

Washington, April 2-vice-Presi-
dent and General Manager Cannon of
the Southern railway made light of
the reported strike of telegraph oper-
ators He said there was no inter-
ruption of traffic and as far as heard.
only four operators had quit.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-04-12
TeIearaphers ordered out.

Atlanta. Ca, April 12-President
w. V. Powell. of the order of railway
telegraphers, ordered strike of the
telegraphers and other station en-
ployes on the Southern railway to
begin at II o'clock today. The south
ern has about 1900 employees of this
class.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-04-12
NashvlIIe students

The original Nashville Students will
appear at the Duncan opera house Fri
day and Saturday evenings, April 18th
and 14th, and their performance sEill
famous company was organized in
1880, and has seen twenty years of
continual success. The reason OF this
is that their. manner of performance
was original They present the negro
as he appears in church, camp meet
ing, and, also sing the songs Of the
cabin home and Of the plantation.
Their music is so wierd, melodious and
striking that it holds the audience
spell-bound to such an extent that It
is generally difficult for the singers to
leave the stage on account of the de.
mand for repetition. The entire com
pany will appear in program COM
plete with all the latest jubilee melo-
dies, plantation, river and cabin songs,
Secure seats at once Reduced prices.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-04-12
Last WashInqton Relative.

Washington. April 12-Ebenezer
Burgess Ball. nearest surviving rela-
tive of George Washington, died this
morning. eighty-lour years old.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-04-12
SENATE.

Washington, April 12-Senator Cul-
lom presented a conference report on
the legislative, executive and judicial
bin, which was agreed to- Morgan
made successful attempt to have
the Nicaragua canal bin made the or
der of business for April 30 tn. Bur-
rows. of Michigan, addressed the SEN
ate in opposition to seating Quay.
At the close of Burrows speech
Morgan moved to take up the Nicar-
aqua canal bill. It was antagonized
by Lodge because it would displace the
Philippine bill. Morgan's motion was
lost Is to 3S.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-04-12
Governor Of Puerto Rloo.

Washington, April 12-Charles H.
Allen, present assistant secretary of
the navy, will be the first civil gov.
ernor of Puerto Rico.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-04-12

A $2,OOO,OOO company has just been
formed to be known as the Consoli-
dated Verde mining and milling COM
pany and will operate in Ell Paso and
Teller counties, Colorado, and Colfax
county, New Mexico.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-04-12
Notice Of dissolution.

Take notice that the firm of Echert
& Heidel, heretofore doing business
under the name, Of the Standard
Cigar Store" in the City of Las We
gas, New Mexico, is this day dissolv-
ed by mutual consent. w. G, Heidel
will continue the business under the
name of the Standard Cigar Store,
and will collect all accounts and pay
all bills due against the above named
firm on account of the business Of the
Standard Cigar Factory.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-04-12

L. E. ECHERT,
w. G. HEIDEL.
Dated this 7th day of April, 1900
1S0-5t
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-04-12

81 Wonld rather have my
advertisement In one pa
per reaching the home
than in forty sold on the
street. Marshall Field.
'aaGaee eGGaeDesea
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-10-12
A CHALLENGE TO
SENATOR PETTlGREW,
A Cowboy Reseuts the destinations
Made Against Col. Roosevelt.

Sioux Falls, s. D., is Senator Petit
Crews home, and the Senator said in a
recent speech there that Col Roosevelt
did not lead his regiment at San Juan
Hill, but was six miles in the rear. At
the recent Roosevelt meeting in the town
many Of Col. Roosevelt's old regiment
came to greet him, some of them trav-
cling quite a distance, and one rough
rider came $50 miles. This particular
cowboy heard Of Senator Pettigrew's ut
terance for the first time while in Sioux
Falls, and mounting his horse he would
ride to a street corner and issue this chal-
lenge:
Ladies and GentlemenI have heard
that there are people in this town who
say Col Roosevelt was away in the rear
at San Juan and did not lead his regi-
ment in the charge that was made that
day. / was in that regiment and follow
ed Col. Roosevelt up that hill. Ny cap
tain was killed and several Of my COM
pany. I saw that fight. I was in it.
Whoever says that Col. Roosevelt did not
lead his regiment in that charge Is liar,
a scoundrel, coward and dare not tell
me so to my face"
Then he would wait a minute, ride to
the next block and repeat the same chal-
lenge.
The incident will keep Senator Petit
grew quiet for awhile. He may be kept
busy in explaining what he meant.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-10-12

the Treasury Department, he will at once
discover that the present advantage
which is accruing to him comes absolute
ly directly from the tariff law now on the
statute books Of the United States. And,
then, if he desires old times, with old
prices and old short days of employment,
he had better vote for William Jennings
Bryan.
But If the laboring man wants con-
tinuation Of the present prosperity of the
United States, he certainly cannot with
out inconsistency, vote for Bryan. An
other view of 1t. Let the laboring man
take the present price of his labor and
take the present prices of all the things
he buys upon which his family is sub.
sisted and supported and educated, and
then take the price Of his labor Of 1896
and the prices existing then, he will dis
cover, without any hesitation Of intellect,
that present conditions are far better
than old conditions, that, waving the lit
tie increase Of cost Of living, the balance
sheet shows favorably to him. No man
can deny that and there is no man in the
United States who has done more to
break down the interests of labor by pro-
noting and cultivating unfair and unjust
competition than has William ]. Bryan,
Of Nebraska @. III. GROSVENOR.
Athens, Ohio, Sept. II, 1900.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-10-12
HARD TINES ITEMS
NEEDED BY BRYAN.
Adversely Of Others viii Be Welcome
News to Democrats.

Wanted times items" Is a
"Help Wanted" ad Bryan ought to put
in the newspapers to aid him in his la
borious search for instances Of indus
trial and commercial distress. Probably
nothing would more please him just now
than to hear Of workingmen in the coun-
try whose dinner pals are not full.
In his speech in Milwaukee he gloated
over the fact that dock man in New
Haven had discharged some employees,
that pig iron production is less now than
at the high point OF last year, and that
Massachusetts cotton mill men are said
to be thinking Of reducing wages.
After exploiting on these items, he said
exultingiy: Even the prosperity that
the Republican party has boosted of has
not reached all the people, and even that
which we have Is on the decline"
The reason Bryan is SO anxious to
know OF misfortunes Detailing working
men is because he fears that they will
perversely consider the maintenance Of
their present prosperity to be the para
mount issue with them instead Of Sim
perialism. II some CREST calamity could
only happen to the workingmen between
now and election time 1t would perhaps
make 1t really sound plausible to say
that there is no prosperity now there
fore maintenance 81 prosperity Is not the
issue, 50 you can vote for me and Agui,
naldo."
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-10-12
BRYAN'S MANY SIDED
HOPES And FEARS.
His Expectations Based on Hopes that
Others VIII Forget.

Bryan argues that the Constitution ex-
tends in full by its own force to every
foot of land under the American flag.
He hopes that the American people won't
find out before November that the United
States courts, from the lowest to the
highest, have decided by overwhelming
and irresistible decisions that he is
wrong.
He is running on platform declaring
for the fraud OF free silver. He hopes
that the gold Democrats who have re-
turned to the Democratic party on the
issue of imperialism will not cease to
believe in his readiness to betray it.
He is running on a platform on which
Imperialism is said to be the paramount
issue. He hopes that the silver men
won't take this portion Of the platform
seriously.
He is running as Democrat. He
hopes the Populists won't lay It up
against him.
He is running as Populist. He hopes
the Democrats will forget it.
He is running as a silver Republican.
He hopes that the silver Republicans,
mainly men of the West, won't give him
up because of their belief in expansion.
He is running as the avowed friend Of
Aguinaldo. He hopes that this won't
drive the American votes against him.
So every Democratic hope Of 1900 has
error or humbug back Of it.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-10-12
THIRTY TONS OF PENNIES
SAVED BY CHILDREN.

Chicago's Penny Savings Society has
only been established for a few years,
but its deposits have increased as fol
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-10-12
ANOTHER ARKMOUNT ISSUE
Mistaken.


he said: "You shall not toss
Mankind upon a cross
OF shining gold"
"Nor press his brow with thorns,
Nor tread upon his corns
When he is old"
He said: mo fires will burn,
No wheels, no spindles turn.
Without my hand
Is at the nations helm;
Dictator OF the realm
Chief Of the band"
He said ''the metal white
Is strictly in the fight
q lugged it in).
We're on free silver bent,
Without the worlds consent
And 1t win win."
The voters heard him shout,
Then straightway went about
To give him fits;
They said "we want no stuff
Half money and half bluff.
A dollar worth four bits"
1t took his breath away
When the people had their say
In NOV.
But he's got his second wind,
Thinks he'll not again be skinned;
Wait and see.
O. L. FRAZER
xrs,.l.t.-a N.f
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-10-12

Chicago's Penny Savings Society has
only been established for few years,
but it's deposits have increased as fol-
lows;
Year ending June 80, 1893. sis, lao
Year ending June 80 1899. -. $4,000
Year ending June 80, 1900...... II, 1893
William @. HOLSTER, who is acting
president OF the Chicago Penny Savings
Society, says that it is operated entirely
on a philanthropic basis and supported
by voluntary contributions. There are
only two saiaried officers, young ladies',
at the office in the Schiller building.
This system is in operation only In half
the schools in Chicago, vet the amount
of money deposited by the children last
year averaged 30 cents for every child
in the Chicago school district, and 60
cents per capita for all the children in
the schools in which the Penny Savings
Society is operated
The weight of last years savings was
thirty tons Of American pennies, an enor-
nous mass Of money for the little ones to
put by in the banks within one year.
1t will be noticed that the increase be-
tween the amount deposited in 1893 and
1899 was 70 per cent. But between 1899
and the year just ended the increase In
the amount Of pennies deposited was con-
siderably more than 100 per cent
The children would certainly not be
able to save their pennies If their par
ents did not have the money to give
them, and the exhibit made by the Chi
cago Penny Savings Society is certain
ly a straw showing that the people Of
Chin on have n-xr,ar.iarrGd moro a M mora
good times and prosperity during the Re
publican administration Of President Nc
Kinley.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-10-12
Highland. Cal.
Cotton Consumption DoubIea.

The cotton consumption IN the United
States in 1894 was 1851 pounds for ev-
cry man, woman and child Good times
brought BY the Mckinley administration
have raised the per capita consumption
to 27.14 pounds. The people dress bet
ter and buy more articles made from cot
ton than ever before In the history OF
the country.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-10-12
Prosperity for wheat Growers

When the Democrats were experiment.
ing with free trade in the United States
the consumption Of wheat was BAL bush
els per capita. That was in 1894. In
1899, under the Mckinley administration,
the consumption was 5.95 bushels per
capita. This is ample demonstration to
the farmer as to how prosperous manu-
featuring interests bring prosperity to the
wheat grower.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-12-02
NOTES AND DRAFTS.

A custom of banks to send . check direct to the drswee bank for collec- tion and return is held, in Kershaw vs. unreasonable-at Least as applied to the collection of plain, unindorsed check
 An oral promise by the payee of e note 10 renew it until such time as the improvement in business will enable the maker to proceed in his business without such assistance is held, in Hall VIZ. First national bank (Mass.) A L. R. A. 3Io, to be invalid and pnenforceabie at least in equity.
 Negotiability of obligations secured by mortgage due on or before . certain date is held by the supreme court of the United States in Dickernan vs. North ern Trust company. L. s. adv. sheets. sil, to be unaffected by proviaion mai- ing them redeemable by instollments determined by drawings.
 The fact that the payee of . note Is cashier of a bank which discounts it is held. in National Bank of Commerce vs- Feeney IS. D., 46 L. R. A. 73a, in- euubclent To charge the bank with his knowledge of inhrmities in the note. where the bank acts wholly through a discount committee of which the cashier is not 0 member. while he acts wholly for himself,
 That negotiable paper is overdue when transferred in the usual course of business by an indorsee having all the indicia of an absolute title. but who holds it in fact only ss collateral se- curity. is held. in Young Mems Chris tian Association Gymnasium company vs. Rockford national bank Ull), 4e L. R. A. 7s3, not to subject the title of the transferee, who takesit after maturity. 10 the latent equities existing in favor of third parties against the person holding the paper as collateral. With this case there is an elaborate note chewing the state of the authorities on this somewhat mixed question of the rights of the holder of negotiable paper 1ransferred after maturity.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-12-02
SCIENTIFIC MEMORANDA.

The scientific results of the Norwe- gian polar expedition will soon be published. It will be edited by Dr. Nansen.
 Color photography will. doubtless, in time be of great use for reproduc- ing the medical and surgical aspect, of disease. MT. Ives has experimented upon this subject with his -Krom- skop." IL is easy to see its usefulness for featuring and teaching purposes.
 The United States marine hospital service has new disinfecting steam CT for use at Havana It is named the "Sanator," and has formalde- hyde apparatus. sulphur furnace and bichloride of mercury apparatus. There is probably not a he-bo. n the world where a vessel of this kind is so much needed as Havana.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-12-02
MEN IN PUBLIC LIFE,

The grand vizier of Turkey gets twice the salary enjoyed by the British premier and has perquisites of about as much more.
 Charles II. Alien- the new governor of Porto Rico. was president of his elass at Amherst. and besides being one Of the best students in the place was also she best billiard player.
 With the exception of the duke of Wellington, Lord Roberts is the only field marshal who has been dispatched from this country to command large army in a foreign country.
 IL is authoritstively stated that President Mckinley has been snap- shottsd by camera 5000 times in the past IS months. This gives an average of more than five times 6 day.
 Senator Tiliman said recently: "I have two colored men in charge of my plantation-men who think the world of me. and to whom l would truse eserything l own"
 ] Senator Depew says that the senate of the United States is the last place ip the world to get new stories. He went so Washington with the belief that an hour or two in the cioakrooms would srrply him with fund of fre.h and pithy anecdotes. but the senate has proven 6 barren field.
 Senator Chandler perpetrated besp- tifuI Irish bull during the debate on tbs naval bill the other day by asking Sen- stor Tillmsn 10 name an officer of the navy "who had never set foot on the ocean," and then he was SO bashful that he struck it out of the record.
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Tombstone epitaph., 1900-12-02

Phoenix is getting ready ,o take ( new census with the hope of reaching E the 2ooO majority enjoyed by Tue on as the metropolis of Arizona. The stal twi,ingly says the time is propi,ious ss there are many health seekers com. ing Co enjoy the winter eli inate Of the capitol city, and suggests i, would be good iisa to continue the takiny of the census during the carnival, as Tucson will endssvor to contribute ono or two thousand ca that occasion which could be entered as . part ol the floating population oi Phoenix.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-12-02
TombstonH, Nov. 2Ist, 1900

Tombstone, Nov. Zlst, lS00 Board met persusnt to adjourn ment of meeting of Nov. 20.a 1900. at 2 p. m,
 Members prssen:-M c Benton. chsirma an s1d Supervisors Jon Mont gomsry and Thos Allairs. Minutes of meeting Nov. 20.h 1900 read and spprored.
 Petition of citizsns of Johnson aud vicinity for the appointment of H s Wien, Justice of the Peace aad George 5 Mulky. constable. Appointment made, Clerk insiruciel to notify them to f.e bonds.
 CJmmunication and protest of H W L. wis. Secretary South Bissss NJ & Imp. Co in regari to sIses, nent or said company read. Clerk instructed to wrie @ " H Lewis and inform him that bis petition is denied. Clerk instructei to write J D Pre-. witt and in'orm him the Board has no p p,wer to act as it properly belongs to the B,ard of Equalis ation. At6 p. m. Board stand sdjourn- ed to Nov. Had 1soo. at 10 q. m.
 N. O. BESTox,
 Chairman JAHss. F. DuscAs,
 Clerk.
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Strange Coincidence.

On December 5, 1864, vessel crossing z the Menai strait with sI passengers on board encountered terrific gale and foundered. The only man who escaped death was Hugh Williams. More than 100 years later, on December 5, 17s0, an- other vessel with large number of passengers sank in the same circum- stances and in the same place. All the passengers were drowned except one, again Hugh Williams. Again, on De. cember 5, 1920, a boat laden with 30 people sank in the same spot. The sole survivor once more was Hugh Will Hams.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-12-02

A Carnival concert will be given a, SchieHelin hall on Saturday evening December 22d. Some novel features are to be introduced and those having the matter in charge are industriously at work. A voting contest fo, the most popular little girl and boy is to ee had and prize of c h.ndsome doll will be awarded the girl. while A gun goes to the winner of the boys con- test.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-12-02
CONCERNING THE HAIR.

The encyclopedias regard hair fall. ing below the feet of women as extraor. dinary.
 Several years ago Miss E. J. whitten, Topsh.m, Ae-. was said to have hair eight feet in length.
 Marie Antoinette wore a pompadour and rolls thrown back past her ears. Queen Anne wore side curla
 A hair is succession of cylindrical or elliptical horny cells. Curly or kinky hair is due 10 sudden breaks" in the regularity of the cellular success sion.
 Samson's strength was attributed to his long hair, and his fate is charged up to Delilah's shears. Absalom's wealth of tresses was the cause of his own death.
 In Egypt long hair was considered an encumbrence. It was a feature of beauty among the Hebrews and Greeks. Roman ladies used artificial hair and set the pace for future coif- feurs.
 An Iowa man has patented a storm front for buggies. having a steel frame extending upward at the rear of the dashboard. provided with a spring con- trolled window, which can be raised above the dasher, the remainder of the frame being covered with a water proof curtain extending to the buggy top.