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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-28
Illinois Tssehsr, Meeting.

SPRINGFIELD. H., Dec. 2s.-The
fiftieth annual meeting or semi-centen.
Mai Of the Illinois State Teachers as.
ISOLATION will open ct the statehouse
tomorrow evening and continue
through Wednesday and Thursday.
Morning and evening sessions will be
devoted 10 general sessions OF the as
sociation and the afternoon TO the
general hessIons Of several sections.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-28
intercollegiate Chess

NEW YORK, Dec. 28.-The annual
tournament for the intercollegiate
chess championship began today at
the Columbia Grammar school and will
continue until Thursday. The con-
testants consist Of teams OF four men
each representing Yale, Harvard,
Princeton and Columbia. All OF the
teams this year are made up largely
OF new material and as a consequence
the result OF the tournament is a mat.
ter Of wide speculation.
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A GUARANTEED CURE ron plLss

Itching, Blind. bleeding Piles.
Your druggist viii refund money II
pAzo OINTMENT fans 10 cure you
In . to II hours. soc.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-28

The Las vesaa Light b rliel co
are now prepared 10 nrnish Willow
Creek conl NJ $3.50 p.sr fpa rA'iserri
q Ssan ~ The c1r i27H
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-28

TO Cure a Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money II It
fails 20 cure. y. W. Groves sigma
ture Is on each box. rs cents.
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MEXICO EXPECTS
TO BE BENEFITED
GREAT INTEREST BEING TAKEN
IN THE PANAMA CANAL AND
THEY THINK 1T WILL BE COM.
PLETED IN FIVE YEARS.

Mexico City, March 15.-Great intrest is
being taken here in the Panama canal
1t is believed now that the United States
government will begin work on the canal
Immediately following the ratification of
the treaty and it is estimated it will be
completed within five years.
1t is realized by the government and
the leading business men that the canal
will be of value to the commerce of Mex
leo. 1t is stated that President Diaz con-
templates the establishment of a steam
ship line running from Vera Cruz and
Progresso to Havana, Port Limon, Colon,
Savanilla and LaGuayra, the steamers to
make1the round trip in one month. Com
munication would thus be established be-
tween Mexico. Cuba and Central America,
and by Colon with Colombia, Ecuador,
Bolivia and Chill. The project will thus
affect 30,000000 Latin-American people.
1t is a part of the plan made by the
government for reaching out to the trade
of South America. 1t is realized that
when the canal is opened, the Gulf of
Mexico will be the Mediterranean of the
Western hemisphere, and Mexico will be
In a position to reap great advantages
from its geographical situation. These
opportunities will not be neglected. When
the great highway of commerce is opened.
1t is proposed to have a sufficient num-
ber of Mexican merchant ships to Sc
cure great part of the commerce of the
southern republics.
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JAMES N. TYNER
ASKED TO RESIGN
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL
OF PosToFFIcE DEPARTMENT
WHO HANDLED TURF lNVEsTi-
CATION TOO OLD FOR SERVICE.

Washington, March 15.-The Post to-
morrow will say;
It is announced that Mr.. James N.
Tyner assistant attorney general for the
postoffice department, will be requested
in the near future to tender his resigna-
ton, but the announcement is accompa-
MED by the statement that this action
will have no bearing on the complaint
filed with the President by T. c. Camp
bell of Cincinnati. an attorney represent
ing several of the turf concerns whose
affairs recently have been aired In the
courts. Mr.. Tyner is incapacitated by ILL
ness from performing the duties Of his
office and it is said his resignation will
be requested solely ON that account. Mr..
Tyner is II years of age and suffered a
stroke of paralysis last July and in De-
cember had a relapse.
Mr. Tyner denounces as absurd and RI
dlculous the charges that there was
wrong-doing in connection with decisions
by his office respecting the rights or
turf investment companies to use the
mails The matter. he says, was taken
up by the inspector and disposed OF as
hundreds of other cases are No evil
dence was submitted with the inspector
report showing that the concerns We're
either lotteries or frauds under the law
and the department had no right to inter-
fere.
The Post also will say that Mr.. Tyner
admitted yesterday that Harrison
Barrett, his nephew by marriage and for
merly his assistant in the law division
in the postoffice department, against
whom charges had been filed with view
of hfe diqharrnpnt from pracficp before
the departments, had represented as an
attorney the truf investment concerns In
the matter of mail privileges but said
it was after Barrett had severed his con-
nection with the department He also
said Barrett had rendered legal services
to a number of the bond investment
companies" as to the legality of which
the latter had written an official opinion
while still in the postoffice department.
This service also was rendered after Bar
rett had left the department.
The opinion prepared by Barrett de-
clared that the bond concerns, as organ
ized, were in violation of law and not en-
titled to mail privileges, but to the opin-
ion was attached an appendix stating
that by certain changes In their bylaws
and in the wording of their literature
they could be admitted to the mails. This
appendix, Mr. Tyner said. was not writ
ten by Barrett, but by Postmaster Gem
eral Smith. The department had official
knowledge of more than 500 of these con-
Germs. and the capital involved was esti-
mated at $50, 0,000,000. 1t was the opinion of
Mr.. Smith and other officials of the de-
partment that the business should not
be crushed out II 1t could be made legal
and such an eminent lawyer as John G.
Carlisle had appeared before the depart
ment in behalf of the concerns.
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RACING WATERS CREEP NEARER
TOP OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEVEES
HILL PLANS TO INVADE
GALA. BY THE NORTH

San Francisco. March l5-James j.
Hill. president of the Northern Securities
company is planning to invade California
by way of the north with lines of the
Great Nothern railroad, according to the
Call 1t is further stated that two sur
veys have been made along the California
and Oregon coast between Portland and
San Francisco and that those interested
in the surveys have already submitted
to Mr.. Hill two routes by which he can
reach San Francisco. One surveying
party worked northward from Marine
county and the other southwark from
Portland. Ore. Both routes surveyed are
shorter than the Shasta route of the
Southern Pacific company, one by
120 miles, and the other by at
least $50 miles. 1t is asserted that the
routes selected by the Hill surveyors
guarantee the construction of railroad
along the grade of about two per cent
as against four per cent and more which
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ROBBERS LOOT
HOUSE OF WIDOW
AFTER LARGER MEMBERS OF THE
FAMILY WERE SECURELY TIED
LITTLE GIRL WAS FORCED TO
SHOW THEM MONEY.

Wapakoneta. o.. March 15-About 10
o'clock last night fourteen armed and
masked men entered the house of Mrs.
Jacob Reischelderfer an aged and
wealthy widow, near this place and took
possession. With Mrs. Reischelderfer are
living her granddaughter, Blanche. aged
u years; George lanes and his wife and
their son. Joseph lanes young man.
The robbers knocked down the elder
lanes, who showed fight, and then bound
him, his son and the two women, hand
and foot with ropes and then tied them
to beds in separate rooms At the point
of shotguns they made the little girl tell
where the money was found.
They secured 5000 in cash and $1,000
worth of notes and securities from an
old chest up stairs, and proceeded to ran
sack the house from top to bottom. They
took possession of all the jewelry and
silverware and secured a months wages
from old man lanes pocket.
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INDEX TO TODAY'S PAPER

The Weather.
For Alabama: Partly cloudy, with oc-
casional rains Monday and Tuesday; light
variable winds.
Page One.
River situation grows worse.
Gossip of Washington.
Whitaker Wright arrested in New York
Daring robbery in Pueblo restaurant.
Page Two.
Father Kerrigan breaches at st. Paurs.
Page Three.
General state news
Text book commission to hold executive
session.
Page -Four.
Editorial comment
Gossip heard in hotel lobbies. n
Page Five. -
Serious fire on Morris avenue
Run off primary held today.
The Rev. ]. c. Murray breaches fare
well sermon.
The Rev. DR.. Stage called to succeed
DR.. Curry.
Page Six.
Violent squall in Havana harbor.
Page Seven.
Saturdays local and foreign market re-
ports.
Pag, Eight
A page of curious things.
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BUFFALO BILL ALARMED.
Wants Roosevelt to Protect the Under
brush in the West.

Washington. March 15.-The President
has just received the following letter
from Col. w. +. Cody:
London, March 3, 1903.
THE Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. Washing
ton, d. c.:
"For the benefit of future generations,
the timber. and especially the underbrush.
must be protected now, before 1t is too
late, from the sheep devastating the
mountain watersheds, as they have al
ready done the valleys and tabelands. If
sheep are allowed to browse off the un-
derbrush of our mountains. in less than
five years from now the homeseeker, the
man behind the plow, the actual tax
payer, will have to leave the Big Horn
basin for want of water to irrigate the
lowlands. No one knows this better than
yourself, for you are familiar with all of
the west
II am very faithfully yours.
(Signed) wv. f. CODY"
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PHYSICIANS ARE DUPED.
Two Young Men Work a Smooth
Scheme to Get Money.

indianapolis, March 15.-J. c. Wilson
and H. G. Barrows, two young men who
came here last summer and claimed to be
agents of what is known as the Medical
Alliance of America, have not been seen
for six weeks, and their patrons, consist
ing of some 70 physicians and about 100
business men and others, believe they
have been duped. Wilson and Barrows
incorporated the concern and then ex-
planned their scheme to many physicians.
The doctors were to pay an initiation fee
of so and $40 year as fees
The agents then went among the pa
irons of the physicians and induced many
of them to become members of the alli-
ance by paying an initiation fee of 81 ana
weekly payments of is cents In return
the patrons were to receive free medical
attention.
Letters have been written to the home
office of the Medical Alliance of America
in Montreal, Canada, and answers were
received that an investigation would be
made
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Is experienced along the Southern Paci-
fic line.
The further information has been OBJ
tained that in routing the new line, the
surveyors were instructed to include
Coos Bay among the towns TO be touch
ed, or some other city on Coos Bay.
Crescent City and Eureka. in California,
but it is possible that the two latter points
may now be ignored. for since the sur
veyors completed their work the Santa
Fe has suddenly acquired the roads
around Crescent City and Eureka and
announced its intention of Immediately
extending the small properties southwark
to San Francisco.
Among those familiar with President
Hills purpose is the belief that the Santa
Fe's determination to get a foothold
along the California coast was prompted
and greatly hastened by an intimation
that President Hill was preparing to cut
through the same territory.
AS to President Hil's plans for termi-
nal on San Francisco bay. 1t Is asserted
that he already has secured option on the
property on the north side water front.
where ferry boats can easily connect
with the point on the other side.
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STUDENTS BEHEAD BRONZE LION
One OF Big Figures at Old Nassau
Hall Is Ruined.

Princeton. N. j., March 15.-One of the
big bronze lions which guard the entrance
of historic Nassau hall, was so badly dis
figured last night by a crowd Of young
alumni and upper classmen that it can
not be satisfactorily repaired. Students
and graduates gathered on the steps at a
late hour to sing their class songs and
engage in a little celebration. During
the jollifcation one Of the big lions was
beheaded and otherwise mutilated. the
fragments being gathered up by the uni
versity proctor this morning.
The lions were presented to the univer-
sitv by the class of 1879 of which Presi-
dent Wilson is a member.
An act of vandalism was committed on
the gymnasium last night, the damage be-
ing estimated at $500.
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To Develop Copper Fields.

Chattanooga, Tenn, March Is. - 1t Is
learned here that foreign capitalists are
preparing to spend about $1,000 900 in the
further development Of the copper fields
of east Tennessee. The place where the
new corporation expects to operate is a
2O.00O-acre tract OF land owned by the
Tellico Slate and Iron company. four
miles up the Tellico river from Tellico
plains. Here a twenty-ton smelter will
be located as soon as the output of the
copper mine becomes sufficient to keep II
busy. At Ducktown, Tenn, the Tennes-
see Copper company has been operating
copper mines at a great profit for some
years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-16
MEN FIGHT DUEL
JUST AS AN EXPERIMENT

Paris. March ia novel encounter. in
which eight men fought with duelling
swords without buttons, under the same
conditions as prevail in actual duels and
in which four of the combatants were
slightly wounded, took place this after
noon In a private enclosure at Neuilly, a
northwestern suburb of Paris, in the
presence of $50 persons, among them be-
ae-~-~-@-&-~~-~-e-%A-~-e-
river is falling slowly here tonight and
stands Ala feet. The weather is clear
and warm. The Louisville boats that
have been tied up for several days, ow-
ing to the high water. VIII resume oper-
ations Monday The Wabash and White
rivers are falling slowly and all danger
from the flood is now thought to be
passed.
Ohio Has Fallen.
Cincinnati, March 15.-During the past
twenty-four hours the river has fallen
a foot without any rise to follow from
above being indicated by reports The
Ohio river is now falling from PittsbuIg
to eastern Indiana
Stationary at owensboro.
Owensboro, March 15.--The Ohio river is
StdlioHdEy mere toHlkHl ana the SITUATION
is still serious. Unless there is more
rain, the river men do not look for more
than another foot of rise.
Governor Loneino Returns.
jackson, Miss, March 15-Governor
Longino has returned from Greenville and
other points along the Mississippi river
where he went to look after the levees.
He reports them still holding, but get
ting weak I'm some nIaces
Major Dabney, chief engineer of the
levee board has great confidence in the
levee system, believing 1t will stand the
pressure unless 1t continues raining. To-
day the governor communicated with the
levee board by telephone and at their re-
quest ordered all the convicts on three
plantations, about one hundred sent to
the Huntington levee, the weakest sec
ton on the system. In all about 800 con-
vcts are now engaged in levee work.
Parish is Divided.
Natchez, Miss, March 15.-At a special
meeting Of the Tensas parish, (La.) police
jury today, that parish was divided
into five levee districts and each of the
districts placed in charge of the several
members of the jury, each member hav-
ing full power to adopt rules and regula-
tions for the protection of the levees
Inspectors and guards have been employ
ed for night and day service. All front
proprietors who have fenced in the levees
must construct gates for the free access
of guards, inspectors and employees en-
gagged In strengthening the levees. Stock
found on the levees will be impounded
and hogs will be killed. Mr.. ]. P. Fa-
gan, president of the Concordia police
jury, returned this afternoon from the
Green plantation. ten miles south of
Vidalia, where the levee was reported
weak and below grade He said that
Government Inspector Barton visited the
place yesterday and recommended that
the levee be raised at least two feet. This
work will be attended to at once.
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sPINNERs ASK AN INCREASE.
Strike viii be Called Today In Four
Mills at Pawtucket.

Pawtucket, r. l. March 15-The Rhode
Island Mule Spinner's association at us
branch In WOonsocket this afternoon de-
cided by a unanimous vote to call strike
tomorrow in the four mills Of the Manville
company, three of which are In Woon-
socket and one in Manville, r. I.
The SINNERS ask for an increase of ten
per cent. but their general secretary,
James Cliff of the Rhode Island Mule
spinners' association states that there
are other grievances which extend back
some time. The Manvile company is cap
italized at s6,O0O.oO0 and employs 5000
hands.
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INSANE ON RELIGION.
Negro Brains Inmate of Hospital With
Chair.

Louisville. KY, March Is. - William
Hamilton, negro who was taken to the
city hospital suffering from pneumonia.
became violently insane on religion at l
o'clock today, and overcoming his at
tendant. picked up chair and Drained
Francis Winder, an insane inmate 60
years of age.
DR.. Bronner. who attempted to subdue
Hamilton, was also slightly hurt Camp
bell, the attendant, received a few minor
bruises Hamilton was finally overpow-
cred and placed in irons.
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sENEcAs WANT TO BUY LAND.
Chiefs of Tribe Anxious to Trade
With Usage Indians.

Guthrie, o. T.. March 15.-sllas Smith
and Henry Captain. chiefs of the Seneca
Indians in the United States have spent
the past week at Pawhuska, Okla, the
capital of the Usage Indian nation, where,
In conference with Governor Bigheart or
the osages, plans were discussed for the
purchase Of Usage Indian land by tribe
of Seneca Indians, 1900 In number, now
residing on a reservation In Canada,
The Indians on the Canadian reserva-
ton desire, it is stated, to come to the
southwest to be near their brothers In
this country. The Senecas here num-
Der only $50 as far as known. No definite
conclusion was reached.
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WRECK ON THE SOUTHERN.
Ore Man Supposed to be a Tramp
Was Killed.

Charleston. S. c., March 15.--The South
ern railways vestbule train No. "a. due
at Camden at 1880 a. M, was wrecked
at a switch eight miles north of that
point today.
The front trucks under the baggage
car jumped the main track and threw
the train into the side track, all the cars
being completely deraled, excepting the
Pullman, which had one set of wheels
off.
One man, an unknown tramp, supposed
ly standing on the siding, was instantly
killed and Jim Reed, a passenger, had
one leg broken. Lewis Clyburn and Mrs
M. e. Taylor escaped with slight In
iuries
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-16
Eoster BUYS Dr.. Rice.

New York, March 15.-Fred Foster, the
turfman, today received cablegram from
his representative In Germany saying
that he had bought for Mr.. Foster the
Brooklyn handicap winner, DR.. Rice. DR..
Rice was once before owned by Foster,
who sold him to Baron Hulgerth, the Ber-
lin banker. DR.. Rice will not finish his
German racing engagement The tele-
gram further said DR.. Rice had been
shipped to the port for his voyage to the
states.
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JUSTICE DAYS CONDITION.
Bulletin Says There Has Been No Ex.
tension of Pneumonia.

Washington, March 15.-The condition
of Justice Day of the United States Su-
preme court, who is i'll here with pneu-
monia, continues encouraging. Dr. b. l..
Hardin, the attending physician, had DR..
William Osler, the specialist from Johns
Hopkins university come over today for
another consultation with him regarding
the case and after 1t was concluded. they
issued the following bulletin: Justice
Days condition good. There mas been
no extension of the pneumonia. All symI0
toms favorable"
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New s15.ooo.ooo Trust.

Richmond, Ind, March 15.-J. A. Carr
and e. B. westcott returned today from
New York. where, as representatives Of
the Hoosier Drill company they assisted
in the organization of the American Seed
Machine company. They say the capital
stock is SIS, 900 and the Incorporation
was under the laws OF New Jersey e. l..
Buchwalter of Springfield, O., was elect
ed president.
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DARING ROBBERY IN
PEUBLO RESTAURANT
Bandits Enter Fashionable Eating Place and When Physician Re-
fused to Throw Up His Hands He Shot Dead-Another
Man Was Wounded and Robbers Flee Without Booty

hands. The doctor hesltated and the rob-
ber fired full in his face. killing him In
stantly. Then the man attacked other
guests c. B. Bishop was shot in the left
side. Without securing any booty the
robbers fed. Bishop is in critical con-
dition.
DR.. Turner was about 30 years of age
and came here from Iowa about two
years ago. He was graduate of Prince
ton. There Is no clue to the identity of
the robbers.
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MAYOR TURNS OFF THE GAS.
Belongs to Union In Evansville and
Has to Use Kerosene for Light.

Evansville, Ind. March 15.-Mayor
Charles G. Covert and a number of the
members of his council found themselves
compelled to discontinue the use of gas
In their homes. This comes as result
of their being members of the labor
unions. Last night at midnight. Mayor
Covert and other city officials had the
gas turned off in their homes and will
use only kerosene for lighting or fuel
purposes.
All were notified by the central labor
union which has placed a boycott against
the Evansville Gas and Electric Light
company either to discontinue the use
of gas, or be exeommunicated by the
unions
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ing Santos Dumont. Maxine Dreyfus.
Robert Charvey and other well-known
Partisan clubmen.
The police attempted to interfere but
the commissary of police was induced to
believe that the affair was an ordinary
fencing match with buttoned foils, and
he departed The organizers of the en-
counter declare the object was to demon
strate the harmlessness of duels as they
are generally fought.
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Madrid, March 15.-Serious rioting has
occurred at Coimbra, Portugal, owing to
the refusal on the part of the inhabitants
to pay their taxes. Conflicts between the
police and mobs have resulted In three
persons being killed and many others in
jured. The military have been called
out to restore order.
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~ UEBLO, Colo. March 15.-A daring
attempt at robbery with a tragic
end occurred In one of the most
fashionable restaurants in this city to-
night. Two masked robbers entered
Loest's cafe by the front door One went
tempted to rob the guests at the tables.
The second robber pointed a revolver
at DR.. J. F. Turner. who was sitting at a
table. and ordered him to throw up his