Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-28

but really to explore the place for fu.
lure work by the thieves. The police
assert that the thieves and beggars
cooperate in a systematic manner.
The work OF individuals or detach-
ments is carefully laid out and regular
reports are submitted to the head
quarters that are maintained.
Mosquito bite remedies are numer-
GUS, but people naturally incline to
p~reventives. When the mosquito tor
ment Is nnbearable, and such Is very
often the case these nights. the open
trolley car provides a safe refuge.
Neither insect nor heat intrndes there.
Even In crowded Manhattan the
street cars r utilized nightly BY the
dwellers In stnffy apartments and
crowded tenemcnts. With transfers,
two Or three hours can be spent very
eheaply In riding up and down the
avenues and there are some passengers
who spend three or four hours on one
car riding from one end Of the route to
the other.
After all II Is said that even though
II were 70 be offered him, Secretary
Of War Root would not accept the gu-
b~ernatorial nomination Of New York
after his retirement from the cabinet.
Those who know Mr.. Root intimately
say that his great desire Is to get ont
or politics and resume his law prac.
tice. He undoubtedly ranks with the
most able lawyers In the country and
II Is therefore not surprising that his
ambition should be to die the foremost
representative OF the American bar
ma dream which Mr.. Root Ia said to
fondly cherish. Much talk is heard
about his successor. but the leaders.
among whom. OF course, Is Senator T.
g. Plat. say that Secretary Root will
not retire until December. hence II Is
rather early to be picking out the men
who will. succeed him.
When the conference committees a
tho anti ammany forces meet early
next month two or more Of the organ
izations represented Will urge the
nomination OF q democrat for mayor.
The only democrat whose name has so
far been seriously considered is Dis.
trict Attorney jerome. The two or
CARNATIONS that will in the regular
conferences urge the selection OF a
democrat for mayor are the Greater
New York democracy and the Brook
lyn democracy. The demand may be
backed up by n or more Of the Ger
man organizations.
The barriers Of New York are every.
thing but pleased owe the new regula-
tiuns which the board Of health has
adopted for enforcing the provisions
Of the sanitary code among their
ranks, but their customers are de.
lighted. These rules require them to
wash their hands thoroughly with
soap and hot water before attending
person; forbid the use OF astringents.
powder puHs, the 8 or any towel
more than once and the prescription
Of any remedy for a skin disease un.
less the barber Is q licensed physi.
clan. Also hereafter any barber who
BARRIERS without a license Will be liable
to punishment and a fine OF $25.
II Is generally supposed that Mill
ionaires. especially II they are socie-
ty men care little for the responsible
~ OF important political positions. but
New York can show several exceptions
to this rule. Two Belmonts. Perry
and o. II. r. have been elected to
congress. Channccy NJ. Dopew Is serv-
Ing In the senate. Alfred Gwynne Van
Ii said to be slated for some
political post In Rhode Island Of which
he recently became a citizen and now
II Is said that George Gould, who has
gone over to Jersey. viii probably be
nominated this fall for congressman
in the third district Of that state.