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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-30

misapprehension. Time Current Is
sue is a journal Of opinion and a legiti-
mate publication. It does not fake
its business nor does it invite com.
munion with fakirs. | do not UNDER
stand why you should have invited
The Time Current Issue to enter in
to partnership with you in an effort
to rob the railroad companies. For
If The Current Issue has eve missed
an opportunity to hold your business
UP to the contempt of the honest pub
lie, it s~encerely regrets having done
so. note with some regret your
statement that your experience with
editorial mileage and trip tickets has
been a very successful one, II this
statement be true | am forced to the
conclusion that there are as big
scoundrels in the newspaper business
as in yours. In the hope that the
above statements are sufficiently ex-
plicit to penetrate your understanding,
| am, very truly yours"
&GGE
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-30
Conscience Hurt Him.

General Passenger Agent Morton of
the NJ, X. & T., has received one of
the most unusual types of conscience
stricken letters on record. The let
ter is dated from Colorado Springs,
Colo, and the writer states that ten
years ago, during the Chicago fair he
rode from Fort Scott 10 Hannibal.
Mo, through the courtesy of your
conductor" without paying fare, but
lately he has begun living a Christian
life and feels that this matter should
be fixed up some way.
Continuing. the writer says: If
you say SO ! will pay the required
amount; If, on the other hand, you
could overlook this wrong on my
part. | would greatly appreciate IT,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-30
Wickersham Resigns.

n o. WlthCloudnt VIII huS HiiSu
the position of assistant engineer Of
tests with the Santa Fe coast lines,
for the past year, has left the service
of the company of his own accord. He
resigns to accept a responsible posi-
ton with the Chicago Northwestern,
with headquarters in Hawarden, la.
Mr.. Wickersham made many friends
on all parts Of the western lines while
employed by the Santa Fe, who will
be sorry to hear of his departure from
the service.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railroad Is to be held In To-
peka on December 10. The terms of
four directors expire, viz. Victor
Morawetz, Thomas p. Fowler, II. Rel
man .Duval and Charles S. Gleed. 1t
is not expected that more than two
of these will be reelected, The Atch-
ison stockholders are to be asked at
this meeting to approve the purchase
Of the stock and bonds for the Rands-
burg road, the Santa Fe & Northwest
ern and the Oakland & East Side road.
These new roads are to be built by
the Atchison company.
G&
Nearly 200 feet Of track on the Wa
bash railroad near Hamilton, Ind, has
disappeared. ami workmen are trying
to fill in what seems to be a bottom
less hole. The track in question ex-
tends through Q swamp which was
bridged by a trestle work. Several
weeks ago the track began settling,
and for more than q week q large gang
has been dumping train load upon
train load OF sand and gravel into the
swamp. and with apparently little ef-
feet. The track is on the Wabash
Chicago-Toledo line Of the Wabash,
which was opened last year, and train
service i've this portion Of the line
has been abandoned.
The strike mania which has been
40 much in evidence during the past
two or three years now promises 70
feel ,ae effect Of a reaction, and con-
s~eryative leaders are advising against
such a proceeding IN cases where a
year ago il would have been approved,
says The Railway Review. The latest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-24

his time would be taken Up by his duties
ruler.
are on the most intimate and aNectiOnate OF
terms with Prince and Princess Henry Of Prus-
STA with the Crown Princess OF Greece. and. IN
fact with all the members OF their family. But
that there has been for several years past
coIdness between themselves and the Emperor
IS apparent from the fact that he did not attend
the wedding of their only child. Princess Foo
dore to Prince Henry Of Reuss. and that he was
similarly absent from the ceiebra ton ~ their
silver wedding the other day. which iooS place
at KEEL in the palace OF Prince and Princess
Henry.
II may be stated in conclusion that Prince
Bernard OF Saxe-Msilingen IS one OF the most
eminent scholars Of modern Creek IN GERMANY
and has translated into the Hellenic language a
number of German dramas which have been
produced with much popular success az Athens.
His father, the old Duke Of Saxe-Aieintngen- has
for years past abandoned all intercourse with
the court OF Berlin. owing TO the aftronts pl8c ed
by the Kaiser upon his third and rnnrsaha'lc
wife. the actress Helene Franz, created Baroness
Heldburr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-24

SOME INTERESTING INCIDENTS or Il NATURAL
IST'S PICNIC UPON THE PACIFIC COAST.

butt of my gun, he concluded that we we're not
exactly comfortable fish to bite, and were
enabled to catch him. one by the tip of each
fiipper and carry him. spread eagle fashion,
safe distance Up the beach. He very soon came
to understand that meant him no harm, and
after we had sent for the wagon and conveyed
him to our camp the smell of a bottle of milk
changed his "offishness' into an affection so
effusive as 10 he, with his weight and baby
elephant clumsiness. positively disconcerting-
One hundred pounds of pure affection and
fippers suddenly landed in your lap and rub
hing its milky all over your face and
clothing is a trif1e embarrassing. We soon be-
came the best of friends, and "Tillamook was
promptly adopted the baby of the party as
signed quarters in a deserted shack close to
tie camp. and had extra half gallon of milk
added to our daily supply list ON his behalf
And he took every ounce Of it, too, except the
odd half pint which he would insist, at every
meal time, with but imperfectly appreciated
generosity, in distributing over the overalls and
coat sleeves of his feeder He about the
most strenuous eater I ever saw. A feeding bot
tie was not a gently pleasing object, to be
peacefully approached and meditatively sucked
dry; it was a wild fierce thing TO be grabbed
the life shaken out of it and then to be swal-
lowed whole. if possible. Feeding him was as
exciting. and wellnlgh as arduouS, as Il OreCo-
Roman wrestling match The moment he smelled
milk he came at you like a battering ram. his
nose high in the air bunting wildly about, eVl-
IDENTIFY hunting for the massive bulk of his lost
mamma and apparently incapable Of recogniZ-
ing anything much smaller. 1t was no manner
of use putting any XII I'd of nozzle or nipple on
the bottle; for when you did at last succeed in
landing the mouth between his teeth, II the
milk did not instantly pour down his throat like
a stream from a hose he either flung II aside
in disgust attempted to swallow it whole
Nor did he improve in this regard in the slight
est with training. His idea of milk was evil
IDENTIFY something to be swallowed in half pint
guIps and the only possible way in which you
could get him connected" with the bottle for
more than a second at a time was to stop the
mouth of it with your finger until it could be
jabbed between his teeth. and then to with
draw the finger and, holding him by the nose
with one hand and Impending the bottle with
the other let it empty itself down his throat
So strong and unmistakable was this curious
gulping instinct not only in "Tillamook, but
also in five other lion cubs which were
washed ashore during our stay that was
more than half inclined to suspect that the
mammary gland of the mother sea lion mlghi
be provided with some sort of detrusor muscle.
capa BILE of squirting the milk directly down the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-24

1t almost seems though the handsome building
erected for the Second National Bank III 1895
proudly held itself embematic of the corporation II
houses for it was. with the sole exception OF the
Paterson Savings institution the only bank building
withsood the fiery assaults of the devastating
confagration that so recently laid Paterson in
waste. The building slightly damaged by
the late fire that the bank not only able to
continue the transaction of its business but to
take care of other Paterson banks until they could
find quarters. The upper floors OF this imposing
structure are devoted to fine offices for rental pur-
poses.
The excellence of the Second Nationals
agement is demonstrated By the fact that it has
paid dividends OF u per cent its stock for the
last eighteen years lis capital is s5N000 its
surplus and undivided profits $4,000 and it carries
a line Of individual deposits, subject to check, Of
81 0s5 S56 according TO its last statement Its d.
chant: Samuel Nathan. treasurer of the Gould
MerseTeaC Company, of New-Terk City: Peter
tired merchant; Peter QuackenDush. proprietor Of
a large depafthaeilt store J. <4iotrt an NIIlhIe
and William D RlauveIt The latter entered the
service of the bank in 1881 as a Junior clerk and
has been active in the management OF TIE Second
Jackson the president Of the Second National
who died March "A lso8 was most valued citizen
or paterson A man or great Attaihhlehls n nt-
erature and science as well as in finance and COM
Besides his bank connection. ne NAG been 1or
years the president Of the Gould-Mersereau
father of real banking in Paterson He organized
the Passac County Bank in 1872 subsequently
changed 10 the Passaic County National Bank and
by act OF Congress to the Second National Bank
Of the banks affairs and his prominence in its
management mitigate the loss to the latter
of president, whose place will be filled by
Mr.. Blauvet in whom he had the utmost conf
dence TO the day of his death; and with whom: in
their long tntercourse he had never the sHghtess
difference M B,agSelt was elected prSsiGgnI OF
was appointed cashier 70 fiji the vacancy caused
by the election OF Mr.. Blauvelt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-24
HAS LIGHTED PATERSON LONG.

The Paterson and Passaic Gas and Electric Com
pany supplies gas and electric cities
of Paterson and Passaic and adjacent districts.
Gas has been made and sold in Paterson for over
fifty years as in 1852 street lamps lighted by gas,
first placed in Main-st. The first electric
station built in 1855 From this it can be seen
that Paterson appreciated and secured improve
ments they aUng and has also been con-
sidered good field for investment The gas and
electric plants of this company modern and
thoroughly up date and the prices low
facts which thoroughly appreciated by con-
The compe~v maintains q liberal policy
and aims 10 serve its patrons and welcome new
that its operations may tend the good and
development OF the city. Gas is used largely for
domestic fuel, as well for light, and to some
extent through gas engines for power. Electricity
IS also literally used for both light and power.
The officers of the company follows Presi-
dent William Barbour: Fice-Presidents. +. T. Bell
and Bird ". Spencer; Treasurer Lewis Lille: Sec
rotary. ". II. Rogers: Assistant Secretary, r. R.
Young: Superintendent Of Gas Department. ". L.
Williams: Superintendent of Electric Department,
Vim Brock
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-24
SPINS EXTENDED TRADE WEB.

Thirty-six years ago the firm Of F. A Straus
& Co (Which comprises Mr. F. A Straus and his
Mr.. Lionel a StraUs. both skilled and ex-
p~rieneed manufacturers established silk yarn
Industry al Paterson. which has grown TO be one
Of the c.tys most important businesses. the pres
great factory beins one Of the largest of its
kind IL the world So have the concerns inter-
ests expanded. it now does business with every
stGte in the Union and may fairly be considered
the exponent, in this country. Of This particular
Inc. L has also now great mills. for the manu-
facture OF worsted yarns. at Chester. Penn. and
Trenton. y. J. the latter being very large new
one and equipped with all OF the latest machinery
and appliances.
In these mills are employed some seven hundred
hands, turning out yarns Of all kinds for manu-
featuring purposes. But even this does not COM
prise the plan and scope OF the business OF This
great house for il imports largely Of yarns, for
textile ana knitting purposes. not otherwise TO be
had II this country
The firms general Offices are at Nos s3-95 Greene
st. New York City. with entrances also on Woos-
ts--st. where. too. are employed considerable
force for. besides the clerical contingent required
q transact the routine OF its extensive business,
i has many hands engaged in the work OF its
1actoTy-whCh occupies the upper floors OF the
same bUilding-Ehere IS done the winding con
spoois cones. etcD % the yarns needed for i'm
mediate use IN its trade. There. also is IT'S great
st1reroorn. 4 viii be readily understood that
as the three others. Indeed, the demands OF the
business render necessary the last foot Of the
twenty-five thousand feet Of floor space IN
that big New-YoTk building.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-24

Our camp was pitched inside an old stockade
our campfire lit at the foot of huge maple tree
ana Tor sleeping quarters took possession of
a rude old granary says Woods Hutchinson,
writing in The Contemporary Review about
"A Naturaists Picnic the Oregon Coast"
Although it was June the sea winds were very
GELD and the rain almost incessant, so that
reluctantly abandoned the romance of tent life
for the advantage of a moderately tight roof
above us and dry floor beneath. The price
which has to be paid for the magnificent ever
green vegetation and superb forests of the Pa
ciflc Slope is almost incessant downpour
One of the natives informed US that it rained
nine months of the year. and apt 10 be
showery" the other three. I can cheerfully
corroborate the absolute correctness OF his as
sertion for during nine out of the ten days we
spent on the coast there We're hardly two sue
cessive hours during which rain was not falling.
Fortunately, the rain though chilly was not ex-
Ceedingly cold, AID rapidly got into q sort OF
amphibian frame Of mind, that, althoUgl we
were wet to the knees all the time and to the
waist nearly half the time during our stay and
the only way to dry off to go to bed in our
wet clothes and sleep them dry, none OF US
caught anv serious cold and in short time we
came to regard a condition Of permanent water
soak as part of our normal environment One
of the local authorities solemnly assured US that
whenever it RETAINED from raining for more
than two weeks at stretch his feet began TO
crack We began to believe in the existence of
those mythical ancestors of ours, the ancient
Britons who according to the Veraclous chronl-
cles of the times, used to crouch down IN water
I'D to their shoulders to keep themselves warm
and allay the pangs OF hunger.
Our first inquiry what time next morning
yya should be able TO go out to the rocks AL
once a dersive howl went up from the entire
wagon party. You had better ask what time
next week or how early in July and then it
was borne in upon us that when you once enter
the woods you must revert to the frame OF mind
of the savage who does his time thinking in
weeks and even moons instead of in hours and
minutes, as in our railroad ridden civilization
The Pacific Ocean, it seems, is what the French
call an extremely difficult" old lady. Not that
. she can be described tickle; on the contrary,
she is persistently and far too consistently I'm
| kind In spite Of her bright blue smile and
the velvet curves of her green land lips, she
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-24

is about the most utterly useless and unman-
ageable old baggage in the shape of salt water
that lies outdoors, for the oarsman and the
yachtsman. In the first place, she has a steady
surface pulse wave one hundred miles long, with
the whole distance from Japan 10 get up its
swing in. This never ceases day night but
throbs necessarily, like the pulse of a sleeping
world, and provides a superbly responsive basal
tone for the Establishments Of the local winds
In the winter southwest gales are wellnigh in
cessaut while in summer the high westerly
sun wind" is of daily occurrence; scarcely has
the disturbance fomented by one subsidized than
that of a new day springs up, SO that the
would-be boatman yachtsman finds himself
constantly confronted six days out of the week.
and even seven, by a surf from four to fourteen
feet high Even the floods of great rivers, like
the Columbia, can make little or no Roadway
against the incessant hammering of this wall of
living water, but have to deposit their silt In
the form of a bar, which makes most serious
irnnediment to the entrance or exit of craft of
any description and which usually only sea-
going vessels and tugs manage to pass, at
the most favorable stages of the tide Even
after you have worked your way out through Il
four foot surf. storm. which has been racing
all the way from Honolulu. slip in under
and past you, and before you can get back 10
shore at your best speed, be tossing up White
caps ten feet high
AS our enterprise involved the landing upon
rocky shelf at the foot of a precipitous cliff in
nidocean il was necessary to wait until all the
conditions were favorable to have a reasonable
possibility of success
Every night lay awake, listening to the
wind and trying TO imag CINE that the roar OF the
surf was fainter than II had been and the gray
of morning saw us each day taking our march
ND the beach 10 our fshermans hut in the hope
that his watchfu eye might have detected some
gaps in the furious ranks of our enemies the
breakers.
on one Of these mornings, as two OF US were
beating our way on our wheels up the beach.
in the teeth of a fierce and exceedingly wet sea
wind we caught sight of black mass on the
wet sand about fifty yards above the edge OF
fine receding tide AS looked at II, II moved
slightly and instantly sudden awakening or
the hunting instinct sent both scudding for
ward heads over handle bars. TO get between 1t
and the breakers In a few minutes We had cut
off it's retreat thrown down our wheels ana were
advancing in open order upon a young sea lion,
which lifted up it's head and barked bold baby
defiance al our approach The little chap was
about the size of large setter dog. or female
harbor seal, with beautiful big black eyes and
a voice like musical mastiff. After striking
and worrying hercely for several minutes on the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-24
MAN OF ACTION AND USEFUL CITIZEN

In 1892 John ". Ferguson engaged in his present
business of builder and contractor That he has
made d distinguished success of il the many fine
and imposing structures he has erected in Paterson
and elsewhere amply attest Indeed, his single
agency was an important factor in the marvellous
up-buiding of the new city He has reconstructed
the Hamilton Club Building pictured here; aid
he built that fine specimen Of Greek architecture
the Hamilton Trust COmpanys building; the six
OF which will be occupied 10y the Paterson National
HANK fof which he is Z dfrectorl and the PateT-
son Safe Deposit Trust Company; the erecting
shop' OF the Rogers Locomotive Works; additions
10 Colgate & Co s plant in Jersey City; the large
sugar refinery in Long Island City; the Kings Coun-
tv power house, Gold street BROOKLYN the last eA
tension OF the Clark Thread Works al Newark; the
great works the Alsen Cement Company. near
Sa+slfIl: and the fine loft building at Fifth ave-
me and Twentieth street New York city, besides
the new shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad at VIII
rnfngton, Del
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-24

Rolling Mil Company and retired; Mr.. Meyer is
of Meyer Bros. proprietors of the great Boston
Store; Mr. Williams is attorney-at-law and eX-
State Senator: DR.. Rogers is prominent and high-
" esteemed physician: Mr. GOurley is an attorney
at-iaw and counsel for the Jersey City. Hoboken
and Paterson Railway Company. as well as being
a director OF same. The cashier and assistant
cashier of the First National Bank respective
ly. Mr.. Robert J. Nelden and Mr.. Whitfield w.
Smith, and il is needless to say. they have been
chosen for these responsible positions by reason of
their discretion less than for their business &C
: ouirements.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-24

really the history Of the locomotive in this coun-
~. i is interesting to note a comparison be-
tween The rrst locomotive il turned (iT. 1880
and the distance devOurer OF TO-day-the first hav-
ing weighed about 10 tons and had driving wheels
of = inches in diameter Of the 5.s=2 locomotives
turned out UP 10 March 1903 the last weighed 81
tens. and its driving wheels were ssh inches in
diameter. A tremendous stride, And. incidentally.
these works have advertised Paterson the world
rTe-
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-23
Meeovern pefeats Rrlaas.

Boston. Oct. 21.-Terry McGovern.
former feather-weight champion of the
world, was given the decision over
Jimmy Briggs. of Chelsea. after a hard
15.round battle before the Criterion
Athletic Club. For 10 rounds the ex-
champion seemed to have lost his OLD
time cunning and even a favorable
decision for him seemed doubtful.
Toward the end. however, superior
ring generalship told the story, and
he had the Chelsea boy completely at
his mercy. During the last four rounds
McGOvern administered terrific pun
ishment, but he was unable to land a
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-23
ZION GUARDS EJECT MRS. NATION
Kansas Saloon smasher Insisted On
Questioning DoWie.

Kansas Saloon smasher Insisted On
Questioning Dowie.
New York. Oct. 21.-Dr. Dowie, ar
rayed in evening clothes, talked for
two hours before a great throng in
Madison Square Garden, the burden Of
his talk being denunciatiOn of the
clergy and the press. When he began
the huge Garden was crowded, and
the police say 5000 persons who could
not gain admittance were turned away.
In half an hour, however, the crowd be-
gan to surge out. and then the police
refused to admit any late comers, say
ing they feared a riot
It was with some difficulty that any
semblance of order was kept. The
speaker was repeatedly interrupted
with Kisses and shouts of disapproval.
At one point Dowie ordered the police
30 arrest two men in different parts Of
the building who had interrupted him.
Carrie Nation. who occupied a seat
near the front, asked Elijah" to an
swer some questions. He refused and
ordered her to sit down. Dowie then
praised the spirit in which Mrs. Ma
ton had warred on the saloon, but said
she used wrong methods. Mrs. Nation
again demanded the privilege of asking
questions. At once the Zion guards
surrounded her. and with the help of
several policemen elected her.
At this several hundred persons at
the back Of the Garden made a rush
10 get out. The entrance was blocked
In a moment and Dowie shouted that
the way had been blocked by the crowd
outside brought there for the purpose
Of creating a disturbance, ordered the
Zionists to keep their places. He then
requested the audience to be seated,
and after having the side exits opened,
be directed the audience to rise in sec
tions and go out at the sides. The
meeting was one Of continuous dis
order.