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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-07

the club and the entertainment of its
guests.
Railroad and Transportation Commit
tee.
The railroad and transportation
committee shall have charge of all
matters pertaining to the securing Of
better railroad and transportation fa-
cilities, rates and tariffs Of value 10
the business interests OF this commu-
nifty.
Legislative COMMITTEES.
To the legislative committee shall
be referred, and it shall be its duty, to
pass upon all matters affecting this
community which shall require ma.
tional or territorial legislative action.
Auditing Committee.
This committee shall meet on the
second Monday of each month for the
purpose OF auditing all claims against
the club.
1t shall, on the second Monday In
June and December Of each year,
carefully examine the books and ac-
counts of the secretary, treasurer and
all other officers and servants Of the
club, and shall report It's findings 70
the board of directors.
irrigation Committee.
The irrigation committee shall have
Continued on Page TWo.)
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-07
Tanner Must CO TO Colorado.

GUTHRIE. o. T.. Dec. 7.--Goyernor
Ferguson today honored the requisl-
I'm from Governor Peabody, Of Colo
rado, for The return to Powers county,
Colorado. of Jesse Tanner, accused Of
the larceny Of live stock committed
In that county In June. 1903. Tanner
is nnder arrest At Kenton. Oklahoma.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-07
Emperor Worse.

PARIS, Dec. Information re-
ceived here through authoritative
channels from Berlin represent the
condition of Emperor william as being
less satisfactory than officially admit.
ted. II Is said that the emperor him
self Is seriously apprehensive.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-07

last winter. but the department of COM
merce and labor % busy gathering
facts and figures. and II is hoped,
moreover, that the celebrated merger
case will be decideed against the trust
makers before the people are called on
to vote.
Opinion differs as to what may be
done at the session in regard TO the
postoflice frauds. The Republican
feel that the Roosevelt administration
mas escaped all odium for the wrong
doing by the prompt and thorough
measures taken to probe the scandals
10 the bottom and bring the guilty
to punishment. The minority, how
ever is keeping both eyes open and
will not let slip an opportunity to
show. II possible, that the aiministra-
ton is responsible in measure for
the grave irregularities disclosed dur
ing Tie last BIN luoillus
Senator Quay intends 10 renew his
efforts to secure statehood for Okla
homa. Arizona and New Mexico. and
it is antic 'pated that the long fight
Of last winter will be duplicated Al
aska. also is due to receive a good
deal of attention at the present ses-
sion. The subcommittee from the
senate committee on Territories,
which spent three months in Alaska,
will make recommendations that a
Territorial delegate be admitted to the
house, ana that the judicial maehin.
cry Of the Territory be rearranged.
The reciprocity trade treaties may
bob up again during the SESSION, but
they will so down with the regularity
Of the baby heads at a country fair.
Lobbyists are not ignorant of the
check an approaching election places
on congress A member Of the leg
islative committee Of the anti.saloon
league, WHICH began its annual meet.
ing in Washington today, commenting
on the popular impression that the
canteen Will be restored at the pres.
ent session. said those who were ak.
ing t.at view forgot that there was tG
be d presidential election next year.
.l'll give you tip," said ~, TO the
effect that the canteen will not be
restored at this session, despite the
favorable recommendation Of the sec
retary Of war and leading army offl.
GERS. The ant.saloon element is toe
powerful In about $50 congressional
districts to permit the program Of the
war department to be carried out,
The advocates Of ship subsidy have
not surrendered their views as to the
wisdom Of the legislation they have
been proposing for several years, but
/ In their case also the nearness OF 8
u
presidential election will likely detel
them from raising the question at tht
present session.
In order TO keep busy and at the
same time avoid dealing with tht
more momentous and dangerous ques
tions. II Is probable that the session
will devote considerable time 10 Ia,
discussion of matters relating 60 oul
insular possessions. LII addition t
the Alaskan matter there are a mum
Der 81 q,estions affecting Hawaii
Porto Rico and the Philippines
which viii probably be brought ii
ana an effort made to agree upon SOM
plan TO obviatp the difficulty Of Ian,
grants and at the same time induc,
American capital to enlist ii the en
terprise.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-07
Trial Postponed.

WASHINGTON. d. C.. Dec. 7.-The
United States supreme court today de-
MED for the present the motion to
dismiss the case Of the state Of Min.
i'so,a vs. the Northern. Securities
company, and postponed further con-
sideration on the question until Il shall
be hearei on It's merits.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-07
Under control.

SAN BERNARDINO. Can't, Dee Z.
The forest fires raging in the noun-
taIns for the past three days are nov
thought to be. rn6ep eqn1GQa
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-07
Library Committee.

The library committee shall have
power. with the approval oi tld board,
70 purchase stationery for the Use Of
the members OF the club. books and
shall subscribe for such periodicals
as may be deemed necessary by the
board.
Entertainment Committee.
The entertainment committee shall
have charge Of me social features Of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-03

Cannot The Tlmes-Dispntch,. which seems
SO we'll informed on financial matters,
give us an explanation of the above state
exactly why the law Of supply and de-
trade. If the low prices for the raw ar
ticle now prevailing are normal, why docs
not the manufactured article come down?
Or If the high price of manufactured to-
bacco Is normal. then why does not the
raw article go up? Cannot The Times
Dispatch trace these troubles to their
source?
Amherst. Va. June, 1908.
Our correspondent starts of with an
error. Leaf tobacco Is not S. per hundred
lower now than 1t was In the fall OF last
year, on the Lynchburg market, or any
other market. Doubtless he offered a few
piles on that market that he thought was
as good as some he got better prics
for last fall. and he has made the mistake
of Judging the whole market by his erron-
eous estimate of the market as it pertains
to the one grade or possibly the one small
lot he has been unfortunate with. Furth-
ermore,. no seems to overlook the fact
that leaf tobacco Is not the only ingredi-
emit that makes UP the cost of plug of
chewing tobacco. There are suger, leo
rice. essential oils, labor factory rent,
revenue and State taxes. soal for steam
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-03
Price Of Tobacco.

Editor OF The Dispatch:
Sir.LSome days ago You !, had le 81, m
mand." which I read with good deal of
interest. In this article you attempted
to show how the prize OF all comm moo TIES
mand." l remember that you used,
among other things, wheat and cotton as
Illustrations of the workings of the rule
lated.
The law is natural and Just one. I'm
ducts Of all kinds. are adjusted by this
law easily and we'll. But the conditions
existing at present in the business world
hampered. 1t is, ! believe, a fact that at
present the trusts and monopo!ies have
such absolute control OF the price OF many
articles OF commerce that the law. aDoy We
with it
facts tens asert r hs Pee Of In oS nsh
my county, tobacco, sold at least s. a
hundred higher last fall than It has s;s since 1;,
remained the same or advanced. Now,
II the fan IN the price Of raw raw, to- TOBACCO
law the price. OF manufactured tobacco
should have fallen also, but as this was
not the, case. we are forced 70 one ot,two
co is now bringing far less than 1t would
were 1.-THE law" allowed to assert itself,
or that manufactured obacco Is bringing
far more than 1t would were he law
allowed to assert itself ! submit that
neither of these conditions is natural or
right and 7 ask, which Of them Is the
more probable?
Nowadays the sale of tobacco is mere
gamble If farmer raises a horse. he
knows about what 1t Is worth on the
market and what he can get for 1t, Il
he has wheat or corn to sell, he can APP
proXimate the amount of money that It
viii bring him. But when he raises tobac-
co. he can no more tell what 1t will bring
him than he can tell what the weather
Will be year hence. II he sell on the
right day. when the right man Is buying,
he may get an average Of say, $40 u
hundred But on another day. maybe the
next one, for the same tobacco. he may
not get an average OF over IS. 1t Is alto
gether chance.
The dullness of the tobacco market this
spring has meant the loss of thousands
OF dollars to the people of this and other
tobacco counties. To see their years la
sbor go for little. or nothing, Is to the
IRENE There is growing suspicion that
some peonle, natural or artificial dust
Who, is the question:, are reaping rich
harvest from the, tobacco business. II
such is the case, the tobacco, raisers, who
are the greatest sufferers from existing
conditions. have q right u know It. -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-03
Thieving Trust.

Paris has decided not to let New York
have all the glory of being the home Of
trusts.
We have trusts here. and among these
the thieving trust is probably more unique
thany any American monopoly. It's off,
cial name is the "Apaches,'' and 1t has
founded branches In every reimbursement
in Paris
It is organized on purely military lines
The general who Is chief sits in broken
down mastraguet In field outside the
Bots de Boulogne
Daily he receives his reports and issues
instructions.
He never ceases to give orders to his
subordinates that If they find a man work
Ing on his own, account he is to be
smashed up. and. If needs be. killed
1t seems to be necessary very often, for
during the last two weeks nineteen men
carrying burglars tools have been found
lying dead In every quarter Of Paris
This city is for the time being in a
position such as no city In the civilized
world has been for many years.
There is considerable talk of reviving the
cat-o'-nine-tals. but all our women OBJ
ject, and say that 1t might hurt the GRIM
inals.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-03
MRS. PHARES
IS UNSHAKEN
Denies That She Gave Hus-
band Poison.
(By Associated Press.)


MOUNT HOLLY, N. j., July 2.-The
examination OF Mrs. Annie R. Phares,
who is on trial here charged with caus-
ing the death by poison of Albert A.
Pbares. her husband. was continued to-
day. Mrs. Phares said that on the Mon
day previous to her husbands death she
went to Columbus to consult physician
and procure medicine. Phares. she said.
requested her to purchase strychnlne to
skill off the rats In the house,
When she entered her house she placed
the strychnine on the writing desk and
the tablets the doctor COVE her on the ia
BILE. She administered a portion of the
tablets to her husband. At dinner Phares
ate little. He left the table and went to
the sitting room to lie on the sofa. Mrs.
Phares later repaired to the sitting room
and noticed that her husbands legs were
Becoming rigid. She wanted to summon
the doctor. but her husband said he did
not want the doctor. Phares went into
commissions and died In his wfe's arms.
Counsel for the defense asked Mrs.
Phares II she had administered poison
to her husband in any manner whatso-
ever This question met with an une-
quivocal denial from the accused. Cross
examination failed to shake Mrs. Phares'
testimony to any great extent.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-03
N. US CROWDED SQUARE
Plan to Relieve Congestion Of Traffic.
Tunnel Station IN Macey's Basement.

Plan to Relieve Congestion Of Traffic.
Tunnel Station IN Macey's Basement
The Board of Aldermen in New York
city has a knotty problem to solve in
connection with Herald Square. This
section has suddenly become one Of the
busiest shopping districts in the city since
the erection of the Herald building and
r. II Mays mammoth department store.
west from river to river, has become a
Square. on the same street. the Pennsyl-
in the world. will soon be erected, the
work Of tearing down old buildings hay.
ing been begun. This will IN time result
into this immediate district: Sixth Ave
nue. and Broadway cross Thirty-fourth
Street, forming two pyrimidal public
va va t Railroad oa at Thirty-fourth Street.
AS each Of the avenues and the !, cross t,:;s
streets carry double tracks Tor g.. eeetr1c
cars: Herald Square are has has become the most
Beneath Thirty-fourth Street the Penn-
sylvania Railroad proposes to continue us
North River tunnel to and under me Eas %
OF Brooklyn and Long Island and Jersey
City and the outlying towns rapid
transit facilities to Herald Square: STA.
ton at this point at the present property
pense on the city. and a. proposition is
ment can be made with Mncy,s to make
the entrance and exit Of the tunnel
through the Thirty-fourth Street frontage
of their great building.
At the present time. frequently one
hundred thousand persons a day enter n e1
Macys without creating, an impression
of crowding, and from these signs 1t is
believed that half a million Of persons
could enter and leave cars IN the base.
ment without discomfort! The deposit
department, recently added to the busi.
ness Of this grea test retail establishment
in the world, Is bringing thousands dairy
to the store, DESTROYS Of awaiting them
selves of placing on deposit various sums ms
of money upon which four per cent inter.
est is allowed. This system Of o DEPOSIT It
cnmpllted on balances every three
months, SO that 1t is not only better than
the customary savings banks three ana ne.
three and a half per cent. but actualIy
Compounds. Money on deposit can De
drawn Without minutes notice, or can AN
he used as a credit against purchases
made in the store or by mail.
II Is strange that department so az
tractiye to buyers has not been added 10
other great stores. 1t Is Department Of
Eenosits as described, and Is not IN
anv sense OF the word banking house.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-03
Intense Heat Followed by a
Terrific Gale.
LIGHTNING STRUCK OFTEN
Four Deaths Caused by the Heat, and
There We're Many Casualties
Traceable TO the Storm.
Panic at Polo Grounds.
NV Associated Presa.l

NEW YORK, July "A terrific storm
here to-day followed q period of intens.
heat There we're four deaths from the
heat to-day and score or more Of pros
tratons. Already three deaths, directly
traceable to tho storm, have been re-
ported. and many persons caught IN the
fury Of the wind were injured. At one
time the gale blew at the rate of sew
enty-two miles an hour in the upper part
OF New York. according to the weather
bureau. Many places were struck by
lightning. which played continuously Tor
an hour or more.
A great section OF tho Manhattan field
fence was blown down, and there was
almost panic among the thousand Neil
and women who had gathered at tho
Polo Grounds adjoining to witness the
New York-St. Louis game. The Polo
Grounds were flooded with foos OF
water. The game was off and the atten-
ton Of the officials and police was d.
rected to getting the half panic stricken
base ball enthusiasts to place of safety.
TREES UPROOTED.
There were in reality two storms, but
they blended into one. The Bronx was
the first to feel its effects, and the lower
portion OF that borough suffered most
A wind Of extremely high velocity swep.
from west to east, uprooting trees, smasl,-
ing plate-glass windows. blowing pedes-
trians from their footing and doing all
kinds Of damage. Apparently the storm.
was in two divisions, one advancing
down the valley of the Hudson River and
the other approaching from Long Island
Sound, which was torn into fury by
the force Of the wind. These two divi-
sions met over the lower Bronx. with
dazzling displays of electricity. The first
wind storm was followed by heavy
fall OF rain. like cloudburst in charac-
ter. and shower OF large hall stones.
Fannie Kinsler, a six-year-old child
frightened by the storm and blinded by
the rain, ran directly under swiftly
moving wagon, and was killed instantly.
John Dominick, dock laborer was
Knocked into the East River by a plank
which had been picked up by the wind.
and was drowned.
The wind swept the embers OF bor-
fire. kindled by number OF boys. over
the pinafore of thrce-year-old Clarence
Hadden. and he was burned to DEATH
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-03
Given Shower-B Baths.

The men at the various military posts
now have shower baths. which are greatly
appreciated by the men, Besides this. the
men at Fulton post are enjoying swinl-
ming In the river. where they go In, sans
bathing suits, but an obscure point.
All the men at this post have the reg
nlation blue shirts, and can go without
In this weather. Only five or six of the
men are allowed liberty at a time.
Arthur Lynn was the only man In the
post hospital. and he was about ready to
be discharged His injury was severe
cut on the head, sustained in diving in
the river. He struck rock, it Is sup
posed, and his scalp was laid open by tho
blow, lie was treated by DR.. Sutton, and
is now nearly we'll
The Third Battalion. stationed at Twen-
ty-Ninth and 2 Streets. has but one mu-
sician-A. S, Crumpton, of Company NJ, ,
Danvtlle, He also serves as general scout
and orderly to Major Martin. and Is an
efficient man.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-03
MIGHT NEED IT SOME DAY
MIGHTY BAD.
,From the Onaga. Kans,. FIeraldD

tyFrcm the Onaga. Kans.. IIeraldD
Chamberlain's Remedies are SO entirely
good, so reliable and prompt In their ef-
fecti so absolutely true to their advertised
uerits that we feel we know we are not
helping to advertise fake remedies In
publishing matter sent US by their manu-
facturtrs. For many years we have
used these remedies In our household,
and would as soon think of keeping
house vithout0a stove or fuel as to BIO
without Chamberaln's Cough Remedy In.
the winner and Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in the
sumner Not that we are subject to
ailments these remedies cure, but we
keep then handy on the principle that
Texan carries a gun--he may need Il
some day mighty bad. For sale by all
druggists,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-03
POSSIBLY FATAL
CUTTING ARRAY
Charles E. Graham Given
Seven CHASTITY Wounds
by H. H. Lowry.

A serious and what may prove 10 be a
fatal cutting ARRAY occurred last night
about 9:3O o'clock near the corner Twelfth
and Broad Streets, In which w. h Lowry
cut Charles L. Graham seven times with
a. knife. inhlctlng some very dangerous
Wounds. The wounded man lost much
Hood and was suffering greatly from the
shock last night at the City Hospital,
where he is being treated. Tho worst
wounds are those penetrating the abdom-
nal cavity, one of them from the back
"a cut six inches In length The others
are on the face. arm and body.
The two men are strlKlns slreel tai.-
way employees, and from the best infor-
walton obtainabla they became involved
In a Quarrel over report that two or
the strikers had applied to the company
fnr nositions, The merits of the quarrel
will be Investigated In court to-day II
he injured man is able to appear. which
now seems utterly improbable. Lowry
gave himself up at the flrst station anu
stated that he cut MS opponent IN sell
defense. daot1
hernra he could he reached and treated,
Two arteries being cut In the arm and
n,,ch blood lost from other cuts.
Drs. Trevillan and Sycle rendered emer-
esncv treatment. after which the man
vas taken to the hospital, where he now
, ma IN dangerous condition. Here is
NV an' ,nwentory of his wounds. as given by
the surgeons: One cut, six inches y, n
Mnun into the cavity of the stomach.
nuT fortunately not perforating the In
t Dut another cut, two inches long.
rom the abdominal wall In the front, a
s sepin . wound; stab wound from Shout
der to- elbow. seyering two arteries; a
cut, three inches In length, over the left
e omt over, the temple. In all there are
seven wounds His chances of recovery
or. not the hest. there being grave dan
ger Of death from hemorrhase.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-03
Self-Defense VIII Be the Plea
of the Prisoner.
TESTIMONY SENSATIONAL
Accused Man Took Stand in His Own
Defense, and Told How His Wife
and Walsh had Both
Threatened Him.
By Associated Press.l

PITTsBURG. PA. July 5.--The court
room was crowded again to-day when
the trial OF DR.. Walter P. Kountz.
charged with the murder of Contractor
Walsh. was resumed. Clarence Burleigh,
attorney for DR.. Kountz, in his address
to the jury, said the defense would en-
deavor to show that Walsh threatened
to Kill the plaintiff and that he acted
first.
The defendant was the first witness.
He told how he had met his wife at hot
Springs, and married ar, her there in h W.
burg, and in February his wife made an
arrangement for them to live in a por--
ton of the Walsh home. On March re- rs, Zist
Their, and found Walsh In his wife's bed
room. He accused her of nfidelity.
MY WIFE" said the witness, replied
All I married YOU for was to work
XIII you She always carried a revolt
ver.'
Continuing, the witness testified:
THE following day l went back to set
She said Walsh was taking. better care
of her there than she would get at the
Next day my wife was in bed. Walsh
came in and asked mo what l was doing
there. He said, Margaret Is my wife and
If you don't get out of here will kill
you He grabbed me and broke away.
When / got downstairs, he followed me
I will kill you.
ing she was sick She jumped out OF bed
with revolver in her. hand and said,
II y.on, don't get out Of here will XIII
Witness described the shooting. saying
he thought Walsh was going to flre. and
that he had no Intention Of shooting his
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