Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-18

sair has been given name, and will
hereafter be known as The Pike.
This was adopted at meeting of the
board of directors on recommendation
Of the Committee on nomenclature.
What "The Midway was to the Chi
cagO Worlds fair as a name that i'm
mediately became popular, it is ex-
pected The Pike will prove as a
name for the Boulevard OF gayetieS at
the st. Louis exposition.
By some of the directors THE
Trail was favored as appropriate, in
view of Remington's statuary group
of yboys Shooting up the Town.
whic1 will decorate the entrance to
the stree. The committee on nomen-
clature made several suggestions as
| to the naming of other avenues and
| courts of the exposition, but they were
laid over by the board. 1t was sug-
gested that the large court opposite
art hill be called "St. Louis" the
court to the east of it 'Orleans" and
the west court "St. Anthony" The
name Cascade Promenade" was sug-
gested by the walks about the cas-
cades. Canal Promenades" for the
walks surrounding the waterway.
United States" for the plaza in front
of the state buildings and Europe :
for that in front of the foreign build-
ings. The suggestion was also made
that the exhibit buildings be known
as palaces
VETERAN RAILROAD MAN
DIES IN DENVER.
DENVER, Colo, April 1S.-W. c..
LydOn, one of the best known rail
road men in the west. died at his
home in this city tonight, after "a
lingering illness W
Cole Lyden as he was generally
called, entered the service of the Dem
yer and Rio Grande railway in 1871
as a conductor Ten years later he
was made division superintendent
with headquarters at Alamosa. This
position IL neld for twenty years, re-
signing ,-o years ago on account OF
i'll healfA.,a He leaves a wife and three
children tsr. Eydon was in the en-
plOy>Of the onion Pacific before going
to the Rio Gran !. He was born in
Ireland sc years go.
SEVEN PIRATES BOLD
ARE UP AGAINST 1T.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico. April 1S.-
The seven British sailors who desert
ed from the ship Amphion to enter on
course of piracy which was quickly
ended, are now said to be in the wilds
of Southern Yucatan, where they
have been captured by hostile Maya
Indians. They fed from Belinitz,
British Honduras, to Yucatan, fearing
capture and punishment for piracy.
There is much speculation as to their
probable fate.
COAL MINERS CALL
FOR ElGHT-hOUR DAY.
LOUISVILLE, Colo, April 1S-At a
mass meeting Of miners of the North
ern Colorado coal fields last night,
resolutions were passed calling for an
eight-hour day after May 1. No trou-
BILE is anticipated here, as several of
| the smaller coal companies have al
ready signified their willingness to op-
crate the mines on this basis.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC SURGEON
DIES OF APPENDICITIS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, April is.
DR. Matthew Gardner, chief surgeon
of the Southern Pacific, died this
morning at the railroad hospital In
this city as a result of an operation
for appendicitis.
AUTO AND TROLLEY
MEET IN COLLISION.
INDIANAPOLIS, md, April l6.-AS
result of a collision between an in
terurban car and an automobile today,
Charles Howard of st. Paul, Ind, was
killed and Richard Rice of this city
BADLY injured. ssFls
CHEROKEE BILL RECAP
TURED LAST NIGHT.
DENVER, April 1S.-CherOkee Bill.
who escaped from the county hospital
yesterday morning and was captured
last night, will be taken to Pueblo
Monday to stand trial on the charge
of robbing the postofice at Carlton,
Powers county, this state.
Wanted-From one to two hundred
loads of manure either for sale at sta
BILE or delivered, to be used on Nor
NAL school grounds. For further par
ticulars call on A. B. Smith or N. w.
Browne. 139-1w.