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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-20

resolution of the council ignores these
fundamental rights and expresses a
censure upon a true and faithful corps
of teachers for daring to say a word
in their own defense.
1t is to be hoped there will be no
more inconsiderate action on this sub
ject, but that the board of regents. the
faculty, the governor, who, primarily,
must deal with this question, will take
it up in a broad and liberal-minded
spirit, al an early day, giving each to
the other that fair and honorable con-
sideration due among people having
so large an interest in hand and ban
ishing all feelings of resentment, of
spite, or retaliation, deal with this
condition dispassionately, wisely and
justly.
Ii this is done we feel confident the
governor, who has educational in
terest al heart. cooperating with both
board and faculty and the friends of
the institution, will find a satisfactory
and just solution, without resorting
10 those harsh and adica measures
which if adopted must leave dissen-
sions and factional strife in their
wake.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-20
III T
some Things About Las Vegas Not
Generally Known to the
Outside World.

Las Vegas, meaning The Meadows"
S the county sea- of San Miguel coun-
y, lies Oh both sides of the Gallinas
liver, und. with its suburbs, has about
10000 inhabitants.
1t has excellent water works, arc
well-filled stores. beautiful residences
and ~incandescent electric light plant,
telephone exchanges, headquarters of
the Atchison railway system. New
Mexico division, together with rail-
roa machine shops and Representing
works, stock yards and large sheep
shearing and dipping plants.
West of the river. the old town has
the quaint and picturesque Mexican
appearance adobe houses, narrow,
crooked streets, native people and
customs, handicrafts and occupations;
but the plaza and all Of the new town,
east of the river, constitute a distinc-
tive American city. The streets are
wide and well graded, while sidewalks
abound, shaded with growing trees.
Three parks, filled with grass and
trees, add to the beauty and healthful-
ness of the place. Handsome and
and innumerable lawns, set in grass
and adorned with shruDbery and
flowers. combine to proclaim a cultur-
ed community, possessed of all mod
crn comforts and conveniences.
Las Vegas is the natural sanatO
rum OF the United States, combining
more natural advantages tina any
other place in America. Her thermal
waters are the equal Of the Hot
Springs OF Arkansas, while her climate
is infinitely superior. There is no
malaria, no excessive heat or cold, no
| gnats, rats or mosquitoes. The air is
pure, dry, rarified. and highly electri-
fied-a certain cure for consumption,
il the disease be taken in time. The
hot waters are a specific for liver,
skin, rheumatic and blood disorders.
I Her Montezuma hotel is the finest hos
telry between Chicago and California
and is situated in a beautiful canyon,
five miles from town, where the hot
springs, forty in number, come boil
ing to b. surface. Besides this,
st. Anthony's Sanitarium. conducted
by the Sisters of Charity, and the
Plaza Sanitarlum. conducted ty DIR.
William Curtiss Bailey. M. d.
Las Vegas is the distributing point
for nearly all New Mexico By the
Atchison system, she has connection
Win hdHSdS Oh lAe east CoAoIduO On
the north, Arizona and California on
the west, and Texas and Old Mexico
on the south. Besides these, she has
more stage lines, connecting her with
tributary territory, than has any other
town in New Mexico. This territory
includes the entire section ast and
south of the mountains. and com
prises the counties of Colfax, Mora
Taos, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Socorro
Dona Ana, Grant, Chaves. Lincoln, and
Eddy with parts Of Valencia and Der
nalillo-a country larger than all New
England. This takes in the famous
valley OF the Rio Grande. and the less
famous, but not less excellent, valley
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-20
O

There is a large delegation Of men,
bers of the faculty OF the Normal
University at Las Vegas here today TO
labor with the members Of the coun-
Gil and find out where they are at
Santa Fe New Mexican.
Anent the above The Optic is re-
liably informed that up TO the time
that the above went to press yes
terday there was not a single member
Of the faculty in Santa Fe nor had
any member been there during the
present session of the legislature.
President Hewett wen over last even.
ing in the interest of the Normal
here. From there Mr.. Hewett goes to
Cincinnati to attend a meeting Of the
directors of the national educational
association which meets there next
week.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-20

Rush the proposition to build a
road between Santa Fe and Las Vegas
with convict labor.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-20
OUR LAWYERS AS LEGISLATOR

-" INC ~ 0nS.
From the New York Tribune.
In the Great and General Court of
the old bay state there will be merely
a scant half-dozen lawers in the up
per house next year. What blight
can have fallen upon the legal frater-
nifty in the territory between Boston
and the Berkshires? Only six solicit
tors. barristers and attorneys in a
public' We hear strange talk of
abandoned farms to the eastward of
the rich domain of the Knickerbock-
ers. Is the bar of the old colony also
abandoned just as the time when New
England dinners, with Boston baked
beans and Boston brown bread as the
nos tempting dishes on the bill of
fare, are served piping hot from Cape
Cod westward toward the setting sun?
In any case the disappearance of the
men who make q living out of the
state senate in this great and glosaods
influence in making them IS moi a
thing to be regretted. The men who
control n direct the material. edu-
~catfonal, benevolent and reformatory
interests of Massachusetts, may not
legislate for them with unalloyed
YisdQW, but they surely know better
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-20
a SHOOTING r

From the Carlsbad Argus.
w. Boyed. who owns a goat ranch
about twenty five miles southwest of
Carlsbad, came in Tuesday and re
ports a shooting scrape at his place
Monday. 1t seems he had two camps,
one of which is tended by his son, a
seyenteen-year-old boy, and is several
miles from his fathers camp. Mon
day afternoon two Mexicans anne to
the boys camp and ordered him to
take his goats away from that vicin-
ity. Upon the boys refusal, n Of
the Mexicans drew a revolver and
began cursing and threatening the
boy, who pluckily stood his ground
and threw rocks at the Mexican. The
man with the pistol opened fire on the
boy. mi of the shots passing through
his coat sleeve. The latter retreated
to the jacal, got his gun and returned
the fire, wounding and bringing to the
ground the man who did the shoot
ing, the other fellow running away
during the shooting. Afterward the
Mexican thai ran away returned on
horseback and carried off the wound
ed man, and the boy went to his
fathers camp, reported, and Tuesday
the latter came to Carlsbad to get an
officer to trail down and arrest the
Mexican, who was unknown to young
Boyed. They had been about the
ne~ighborhood of the goat camp for
several days trapping wolves and
coyotes. It is supposed the boy and
his herds proximity interfering with
the Mexicans' sport and they attempt.
ed TO bluff" him into running away,
with the above results.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-20

Ill-health in woman is generally trace
able to disease of the delicate wouianly
organism. Many women nave been re-
stored to happiness by the use of DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. 1t estab-
fishes regularity, dries weakening drains,
heals Inflammation and liberation II
cures female weakness. 1t makes weak
woinen strong, sick women well.
81 feel it my duty to inform you that ! had
been a sufferer for many years from nervous
ness with all its symptoms and complications.s
writes Mrs. o. N. Fisher. of 1861 lexington Ave.
see a physician or purchasing medicine for this
or that complaint as my troubles became ur-
bearable. In the spring of 1897 my husband
induced me to try DIR. Pieice's Favorite Pre-
scription. After taking one bottle and follow
ing your advice ] was so encouraged that ! took
five more bottles of Favorite Prescription and
then ! did not take any more for several weeks
as i felt so much better. but still ] was not com
bLefeiy cured. commenced taking il again and
felt that I was improving faster than at hrst. !
good color in my face have also gained about
ten pounds in weight and ons thousand IF com.
fort, for I am a new woman once fnore.-
The dealer who offers a substitute for
uFavorite Prescription" does so TO gain
the little more profit paid on the sale of
less meritorious medicines. His profit is
your loss, therefore accept nc substitute.
DIR. Pierce's Common Sens Medical
Adviser is sent free on receipt of stamps
to pay expense of mailing only. Send Fl
one-cent stamps for the r~aper-covered
book, or 81 stamps for the cloth bound.
Address DIR. r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-20
Rates of Subscription.

News-dealer should report TO the counting
room any irregularity or inattention on tne
mart OF carriers In the delivery OF The Optic,
To their depots In any part of the city by the
carriers. Orders or complaints can DC maue
by telephone. postal. or in person.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-20

Within a short time communica-
ton by wireless telegraphy will be
established throughout the entire COM
ing on plans to achieve this wonder
full feat. Within a very short time
overland communication between New
York and San Francisco VIII be er-
fected. T~ranspacific communication
will be established and the erection of
other stations at various points will
rapidly follow.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-20
LIGHT AEn EEEM.

Day and night. sunshine AM shadow
are not more different from each other
than a ,lea.tnful from a sickly woman.
The healthful woman carries light and
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-20

A resolution has been introduced in
the Kansas legislature to amend the
state election laws SO as to- exclude
all negroes from voting and to re-
quire all foreign-born people TO be
come fully ~naturalized before voting.
There is much favor of the resolution
and it will cause a hard contest.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-20

And now comes a New York mag
istraie who upiclls tac righ+ o. d
wife TO invade the precincts of a
hishand's packets and purIoin coin Of
the realm. What are mans boastel
rights coming to. anyway.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-20

The a n
who suffers
from ill-health
casts a d
on her own hap
piness and the
happiness of
oth her s. She
cannot help it.
Those who suf-
fer a Il II 0 t
smile and sing.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-20

The Optic will not, under any circun :
stances, be responsible for the return or We
safe keeping oil any rejected manuscript; No
exception will be made 10 TINS RUE, WIN ~ ~
GA 81 IN either letters or enclosures Nor Will
ne editor enter into correspondence CONCERN
Surejected manuscript
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-20

Quay is the name of the new county
to be formed out of eastern Guadalupe
county as the judgment Of the legis-
lature may decide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-17

Allow us to
charge your
pure h a S e S.
Wen accept
small amounts
after the holi-
days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-17

All boxable
p ur c h a S e S
boxed. All sill
yer engraving
and | e a t h er
S t a m p / II e
free.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-17
I to s.

II 10 g.
tCoNTINUEDJ
Dr. Womans Imported Turkish
OOOo Slippers. red, blue. green and
black: silver and gold en-
oroidered; sold everywhere at acc
no Lot of about $50 women's All
VOC wool Flannel Waists; blue. red
and black; also heavy White
Madras Waists; all fine qualities and
selling at 81. 80 to 81.
O. no Womens and Children's
sOZ.VS Mackinteshes; double tex
ture cloth: velvet collar; all
sizes; the regular "a value
s; q Il Or Lot of Mems Finest Quality
OH .SsS SILK Umbrellas; fancy ham
dies. trimmed with sterling
silver; values $3.50 and more.
OmC Mems and Boys Laundered
AyGo Percale Shirts; Anchor
brand: standard value every
where, Toe.
2EC Boys Sweaters; extra good
OOC. qualities; regular price. S. s''o
o8c.-Handsome Dressed Dolls
that sell at $I.75 regularly.
79c.-Express Wagons; very
strong; selling at ST..
15c.-Boys' Drums sell at 25c.
no. 500 Women's Wrappers of
>O&e finest heavy fiannelettes. heavy
percsles: for a gift. iDexpen-
siVe and appreciated; sell up to 81.
IN Women's India Linen APRONS:
Il w. good quality throughout; SELL
ing at 25c.
&M no You can choose this hour
epyeyC from rich and elegant Vel
vet Suits. in the handsom-
est designs and finest materials in plain
vnl rrAt
reseda. fancy gray and black; some are
IN the iong-coat style some with bIoises
deliberately fashioned. with tucks. met
al ornaments and silk braid effects: from
selling prices
mo Pretty Brook Mink Fur Scarfs;
SONs full cluster tails and chain
fastening; reduced for the
hour to CSC.
SO O2 Mon Womep ma,t Goats Of finest
the straight front and
ciose-htting corset-back style; all seams
full strapped with finest broadcioth.
Innings are Of best quality SINNERS
satin. The popular 22-inch length; ac-
tual value, $169S; a big special at $9gs
co mo Black Taffeta Silk Under
DID, 20 skirts: deep accordion pleat-
ing and ruffies: 69S value.
CD no Brown Marten Neck Scarfs;
ODD eVC long and fine; very glossy:
viii be sold at $3.50; for
this hour special at $3.9S. 6 -
nn7/ Turkey Red Table Linen:
IL W NSC So inches wide: red de-
~ signs; fast eolors; regu-
lar Doc. value. Quantity to a customer
limited. ---. $50 -
5c s e ! r. '''s
1Bc ss: ,gs sSss :: Ssss:
as N1L -sB&Aesse CLOTH In all ssnod
MSC. and desirable colors, no
~ white; &c. value.
n7L Danish Cloth, In colors; in
''VN1SC. Guiding black and cream;
/O 121sc. value.
NJ Black Taffeta Silks; rich and
ZSG lustrous; regular SOC. v4tae
,1one dress to a buyer. - ~
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-03-26
Postal Cards From caIifornIa's China
town.

W0meH and Children. Chinese wom-
en- are now very valuable, as they are
bought and sold like slaves; young
girl is worth, delivered in this market
at the present time. $1,000
One may walk through the whole of
the Chinese quarter without meeting
nore than a dozen women; one or two
OF these perhaps holding children by
the arm.
Young children are seldom seen on the
s'reeIs, and never alone. In their attire
the women can hardly be distinguished
from the men. Their garments are the
same in pattern, but wider and OF better
material. Th ir principal ornaments
are worn in the hair. which in front is
oiled and plastered close to the head
and at the sides, aud both are sometimes
rolled aud puffed and decorated with
gilt ornaments and lofty comb. The
coffure of the women indicates whether
they be married or single, and is changed
at different ages. Rings Of bone or Ivo-
ry are worn around their wrists and
ankles, earrings Of silver. finger rings
are gilt or Of brass are also commonly
used.
The children are healthy looking and
appear to be we'll cared for. Their
plump red cheeks, dark expressive eyes
aud intelligent faces are in marked con-
lrast with the sad, stolid aud indifferent
gaze Of the adult Chiuaman.
The writer ends the Postal Cards from
CALIFORNIA; Chinatown With this Issue,
and thanks all readers for their atten-
lion 10 this one phase Of American life
adding to its cosmopolitanism. and
sums up his conclusions in Bret Harie's
lines:
"rhat for ways that are dark,
And for tricks that are vain,
The heather chinee is peculiar"
TT MEX ST.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-03-26

The New York Times Of March 9TH
inst announces new book OF Aaron
Burr to be issued from the press OF Dodd,
Mead x Co., of New York. 1t is from
the pen OF DR.. Walter F. McCaleb, son
OF Colonel r Howpd McCnieb of New
Orleans. rhe Tunes says that Dr. Nc
Caleb, while making study of Texas
under the Spanish regime. found in the
Bexsr Archives OF San Antonio papers
relating t. Burr This was followed by
search Tor documents In the Mexican
Archives. In the City OF Mexico. which
wes successful and so far unknown. DR..
Mccaleb visited the Mississippi Valley,
aud examined many private collections
about the American Cataline The Stale
Archives ia Washington revealed uu-
used Letters in Rel lion to the Aaron
Burr Conspiracy; the Public Records
Office Of the Boilish Government we're Ia
vorably examined as we'll as the cores
poudence Of the Right Honorable An
thony Merry, the Brit sh Minister to the
United States, with whom Burr con-
spired the Madrid officials gave access
to the official letters Of The Marquis en-
Ca = ID D'Yrugo, the Spanish Envoy TX
lraordinary aud Minister At Washington,
With whom Burr couspired, aud who
protested ageinst the Louisiana Pur-
chase on the novel ground that we had
bought stolen goods from France.
Robert G. Foster, son Of Representa-
tive Edgar Foster Of Oak wood Plauta-
tion, has gone TO Greensboro. N. c., to
accept a position with The Southern
Railway. Our Southern youth are not
appreciated at home-theY 6nd North
ern and Western men fill positions iu
the various towus and cities, and they
aie forced 10 migrate 10 other ,limes o
better their position in life. "A proph
ct Is without honor in his own coun-
try"
Rumor reaches the countryside poll
ticians that Gov. Longino will resign
the Chief Magislracy OF the State to con-
test for Senatorial honors with Senator
Money. In that event James T. Harri
son, Lieut. Gov and President pro tenn
pore Of the Senate, will become Chief
Executive. It Is interesting to note the
Lieut. Governor and Presidents pro
leupore Of the Senate that have sue
ceeded 10 The Guberuatorisl chair. Ger
ard Brandon Of Wilkinson county, the
first nstive.born Mississippisn 10 be
succeeded Governors Holmes
aud Leake. Fountain Winston Of Adj
ans county succeeded Governor Scott.
John 1. Guion Of Kinds county succeed
ed John A. Quiunan IN the Office OF
Chief Executive, aud James Whitfield |
Of Lowndes county succeeded Gnion.
John NJ Stone Of Tishomingo county
succeeded Gen. Ames-we had lull
rom 1876 10 the present time.
Rev. Ira NJ Boswell of Port Gibson
will read paper, LA Cache, the home
oi Blennerhassett, before the Mississip-
pi Historical Society meeting to be held
10 Yazoo City, April 75rd and April 14th.
1903.
The Adamites aud Evites are wishing
or spring
"On beds Of vioiets blue,
And Aesh-blown roses washed in dew
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

summer Fort Smelling was begun and
has since remained the principal mill
tary post of the region. The lumber
used III the construction of the fort
came from logs cut on Rum river and
sawed in a little hutter-wheel mill
erected by the soldiers at the falls.
For nineteen years t1S19-1S38) the
history of Minnesota consists of little
else than the annals of Fort Smelling.
The regiments came and went. The
officers were faithful to duty, but in
their leisure hunted, made love, gam
bled moderately, fought few duels.
Some of the loveliest women the state
has known were willingly exiled here.
The exploring expeditions of Long,
Cass, Schoolcraft and Nicollet came,
were sumptuously entertained and
passed on. Good old Major Taliaferro,
the Indian agent, was frequently hold
ing conferences with Sioux and Chip
peWas, who smoked the calumet,
swore eternal peace and friendship and
departed to wait for the next best
chance to lift a scalp. Colonel Shell
ing came to infuse new life" and to
raise splendid crops of wheat, corn
and garden truck near the fort. In
1922 little Joe Brown. the drummer
boy wanders out and discovers Min
nehaha. The next year he was star
pupil in the Sunday school taught by
Mrs. Smelling and Mrs. Clark, the
mother of baby Charlotte Ouisconsin
(Van Cleve.) The steamer Virginia in
the same year rounded up below the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

themselves widely along the lakes and
rivers. Regulars and irregulars, a con-
siderable body Of Frenchmen and half
breeds We're established In the Mime
sofa trade when the British took over
the possession of the region.
The Northwest Company.
In 1888 there was formed in Mont
real In opposition to the Hudson Bay
company. which had existed for more
than g century, THE Northwest Com
pany' for the Indian trade The old
Pigeon river post was made the prin-
cipal point of departure for the rang
ing parties of the company. Here the
great officers dwelt in baronial style
and exercised rude but substantial JUS
tlce over their two thousand people.
In 1892 Jean Baptiste Cadotte, one of
their agents, made a, trading expedition
into the upper Mississippi region,
which proved SO profitable that the
company decided to occupy the coun-
try In strong force. Forts were estab-
lished at the mouth of the ST. Louis
river, at Sandy lake and at Leech
lake, and the whole Of Minnesota was
soon dotted with the company's sta
tions and depots. The Northwest COM
pany held sway until congress pro-
vided, In 1916, that all Indian traders
must be Americans. After the pass
ing of the Northwest company, the
American Fur company. at the head
of which was John Jacob Astor, had a
virtual monopoly of the fur trade. It
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
MINNESOTA STATE CAPITAL.
To be Completed In 1904.

was the trust Of it's tiine-the object
of bitter denunciation.
At length the white man came with
his pillow and scythe, the game had
been killed or driven off, and the In
dian corralled in reservations. The
Indian trade, for a century and a half
the leading business in our borders,
vanished.
Pixies Expedition.
The Louisiana purchase naturally
aroused curiosity as to the nature of
the unknown parts of the immense
region acquired. President Jefferson
decided to dispatch an expedition from
st. Louis into the upper Mississippi
region. The choice of Lieutenant
Zebulon Montgomery Pike, U. S. A., as
its leader was abundantly justified.
With a party of eighteen enlisted men
he set out in a keel-boat, 70 feet long,
Aug. 9, 1905. On Sept. FL he made
camp on Pixies island, at the mouth
of the Minnesota, and two days later
held council with the chiefs Of the
local Sioux, which resulted in the grant
by them of some 100000 acres of land
nesota and the upper rapids above the
Falls of st. Anthony and extending
nine miles laterally on both sides of
the Mississippi. The Indians got pres
ents worth 5000 and sixty gallons of
liquor. Later the government gave
them $4,000. This block of property
is worth more to-day. Pike continued
his journey in dugouts up the Missis-
sippi to the mouth of Swan river,
where he built stockade and depos-
tied most Of his stores. Leaving the
greater part Of his detachment here,
he set out, Nov. IS. on the ice for
Sandy lake, reaching that post on the
9th of January. After ten days rest
he pushed on to Leech lake, arriving
there Feb. 1. Here he found the Brit
ish flag, flying and was not long in
hosting American colors in it's place.
Pixies brief and interesting journal,
with his reports and letters, was print
ed as early as 1910, but they do not
seem to have excited immediate popu-
lar attention nor led to any govern
ment action. The American Fur COM
pany needed protection for it's traders,
and greatly desired to establish peace
between the hostile Sioux and Chip
pewas. This company had for a long
period the support of at least one of
the great political men of the day.
Founding of Fort Smelling.
In 1919 the Fifth United States In
fantry, commanded by Colonel Leaven-
worth, was ordered from Detroit,
Mich. to the confluence of the ST.
Peter and Mississippi rivers. The next